▼ October 28, 2024

Janus Investment Fund

Statement of Additional Information

	Class A Shares Ticker	Class C Shares Ticker	Class D Shares Ticker	Class I Shares Ticker	Class N Shares Ticker	Class R Shares Ticker	Class S Shares Ticker	Class T Shares Ticker
Fixed Income
Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund	JUCAX	JUCCX	JUCDX	JUCIX	JUCNX	JUCRX	JUCSX	JUCTX
Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund	HFAAX	HFACX	HFADX	HFAIX	HFARX	N/A	HFASX	HFATX
Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund	JDFAX	JFICX	JANFX	JFLEX	JDFNX	JDFRX	JADFX	JAFIX
Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund	JHYAX	JDHCX	JNHYX	JHYFX	JHYNX	JHYRX	JDHYX	JAHYX
Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund	JMUAX	JMUCX	JMUDX	JMUIX	JMTNX	N/A	JMUSX	JMUTX
Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund	JSHAX	JSHCX	JNSTX	JSHIX	JSHNX	N/A	JSHSX	JASBX
Equity
Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund	JRSAX	JRSCX	JRSDX	JRSIX	JRSNX	N/A	JRSSX	JRSTX
Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund	JDPAX	JMVCX	JNMCX	JMVAX	JDPNX	JDPRX	JMVIX	JMCVX
Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund	HDAVX	HDCVX	HDDVX	HDIVX	HDRVX	N/A	HDQVX	HDTVX
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund	JDSAX	JCSCX	JNPSX	JSCOX	JDSNX	JDSRX	JISCX	JSCVX
Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund	JVSAX	JVSCX	JSVDX	JVSIX	JVSNX	N/A	JSVSX	JSVTX

This Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) expands upon and supplements the information contained in the current Prospectuses for Class A Shares, Class C Shares, Class D Shares, Class I Shares, Class N Shares, Class R Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares (collectively, the “Shares”) of the series listed above, each of which is a separate series of Janus Investment Fund, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”). Each Fund (each, a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”) represents shares of beneficial interest in a separate portfolio of securities and other assets with its own objective and policies. Certain Funds do not offer all classes of Shares.

This SAI is not a Prospectus and should be read in conjunction with the Funds’ Prospectuses dated October 28, 2024, and any supplements thereto, which are incorporated by reference into this SAI and may be obtained from your plan sponsor, broker-dealer, or other financial intermediary, or by contacting a Janus Henderson representative at 1-877-335-2687 (or 1-800-525-3713 if you hold Class D Shares). This SAI contains additional and more detailed information about the Funds’ operations and activities than the Prospectuses. The most recent Form N-CSR, which contains important financial information about the Funds, is incorporated by reference into this SAI. The Form N-CSR is available, without charge, from your plan sponsor, broker-dealer, or other financial intermediary, at janushenderson.com/info (or janushenderson.com/reports if you hold Class D Shares), or by contacting a Janus Henderson representative at 1-877-335-2687 (or 1-800-525-3713 if you hold Class D Shares).

Table of contents

Classification, investment policies and restrictions, and investment strategies and risks	2
Investment adviser	49
Custodian, transfer agent, and certain affiliations	60
Securities lending	63
Portfolio transactions and brokerage	64
Shares of the trust	70
Net Asset Value Determination	70
Purchases	70
Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Plans	75
Redemptions	77
Income dividends, capital gains distributions, and tax status	79
Trustees and officers	83
Principal shareholders	99
Miscellaneous information	119
Shares of the Trust	120
Shareholder Meetings	120
Voting Rights	120
Master/Feeder Option	121
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	121
Registration Statement	121
Financial statements	122
Appendix A – explanation of rating categories	123
Appendix B – proxy voting policy and procedures	125

Classification, investment policies and restrictions,

and investment strategies and risks

Janus Investment Fund

This Statement of Additional Information includes information about 11 series of the Trust. Each Fund is a series of the Trust, an open-end, management investment company.

Equity Funds. Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund, Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund, Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund, Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund, and Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund may be referred to collectively in this SAI as the “Equity Funds.”

Fixed-Income Funds. Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund, Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund, Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund, Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund, Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund, and Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund are referred to collectively in this SAI as the “Fixed-Income Funds.”

Classification

The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), classifies mutual funds as either diversified or nondiversified. Each Fund is classified as diversified.

Adviser

Janus Henderson Investors US LLC (the “Adviser”) is the investment adviser for the Funds.

Investment Policies and Restrictions Applicable to all Funds

The Funds are subject to certain fundamental policies and restrictions that may not be changed without shareholder approval. Shareholder approval means approval by the lesser of: (i) more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Trust (or a particular Fund or particular class of shares if a matter affects just that Fund or that class of shares) or (ii) 67% or more of the voting securities present at a meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Trust (or a particular Fund or class of shares) are present or represented by proxy. The following policies are fundamental policies of the Funds. Unless otherwise noted, each of these policies applies to each Fund, except policy (6), which applies as noted in that policy.

(1) With respect to 75% of its total assets, each Fund may not purchase securities of an issuer (other than the U.S. Government, its agencies, instrumentalities or authorities, or repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. Government securities, and securities of other investment companies) if: (a) such purchase would, at the time, cause more than 5% of the Fund’s total assets taken at market value to be invested in the securities of such issuer or (b) such purchase would, at the time, result in more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer being held by the Fund.

Each Fund may not:

(2) Invest 25% or more of the value of its total assets in any particular industry (other than U.S. Government securities).

(3) Purchase or sell physical commodities unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments (but this limitation shall not prevent a Fund from purchasing or selling foreign currencies, options, futures, swaps, forward contracts, or other derivative instruments, or from investing in securities or other instruments backed by physical commodities).

(4) Lend any security or make any other loan if, as a result, more than one-third of a Fund’s total assets would be lent to other parties (but this limitation does not apply to investments in repurchase agreements, commercial paper, debt securities, or loans, including assignments and participation interests).

(5) Act as an underwriter of securities issued by others, except to the extent that a Fund may be deemed an underwriter in connection with the disposition of its portfolio securities.

(6) Borrow money except that a Fund (excluding Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund and Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund) may borrow money for temporary or emergency purposes (not for leveraging or investment). Borrowings from banks will not, in any event, exceed one-third of the value of a Fund’s total assets (including the amount borrowed). This policy shall not prohibit short sales transactions, or futures, options, swaps, or forward transactions. The Funds may not issue “senior securities” in contravention of the 1940 Act. With respect to Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund and Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund, each Fund may not borrow money or issue “senior securities,” in each case except as permitted under the 1940 Act.

(7) Invest directly in real estate or interests in real estate; however, a Fund may own debt or equity securities issued by companies engaged in those businesses.

As a fundamental policy, a Fund may, notwithstanding any other investment policy or limitation (whether or not fundamental), invest all of its assets in the securities of a single open-end management investment company with substantially the same fundamental investment objectives, policies, and limitations as such Fund.

The Board of Trustees (“Trustees”) has adopted additional investment restrictions for the Funds. These restrictions are operating policies of the Funds and may be changed by the Trustees without shareholder approval. The additional restrictions adopted by the Trustees to date include the following:

(1) If a Fund is an underlying fund in a fund of funds managed by the Adviser, the Fund may not acquire securities of other investment companies in reliance on Section 12(d)(1)(F) of the 1940 Act and securities of open-end investment companies or registered unit investment trusts in reliance on Section 12(d)(1)(G) of the 1940 Act.

(2) The Funds may sell securities short if they own or have the right to obtain securities equivalent in kind and amount to the securities sold short without the payment of any additional consideration therefor (“short sales against the box”). In addition, each Fund may engage in short sales other than against the box, which involve selling a security that a Fund borrows and does not own. Transactions in futures, options, swaps, and forward contracts not involving short sales are not deemed to constitute selling securities short.

(3) The Funds do not intend to purchase securities on margin, except that the Funds may obtain such short-term credits as are necessary for the clearance of transactions, and provided that margin payments and other deposits in connection with transactions involving short sales, futures, options, swaps, forward contracts, “to be announced” commitments, and other permitted investment techniques shall not be deemed to constitute purchasing securities on margin.

(4) A Fund may not mortgage or pledge any securities owned or held by such Fund in amounts that exceed, in the aggregate, 15% of that Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), provided that this limitation does not apply to: reverse repurchase agreements; deposits of assets to margin; guarantee positions in futures, options, swaps, or forward contracts; or the segregation of assets in connection with such contracts.

(5) A Fund may not acquire any illiquid investment if, immediately after the acquisition, the Fund would have invested more than 15% of its net assets in illiquid investments that are assets.

(6) The Funds may not invest in companies for the purpose of exercising control of management.

(7) The Funds may borrow money by engaging in reverse repurchase agreements (reverse repurchase agreements are treated as borrowings for purposes of the fundamental borrowing investment restriction).

Under the terms of an exemptive order received from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), a Fund may borrow money from or lend money to other funds that permit such transactions and for which the Adviser or one of its affiliates serves as investment adviser. All such borrowing and lending will be subject to the above limits and to the limits and other conditions in such exemptive order. A Fund will borrow money through the program only when the costs are equal to or lower than the cost of bank loans. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight, but can have a maximum duration of seven days. A Fund will lend through the program only when the returns are higher than those available from other short-term instruments (such as repurchase agreements). A Fund may have to borrow from a bank at a higher interest rate if an interfund loan is called or not renewed. Any delay in repayment to a lending Fund could result in a lost investment opportunity or additional borrowing costs, and interfund loans are subject to the risk that the borrowing Fund may be unable to repay the loan when due. While it is expected that a Fund may borrow money through the program to satisfy redemption requests or to cover unanticipated cash shortfalls, a Fund may elect to not participate in the program during times of market uncertainty or distress or for other reasons.

For purposes of these investment restrictions, the identification of the issuer of a municipal obligation depends on the terms and conditions of the security. When assets and revenues of a political subdivision are separate from those of the government that created the subdivision and the security is backed only by the assets and revenues of the subdivision, the subdivision is deemed to be the sole issuer. Similarly, in the case of an industrial development bond, if the bond is backed only by assets and revenues of a nongovernmental user, then the nongovernmental user would be deemed to be the sole issuer. If, however, in either case, the creating government or some other entity guarantees the security, the guarantee would be considered a separate security that would be treated as an issue of the guaranteeing entity.

For purposes of the Funds’ fundamental policy related to investments in real estate, the policy does not prohibit the purchase of securities directly or indirectly secured by real estate or interests therein, or issued by entities that invest in real estate or interests therein, such as, but not limited to, corporations, partnerships, real estate investment trusts (“REITs”), and other REIT-like entities, such as foreign entities that have REIT characteristics.

For purposes of each Fund’s policies on investing in particular industries, each Fund utilizes any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized third-party providers and/or as defined by the Adviser. The policy will be interpreted to give broad authority to each Fund as to how to classify issuers within or among industries.

Investment Strategies and Risks

Diversification

Funds are classified as either diversified or nondiversified. To be classified as diversified under the 1940 Act, a fund may not, with respect to 75% of its total assets, invest more than 5% of its total assets in any issuer and may not own more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of an issuer. A fund that is classified as nondiversified under the 1940 Act is not subject to the same restrictions and therefore has the ability to take larger positions in more securities than a fund that is classified as diversified. This gives a fund that is classified as nondiversified more flexibility to focus its investments in companies that portfolio management has identified as the most attractive for the investment objective and strategy of the fund. However, because the appreciation or depreciation of a single security may have a greater impact on the NAV of a fund which is classified as nondiversified, its share price can be expected to fluctuate more than a comparable fund which is classified as diversified. This fluctuation, if significant, may affect the performance of a fund.

Cash Position

As discussed in the Prospectuses, a Fund’s cash position may temporarily increase under various circumstances. Securities that the Funds may invest in as a means of receiving a return on uninvested cash include domestic or foreign currency denominated commercial paper, certificates of deposit, repurchase agreements, or other short-term debt obligations. These securities may include U.S. and foreign short-term cash instruments and cash equivalent securities. Each Fund may also invest in affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds (refer to “Investment Company Securities”).

Commercial Paper

Commercial paper refers to short-term, unsecured promissory notes issued by banks, corporations and other borrowers to finance short-term credit needs. Commercial paper is usually sold on a discount basis and typically has a maturity at the time of issuance not exceeding nine months. Each Fund may invest in investment grade commercial paper (e.g., that is rated Prime-3 or higher by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or A-3 or higher by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) or, if unrated by Moody’s or S&P, is issued by a company having an outstanding debt issue rated investment grade). Risks associated with commercial paper include credit risk and liquidity risk.

Illiquid Investments

Each Fund may not acquire any illiquid investment if, immediately after the acquisition, a Fund would have invested more than 15% of its net assets in illiquid investments that are assets. Illiquid investments, which include certain securities that are purchased in private placements, are securities that a Fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the security. Certain securities previously deemed liquid may become illiquid over time, particularly in periods of economic distress.

