1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10105
(212) 698-3300
SUPPLEMENT DATED JULY 1, 2023
TO PROSPECTUS DATED
This Supplement is intended to highlight certain changes to the Prospectus of the First Eagle Overseas Variable Fund (the “Fund”) dated April 30, 2023, as may be amended or supplemented. Please review these matters carefully.
July 1, 2023 Implementation of Contractual Expense Limitation
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of First Eagle Variable Funds (the “Trust”) held on June 22, 2023, the Board approved an expense limitation agreement pursuant to which First Eagle Investment Management, LLC (the “Adviser”) has agreed to support a contractual limitation on the Fund’s expenses.
Effective July 1, 2023, the Adviser will undertake to waive and/or reimburse certain fees and expenses of the Fund’s shares so that the total annual operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, dividend and interest expenses relating to short sales, and extraordinary expenses, if any) (“annual operating expenses”) are limited to 1.21% of the Fund’s average net assets. These undertakings will extend until April 29, 2025 and may not be terminated before then without the consent of the Board. The Fund has agreed that it will repay the Adviser for fees and expenses waived or reimbursed, provided that repayment does not cause annual operating expenses to exceed the lesser of: 1.21% of the Fund’s average net assets; or if applicable, the then-current expense limitation. Any such repayment must be within three years after the year in which the Adviser incurred the expense.
Effective July 1, 2023, the Fees and Expenses table and related expense Example in the Prospectus are revised and restated as follows:
The following information describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. The expenses shown do not reflect charges imposed by variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies (collectively “Variable Contracts”) issued by the life insurance companies through which the Fund is offered.
Management Fees* | ||
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees | ||
Other Expenses** | ||
Total Annual Operating Expenses | ||
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement* | - | |
Total Annual Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement*** |
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The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. This hypothetical example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then either redeem or do not redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that the average annual return is 5% and operating expenses remain the same. The example does not reflect charges imposed by the Variable Contracts and the costs shown in the example would be higher if those charges were reflected.
1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |
Sold or Held | $ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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The information in this Supplement modifies (and if inconsistent, replaces) information contained in the Fund’s Prospectus dated April 30, 2023 as may be amended or supplemented.