497K 1 d257502d497k.htm ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS, INC. Artisan Partners Funds, Inc.
Summary Prospectus
28 February 2022

Artisan Value Income Fund
Investor: APFWX  |  Advisor: APDWX  |  Institutional: APHWX
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, reports to shareholders 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@dfsco.com. The Fund’s current prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated 28 February 2022, each as supplemented from time to time, are incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus.
As permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Fund's annual and semi-annual shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from the Fund or from your financial intermediary, such as a broker-dealer or bank.  Instead, the reports will be made available online at http://connect.rightprospectus.com/Artisan, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.
If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically anytime by contacting your financial intermediary or, if you invest directly with the Fund, by calling 800.344.1770 or by enrolling on Artisan Partners Funds’ website at www.artisanpartners.com.
You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact your financial intermediary to request that you continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports. If you invest directly with the Fund, you can call 800.344.1770 to let the Fund know you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all Artisan Partners Funds held in your account if you invest through your financial intermediary or all Artisan Partners Funds held with the fund complex if you invest directly with the Fund. 
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks to provide total return through a combination of income and capital appreciation.
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. The table and expense example do not reflect any transaction fees or commissions that may be charged by a shareholder’s financial intermediary when buying or selling shares.
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
 
Investor
Advisor
Institutional
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases
(as a percentage of offering price)
None
None
None
Exchange Fee
None
None
None
Redemption Fee
None
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
 
Investor
Advisor
Institutional
Management Fees
0.70%
0.70%
0.70%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
None
None
None
Other Expenses1
0.78
0.63
0.52
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
1.48
1.33
1.22
Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement2
0.28
0.23
0.17
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and
Expense Reimbursement
1.20
1.10
1.05
1 “Other Expenses” are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
2 Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, the Fund’s investment adviser (“Artisan Partners”), has contractually agreed to bear certain expenses and waive its management fees to the extent necessary to cause total annual fund operating expenses (excluding taxes, interest, all commissions and other normal charges incident to the purchase and sale of portfolio securities, acquired fund fees and expenses, borrowing costs such as dividends on securities sold short, and extraordinary charges such as litigation costs, but including management fees paid to Artisan Partners) not to exceed 1.20% of the average daily net assets of Investor Shares, 1.10% of the average daily net assets of Advisor Shares and 1.05% of the average daily net assets of Institutional Shares. This contract continues through 31 January 2024.
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
Investor
$122
$440
Advisor
$112
$399
Institutional
$107
$370
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. Because the Fund has not yet commenced operations, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is not available.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund’s investment team employs a fundamental investment process to construct a diversified portfolio of equity securities across a broad capitalization range. The team seeks to invest in companies that are undervalued, in solid financial condition and have attractive business economics. The team believes that companies with these characteristics are less likely to experience eroding values over the long term.
Attractive Valuation—The team values a business using what it believes are reasonable expectations for the long-term earnings power and capitalization rates of that business. This results in a range of values for the company that the team believes would be reasonable. The team generally will purchase a security if the stock price falls below or toward the lower end of that range.
Sound Financial Condition—The team prefers companies with an acceptable level of debt and positive cash flow. At a minimum, the team seeks to avoid companies that have so much debt that management may be unable to make decisions that would be in the best interest of the companies’ shareholders.
Attractive Business Economics—The team favors cash-producing businesses that it believes are capable of earning acceptable returns on capital over the company’s business cycle. As part of the team’s analysis of a company’s value, among other factors, the team considers certain environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors relating to the company. These ESG factors may include the impact of environmental regulatory change, the use of human, natural and physical resources and corporate governance structures and practices. When the team deems a factor material to the value of a company, the team incorporates it into its decision-making process.
Income Generation—The team assesses the stability and growth of a company’s dividends and examines opportunities across a company’s capital structure. The team may invest opportunistically in equity securities and other instruments that generate attractive income, as well as utilize derivatives instruments to attempt to enhance yield.
The Fund seeks to generate a current yield that is greater than the average current yield for stocks in the S&P 500® Index. Securities in which the Fund may invest include common stocks, equity securities of real estate investment trusts (“REITs”), preferred stocks, convertible securities (including convertible bonds), depositary receipts and rights and warrants to buy common stocks. The Fund may invest up to 30% of its total assets at market value at the time of purchase in securities of non-US issuers (including depositary receipts). The Fund’s investments in non-US securities may include investments in developed markets, as well as emerging and less developed markets.
