Investment Philosophy

Seeks to provide current income exempt from regular federal income taxes. Capital appreciation is a secondary objective when consistent with the Fund’s primary objective.

  • After-Tax Income Potential

    The municipal securities market may offer the potential for higher after-tax income when compared with other fixed income markets.

  • Diverse Credit Profile

    With an emphasis on investment grade securities and tactical exposure to high yield municipals, the core-plus approach provides exposure to a broad range of municipal issues and offers the potential to outperform a traditional core muni bond portfolio over time.


Our Process

The Core Plus Municipal Fund emphasizes a fundamental bottom-up research approach that drives the identification of investment opportunities in all market environments. The three phases of the process are:

  • 01

    Bottom Up Fundamental Analysis

    Team to screen for issuers that meets the investment team's fundamental tests of creditworthiness 

    Team favors those issuers with attractive return potential from a combination of price improvement and yield through solid coverage of debt service and a priority lien on hard assets, dedicated revenue streams or tax resources

    Strategic inputs include:

    • Credit analysis
    • Security structure
    • Sector analysis
    • Yield curve positioning
  • 02

    Portfolio Construction

    Team seeks to invest in a large number of sectors, states and specific issuers in order to help create a diversified portfolio and help mitigate the portfolio from events that may affect any individual industry, geographic location or credit

    Team seeks to limit exposure to individual credits, mitigate interest rate risk, and maximize overall call protection

    Portfolio assessment:

    • Position sizing
    • Performance and attribution analysis
    • Duration management
    • Leverage analysis
  • 03

    Sell Discipline

    Team may sell a security if, among other factors, it:

    • Determines a security is overvalued
    • Detects credit deterioration
    • Modifies its portfolio strategy, such as sector or state allocation

    Team may also sell a security when it exceeds the portfolio’s diversification targets

  1. The investment process may change over time. The information set forth above is intended as a general illustration of some of the criteria the investment team considers in selecting securities. Not all investments will meet such criteria. Diversification does not guarantee investment returns and does not eliminate the risk of loss.

    These are among factors to be considered when deciding whether to sell, this is not a comprehensive list.

    A debt instrument’s “duration’’ is a way of measuring a debt instrument’s sensitivity to a potential change in interest rates.

TickerClassYTD %1 MO3 MO1 YR3 YR5 YR10 YRINCEPT %Expense RatioFund Inception Date
GrossNet
FPMAX A w/out load --   0.94% -- -- -- -- --   1.34%   1.25%   0.69% Nov 20, 2025
FPMAX A w/load --  -1.61% -- -- -- -- --  -1.23%   1.25%   0.69% Nov 20, 2025
S&P Municipal Bond Index (Since Inception Based on I Shares) --   0.19% -- -- -- -- --   0.36% -- -- --
FPMAX A w/out load --   0.94% -- -- -- -- --   1.34%   1.25%   0.69% Nov 20, 2025
FPMAX A w/load --  -1.61% -- -- -- -- --  -1.23%   1.25%   0.69% Nov 20, 2025
S&P Municipal Bond Index (Since Inception Based on I Shares) --   0.19% -- -- -- -- --   0.36% -- -- --
FPLCX C --  -0.13% -- -- -- -- --   0.25%   2.00%   1.44% Nov 20, 2025
S&P Municipal Bond Index (Since Inception Based on I Shares) --   0.19% -- -- -- -- --   0.36% -- -- --
FPLCX C --  -0.13% -- -- -- -- --   0.25%   2.00%   1.44% Nov 20, 2025
S&P Municipal Bond Index (Since Inception Based on I Shares) --   0.19% -- -- -- -- --   0.36% -- -- --
FPMMX I --   0.96% -- -- -- -- --   1.37%   1.00%   0.44% Nov 20, 2025
S&P Municipal Bond Index (Since Inception Based on I Shares) --   0.19% -- -- -- -- --   0.36% -- -- --
FPMMX I --   0.96% -- -- -- -- --   1.37%   1.00%   0.44% Nov 20, 2025
S&P Municipal Bond Index (Since Inception Based on I Shares) --   0.19% -- -- -- -- --   0.36% -- -- --
FPCPX R6 -- -- -- -- -- -- --   0.61%   1.00%   0.44% Dec 12, 2025
S&P Municipal Bond Index (Since Inception Based on I Shares) --   0.19% -- -- -- -- --   0.36% -- -- --
FPCPX R6 -- -- -- -- -- -- --   0.61%   1.00%   0.44% Dec 12, 2025
S&P Municipal Bond Index (Since Inception Based on I Shares) --   0.19% -- -- -- -- --   0.36% -- -- --

Source: FactSet; data as of Dec 31, 2025.

