Artisan Partners Funds Inc.

11/13/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/13/2026 16:10

Summary Prospectus by Investment Company (Form 497K)

 
Summary Prospectus
13 November 2026
Artisan Focus Fund
ETF Shares: APFS
Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund's prospectus, reports to shareholders and other information about the Fund, including the statement of additional information, online at www.artisanpartners.com/prospectus. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 866.632.1770 or by sending an e-mail request to [email protected]. The Fund's current prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated 13 November 2026, each as supplemented from time to time, are incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus.
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you pay if you buy, hold and sell ETF Shares of the Fund. The table and expense example do not reflect any transaction fees or commissions that may be charged by a shareholder's financial intermediary when buying or selling ETF Shares.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 
ETF Shares
Management Fees
1.00%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
None
Total Other Expenses1
1.412
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
2.41
Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement3
1.36
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and
Expense Reimbursement
1.05
1 ETF Shares of the Fund are new so "Total Other Expenses" shown are based on anticipated fees and expenses for the first full fiscal year.
2 "Other Expenses" include  "Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses," which were less than 0.01% of the average net assets of the Fund. "Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses" are indirect expenses the Fund incurred from the Fund's investment in one or more money market funds (acquired funds). To the extent that the Fund invests in acquired funds, Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses and Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement in the table above may not match the ratios of expenses to average net assets shown in the "Financial Highlights" in the Fund's prospectus, since the Financial Highlights reflect the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include fees and expenses of acquired funds.
3 Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, the Fund's investment adviser ("Artisan Partners"), contractually agreed to bear certain expenses and waive its management fees to the extent necessary to cause total annual fund operating expenses (excluding taxes, interest, all commissions and other normal charges incident to the purchase and sale of portfolio securities, acquired fund fees and expenses, borrowing costs such as dividends on securities sold short, and extraordinary charges such as litigation costs, but including management fees paid to Artisan Partners) not to exceed 1.04% of the average daily net assets of ETF Shares. This contract continues through 31 January 2028.
Expense Example
The example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund's ETF Shares with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund's ETF Shares for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses with respect to ETF Shares remain the same. The example does not take into account brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries that you may pay on your purchases and sales of ETF Shares of the Fund. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions (and giving effect to fee waivers and expense reimbursements in the first year), your costs would be: 
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
ETF Shares
$107
$621
$1,162
$2,642
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's portfolio turnover rate was 245.77% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund's investment approach is based on idea generation, a systematic framework for analyzing companies and proactive risk management. Utilizing this approach, the team seeks to construct a focused portfolio designed to maximize alpha while limiting downside risk over the long term.
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Idea Generation-The team believes a key element in alpha generation is finding areas where the team's views on industry fundamentals differ from consensus estimates. In this pursuit, the team seeks to identify inflections in multi-year trends which may be caused by changes in supply/demand dynamics, societal behavior, market conditions, technology, laws/regulations and business models, among other variables. The team believes these inflections are often misunderstood by market participants, and can lead to meaningful re-evaluations of industries and companies. Identifying themes helps the team develop a focused universe of companies to analyze more thoroughly. The team will also consider compelling idiosyncratic positions that are a good fit based on the team's rigorous fundamental analysis.
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Systematic Analytical Framework-The team applies a systematic framework for analyzing companies across sectors and themes, creating a repeatable and methodical decision-making process. The team's proprietary company models focus on multi-year earnings power differentiation, expected outcome scenario analysis, return on invested capital and discounted cash flow valuations. Visual outputs are then produced through the firm's internally developed technology solutions, allowing the team to consistently evaluate positions across the portfolio.
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Proactive Risk Management-The team incorporates risk management into all stages of its investment process. Metrics evaluated include crowding, correlation, volatility, stress tests, liquidity, factor analysis and macro drivers, all of which inform portfolio construction and position sizing. The team also uses various instruments, such as options, in an effort to magnify alpha and minimize downside.
The Fund invests in common stocks and other equity securities of companies across a broad capitalization range. There are no restrictions on the market capitalizations of the companies in which the Fund may invest. The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it may invest a greater portion of its assets in a more limited number of issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, a high percentage of the Fund's total assets may be invested in a particular company, sector or industry. As part of the investment process, the team considers financially material environmental, social and governance factors alongside other fundamental research.
