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Summary Prospectus by Investment Company - Form 497K

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CROSSINGBRIDGE NORDIC HIGH INCOME BOND FUND

Trading Symbol:
Institutional Class Shares (NRDCX)

Summary Prospectus
September 27, 2024
www.crossingbridgefunds.com
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 online at http://www.crossingbridgefunds.com/strategic-income-fund. You may also obtain this information at no cost by calling 800-617-0004 or by sending an email to [email protected]. The Fund's prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated September 27, 2024, are incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus.
Investment Objective
The CrossingBridge Nordic High Income Bond Fund (the "Nordic High Income Bond Fund" or the "Fund") seeks high current income and capital appreciation consistent with the preservation of capital.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and Example below.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Institutional
Class
Management Fees 0.65%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees None
Other Expenses
Shareholder Servicing Plan Fees(1)
0.10%
Remainder of Other Expenses(2)
0.31%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses(2)(3)
1.06%
Less: Fee Waiver -0.11%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver(3)
0.95%
(1)The Trust's Board of Trustees (the "Board of Trustees") has authorized a shareholder servicing plan fee up to 0.15% of the Fund's average daily net assets. Currently, the shareholder servicing plan fee being charged is 0.10% of the Fund's average daily net assets;
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however, the fee may be increased to 0.15% of the Fund's average daily net assets at any time.
(2)Estimated for the Fund's current fiscal year.
(3)Pursuant to an operating expense limitation agreement between CrossingBridge Advisors, LLC (the "Adviser"), the Fund's investment adviser, and the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, the Adviser has agreed to waive its management fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses to ensure that Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (exclusive of front-end or contingent deferred loads, Rule 12b-1 plan fees, shareholder servicing plan fees, leverage (i.e., any expenses incurred in connection with borrowings made by the Fund) interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts), brokerage commissions and other transactional expenses, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, dividends or interest on short positions, acquired fund fees and expenses or extraordinary expenses such as litigation (collectively "Excluded Expenses")) do not exceed 0.85% of the Fund's average annual net assets, through at least September 30, 2026. To the extent the Fund incurs Excluded Expenses, Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement may be greater than 0.85%. The operating expense limitation agreement can be terminated only by, or with the consent of, the Board of Trustees. The Adviser may request recoupment of previously waived fees and paid expenses from the Fund up to three years from the date such fees and expenses were waived or paid, subject to the operating expense limitation agreement, if such reimbursement will not cause the Fund's expense ratio, after recoupment has been taken into account, to exceed the lesser of: (1) the expense limitation in place at the time of the waiver and/or expense payment; or (2) the expense limitation in place at the time of the recoupment.

Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the costs 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 hold or redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. The operating expense limitation agreement discussed in the table above is reflected only through September 30, 2026. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Share Class One Year Three Years
Institutional Class $97 $315
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions or spreads, 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 the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund's performance. Because the Fund is newly organized, portfolio turnover information is not yet available.

Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market conditions, the Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets, (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment
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purposes) in income producing bonds that are issued, originated, or underwritten out of the Nordic Countries (as defined below). The Adviser considers the Nordic Countries to be Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The Adviser will construct the Fund's portfolio by investing in corporate bonds including, but not limited to, fixed or floating rate bonds, zero-coupon bonds and convertible bonds, and bonds issued by governments, government agencies or government instrumentalities of the Nordic Countries.

The Fund invests in individual securities without restriction as to issuer credit quality, capitalization, security maturity, or currency-denomination. The Fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in lower-quality bonds - commonly known as "high yield" or "junk" bonds. Junk bonds are generally rated lower than Baa3 by Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") or lower than BBB- by Standard and Poor's Rating Group ("S&P"). The Fund may invest in junk bonds that are in default, subject to bankruptcy or reorganization. High yield bonds have a higher expected rate of default than higher quality bonds. The Fund will invest in both bonds that are secured by the assets of the issuer and unsecured bonds. The Fund may invest in privately placed bonds that may be resold to "qualified institutional buyers" in accordance with the provisions of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 144A Securities"). The Fund may also invest up to 100% of its total assets in in foreign currency denominated securities.