Source: FactSet; data as of Dec 31, 2025.

  1. First Eagle Investment Management, LLC (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed to waive and/ or reimburse certain fees and expenses of Classes A, C and I so that the total annual operating expenses (excluding interest charges on any borrowings, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses incurred in placing orders for the purchase and sale of securities and other investment instruments, acquired fund fees and expenses, dividend and other expenses relating to short sales, and extraordinary expenses, if any) (“annual operating expenses”) of each class are limited to 0.50%, 1.25% and 0.25% of average net assets, respectively. Each of these undertakings lasts until February 28, 2027 and may not be terminated during its term without the consent of the Board of Trustees. The Fund has agreed that each of Classes A, C and I will repay the Adviser for fees and expenses waived or reimbursed for the class provided that repayment does not cause annual operating expenses (after the repayment is taken into account) to exceed the lesser of: (1) 0.50%, 1.25% and 0.25% of the class’ average net assets, respectively; or (2) if applicable, the then-current expense limitations. Any such repayment must be made within three years after the year in which the Adviser incurred the expense.

Top Ten Holdings (%)

As of Nov 30, 2025

California Community Choice Financing Authority 5% 1-Dec-2032 A+ 8.99
Black Belt Energy Gas District 5.25% 1-May-2032 A- 8.66
Genacross Lutheran Services Obligated Group 6.75% 1-Nov-2030 NR 6.96
FMC Corp 6.45% 1-Aug-2032 BBB- 6.13
Metropolitan Transportation Authority 4% 15-Nov-2043 A 5.22
County of Miami-Dade FL Aviation Revenue 5% 1-Oct-2040 A+ 5.11
College of St Benedict 5% 1-Mar-2037 BBB 4.94
Florida Institute of Technology Inc 5% 1-Oct-2034 BBB 4.38
Tower Health Obligated Group 0% 30-Jun-2044 NR 3.80
Philadelphia Gas Works Co 5% 1-Aug-2042 A 3.59
Top Ten Holdings as a Percentage of Total Net Assets 57.79

Allocation by Credit Quality (%)

A: 40.02%
Not Rated: 23.25%
BBB: 20.22%
BB: 10.00%
AA: 5.11%
B: 1.41%
Source: Perform; data as of Nov 30, 2025.
A 40.02%
Not Rated 23.25%
BBB 20.22%
BB 10.00%
AA 5.11%
B 1.41%
Not Rated 68.99%
BBB 11.34%
BB 10.85%
AA 4.28%
A 2.33%
B 1.64%
CCC 0.57%
AAA 0.00%
C 0.00%
CC 0.00%
Not Rated 69.62%
BB 10.69%
BBB 10.67%
AA 4.50%
A 2.25%
B 1.70%
CCC 0.57%
AAA 0.00%
C 0.00%
CC 0.00%
Not Rated 71.23%
BBB 13.64%
BB 6.85%
AA 4.19%
A 1.92%
B 1.51%
CCC 0.66%
AAA 0.00%
C 0.00%
CC 0.00%

Allocation by Sector (%)

