OVERVIEW | AGE-BASED | SELECT FUND

The Select Fund (individual-fund) Investment Portfolios enable you to tailor your account to suit your personal investment needs. You may allocate contributions to any one or more of these Investment Portfolios.

US Large Cap Equity
Allianz OCC Growth
Allianz NFJ Dividend Value
TIAA-CREF S&P 500 Index

US Small/Mid Cap Equity
Allianz NFJ Small Cap Value
TIAA-CREF Mid Cap Value
TIAA-CREF Small Cap Blend Index

International Equity
Allianz NFJ International Value
TIAA-CREF International Equity Index

Balanced Asset Allocation
PIMCO All Asset
Allianz Global Investors Core Allocation

Core Bond
PIMCO Real Return
PIMCO Short Term
PIMCO Total Return

Money Market
PIMCO Money Market

 

Allianz NFJ Dividend Value Fund
Investment Objective and Principal Strategies. The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital and income. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by normally investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings made for investment purposes) in equity securities of companies that pay or are expected to pay dividends. Under normal conditions, the Fund will invest primarily in common stocks of companies with market capitalizations greater than $3.5 billion. The Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in non-U.S. securities, including emerging market securities. Portfolio Managers use a value investing style focusing on companies whose stocks the Portfolio Managers believe have low valuations. The Fund may utilize foreign currency exchange contracts, options, stock index futures contracts and other derivative instruments. In response to unfavorable market and other conditions, the Fund may deviate from its principal strategies by making temporary investments of some or all of its assets in high-quality fixed income securities, cash and cash equivalents. The Fund may not achieve its investment objective when it does so.

Principal Risks. Among the principal risks of investing in the Fund, which could adversely affect its net asset value, yield and total return, are market risk, issuer risk, equity securities risk, credit risk, currency risk, derivatives risk, emerging markets risk, focused investment risk, leveraging risk, liquidity risk, management risk, non-U.S. investment risk and turnover risk.

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Allianz NFJ International Value Fund
Investment Objective and Principal Strategies. The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital and income. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by normally investing at least 65% of its net assets (plus borrowings made for investment purposes) in equity securities of non-U.S. companies with market capitalizations greater than $1 billion. The Fund normally invests a significant portion of its assets in equity securities that the portfolio managers expect will generate income (for example, by paying dividends). The Fund may invest up to 50% of its assets in emerging market securities. The Fund typically achieves its exposure to equity securities through investing in American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), but is not limited to investments in ADRs. The portfolio managers use a value investing style focusing on equity securities of companies whose stocks the portfolio managers believe have low valuations. The Fund may utilize foreign currency exchange contracts, options, stock index futures contracts and other derivative instruments. In response to unfavorable market and other conditions, the Fund may deviate from its principal strategies by making temporary investments of some or all of its assets in high quality fixed income securities, cash and cash equivalents. The Fund may not achieve its investment objective when it does so.

Principal Risks. Among the principal risks of investing in the Fund, which could adversely affect its net asset value, yield and total return, are market risk, issuer risk, equity securities risk, non-U.S. investment risk, emerging markets risk, smaller company risk, credit risk, currency risk, derivatives risk, leveraging risk, liquidity risk, management risk, and turnover risk.

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Allianz NFJ Small-Cap Value Fund
Investment Objective and Principal Strategies. The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital and income. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by normally investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings made for investment purposes) in companies with smaller market capitalizations. The Fund currently considers smaller market capitalization companies to be companies with market capitalizations of between $100 million and $3.5 billion. The Fund normally invests a significant portion of its assets in common stocks of companies that the portfolio managers expect will generate income (for example, by paying dividends). The Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in real estate investment trusts (REITs) and non U.S. securities, including emerging markets securities. The portfolio managers use a value investing style focusing on companies whose stocks the portfolio managers believe have low valuations. The Fund may utilize foreign currency exchange contracts, options, stock index futures contracts, and other derivative instruments. In response to unfavorable market and other conditions, the Fund may deviate from its principal strategies by making temporary investments of some or all of its assets in high-quality fixed income securities, cash and cash equivalents. The Fund may not achieve its investment objective when it does so.

Principal Risks. Among the principal risks of investing in the Fund, which could adversely affect its net asset value, yield and total return, are market risk, issuer risk, equity securities risk, smaller company risk, credit risk, currency risk, derivatives risk, emerging markets risk, focused investment risk, leveraging risk, liquidity risk, management risk, non-U.S. investment risk, REIT risk, and turnover risk.