The Adviser seeks to manage default and currency risks. The Adviser seeks to manage default risk by selecting securities of issuers that it believes will pay interest and principal regardless of their credit rating, based upon the Adviser's credit analysis of each issuer. The Adviser may also select securities that are in default, subject to bankruptcy or reorganization where the Adviser believes the risks to be consistent with capital preservation, based on the Adviser's analysis of an issuer's liquidation value or post-bankruptcy or post-reorganization value.

The Adviser seeks to manage currency risk, when appropriate, by hedging foreign currency exposure typically, and primarily, with forward currency contracts. A forward currency contract is an obligation to purchase or sell a specific currency at a future date, which may be any fixed number of days from the date of the contract agreed upon by the parties. The Fund may also manage currency risk by investing in bonds denominated in U.S. dollars, such as Yankee bonds.

The Fund's investments in derivative instruments, specifically options, swap agreements and forward currency contracts (collectively, "Derivatives") are generally used to reduce exposure to, or "hedge" against, market volatilities and other risks. The Fund may also use a Derivative rather than investing directly in an underlying asset class as a low-cost, effective means to gain exposure to such asset class. The Fund will count the notional value of investments in derivative instruments towards compliance with the 80% investment policy discussed above, except that investments in derivative instruments for the purpose of hedging foreign currency risk will not be counted towards the 80% investment policy.
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The Fund will sell an investment during portfolio rebalancing periods when the Fund's holdings in that investment are larger than the allocation suggested by the Adviser's investment models or when a more attractive investment becomes available. The Adviser may engage in active trading of the Fund's portfolio investments, resulting in a high portfolio turnover rate, to achieve the Fund's investment objective.

There is no assurance the Fund will achieve its investment objective.