Higher Education: 18.75%
Gas Forward Contract: 17.65%
Hospital: 16.29%
Airport: 7.93%
Assisted Living: 6.96%
Continuing Care Retirement Community: 6.51%
Economic/Industrial Development: 6.13%
Public Transportation: 5.22%
Municipal Utility (Mixed): 3.59%
Water & Sewer: 2.83%
Other: 8.14%
Source: Perform; data as of Nov 30, 2025.
Higher Education 18.75%
Gas Forward Contract 17.65%
Hospital 16.29%
Airport 7.93%
Assisted Living 6.96%
Continuing Care Retirement Community 6.51%
Economic/Industrial Development 6.13%
Public Transportation 5.22%
Municipal Utility (Mixed) 3.59%
Water & Sewer 2.83%
Community Development District 2.79%
Not-For-Profit Research Organization 2.47%
Secondary Education 2.29%
Appropriation 0.59%
Public Transportation 8.65%
Hospital 8.07%
Economic/Industrial Development 7.54%
Charter School 7.47%
Continuing Care Retirement Community 7.05%
Higher Education 5.65%
Community Development District 5.47%
State Multi-Family Housing 4.79%
Toll Highway/Bridge/Tunnel 4.47%
Special Assessment Financing 4.39%
Airport 4.26%
State Single-Family Housing 4.04%
Student Housing 3.66%
Assisted Living 3.12%
Tax Increment Financing 2.67%
General Revenue Tax-Guaranteed 2.45%
Miscellaneous Tax 2.43%
Local Multi-Family Housing 1.60%
Nursing Home 1.57%
General Obligation 1.46%
Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement 1.42%
Private/Religious School 1.10%
Metro Development District 1.06%
Port/Marina 1.04%
General Obligation District (Other) 0.84%
Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) 0.72%
Appropriation 0.62%
School District 0.62%
Indian Tribal Bond 0.58%
Water & Sewer 0.52%
Sales & Excise Tax 0.47%
General Obligation Hospital/Health District 0.40%
Not-For-Profit Human Service Provider 0.38%
Mello-Roos 0.29%
Independent Living Facility 0.26%
Public Power System 0.23%
Miscellaneous 0.19%
Not-For-Profit Foundation 0.18%
Parking Facility 0.09%
Not-For-Profit Research Organization 0.07%
Hotel Occupancy Tax 0.06%
Student Loan Revenue 0.06%
Loan Pool 0.05%
Local Single-Family Housing 0.05%
Secondary Education 0.03%
Not-For-Profit Cultural Organization 0.02%
Public Transportation 10.61%
Economic/Industrial Development 7.95%
Charter School 7.31%
Continuing Care Retirement Community 6.94%
Hospital 5.60%
Community Development District 5.46%
Higher Education 5.41%
State Multi-Family Housing 4.72%
Airport 4.53%
State Single-Family Housing 4.44%
Special Assessment Financing 4.16%
Student Housing 3.59%
Toll Highway/Bridge/Tunnel 3.13%
Miscellaneous Tax 2.70%
Assisted Living 2.68%
Tax Increment Financing 2.60%
General Revenue Tax-Guaranteed 2.42%
General Obligation 2.02%
Local Multi-Family Housing 1.51%
Nursing Home 1.50%
Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement 1.35%
Metro Development District 1.01%
Port/Marina 1.01%
Private/Religious School 0.91%
General Obligation District (Other) 0.76%
Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) 0.69%
Sales & Excise Tax 0.65%
School District 0.64%
Indian Tribal Bond 0.56%
Student Loan Revenue 0.46%
Not-For-Profit Human Service Provider 0.41%
Appropriation 0.39%
General Obligation Hospital/Health District 0.39%
