Abhay Deshpande resigns from First Eagle Funds

TheShadow

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FIRST EAGLE FUNDS


First Eagle Global Fund
First Eagle Overseas Fund
First Eagle U.S. Value Fund

1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS

NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10105

(800) 334-2143

SUPPLEMENT DATED OCTOBER 9, 2014

TO PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 1, 2014


This Supplement is intended to highlight certain changes to the Prospectus dated March 1, 2014. Please review these matters carefully.

Matthew McLennan and Kimball Brooker, Jr. are the Portfolio Managers for First Eagle Global Fund and First Eagle Overseas Fund, and Matthew McLennan, Kimball Brooker, Jr. and Matthew Lamphier are the Portfolio Managers for First Eagle U.S. Value Fund.

Mr. Abhay Deshpande has resigned from his portfolio management positions with First Eagle Investment Management, LLC and the First Eagle Funds. Please disregard any references in this Prospectus to Mr. Deshpande.

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The information in this Supplement modifies the First Eagle Funds’ Prospectus dated March 1, 2014. In particular, and without limitation, the information contained in this Supplement modifies (and if inconsistent, replaces) information contained in the inside front cover and in that section of the Prospectus entitled “The Adviser”.

rjb112

Thanks for posting this. If anyone comes across additional information, please post. This is pretty significant information for this fund.

VintageFreak

As a recent shareholder of FEBAX I'm concerned as well. While he is not manager on my fund, I understand he is an old hand.

Also worry when managers leave funds when market seems topping off.