The Fund invests in common stocks and other securities of companies across a broad capitalization range. The Fund will invest in US companies with market capitalizations of at least $2 billion at the time of initial purchase, although the Fund may invest in a US company with a lower market capitalization if it already holds a position in that company. There is no restriction on the size of the non-US companies in which the Fund may invest.
The Fund also uses derivatives, such as options. The Fund may purchase and sell (write) call and put options on securities, securities indexes and foreign currencies. To the extent the Fund writes call options on securities that it does not hold in its portfolio (i.e., “naked” call options), it is subject to the risk that a liquid market for the underlying security may not exist at the time an option is exercised or when the Fund otherwise seeks to close out an option position. The Fund may use derivatives for any purpose consistent with its investment objective, including, without limitation, to improve expected risk-adjusted returns, to obtain economic exposure to certain issuers and to attempt to enhance income. The Fund may implement short positions, including through the use of derivative instruments, or through short sales of instruments that are eligible investments for the Fund and generally intends to use short positions to reduce exposure to certain risks and for hedging purposes. The Fund intends to use all or a portion of the proceeds from its short positions to take additional long positions or otherwise use in a manner consistent with its investment guidelines.
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Principal Risks
Like all mutual funds, the Fund takes investment risks and it is possible for you to lose money by investing in the Fund. Investors in the Fund should have a long-term perspective and be able to tolerate potentially sharp declines in value. The Fund’s principal risks include:
Market Risks—Markets may perform poorly and the securities in which the Fund invests may underperform the general securities markets. Securities markets may experience periods of high volatility and reduced liquidity in response to governmental actions, intervention and/or policies, economic or market developments, or other external factors. The value of a company’s securities may rise or fall in response to company, market, economic, political, regulatory or other news.
Active Management Risks—The success of the Fund is dependent on the team’s investment decisions, which are based, in part, on the research process employed by the team. The portfolio securities selected by the team may decline in value or not increase in value when the market indices, including relevant benchmark indices, are rising, in which case the Fund could experience losses regardless of the performance of the market indices. When the team considers ESG factors in its research process, the Fund may forgo certain investment opportunities and underperform funds that do not consider ESG factors.
Dividend Risk— There is no guarantee that the companies in which the Fund invests will declare dividends in the future or that dividends, if declared, will remain at current levels or increase over time. Securities that pay dividends may be sensitive to changes in interest rates, and as interest rates rise or fall, the prices of such securities may fall.
Small and Medium-Sized Company Risks—Securities of small and medium-sized companies tend to be more volatile and less liquid than securities 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. Smaller 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 volatile security prices. During some periods, securities of small and medium-sized companies, as an asset class, have underperformed the securities of larger companies.
Value Investing Risks—Value stocks may fall out of favor with investors and underperform other asset types during given periods. The price of a company’s stock may never reach the level that the team considers its intrinsic value.
REIT Risk—Investing in REITs may subject the Fund to certain risks associated with a REIT’s direct investment in real property and real-estate related loans. A REIT that invests in real estate-related loans may be affected by the quality of the credit extended and interest rate risk, is dependent on specialized management skills, is subject to risks inherent in financing a limited number of properties, and may be subject to defaults by borrowers and to self-liquidations. In addition, a REIT may be affected by its failure to qualify for favorable tax treatment under the Code or failure to maintain exemption from registration under the 1940 Act.
Convertible Securities Risks—Investing in convertible securities subjects the Fund to the risks of debt, but also the risks associated with an investment in the underlying equity security. Convertible securities are frequently issued with a call feature that allows the issuer to choose when to redeem the security, which could result in the Fund being forced to redeem, convert, or sell the convertible security under circumstances unfavorable to the Fund.
Options Risk —An option is an agreement that, for a premium payment or fee, gives the option holder (the purchaser) the right but not the obligation to buy (in the case of a “call option”) or sell (in the case of a “put option”) the underlying asset (or settle for cash an amount based on an underlying asset, rate, or index) at a specified price during a period of time or on a specified date. Investments in options are considered speculative. When the Fund purchases an option, it may lose the premium paid for it if the price of the underlying security or other assets decreased or remained the same (in the case of a call option) or increased or remained the same (in the case of a put option). Investments in options may also have the effect of creating leverage, in that they may expose the Fund to greater gains and losses than the amount of associated capital invested. Options held by the Fund may be more volatile than other types of assets. If a put or call option purchased by the Fund were to expire without being sold or exercised, its premium paid would represent a loss to the Fund. To the extent that the Fund writes or sells an option, it will be exposed to the risk that it may be required to buy or sell the underlying security at a disadvantageous price on or before the option’s expiration date. The Fund may face substantial losses in connection with any options that it writes.
