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The waiver will remain in place until November 30, 2027, unless terminated sooner by the Board of Trustees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:12pt;padding-right:36pt;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;Also effective June 8, 2026, the &#x201c;Example&#x201d; section in the Fund&#x2019;s Summary Prospectus and Prospectus is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:36pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;EXAMPLE &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:36pt;padding-right:36pt;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 for the time periods indicated and then hold or sell all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating expenses remain the same. You may also pay brokerage commissions on the purchase and sale of Shares, which are not reflected in the example. 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This agreement will remain in place until November&#160;30, 2027, unless terminated sooner by the Trustees. The agreement does not provide for recoupment of waived management fees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:18pt;padding-right:18pt;text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Please retain this Supplement for future reference.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</oef:SupplementToProspectusTextBlock>
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