Principal Risks
Before investing in the Fund, you should carefully consider your own investment goals, the amount of time you are willing to leave your money invested, and the amount of risk you are willing to take. Remember, in addition to possibly not achieving your investment goals, you could lose money by investing in the Fund. The Fund's principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate finding particular risks and comparing them with other funds. Each risk summarized below is considered a "principal risk" of investing in the Fund, regardless of the order in which it appears. The principal risks of investing in the Fund are:
Below Investment Grade Securities Risks (commonly referred to as "junk" bonds). The Fund may invest 100% of its assets in fixed-income instruments that are or are deemed to be the equivalent in terms of quality to securities rated below investment grade by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations ("NRSROs") and accordingly involve great risk. Such securities are regarded as predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer's capacity to pay interest and repay principal in accordance with the terms of the obligations and involve major risk to adverse conditions. These securities offer higher returns than bonds with higher ratings as compensation for holding an obligation of an issuer perceived to be less creditworthy. The market prices of such securities are also subject to abrupt and erratic market movements and above-average price volatility, and the spread between the bid and ask prices of such securities may be greater than those prevailing in other securities markets. Changes in economic conditions or developments regarding issuers of non-investment grade debt securities are more likely to cause price volatility and weaken the capacity of such issuers to make principal and interest payments than is the case for higher grade debt securities. In addition, the market for lower grade debt securities may be thinner and less active than for higher grade debt securities.
Convertible Securities Risk. A convertible security is a fixed-income security which may be converted at a stated price within a specified period of time into a certain quantity of the common stock of the same or a different issuer. The market value of a convertible security performs like that of a regular debt security, that is, if market interest rates rise, the value of the convertible security falls.
Corporate Events Risk. Corporate events risk is the risk that a corporate transaction or opportunity will not occur, or a natural disaster or regulatory change will cause an abrupt downgrade in a corporate bond which may lower the Fund's performance.
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Counterparty Risk. Counterparty risk arises upon entering into borrowing arrangements or Derivative transactions and is the risk from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.
Credit-Related Instruments Risk. Interest rates may go up resulting in a decrease in the value of the securities held by the Fund. A credit rating assigned to a particular debt security is essentially the opinion of an NRSRO as to the credit quality of an issuer and may prove to be inaccurate. There is also the risk that a bond issuer may "call," or repay, its high yielding bonds before their maturity dates. Debt securities subject to prepayment can offer less potential for gains during a declining interest rate environment and similar or greater potential for loss in a rising interest rate environment. Limited trading opportunities for certain bonds may make it more difficult to sell or buy a security at a favorable price or time, particularly during periods of market turmoil, and may also make these securities difficult to value.
Credit Risk. Debt portfolios are subject to credit risk. Credit risk refers to the likelihood that an issuer will default in the payment of principal and/or interest on an instrument. Financial strength and solvency of an issuer are the primary factors influencing credit risk. In addition, lack or inadequacy of collateral or credit enhancement for a debt instrument may affect its credit risk. Credit risk may change over the life of an instrument, and debt obligations which are rated by rating agencies are often reviewed and may be subject to downgrade.
Cybersecurity Risk. With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business, the Fund is susceptible to operational, information security, and related risks. Cyber incidents affecting the Fund or its service providers have the ability to cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses, interference with the Fund's ability to calculate its NAV, impediments to trading, the inability of shareholders to transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs, or additional compliance costs.
Derivatives Risk. The Fund's use of swap contracts and options involves risks different from, or possibly greater than the risks associated with investing directly in securities including leverage risk, tracking risk and counterparty default risk. Option positions may expire worthless exposing the Fund to potentially significant losses. To the extent the Fund invests in Derivatives, the risks below may affect its performance:
Interest Rate Risk. Underlying investments may lose value due to interest rate changes.
Liquidity Risk. The Fund may not be able to sell or close out a Derivative instrument.
Options Risk. Options contracts may be more volatile than investments directly in the underlying securities, involve additional costs and may involve a small initial investment relative to the risk assumed.
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Swap Agreements Risk. A swap contract may not be assigned without the consent of the counterparty, and may result in losses in the event of a default or bankruptcy of the counterparty.
Distressed Securities Risk. The Fund may invest in securities of companies that are experiencing significant financial or business difficulties, including companies involved in bankruptcy or other reorganization and liquidation proceedings. Although such investments may result in significant returns to the Fund, they involve a substantial degree of risk. Any one or all of the issuers of the securities in which the Fund may invest may be unsuccessful or not show any return for a considerable period of time. The level of analytical sophistication, both financial and legal, necessary for successful investment in companies experiencing significant business and financial difficulties is unusually high. There is no assurance that the Adviser will correctly evaluate the value of the assets collateralizing the Fund's loans or the prospects for a successful reorganization or similar action. In any reorganization or liquidation proceeding relating to a company in which the Fund invests, the Fund may lose its entire investment or may be required to accept cash or securities with a value less than the Fund's original investment. Under such circumstances, the returns generated from the Fund's investments in distressed securities may not adequately compensate for the risks assumed. In addition, there is no minimum credit standard that is a prerequisite to the Fund's investment in any instrument, and a significant portion of the obligations and preferred stock in which the Fund invests may be less than investment grade.
Fixed Income Securities Market Risk. Difficult conditions in the broader financial markets have in the past resulted in a temporary but significant contraction in liquidity for bonds. Liquidity relates to the ability of the Fund to sell its investments in a timely manner at a price approximately equal to its value on the Fund's books. To the extent that the market for bonds suffers such a contraction, securities that were considered liquid at the time of investment could become temporarily illiquid, and the Adviser may experience delays or difficulty in selling assets at the prices at which the Fund carries such assets, which may result in a loss to the Fund. There is no way to predict reliably when such market conditions could re-occur or how long such conditions could persist.
In the event of a severe market contraction precipitated by general market turmoil, economic conditions, changes in prevailing interest rates or otherwise, coupled with extraordinary levels of Fund shareholder redemption requests, the Fund may have to consider selling its holdings at a loss including at prices below the current value on the Fund's books, borrowing money to satisfy redemption requests in accordance with the Fund's borrowing policy or postponing payment of redemption requests for up to seven days or longer, as permitted by applicable law, or other extraordinary measures. In addition, if the Fund needed to sell large blocks of investments to meet shareholder redemption requests or to raise cash, those sales could further reduce prices, particularly for lower-rated and unrated securities.
In response to rising inflation, the Federal Reserve began raising short-term interest rates in 2022 with the potential for further rate increases. Uncertainty regarding the ability of the Federal Reserve to successfully control inflation, the potential for incremental rate
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increases, and the full impact of prior rate increases may negatively impact bond prices and increase market volatility. In general, the market price of bonds with longer maturities will increase or decrease more in response to changes in interest rates than shorter-term securities.
