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08/31/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/31/2026 11:03

Summary Prospectus by Investment Company (Form 497K)

Summary Prospectus
February 1, 2026 (As revised August 31, 2026)
AMG Veritas Global Real Return Fund
Class I: BLUEX
Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's prospectus and statement of additional information, which contain more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund's prospectus, statement of additional information, reports to shareholders and other information about the Fund online at https://wealth.amg.com/literature. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-800-548-4539 or by sending an e-mail request to [email protected]. The current prospectus and statement of additional information, dated February 1, 2026, as revised or supplemented from time to time, are incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus.
Investment Objective
AMG Veritas Global Real Return Fund (the "Fund") seeks to deliver real returns over the medium and longer term.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
The table below describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Class I
Management Fee
0.88%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
None
Other Expenses
0.36
%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses
0.01
%
Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses1
1.25
%
Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursements2
(0.08)%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and Expense Reimbursements1,2
1.17%
1The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses and Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursements do not correlate to the ratios of expenses to average net assets in the Financial Highlights section of this Prospectus, which reflect only the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include fees and expenses of any acquired fund.
2AMG Funds LLC (the "Investment Manager") has contractually agreed, through at least February 1, 2027, to waive management fees and/or pay or reimburse the Fund's expenses in order to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursements (exclusive of taxes, interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts and in connection with securities sold short), shareholder servicing fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees, brokerage commissions and other transaction costs, dividends payable with respect to securities sold short, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) of the Fund to the annual rate of 1.11% of the Fund's average daily net assets (this annual rate or such other annual rate that may be in effect from time to time, the "Expense Cap"), subject to later reimbursement by the Fund in certain circumstances. In general, for a period of up to 36 months after the date any amounts are paid, waived or reimbursed by the Investment Manager, the Investment Manager may recover such amounts from the Fund, provided that such repayment would not cause the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursements (exclusive of the items noted in the parenthetical above) to exceed either (i) the Expense Cap in effect at the time such amounts were paid, waived or reimbursed, or (ii) the Expense Cap in effect at the time of such repayment by the Fund. The contractual expense limitation may only be terminated in the event the Investment Manager or a successor ceases to be the investment manager of the Fund or a successor fund, by mutual agreement between the Investment Manager and the AMG Funds I Board of Trustees or in the event of the Fund's liquidation unless the Fund is reorganized or is a party to a merger
in which the surviving entity is successor to the accounting and performance information of the Fund.
Expense Example
This Example will help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund to the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example makes certain assumptions. It assumes that you invest $10,000 as an initial investment in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. It also assumes that your investment has a 5% total return each year and the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. The first year of each amount shown in the Example reflects the Fund's contractual expense limitation through February 1, 2027. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the above assumptions, your costs would be:
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Class I
$119
$389
$679
$1,504
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund had a portfolio turnover rate of 30% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in global equities and derivatives.
The Fund primarily invests in equity securities listed or traded on exchanges. The Fund intends to invest primarily in developed markets and economies, although it may invest in emerging markets. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in emerging market countries.
The Fund intends to invest in long positions to achieve long term capital growth and overlay short positions, primarily in index futures, to seek to preserve capital. The Fund seeks to achieve real return, which the Fund considers to be a return on a compounded annualized basis exceeding inflation. Inflation is measured by the return of the Bloomberg US Treasury Inflation-Linked Bond Index. By investing long and short, the Fund will employ leverage, principally through the use of derivative positions. The Fund will take focused equity positions identified via the analysis of Veritas Asset Management LLP, the
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subadviser to the Fund ("Veritas" or the "Subadviser"). Veritas' analysis will focus on identifying long term themes and trends and then proceed to identifying companies within those identified themes and trends that it believes have sound business models, strong management and disciplined financial controls. The themes and trends are identified with an emphasis on in-house research, although external research is also used.
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 35% (or if conditions are not favorable, in the view of Veritas, at least 25%) of its net assets in investments economically tied to countries other than the U.S., and the Fund will hold investments economically tied to a minimum of three countries other than the U.S. The Fund considers an investment to be economically tied to a country other than the U.S. if it provides investment exposure to a non-U.S. issuer. The Fund considers a company to be a non-U.S. issuer if (i) it is organized outside the U.S. or maintains a principal place of business outside the U.S., (ii) its securities are traded principally outside the U.S., or (iii) during its most recent fiscal year, it derived at least 50% of its revenues or profits from goods produced or sold, investments made, or services performed outside the U.S. or it has at least 50% of its assets outside the U.S. The Fund may invest in securities of issuers located in any country outside the U.S., including developed and emerging market countries.
The Fund will generally invest in mid- to large-capitalization companies, although the Fund may also invest in small-capitalization companies. The Fund generally invests in companies with market capitalizations greater than $5 billion. The Fund currently expects to hold between 25 and 40 positions at any time. The Fund is non-diversified.