The Fund may invest up to 50% of its total assets at market value at the time of purchase in securities of non-US companies (including depositary receipts). The Fund's investments in non-US securities may include investments in developed markets, as well as emerging and less developed markets. The Fund usually seeks (but is not required) to hedge against the risk of loss resulting from currency fluctuation. The Fund may invest in equity-linked securities that provide economic exposure to a security of one or more non-US companies without direct investment in the underlying securities (called "participation certificates" in the Fund's prospectus, but may be called different names by issuers). The Fund also invests in exchange-traded funds ("ETFs").
The Fund also uses derivatives, such as options. The Fund may use derivatives for any purpose consistent with its investment objective, including, without limitation, to improve expected risk-adjusted returns and to obtain economic exposure to certain issuers. The Fund may implement short positions, including through the use of derivative instruments, or through short sales of instruments that are eligible investments for the Fund and generally intends to use short positions to reduce exposure to certain risks and for hedging purposes. The Fund intends to use all or a portion of the proceeds from its short positions to take additional long positions or otherwise use in a manner consistent with its investment guidelines. The Fund also may borrow money for investment purposes, including to purchase additional securities.
The Fund may invest in real estate investment trusts ("REITs"). The Fund may also invest to a limited extent in debt securities (including securities rated below investment grade (below BBB- by Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC ("S&P") or Fitch Ratings Inc. ("Fitch") or below Baa3 by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's"), or comparably rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization ("NRSRO"), or unrated but determined by Artisan Partners to be of comparable quality), commonly known as "junk bonds," and convertible debt securities of US or non-US issuers that meet the Fund's investment criteria. The Fund may invest in debt securities of any maturity or duration.
As a result of the Fund's use of derivatives, the Fund may hold significant amounts of short-term investments, including cash and cash equivalents. The Fund may also maintain a significant portion of its total assets in cash from time to time in response to adverse market, economic, political or other conditions. In addition, cash flows, including from shareholder investments and redemptions and purchases and sales of portfolio securities, may cause the Fund's cash position to be larger or smaller. If the Fund holds a significant portion of its assets in cash, its ability to meet its investment objective and/or the Fund's performance may be adversely affected.
The Fund's ETF Shares operate as an actively managed exchange-traded fund ("ETF").
Principal Risks
Like all funds, the Fund takes investment risks and it is possible for you to lose money by investing in the Fund. The value and trading price of the Fund's ETF Shares varies from day to day and over time, and when you sell your shares they may be worth less than what you paid for them. Investors in the Fund should have a long-term perspective and be able to tolerate potentially sharp declines in value. The Fund's principal risks include:
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Market Risks-Markets may perform poorly and the securities in which the Fund invests may underperform the general securities markets. Securities markets may experience periods of high volatility and reduced liquidity in response to governmental actions, intervention and/or policies, economic or market developments, or other external factors. The value of a company's securities may rise or fall in response to company, market, economic, political, regulatory or other news.
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Active Management Risks-The success of the Fund is dependent on the team's investment decisions, which are based, in part, on the research process employed by the team. The portfolio securities selected by the team may decline in value or not increase in value when the market indices, including relevant benchmark indices, are rising, in which case the Fund could experience losses regardless of the performance of the market indices. When the team considers environmental, social and governance factors in its research process, the Fund may forgo certain investment opportunities and underperform funds that do not consider environmental, social and governance factors.
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Non-Diversification Risks-As a non-diversified fund, the Fund may invest a larger portion of its assets in securities of a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund, which means a single issuer's performance may affect Fund performance more than if the Fund were invested in a larger number of issuers.
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Risks of Emphasizing a Region, Country, Sector or Industry-If the Fund has invested a higher percentage of its total assets in a particular region, country, sector or industry, changes affecting that region, country, sector or industry may have a significant impact on the performance of the Fund's overall portfolio.
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Growth Investing Risks-Growth stocks may fall out of favor with investors and underperform other asset types during given periods. A company may never achieve the earnings growth the team anticipated.
