0000930413-26-001404.txt : 20260430 0000930413-26-001404.hdr.sgml : 20260430 20260430143322 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000930413-26-001404 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20260430 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20260430 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20260430 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIRST EAGLE FUNDS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000906352 ORGANIZATION NAME: EIN: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-63560 FILM NUMBER: 26923568 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10105 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-698-3393 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10105 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST EAGLE FUNDS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030103 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST EAGLE SOGEN FUNDS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000403 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SOGEN FUNDS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930714 0000906352 S000011211 First Eagle Global Fund C000030894 Class A SGENX C000030895 Class I SGIIX C000030896 Class C FESGX C000179763 Class R3 EARGX C000179764 Class R4 EAGRX C000179765 Class R5 FRGLX C000179766 Class R6 FEGRX C000182924 Class T FEGTX 0000906352 S000011212 First Eagle Overseas Fund C000030897 Class A SGOVX C000030898 Class I SGOIX C000030899 Class C FESOX C000179767 Class R3 EAROX C000179768 Class R4 FIORX C000179769 Class R5 FEROX C000179770 Class R6 FEORX C000182925 Class T FEOTX 0000906352 S000011213 First Eagle U.S. Fund C000030900 Class A FEVAX C000030901 Class I FEVIX C000030902 Class C FEVCX C000179771 Class R4 FIVRX C000179772 Class R5 FERVX C000179773 Class R6 FEVRX C000179774 Class R3 EARVX C000182926 Class T FEVTX 0000906352 S000011214 First Eagle Gold Fund C000030903 Class A SGGDX C000030904 Class I FEGIX C000030905 Class C FEGOX C000179775 Class R3 EAURX C000179776 Class R4 FIURX C000179777 Class R5 FERUX C000179778 Class R6 FEURX C000182927 Class T FEUTX 0000906352 S000011215 First Eagle Rising Dividend Fund C000030906 Class Y FEAFX C000030907 Class C FEAMX C000030908 Class A FEFAX C000124490 Class I FEAIX C000179779 Class R3 EARFX C000179780 Class R4 EAFRX C000179781 Class R5 FERFX C000179782 Class R6 FEFRX C000182928 Class T FEFTX 0000906352 S000035180 First Eagle High Yield Municipal Fund C000108220 Class A FEHAX C000108221 Class C FEHCX C000108222 Class I FEHIX C000179783 Class R3 EARHX C000179784 Class R4 FIHRX C000179785 Class R5 FERHX C000179786 Class R6 FEHRX C000182929 Class T FEHTX 0000906352 S000035750 First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund C000109583 Class A FEBAX C000109584 Class C FEBCX C000109585 Class I FEBIX C000179787 Class R3 FBRRX C000179788 Class R4 FIBRX C000179789 Class R5 EABRX C000179790 Class R6 FEBRX C000182930 Class T FEITX 0000906352 S000072438 First Eagle Small Cap Opportunity Fund C000228685 Class R6 FESRX C000228686 Class A FESAX C000228687 Class I FESCX C000260318 Class C FECCX 0000906352 S000074462 First Eagle Global Real Assets Fund C000232391 Class R6 FERRX C000232392 Class I FEREX C000232393 Class A FERAX 0000906352 S000077255 First Eagle U.S. Smid Cap Opportunity Fund C000237506 Class A C000237507 Class I C000237508 Class R6 0000906352 S000083576 First Eagle Short Duration High Yield Municipal Fund C000247343 Class R6 FDURX C000247344 Class A FDUAX C000247345 Class I FDUIX C000260319 Class C FDYCX 0000906352 S000091111 First Eagle Core Plus Municipal Fund C000258506 Class I FPMMX C000258507 Class A FPMAX C000258508 Class C FPLCX C000271837 R6 FPCPX 497 1 c116289_497.htm

FIRST EAGLE FUNDS

 

First Eagle Global Fund
First Eagle Overseas Fund
First Eagle U.S. Fund
First Eagle Gold Fund
First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund
First Eagle Rising Dividend Fund
First Eagle Small Cap Opportunity Fund
First Eagle U.S. Smid Cap Opportunity Fund
First Eagle Global Real Assets Fund
First Eagle High Yield Municipal Fund
First Eagle Short Duration High Yield Municipal Fund
First Eagle Core Plus Municipal Fund

 

(each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”)

 

1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10105

(800) 334-2143

 

SUPPLEMENT DATED APRIL 30, 2026
TO PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 1, 2026

 

This Supplement is intended to highlight certain changes to the Prospectus dated March 1, 2026. Please review these matters carefully.