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Allianz OCC Growth Fund
Investment Objective and Principal Strategies. This Fund seeks long-term growth of capital. Income is an incidental consideration. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by normally investing at least 65% of its assets in common stocks of "growth" companies with market capitalizations of at least $5 billion. The portfolio managers consider "growth" companies to include companies they believe to have above-average growth prospects (relative to companies in the same industry or the market as a whole). In addition to investing in common stocks, the Fund may also invest in other kinds of equity securities, such as preferred stocks, convertible securities and warrants. The Fund may also invest in real estate investment trusts (REITs). The Fund may invest up to 15% of its assets in non-U.S. securities, except that it may invest without limit in American Depositary Receipts (ADRs). The Fund may utilize foreign currency exchange contracts, options, stock index futures contracts and other derivative instruments. In response to unfavorable market and other conditions, the Fund may deviate from its principal strategies by making temporary investments of some or all of its assets in high-quality fixed income securities, cash and cash equivalents. The Fund may not achieve its investment objective when it does so.

Principal Risks. Among the principal risks of investing in the Fund, which could adversely affect its net asset value, yield and total return, are (in alphabetical order after the first three risks): market risk, issuer risk, equity securities risk, credit risk, currency risk, derivatives risk, focused investment risk, leveraging risk, liquidity risk, management risk, non-U.S. investment risk, REIT risk, turnover risk.

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Allianz Global Investors Core Allocation Fund
Investment Objective and Principle Strategies. The Fund seeks after-inflation capital appreciation and current income. The Fund seeks to The Funds seek to achieve their investment objectives by investing under normal circumstances primarily in Underlying Funds that are sponsored and managed by Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC (“Allianz Global Fund Management” or the “Manager”) and/or its affiliates. Potential Underlying Funds currently include all Allianz Funds, Allianz Multi-Strategy Funds, Nicholas-Applegate Institutional Funds and PIMCO Funds, except those that principally employ a “fund-of-funds” strategy. Each Fund may invest without limit in Underlying Funds and may invest a significant percentage of its assets in a small number, or even one, of the Underlying Funds.

Underlying Funds in turn invest in or have exposure to (i) return-generating assets, such as U.S. and global equities, commodities, real estate, high yield securities, emerging market bonds, public securities of infrastructure companies and private equity companies, and alternative investment strategies such as long-short and market neutral strategies and/or (ii) defensive assets, such as Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (“TIPS”), short-term U.S. bonds, core (e.g., investment grade) U.S. bonds and sovereign bonds. An Underlying Fund or Other Acquired Fund may invest in both return-generating and defensive asset classes. Over time, the characteristics of certain return-generating or defensive assets may change, so Allianz Global Investors Solutions LLC (“AGI Solutions” or the “Sub-Adviser”) will regularly evaluate whether asset classes should be considered return-generating or defensive.

The Funds may also invest a portion of their assets in affiliated and unaffiliated exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and mutual funds and pooled vehicles other than the Underlying Funds (together, “Other Acquired Funds”). The Funds do not currently intend to invest more than 10% of their assets in Other Acquired Funds that are not advised by the Manager or its affiliates.

The Funds may also invest a significant portion of their assets directly or indirectly in securities and instruments other than Underlying Funds and Other Acquired Funds, subject to any limitations imposed by the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules thereunder (the “1940 Act”) or by other applicable law. Such investments may be used as a complement or adjustment to the Funds’ exposure to Underlying Funds and Other Acquired Funds, and therefore may from time to time be focused in a limited number of asset classes or investment types. The Funds’ investments in a combination of return-generating assets and defensive assets may give them exposure to companies in a broad range of market capitalization ranges and geographic and industry distributions, as well as to fixed income and convertible instruments with a broad range of credit quality ratings and durations. The Funds may also utilize derivative instruments, such as options, forwards or futures contracts and swap agreements. See “Characteristics and Risks of Securities and Investment Techniques” below.

In constructing a portfolio for each Fund consisting of Underlying Funds, as well as possibly Other Acquired Funds and/or direct investments, the Sub-Adviser normally seeks to maintain significant economic exposure to a number of different countries in addition to the United States.

In response to unfavorable market and other conditions, a Fund may deviate from its principal strategies by making temporary investments of some or all of its assets in high-quality fixed income instruments, cash and cash equivalents. The Fund may not achieve its investment objective when it does so.

