Definitive Materials Filed by Investment Companies. (497)
10 Mars 2014 - 8:18PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
FORWARD FUNDS
Supplement dated March 10, 2014
to the
Summary Prospectus for Investor Class and Institutional Class Shares of the Forward Investment Grade
Fixed-Income Fund (“No-Load Summary Prospectus”), Forward Funds Investor Class and Institutional
Class Prospectus (“No-Load Prospectus”) and Forward Funds Class Z Prospectus (“Class Z Prospectus”)
each dated May 1, 2013, as supplemented
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING CHANGE IN PORTFOLIO MANAGER
The following information applies to the Forward Investment Grade
Fixed-Income Fund (the “Fund”) only:
Effective April 1, 2014, Chris Dialynas will no longer be involved in the day-to-day management
of the Fund. Accordingly, effective April 1, 2014, all references to Mr. Dialynas in each of the prospectuses shall be deleted.
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Effective April 1, 2014, Mohit Mittal will be the portfolio manager responsible for the day-to-day investment decisions of the Fund. Accordingly, effective April 1, 2014, the following changes shall be
made:
The third and fourth sentences under the heading “Investment
Advisor/Portfolio Manager” in the Fund’s “Fund Summary” section in the No-Load Summary Prospectus, the No-Load Prospectus and the Class Z Prospectus shall be revised to read as follows:
The portfolio manager of the Fund is Mohit Mittal.
Mr. Mittal is a Managing Director and portfolio manager for PIMCO and has managed the Fund since April 2014.
The second paragraph under the heading/subheading “Management of the Funds – Sub-Advisors/Portfolio Managers – Forward Investment Grade Fixed-Income Fund” in the No-Load Prospectus and the Class
Z Prospectus shall be replaced in its entirety to read as follows:
Mohit Mittal is the portfolio manager responsible for the day-to-day investment decisions of the Fund. Mr. Mittal is a Managing Director and portfolio manager for PIMCO. He manages investment grade credit and
unconstrained bond portfolios and is the current chair for the Americas Portfolio Committee. Previously, he was a specialist on PIMCO’s interest rates and derivatives desk. Mr. Mittal joined PIMCO in 2007 as a portfolio manager and has
been a Managing Director since 2014. He holds an MBA in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an undergraduate degree in computer science from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Delhi, India.
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PLEASE KEEP THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE
SUPP INV GRD PM 03102014
FORWARD FUNDS
Supplement dated March 10, 2014
to the
Forward Funds Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”)
dated May 1, 2013, as supplemented
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING CHANGE IN PORTFOLIO MANAGER
The following information applies to the Forward Investment Grade
Fixed-Income Fund (the “Fund”) only:
Effective April 1, 2014, Chris Dialynas will no longer be involved in the day-to-day management
of the Fund. Accordingly, effective April 1, 2014, all references to Mr. Dialynas in the SAI shall be deleted.
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Effective April 1, 2014, Mohit Mittal will be the portfolio manager responsible for the day-to-day investment decisions of the Fund. Accordingly, effective April 1, 2014, the following changes shall be
made:
The second paragraph and table under the heading/subheading
“INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND OTHER SERVICES – Portfolio Managers – Pacific Investment Management Company LLC: Forward Investment Grade Fixed-Income Fund” in the SAI shall be replaced in their entirety to read as follows:
Mohit Mittal is the portfolio manager responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Forward Investment Grade Fixed-Income Fund. The table below includes details about the type, number, and assets under management for the various types of accounts, and total assets in the accounts with respect to which the advisory fee is based on
the performance of the accounts that Mr. Mittal managed as of December 31, 2013:
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Type of Account
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Number of
Accounts
Managed
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Total
Assets
Managed
(in Millions)
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Number
of
Accounts
Managed
for which
Advisory Fee is
Performance-
Based
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Total
Assets
Managed
for which
Advisory Fee is
Performance-
Based
(in Millions)
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Registered Investment Companies
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0
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$
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0.0
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0
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$
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0.0
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Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
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1
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$
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392.6
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0
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$
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0.0
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Other Accounts
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45
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$
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13,336.3
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3
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$
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772.5
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The information concerning the portfolio manager’s ownership with respect to the Fund as contained in the table
under the heading/subheading “INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND OTHER SERVICES – Portfolio Managers” in the SAI shall be replaced to read as follows:
Information as of December 31, 2012 (except as otherwise noted)
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Name of Portfolio Manager
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Fund
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Dollar Range of
Equity Securities
in the Fund*
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Mohit Mittal**
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Forward Investment Grade Fixed-Income Fund
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A
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Information as of March 1, 2014
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PLEASE KEEP THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE
SUPP INV GRD PM SAI 03102014
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