https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898745/000089874516001580/pfi831saisupp110216.htm497 1 pfi831saisupp110216.htm PFI 831 SAI SUPP 110216
Principal Funds, Inc.
Supplement dated November 2, 2016
to the Statement of Additional Information dated December 31, 2015
as amended and restated March 29, 2016
(as supplemented on May 2, 2016, May 31, 2016, June 17, 2016,
July 29, 2016, September 16, 2016, and October 28, 2016)
This supplement updates information currently in the Statement of Additional Information. Please retain this supplement for future reference.
PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION OF SHARES
Under Purchase of Shares, add the following:
Small-MidCap Dividend Income Fund
For retail investors (i.e., non-employer sponsored retirement plan investors), effective as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange on December 1, 2016, and for employer-sponsored retirement plan investors, effective as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange on January 6, 2017, the Small-MidCap Dividend Income Fund (the “Fund”) will no longer be available for purchases from new investors except in limited circumstances.
• Shareholders, including those in omnibus accounts, who own shares of the Fund as of December 1, 2016 (for retail investors, i.e., non-employer sponsored retirement plan investors) or January 6, 2017, (for employer sponsored retirement plan investors), may continue to make purchases, exchanges, and dividend or capital gains reinvestment in existing accounts.
• Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) and bank trust firms that have an investment allocation to the Small-MidCap Dividend Income Strategy (i.e. investments in the same strategy used in collective investment trust, insurance separate accounts, or separately managed accounts) in a fee-based, wrap or advisory account, may add new clients, or purchase shares in the Fund. The Fund will not be available to new RIA and bank trust firms.
•Shareholders through accounts at private banks may continue to purchase shares and exchange into the Fund. Private Banks that have an investment allocation to the Small-MidCap Dividend Income Strategy may add new clients to the Fund. The Fund will not be available to private bank or private bank platforms not already investing in the Small-MidCap Dividend Income Strategy.
• Shareholders in broker/dealer wrap or fee-based programs that have an investment allocation to the Fund may continue to purchase shares and exchange into the Fund. Existing broker/dealer wrap or fee-based programs may add new participants.
• Shareholders in certain types of retirement plans (including 401(k)s, SEPs, SIMPLEs, 403(b)s, etc.) may continue to purchase shares and exchange into the Fund. New participants in these plans may elect to purchase shares of the Fund.
• Retirement plans in transition as of the closure date will have until January 6, 2017, to fund any new accounts in the Fund.
• Investors who open a new IRA transfer or rollover account by the close of business on December 1, 2016, will have until January 6, 2017, to fund these accounts.
•Shareholders within brokerage accounts may continue to purchase shares of the Fund; however, new brokerage accounts will not be permitted to begin investing in the Fund after December 1, 2016.
• 529 plans that include the Fund within their investment options may continue to purchase shares and exchange into the Fund.
•Investors who have a direct investment in the Small-MidCap Dividend Income Strategy may, subject to the approval of the Distributor, purchase shares in the Fund.
At the sole discretion of the Distributor, the Fund may permit certain types of investors to open new accounts, impose further restrictions on purchases, or reject any purchase orders, all without prior notice.
Comments
PMDAX is my largest fund owned within my small/mid cap sleeve and has performed very well, for me, since I have owned it with an average annual return rate of 14.6% to date. I purchased this fund back in November of 2012 and I'd buy more of it but it now accounts for 60% of the sleeve. Another fund that I own within this sleeve is PCVAX which is closed to new investors and has had an average annual returned rate of 16.0%, for me, since I purchased it back in October of 2008. The other fund owned within this sleeve is ABSAX (a more recent purchase for me) which is open for purchase. It is run by a good number of sub advisors utilizing a sleeve system much like what I use myself for management of my own portfolio.
Now, if I could only get back into NEFJX as this fund has been closed to new investors for sometime now and it performed very well for me while I owned it.
I wish all "Good Investing."
Skeet