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Value Investing Risks-Value stocks may fall out of favor with investors and underperform other asset types during given periods. The price of a company's stock may never reach the level that the team considers its intrinsic value.
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Options Risks-An option is an agreement that, for a premium payment or fee, gives the option holder (the purchaser) the right but not the obligation to buy (in the case of a "call option") or sell (in the case of a "put option") the underlying asset (or settle for cash an amount based on an underlying asset, rate, or index) at a specified price during a period of time or on a specified date. Investments in options are considered speculative. When the Fund purchases an option, it may lose the premium paid for it if the price of the underlying security or other assets decreased or remained the same (in the case of a call option) or increased or remained the same (in the case of a put option). Investments in options may also have the effect of creating leverage, in that they may expose the Fund to greater gains and losses than the amount of associated capital invested. Options held by the Fund may be more volatile than other types of assets. If a put or call option purchased by the Fund were to expire without being sold or exercised, its premium paid would represent a loss to the Fund. To the extent that the Fund writes or sells an option, it will be exposed to the risk that it may be required to buy or sell the underlying security at a disadvantageous price on or before the option's expiration date. The Fund may face substantial losses in connection with any options that it writes.
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High Portfolio Turnover Risks -The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of its portfolio securities. High portfolio turnover may result in increased transaction costs to the Fund, including brokerage commissions, dealer mark-ups and other transaction costs on the sale of the securities and on reinvestment in other securities. The sale of Fund portfolio securities may result in the realization and/or distribution to shareholders of higher capital gains or losses as compared to a fund with a less active trading strategy. These effects of higher than normal portfolio turnover may adversely affect Fund performance.
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Foreign Investing Risks-Foreign securities may underperform US securities and may be more volatile than US securities. Risks relating to investments in foreign securities (including, but not limited to, depositary receipts and participation certificates) and to securities of issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets include currency exchange rate fluctuation; less available public information about the issuers of securities; less stringent regulatory standards; lack of uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards; and country risks, including less liquidity, high inflation rates and unfavorable economic practices; and political instability and expropriation and nationalization risks.
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Emerging and Developing Markets Risks-Investment risks typically are greater in emerging and less developed markets, including "frontier markets", which are a subset of emerging markets and less developed markets that, generally, have smaller economies and less mature capital markets. For example, in addition to the risks associated with investments in any foreign country, political, legal and economic structures in these less developed countries may be new and changing rapidly, which may cause instability and greater risk of loss. Their securities markets may be less developed, and securities in those markets are generally more volatile and less liquid than those in the developed markets. Investing in emerging market countries may involve substantial risk due to, among other reasons, limited information; higher brokerage costs; different accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards; less developed legal systems and thinner trading markets as compared to those in developed countries; different clearing and settlement procedures and custodial services; and currency blockages or transfer restrictions. Emerging market countries also are more likely to experience high levels of inflation, deflation or currency devaluations, which could hurt their economies and securities markets. Certain emerging markets also may face other significant internal or external risks, including a heightened risk of war or ethnic, religious or racial conflicts. In addition, governments in many emerging market countries participate to a significant degree in their economies and securities markets, which may impair investment and economic growth of companies in those markets. Such markets may also be heavily reliant on foreign capital and, therefore, vulnerable to capital flight. Such risks may be greater in frontier markets.
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Leverage Risks-Certain transactions, including, for example, the use of certain derivatives and borrowing money, can result in leverage. Leverage generally has the effect of increasing the amounts of loss or gain the Fund might realize and creates the likelihood of greater volatility of the value of the Fund's investments. There is risk of loss in excess of invested capital.
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ETF Structure Risks-The Fund's ETF Shares operate as an ETF and are subject to risks related to exchange trading, including:
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The Fund's ETF Shares are listed for trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (the "Exchange") and are bought and sold on the secondary market at market prices. Although it is expected that the market price of the Fund's ETF Shares will typically approximate the Fund's NAV, there may be times when the market price reflects a significant premium or discount to NAV.
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Although the Fund's ETF Shares are listed on the Exchange, it is possible that an active trading market in the Fund's ETF Shares may not be maintained. In stressed market conditions, the market for the Fund's ETF Shares may become less liquid in response to deteriorating liquidity in the markets for the Fund's underlying portfolio holdings, which could lead to wider bid/ask spreads and differences in the market price of the Fund's ETF Shares and the underlying value of those shares.