Short Position Risk—This is the risk that an increase in the value of an instrument with respect to which the Fund has established a short position will result in a loss to the Fund.
Foreign Investing Risks—Foreign securities may underperform US securities and may be more volatile than US securities. Risks relating to investments in foreign securities (including, but not limited to, depositary receipts and participation certificates) and to securities of issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets 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 and unfavorable economic practices; and political instability and expropriation and nationalization risks.
Emerging and Developing Markets Risks—Investment risks typically are greater in emerging and less developed markets, including “frontier markets”, which are a subset of emerging markets and less developed markets that, generally, have smaller economies and less mature capital markets. For example, in addition to the risks associated with investments in any foreign country, political, legal and economic structures in these less developed countries may be new and changing rapidly, which may cause instability and greater risk of
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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. Investing in emerging market countries may involve substantial risk due to, among other reasons, limited information; higher brokerage costs; different accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards; less developed legal systems and thinner trading markets as compared to those in developed countries; different clearing and settlement procedures and custodial services; and currency blockages or transfer restrictions. 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 or ethnic, religious or 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. Such markets may also be heavily reliant on foreign capital and, therefore, vulnerable to capital flight. Such risks may be greater in frontier markets.
Liquidity Risk—Liquidity risk is the risk that the Fund may be unable to sell a portfolio investment at a desirable time or at the value the Fund has placed on the investment. It may be more difficult for the Fund to determine a fair value of an illiquid investment than that of a more liquid comparable investment.
Valuation Risk—The Fund’s investments are valued in accordance with Artisan Partners Funds’ valuation policies. The valuation of any investment involves inherent uncertainty. The value of a security determined in accordance with the valuation policies may differ materially from the value that could have been realized in an actual sale or transfer for a variety of reasons, including the timing of the transaction and liquidity in the market.
Counterparty Risks—The Fund will be subject to credit risk with respect to the counterparties to the derivative contracts and other instruments entered into by the Fund. If a counterparty becomes bankrupt or insolvent or otherwise fails to perform its obligations to the Fund due to financial difficulties, the Fund may experience significant losses or delays in obtaining any recovery (including recovery of any collateral it has provided to the counterparty) from the counterparty.
Currency Risks—Foreign securities usually are denominated and traded in foreign currencies and the exchange rates between foreign currencies and the US dollar fluctuate continuously. The Fund’s performance will be affected by its direct or indirect exposure, which may include exposure through US dollar denominated depositary receipts and participation certificates, to a particular currency due to favorable or unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates relative to the US dollar. The Fund’s direct or indirect exposure to a particular currency may be hedged to mitigate currency volatility or because the Fund believes a currency is overvalued. There can be no guarantee that any hedging activity will be successful. Hedging activity and/or use of forward foreign currency contracts may reduce or limit the opportunity for gain and involves counterparty risk, which is the risk that the contracting party will not fulfill its contractual obligation to deliver the currency contracted for at the agreed upon price to the Fund.
Credit Risk—An issuer or counterparty may fail to pay its obligations to the Fund when they are due. Financial strength and solvency (or the perceived financial strength or solvency) of an issuer are the primary factors influencing credit risk. Changes in the financial condition of an issuer or counterparty, changes in specific economic, social or political conditions that affect a particular type of security or other instrument or an issuer, and changes in economic, social or political conditions generally can increase the risk of default by an issuer or counterparty, which can affect a security’s or other instrument’s credit quality or value and an issuer’s or counterparty’s ability to pay interest and principal when due. The values of lower quality debt, including loans, tend to be particularly sensitive to these changes.
Interest Rate Risk—The values of debt instruments held by the Fund may fall in response to increases in interest rates. The value of a security with a longer duration will be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a similar security with a shorter duration. Given the current low interest rate environment, risks associated with rising rates are heightened. If interest rates rise, repayments of principal on certain debt securities, including loans, may occur at a slower rate than expected and the expected length of repayment of those securities could increase as a result.
