Foreign Securities Risk: Investing in foreign securities poses additional risks since political and economic events unique in a
country or region will affect those markets and their issuers, while such events may not necessarily affect the U.S. economy or issuers located in the United States. In
addition, investments in foreign securities are generally denominated in foreign currency. As a result, changes in the value of those currencies compared to the U.S. dollar may affect (positively or negatively) the value of the Fund’s investments. There are also risks associated with foreign accounting standards, government regulation, market information, and clearance and settlement
procedures. Foreign markets may be less liquid and more volatile than U.S. markets and offer less protection to investors. To the extent a Fund focuses its investments in a single country or only a few countries in a particular geographic region, economic, political, regulatory or other conditions affecting such country or region may have a greater impact on Fund performance relative to a more geographically diversified fund.
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Depositary Receipts Risk: Foreign receipts, which include American Depositary Receipts, Global Depositary Receipts, and European
Depositary Receipts, are securities that evidence ownership interests in a security or a pool of securities issued by a foreign issuer. The risks of depositary receipts
include many risks associated with investing directly in foreign securities.
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Emerging Markets Risk: Emerging markets may be more likely to experience political turmoil or rapid changes in market or
economic conditions than more developed countries. In addition, the financial stability of issuers (including governments) in emerging market countries may be more
precarious than that of issuers in other countries.
Sector and Industry Focus Risk: The Fund may invest a high percentage of
its assets in specific sectors and/or industries of the market in order to achieve a potentially greater investment return. As a result, the Fund may be more susceptible to economic, political, and regulatory developments in a particular sector or industry of the market, positive or negative, than a fund that does not invest a high percentage of its assets in specific sectors or industries.
Cybersecurity Risk: Cyber security breaches are either intentional or
unintentional events that allow an unauthorized party to gain access to Fund assets, customer data, or proprietary information, or cause a Fund or Fund service provider to suffer data corruption or lose operational functionality. A cyber security breach could result in the loss or theft of customer data or funds, loss or theft of proprietary information or corporate data, physical damage to a computer or network system, or costs associated with system repairs, any of which could have a substantial impact on the Fund. Such incidents could affect issuers in which a Fund invests, thereby causing the Fund’s investments to lose value. The Fund has established risk management systems reasonably designed to seek to reduce the risks associated with cyber-events. However, there is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to prevent or mitigate the impact of any or all cyber-events.
On October 27, 2017, the Sentinel Variable Products Common Stock Fund, previously a series of Sentinel Variable Products Trust (the “Predecessor Fund”), was reorganized into Class I shares of the Fund. As a result of the reorganization, the performance history of the Predecessor Fund was assumed by the Fund. Performance
information prior to October 27, 2017 is that of the Predecessor Fund.
The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate some indication of the risks and volatility of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s Class I share performance from calendar year to calendar year and by showing how the Fund’s Class I share average annual total returns for one year, five years, and ten years compare with the S&P 500® Index.
The performance information shown does not reflect fees that are
paid by the separate accounts through which shares of the Fund are sold. Inclusion of those fees would reduce the total return figures for all periods. Past
performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.