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THORNBURG INVESTMENT TRUST SUPPLEMENT
Dated April 22, 2025
to the
THORNBURG FUNDS PROSPECTUS
applicable to Class A, C, C2, D and I shares
dated February 1, 2025, as supplemented April 1, 2025
(the “Retail Prospectus”)
and to the
THORNBURG FUNDS RETIREMENT PLAN SHARES PROSPECTUS
applicable to Class R3, R4, R5 and R6 shares
dated February 1, 2025, as supplemented April 1, 2025
(the “Retirement Prospectus”)
and to the
THORNBURG MANAGED ACCOUNT FUNDS PROSPECTUS
applicable to Class SMA shares
dated February 1, 2025, as supplemented March 13, and April 1, 2025
(the “Managed Account Prospectus”)
and to the
SUMMARY PROSPECTUSES FOR THE THORNBURG DEVELOPING WORLD FUND
applicable to all Classes of shares of such Fund
dated February 1, 2025
(the “Summary Prospectuses”)
Changes Relating to the Thornburg Developing World Fund and Thornburg Emerging Markets Managed Account Fund
Effective May 22, 2025, Charles Wilson and Josh Rubin will each conclude their service as co-portfolio managers of Thornburg Developing World Fund and Thornburg Emerging Markets Managed Account Fund (the “Funds”). Accordingly, effective as of May 22, 2025, all references to Mr. Wilson and Mr. Rubin in the Retail Prospectus, Retirement Prospectus, Managed Account Prospectus, and Summary Prospectuses, as applicable, are deleted.
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In addition, effective as of May 22, 2025, Di Zhou and Pablo Echavarria are named as co-portfolio managers of the Funds. Accordingly, as of May 22, 2025, the following changes are made to the Retail Prospectus, Retirement Prospectus, Managed Account Prospectus, and Summary Prospectuses:
The disclosure for the Funds under the heading “Portfolio Managers,” appearing on page 32 of the Retail Prospectus, pages 24-25 of the Retirement Prospectus, page 6 of the Managed Account Prospectus, and page 4 of the Summary Prospectuses is deleted and replaced with the following disclosure:
Portfolio Managers:
Di Zhou, CFA, FRM, a managing director of Thornburg, has been one of the persons jointly and primarily responsible for management of the Fund since 2025.
Pablo Echavarria, CFA, a managing director of Thornburg, has been one of the persons jointly and primarily responsible for management of the Fund since 2025.
The information regarding the portfolio managers contained in the table under the sub-caption “Fund Portfolio Managers” for the Thornburg Developing World Fund on page 154 of the Retail Prospectus and page 85 of the Retirement Prospectus, and for the Thornburg Emerging Markets Managed Account Fund on page 20 of the Managed Account Prospectus, is updated to add references to Ms. Zhou and Mr. Echavarria.
The following biographical description of Ms. Zhou is added after the information about Lei Wang on page 157 of the Retail Prospectus and page 87 of the Retirement Prospectus:
Di Zhou, CFA, FRM, a managing director of Thornburg, has been a portfolio manager of the Developing World Fund since 2025. Ms. Zhou rejoined Thornburg in 2025 as a portfolio manager. From 2021 to 2025, Ms. Zhou was an investment principal at Cambiar. Prior to Cambiar, she joined Thornburg in 2010 as an equity research analyst, and was promoted to associate portfolio manager in 2014, and then served as portfolio manager from 2015 until 2021. Ms. Zhou began her career as a senior associate at Wilshire Associates, covering growth equity and fixed income manager research. Ms. Zhou holds a BA in business administration from the University of Southern California and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
The following biographical description of Ms. Zhou is added after the information about Craig Mauermann on page 21 of the Managed Account Prospectus:
Di Zhou, CFA, FRM, a managing director of Thornburg, has been a portfolio manager of the Emerging Markets Managed Account Fund since 2025. Ms. Zhou rejoined Thornburg in 2025 as a portfolio manager. From 2021 to 2025, Ms. Zhou was an investment principal at Cambiar. Prior to Cambiar, she joined Thornburg in 2010 as an equity research analyst, and was promoted to associate portfolio manager in 2014, and then served as portfolio manager from 2015 until 2021. Ms. Zhou began her career as a senior associate at Wilshire Associates, covering growth equity and fixed income manager research. Ms. Zhou holds a BA in business administration from the University of Southern California and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