If illiquid investments that are assets exceed 15% of a Fund’s net assets, the Fund will take steps to reduce its holdings of such illiquid investments to or below 15% of its net assets within a reasonable period of time. Because illiquid investments may not be readily marketable, portfolio management may not be able to dispose of them in a timely manner. As a result, the Fund may be forced to hold illiquid investments while their price depreciates. Depreciation in the price of illiquid investments may cause the NAV of a Fund to decline.

Private Placements and Other Exempt Securities Risk. Private placements are securities that are subject to legal and/or contractual restrictions on their sales. These securities may also include initial public offerings (“IPO”) where a Fund participates as an anchor or cornerstone investor (“Cornerstone Investor”) wherein it agrees, prior to a company’s IPO, to acquire a certain dollar amount of the IPO securities (“Cornerstone IPOs”). Private placements and other securities exempt from certain registration requirements may not be sold to the public unless certain conditions are met, which may include registration under the applicable securities laws. These securities may not be listed on an exchange and may have no active trading market. As a result of the absence of a public trading market, the prices of these securities may be more volatile and

more difficult to determine than publicly traded securities and these securities may involve heightened risk as compared to investments in securities of publicly traded companies. Further, companies whose securities are not publicly traded may not be subject to the disclosure and other investor protection requirements that would be applicable if their securities were publicly traded. Accordingly, private placements and other securities exempt from certain registration requirements may involve a high degree of business and financial risk and may result in substantial losses.

Private placements and other securities exempt from certain registration requirements may be illiquid, and it frequently can be difficult to sell them at a time when it may otherwise be desirable to do so or a Fund may be able to sell them only at prices that are less than what the Fund regards as their fair market value. A security that was liquid at the time of purchase may subsequently become illiquid. In addition, transaction costs may be higher for private placements. The Fund may have to bear the expense of registering such securities for sale and there may be substantial delays in effecting the registration. If, during such a delay, adverse market conditions were to develop, the Fund might obtain a less favorable price than prevailed at the time it decided to seek registration of the securities. In addition, the Fund may get only limited information about the issuer of a private placement or other security exempt from certain registration requirements, so it may be less able to anticipate a loss. Also, if portfolio management receives material non-public information about the issuer, the Fund may, as a result, be legally prohibited from selling the securities.

Each Fund may make an initial investment of up to 0.5% of its total assets in any one private placement issuer. A Fund may not invest more than 1% of its total assets in the aggregate, measured at the time of the subsequent purchase, in any one private placement issuer.

Investments in securities exempt from certain registration requirements may include securities issued through private offerings without registration with the SEC pursuant to Regulation S or Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). Offerings of Regulation S securities may be conducted outside of the United States. Although Regulation S and Rule 144A securities may be resold in privately negotiated transactions, the amounts received from these sales could be less than those originally paid by the Funds.

Environmental, Social, and Governance Data

Within the parameters of a Fund’s specific investment policies, portfolio management may consider environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) data inputs from third-party data providers. As of the date of this SAI, portfolio management receives such inputs provided by MSCI, Vigeo Eiris, Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (“ISS”) and Sustainalytics. A description of the ESG data provided is noted below. The third-party data providers used by the Adviser are subject to change over time. The use and reliance on such information will vary depending on the strategy employed by a Fund/investment team.

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MSCI – Provides ESG and government ratings, corporate impact data including ESG-related controversies, business involvement screening and thematic alignment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and climate change solutions consisting of climate data, risk reporting and scenario analysis. A description of MSCI’s ESG ratings methodology can be found on their website at www.msci.com . As of October 7, 2024, MSCI uses a rules-based methodology to identify industry leaders and laggards according to their exposure to ESG risks and how well they manage those risks relative to peers, and their ESG ratings range from leader (AAA, AA), average (A, BBB, BB), to laggard (B, CCC).

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Vigeo Eiris, part of Moody’s ESG Solutions – Provides activity-based exclusion classifications.

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ISS – Provides climate risk data and reporting on carbon emissions, warming potential, alignment with Paris Agreement on Climate Change, physical risk information, transition risk information, scenario analysis, and voting governance analysis.

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Sustainalytics, a Morningstar Company – Provides absolute ESG risk scoring, general activity-based and norms-based exclusion classifications, and information regarding certain ESG metrics to support focused evaluation or screening.

ESG Exclusions Policy. The Adviser has adopted a firmwide ESG exclusions policy that generally applies to the accounts it manages, including the Funds. Using third-party inputs, the Adviser applies exclusionary criteria to seek to avoid investing in securities of issuers that, in the determination of the Adviser, manufacture cluster munitions, anti-personnel mines, chemical weapons, and biological weapons.

Private Investments in Public Equity

Private investments in public equity (“PIPEs”) are equity securities privately purchased from public companies (including special purpose acquisition companies as described below) at a specified price. PIPEs generally are not registered with the SEC until after a certain time period from the date the private sale is completed. Until the public registration process is completed, PIPEs are restricted as to resale and a Fund cannot freely trade the securities. Generally, such restrictions cause the PIPEs to be illiquid during this time. PIPEs may contain provisions that the issuer will pay specified financial penalties to the

holder if the issuer does not publicly register the restricted equity securities within a specified period of time, but there is no assurance that the restricted equity securities will be publicly registered, or that the registration will remain in effect. Issuers may suspend the use of a registration statement because the registration statement must be amended or corrected to remedy a material misstatement or omission. This suspension period is often referred to as a black-out period, during which PIPE purchasers will not have the ability to sell PIPE shares pursuant to such registration statement and may have limited liquidity if other exemptions for public resale are not available. Black-out periods can be more common for PIPEs on special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”). Additionally, because of the potential likelihood of needing to amend registration statements for PIPE shares on SPACs, issuers are less likely to be willing to remove any restrictive legends on PIPE shares once the registration statement is initially effective and will only remove them pursuant to a pending sale, which can delay liquidity. To the extent that they increase the supply of a company’s stock in the market, PIPEs can potentially dilute the value of existing shares.

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies

Certain Funds may invest in stock, warrants, and other SPACs or similar entities that pool funds to seek potential acquisition opportunities. Unless and until an acquisition is completed, a SPAC typically invests its assets (less a portion retained to cover expenses) in U.S. Government securities, money market fund securities, and cash. If an acquisition that meets the requirements for the SPAC is not completed within a pre-established period of time (typically two years), the invested funds are returned to the SPAC’s shareholders. Because SPACs and similar entities are in essence blank check companies without an operating history or ongoing business other than seeking acquisitions, the value of a SPAC’s securities is particularly dependent on the ability of the SPAC’s management to timely identify and complete a profitable acquisition. Some SPACs may pursue acquisitions only within certain industries or regions, which may increase the volatility of their prices. To the extent the SPAC is invested in cash or similar securities while awaiting an acquisition opportunity, a Fund’s ability to meet its investment objective may be negatively impacted. In addition, some SPACs may be traded in the over-the-counter market and may be considered illiquid and/or be subject to restrictions on resale.

Securities Lending

The Funds may lend their investment securities to approved borrowers. Any gain or loss on the market price of the securities loaned that might occur during the term of the loan would be for the account of the Fund. These loans cannot exceed one-third of the Fund’s total assets.

Approved borrowers are financial institutions that meet requirements as established by the Trustees, which require that (a) the borrowers pledge and maintain with a Fund’s collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government having a value at all times of not less than 102% of the value of the securities loaned (on a “mark-to-market” basis); (b) the loan be made subject to termination by the Fund at any time; and (c) the Fund receives reasonable interest on the loan. From time to time, a Fund may return a part of the interest earned from the investment of collateral received from securities loaned to the borrower and/or a third party that is unaffiliated with the Fund and that is acting as a finder.

To the extent a Fund engages in securities lending, there is the risk of a delay in recovering loaned securities. If a Fund is unable to recover a security on loan, the Fund may use the collateral to purchase a replacement security in the market. There is a risk that the value of the collateral could be insufficient to cover the cost of the replacement security, resulting in a loss to the Fund.

The Adviser currently intends to invest the cash collateral in a cash management vehicle for which the Adviser serves as investment adviser, or in time deposits, which are managed by the Funds’ securities lending agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (“JPMorgan Chase Bank”). An investment in a cash management vehicle is generally subject to the same risks that shareholders experience when investing in similarly structured vehicles, such as the potential for significant fluctuations in assets as a result of the purchase and redemption activity of the securities lending program, a decline in the value of the collateral, and possible liquidity issues. Such risks may delay the return of the cash collateral and cause a Fund to violate its agreement to return the cash collateral to a borrower in a timely manner. As adviser to the Funds and the affiliated cash management vehicle in which a portion of the cash collateral is invested, the Adviser has an inherent conflict of interest as a result of its fiduciary duties to both the Funds and the cash management vehicle. Additionally, the Adviser receives an investment advisory fee for managing the affiliated cash management vehicle and therefore may have an incentive to allocate collateral to the affiliated cash management vehicle, rather than to other collateral management options for which the Adviser does not receive compensation.

Equity Securities

The Funds may invest in equity securities, which include, but are not limited to, common and preferred stocks, securities convertible or exchangeable into common stock, and warrants.

Common Stock. Common stock represents a proportionate share of the ownership of a company. Common stocks sometimes are divided into several classes, with each class having different voting rights, dividend rights, or other differences in their rights and priorities. The value of a stock is based on the market’s assessment of the current and future success of a company’s business, any income paid to stockholders, the value of the company’s assets, and general market conditions. The value of a stock may also be adversely affected by other factors such as accounting irregularities, actual or perceived weaknesses in corporate governance practices of a company’s board or management, and changes in company management. Common stock values can fluctuate dramatically over short periods.

Preferred Stock. A preferred stock represents an ownership interest in a company, but pays dividends at a specific rate and has priority over common stock in payment of dividends and liquidation claims. Preferred stock dividends are generally cumulative, noncumulative, or participating. “Cumulative” dividend provisions require all or a portion of prior unpaid dividends to be paid before dividends can be paid to the issuer’s common stock. “Participating” preferred stock may be entitled to a dividend exceeding the stated dividend in certain cases. Like debt securities, the value of a preferred stock often fluctuates more in response to changes in interest rates and the creditworthiness of the issuer, rather than in response to changes in the issuer’s profitability and business prospects. Preferred stock is subject to similar risks as common stock and debt securities.

Convertible Security. A convertible security is generally a debt obligation or preferred stock that may be converted within a specified period of time into a certain amount of common stock of the same or a different issuer. A convertible security, such as a “convertible preferred stock,” provides a fixed-income stream and the opportunity, through its conversion feature, to participate in the capital appreciation resulting from a market price advance in its underlying common stock. Like a common stock, the value of a convertible security tends to increase as the market value of the underlying stock rises, and it tends to decrease as the market value of the underlying stock declines. As with a fixed-income security, a convertible security tends to increase in market value when interest rates decline and decrease in value when interest rates rise. Because both interest rate and market movements can influence its value, a convertible security is not as sensitive to interest rates as a similar fixed-income security, nor is it as sensitive to changes in share price as its underlying stock.

Convertible securities generally have less potential for gain or loss than common stocks. Convertible securities generally provide yields higher than the underlying common stocks, but generally lower than comparable non-convertible securities. Because of this higher yield, convertible securities generally sell at prices above their “conversion value,” which is the current market value of the stock to be received upon conversion. The difference between this conversion value and the price of convertible securities will vary over time depending on changes in the value of the underlying common stocks and interest rates.

A convertible security may also be called for redemption or conversion by the issuer after a particular date and under certain circumstances (including a specified price) established upon issue. If a convertible security held by a Fund is called for redemption or conversion, the Fund could be required to tender it for redemption, convert it into the underlying common stock, or sell it to a third party.

Synthetic convertible securities are created by combining separate securities that possess the two principal characteristics of a traditional convertible security, i.e., an income-producing security (“income-producing component”) and the right to acquire an equity security (“convertible component”). The income-producing component is achieved by investing in non-convertible, income-producing securities such as bonds, preferred stocks and money market instruments, which may be represented by derivative instruments. The convertible component is achieved by investing in securities or instruments such as warrants or options to buy common stock at a certain exercise price, or options on a stock index. Unlike a traditional convertible security, which is a single security having a single market value, a synthetic convertible security is comprised of two or more separate securities, each with its own market value. Therefore, the “market value” of a synthetic convertible security is the sum of the values of its income-producing component and its convertible component. For this reason, the values of a synthetic convertible security and a traditional convertible security may respond differently to market fluctuations.

More flexibility is possible in the assembly of a synthetic convertible security than in the purchase of a convertible security. Although synthetic convertible securities may be selected where the two components are issued by a single issuer, thus making the synthetic convertible security similar to the traditional convertible security, the character of a synthetic convertible security allows the combination of components representing distinct issuers. A synthetic convertible security also is a more

flexible investment in that its two components may be purchased separately. For example, a Fund may purchase a warrant for inclusion in a synthetic convertible security but temporarily hold short-term investments while postponing the purchase of a corresponding bond pending development of more favorable market conditions.