Long positions will generally be held through direct investments. The Fund may also gain desired exposures through investments in exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"). The Fund generally expects to take short positions in index futures to seek to preserve capital. The Fund may also hold short positions in options or ETFs. It is anticipated that the Fund's net market exposure can range from 25% to 100%, meaning that the Fund may hold up to 100% of its net asset value in long positions and up to 75% of its net asset value in short positions.
The Fund may hold assets in cash and cash equivalents, and at times these holdings may be significant. The Fund's cash level at any point typically relates to the Subadviser's individual security selection process, and therefore may vary, depending on the Subadviser's desired security weightings. The Fund's cash and cash equivalent holdings may serve as collateral for the Fund's derivatives positions.
Principal Risks
There is the risk that you may lose money on your investment. All investments carry a certain amount of risk, and the Fund cannot guarantee that it will achieve its investment objective. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit or obligation of any bank, is not endorsed or guaranteed by any bank, and is not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") or any other government agency.
Below are some of the risks of investing in the Fund. The risks are presented in an order intended to facilitate readability and their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur than another risk or likely to have a greater adverse impact than another risk. The significance of any specific risk to an investment in the Fund will vary over time, depending on the composition of the Fund's portfolio, market conditions, and other factors. You should read all of the risk information presented below carefully, because any one or more of these risks may result in losses to the Fund.
Market Risk-market prices of investments held by the Fund may fall rapidly or unpredictably due to a variety of factors, including economic or market conditions, or other factors including terrorism, war, natural disasters and the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, including epidemics or pandemics, or in response to events that affect particular industries or companies. In addition, unexpected political, regulatory, trade and diplomatic events within the United States and abroad may affect investor and consumer confidence and may adversely impact financial markets and the broader economy, perhaps suddenly and to a significant degree.
Management Risk-because the Fund is an actively managed investment portfolio, security selection or focus on securities in a particular style, market sector or group of companies may cause the Fund to incur losses or underperform relative to its benchmarks or other funds with a similar investment objective. There can be no guarantee that the Subadviser's investment techniques and risk analysis will produce the desired result.
Foreign Investment Risk-investments in foreign issuers involve additional risks (such as risks arising from less frequent trading, changes in political or social conditions, and less publicly available information about non-U.S. issuers) that differ from those associated with investments in U.S. issuers and may result in greater price volatility.
Focused Investment Risk-a significant portion of the Fund's holdings may be focused in a relatively small number of securities, which may make the Fund more volatile and subject to greater risk than a more diversified fund.
Derivatives Risk-the use of derivatives involves costs, the risk that the value of derivatives may not correlate perfectly with their underlying assets, rates or indices, liquidity risk, and the risk of mispricing or improper valuation. The use of derivatives may not succeed for various reasons, and the complexity and rapidly changing structure of derivatives markets may increase the possibility of market losses.
Credit and Counterparty Risk-the issuer of bonds or other debt securities or a counterparty to a derivatives contract (including over-the-counter counterparties as well as brokers and clearinghouses in respect of exchange-traded and/or cleared products) may be unable or unwilling, or may be perceived as unable or unwilling, to make timely interest, principal or settlement payments or otherwise honor its obligations. Changes in an issuer's financial strength, credit rating or the market's perception of an issuer's creditworthiness may also affect the value of the Fund's investment in that issuer.
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Currency Risk-fluctuations in exchange rates may affect the total loss or gain on a non-U.S. dollar investment when converted back to U.S. dollars and exposure to non-U.S. currencies may subject the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar.
Emerging Markets Risk-investments in emerging markets are subject to the general risks of foreign investments, as well as additional risks which can result in greater price volatility. Such additional risks include the risk that markets in emerging market countries are typically less developed and less liquid than markets in developed countries and such markets are subjected to increased economic, political, or regulatory uncertainties.
Exchange-Traded Fund Risk-because exchange-traded funds incur their own costs, investing in them could result in a higher cost to the investor.
High Cash Balance Risk- when the Fund has a significant cash balance for a sustained period, the benefit to the Fund of any market upswing may likely be reduced, and the Fund's performance may be adversely affected.
Large-Capitalization Stock Risk-the stocks of large-capitalization companies are generally more mature and may not be able to reach the same levels of growth as the stocks of small- or mid-capitalization companies.
Leverage Risk-borrowing and some derivative investments such as futures, forward commitment transactions and swaps may increase volatility and magnify smaller adverse market movements into relatively larger losses.
Liquidity Risk-the Fund may not be able to dispose of particular investments, such as illiquid securities, readily at favorable times or prices or the Fund may have to sell them at a loss.
Mid-Capitalization Stock Risk-the stocks of mid-capitalization companies often have greater price volatility, lower trading volume, and less liquidity than the stocks of larger, more established companies.