The following biographical description of Mr. Echavarria is added after the information about Brian Burrell on page 156 of the Retail Prospectus and after the information about Matt Burdett on page 86 of the Retirement Prospectus:
Pablo Echavarria, CFA, a managing director of Thornburg, has been a portfolio manager of the Developing World Fund since 2025. Mr. Echavarria rejoined Thornburg in 2025 as a portfolio manager. From 2018 to 2025, Mr. Echavarria was a portfolio manager and business analyst at WCM. Earlier in Mr. Echavarria’s career, he joined Thornburg in 2014 as an equity research analyst and was promoted to associate portfolio manager in 2015. Mr. Echavarria worked as a global equity analyst at Turner Investment Partners from 2007 to late 2013, where he supported various equity portfolios and was directly responsible for the firm’s Latin American financials coverage. Prior to working at Turner, Mr. Echavarria worked as a trading assistant at BlackRock. Mr. Echavarria holds a BA in business administration from Drexel University.
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The following biographical description of Mr. Echavarria is added after the information about David Ashley on page 20 of the Managed Account Prospectus:
Pablo Echavarria, CFA, a managing director of Thornburg, has been a portfolio manager of the Emerging Markets Managed Account Fund since 2025. Mr. Echavarria rejoined Thornburg in 2025 as a portfolio manager. From 2018 to 2025, Mr. Echavarria was a portfolio manager and business analyst at WCM. Earlier in Mr. Echavarria’s career, he joined Thornburg in 2014 as an equity research analyst and was promoted to associate portfolio manager in 2015. Mr. Echavarria worked as a global equity analyst at Turner Investment Partners from 2007 to late 2013, where he supported various equity portfolios and was directly responsible for the firm’s Latin American financials coverage. Prior to working at Turner, Mr. Echavarria worked as a trading assistant at BlackRock. Mr. Echavarria holds a BA in business administration from Drexel University.
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THORNBURG INVESTMENT TRUST SUPPLEMENT
Dated April 22, 2025
to the
THORNBURG FUNDS STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
applicable to Class A, C, C2, D and I shares
dated February 1, 2025, as supplemented April 1, 2025
(the “Retail SAI”)
and to the
THORNBURG FUNDS RETIREMENT PLAN SHARES STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
applicable to Class R3, R4, R5 and R6 shares
dated February 1, 2025, as supplemented April 1, 2025
(the “Retirement SAI”)
and to the
THORNBURG MANAGED ACCOUNT FUNDS STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
applicable to Class SMA shares
dated February 1, 2025, as supplemented March 13, and April 1, 2025
(the “Managed Account SAI”)
Changes Relating to the Thornburg Developing World Fund and Thornburg Emerging Markets Managed Account Fund
Effective May 22, 2025, Charles Wilson and Josh Rubin will each conclude their service as co-portfolio managers of Thornburg Developing World Fund and Thornburg Emerging Markets Managed Account Fund (the “Funds”). Accordingly, effective as of May 22, 2025, all references to Mr. Wilson and Mr. Rubin in the Retail SAI, Retirement SAI, and Managed Account SAI, as applicable, are deleted.
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In addition, effective as of May 22, 2025, Di Zhou and Pablo Echavarria are named as co-portfolio managers of the Funds. Accordingly, as of May 22, 2025, the following changes are made to the Retail SAI, Retirement SAI, and Managed Account SAI:
The following disclosure for Ms. Zhou is added under the heading “Accounts Managed by Portfolio Managers” after the information for Lei Wang on page 86 of the Retail SAI and page 65 of the Retirement SAI:
Di Zhou (as of May 22, 2025)*
Type of Account |
Number of Accounts Managed |
Total Assets Managed |
Registered Investment Companies: |
2 |
$550,471,385 |
|
|
|
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles: |
2 |
$2,544 |
|
|
|
Other Accounts: |
109 |
29,898,072 |
* Ms. Zhou became a portfolio manager of the Developing World Fund on May 22, 2025, and management of that Fund is included in the number of accounts she managed as of that date; however, total assets for the number of accounts shown are as of March 31, 2025.