A holder of a synthetic convertible security faces the risk of a decline in the price of the security or the level of the index involved in the convertible component, causing a decline in the value of the security or instrument, such as a call option or warrant, purchased to create the synthetic convertible security. Should the price of the stock fall below the exercise price and remain there throughout the exercise period, the entire amount paid for the convertible component would be lost. Because a synthetic convertible security includes the income-producing component as well, the holder of a synthetic convertible security also faces the risk that interest rates will rise, causing a decline in the value of the income-producing instrument.

Certain Funds also may purchase synthetic convertible securities created by other parties, including convertible structured notes. Convertible structured notes are income-producing debentures linked to equity, and are typically issued by investment banks. Convertible structured notes have the attributes of a convertible security; however, the investment bank that issues the convertible note, rather than the issuer of the underlying common stock into which the note is convertible, assumes the credit risk associated with the underlying investment, and such Fund in turn assumes the credit risk associated with the convertible note.

Warrants. Warrants constitute options to purchase equity securities at a specific price and are valid for a specific period of time. They do not represent ownership of the equity securities, but only the right to buy them. Warrants have no voting rights, pay no dividends, and have no rights with respect to the assets of the corporation issuing them. Warrants differ from call options in that warrants are issued by the issuer of the security that may be purchased on their exercise, whereas call options may be issued by anyone. The prices of warrants do not necessarily move parallel to the prices of the underlying equity securities. The price usually represents a premium over the applicable market value of the common stock at the time of the warrant’s issuance. Investments in warrants involve certain risks, including the possible lack of a liquid market for the resale of the warrants, potential price fluctuations as a result of speculation or other factors, and failure of the price of the common stock to rise. The price of a warrant may be more volatile than the price of its underlying security. A warrant becomes worthless if it is not exercised within the specified time period.

Certain Funds may from time to time use non-standard warrants, including low exercise price warrants or low exercise price options (“LEPOs”), to gain exposure to issuers in certain countries. LEPOs are different from standard warrants in that they do not give their holders the right to receive a security of the issuer upon exercise. Rather, LEPOs pay the holder the difference in the price of the underlying security between the date the LEPO was purchased and the date it is sold. Additionally, LEPOs entail the same risks as derivatives that are traded over-the-counter, including the risks that the counterparty or issuer of the LEPO may not be able to fulfill its obligations, that the holder and counterparty or issuer may disagree as to the meaning or application of contractual terms, or that the instrument may not perform as expected. Furthermore, while LEPOs may be listed on an exchange, there is no guarantee that a liquid market will exist or that the counterparty or issuer of a LEPO will be willing to repurchase such instrument when such Fund wishes to sell it.

Industry and Sector Risks

Financial Services Sector. To the extent a Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in the financial services sector, that Fund will have more exposure to the risks inherent to the financial services sector. Financial services companies may be adversely affected by changes in regulatory framework or interest rates that may negatively affect financial services businesses; exposure of a financial institution to a nondiversified or concentrated loan portfolio; exposure to financial leverage and/or investments or agreements that, under certain circumstances, may lead to losses; and the risk that a market shock or other unexpected market, economic, political, regulatory, or other event, including a banking crisis or financial emergency, might lead to a sudden decline in the values of most or all financial services companies.

Information Technology Sector. To the extent a Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in technology-related industries or sectors, competitive pressures may have a significant effect on the performance of companies in which that Fund may invest. In addition, technology and technology-related companies often progress at an accelerated rate, and these companies may be subject to short product cycles and aggressive pricing, which may increase their volatility.

Cyber Security Risk

The Funds are susceptible to operational and information security risks. In general, cyber incidents can result from deliberate attacks or unintentional events. Cyber-attacks include, but are not limited to, infection by computer viruses or other malicious software code, gaining unauthorized access to systems, networks, or devices that are used to service the Funds’ operations through “hacking” or other means for the purpose of misappropriating assets or sensitive information, corrupting

data, or causing operational disruption. Cyber-attacks may also be carried out in a manner that does not require gaining unauthorized access, such as causing denial-of-service attacks on the Funds’ websites or a service provider’s systems, which renders them inoperable to intended users until appropriate actions are taken. In addition, authorized persons could inadvertently or intentionally release confidential or proprietary information stored on the Funds’ systems.

Cyber security failures or breaches by the Funds’ service providers (including, but not limited to, the Adviser, custodians, transfer agents, subadministrators, and financial intermediaries) may subject a Fund to many of the same risks associated with direct cyber security failures or breaches, and may cause disruptions and impact the service providers’ and the Funds’ business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses, the inability of fund shareholders to transact business and the mutual funds to process transactions, inability to calculate a Fund’s net asset value, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs, and/or additional compliance costs. The Funds may incur incremental costs to prevent cyber incidents in the future. The Funds could be negatively impacted as a result. While the Adviser has established business continuity plans and risk management systems designed to prevent or reduce the impact of such cyber-attacks, there are inherent limitations in such plans and systems due in part to the ever-changing nature of technology and cyber-attack tactics. As such, there is a possibility that certain risks have not been adequately identified or prepared for. Furthermore, the Funds cannot directly control any cyber security plans and systems put in place by third party service providers or their service providers. Cyber security risks are also present for issuers of securities in which a Fund invests, which could result in material adverse consequences for such issuers, and may cause the Fund’s investment in such securities to lose value.

Operational Risk

An investment in a Fund can involve operational risks arising from factors such as processing errors, human errors, inadequate or failed internal or external processes, failures in systems and technology, changes in personnel, and errors caused by third party service providers. Among other things, these errors or failures, as well as other technological issues, may adversely affect a Fund’s ability to calculate its net asset value in a timely manner, including over a potentially extended period of time. These errors or failures may also result in a loss or compromise of information, regulatory scrutiny, reputational damage or other events, any of which could have a material adverse effect on a Fund. While the Funds seek to minimize such events through internal controls and oversight of third party service providers, there is no guarantee that a Fund will not suffer losses if such events occur.

Foreign Securities

Each Fund may invest to varying degrees in foreign securities either indirectly (e.g., depositary receipts, depositary shares, and passive foreign investment companies) or directly in foreign markets, including emerging markets. Investments in foreign securities may include, but are not necessarily limited to, corporate debt securities of foreign issuers, preferred or preference stock of foreign issuers, certain foreign bank obligations, and U.S. dollar or foreign currency-denominated obligations of foreign governments or supranational entities or their subdivisions, agencies, and instrumentalities. Investments in foreign securities, including securities of foreign and emerging market governments, may involve greater risks than investing in domestic securities because a Fund’s performance may depend on factors other than the performance of a particular company. These risks may include:

Currency Risk. As long as a Fund holds a foreign currency denominated security, its value will be affected by the value of the local currency relative to the U.S. dollar. When a Fund sells a foreign currency denominated security, its value may be worth less in U.S. dollars even if the security increases in value in its home country. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk, as the value of these securities may also be affected by changes in the issuer’s local currency.

Emerging Markets Risk. Within the parameters of its specific investment policies, each Fund may invest its assets in securities of issuers or companies from or with exposure to one or more “developing countries” or “emerging market countries.” Such countries include, but are not limited to, countries included in the MSCI Emerging Markets Indexsm and any other countries specified in a Fund’s Prospectuses, as applicable. Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund will normally limit its investments in emerging market countries to 15% of its net assets. Investing in emerging markets involves certain risks not typically associated with investing in the United States and imposes risks greater than, or in addition to, the risks associated with investing in securities of more developed foreign countries. The prices of investments in emerging markets can experience sudden and sharp price swings. In many developing markets, there is less government supervision and regulation of stock exchanges, brokers, and listed companies than in more developed markets. Similarly, issuers in such markets may not be subject to regulatory, disclosure, accounting, auditing, and financial reporting and recordkeeping standards comparable to those to which U.S. companies are subject. Information about emerging markets

companies, including financial information, may be less available or reliable and a Fund’s ability to conduct due diligence with respect to such companies may be limited. In addition, certain emerging market jurisdictions materially restrict the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s (“PCAOB”) inspection, investigation and enforcement capabilities which impairs the ability to conduct independent oversight or inspection of accounting firms located in or operating in certain emerging markets; therefore, there is no guarantee that the quality of financial reporting or the audits conducted by audit firms of emerging market issuers meet PCAOB standards. Accordingly, these investments may be potentially more volatile in price and less liquid than investments in developed securities markets, resulting in greater risk to investors. There is a risk in developing countries that a current or future economic or political crisis could lead to price controls, forced mergers of companies, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, imposition or enforcement of foreign ownership limits, seizure, nationalization, sanctions or imposition of restrictions by various governmental entities on investment and trading, or creation of government monopolies, any of which may have a detrimental effect on a Fund’s investments. Many emerging market countries have experienced substantial, and in some periods extremely high, rates of inflation or deflation for many years, and future inflation may adversely affect the economies and securities markets of such countries. In addition, the economies of developing countries tend to be heavily dependent upon international trade and, as such, have been, and may continue to be, adversely impacted by trade barriers, exchange controls, managed adjustments in relative currency values, and other protectionist measures. Developing countries may also experience a higher level of exposure and vulnerability to the adverse effects of climate change. This may be attributed to both the geographic location of emerging market countries and/or a country’s lack of access to technology or resources to adjust and adapt to its effects. An increased occurrence and severity of natural disasters and extreme weather events such as droughts and decreased crop yields, heat waves, flooding and rising sea levels, and increased spread of disease, could cause harmful effects to the performance of affected economies. These economies also have been, and may continue to be, adversely affected by economic conditions in the countries with which they do business. Emerging markets may be subject to a higher degree of corruption and fraud than developed markets, and financial institutions and transaction counterparties may have less financial sophistication, creditworthiness and/or resources than participants in developed markets.

The securities markets of many of the emerging market countries in which the Funds may invest may also be smaller, less liquid, and subject to greater price volatility than those in the United States. Moreover, the legal remedies for investors in emerging markets or other legal systems to ensure orderly enforcement of property interests such as bankruptcy may be more limited than the remedies available in the United States. Additionally, the ability of U.S. authorities (e.g., the SEC and the U.S. Department of Justice) to bring actions against bad actors may be limited. A shareholder’s ability to bring and enforce legal actions in emerging market countries, or to obtain information needed to pursue or enforce such actions, may be limited and as a result such claims may be difficult or impossible to pursue. In the event of a default on any investments in foreign debt obligations, it may be more difficult for the Funds to obtain or to enforce a judgment against the issuers of such securities. In addition, there may be little financial or accounting information available with respect to issuers of emerging market securities, and it may be difficult as a result to assess the value of an investment in such securities. Further, a Fund’s ability to participate fully in the smaller, less liquid emerging markets may be limited by the policy restricting its investments in illiquid securities. In addition, the taxation systems at the federal, regional and local levels in developing or emerging market countries may be less transparent and inconsistently enforced, and subject to sudden change.

The Funds may be subject to emerging markets risk to the extent that they invest in securities of issuers or companies which are not considered to be from emerging markets, but which have customers, products, or transactions associated with emerging markets.

European Investment Risk. Investing in European countries may expose a Fund to the economic and political risks associated with Europe in general and the specific European countries in which it invests. The economies and markets of European countries are often closely connected and interdependent, and events in one European country can have an adverse impact on other European countries. A majority of western European and a number of eastern European countries are members of the European Union (“EU”). A number of countries in the EU have experienced, and may continue to experience, severe economic and financial difficulties. In particular, many EU nations are susceptible to economic risks associated with high levels of debt. Many non-governmental issuers, and even certain governments, have defaulted on, or been forced to restructure, their debts. Many other issuers have faced difficulties obtaining credit or refinancing existing obligations. Financial institutions have in many cases required government or central bank support, have needed to raise capital, and/or have been impaired in their ability to extend credit. As a result, financial markets in the EU have experienced extreme volatility and declines in asset values and liquidity. These difficulties may continue, worsen, or spread further within the EU. The Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union (“EMU”) is comprised of EU members that have adopted the euro currency (the “Eurozone”). By adopting the euro as its currency, a member state relinquishes control of its own

monetary policies and is subject to fiscal and monetary controls imposed by the EMU. As a result, European countries may also be significantly affected by fiscal and monetary policies implemented by the EMU and European Central Bank. As economic conditions across the Eurozone may vary widely, it is possible that these controls may not adequately address the needs of all Eurozone members from time to time. These controls remove the Eurozone’s flexibility in implementing monetary policies to address regional economic conditions, which may impair their ability to respond to crises. The euro currency may not fully reflect the strengths and weaknesses of the various economies that comprise the Eurozone and Europe generally.

Certain countries in the EU have had to accept assistance from supra-governmental agencies such as the International Monetary Fund and the European Financial Service Facility. The European Central Bank has also been intervening to purchase Eurozone debt in an attempt to stabilize markets and reduce borrowing costs. Responses to these financial problems by European governments, central banks and others, including austerity measures and reforms, may not work, may result in social unrest, and may limit future growth and economic recovery or have other unintended consequences. Further defaults or restructurings by governments and others of their debt could have additional adverse effects on economies, financial markets, and asset valuations around the world.