Water & Sewer 0.35%
Mello-Roos 0.29%
Independent Living Facility 0.26%
Not-For-Profit Foundation 0.17%
Parking Facility 0.09%
Not-For-Profit Research Organization 0.07%
Hotel Occupancy Tax 0.06%
Loan Pool 0.05%
Local Single-Family Housing 0.05%
Miscellaneous 0.05%
Secondary Education 0.03%
Not-For-Profit Cultural Organization 0.02%
Telecom 0.01%
Public Transportation 11.38%
Economic/Industrial Development 8.50%
Charter School 7.82%
Continuing Care Retirement Community 7.19%
Hospital 5.86%
Higher Education 5.14%
Community Development District 5.08%
State Multi-Family Housing 4.42%
Airport 4.40%
State Single-Family Housing 4.37%
Special Assessment Financing 4.06%
Toll Highway/Bridge/Tunnel 3.36%
Student Housing 3.25%
Assisted Living 2.78%
Tax Increment Financing 2.68%
General Revenue Tax-Guaranteed 2.55%
Miscellaneous Tax 2.50%
Nursing Home 1.50%
Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement 1.44%
Local Multi-Family Housing 1.17%
Metro Development District 1.09%
General Obligation 1.00%
Private/Religious School 0.98%
Port/Marina 0.92%
General Obligation District (Other) 0.80%
Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) 0.80%
School District 0.69%
Sales & Excise Tax 0.65%
Indian Tribal Bond 0.61%
Appropriation 0.42%
Student Loan Revenue 0.42%
General Obligation Hospital/Health District 0.41%
Water & Sewer 0.37%
Mello-Roos 0.29%
Independent Living Facility 0.27%
Not-For-Profit Human Service Provider 0.26%
Local Single-Family Housing 0.15%
Parking Facility 0.09%
Hotel Occupancy Tax 0.07%
Not-For-Profit Research Organization 0.07%
Miscellaneous 0.06%
Loan Pool 0.05%
Secondary Education 0.03%
Not-For-Profit Cultural Organization 0.02%
Not-For-Profit Foundation 0.02%
Telecom 0.01%
Public Transportation 11.22%
Economic/Industrial Development 8.77%
Charter School 7.78%
Continuing Care Retirement Community 7.00%
Hospital 5.99%
Community Development District 5.51%
State Single-Family Housing 5.01%
Airport 4.88%
Higher Education 4.66%
State Multi-Family Housing 4.58%
Special Assessment Financing 4.09%
Toll Highway/Bridge/Tunnel 3.42%
Tax Increment Financing 2.72%
Miscellaneous Tax 2.70%
Assisted Living 2.65%
General Revenue Tax-Guaranteed 2.59%
Student Housing 2.17%
Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement 1.57%
Nursing Home 1.53%
Metro Development District 1.10%
Private/Religious School 1.08%
General Obligation 1.07%
Local Multi-Family Housing 0.97%
Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) 0.87%
School District 0.75%
Indian Tribal Bond 0.66%
Sales & Excise Tax 0.64%
General Obligation District (Other) 0.50%
Port/Marina 0.50%
Appropriation 0.49%
General Obligation Hospital/Health District 0.45%
Water & Sewer 0.39%
Student Loan Revenue 0.36%
Not-For-Profit Human Service Provider 0.28%
Mello-Roos 0.25%
Local Single-Family Housing 0.18%
Parking Facility 0.10%
Independent Living Facility 0.09%
Not-For-Profit Research Organization 0.08%
Hotel Occupancy Tax 0.07%
Bond Bank 0.06%
Miscellaneous 0.06%
Loan Pool 0.05%
Secondary Education 0.03%
Not-For-Profit Cultural Organization 0.02%
Not-For-Profit Foundation 0.02%
Telecom 0.01%