Principal Risks. Allocation Risk — Each Fund’s investment performance depends upon how its assets are allocated and reallocated among particular Underlying Funds, as well as potentially Other Acquired Funds and/or direct investments in securities and other instruments. A principal risk of investing in a Fund is that the Sub-Adviser’s allocation techniques and decisions and/or the Sub-Adviser’s selection of Underlying Funds, Other Acquired Funds and other instruments will not produce the desired results, and therefore the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.

Underlying Fund and Other Acquired Fund Risks.The ability of a Fund to achieve its investment objective will depend upon the ability of the Underlying Funds and Other Acquired Funds to achieve their respective investment objectives. There can be no assurance that the investment objective of any Underlying Fund or Other Acquired Fund will be achieved.

A Fund’s net asset value will fluctuate in response to changes in the net asset values of Underlying Funds and Other Acquired Funds in which the Fund invests. The extent to which the investment performance and risks associated with a Fund correlate to those of a particular Underlying Fund or Other Acquired Fund will depend upon the extent to which it invests in such Underlying Fund or Other Acquired Fund. Therefore, the principal risks of investing in a Fund are closely related to the principal risks associated with the Underlying Funds and Other Acquired Funds and their investments. Because a Fund’s allocation among the Underlying Funds will vary, an investment may be subject to any and all of these risks at different times and to different degrees. A Fund’s investment in a particular fund may exceed 25% of the Fund’s assets. To the extent that a Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in such an Underlying Fund or Other Acquired Fund, it will be particularly sensitive to the risks associated with that Underlying Fund or Other Acquired Fund, as applicable.

In addition, a Fund may be subject to additional risk to the extent that it invests in Other Acquired Funds. Because certain Other Acquired Funds may not be advised by Allianz Global Fund Management or its affiliates, there may be less transparency with respect to management strategy, investments and other matters than is the case with affiliated funds.

Other (Direct) Investment Risk.To the extent that a Fund invests directly in investments other than Underlying Funds or Other Acquired Funds, the value of an investment will be directly related to the investment performance of those investments. Thus, exposure to the principal investment risks of a Fund can come either directly or indirectly through Underlying Funds and Other Acquired Funds.

Principal Risks. Among the principal risks of the Underlying Funds, which could adversely affect the net asset value, yield and total return of the Fund, are (in alphabetical order after the first three risk): market risk, issuer risk, equity securities risk, commodity risk, convertible securities risk, credit risk, currency risk, derivatives risk, emerging markets risk, fixed income risk, focused investment risk, high yield risk, index risk, interest rate risk, IPO risk, leveraging risk, liquidity risk, management risk, mortgage-related and other asset-backed risk, non-U.S. investment risk, REIT and real estate-linked derivatives risk, short selling risk, smaller company risk, and variable distribution risk.

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PIMCO All Asset Fund
Investment Objective and Principal Strategies. The Fund seeks maximum real return, consistent with preservation of real capital and prudent investment management. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing under normal circumstances substantially all of its assets in Institutional Class shares of other funds of PIMCO Funds (the "Trust"), except the All Asset All Authority Fund and the RealRetirementô Funds. Though it is anticipated that the Fund will not currently invest in the European StocksPLUSÆ TR Strategy, Far East (ex-Japan) StocksPLUSÆ TR Strategy, Japanese StocksPLUSÆ TR Strategy and StocksPLUSÆ TR Short Strategy Funds, the Fund may invest in these Underlying Funds in the future, without shareholder approval, at the discretion of PIMCO. The Fund invests its assets in shares of the Underlying Funds and does not invest directly in stocks or bonds of other issuers. Research Affiliates, LLC, the Fund's asset allocation sub-adviser, determines how the Fund allocates and reallocates its assets among the Underlying Funds. In doing so, the asset allocation sub-adviser seeks concurrent exposure to a broad spectrum of asset classes. The Fund may invest in any or all of the Underlying Funds, but will not normally invest in every Underlying Fund at any particular time. The Fund's investment in a particular Underlying Fund normally will not exceed 50% of its total assets. The Fund's assets are not allocated according to a redetermined blend of shares of the Underlying Funds. Instead, when making allocation decisions among the Underlying Funds, the Fund's asset allocation sub-adviser considers various quantitative and qualitative data relating to the U.S. and foreign economies and securities markets. The Fund is a "fund of funds," which is a term used to describe mutual funds that pursue their investment objective by investing in other mutual funds. The cost of investing in the Fund will generally be higher than the cost of investing in a mutual fund that invests directly in individual stocks and bonds. By investing in the Fund, an investor will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the Underlying Funds in addition to the Fund's direct fees and expenses. In addition to investing in the Underlying Funds, at the discretion of PIMCO and without shareholder approval, the Fund may invest in additional PIMCO Funds created in the future.