In addition, certain European countries have at times experienced negative interest rates on certain fixed-income instruments. A negative interest rate policy is an unconventional central bank monetary policy tool where nominal target interest rates are set with a negative value (i.e., below zero percent) intended to help create self-sustaining growth in the local economy. Negative interest rates may result in heightened market volatility and may detract from a Fund’s performance to the extent the Fund is exposed to such interest rates.

One or more countries could abandon the euro and/or withdraw from the EU, which could weaken the EU and, by extension, its remaining members. In the event of one or more countries’ exit from the euro, it may be difficult to value investments denominated in euros or in a replacement currency. The United Kingdom formally left the EU in January 2020 (commonly known as “Brexit”) and entered into a new trade agreement with the EU, which became effective in January 2021. Significant economic and regulatory uncertainty caused by the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU has resulted in volatile markets for the United Kingdom and broader international financial markets. In addition, financial markets may experience among other things, greater illiquidity, currency fluctuations, and decline in cross-border investment between the United Kingdom and the EU, and lower economic growth for companies that relied significantly on the United Kingdom and/or the EU for their business activities and revenues. Accordingly, there remains a risk that the aftermath of Brexit, including its ongoing effect on the United Kingdom’s relations with other countries, including the United States, and with the EU, may negatively impact the value of investments held by the Funds. In addition, any further exits from the EU, or an increase in the belief that such exits are likely or possible, would likely cause additional market disruption globally and introduce new legal and regulatory uncertainties.

Among other things, these developments have adversely affected the value and exchange rate of the euro and pound sterling, and may continue to significantly affect the economies of all EU countries, which in turn may have a material adverse effect on a Fund’s investments in such countries, other countries that depend on EU countries for significant amounts of trade or investment, or issuers with exposure to debt issued by certain EU countries. While many countries in western Europe are considered to have developed markets, many eastern European countries are less developed. Investments in eastern European countries, even if denominated in euros, may involve special risks associated with investments in emerging markets. Securities markets of emerging market economies may be less efficient and may have lower trading volume, lower liquidity, and higher volatility than more developed markets. Many eastern European economies remain particularly sensitive to social, political, and economic conditions within the region and may, in particular, given its proximity and historical ties, be adversely affected by events in Russia, including changes to the Russian economy or currency (including as the result of sanctions), or attempts by Russia to assert its influence through economic, political, or military measures (such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine beginning in late February 2022). Many eastern European countries are also highly dependent on exports to western Europe, making them particularly vulnerable to demand in that region. Many eastern European countries had centrally planned socialist economies for a substantial period of time, and there can be no assurance that more recent political and economic efforts to transition to market-based economies will be successful. As a result, investments in eastern European countries may involve heightened risks of expropriation or nationalization. Many eastern European countries are heavily reliant on credit from western Europe, and those countries have faced significant challenges in the wake of the global economic crisis.

Foreign Market Risk. Foreign securities markets, particularly those of emerging market countries, may be less liquid and more volatile than domestic markets. These securities markets may trade a small number of securities, may have a limited number of issuers and a high proportion of shares, or may be held by a relatively small number of persons or institutions. Local securities markets may be unable to respond effectively to increases in trading volume, potentially making prompt

liquidation of substantial holdings difficult or impossible at times. It is also possible that certain markets may require payment for securities before delivery, and delays may be encountered in settling securities transactions. In some foreign markets, there may not be protection against failure by other parties to complete transactions. A Fund could be adversely affected by delays in, or a refusal to grant, any required approval for repatriation of capital, dividends, interest, and other income from a particular country or governmental entity. In addition, securities of issuers located in or economically tied to countries with emerging markets may have limited marketability and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements which could also have a negative effect on a Fund. Such factors may hinder a Fund’s ability to buy and sell emerging market securities in a timely manner, affecting the Fund’s investment strategies and potentially affecting the value of the Fund.

Geographic Investment Risk. To the extent a Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in a particular country or geographic region, the Fund will generally have more exposure to certain risks due to possible political, economic, social, regulatory events, and conflicts in that country or region. Adverse developments in certain regions could also adversely affect securities of other countries whose economies appear to be unrelated and could have a negative impact on a Fund’s performance.

Similarly, a particular country or geographic region may be more prone to and economically sensitive to environmental events such as, but not limited to, hurricanes, earthquakes, typhoons, flooding, tidal waves, tsunamis, erupting volcanoes, wildfires or droughts, tornadoes, mudslides, or other weather-related phenomena. Such disasters, and the resulting physical or economic damage, could have a severe and negative impact on a Fund’s investment portfolio and, in the longer term, could impair the ability of issuers in which the Fund invests to conduct their businesses as they would under normal conditions. Adverse weather conditions may also have a particularly significant negative effect on issuers in the agricultural sector and on insurance and reinsurance companies that insure or reinsure against the impact of natural disasters.

Political and Economic Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to heightened political and economic risks, particularly in emerging markets which may have relatively unstable governments, immature economic structures, national policies restricting investments by foreigners, social instability, and different and/or developing legal systems. In some countries, there is the risk that the government may take over the assets or operations of a company or that the government may impose withholding and other taxes or limits on the removal of a Fund’s assets from that country. Further, acts of terrorism in the United States or other countries may cause uncertainty in the financial markets and adversely affect the performance of the issuers to which a Fund has exposure. In addition, the economies of emerging markets may be predominantly based on only a few industries, may be highly vulnerable to changes in local or global trade conditions, and may suffer from extreme and volatile debt burdens or inflation rates.

Regulatory Risk. There may be less government supervision of foreign markets. As a result, foreign issuers may not be subject to the uniform accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards and practices applicable to domestic issuers, and there may be less publicly available information about foreign issuers. In addition, costs of buying, selling, and holding foreign securities, including brokerage, tax, and custody costs, may be higher than those involved in domestic transactions.

Risks of Investments in Australia. A Fund’s investments in Australian issuers may subject the Fund to loss in the event of adverse political, economic, regulatory and other developments that affect Australia, including fluctuations of Australian currency versus the U.S. dollar. Also, Australia is economically sensitive to environmental events and is located in a part of the world that has historically been prone to natural disasters, such as drought and flooding. Any such event in the future could have a significant adverse impact on the Australian economy. The Australian economy is dependent on trading with key trading partners, including the United States, China, Japan, Singapore, and certain European countries. Economic events in the United States, Asia, or in other key trading countries or regions can have a significant economic effect on the Australian economy and companies or issuers to which a Fund has exposure. In addition, the economy of Australia is heavily dependent on the price and demand for natural resources and commodities as well as its exports from the agricultural and mining sectors. Conditions that weaken demand for such products worldwide could have a negative impact on the Australian economy as a whole.

Risks of Investments in Latin American Countries. Investing in Latin American countries, or having indirect exposure to Latin American securities through derivative investments, presents additional risks. Many Latin American countries have experienced, at one time or another, considerable difficulties, including high inflation and high interest rates. In addition, the economies of many Latin American countries are sensitive to fluctuations in commodities prices because exports of agricultural products, minerals, and metals represent a significant percentage of Latin American exports.

Some Latin American currencies have experienced steady devaluations relative to the U.S. dollar and certain Latin American countries have had to make major adjustments in their currencies from time to time. In addition, governments of many Latin American countries have exercised and continue to exercise substantial influence over many aspects of the private sector. Governmental actions in the future could have a significant effect on economic conditions in Latin American countries, which could affect the companies in which a Fund invests and, therefore, the value of Fund shares. As noted above, in the past, many Latin American countries have experienced substantial, and in some periods extremely high, rates of inflation for many years. For companies that keep accounting records in the local currency, inflation accounting rules in some Latin American countries require, for both tax and accounting purposes, that certain assets and liabilities be restated on the company’s balance sheet in order to express items in terms of currency of constant purchasing power. Inflation accounting may indirectly generate losses or profits for certain Latin American companies. Inflation and rapid fluctuations in inflation rates have had, and could have, in the future, very negative effects on the economies and securities markets of certain Latin American countries.

Substantial limitations may exist in certain countries with respect to a Fund’s ability to repatriate investment income, capital, or the proceeds of sales of securities. A Fund could be adversely affected by delays in, or a refusal to grant, any required governmental approval for repatriation of capital, as well as by the application to the Fund of any restrictions on investments.

Certain Latin American countries have entered into regional trade agreements that are designed to, among other things, reduce barriers between countries, increase competition among companies, and reduce government subsidies in certain industries. No assurance can be given that these changes will be successful in the long term, or that these changes will result in the economic stability intended. There is a possibility that these trade arrangements will not be fully implemented, or will be partially or completely unwound. It is also possible that a significant participant could choose to abandon a trade agreement, which could diminish its credibility and influence. Any of these occurrences could have adverse effects on the markets of both participating and non-participating countries, including sharp appreciation or depreciation of participants’ national currencies and a significant increase in exchange rate volatility, a resurgence in economic protectionism, an undermining of confidence in the Latin American markets, an undermining of Latin American economic stability, the collapse or slowdown of the drive towards Latin American economic unity, and/or reversion of the attempts to lower government debt and inflation rates that were introduced in anticipation of such trade agreements. Such developments could have an adverse impact on a Fund’s investments in Latin America generally or in specific countries participating in such trade agreements.

Other Latin American market risks include foreign exchange controls, difficulties in pricing securities, defaults on sovereign debt, difficulties in enforcing favorable legal judgments in local courts, and political and social instability. Legal remedies available to investors in certain Latin American countries may be less extensive than those available to investors in the United States or other foreign countries.

Risks of Investments in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”). Investing in the PRC, or having indirect exposure to the PRC through derivative investments, presents additional risks. These additional risks include (without limitation): (i) inefficiencies resulting from erratic growth; (ii) the unavailability of consistently-reliable economic data; (iii) potentially high rates of inflation; (iv) dependence on exports and international trade; (v) relatively high levels of asset price volatility; (vi) small market capitalization and less liquidity; (vii) greater competition from regional economies; (viii) fluctuations in currency exchange rates, particularly in light of the relative lack of currency hedging instruments and controls on the ability to exchange local currency for U.S. dollars; (ix) the relatively small size and absence of operating history of many Chinese companies; (x) the developing nature of the legal and regulatory framework for securities markets, custody arrangements and commerce; (xi) uncertainty with respect to the commitment of the government of the PRC to economic reforms; and (xii) the imposition of sanctions or embargoes imposed by the U.S. government.

Chinese political uncertainty, military intervention, and political corruption could reverse favorable trends toward market and economic reform, privatization and removal of trade barriers, and could result in significant disruption to securities markets. Reduction in spending on Chinese products and services, the imposition of tariffs or other trade barriers by the United States or other foreign governments on exports from the PRC, or a downturn in any of the economies of the PRC’s key trading partners may also have an adverse impact on Chinese issuers and the PRC’s economy as a whole. The current political climate has intensified concerns about trade tariffs and a potential trade war between the PRC and the United States. These consequences may trigger a significant reduction in international trade, the oversupply of certain manufactured goods, substantial price reductions of goods, and possible failure of individual companies and/or large segments of the PRC’s export industry with a potentially negative impact to a Fund.

The PRC is dominated by the one-party rule of the Communist Party. Investments in the PRC are subject to risks associated with greater governmental control over and involvement in the economy. The PRC manages its currency at artificial levels

relative to the U.S. dollar rather than at levels determined by the market. This type of system can lead to sudden and large adjustments in the currency, which, in turn, can have a disruptive and negative effect on foreign investors. The PRC also may restrict the free conversion of its currency into foreign currencies, including the U.S. dollar. Currency repatriation restrictions may have the effect of making securities and instruments tied to the PRC relatively illiquid, particularly in connection with redemption requests. In addition, the government of the PRC exercises significant control over economic growth through direct and heavy involvement in resource allocation and monetary policy, control over payment of foreign currency denominated obligations and provision of preferential treatment to particular industries and/or companies. Economic reform programs in the PRC have contributed to growth, but there is no guarantee that such reforms will continue.

Chinese companies, particularly those located in China, may lack, or have different, accounting and financial reporting standards, which may result in the unavailability of material information about Chinese issuers. PRC companies are required to follow Chinese accounting standards and practices, which may be less rigorous and significantly different than international accounting standards. In particular, the assets and profits appearing on the financial statements of a Chinese issuer may not reflect its financial position or results of operations in the way they would be reflected had such financial statements been prepared in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Furthermore, the PCAOB has warned that it lacks the ability to inspect audit work and practices of PCAOB-registered auditing firms in China. This may result in inaccurate or incomplete financial records of an issuer’s operations within China, which may have a negative impact on a Fund’s investments in such companies.

Natural disasters such as droughts, floods, earthquakes and tsunamis have plagued the PRC in the past, and the region’s economy may be affected by such environmental events in the future. A Fund’s investment in the PRC is, therefore, subject to the risk of such events (see “Geographic Investment Risk”). In addition, the relationship between the PRC and Taiwan is particularly sensitive, and hostilities between the PRC and Taiwan may present a risk to a Fund’s investments in the PRC.

