Fee and Expense / Pricing | 12b-1 and Shlder Service Fee | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to changes to the 12b-1 fees or 12b-1/non-12b-1 related shareholder servicing fees. |
Fee and Expense / Pricing | Advisory Fee Waiver | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to a temporary or contractual waiver of Adviser Fees by Adviser. |
Fee and Expense / Pricing | Advisory Schedule | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to a change in the management fee schedule. |
Fee and Expense / Pricing | CDSC Schedule | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to changes to a Fund Share’s Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (CDSC). It could be the removal, addition, and change in number of months or the fee. |
Fee and Expense / Pricing | CDSC Waivers | 11/11/2003 | | This refers to categories of investors who will be exempt from the CDSC sales charge. |
Fee and Expense / Pricing | Dealer Compensation/Concession | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to any change in Dealer compensation (may include a sale on a Fund’s sales charges in which the Dealer will be compensated in a certain way for the sales of the shares). |
Fee and Expense / Pricing | Expense Waiver | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to additions, removals or changes to expense waivers that are placed on Operating expenses, either Total or Net. These may include waivers on Other Expenses, although this is rare. |
Fee and Expense / Pricing | Front-End Sales Charge | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to changes to a Fund share’s front-end sales load. This does not include Contingent Deferred Sales Charge changes. |
Fee and Expense / Pricing | Front-End Sales Charge Waivers | 11/11/2003 | | This refers to categories of investors who will be exempt from the front-end sales charge. |
Fee and Expense / Pricing | NAV Transfer Policies | 11/11/2003 | | This refers to NAV Transfer Policies. |
Fee and Expense / Pricing | PR Fee Tab Tracking | 2/12/2007 | 12/31/9998 | |
Fee and Expense / Pricing | Redemption Exemptions | 11/11/2003 | | This refers to categories of investors who are exempt from paying the redemption fee. |
Fee and Expense / Pricing | Redemption Fee | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to changes to a fund shares redemption fees. This could include number of months as well as, an addition or removal of a fee. |
Fee and Expense / Pricing | Sub-advisory Fee Waiver | 1/1/2002 | | |
Fee and Expense / Pricing | Sub-advisory Schedule | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to the changes to the Sub-Advisors fees or fee schedule. This can also include Sub-advisor agreement date extensions. |
Fee and Expense / Pricing | Total / Other Expense Cap | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to the addition, removal or change to a cap on Total Operating Expenses. This can include a cap on Net Operating Expenses, as well as a cap on Other Expenses (although this is rare). These do not include Adviser caps. |
Fund General | Class Name | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to changes to a class name. |
Fund General | Class Reorganization | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to a class reorganizing into an existing class of Fund shares. |
Fund General | Fund Name | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to changes to a Fund name. |
Fund General | Fund/Class Closing to All/Certain Existing Investors | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to the closing of the Fund or Class to existing shareholders. It can be closing of the entire fund / class or partial closing to certain types of shareholders. |
Fund General | Fund/Class Re-Opening to All/Certain Existing Investors | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to a fund or class that was open, then was closed and is now re-opening to purchases and exchanges from existing investors. It can be re-opening of the entire fund / class or partial re-opening to certain types of shareholders. |
Fund General | Fund/Class Re-Opening to All/Certain New Investors | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to a fund or class that was open, then was closed and is now re-opening to purchases from new investors. It can be re-opening of the entire fund / class or partial re-opening to certain types of shareholders. |
Fund General | Maximum Investment | 3/1/2004 | | This refers to changes to the maximum initial and maximum subsequent investment. This includes plans and programs, for ex, IRA’s or shares purchased through educational programs. |
Fund General | Minimum Investment | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to changes to the minimum initial and minimum subsequent investment. This includes plans and programs, for ex, IRA’s or shares purchased through educational programs. |
Fund General | Objective | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to changes to the objective of a Fund. |
Fund General | Performance Benchmark Index | 2/1/2005 | | |
Fund General | Strategy | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to changes to the principal investment strategy, as well as, changes from diversified to non-diversified of a fund. |
Funds Closed to New Investors | Fund/Class Closing to All/Certain New Investors | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to the closing of a fund or Class. It can be closing of the entire fund / class or partial closing to certain types of shareholders. |
Liquidations | Liquidation | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to the permanent closing of a fund. |
MA/Reorganizations | Fund Reorganization | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to a Fund reorganizing into another fund. |
MA/Reorganizations | Merger/Acquisition | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to the purchasing of a majority of interest in a company’s assets or some other variation of buying out a company. |
Portfolio Managers | Portfolio Manager | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to a change in the portfolio managers that manage a particular fund. |
Regulatory | Regulatory - Distribution Arrangements | 3/22/2004 | 2/11/2005 | This refers to Distribution Regulatory Issues. |
Regulatory | Regulatory - Market Timing | 9/25/2003 | 2/11/2005 | This refers to the Market Timing / Short-Term Trading / Fair Price prospectus legal language. |
Regulatory | Regulatory - Miscellaneous | 12/5/2003 | 2/11/2005 | This refers to Miscellaneous Regulatory Issues |
Regulatory | Regulatory - Sub-advisory | 12/5/2003 | 2/11/2005 | This refers to Sub-advisory Regulatory Issues (for example, exemptive orders). |
Service Providers | Accounting Council | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to any change in the Accounting Firm with regard to fees or otherwise. |
Service Providers | Administrator | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to any change in the Administrator, fees or otherwise. |
Service Providers | Auditor | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to any change in the Auditor, fees or otherwise. |
Service Providers | Custodian | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to any change in the Custodian, fees or otherwise. |
Service Providers | Distributor | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to any change in the Distributor, fees are not included if they relate to the Fee Table. |
Service Providers | Legal Counsel | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to any change in the Legal Council, fees or otherwise. |
Service Providers | Transfer Agent | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to any change in the Transfer Agent, fees or otherwise. Shareholder Service Agent will also be included here, as well. |
Subadvisory/Advisory Relationships | Advisor Addition | 1/22/2007 | 12/31/9998 | Usually used for funds that have multiple advisors, such as some Vanguard funds. |
Subadvisory/Advisory Relationships | Advisor Drop-out | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to the removal or termination of the Advisor and there is no replacement. |
Subadvisory/Advisory Relationships | Advisor Name | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to an Adviser name change. |
Subadvisory/Advisory Relationships | Advisor Replacement | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to a change in Advisors. |
Subadvisory/Advisory Relationships | Sub-advisor Addition | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to an addition of a sub-adviser (both where there previously was none and within multiple). |
Subadvisory/Advisory Relationships | Sub-advisor Drop-out | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to the removal or termination of a sub-adviser, with no replacement and no other sub-advisers for the Fund. |
Subadvisory/Advisory Relationships | Sub-advisor Drop-out (within multiple) | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to the removal or termination of a sub-adviser, when there are more than one sub-advisers for the Fund. |
Subadvisory/Advisory Relationships | Sub-advisor Name | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to a sub-adviser name change. |
Subadvisory/Advisory Relationships | Sub-advisor Replacement | 1/1/2002 | | This refers to one sub-adviser replacing the other. There may be more than one sub-advisor for the Fund. |
Unique Filings | Special Event Filings | 4/1/2005 | | Special Event Filings - Unique supplement filings from the SEC that defy categorization, such as: announcements of large redemptions, corporate acquisitions/mergers,strange or interesting litigation, etc. |