Non-Diversified Fund Risk-the Fund is non-diversified and therefore a greater percentage of holdings may be focused in a small number of issuers or a single issuer, which can place the Fund at greater risk. Notwithstanding the Fund's status as a "non-diversified" investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act"), the Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment company accorded favorable tax treatment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Internal Revenue Code"), which imposes its own diversification requirements that are less restrictive than the requirements applicable to "diversified" investment companies under the 1940 Act. The Fund's intention to qualify as a regulated investment company may limit its pursuit of its investment strategy and its investment strategy could limit its ability to so qualify.
Political Risk-changes in the general political and social environment of a country can have substantial effects on the value of investments exposed to that country.
Sector Risk- issuers and companies that are in similar industry sectors may be similarly affected by particular economic or market events; to the extent the Fund has substantial holdings within a particular sector, the risks associated with that sector increase. Stocks in the industrials and healthcare sectors may comprise a significant portion of the Fund's portfolio. The industrials sector may be affected by general economic trends, including employment, economic growth and interest rates, changes in consumer confidence and spending, government regulation, commodity prices and competitive pressures. Stocks in the healthcare sector may be affected by technological obsolescence, changes in regulatory approval policies for drugs, medical devices or procedures and changes in governmental and private payment systems.
Small-Capitalization Stock Risk-although the Fund may invest in securities in any capitalization range, securities of small-capitalization companies may pose additional risks. The stocks of small-capitalization companies often have greater price volatility, lower trading volume, and less liquidity than the stocks of larger, more established companies.
Value Stock Risk-value stocks may perform differently from the market as a whole and may be undervalued by the market for a long period of time.
Performance
The following performance information illustrates the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's performance compares to that of (i) a broad-based index and (ii) an additional index reflecting the market segment(s) in which the Fund invests. As always, past performance of the Fund (before and after taxes) is not an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
As of March 19, 2021, Veritas was appointed as subadviser to the Fund and the Fund changed its name to "AMG Veritas Global Real Return Fund," adopted its current investment strategies and began comparing its performance to the Bloomberg US Treasury Inflation-Linked Bond Index. The Fund's performance information for periods prior to March 19, 2021 reflects the Fund's investment strategy that was in effect at that time and would have been different had the Fund's current investment strategy been in effect.
Effective February 27, 2017, outstanding Class S shares (formerly shares of the Fund's sole share class, which were reclassified and redesignated as Class S shares on October 1, 2016) were renamed Class I shares.
To obtain updated performance information, please visit wealth.amg.com or call 800.548.4539.
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Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31/25 (Class I)
Best Quarter: 22.22% (2nd Quarter 2020)
Worst Quarter: -19.74% (4th Quarter 2018)
Average Annual Total Returns as of 12/31/25
AMG Veritas Global Real Return Fund
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Class I
Return Before Taxes
4.45%
2.61%
10.28%
Class I
Return After Taxes on Distributions
4.38%
0.12%
7.60%
Class I
Return After Taxes on Distributions and
Sale of Fund Shares
2.69%
1.01%
7.48%
MSCI World Index
(reflects no deduction for fees,
expenses, or taxes)
21.09%
12.15%
12.17%
Bloomberg US Treasury Inflation-Linked
Bond Index
(reflects no deduction for fees,
expenses, or taxes)
7.01%
1.12%
3.09%
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts ("IRAs").
Portfolio Management
Investment Manager
AMG Funds LLC (the "Investment Manager")
Subadviser
Veritas Asset Management LLP
Portfolio Managers
Andrew Headley
Chief Investment Officer and Head of Global of Veritas;
Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 2021.
Mike Moore
Fund Manager and Technology Analyst of Veritas;
Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 2021.
Ian Clark
Fund Manager and Roving Analyst of Veritas;
Portfolio Manager of the Fund since December 2023.
Owen Thomas
Fund Manager and Head of Equity Research of Veritas;
Portfolio Manager of the Fund since August 2026.
Buying and Selling Fund Shares
Initial Investment Minimum
Class I
Regular Account: $2,000
Individual Retirement Account: $1,000
Additional Investment Minimum
Class I (all accounts): $100
TRANSACTION POLICIES
You may purchase or sell your shares of the Fund any day that the New York Stock Exchange is open for business, either through your registered investment professional or directly from or to the Fund. Shares may be purchased, sold or exchanged by mail at the address listed below, by phone at 800.548.4539, online at wealth.amg.com, or by bank wire (if bank wire instructions are on file for your account).
AMG Funds
c/o BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
P.O. Box 534426
Pittsburgh, PA 15253-4426
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that are taxable to you as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is through an IRA, 401(k), or other tax-advantaged investment plan. By investing in the Fund through such a plan, you will not be subject to tax on distributions from the Fund so long as the amounts distributed remain in the plan, but you will generally be taxed upon withdrawal of monies from the plan.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies, including the Investment Manager, AMG Distributors, Inc. (the "Distributor") and the Subadviser, may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.
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