Principal Risks. The principal risks of investing in the Fund, which could adversely affect its net asset value, yield and total return, are allocation risk, underlying fund risks, and issuer non-diversification risk. The principal risks of investing in the Underlying Funds, and consequently the Fund, which could adversely affect its net asset value, yield and total return are interest rate risk, credit risk, high yield risk, market risk, issuer risk, liquidity risk, derivatives risk, commodity risk, equity risk, mortgage-related and other asset-backed risk, foreign (non-U.S.) investment risk, real estate risk, emerging markets risk, currency risk, issuer non-diversification risk, leveraging risk, smaller company risk, management risk, short sale risk, tax risk, and subsidiary risk.

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PIMCO Money Market Fund
Investment Objective and Principal Strategies. The Fund seeks maximum current income, consistent with the preservation of capital and daily liquidity. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 95% of its assets in a diversified portfolio of money market securities that are in the highest rating category for short-term obligations. The Fund may also invest up to 5% of its assets in money market securities that are in the second-highest rating category for short-term obligations. The Fund may only invest in U.S. dollar-denominated securities that mature in 397 days or fewer from the date of purchase. The dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of the Fund may not exceed 90 days. The Fund attempts to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share, although there is no assurance that it will be successful in doing so. The Fund may invest in the following: obligations of the U.S. Government (including its agencies and instrumentalities); short-term corporate debt securities of securities of domestic and foreign corporations; obligations of domestic and foreign commercial banks, savings banks, and savings and loan associations; and commercial paper. The Fund may invest more than 25% of its total assets in securities or obligations issued by U.S. banks. The Fund may lend its portfolio securities to brokers, dealers and other financial institutions in order to earn income. The Fund's investments will comply with applicable rules governing the quality, maturity and diversification of securities held by money market funds.

Principal Risks. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.

The principal risks of investing in the Fund, which could adversely affect its net asset value, yield and total return, are: interest rate risk, credit risk, market risk, issuer risk, foreign (non-U.S.) investment risk, management risk.

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PIMCO Real Return Fund
Investment Objective and Principal Strategies. The Fund seeks maximum real return, consistent with the preservation of real capital and prudent investment management. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing under normal circumstances at least 80% of its net assets in inflation-indexed bonds of varying maturities issued by the U.S. and non-U.S. governments, their agencies or instrumentalities, and corporations. The Fund invests primarily in investment grade debt securities, but may invest up to 10% of its total assets in high yield securities ("junk bonds") rated B or higher by Moody's, or equivalently rated by S&P or Fitch, or, if unrated, determined by PIMCO to be of comparable quality. The Fund may also invest up to 30% of its total assets in securities denominated in foreign currencies, and may invest beyond this limit in U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers. The Fund may also invest up to 10% of its total assets in securities and instruments that are economically tied to emerging market countries. The Fund will normally limit its foreign currency exposure to 20% of its total assets. The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it may concentrate its assets in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund. The Fund may invest all of its assets in derivative instruments, such as options, futures contracts or swap agreements, or in mortgage- or asset-backed securities. The Fund may also invest up to 10% of its total assets in preferred stocks. The Fund may lend its portfolio securities to brokers, dealers and other financial institutions to earn income.

Principal Risks. Among the principal risks of investing in the Fund, which could adversely affect its net asset value, yield and total return, are interest rate risk, credit risk, high yield risk, market risk, issuer risk, liquidity risk, derivatives risk, equity risk, mortgage-related and other asset-backed risk, foreign (non-U.S.) investment risk, emerging market risk, currency risk, issuer non-diversification risk, leveraging risk, management risk, and short sale risk.