Fixed Income Securities Risk. The Fund invests in bonds. Bonds are subject to credit risk and market risk, including interest rate risk. Credit risk is the risk of the issuer's inability to meet its principal and interest payment obligations. Market risk is the risk of price volatility due to such factors as interest rate sensitivity, market perception of the creditworthiness of the issuer and general market liquidity. There is no limitation on the maturities of bonds in which the Fund invests. Securities having longer maturities generally involve greater risk of fluctuations in value resulting from changes in interest rates.
Floating Rate Risk. Securities with floating interest rates generally are less sensitive to interest rate changes but may decline in value if their interest rates do not rise as much, or as quickly, as interest rates in general. Conversely, floating rate instruments will not generally increase in value if interest rates decline. Changes in interest rates will also affect the amount of interest income the Fund earns on its floating rate investments.
Foreign Investments Risk. Investments in bonds and instruments that are linked to fixed income securities (collectively, "Credit-Related Instruments") of foreign issuers involve certain risks not generally associated with investments in the securities of U.S. issuers, including changes in currency exchange rates, unstable political, social and economic conditions, a lack of adequate or accurate company information, differences in the way securities markets operate, less secure international banks or securities depositories than those in the U.S. and foreign controls on investment. In addition, individual international country economies may differ favorably or unfavorably from the U.S. economy in such respects as growth of gross domestic product, rates of inflation, capital reinvestment, resources, self-sufficiency and balance of payments position. Income earned on foreign investments may be subject to foreign withholding taxes.
Forward Currency Contracts Risk.The Fund may enter into forward currency contracts. A forward currency contract is an obligation to purchase or sell a specific currency at a future date, which may be any fixed number of days from the date of the contract agreed upon by the parties, at a price set at the time of the contract. For example, the Fund might purchase a particular currency or enter into a forward currency contract to preserve the U.S. dollar price of securities it intends to or has contracted to purchase. Alternatively, it might sell a particular currency on either a spot or forward basis to hedge against an anticipated decline in the dollar value of securities it intends to or has contracted to sell. Although this strategy could minimize the risk of loss due to a decline in the value of the hedged currency, it could also limit any potential gain from an increase in the value of the currency.
General Market Risk. Certain securities selected for the Fund's portfolio may be worth less than the price originally paid for them, or less than they were worth at an earlier time.
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Government Securities Risk. The Fund invests in securities issued or guaranteed by the Nordic Countries, their agencies and instrumentalities (including government-sponsored enterprises). Securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities may not be guaranteed or insured by the Nordic Countries and may only be supported by the credit of the issuing entity.
High Portfolio Turnover Risk. 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.
Interest Rate Risk. The prices of securities in general and fixed-income securities in particular tend to be sensitive to interest rate fluctuations. Increases in interest rates can result in significant declines in the prices of fixed-income securities. Securities with floating interest rates generally are less sensitive to interest rate changes but may decline in value if their interest rates do not rise as much, or as quickly, as interest rates in general. The negative impact on bonds generally from rate increases, regardless of the cause, could be swift and significant, which could result in losses by the Fund, even if anticipated by the Adviser. Starting in 2022, the Federal Reserve began to increase interest rates in an effort to combat inflation which has resulted in periods of volatility.
Leverage Risk. Derivatives may create economic leverage and can result in losses to the Fund that exceed the original amount invested.
Liquidity Risk. Certain investments and markets can become illiquid at times and negatively impact the price of an investment if the Fund were to sell during times of illiquidity.
Management Risk. Investment strategies employed by the Adviser in selecting investments for the Fund may not result in an increase in the value of your investment or in overall performance equal to other investments.
New Fund Risk. The Fund is a recently organized, management investment company with a limited operating history. As a result, prospective investors have a limited track record on which to base their investment decision. There is also a risk that the Fund will not grow to or maintain an economically viable size, in which case it could ultimately liquidate without shareholder approval.
Nordic Countries Risk. Investments in issuers of the Nordic Countries may subject the Fund to legal, regulatory, political, currency, security, and economic risks specific to each of the Nordic Countries. The economies of the Nordic Countries are heavily dependent on natural resources and trade amongst one another and with the members of the European Union. Decreasing European imports, new trade regulations, changes in exchange rates, a recession in Europe, or a slowing of economic growth in this region could have an adverse impact on the securities in which the Fund invests. The Nordic Countries have historically maintained generous welfare programs. Such welfare programs can negatively impact the economies of the Nordic Countries by causing increased government spending, higher production costs and lower productivity.
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Prepayment Risk. The risk that the issuer of a debt security repays all or a portion of the principal prior to the security's maturity therefore resulting in lower yields to shareholders of the Fund. The Fund may be unable to re-invest the proceeds in an investment with as great a yield.
Recent Market Events Risk. U.S. and international markets have experienced and may continue to experience significant periods of volatility in recent years and months due to a number of economic, political and global macro factors including uncertainty regarding inflation and central banks' interest rate increases, the possibility of a national or global recession, trade tensions, political events, the war between Russia and Ukraine, significant conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Middle East, and the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic. The impact of COVID-19 may last for an extended period of time. As a result of continuing political tensions and armed conflicts, including the war between Ukraine and Russia, the U.S. and the European Union imposed sanctions on certain Russian individuals and companies, including certain financial institutions, and have limited certain exports and imports to and from Russia. The war has contributed to recent market volatility and may continue to do so. Continuing market volatility as a result of recent market conditions or other events may have an adverse effect on the performance of the Fund.
Redemption Risk. The Fund may experience periods of heavy redemptions that could cause the Fund to liquidate its assets at inopportune times or at a loss or depressed value, particularly during periods of declining or illiquid markets.
Rule 144A Securities Risk. The market for Rule 144A Securities typically is less active than the market for publicly-traded securities. Rule 144A Securities carry the risk that the liquidity of these securities may become impaired, making it more difficult for the Fund to sell these securities.
Tax Risk. The Fund's investment strategies, specifically its investments in Derivatives, may subject the Fund to special tax rules, the effect of which may be to accelerate income to the Fund, defer losses to the Fund, cause adjustments in the holding periods of the Fund's securities, convert long-term capital gains into short-term capital gains or convert short-term capital losses into long-term capital losses.
Tracking Risk. The value of the Derivative instruments the Fund uses may not correlate to (or track) the values of the underlying securities. When used for hedging purposes, lack of correlation between price or rate movements of the Derivative instrument and the underlying investment sought to be hedged may prevent the Fund from achieving the intended hedging effect or expose the Fund to risk of loss.
Trade Versus Settlement Risk. The Fund may invest in securities that have varied settlement terms and dates. The longer the amount of time between trade date and settlement date the greater the risk that settlement will occur on a timely basis.
Yankee Bond Risk. Yankee bonds are subject to the same risks as other debt issues, notably credit risk, market risk, currency and liquidity risk. Other risks include adverse political and economic developments; the extent and quality of government regulations of
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financial markets and institutions; the imposition of foreign withholding taxes; and the expropriation or nationalization of foreign issuers.
Zero-Coupon Bond Risk. While interest payments are not made on such securities, holders of such securities are deemed to have received income annually, notwithstanding that cash may not be received currently. Some of these securities may be subject to substantially greater price fluctuations during periods of changing market interest rates than are comparable securities that pay interest currently.