Moreover, as demonstrated by recent protests in Hong Kong over political, economic, social, and legal freedoms, and the PRC government’s response to them, political uncertainty exists within Hong Kong and there is no guarantee that additional protests will not arise in the future. Hostilities between the PRC and Hong Kong may present a risk to a Fund’s investments in the PRC or Hong Kong.

Securities Listed on Chinese Stock Exchanges. Funds with the ability to invest in foreign securities may invest in securities listed on Chinese stock exchanges or have indirect exposure to these securities through derivative investments. These securities are divided into two classes of shares: China B Shares, which may be owned by both Chinese and foreign investors and China A Shares. A fund with the ability to invest in foreign securities may invest in China A Shares and other eligible securities (“Stock Connect Securities”) listed and traded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (“SSE”) through the Shanghai – Hong Kong Stock Connect program, as well as eligible China A Shares listed and traded on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (“SZSE”) through the Shenzhen Hong Kong Stock Connect program (both programs collectively referred to herein as “Stock Connect”). Each of the SSE and SZSE are referred to as an “Exchange” and collectively as the “Exchanges” for purposes of this section. An investment in China A Shares is also generally subject to the risks identified under “Foreign Securities,” and foreign investment risks such as price controls, expropriation of assets, confiscatory taxation, and nationalization may be heightened when investing in China.

Stock Connect is a securities trading and clearing linked program developed by The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“SEHK”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEC”), the Exchanges, and the China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited (“ChinaClear”) to permit mutual stock market access between mainland China and Hong Kong. Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited (“HKSCC”), a clearing house operated by HKEC, acts as nominee for participants, such as a fund, accessing Stock Connect Securities.

A primary feature of the Stock Connect program is the application of the home market’s laws and rules to investors in a security. Thus, investors in Stock Connect Securities are generally subject to Chinese securities regulations and the listing rules of the respective Exchange, among other restrictions. Since the relevant regulations governing Stock Connect Securities are relatively new and untested, they are subject to change and there is no certainty as to how they will be applied. In particular, the courts may consider that the nominee or custodian, as registered holder of Stock Connect Securities, has full ownership over the Stock Connect Securities rather than a fund as the underlying beneficial owner. HKSCC, as nominee holder, does not guarantee the title to Stock Connect Securities held through it and is under no obligation to enforce title or other rights associated with ownership on behalf of beneficial owners. Consequently, title to these securities, or the rights associated with them such as participation in corporate actions or shareholder meetings cannot be assured. In the event ChinaClear defaults, HKSCC’s liabilities under its market contracts with participants will be limited to assisting participants with claims and a fund may not fully recover its losses or the Stock Connect Securities it owns. Recovery of a fund’s property

may also be subject to delays and expenses, which may be material. Further, investors are currently able to trade Stock Connect Securities only up to certain daily maximums. Buy orders and sell orders are offset for purposes of the daily quota, which is applied to all market participants and not specifically to the funds or investment manager. If the daily quota is reached or a stock is recalled from the scope of eligible stocks for trading via Stock Connect, a fund’s investment program would be adversely impacted.

Stock Connect will only operate on days when both the respective Exchange and SEHK are open for trading and when banks in both markets are open on the corresponding settlement days. Therefore, an investment in China A Shares through Stock Connect may subject a fund to a risk of price fluctuations on days where the Chinese market is open, but Stock Connect is not trading. Trading via Stock Connect is subject to trading, clearance and settlement procedures that are untested in China which could pose risks to a fund.

Short Sales

The Funds may engage in short sales through short sales of stocks, futures, uncovered written calls, structured products, and through various types of derivatives. Except as follows, each Fund’s gross notional exposure to short positions may not exceed 10% of the Fund’s net assets. The Fixed-Income Funds may invest without limit in short positions. A Fund may engage in short sales when portfolio management anticipates that the market price of a security will decline. In a short sale transaction, a Fund sells a security it does not own to a purchaser at a specified price. To complete a short sale, the Fund must: (i) borrow the security to deliver it to the purchaser and (ii) buy that same security in the market to return it to the lender.

A Fund may incur a loss as a result of the short sale if the price of the security increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which the Fund replaces the borrowed security, and the Fund may realize a gain if the security declines in price between those same dates. Although a Fund’s potential for gain as a result of a short sale is limited to the price at which it sold the security short less the cost of borrowing the security, the potential for loss is theoretically unlimited because there is no upper limit to the cost of replacing the borrowed security. To borrow the security, a Fund may also be required to pay a premium, which would increase the cost of the security sold.

The Funds may not always be able to close out a short position at a particular time or at an acceptable price. A lender may request, or market conditions may dictate, that the borrowed securities be returned to the lender on short notice, and a Fund may have to buy the borrowed securities at an unfavorable price. If this occurs at a time when other short sellers of the same security also want to close out their positions, a “short squeeze” can occur, which means that the demand is greater than supply for the stock sold short. If a short squeeze occurs, it is more likely that a Fund will have to cover its short sale at an unfavorable price and potentially reduce or eliminate any gain, or cause a loss, as a result of the short sale.

Short Sales Against the Box

Certain Funds may engage in short sales “against the box” and options for hedging purposes that are not subject to the limits set forth above. This technique involves either selling short a security that a Fund owns, or has the right to obtain (equivalent in kind or amount to the securities sold short), for delivery at a specified date in the future. If a Fund enters into a short sale “against the box”, it will be required to set aside securities equivalent in kind and amount to the securities sold short (or securities convertible or exchangeable into such securities) and will be required to hold such securities while the short sale is outstanding. A Fund does not immediately deliver from its portfolio the securities sold short and receives proceeds from the short sale only when it delivers the securities to the lender. If the price of the security has declined at the time a Fund is required to deliver the security, the Fund will benefit from the difference in the price. If the price of a security has increased, the Fund will be required to pay the difference.

Zero Coupon, Step Coupon, and Pay-In-Kind Securities

Within the parameters of its specific investment policies, each Fund may invest up to 10% (without limit for Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund, Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund, Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund, Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund, Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund, and Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund) of its net assets in zero coupon, step coupon, and pay-in-kind securities. Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund may normally invest up to 2% of its net assets in pay-in-kind securities. Zero coupon bonds are securities that make no fixed interest payments but instead are issued and traded at a discount from their face value. They do not entitle the holder to any periodic payment of interest prior to maturity. Step coupon bonds are issued and traded at a discount from their face value and pay coupon interest that increases or decreases over the life of the bond. The discount from the face amount or par value depends on the time remaining until cash payments begin, prevailing interest rates, liquidity of the security and the perceived credit quality of the issuer. Pay-in-kind bonds normally give the issuer an option to pay cash at a coupon payment date or give the holder of the security a similar bond with the same coupon rate and a face value equal to the amount of the coupon payment that would have been made. For purposes of a Fund’s restriction on

investing in income-producing securities, income-producing securities include securities that make periodic interest payments as well as those that make interest payments on a deferred basis or pay interest only at maturity (e.g., Treasury bills or zero coupon bonds).

For federal income tax purposes, holders of zero coupon securities and step coupon securities are required to recognize income even though the holders receive no cash payments of interest during the year. Similarly, holders of payment-in-kind securities must include in their gross income the value of securities they receive as “interest.” In order to qualify as a “regulated investment company” under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), and the regulations thereunder, and to avoid a federal income or excise tax, a Fund must distribute a portion of such recognized income and may be required to dispose of other portfolio securities, which may occur in periods of adverse market prices, in order to generate cash to meet these distribution requirements.

Generally, the market prices of zero coupon, step coupon, and pay-in-kind securities are more volatile than the prices of securities that pay interest periodically and in cash and are likely to respond to changes in interest rates to a greater degree than other types of debt securities having similar maturities and credit quality. Additionally, such securities may be subject to heightened credit and valuation risk.

Pass-Through Securities

The Funds may invest in various types of pass-through securities, such as commercial and residential mortgage-backed securities, which include collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”) and Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (“REMIC”) pass-through or mortgage participation certificates, asset-backed securities, credit-linked trust certificates, traded custody receipts, and participation interests. A pass-through security is a share or certificate of interest in a pool of debt obligations that have been repackaged by an intermediary, such as a bank or broker-dealer. The purchaser of a pass-through security receives an undivided interest in the underlying pool of securities. The issuers of the underlying securities make interest and principal payments to the intermediary, which are passed through to purchasers, such as the Funds.

Agency Mortgage-Related Securities. The most common type of pass-through securities is mortgage-backed securities. Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”) Certificates are mortgage-backed securities that evidence an undivided interest in a pool of mortgage loans. Ginnie Mae Certificates differ from bonds in that principal is paid back monthly by the borrowers over the term of the loan rather than returned in a lump sum at maturity. A Fund will generally purchase “modified pass-through” Ginnie Mae Certificates, which entitle the holder to receive a share of all interest and principal payments paid and owned on the mortgage pool, net of fees paid to the “issuer” and Ginnie Mae, regardless of whether or not the mortgagor actually makes the payment. Ginnie Mae Certificates are backed as to the timely payment of principal and interest by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Government-related (i.e., not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government) guarantors include the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”), which issue certificates (participation certificates and guaranteed mortgage certificates) that resemble Ginnie Mae Certificates in that each certificate represents a pro rata share of all interest and principal payments made and owned on the underlying pool. Pass-through securities issued by Fannie Mae are guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by Fannie Mae. Participation certificates issued by Freddie Mac, which represent interests in mortgages from Freddie Mac’s national portfolio, are guaranteed by Freddie Mac as to the timely payment of interest and ultimate collection of principal.

In September 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”), an agency of the U.S. Government, placed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under conservatorship. Since that time, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have received capital support through U.S. Treasury preferred stock purchases and Treasury and Federal Reserve purchases of their mortgage-backed securities. These purchases are intended to enhance Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s ability to meet their obligations. The FHFA and the U.S. Treasury have imposed strict limits on the size of these entities’ mortgage portfolios. The FHFA has the power to cancel any contract entered into by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac prior to FHFA’s appointment as conservator or receiver, including the guarantee obligations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

More recently in 2019, under the direction of the FHFA, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have entered into a joint initiative to develop a common securitization platform for the issuance of a uniform mortgage-backed security (the “Single Security Initiative”) that aligns the characteristics of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac certificates. The Single Security Initiative seeks to support the overall liquidity of both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac certificates in the TBA market. The FHFA has indicated that the conservatorship will end when the director of the FHFA determines that the FHFA’s plan to restore the entities to a safe and solvent condition has been completed. As of the date of this SAI, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac remain under conservatorship.

The future for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is uncertain as the U.S. Government has considered proposals to wind down or restructure Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s operations. It is uncertain what legislation, if any, may be proposed in the future in Congress or which proposals, if any, might be enacted. The passage of any such proposal has the potential to impact the value of securities issued by a Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, which could adversely affect the liquidity and value of a Fund’s portfolio. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac also are the subject of several continuing legal actions and investigations over certain accounting, disclosure, and corporate governance matters, which (along with any resulting financial restatements) may continue to have an adverse effect on these guaranteeing entities.

Except for guaranteed mortgage certificates, each of the mortgage-backed securities described above is characterized by monthly payments to the holder, reflecting the monthly payments made by the borrowers who received the underlying mortgage loans. The payments to the security holders (such as the Funds), like the payments on the underlying loans, represent both principal and interest. Although the underlying mortgage loans are for specified periods of time, such as 20 or 30 years, the borrowers can, and typically do, pay them off sooner. Thus, the security holders frequently receive prepayments of principal in addition to the principal that is part of the regular monthly payments. Portfolio management will consider estimated prepayment rates in calculating the average-weighted maturity of a Fund, if relevant. A borrower is more likely to prepay a mortgage that bears a relatively high rate of interest. This means that in times of declining interest rates, higher yielding mortgage-backed securities held by a Fund might be converted to cash, and the Fund will be forced to accept lower interest rates when that cash is used to purchase additional securities in the mortgage-backed securities sector or in other investment sectors. Additionally, prepayments during such periods will limit a Fund’s ability to participate in as large a market gain as may be experienced with a comparable security not subject to prepayment.

The Funds’ investments in mortgage-backed securities may be backed by subprime mortgages. Subprime mortgages are loans made to borrowers with weakened credit histories or with a lower capacity to make timely payments on their mortgages. Investments in mortgage-backed securities comprised of subprime mortgages may be subject to a higher degree of credit risk, valuation risk, pre-payment risk, extension risk (heightened in rising interest rate environments), and liquidity risk.

Asset-Backed Securities. Asset-backed securities represent interests in pools of consumer and commercial loans and are backed by paper or accounts receivables originated by banks, credit card companies, or other providers of credit. Asset-backed securities are created from many types of assets, including, but not limited to, auto loans, accounts receivable such as credit card receivables and hospital account receivables, home equity loans, student loans, boat loans, mobile home loans, recreational vehicle loans, manufactured housing loans, aircraft leases, computer leases, and syndicated bank loans. Generally, the originating bank or credit provider is neither the obligor nor the guarantor of the security, and interest and principal payments ultimately depend upon payment of the underlying loans. Tax-exempt asset-backed securities include units of beneficial interests in pools of purchase contracts, financing leases, and sales agreements that may be created when a municipality enters into an installment purchase contract or lease with a vendor. Such securities may be secured by the assets purchased or leased by the municipality; however, if the municipality stops making payments, there generally will be no recourse against the vendor. The market for tax-exempt, asset-backed securities is still relatively new. These obligations are likely to involve unscheduled prepayments of principal.

