Essex Small/Micro Cap Growth Fund

Essex Investment Management Company, LLC

Essex Investment Management Company, LLC ("Essex), is the subadvisor for the Managers AMG Essex Small Cap Growth Fund.Essex, located at 125 High Street, Boston, Massachusetts, was founded in 1976.  Essex specializes in growth equity investments on behalf of institutional and private clients.  The firm employs fundamental research combined with active portfolio management. Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. owns a majority interest in Essex.

Portfolio Manager

Senior Principal and Portfolio Manager Nancy Prial, previously of Burridge Growth Partners since 1998, is the portfolio manager for the Fund.

Nancy B. Prial, CFA
Senior Principal & Portfolio Manager
Nancy is a Portfolio Manager on the Essex Small/Micro Cap Growth and Small/Mid Cap Growth strategies. Prior to joining Burridge Growth Partners in 1998, Nancy spent four years at the Twentieth Century division of American Century Investors. She began her investment career in 1984 at Frontier Capital Management as a fundamental analyst and portfolio manager. Nancy graduated from Bucknell University with a B.S. in electrical engineering and a B.A. in mathematics. She earned her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Nancy serves as a trustee of Bucknell University.

Disclosure
Investors should carefully consider the fund's investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses before investing. For this and other information, please call 800.835.3879 or download a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money.

The performance shown represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. From time to time the advisor has waived fees or reimbursed expenses, which may have resulted in higher returns. The listed returns and yields on the Fund are net of expenses and the returns and yields on the indices exclude expenses. Current performance of the Fund may be lower or higher than the performance quoted.