Performance
When the Fund has been in operation for a full calendar year, performance information will be shown in the Prospectus. Updated performance information will be available on the Fund's website at www.crossingbridgefunds.com or by calling the Fund toll-free at (855) 839-2800.

Management

Investment Adviser. CrossingBridge Advisors, LLC, located at 427 Bedford Road, Suite 220, Pleasantville, New York, 10570, is the Fund's investment adviser.

Portfolio Managers. David K. Sherman, President of the Adviser and Spencer Rolfe, Assistant Portfolio Manager of the Adviser, have served as the Fund's portfolio managers since 2024. Chen Ling, Analyst of the Adviser has served as the Fund's assistant portfolio manager since 2024.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
You may conduct transactions (share purchases or redemptions) via written request by mail (CrossingBridge Funds, c/o U.S. Bank Global Fund Services, P.O. Box 701, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0701), by wire transaction, or by contacting the Fund by telephone at 888-898-2780, on any day the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") is open for trading. Investors who wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a financial intermediary should contact the financial intermediary directly. Minimum initial and subsequent investment amounts are shown below.

Share Purchase Amounts Institutional Class
Minimum Initial Investment $0 for certain institutional investors as described under "Minimum Investment Amounts"; $5,000 for all other investors
Minimum Subsequent Investment None
Automatic Investment Plan $100

Tax Information
The Fund's distributions will be taxed as ordinary income or long-term capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA. You may be taxed later upon withdrawal of monies from tax-deferred arrangements.
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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), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create conflicts of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other 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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