Sales Charges & Breakpoints

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HOW SALES CHARGES ARE CALCULATED

  • You may buy Class A shares of the Domini Social Equity Fund and Domini International Social Equity Fund at the offering price, which is the net asset value per share plus a front-end sales charge of up to 4.75%.
  • You pay a lower sales charge as the size of your investment increases to certain levels (called breakpoints).
  • You do not pay a sales charge on the Fund’s dividends or distributions that you reinvest in Fund shares.
  • The Fund’s shares are subject to an annual distribution (12b-1) fee up to 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

The table below shows the rate of sales charge you pay, depending on the amount of shares you purchase. As provided in the table, the percentage sales charge declines based upon the dollar value of shares you purchase. The Fund offers additional ways to reduce your sales charges as provided in the Reducing Your Sales Charges section of the site.

Your Service Organization receives a percentage of these sales charges as compensation for the services it provides to you. Your Service Organization may also receive the annual distribution fee payable on Fund shares at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets represented by the Fund shares it services.

 

  Front-End Sales Charge*
Amount of Purchase Percentage of Offering Price Percentage of Net Amount Invested
Less than $50,000 4.75% 4.99%
$50,000 but less than $100,000 3.75% 3.90%
$100,000 but less than $250,000 2.75% 2.83%
$250,000 but less than $500,000 1.75% 1.78%
$500,000 but less than $1 million 1.00% 1.01%
$1 million and over** None None
 
* Shares may be available to retirement plans without an initial sales charge where such plan’s record keeper offers only load-waived shares and the shares are held on the books for the Fund through an omnibus account. Initial sales charges may be waived upon direct rollovers by plan participants of distributions from certain 401(k) plans. Subsequent investments may, however, be subject to the applicable sales charge.
 
** You pay no initial sales charge when you invest $1 million or more in the Fund’s shares. However, you may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of up to 1.00% of the lesser of the cost of the shares at the date of purchase or the value of the shares at the time of redemption if you redeem them within one year of purchase. The Fund’s distributor may pay up to 1.00% to a Service Organization for purchase amounts of $1 million or more. In such cases, starting in the 13th month after purchase, the Service Organization will also receive the annual distribution fee of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Fund held by its clients. Prior to the 13th month, the Fund’s distributor will retain the service fee. Where the Service Organization does not receive the payment of up to 1.00% from the Fund’s distributor, the Service Organization will instead receive the annual service fee starting immediately after purchase. In certain cases, the Service Organization may receive both a payment of up to 1.00% from the distributor as well as the annual distribution and service fee starting immediately after purchase. Please contact your Service Organization for more information.

 

For more information about sales charges, please consult your Service Organization, or refer to the Fund’s prospectus.