Leverage Risk—Certain transactions, including, for example, the use of certain derivatives and borrowing money, can result in leverage. Leverage generally has the effect of increasing the amounts of loss or gain the Fund might realize, and creates the likelihood of greater volatility of the value of the Fund’s investments. There is risk of loss in excess of invested capital.
Derivatives Risk—A derivative is a financial contract whose value depends on changes in the value of one or more underlying assets, reference rates or indexes. These instruments include, among others, participation certificates, credit default swaps, currency forward contracts, currency swap contracts and other swap agreements and similar instruments. The Fund’s use of derivatives may involve risks different from, or greater than, the risks associated with investing in more traditional investments, such as stocks and bonds. Derivatives can be highly complex and may perform in ways unanticipated by Artisan Partners.
In addition to the risks of an adverse change in the value of the underlying reference asset, the Fund’s use of derivatives, including, but not limited to, over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives, involves the risk that the other party to the derivative contract will fail to make required payments or otherwise to comply with the terms of the contract. Derivatives transactions can create investment leverage and may be highly volatile, and the Fund could lose more than the amount it invests, especially in unusual or extreme market conditions. Derivatives may be difficult to value and highly illiquid, and the Fund may not be able to close out or sell a derivative position at a particular time or at an anticipated price.
Recent US and non-US legislative and regulatory reforms, including those related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act have resulted in, and may in the future result in, new regulation of derivative instruments and the Fund’s use of such
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instruments. New regulations could, among other things, restrict the Fund’s ability to engage in derivative transactions (for example, by making certain types of derivative instruments or transactions no longer available to the Fund) and/or increase the costs of such transactions, and the Fund may as a result be unable to execute its investment strategies in a manner Artisan Partners might otherwise choose.
Risks of Emphasizing a Region, Country, Sector or Industry—If the Fund has invested a higher percentage of its total assets in a particular region, country, sector or industry, changes affecting that region, country, sector or industry may have a significant impact on the performance of the Fund’s overall portfolio.
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 in the Fund may have an adverse effect 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.
Operational and Cybersecurity Risks—Operational failures, cyber-attacks or other disruptions that affect the Fund’s service providers, the Fund’s counterparties, other market participants or the issuers of securities held by the Fund may adversely affect the Fund and its shareholders, including by causing losses for the Fund or impairing Fund operations.
No Operating History Risk—The Fund is a newly formed fund and has no operating history for investors to evaluate.
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.
Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser: Artisan Partners
Portfolio Manager
Title
Length of Service
Thomas A. Reynolds IV
Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, Artisan Partners
Since February 2022 (inception)
Daniel L. Kane
Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, Artisan Partners
Since February 2022 (inception)
Craig Inman
Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, Artisan Partners
Since February 2022 (inception)
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Minimum Investments
Investor
Advisor
Institutional
To open an account
$1,000
$250,000
$1,000,000
To add to an account
No minimum
No minimum
No minimum
Minimum balance required
$1,000
$250,000
$1,000,000
The Fund will waive the minimum investment requirements for certain employee benefit plans and certain financial intermediaries that submit orders on behalf of their customers, although the intermediaries may impose their own minimum investment requirements. The Fund may also reduce or waive the minimum investment requirements under certain circumstances.
You may purchase, exchange or redeem shares of the Fund each day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular session trading at the Fund’s net asset value next calculated after receipt and acceptance of your request in good order. To purchase, exchange or redeem shares you should contact your financial intermediary, or, if you hold your shares or plan to purchase shares directly through the Fund, you should contact the Fund by phone at 800.344.1770 (866.773.7233 for Institutional Shares), by regular mail at Artisan Partners Funds, P.O. Box 219322, Kansas City, MO 64121-9322, or by express, certified or registered mail at Artisan Partners Funds, 430 W. 7th Street, Suite 219322, Kansas City, MO 64105-1407. Some redemptions require Medallion signature guarantees.
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. If you invest through such tax-advantaged arrangements, you may be subject to tax upon withdrawal from those arrangements.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase Fund shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank or financial advisor), the Fund, the investment adviser and/or the distributor may pay the financial intermediary for the services provided to the Fund and its shareholders. The investment adviser and/or the distributor may also 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 website for more information.
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