 

The following modifies (and if inconsistent, replaces) the information appearing in the Appendix of the Prospectus entitled “Intermediary-Specific Front-End Sales Load and Waiver Terms”:

 

Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through a Merrill Lynch (“Merrill”) platform or account

 

Purchases or sales of front-end (for example, Class A) or level-load (for example, Class C) mutual fund shares through a Merrill platform or account will be eligible only for the following sales load waivers (front-end, contingent deferred, or back-end waivers) and discounts, which differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Fund’s prospectus. Purchasers will have to buy mutual fund shares directly from the mutual fund company or through another intermediary to be eligible for waivers or discounts not listed below.

 

It is the client’s responsibility to notify Merrill at the time of purchase or sale of any relationship or other facts that qualify the transaction for a waiver or discount. A Merrill representative may ask for reasonable documentation of such facts and Merrill may condition the granting of a waiver or discount on the timely receipt of such documentation.

 

Additional information on waivers, discounts, and share class exchanges is available in the Merrill Sales Load Waiver and Discounts Supplement (the “Merrill SLWD Supplement”) and in the Mutual Fund Investing at Merrill pamphlet at ml.com/funds. Clients are encouraged to review these documents and speak with their financial advisor to determine whether a transaction is eligible for a waiver or discount.

 

Front-end Load Waivers Available at Merrill Lynch

 

·Shares of mutual funds available for purchase by employer-sponsored retirement, deferred compensation, and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans provided the shares are not held in a commission-based brokerage account and shares are held for the benefit of the plan. For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans

 

·Shares purchased through a Merrill investment advisory program

 

·Brokerage class shares exchanged from advisory class shares due to the holdings moving from a Merrill investment advisory program to a Merrill brokerage account

 

·Shares purchased through the Merrill Edge Self-Directed platform

 

·Shares purchased through the systematic reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same mutual fund in the same account

 

·Shares exchanged from level-load shares to front-end load shares of the same mutual fund in accordance with the description in the Merrill SLWD Supplement

 

·Shares purchased by eligible employees of Merrill or its affiliates and their family members who purchase shares in accounts within the employee’s Merrill Household (as defined in the Merrill SLWD Supplement)

 

·Shares purchased by eligible persons associated with the fund as defined in this prospectus (e.g. the fund’s officers or trustees)

 

·Shares purchased from the proceeds of a mutual fund redemption in front-end load shares provided (1) the repurchase is in a mutual fund within the same fund family; (2) the repurchase occurs within 90 calendar days from the redemption trade date, and (3) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account (known as Rights of Reinstatement). Automated transactions (i.e. systematic purchases and withdrawals) and purchases made after shares are automatically sold to pay Merrill’s account maintenance fees are not eligible for Rights of Reinstatement

 

Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”) Waivers on Front-end, Back-end, and Level Load Shares Available at Merrill

 

·Shares sold due to the client’s death or disability (as defined by Internal Revenue Code Section 22(e)(3))

 

·Shares sold pursuant to a systematic withdrawal program subject to Merrill’s maximum systematic withdrawal limits as described in the Merrill SLWD Supplement

 

·Shares sold due to return of excess contributions from an IRA account

 

·Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the investor reaching the qualified age based on applicable IRS regulation

 

·Front-end or level-load shares held in commission-based, non-taxable retirement brokerage accounts (e.g. traditional, Roth, rollover, SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans) that are transferred to fee-based accounts or platforms and exchanged for a lower cost share class of the same mutual fund
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Front-end Load Discounts Available at Merrill: Breakpoints, Rights of Accumulation & Letters of Intent

 

·Breakpoint discounts, as described in this prospectus, where the sales load is at or below the maximum sales load that Merrill permits to be assessed to a front-end load purchase, as described in the Merrill SLWD Supplement

 

·Rights of Accumulation (ROA), as described in the Merrill SLWD Supplement, which entitle clients to breakpoint discounts based on the aggregated holdings of mutual fund family assets held in accounts in their Merrill Household

 

On or about May 1, 2026, assets not held at Merrill will no longer be included in the ROA calculation. For more detail on the timing and calculation, please refer to the Merrill SLWD Supplement.

 

·Letters of Intent (LOI), which allow for breakpoint discounts on eligible new purchases based on anticipated future eligible purchases within a fund family at Merrill, in accounts within your Merrill Household, as further described in the Merrill SLWD Supplement

 

On or about May 1, 2026, Merrill will no longer accept new LOIs. For more detail on the timing, please refer to the Merrill SLWD Supplement.

 

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The information in this Supplement modifies (and if inconsistent, replaces) information contained in First Eagle Funds’ Prospectus dated March 1, 2026. Except as noted above, no other provisions of the Prospectus are modified by this Supplement.

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