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The Fund's ETF Shares could potentially face trading halts and/or delisting from the Exchange. This risk is heightened in times of market stress, including at both the Fund ETF Share level and at the Fund holdings level.
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Only an Authorized Participant may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the Fund with respect to ETF Shares, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. The Fund has a limited number of institutions that may act as Authorized Participants on an agency basis (i.e., on behalf of other market participants). In addition, to the extent that securities held by the Fund are traded outside a collateralized settlement system, Authorized Participants may be required to post collateral on certain trades on an agency basis (on behalf of other market participants), which only a limited number of Authorized Participants may be able to do. To the extent that Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to proceed with creation or redemption orders with respect to the ETF Shares of the Fund and no other Authorized Participant is able to step forward to create or redeem Creation Units, the Fund's ETF Shares may be more likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and possibly face trading halts or delisting.
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Currency Risks-Foreign securities usually are denominated and traded in foreign currencies and the exchange rates between foreign currencies and the US dollar fluctuate continuously. The Fund's performance will be affected by its direct or indirect exposure, which may include exposure through US dollar denominated depositary receipts and participation certificates, to a particular currency due to favorable or unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates relative to the US dollar. The Fund's direct or indirect exposure to a particular currency may be hedged to mitigate currency volatility or because the Fund believes a currency is overvalued. There can be no guarantee that any hedging activity will be successful. Hedging activity and/or use of forward foreign currency contracts may mitigate the risk of loss from changes in currency exchange rates, but also may reduce or limit the opportunity for gain and involves counterparty risk, which is the risk that the contracting party will not fulfill its contractual obligation to deliver the currency contracted for at the agreed upon price to the Fund.
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Small and Medium-Sized Company Risks-Securities of small and medium-sized companies tend to be more volatile and less liquid than securities of large companies. Compared to large companies, small and medium-sized companies typically may have analyst coverage by fewer brokerage firms - meaning they may trade at prices that reflect incomplete or inaccurate information. Smaller companies may have a shorter history of operations, less access to financing and a less diversified product line - making them more susceptible to market pressures and more likely to have volatile security prices. During some periods, securities of small and medium-sized companies, as an asset class, have underperformed the securities of larger companies.
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Participation Certificate Risks-Investing in a participation certificate subjects the Fund to the risks associated with an investment in the underlying equity security and also exposes the Fund to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the bank or broker-dealer that issues the certificate will not fulfill its contractual obligation to timely pay the Fund the amount owed under the certificate.
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Exchange-Traded Funds ("ETF") Investment Risks-ETFs generally expose their shareholders to the risks associated with the assets in which the ETF invests. Additionally, as exchange-traded investment vehicles, ETFs may involve market risks, management risks and (for index funds) tracking risks. If the Fund acquires shares of an ETF, shareholders bear both their proportionate share of expenses in the Fund (including management and advisory fees) and, indirectly, the expenses of the ETF.
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REIT Risks-Investing in REITs may subject the Fund to certain risks associated with a REIT's direct investment in real property and real-estate related loans. A REIT that invests in real estate-related loans may be affected by the quality of the credit extended and interest rate risk, is dependent on specialized management skills, is subject to risks inherent in financing a limited number of properties, and may be subject to defaults by borrowers and to self-liquidations.
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Short Position Risks-The risk that an increase in the value of an instrument with respect to which the Fund has established a short position for investment and/or risk management purposes will result in a loss to the Fund.
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Debt Securities Risks-The value of a debt security changes in response to various factors, including, for example, market-related factors, such as changes in interest rates or changes in the actual or perceived ability of an issuer to meet its obligations. In general, the value of a debt security will fall in response to increases in interest rates. The Fund may invest in debt securities without considering the maturity of the instrument. The value of a security with a longer duration will be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a similar security with a shorter duration. As a result, changes in interest rates in the US and outside the US may affect the Fund's debt investments unfavorably.
