Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost.
Class A shares of all Aristotle Equity Funds, Aristotle Core Income Fund, Aristotle High Yield Bond Fund, and Aristotle Strategic Income Fund have a maximum 4.25% sales charge.
Class A shares of Aristotle Floating Rate Income Fund and Aristotle Short Duration Income Fund have a maximum 3.00% sales charge.
Class A shares of the Portfolio Optimization Funds have a maximum 5.50% sales charge.
Class C shares of the Aristotle Small/Mid Cap Equity and the Aristotle Small Cap Equity Fund, each Multi-Asset Fund, and each Fixed-Income Fund, if redeemed within one year from purchase, may be subject to a 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC).
Class I-2 and Class R6 shares are sold at NAV without an initial sales charge and do not include a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC).
Class I shares of the Fixed-Income Funds are sold at NAV without an initial sales charge and do not include a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC).
Where a sales charge is illustrated, it is applied at the beginning of the period.
The Fund's annual operating expenses are contractual through 7/31/26 and there is no guarantee that the investment adviser will continue to cap expenses after the expiration date. Please see the current prospectus for detailed information. Gross Expense Ratio reflects the total annual operating expenses paid by the Fund. Net Expense Ratio reflects waivers, reductions, reimbursements, and the limitation of certain "Other Expenses." Expense caps and/or fee waivers are reevaluated annually.
Fund Incep. annualized return, 1-, 3-, 5-, and 10-year (as applicable) represents the performance of the Share Class as of the fund inception date which may differ from the Share Class inception date shown.
All Fund performance information shown in the table above is the performance of the relevant predecessor fund that reorganized with and into such Fund on April 17, 2023 or October 20, 2023 (each, a “Reorganization”). Each predecessor fund was managed using investment policies, objectives, guidelines and restrictions that were substantially similar to those of the corresponding Fund. Prior to April 17, 2023, none of the Funds had commenced operations. Aristotle Portfolio Optimization Conservative Fund, Aristotle Portfolio Optimization Moderate Conservative Fund, Aristotle Portfolio Optimization Moderate Fund, Aristotle Portfolio Optimization Growth Fund, Aristotle Portfolio Optimization Aggressive Growth Fund, Aristotle Ultra Short Fund, Aristotle Short Duration Fund, Aristotle Core Income Fund, Aristotle ESG Core Bond Fund, Aristotle Strategic Income Fund, Aristotle Floating Rate Income Fund, Aristotle High Yield Bond Fund, Aristotle Small/Mid Cap Equity Fund, Aristotle Small Cap Equity Fund and Aristotle Growth Equity Fund each commenced operations on April 17, 2023 in connection with the Reorganization with the corresponding predecessor funds that occurred on April 14, 2023. Aristotle International Equity Fund and Aristotle Core Equity Fund commenced operations on April 17, 2023. Aristotle International Equity Fund, Aristotle Core Equity Fund and Aristotle Small Cap Equity Fund were merged with the corresponding predecessor funds in the Reorganization that occurred on October 20, 2023. Aristotle Value Equity Fund and Aristotle/Saul Global Equity Fund commenced operations on October 23, 2023 in connection with the Reorganization with corresponding predecessor funds that occurred on October 20, 2023.
Aristotle Core Income Fund incepted on 12/31/2010. Aristotle Floating Rate Income Fund incepted on 6/30/2011. Aristotle Strategic Income Fund, Aristotle High Yield Bond Fund, and Aristotle Short Duration Income Fund incepted on 12/19/2011. Performance shown prior to the share inception date shown is hypothetical and is that of Class I shares, restated to reflect the higher service/12B-1 fees, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements for the share class reported.
MOP: Maximum Offering Price returns reflect the deduction of an up-front sales load or a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) as applicable.
NAV: Net Asset Value returns do not reflect the deduction of an up-front sales load or contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC). If a sales charge had been deducted, the results would have been lower.
All Funds and share classes may not be sold at all firms, and not all investors may be eligible for all share classes.
You should consider a fund's investment goal, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The prospectus and/or the applicable summary prospectus contain this and other information about the fund and are available from your financial advisor or AristotleFunds.com. The prospectus and/or summary prospectus should be read carefully before investing. Returns reflect reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Visit AristotleFunds.com/performance for performance data current to the most recent month-end.
Investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible.
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