Manning & Napier's Emerging Markets Series – Class S and I to liquidate

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497 1 d453777d497.htm MANNING & NAPIER FUND, INC.
MANNING & NAPIER FUND, INC.

(the “Fund”)

Emerging Markets Series – Class S and I

(the “Series”)

Supplement dated September 11, 2017 to the combined Prospectus and the Summary Prospectus for the Series dated May 1, 2017 (the “Prospectus”)

This supplement provides new and additional information beyond that contained in the Prospectus and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus.

The Board of Directors of the Fund has voted to terminate the offering of shares of the Emerging Markets Series and instructed the officers of the Fund to take all steps necessary to completely liquidate the Series. Accordingly, the Series will be closed to new investors and to additional investments from existing shareholders as follows:

For discretionary investment clients of Manning & Napier Advisors, LLC and its affiliates: The Series will be closed to new investors and to additional investments from existing shareholders effective immediately.

For other shareholders: Effective immediately, the Series will be closed to new investors. Effective October 6, 2017, the Series will stop selling its shares to existing shareholders and will no longer accept automatic investments from existing shareholders.

The Series will redeem all of its outstanding shares on or about November 10, 2017 and distribute the proceeds to the Series’ shareholders (subject to maintenance of appropriate reserves for liquidation and other expenses).

As is the case with other redemptions, each shareholder’s redemption, including a mandatory redemption, will constitute a taxable disposition of shares for those shareholders who do not hold their shares through tax-advantaged plans. Shareholders should contact their tax advisors to discuss the potential income tax consequences of the liquidation.

As shareholders redeem shares of the Series between the date of this supplement and the date of the final redemption, and as the Series increases its cash positions to facilitate redemptions, the Series may not be able to continue to invest its assets in accordance with its stated investment policies. Accordingly, the Series may not be able to achieve its investment objectives during the period between the date of this supplement and the date of the final redemption.

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Shostakovich

Whatever happened to Manning and Napier. Used to be one of those hidden gem fund companies that no one had ever heard of, that had a good analyst bench and really decent funds. Now it seems they're deviating from their original model -- another fund going the way of the AUM land grab?

Mark

My totally clueless guess is that we will continue to see more and more of these smaller shops disappear as many of today's investors shovel money into index funds. I'm also guessing than M&N doesn't have a significant presence in company 401k plans. It's unfortunate because I agree with your statement that the company is/was one of those hidden gems.