Allocation by State (%)

Florida: 16.08%
California: 8.99%
Alabama: 8.66%
New York: 8.33%
Pennsylvania: 8.12%
Ohio: 6.96%
Idaho: 6.13%
Michigan: 5.56%
Wisconsin: 5.30%
Minnesota: 4.94%
Other: 20.93%
Source: Perform; data as of Nov 30, 2025.
Florida 16.08%
California 8.99%
Alabama 8.66%
New York 8.33%
Pennsylvania 8.12%
Ohio 6.96%
Idaho 6.13%
Michigan 5.56%
Wisconsin 5.30%
Minnesota 4.94%
Montana 4.42%
Oregon 3.19%
Louisiana 2.83%
Tennessee 2.76%
Illinois 2.29%
Rhode Island 2.29%
Missouri 1.41%
Indiana 1.15%
Iowa 0.59%
Florida 19.16%
Wisconsin 11.32%
California 8.49%
Texas 6.67%
New York 5.39%
Illinois 3.93%
Pennsylvania 3.68%
Georgia 3.37%
Trust Bond 3.30%
Ohio 2.74%
Nevada 2.51%
Utah 2.49%
Colorado 2.42%
New Hampshire 2.21%
Arizona 2.09%
Louisiana 2.01%
Washington 1.81%
Kentucky 1.50%
Iowa 1.41%
Massachusetts 1.08%
Maryland 0.93%
District of Columbia 0.91%
Indiana 0.87%
Missouri 0.80%
New Jersey 0.69%
Virginia 0.67%
Michigan 0.63%
Oklahoma 0.63%
Rhode Island 0.62%
Alabama 0.61%
Arkansas 0.52%
Connecticut 0.46%
Kansas 0.42%
Minnesota 0.42%
Puerto Rico 0.41%
Idaho 0.36%
Tennessee 0.36%
Oregon 0.33%
North Carolina 0.30%
Mississippi 0.21%
Virgin Islands 0.18%
Delaware 0.17%
Nebraska 0.16%
New Mexico 0.15%
Hawaii 0.12%
North Dakota 0.12%
Maine 0.10%
Vermont 0.10%
Montana 0.08%
West Virginia 0.06%
Guam 0.05%
American Samoa 0.02%
Florida 19.16%
Wisconsin 11.32%
California 8.49%
Texas 6.67%
New York 5.39%
Illinois 3.93%
Pennsylvania 3.68%
Georgia 3.37%
Trust Bond 3.30%
Ohio 2.74%
Nevada 2.51%
Utah 2.49%
Colorado 2.42%
New Hampshire 2.21%
Arizona 2.09%
Louisiana 2.01%
Washington 1.81%
Kentucky 1.50%
Iowa 1.41%
Massachusetts 1.08%
Maryland 0.93%
District of Columbia 0.91%
Indiana 0.87%
Missouri 0.80%
New Jersey 0.69%
Virginia 0.67%
Michigan 0.63%
Oklahoma 0.63%
Rhode Island 0.62%
Alabama 0.61%
Arkansas 0.52%
Connecticut 0.46%
Kansas 0.42%
Minnesota 0.42%
Puerto Rico 0.41%
Idaho 0.36%
Tennessee 0.36%
Oregon 0.33%
North Carolina 0.30%
Mississippi 0.21%
Virgin Islands 0.18%
Delaware 0.17%
Nebraska 0.16%
New Mexico 0.15%
Hawaii 0.12%
North Dakota 0.12%
Maine 0.10%
Vermont 0.10%
Montana 0.08%
West Virginia 0.06%
Guam 0.05%
American Samoa 0.02%
Florida 20.46%
Wisconsin 10.42%
California 9.20%
Texas 6.63%
New York 5.73%
Georgia 3.34%
Pennsylvania 3.28%
Trust Bond 3.27%
Illinois 3.06%
Nevada 2.88%
Utah 2.59%
Colorado 2.58%
Ohio 2.55%
New Hampshire 2.40%
Arizona 2.21%
Louisiana 1.91%
Washington 1.53%
Iowa 1.17%
Kentucky 1.14%
Indiana 1.11%
District of Columbia 0.91%
Oklahoma 0.83%
Missouri 0.79%
New Jersey 0.78%
Oregon 0.73%
Michigan 0.64%
Virginia 0.63%
Massachusetts 0.57%
Maryland 0.54%
Alabama 0.53%
Connecticut 0.50%
Virgin Islands 0.50%
Mississippi 0.48%
Rhode Island 0.46%
Arkansas 0.45%
Kansas 0.44%
Puerto Rico 0.41%
Minnesota 0.40%
Idaho 0.24%
Nebraska 0.22%
Delaware 0.21%
North Carolina 0.21%
Tennessee 0.21%
New Mexico 0.19%
North Dakota 0.15%
West Virginia 0.15%
Hawaii 0.12%
Maine 0.11%
Montana 0.08%
Vermont 0.07%
American Samoa 0.02%

Fund Management

  • David Blair

    Head of the Municipal Core SMA Business

    Industry start:  
    1991
    Year joined:  
    2025
  • John Miller

    Head and Chief Investment Officer of Municipal Credit Team

    Industry start:  
    1993
    Year joined:  
    2024

Our Process

The Core Plus Municipal Fund emphasizes a fundamental bottom-up research approach that drives the identification of investment opportunities in all market environments. The three phases of the process are:

  • 01

    Bottom Up Fundamental Analysis

    Team to screen for issuers that meets the investment team's fundamental tests of creditworthiness 

    Team favors those issuers with attractive return potential from a combination of price improvement and yield through solid coverage of debt service and a priority lien on hard assets, dedicated revenue streams or tax resources

    Strategic inputs include:

    • Credit analysis
    • Security structure
    • Sector analysis
    • Yield curve positioning
  • 02

    Portfolio Construction

    Team seeks to invest in a large number of sectors, states and specific issuers in order to help create a diversified portfolio and help mitigate the portfolio from events that may affect any individual industry, geographic location or credit