The following disclosure for Ms. Zhou is added under the heading “Accounts Managed by Portfolio Managers” after the information for Craig Mauermann on page 53 of the Managed Account SAI:
Di Zhou (as of May 22, 2025)*
Type of Account |
Number of Accounts Managed |
Total Assets Managed |
Registered Investment Companies: |
2 |
$550,471,385 |
|
|
|
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles: |
2 |
$2,544 |
|
|
|
Other Accounts: |
109 |
29,898,072 |
* Ms. Zhou became a portfolio manager of the Emerging Markets Managed Account Fund on May 22, 2025, and management of that Fund is included in the number of accounts she managed as of that date; however, total assets for the number of accounts shown are as of March 31, 2025.
The following disclosure for Mr. Echavarria is added under the heading “Accounts Managed by Portfolio Managers” after the information for Brian Burrell on page 84 of the Retail SAI and after the information for Matt Burdett on page 64 of the Retirement SAI:
Pablo Echavarria (as of May 22, 2025)*
Type of Account |
Number of Accounts Managed |
Total Assets Managed |
Registered Investment Companies: |
2 |
$550,471,385 |
|
|
|
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles: |
2 |
$2,544 |
|
|
|
Other Accounts: |
109 |
$29,898,072 |
* Mr. Echavarria became a portfolio manager of the Developing World Fund on May 22, 2025, and management of that Fund is included in the number of accounts he managed as of that date; however, total assets for the number of accounts shown are as of March 31, 2025.
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The following disclosure for Mr. Echavarria is added under the heading “Accounts Managed by Portfolio Managers” after the information for David Ashley on page 53 of the Managed Account SAI:
Pablo Echavarria (as of May 22, 2025)*
Type of Account |
Number of Accounts Managed |
Total Assets Managed |
Registered Investment Companies: |
2 |
$550,471,385 |
|
|
|
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles: |
2 |
$2,544 |
|
|
|
Other Accounts: |
109 |
$29,898,072 |
* Mr. Echavarria became a portfolio manager of the Emerging Markets Managed Account Fund on May 22, 2025, and management of that Fund is included in the number of accounts he managed as of that date; however, total assets for the number of accounts shown are as of March 31, 2025.
The following disclosure for Ms. Zhou under the heading “Portfolio Managers’ Ownership of Shares in the Funds” is added after the information for Lei Wang on page 88 of the Retail SAI and page 67 of the Retirement SAI:
Portfolio Manager |
Dollar Range of |
|
|
Di Zhou (as of March 31, 2025) |
|
Developing World Fund |
None |
The following disclosure for Ms. Zhou under the heading “Portfolio Managers’ Ownership of Shares in the Funds” is added after the information for Craig Mauermann on page 54 of the Managed Account SAI:
Portfolio Manager |
Dollar Range of |
|
|
Di Zhou (as of March 31, 2025) |
|
Emerging Markets Managed Account Fund |
None |
The following disclosure for Mr. Echavarria under the heading “Portfolio Managers’ Ownership of Shares in the Funds” is added after the information for Brian Burrell on page 87 of the Retail SAI and after the information for Matt Burdett on page 66 of the Retirement SAI:
Portfolio Manager |
Dollar Range of |
|
|
Pablo Echavarria (as of March 31, 2025) |
|
Developing World Fund |
None |
The following disclosure for Mr. Echavarria under the heading “Portfolio Managers’ Ownership of Shares in the Funds” is added after the information for David Ashley on page 54 of the Managed Account SAI:
Portfolio Manager |
Dollar Range of |
|
|
Pablo Echavarria (as of March 31, 2025) |
|
Emerging Markets Managed Account Fund |
None |