Collateralized Bond Obligations. Certain Funds may invest in collateralized bond obligations (“CBOs”) and other similarly structured securities. CBOs are types of asset-backed securities. A CBO is a trust which is often backed by a diversified pool of high risk, below investment grade fixed income securities. The collateral can be from many different types of fixed income securities such as high-yield debt, residential privately issued mortgage-related securities, commercial privately issued mortgage-related securities, trust preferred securities and emerging market debt. CBOs may charge management fees and administrative expenses.

For CBOs the cash flows from the trust are split into two or more portions, called tranches, varying in risk and yield. The riskiest portion is the “equity” tranche which bears the bulk of defaults from the bonds or loans in the trust and serves to protect the other, more senior tranches from default in all but the most severe circumstances. Since they are partially protected from defaults, senior tranches from a CBO trust typically have higher ratings and lower yields than their underlying securities, and can be rated investment grade. Despite the protection from the equity tranche, CBO tranches can experience substantial losses due to actual defaults, increased sensitivity to defaults due to collateral default and disappearance of protecting tranches, market anticipation of defaults, as well as aversion to CBO securities as a class.

The risks of an investment in a CBO depend largely on the type of the collateral securities and the class of the instrument in which a Fund invests. Normally, CBOs are privately offered and sold, and thus, are not registered under the securities laws. As a result, investments in CBOs may be characterized by a Fund as illiquid securities. CBOs carry additional risks which may include the risk that a Fund may invest in CBOs that are subordinate (or junior) to other classes.

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations. Certain Funds may invest in collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”). A CMO is a debt obligation of a legal entity that is collateralized by mortgages and divided into classes. Similar to a bond, interest and prepaid principal is paid, in most cases, on a monthly basis. CMOs may be collateralized by whole mortgage loans or private mortgage bonds, but are more typically collateralized by portfolios of mortgage pass-through securities guaranteed by Ginnie Mae, Freddie Mac, or Fannie Mae, and their income streams. A REMIC is a type of CMO that qualifies for special tax treatment, and unlike the debt securities structure of CMOs, REMICs may be structured as indirect ownership interests in the underlying assets of the REMICs themselves.

CMOs are structured into multiple classes, often referred to as “tranches,” with each class bearing a different stated maturity and entitled to a different schedule for payments of principal and interest, including pre-payments. Actual maturity and average life will depend upon the pre-payment experience of the collateral. In the case of certain CMOs (known as “sequential pay” CMOs), payments of principal received from the pool of underlying mortgages, including pre-payments, are applied to the classes of CMOs in the order of their respective final distribution dates. Thus, no payment of principal will be made to any class of sequential pay CMOs until all other classes having an earlier final distribution date have been paid in full.

In a typical CMO transaction, a corporation (“issuer”) issues multiple series (e.g., A, B, C, Z) of CMO bonds (“CMO Bonds”). Proceeds of the CMO Bond offering are used to purchase mortgages or mortgage pass-through certificates (“Collateral”). The Collateral is pledged to a third party trustee as security for the CMO Bonds. Principal and interest payments from the Collateral are used to pay principal on the CMO Bonds in the order A, B, C, Z. The Series A, B, and C CMO Bonds all bear current interest. Interest on the Series Z CMO Bond is accrued and added to principal and a like amount is paid as principal on the Series A, B, or C CMO Bond currently being paid off. When the Series A, B, and C CMO Bonds are paid in full, interest and principal on the Series Z CMO Bond begins to be paid currently. CMOs may be less liquid and may exhibit greater price volatility than other types of mortgage- or asset-backed securities.

As CMOs have evolved, some classes of CMO Bonds have become more common. For example, a Fund may invest in parallel-pay and planned amortization class (“PAC”) CMOs and multi-class pass-through certificates. Parallel-pay CMOs and multi-class pass-through certificates are structured to provide payments of principal on each payment date to more than one class. These simultaneous payments are taken into account in calculating the stated maturity date or final distribution date of each class, which, as with other CMO and multi-class pass-through structures, must be retired by its stated maturity date or final distribution date but may be retired earlier. PACs generally require payments of a specified amount of principal on each payment date. PACs are parallel-pay CMOs with the required principal amount on such securities having the highest priority after interest has been paid to all classes. Any CMO or multi-class pass-through structure that includes PAC securities must also have support tranches – known as support bonds, companion bonds or non-PAC bonds – which lend or absorb principal cash flows to allow the PAC securities to maintain their stated maturities and final distribution dates within a range of actual prepayment experience. These support tranches are subject to a higher level of maturity risk compared to other mortgage-related securities, and usually provide a higher yield to compensate investors. If principal cash flows are received in amounts outside a pre-determined range such that the support bonds cannot lend or absorb sufficient cash flows to the PAC securities as intended, the PAC securities are subject to heightened maturity risk. Consistent with certain Funds’ investment objective and policies, the Adviser may invest in various tranches of CMO Bonds, including support bonds.

Collateralized Loan Obligations (“CLO”). A CLO is a type of securitized asset, which is a sector of the fixed income market that also includes asset-backed and mortgage- backed securities. Typically organized as a trust or other special purpose vehicle, the CLO issues debt and equity interests and uses the proceeds from this issuance to acquire a portfolio of bank loans made primarily to businesses that are rated below investment grade. The underlying loans are generally senior-secured/first-priority loans; however, the CLO may also include an allowance for second-lien and/or unsecured debt. Additionally, the underlying loans may include domestic and foreign senior secured loans, senior unsecured loans, and subordinate corporate loans, some of which may individually be below investment grade or the equivalent if unrated. The portfolio of underlying loans is actively managed by the CLO manager for a fixed period of time (“reinvestment period”). During the reinvestment period, the CLO manager may buy and sell individual loans to create trading gains or mitigate loses. The CLO portfolio will generally be required to adhere to certain diversification rules established by the CLO issuer to mitigate against the risk of concentrated defaults within a given industry or sector. After a specified period of time, the majority owner of equity interests in the CLO may seek to call the CLO’s outstanding debt or refinance its position. If not called or refinanced, when the reinvestment period ends, the CLO uses cash flows from the underlying loans to pay down the outstanding debt tranches and wind up the CLO’s operations.

Interests in the CLOs are divided into two or more separate debt and equity tranches, each with a different credit rating and risk/return profile based upon its priority of claim on the cashflows produced by the underlying loan pool. Tranches are categorized as senior, mezzanine and subordinated/equity, according to their degree of credit risk. If there are defaults or the CLO’s collateral otherwise underperforms, scheduled payments to senior tranches take precedence over those of mezzanine tranches, and scheduled payments to mezzanine tranches take precedence over those to subordinated/equity tranches. The riskiest portion is the “Equity” tranche, which bears the bulk of defaults from the loans in the CLO and serves to protect the other, more senior tranches from default in all but the most severe circumstances. Senior and mezzanine tranches are typically rated, with the former receiving ratings of A to AAA/Aaa and the latter receiving ratings of B to BBB/Baa. The ratings reflect both the credit quality of underlying collateral as well as how much protection a given tranche is afforded by tranches that are subordinate to it. Normally, CLOs are privately offered and sold, and thus are not registered under the securities laws.

CLOs themselves, and the loan obligations underlying the CLOs, are typically subject to certain restrictions on transfer and sale, potentially making them less liquid than other types of securities. Additionally, when a Fund purchases a newly issued CLO directly from the issuer (rather than from the secondary market), there will be a delayed settlement period, during which time, the liquidity of the CLO may be further reduced. During periods of limited liquidity and higher price volatility, a Fund’s ability to acquire or dispose of CLOs at a price and time a Fund deems advantageous may be severely impaired. CLOs are generally considered to be long-term investments and there is no guarantee that an active secondary market will exist or be maintained for any given CLO. CLOs are typically structured such that, after a specified period of time, the majority investor in the equity tranche can call (i.e., redeem) the security in full. A Fund may not be able to accurately predict when or which of its CLO investments will be called, resulting in a Fund having to reinvest the proceeds in unfavorable circumstances, resulting in a decline in a Fund’s income. As interest rates decrease, issuers of the underlying loan obligations may refinance any floating rate loans, which will result in a reduction in the principal value of the CLO’s portfolio and requiring a Fund to reinvest cash at an inopportune time. Conversely, as interest rates rise, borrowers with floating rate loans may experience difficulty in making payments, resulting in delinquencies and defaults, which will result in a reduction in cash flow to the CLO and the CLO’s investors.

Privately Issued Mortgage-Related Securities. Privately issued mortgage-related securities are pass-through pools of conventional residential mortgage loans created by commercial banks, savings and loan institutions, private mortgage insurance companies, mortgage bankers and other secondary market issuers. Such issuers may be the originators and/or servicers of the underlying mortgage loans as well as the guarantors of the mortgage-related securities. Pools created by such non-governmental issuers generally offer a higher rate of interest than government and government-related pools because there are no direct or indirect government or agency guarantees of payments in the former pools. However, timely payment of interest and principal of these pools may be supported by various forms of insurance or guarantees, including individual loan, title, pool and hazard insurance and letters of credit, which may be issued by governmental entities or private insurers. Such insurance and guarantees and the creditworthiness of the issuers thereof will be considered in determining whether a mortgage-related security meets a Fund’s investment quality standards. There can be no assurance that insurers or guarantors can meet their obligations under the insurance policies or guarantee arrangements. A Fund may buy mortgage-related securities without insurance or guarantees if, through an examination of the loan experience and practices of the originators/servicers and poolers, the Adviser determines that the securities meet the Funds’ quality standards. Securities issued by certain private organizations may not be readily marketable.

Privately issued mortgage-related securities are not subject to the same underwriting requirements for the underlying mortgages that are applicable to those mortgage-related securities that have a government or government-sponsored entity guarantee. As a result, the mortgage loans underlying privately issued mortgage-related securities may, and frequently do, have less favorable collateral, credit risk or other underwriting characteristics than government or government-sponsored mortgage-related securities and have wider variances in a number of terms including interest rate, term, size, purpose and borrower characteristics. Mortgage pools underlying privately issued mortgage-related securities more frequently include second mortgages, high loan-to-value ratio mortgages and manufactured housing loans, in addition to commercial mortgages and other types of mortgages where a government or government-sponsored entity guarantee is not available. The coupon rates and maturities of the underlying mortgage loans in a privately-issued mortgage-related securities pool may vary to a greater extent than those included in a government guaranteed pool. The Funds’ investments in privately issued mortgage-related securities may be backed by subprime mortgage loans.

The risk of non-payment is greater for mortgage-related securities that are backed by loans that were originated under weak underwriting standards, including loans made to borrowers with limited means to make repayment. A level of risk exists for all loans, although, historically, the poorest performing loans have been those classified as subprime. Other types of privately issued mortgage-related securities, such as those classified as pay-option adjustable rate or Alt-A have also performed poorly.

Even loans classified as prime have experienced higher levels of delinquencies and defaults. A decline in real property values across the United States may exacerbate the level of losses that investors in privately issued mortgage-related securities have experienced. Market factors that may adversely affect mortgage loan repayment include adverse economic conditions, unemployment, a decline in the value of real property, or an increase in interest rates.

Privately issued mortgage-related securities are not traded on an exchange and there may be a limited market for the securities, especially when there is a perceived weakness in the mortgage and real estate market sectors. Without an active trading market, mortgage-related securities held by a Fund may be particularly difficult to value because of the complexities involved in assessing the value of the underlying mortgage loans.

A Fund may purchase privately issued mortgage-related securities that are originated, packaged and serviced by third party entities. It is possible these third parties could have interests that are in conflict with the holders of mortgage-related securities, and such holders (such as a Fund) could have rights against the third parties or their affiliates. For example, if a loan originator, servicer or its affiliates engaged in negligence or willful misconduct in carrying out its duties, then a holder of the mortgage-related security could seek recourse against the originator/servicer or its affiliates, as applicable. Also, as a loan originator/servicer, the originator/servicer or its affiliates may make certain representations and warranties regarding the quality of the mortgages and properties underlying a mortgage-related security. If one or more of those representations or warranties is false, then the holders of the mortgage-related securities (such as a Fund) could trigger an obligation of the originator/servicer or its affiliates, as applicable, to repurchase the mortgages from the issuing trust. Notwithstanding the foregoing, many of the third parties that are legally bound by trust and other documents have failed to perform their respective duties, as stipulated in such trust and other documents, and investors have had limited success in enforcing terms.