    Team seeks to limit exposure to individual credits, mitigate interest rate risk, and maximize overall call protection

    Portfolio assessment:

    • Position sizing
    • Performance and attribution analysis
    • Duration management
    • Leverage analysis
  • 03

    Risk Management and Sell Discipline

    Team may sell a security if, among other factors, it:

    • Determines a security is overvalued
    • Detects credit deterioration
    • Modifies its portfolio strategy, such as sector or state allocation

    Team may also sell a security when it exceeds the portfolio’s diversification targets

Share Class I

Expense Ratio as of November 20, 2025

 

Expense Ratio (%)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Management Fees10.40
Other Expenses20.60
                           Interest and Related Expenses30.19
                           Remainder of Other Expenses0.41
Total Annual Operating Expenses (%)1.00
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement1(0.56)
Total Annual Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (%)0.44
Adjusted Expense Ratio40.25
  1. Disclosures

  2. 1

    First Eagle Investment Management, LLC (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed to waive and/ or reimburse certain fees and expenses of Classes A, C and I so that the total annual operating expenses (excluding interest charges on any borrowings, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses incurred in placing orders for the purchase and sale of securities and other investment instruments, acquired fund fees and expenses, dividend and other expenses relating to short sales, and extraordinary expenses, if any) (“annual operating expenses”) of each class are limited to 0.50%, 1.25% and 0.25% of average net assets, respectively. Each of these undertakings lasts until February 28, 2027 and may not be terminated during its term without the consent of the Board of Trustees. The Fund has agreed that each of Classes A, C and I will repay the Adviser for fees and expenses waived or reimbursed for the class provided that repayment does not cause annual operating expenses (after the repayment is taken into account) to exceed the lesser of: (1) 0.50%, 1.25% and 0.25% of the class’ average net assets, respectively; or (2) if applicable, the then-current expense limitations. Any such repayment must be made within three years after the year in which the Adviser incurred the expense.

  3. 2

    “Other Expenses” are based on estimated expenses for the current fiscal year; actual expenses may vary.

  4. 3

    Includes interest expense and fees paid on Fund borrowings and/or interest and related expenses from inverse floaters.

  5. 4

    The Adjusted Expense Ratio excludes certain fees and expenses, such as interest expense and fees paid on Fund borrowings and/or interest and related expenses from inverse floaters.

Share Class A

Expense Ratio as of November 20, 2025

 

Shareholder Fee (%)

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

  
Maximum Sales Charge (Load)
on Purchases (as a percentage of public offering price)
2.50
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)1
(as a percentage of the lesser of your purchase or redemption price)
1.00
 
Expense Ratio (%)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Management Fees20.40
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees0.25
Other Expenses30.60
                           Interest and Related Expenses40.19
                           Remainder of Other Expenses0.41
Total Annual Operating Expenses (%)1.25
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement2(0.56)
Total Annual Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (%)0.69
Adjusted Expense Ratio50.50
  1. Disclosures

  2. 1

    A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% may apply on certain redemptions of Class A shares made within 18 months following a purchase of $250,000 or more without an initial sales charge.

  3. 2

    First Eagle Investment Management, LLC (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed to waive and/ or reimburse certain fees and expenses of Classes A, C and I so that the total annual operating expenses (excluding interest charges on any borrowings, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses incurred in placing orders for the purchase and sale of securities and other investment instruments, acquired fund fees and expenses, dividend and other expenses relating to short sales, and extraordinary expenses, if any) (“annual operating expenses”) of each class are limited to 0.50%, 1.25% and 0.25% of average net assets, respectively. Each of these undertakings lasts until February 28, 2027 and may not be terminated during its term without the consent of the Board of Trustees. The Fund has agreed that each of Classes A, C and I will repay the Adviser for fees and expenses waived or reimbursed for the class provided that repayment does not cause annual operating expenses (after the repayment is taken into account) to exceed the lesser of: (1) 0.50%, 1.25% and 0.25% of the class’ average net assets, respectively; or (2) if applicable, the then-current expense limitations. Any such repayment must be made within three years after the year in which the Adviser incurred the expense.

  4. 3

    “Other Expenses” are based on estimated expenses for the current fiscal year; actual expenses may vary.

  5. 4

    Includes interest expense and fees paid on Fund borrowings and/or interest and related expenses from inverse floaters.