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PIMCO Short Term Fund
Investment Objective and Principal Strategies. The Fund seeks maximum current income, consistent with preservation of capital and daily liquidity. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing under normal circumstances at least 65% of its total assets in a diversified portfolio of Fixed Income Instruments of varying maturities, which may be represented by forwards or derivatives such as options, futures contracts or swap agreements. The average portfolio duration of this Fund will vary based on PIMCO's forecast for interest rates and will normally not exceed one year. For point of reference, the dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of the Fund is normally not expected to exceed three years. The Fund invests primarily in investment grade debt securities, but may invest up to 10% of its total assets in high yield securities ("junk bonds") rated B or higher by Moody's, or equivalently rated by S&P or Fitch, or, if unrated, determined by PIMCO to be of comparable quality. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets in securities denominated in foreign currencies, and may invest beyond this limit in U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers. The Fund will normally limit its foreign currency exposure (from non-U.S. dollar denominated securities or currencies) to 20% of its total assets. The Fund may invest all of its assets in derivative instruments, such as options, futures contracts or swap agreements, or in mortgage- or asset-backed securities. The Fund may, without limitation, seek to obtain market exposure to the securities in which it primarily invests by entering into a series of purchase and sale contracts or by using other investment techniques (such as buy backs or dollar rolls). The Fund may also invest up to 10% of its total assets in preferred stocks.

Principal Risks. The principal risks of investing in the Fund, which could adversely affect its net asset value, yield and total return, are interest rate risk, credit risk, high yield risk, market risk, issuer risk, liquidity risk, derivatives risk, equity risk, mortgage-related and other asset-backed risk, foreign (non-U.S.) investment risk, currency risk, leveraging risk, management risk, and short sale risk.

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PIMCO Total Return Fund
Investment Objective and Principal Strategies. This Fund seeks to maximize total return, consistent with the preservation of capital and prudent investment management. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing under normal circumstances at least 65% of its assets in a diversified portfolio of fixed income instruments of varying maturities, which may be represented by forwards or derivatives such as options, futures contracts or swap agreements. The average portfolio duration of this Fund normally varies within two years (plus or minus) of the duration of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index. The Fund invests primarily in investment grade debt securities, but may invest up to 10% of its assets in high yield securities ("junk bonds") rated B or higher by Moody's, or equivalently rated by S&P or Fitch, or, if unrated, determined by PIMCO to be of comparable quality. The Fund may invest up to 30% of its total assets in securities denominated in foreign currencies, and may invest beyond this limit in U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers. The Fund may invest up to 15% of its total assets in securities and instruments that are economically tied to emerging market countries. The Fund will normally limit its foreign currency exposure to 20% of its total assets. The Fund may invest all of its assets in derivative instruments, such as options, futures contracts or swap agreements, or in mortgage- or asset-backed securities. The Fund may lend its portfolio securities to brokers, dealers and other financial institutions to earn income.

Principal Risks. The principal risks of investing in the Fund, which could adversely affect its net asset value, yield and total return, are interest rate risk, credit risk, high yield risk, market risk, issuer risk, liquidity risk, derivatives risk, mortgage-related and other asset-backed risk, foreign (non-U.S.) investment risk, emerging markets risk, currency risk, leveraging risk, management risk, and short sale risk.

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TIAA-CREF International Equity Index Fund
Investment Objective and Principal Strategies. The Fund seeks a favorable long-term total return, mainly through capital appreciation, by investing primarily in a portfolio of foreign equity investments based on a market index.

Principal Risks. In addition to the investment risks applicable to all of the Index Funds, the International Equity Index Fund is subject to foreign investment risk and large- and mid-cap risk. The Fund may sometimes hold a significant amount of stocks of smaller, lesser-known companies whose stock prices may fluctuate more than those of larger companies. Foreign investments can involve risks beyond those of domestic investments. These include: (1) changes in currency exchange rates; (2) possible imposition of market controls or currency exchange controls; (3) possible imposition of withholding taxes on dividends and interest; (4) possible seizure, expropriation or nationalization of assets; (5) more limited foreign financial information or difficulties interpreting it because of foreign regulations and accounting standards; (6) lower liquidity and higher volatility in some foreign markets; (7) the impact of political, social or diplomatic events; (8) the difficulty of evaluating some foreign economic trends; and (9) the possibility that a foreign government could restrict an issuer from paying principal and interest to investors outside the country. Brokerage commissions and custodial and transaction costs are often higher for foreign investments, and it may be harder to use foreign laws and courts to enforce financial or legal obligations. The risks described above often increase in countries with emerging markets.

For example, these countries may have more unstable governments than developed countries, and their economies may be based on only a few industries. Because their securities markets may be very small, share prices may be volatile and difficult to determine. In addition, foreign investors such as the Funds are subject to a variety of special restrictions in many such countries.