Mortgage-related securities that are issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, are not subject to the Funds’ industry concentration restrictions by virtue of the exclusion from that test available to all U.S. Government securities. In the case of privately issued mortgage-related securities, the Adviser takes the position that mortgage-related securities do not represent interests in any particular “industry” or group of industries. Therefore, privately issued mortgage-related securities are not subject to a Fund’s industry concentration restrictions. The assets underlying such securities may be represented by a portfolio of residential or commercial mortgages (including both whole mortgage loans and mortgage participation interests that may be senior or junior in terms of priority of repayment) or portfolios of mortgage pass-through securities issued or guaranteed by Ginnie Mae, Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae. Mortgage loans underlying a mortgage-related security may in turn be insured or guaranteed by the Federal Housing Administration or the Department of Veterans Affairs. In the case of privately issued mortgage-related securities whose underlying assets are neither U.S. Government securities nor U.S. Government-insured mortgages, to the extent that real properties securing such assets may be located in the same geographical region, the security may be subject to a greater risk of default than other comparable securities in the event of adverse economic, political or business developments that may affect such region and, ultimately, the ability of residential homeowners to make payments of principal and interest on the underlying mortgages.

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities. A Fund may invest in commercial mortgage-backed securities. Commercial mortgage-backed securities include securities that reflect an interest in, and are secured by, mortgage loans on commercial real property. Many of the risks of investing in commercial mortgage-backed securities reflect the risks of investing in the real estate securing the underlying mortgage loans, including office properties, retail properties, hotels, industrial mixed use properties or multi-family apartment buildings. These risks reflect the effects of local and other economic conditions on real estate markets, the ability of tenants to make loan payments, and the ability of a property to attract and retain tenants. Commercial mortgage-backed securities may be less liquid and exhibit greater price volatility than other types of mortgage- or asset-backed securities.

Other Mortgage-Related Securities. Other mortgage-related securities in which a Fund may invest include securities other than those described above that directly or indirectly represent a participation in, or are secured by and payable from, mortgage loans on real property, including collateralized mortgage obligation residuals or stripped mortgage-backed securities. Other mortgage-related securities may be equity or debt securities issued by agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. Government or by private originators of, or investors in, mortgage loans, including savings and loan associations, homebuilders, mortgage banks, commercial banks, investment banks, partnerships, trusts and special purpose entities of the foregoing. In addition, a Fund may invest in any combination of mortgage-related interest-only or principal-only debt.

Mortgage-related securities include, among other things, securities that reflect an interest in reverse mortgages. In a reverse mortgage, a lender makes a loan to a homeowner based on the homeowner’s equity in his or her home. While a homeowner must be age 62 or older to qualify for a reverse mortgage, reverse mortgages may have no income restrictions. Repayment of

the interest or principal for the loan is generally not required until the homeowner dies, sells the home, or ceases to use the home as his or her primary residence.

There are three general types of reverse mortgages: (1) single-purpose reverse mortgages, which are offered by certain state and local government agencies and nonprofit organizations; (2) federally-insured reverse mortgages, which are backed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; and (3) proprietary reverse mortgages, which are privately offered loans. A mortgage-related security may be backed by a single type of reverse mortgage. Reverse mortgage-related securities include agency and privately issued mortgage-related securities. The principal government guarantor of reverse mortgage-related securities is Ginnie Mae.

Reverse mortgage-related securities may be subject to risks different than other types of mortgage-related securities due to the unique nature of the underlying loans. The date of repayment for such loans is uncertain and may occur sooner or later than anticipated. The timing of payments for the corresponding mortgage-related security may be uncertain. Because reverse mortgages are offered only to persons 62 and older and there may be no income restrictions, the loans may react differently than traditional home loans to market events.

Credit Risk Transfer Securities. A Fund may invest in credit risk transfer securities (“CRTs”), which are unguaranteed and unsecured fixed or floating rate general obligations that are commonly issued by government sponsored enterprises (“GSE”), such as Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac. CRTs are typically issued at par and have stated final maturities. GSE CRTs are typically structured so that: (i) interest is paid directly by the issuing GSE; and (ii) principal is paid by the issuing GSE in accordance with the principal payments and default performance of a pool of residential mortgage loans acquired by the GSE. The issuing GSE selects the pool of mortgage loans based on that GSE’s eligibility criteria and the performance of the CRTs will be directly affected by the selection of such underlying mortgage loans.

GSE CRTs are not directly linked to or backed by the underlying mortgage loans. Therefore, although the payment of principal and interest on such securities is tied to the performance of the pool of underlying mortgage loans, the actual cash flow from the underlying mortgage loans will not be paid or otherwise made available to the holders of the securities and the holders of the securities will have no interest in the underlying mortgage loans. As a result, in the event that a GSE fails to pay principal or interest on its CRTs or goes through a bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding, holders of such CRTs will have no direct recourse to the underlying mortgage loans. Such holders will receive recovery on par with other unsecured note holders (agency debentures) in such a scenario.

GSE CRTs are typically issued in multiple tranches, which are allocated certain principal repayments and credit losses corresponding to the seniority of the particular tranches. Each tranche will have credit exposure to underlying mortgage loans and the yield to maturity will be directly related to the amount and timing of certain defined credit events on the underlying mortgage loans, any prepayments by borrowers and any removals of a mortgage loan from the pool. Because credit risk exposure is allocated in accordance with the seniority of the particular tranche, principal losses will be first allocated to the most junior or subordinate tranches, thus making the most subordinate tranches subject to increased sensitivity to dramatic housing downturns. In addition, many CRTs have collateral performance triggers (such as those based on credit enhancement, delinquencies or defaults) that could shut off principal payments to subordinate tranches.

The risks associated with an investment in GSE CRTs will be different than the risks associated with an investment in mortgage-backed securities issued by GSEs, because some or all of the mortgage default or credit risk associated with the underlying mortgage loans in GSE CRTs is transferred to investors, such as the Fund. As a result, investors in GSE CRTs could lose some or all of their investment in these securities if the underlying mortgage loans default.

A Fund may also invest in CRTs issued by private entities, such as banks or other financial institutions. CRTs issued by private entities are structured similarly to those issued by GSEs and are generally subject to the same types of risks, including credit, prepayment, extension, interest rate, and market risks.

Adjustable Rate Mortgage-Backed Securities. A Fund may invest in adjustable rate mortgage-backed securities (“ARMBS”), which have interest rates that reset at periodic intervals. Acquiring ARMBS permits a Fund to participate in increases in prevailing current interest rates through periodic adjustments in the coupons of mortgages underlying the pool on which ARMBS are based. Such ARMBS generally have higher current yield and lower price fluctuations than is the case with more traditional fixed income debt securities of comparable rating and maturity. In addition, when prepayments of principal are made on the underlying mortgages during periods of rising interest rates, a Fund can reinvest the proceeds of such prepayments at rates higher than those at which they were previously invested. Mortgages underlying most ARMBS, however, have limits on the allowable annual or lifetime increases that can be made in the interest rate that the mortgagor pays. Therefore, if current interest rates rise above such limits over the period of the limitation, a Fund, when holding an ARMBS,

does not benefit from further increases in interest rates. Moreover, when interest rates are in excess of coupon rates (i.e., the rates being paid by mortgagors) of the mortgages, ARMBS behave more like fixed-income securities and less like adjustable rate securities and are subject to the risks associated with fixed-income securities. In addition, during periods of rising interest rates, increases in the coupon rate of adjustable rate mortgages generally lag current market interest rates slightly, thereby creating the potential for capital depreciation on such securities.

Other Types of Pass-Through Securities. The Funds also may invest in other types of pass-through securities, such as credit-linked trust certificates, traded custody receipts, and participation interests. Holders of the interests are entitled to receive distributions of interest, principal, and other payments on each of the underlying debt securities (less expenses), and in some cases distributions of the underlying debt securities. The underlying debt securities have a specified maturity but are subject to prepayment risk because if an issuer prepays the principal, a Fund may have additional cash to invest at a time when prevailing interest rates have declined and reinvestment of such additional funds is made at a lower rate. The value of the underlying debt securities may change due to changes in market interest rates. If interest rates rise, the value of the underlying debt securities, and therefore the value of the pass-through security, may decline. If the underlying debt securities are high-yield securities, the risks associated with high-yield securities discussed in this SAI and in the Funds’ Prospectuses may apply.

Investment Company Securities

From time to time, a Fund may invest in securities of other investment companies, subject to the provisions of the 1940 Act or as otherwise permitted by the SEC. Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act prohibits a Fund from acquiring: (i) more than 3% of another investment company’s voting stock; (ii) securities of another investment company with a value in excess of 5% of a Fund’s total assets; or (iii) securities of such other investment company and all other investment companies owned by a Fund having a value in excess of 10% of the Fund’s total assets. In addition, Section 12(d)(1) prohibits another investment company from selling its shares to a Fund if, after the sale: (i) the Fund owns more than 3% of the other investment company’s voting stock or (ii) the Fund and other investment companies, and companies controlled by them, own more than 10% of the voting stock of such other investment company. To the extent a Fund is an underlying fund in a fund of funds managed by the Adviser, the Fund may not acquire securities of other investment companies in reliance on Section 12(d)(1)(F) and securities of open-end investment companies or registered unit investment trusts in reliance on Section 12(d)(1)(G). A Fund may invest in other investment companies beyond these statutory limits to the extent the Fund abides by certain conditions of Rule 12d1-4 under the 1940 Act. A Fund may invest its cash holdings in affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds or cash management pooled investment vehicles that operate pursuant to the provision of the 1940 Act that governs the operation of money market funds as part of a cash sweep program. A Fund may purchase unlimited shares of affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds and of other funds managed by the Adviser, whether registered or unregistered entities, as permitted by the 1940 Act and rules promulgated thereunder.

To the extent a Fund invests in money market funds or other funds, such Fund will be subject to the same risks that investors experience when investing in such other funds. These risks may include the impact of significant fluctuations in assets as a result of the cash sweep program or purchase and redemption activity by affiliated or non-affiliated shareholders in such other funds. Additionally, to the extent that the Adviser serves as the investment adviser to Janus Henderson underlying funds or investment vehicles in which a Fund may invest, the Adviser may have conflicting interests in fulfilling its fiduciary duties to both the Fund and the underlying funds or investment vehicles. Money market funds are open-end registered investment companies. Money market funds that meet the definition of a retail money market fund or government money market fund compute their price per share using the amortized cost method of valuation to seek to maintain a stable $1.00 price per share, and money market funds that do not meet the definitions of a retail money market fund or government money market fund transact at a floating NAV per share (similar to all other non-money market mutual funds). Money market funds may impose liquidity fees because of market conditions or other factors. Amendments to money market fund regulation could impact the trading and value of money market instruments, which may negatively affect a Fund’s return potential.

Investment companies may include index-based investments such as exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that hold substantially all of their assets in investments representing specific indices. The main risk of investing in index-based investments is the same as investing in a portfolio of investments comprising the index. Index-based investments may not replicate exactly the performance of their specific index because of transaction costs and because of the temporary unavailability of certain component securities of the index.

As a shareholder of another investment company, a Fund would bear its pro rata portion of the other investment company’s expenses, including advisory fees, in addition to the expenses the Fund bears directly in connection with its own operation.

The market prices of ETFs and closed-end funds will fluctuate in accordance with both changes in the market value of their underlying portfolio investments and due to supply and demand for the instruments on the exchanges on which they are traded (which may result in their trading at a discount or premium to their NAVs). If the market price of shares of an index-based investment or closed-end fund decreases below the price that a Fund paid for the shares and the Fund were to sell its shares of such investment company at a time when the market price is lower than the price at which it purchased the shares, the Fund would experience a loss.

Exchange-Traded Notes

Certain Funds may invest in exchange-traded notes (“ETNs”), which are senior, unsecured, unsubordinated debt securities whose returns are linked to a particular index and provide exposure to the total returns of various market indices, including indices linked to stocks, bonds, commodities, and currencies. This type of debt security differs from other types of bonds and notes. ETN returns are based upon the performance of a market index minus applicable fees; no period coupon payments are distributed and no principal protections exist. ETNs do not pay cash distributions. Instead, the value of dividends, interest, and investment gains are captured in a Fund’s total return. A Fund may invest in these securities when desiring exposure to debt securities or commodities. When evaluating ETNs for investment, the Adviser will consider the potential risks involved, expected tax efficiency, rate of return, and credit risk. As senior debt securities, ETNs rank above the issuing company’s other securities in the event of a bankruptcy or liquidation, which means a Fund would be in line to receive repayment of its investment before certain of the company’s other creditors. When a Fund invests in ETNs, it will bear its proportionate share of any fees and expenses borne by the ETN. There may be restrictions on a Fund’s right to redeem its investment in an ETN, which are meant to be held until maturity. A Fund’s decision to sell its ETN holdings may be limited by the availability of a secondary market.

Equity-Linked Notes

An equity-linked note (“ELN”) is a debt instrument whose value is based on the value of a single equity security, basket of equity securities or an index of equity securities (each, an “underlying equity”). An ELN typically provides interest income, thereby offering a yield advantage over investing directly in an underlying equity. Certain Funds may purchase ELNs that trade on a securities exchange or those that trade on the over-the-counter (“OTC”) markets, including securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the 1933 Act. Certain Funds may also purchase ELNs in a privately negotiated transaction with the issuer of the ELNs (or its broker-dealer affiliate). Certain Funds may or may not hold an ELN until its maturity.