  6. 5

    The Adjusted Expense Ratio excludes certain fees and expenses, such as interest expense and fees paid on Fund borrowings and/or interest and related expenses from inverse floaters.

Share Class C

Expense Ratio and Shareholder Fees as of November 20, 2025

 

Shareholder Fee (%)

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

  
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)1
(as a percentage of the lesser of your purchase or redemption price)
1.00
 
Expense Ratio (%)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Management Fees20.40
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees1.00
Other Expenses30.60
                           Interest and Related Expenses40.19
                           Remainder of Other Expenses0.41
Total Annual Operating Expenses (%)2.00
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement2(0.56)
Total Annual Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (%)1.44
Adjusted Expense Ratio51.25
  1. Disclosures

  2. 1

    A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% may apply on certain redemptions of Class A shares made within 18 months following a purchase of $250,000 or more without an initial sales charge.

  3. 2

    First Eagle Investment Management, LLC (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed to waive and/ or reimburse certain fees and expenses of Classes A, C and I so that the total annual operating expenses (excluding interest charges on any borrowings, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses incurred in placing orders for the purchase and sale of securities and other investment instruments, acquired fund fees and expenses, dividend and other expenses relating to short sales, and extraordinary expenses, if any) (“annual operating expenses”) of each class are limited to 0.50%, 1.25% and 0.25% of average net assets, respectively. Each of these undertakings lasts until February 28, 2027 and may not be terminated during its term without the consent of the Board of Trustees. The Fund has agreed that each of Classes A, C and I will repay the Adviser for fees and expenses waived or reimbursed for the class provided that repayment does not cause annual operating expenses (after the repayment is taken into account) to exceed the lesser of: (1) 0.50%, 1.25% and 0.25% of the class’ average net assets, respectively; or (2) if applicable, the then-current expense limitations. Any such repayment must be made within three years after the year in which the Adviser incurred the expense.

  4. 3

    “Other Expenses” are based on estimated expenses for the current fiscal year; actual expenses may vary.

  5. 4

    Includes interest expense and fees paid on Fund borrowings and/or interest and related expenses from inverse floaters.

  6. 5

    The Adjusted Expense Ratio excludes certain fees and expenses, such as interest expense and fees paid on Fund borrowings and/or interest and related expenses from inverse floaters.

Share Class R6

Expense Ratio as of December 12, 2025

 

Expense Ratio (%)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Management Fees10.40
Other Expenses20.60
                           Interest and Related Expenses30.19
                           Remainder of Other Expenses0.41
Total Annual Operating Expenses (%)1.00
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement1(0.56)
Total Annual Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver0.44
Adjusted Expense Ratio40.25
  1. Disclosures

  2. 1

    First Eagle Investment Management, LLC (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed to waive and/ or reimburse certain fees and expenses of Classes A, C and I so that the total annual operating expenses (excluding interest charges on any borrowings, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses incurred in placing orders for the purchase and sale of securities and other investment instruments, acquired fund fees and expenses, dividend and other expenses relating to short sales, and extraordinary expenses, if any) (“annual operating expenses”) of each class are limited to 0.50%, 1.25% and 0.25% of average net assets, respectively. Each of these undertakings lasts until February 28, 2027 and may not be terminated during its term without the consent of the Board of Trustees. The Fund has agreed that each of Classes A, C and I will repay the Adviser for fees and expenses waived or reimbursed for the class provided that repayment does not cause annual operating expenses (after the repayment is taken into account) to exceed the lesser of: (1) 0.50%, 1.25% and 0.25% of the class’ average net assets, respectively; or (2) if applicable, the then-current expense limitations. Any such repayment must be made within three years after the year in which the Adviser incurred the expense.

  3. 2

    “Other Expenses” are based on estimated expenses for the current fiscal year; actual expenses may vary.

  4. 3

    Includes interest expense and fees paid on Fund borrowings and/or interest and related expenses from inverse floaters.

  5. 4

    The Adjusted Expense Ratio excludes certain fees and expenses, such as interest expense and fees paid on Fund borrowings and/or interest and related expenses from inverse floaters.

