Loomis Sayles Global Growth Eq.Fd.R/A

The investment objective of Loomis Sayles Global Growth Equity Fund (the 'Fund') is long-term growth of capital through an investment process that systematically includes Environmental, Social and Governance ('ESG') considerations. The Fund invests primarily in equity securities of companies around the world. The Fund invests at least two-thirds of its total assets in equity securities worldwide. The Fund's equity investments may include common stocks, preferred stocks and, on an ancillary basis, closed-ended real estate investment trusts ('REITS') and equity-related instruments such as warrants (i.e. security that entitles the holder to buy the underlying stock of the issuing company at a fixed exercise price until the expiry date), equity-linked notes (i.e. debt instruments having a final pay-out based on the return of the underlying equity) and convertible bonds whose value is derived from the value of any of those equity securities, and depositary receipts (i.e. negotiable securities traded on a local stock exchange representing equity issued by a foreign listed company) for any of those equity investments.