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TIAA-CREF Mid-Cap Value Fund
Investment Objective and Principal Strategies. The Fund seeks a favorable long-term total return, mainly through capital appreciation, primarily from equity securities of medium sized domestic companies. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in mid-cap equity securities. The Fund will invest primarily in equity securities of medium-sized domestic companies, as defined by the Fund's benchmark index (the Russell MidcapÆ Value Index), that the Fund's investment adviser, Teachers Advisors, Inc. ("Advisors"), believes appear undervalued by the market based on an evaluation of their potential worth. The Fund uses a variety of comparative valuation criteria to determine whether shares of a particular company might be undervalued, including: analyses of historical valuations of the same security; valuations of comparable securities in the same sector or the overall market; various financial ratios such as stock price-to-book value, stock price-to earnings, and dividend yield; and free cash flow generated by the company. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in foreign investments. The Fund may, on occasion, also invest a portion of its assets through quantitative techniques to maintain similar overall financial characteristics to the Fund's benchmark index. These quantitative techniques, when used, may help Advisors control risk exposures by suggesting security selections that may fill unintended gaps in portfolio construction. Quantitative investment techniques may also be utilized to help the Fund remain fully invested in stocks at all times.

Principal Risks. The Fund is subject to market risk, company risk, mid-cap risk, quantitative analysis risk, active management risk, and foreign investment risk. In addition, the Fund is subject to style risk and the risks of value investing. As with any mutual fund, you can lose money by investing in this Fund.

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TIAA-CREF Small Cap Blend Index
Investment Objective and Principal Strategies. The Fund seeks a favorable long-term total return, mainly through capital appreciation, by investing primarily in a portfolio of equity securities in smaller domestic companies based on a market index.

Principal Risks. In addition to the investment risks applicable to all of the Index Funds, the Small-Cap Blend Index Fund is subject to small-cap risk.

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TIAA-CREF S&P 500 Index Fund
Investment Objective and Principal Strategies. The Fund seeks a favorable long-term total return, mainly through capital appreciation, by investing primarily in a portfolio of equity securities of large domestic companies selected to track U.S. equity markets based on a market index.

Principal Risks. In addition to the investment risks applicable to all of the Index Funds, the S&P 500 Index Fund is subject to large cap risk.

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Use of derivative instruments may involve certain costs and risks such as liquidity risk, interest rate risk, market risk, credit risk, management risk and the risk that a fund could not close out a position when it would be most advantageous to do so. Portfolios investing in derivatives could lose more than the principal amount invested in those instruments.

Investing in non-U.S. securities may entail risk due to foreign economic and political developments; this risk may be enhanced when investing in emerging markets. Concentrating investments in individual sectors may add additional risk and additional volatility compared to a diversified equity portfolio.

Each sector of the bond market entails risk. Mortgage-backed securities are subject to prepayment risk. With Corporate bonds there is no assurance that issuers will meet their obligations. High-yield bonds typically have a lower credit rating than other bonds. Lower rated bonds generally involve a greater risk to principal than higher rated bonds. In an environment where interest rates may trend upward, rising rates will negatively impact most bond funds, and fixed income securities held by a fund are likely to decrease in value. Bond funds and individual bonds with a longer duration (a measure of the expected life of a security) tend to be more sensitive to changes in interest rates, usually making them more volatile than securities with shorter durations.

Please see the section "Underlying Fund Risks" following the Underlying Fund Descriptions in the Plan Disclosure Statement for a description of these and other risks of investing in the Fund.

Certain of the investment management firms that manage underlying mutual Funds in the Program — NFJ Investment Group, Nicholas-Applegate, Oppenheimer Capital, Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) and RCM — are affiliated with the Program Manager, Allianz Global Investors Distributors, LLC.

Before investing, you should consider whether your state of residency, or your intended beneficiary's state of residency, offers a state tax deduction or any other benefits that are only available for investments in that state's 529 savings program.

An investor should consider the investment objectives, risks and charges and expenses of the OklahomaDream 529 Plan before investing. This and other important information is in the Plan Disclosure Statement, which should be read carefully before investing, and which is available from your financial advisor or on this website.

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The OklahomaDream 529 Plan is a Section 529 college savings plan sponsored by the State of Oklahoma, is managed by TIAA-CREF Tuition Financing, Inc., and managed and distributed by Allianz Global Distributors LLC., 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10105-4800, 1-877-529-9299.