Record DateFrequencyEx DateReinvest DatePayable DateDividend ($)Reinvested at
12/30/2025 Monthly 12/31/2025 12/31/2025 01/02/2026 $0.034 $10.09
11/28/2025 Monthly 11/28/2025 11/28/2025 12/01/2025 $0.010 $10.03
12/30/2025 Monthly 12/31/2025 12/31/2025 01/02/2026 $0.028 $10.09
11/28/2025 Monthly 11/28/2025 11/28/2025 12/01/2025 $0.007 $10.03
12/30/2025 Monthly 12/31/2025 12/31/2025 01/02/2026 $0.036 $10.09
11/28/2025 Monthly 11/28/2025 11/28/2025 12/01/2025 $0.010 $10.03
12/30/2025 Monthly 12/31/2025 12/31/2025 01/02/2026 $0.021 $10.08
  1. Ordinary income distributions are distributed at the class level and will vary by class.

    Collectibles gains, such as gains from gold bullion, held for greater than one year currently are subject to a 28% tax rate. Collectibles gains held for less than one year are taxable to U.S. shareholders as short-term gains.

    "Reinvested at" is the share price used to calculate the number of shares added to an account if a shareholder reinvests dividends or capital gains.

Fund Information

Fund Profile
Dealer Fact Guide
  1. The prospectus and summary prospectus may be viewed online or by calling us at 800-747-2008. Please read our prospectus carefully before investing.  Investments are not FDIC insured or bank guaranteed and may lose value.

  2. FEF Distributors, LLC (“FEFD”) (SIPC), a limited purpose broker-dealer, distributes certain First Eagle products. FEFD does not provide services to any investor, but rather provides services to its First Eagle affiliates. As such, when FEFD presents a fund, strategy, or other product to a prospective investor, FEFD and its representatives do not determine whether an investment in the fund, strategy or other product is in the best interests of, or is otherwise beneficial or suitable for, the investor. No statement by FEFD should be construed as a recommendation. Investors should exercise their own judgment and/or consult with a financial professional to determine whether it is advisable for the investor to invest in any First Eagle fund, strategy, or product.

  1. Risk Disclosures

  2. Funds that invest in bonds are subject to interest-rate risk and can lose principal value when interest rates rise, while they typically increase their principal values when interest rates decline. Bonds are also subject to credit risk, in which the bond issuer may fail to pay interest and principal in a timely manner, or that negative perception of the issuer's ability to make such payments may cause the price of that bond to decline.

    The Fund invests in high yield, fixed income securities that, at the time of purchase, are non-investment grade. High yield, lower rated securities involve greater price volatility and present greater risks than high rated fixed income securities. High yield securities are rated lower than investment-grade securities because there is a greater possibility that the issuer may be unable to make interest and principal payments on those securities. High yield securities involve greater risk than higher rated securities and portfolios that invest in them may be subject to greater levels of credit and liquidity risk than portfolios that do not.

    Municipal bonds are subject to credit risk, interest rate risk, liquidity risk, and call risk. However, the obligations of some municipal issuers may not be enforceable through the exercise of traditional creditors' rights. The reorganization under federal bankruptcy laws of a municipal bond issuer may result in the bonds being cancelled without payment or repaid only in part, or in delays in collecting principal and interest.

    All investments involve the risk of loss of principal.

    Diversification does not guarantee investment returns and does not eliminate the risk of loss.

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    This information does not represent a solicitation of any order to buy or sell a security mentioned herein. Nothing here constitutes investment advice or insight as to the merits of any security or investment strategy mentioned herein.

  2. Investors should consider investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The prospectus and summary prospectus contain this and other information about the Funds and may be viewed online or calling us at 800.747.2008. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing. Investments are not FDIC insured or bank guaranteed and may lose value.

  3. FEF Distributors, LLC (“FEFD”) (SIPC), a limited purpose broker-dealer, distributes certain First Eagle products. FEFD does not provide services to any investor, but rather provides services to its First Eagle affiliates. As such, when FEFD presents a fund, strategy, or other product to a prospective investor, FEFD and its representatives do not determine whether an investment in the fund, strategy or other product is in the best interests of, or is otherwise beneficial or suitable for, the investor. No statement by FEFD should be construed as a recommendation. Investors should exercise their own judgment and/or consult with a financial professional to determine whether it is advisable for the investor to invest in any First Eagle fund, strategy, or product.

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