Debt securities in which the Fund invests may be rated below investment grade or unrated securities that are determined by Artisan Partners to be of comparable quality. Debt securities of below investment grade quality are high yield, high risk bonds, commonly known as "junk bonds."  These bonds are predominantly speculative. They are usually issued by companies without long track records of
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sales and earnings, or by companies with questionable credit strength. These bonds have a higher degree of default risk, may be less liquid and may be subject to greater price volatility than higher-rated bonds.
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Convertible Securities Risks-Investing in convertible securities subjects the Fund to the risks of debt, but also the risks associated with an investment in the underlying equity security. Convertible securities are frequently issued with a call feature that allows the issuer to choose when to redeem the security, which could result in the Fund being forced to redeem, convert, or sell the convertible security under circumstances unfavorable to the Fund.
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Operational and Cybersecurity Risks-Operational failures, cyber-attacks or other disruptions that affect the Fund's service providers, the Fund's counterparties, other market participants or the issuers of securities held by the Fund may adversely affect the Fund and its shareholders, including by causing losses for the Fund or impairing Fund operations.
Performance
This section provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The ETF Shares of the Fund are a new class of shares for which performance information is not available and, therefore, the bar chart and table show performance information for the Investor Shares of the Fund, a mutual fund class of shares of the Fund not offered in this Prospectus. The Investor Shares would have substantially similar annual returns to ETF Shares because the shares are invested in the same portfolio of securities and the annual returns at NAV (assuming ETF Shares are bought and sold without any premium or discount) would differ only to the extent that the Investor Shares do not have the same expenses as the ETF Shares. Performance information for ETF Shares will be provided after such shares have one full calendar year of performance. The following bar chart shows how the performance of the Fund's Investor Shares has varied over time.
Past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how any class of the Fund will perform in the future.
Calendar Year by Year Total Returns (%)
 
Highest/Lowest Quarter Returns (%)
During the time period shown in the bar chart. 
Highest Quarter
20.24
June 30, 2020
Lowest Quarter
-15.87
June 30, 2022
Year-to-Date Return. The Fund's total return for the nine months ended 30 September 2026 was 11.11%.
Average Annual Total Returns-(For Periods Ended 31 December 2025)
The following table shows the average annual total returns (before and after taxes) of the Investor Shares of the Fund and the change in value of a broad-based market index over various periods ended 31 December 2025. The index information is intended to permit you to compare the Fund's performance to market performance. Returns of the ETF Shares of the Fund may vary from the returns of the Investor Shares due to differences in expenses.
After-tax returns are shown for Investor Shares. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.
Your actual after-tax returns depend on your own tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares in a tax-advantaged account, or to investors who are tax-exempt.
For Periods Ended 31 December 2025 (%)  
Investor
1-Year
5-Year
Since Inception
Inception Date
Return before taxes
19.89%
10.77%
17.76%
April 24, 2017
Return after taxes on distributions
18.01%
8.14%
15.08%
Return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares
11.80%
7.26%
13.43%
S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
17.88%
14.42%
14.87%
Updated performance information may be obtained by visiting www.artisanpartners.com.
Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser: Artisan Partners  
Portfolio Manager
Title
Length of Service
Christopher P. Smith
Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, Artisan Partners
Since April 2017 (inception)
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Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
The Fund will issue and redeem ETF Shares at its NAV only in Creation Units. These transactions are usually in exchange for a basket of securities and/or an amount of cash. As a practical matter, only Authorized Participants purchase or redeem Creation Units. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, ETF Shares are not redeemable securities of the Fund.
Investors can only buy and sell ETF Shares in the secondary market (i.e., on a national securities exchange) through a broker or dealer at market prices. Because Fund shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Fund shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount). When buying or selling shares in the secondary market, you may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) (the "bid-ask spread"). When available, recent information regarding the Fund's NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads will be available at www.artisanpartners.com.
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions with respect to ETF Shares that may be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. If you invest through such tax-advantaged arrangements, you may be subject to tax upon withdrawal from those arrangements.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase ETF Shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank or financial advisor), the Fund, the investment adviser and/or the distributor may pay the financial intermediary for the services provided to the Fund and its shareholders. The investment adviser and/or the distributor may also pay the financial intermediary for the sale of ETF Shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other financial 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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