Equity-linked securities also include issues such as Structured Yield Product Exchangeable for Stock (STRYPES), Trust Automatic Common Exchange Securities (TRACES), Trust Issued Mandatory Exchange Securities (TIMES) and Trust Enhanced Dividend Securities (TRENDS). The issuers of these equity-linked securities generally purchase and hold a portfolio of stripped U.S. Treasury securities maturing on a quarterly basis through the conversion date, and a forward purchase contract with an existing shareholder of the company relating to the common stock. Quarterly distributions on such equity-linked securities generally consist of the cash received from the U.S. Treasury securities and such equity-linked securities generally are not entitled to any dividends that may be declared on the common stock.

Depositary Receipts

Each Fund may invest in sponsored and unsponsored American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), which are receipts issued by an American bank or trust company evidencing ownership of underlying securities issued by a foreign issuer. ADRs, in registered form, are designed for use in U.S. securities markets. Unsponsored ADRs may be created without the participation of the foreign issuer. Holders of these ADRs generally bear all the costs of the ADR facility, whereas foreign issuers typically bear certain costs in a sponsored ADR. The bank or trust company depositary of an unsponsored ADR may be under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications received from the foreign issuer or to pass through voting rights. The Funds may also invest in European Depositary Receipts (“EDRs”), Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”), and in other similar instruments representing securities of foreign companies. EDRs and GDRs are securities that are typically issued by foreign banks or foreign trust companies, although U.S. banks or U.S. trust companies may issue them. EDRs and GDRs are structured similarly to the arrangements of ADRs. EDRs, in bearer form, are designed for use in European securities markets.

Depositary receipts are generally subject to the same sort of risks as direct investments in a foreign country, such as currency risk, political and economic risk, regulatory risk, market risk, and geographic investment risk, because their values depend on the performance of a foreign security denominated in its home currency. The risks of foreign investing are addressed in some detail in the Funds’ Prospectuses, as applicable.

U.S. Government Securities

To the extent permitted by its investment objective and policies, each Fund may invest in U.S. Government securities. The 1940 Act defines U.S. Government securities to include securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies, and its instrumentalities. U.S. Government securities may also include repurchase agreements collateralized by and municipal securities escrowed with or refunded with U.S. Government securities. U.S. Government securities in which a Fund may invest include U.S. Treasury securities, including Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (“TIPS”), Treasury bills, notes, and bonds, and obligations issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies and instrumentalities that are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government, such as those issued or guaranteed by the Small Business Administration, Maritime Administration, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Farmers Home Administration, Federal Housing Administration, and Ginnie Mae. In addition, U.S. Government securities in which a Fund may invest include securities backed only by the rights of the issuers to borrow from the U.S. Treasury, such as those issued by the members of the Federal Farm Credit System, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, Tennessee Valley Authority, and Freddie Mac. Securities issued by Fannie Mae, the Federal Home Loan Banks, and the Student Loan Marketing Association (“Sallie Mae”) are supported by the discretionary authority of the U.S. Government to purchase the obligations. There is no guarantee that the U.S. Government will support securities not backed by its full faith and credit. Accordingly, although these securities have historically involved little risk of loss of principal if held to maturity, they may involve more risk than securities backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government because the Funds must look principally to the agency or instrumentality issuing or guaranteeing the securities for repayment and may not be able to assert a claim against the United States if the agency or instrumentality does not meet its commitment.

Because of the rising U.S. Government debt burden, it is possible that the U.S. Government may not be able to meet its financial obligations or that securities issued or backed by the U.S. Government may experience credit downgrades. Such a credit event may adversely affect the financial markets.

Inflation-Linked Securities

A Fund may invest in inflation-linked securities, including Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (also known as TIPS), municipal inflation-indexed bonds and corporate inflation-indexed bonds, or in derivatives that are linked to these securities. TIPS are inflation-linked bonds issued by the U.S. Government. Inflation-linked bonds may also be issued by, or related to, sovereign governments of other developed countries, emerging market countries, or companies or other entities not affiliated with governments.

Inflation-linked bonds are fixed-income securities whose interest and principal payments are periodically adjusted according to the rate of inflation. The inflation adjustment, which is typically applied monthly to the principal of the bond, follows a designated inflation index, such as the consumer price index. If an index measuring inflation falls, the principal value of inflation-indexed bonds will typically be adjusted downward, and consequently the interest payable on these securities (calculated with respect to a smaller principal amount) will be reduced. Because of their inflation adjustment feature, inflation-linked bonds typically have lower yields than conventional fixed-rate bonds.

Inflation-linked bonds normally decline in price when real interest rates rise. In the event of deflation, when prices decline over time, the principal and income of inflation-linked bonds would likely decline, resulting in losses to a Fund.

In the case of TIPS, repayment of original bond principal upon maturity (as adjusted for inflation) is guaranteed. When TIPS mature, the holder is paid the adjusted principal or original principal, whichever is greater. For inflation-linked bonds that do not provide a similar guarantee, the adjusted principal value or maturity amount of the inflation-linked bond repaid at maturity may be less than the original principal.

Municipal Obligations

The Funds may invest in municipal obligations issued by states, territories, and possessions of the United States and the District of Columbia. The municipal obligations which a Fund may purchase include general obligation bonds and limited obligation bonds (or revenue bonds), and private activity bonds. In addition, a Fund may invest in securities issued by entities whose underlying assets are municipal bonds. General obligation bonds are obligations involving the credit of an issuer possessing taxing power and are payable from such issuer’s general revenues and not from any particular source. Limited obligation bonds are payable only from the revenues derived from a particular facility or class of facilities or, in some cases, from the proceeds of a special excise or other specific revenue source. Tax-exempt private activity bonds generally are also revenue bonds and thus are not payable from the issuer’s general revenues.

The value of municipal obligations can be affected by changes in their actual or perceived credit quality. The credit quality of municipal obligations can be affected by, among other things, the financial condition of the issuer or guarantor, the issuer’s

current financial obligations, the issuer’s future borrowing plans and sources of revenue, the economic feasibility of the revenue bond project or general borrowing purpose, political or economic developments in the region where the security is issued, and the liquidity of the security. Because municipal securities are generally traded over-the-counter, the liquidity of a particular issue often depends on the willingness of dealers to make a market in the security. The liquidity of some municipal obligations may be enhanced by demand features, which would enable a Fund to demand payment on short notice from the issuer or a financial intermediary.

A Fund may invest in longer-term municipal obligations that give the investor the right to “put” or sell the security at par (face value) within a specified number of days following the investor’s request – usually one to seven days. This demand feature enhances a security’s liquidity by shortening its effective maturity and enables it to trade at a price equal to or very close to par. If a demand feature terminates prior to being exercised, a Fund would hold the longer-term security, which could experience substantially more volatility.

Each Fund expects to invest less than 50% of its total assets in tax-exempt municipal bonds. As a result, the Funds do not expect to be eligible to pay exempt interest dividends to shareholders and interest on municipal bonds will be taxable to shareholders when received as a distribution from a Fund.

When-Issued, Delayed Delivery and Forward Commitment Transactions

A Fund may enter into “to be announced” or “TBA” commitments and may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery, or forward commitment basis. These securities may include Cornerstone IPOs. When purchasing a security on a when-issued, delayed delivery, or forward commitment basis, a Fund assumes the rights and risks of ownership of the security, including the risk of price and yield fluctuations, and takes such fluctuations into account when determining its net asset value, but does not pay for the securities until they are received. If the other party to a transaction fails to deliver the securities, a Fund could miss a favorable price or yield opportunity. If a Fund remains substantially fully invested at a time when when-issued, delayed delivery, or forward commitment purchases are outstanding, the purchases may result in a form of leverage.

When a Fund has sold a security on a when-issued, delayed delivery, or forward commitment basis, the Fund does not participate in future gains or losses with respect to the security. If the other party to a transaction fails to pay for the securities, a Fund could suffer a loss. Additionally, when selling a security on a when-issued, delayed delivery, or forward commitment basis without owning the security, a Fund will incur a loss if the security’s price appreciates in value such that the security’s price is above the agreed upon price on the settlement date.

A Fund may dispose of or renegotiate a transaction after it is entered into, and may purchase or sell when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment securities before the settlement date, which may result in a gain or loss.

Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), include certain mandatory margin requirements for TBA commitments and other forward setting agency mortgage-backed securities which may require a Fund to post collateral under certain circumstances. These collateral requirements may increase costs associated with a Fund’s participation in the TBA and agency mortgage-backed securities market.

Sale-Buybacks. Certain Funds may effect simultaneous purchase and sale transactions that are known as “sale-buybacks.” A sale-buyback is similar to a reverse repurchase agreement, except that in a sale-buyback, the counterparty that purchases the security is entitled to receive any principal or interest payments made on the underlying security pending settlement of a Fund’s repurchase of the underlying security. Such Fund’s obligations under a sale-buyback typically would be offset by liquid assets equal in value to the amount of the Fund’s forward commitment to repurchase the subject security.

Variable and Floating Rate Obligations

These types of securities have variable or floating rates of interest and, under certain limited circumstances, may have varying principal amounts. Variable and floating rate securities pay interest at rates that are adjusted periodically according to a specified formula, usually with reference to some interest rate index or market interest rate (the “underlying index”). The floating rate tends to decrease the security’s price sensitivity to changes in interest rates. These types of securities may be relatively long-term instruments that often carry demand features permitting the holder to demand payment of principal at any time or at specified intervals prior to maturity.

In order to most effectively use these investments, portfolio management must correctly assess probable movements in interest rates. If portfolio management incorrectly forecasts such movements, a Fund could be adversely affected by the use of variable or floating rate obligations.

Other Securities

Other types of securities that the Funds may purchase include, but are not limited to, the following:

Inverse Floaters. Inverse floaters are debt instruments whose interest bears an inverse relationship to the interest rate on another security. No Fund will invest more than 5% of its assets in inverse floaters. If movements in interest rates are incorrectly anticipated, a Fund could lose money, or its NAV could decline by the use of inverse floaters.

Standby Commitments. Standby commitments are the rights to sell a specified underlying security or securities within a specified period of time and at an exercise price equal to the amortized cost of the underlying security or securities plus accrued interest, if any, at the time of exercise, that may be sold, transferred, or assigned only with the underlying security or securities. A standby commitment entitles the holder to receive same day settlement and will be considered to be from the party to whom the investment company will look for payment of the exercise price.

Strip Bonds. Strip bonds are debt securities that are stripped of their interest (usually by a financial intermediary) after the securities are issued. The market value of these securities generally fluctuates more in response to changes in interest rates than interest-paying securities of comparable maturity.

Tender Option Bonds. Tender option bonds are relatively long-term bonds that are coupled with the option to tender the securities to a bank, broker-dealer, or other financial institution at periodic intervals and receive the face value of the bonds. This investment structure is commonly used as a means of enhancing a security’s liquidity.

A Fund will purchase standby commitments, tender option bonds, and instruments with demand features primarily for the purpose of increasing the liquidity of their portfolio holdings.

Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) and Real Estate-Linked Derivatives

Within the parameters of its specific investment policies, a Fund may invest in publicly traded REITs, which are sometimes informally characterized as equity REITs, mortgage REITs, and hybrid REITs. In addition, a Fund may gain exposure to the real estate sector by investing in real estate-linked derivatives and common, preferred and convertible securities of issuers in real estate-related industries. Investments in publicly traded REITs and real estate-linked derivatives are subject to risks similar to those associated with direct ownership of real estate, including loss to casualty or condemnation, increases in property taxes and operating expenses, zoning law amendments, changes in interest rates, overbuilding and increased competition, variations in market value, fluctuations in rental income, possible environmental liabilities, regulatory limitations on rent, and other risks related to local or general economic conditions. Equity REITs generally experience these risks directly through fee or leasehold interests, whereas mortgage REITs generally experience these risks indirectly through mortgage interests, unless the mortgage REIT forecloses on the underlying real estate. Changes in interest rates may also affect the value of a Fund’s investment in publicly traded REITs. For instance, during periods of declining interest rates, certain mortgage REITs may hold mortgages that the mortgagors elect to prepay, and prepayment may diminish the yield on securities issued by those REITs.

Certain REITs have relatively small market capitalizations, which may tend to increase the volatility of the market price of their securities. Furthermore, publicly traded REITs are dependent upon specialized management skills, have limited diversification and are, therefore, subject to risks inherent in operating and financing a limited number of projects. Publicly traded REITs are also subject to heavy cash flow dependency, defaults by borrowers, and the possibility of failing to qualify for tax-free pass-through of income under the Internal Revenue Code and to maintain exemption from the registration requirements of the 1940 Act. By investing in publicly traded REITs indirectly through a Fund, a shareholder will bear not only his or her proportionate share of the expenses of a Fund, but also, indirectly, similar expenses of the publicly traded REITs. In addition, publicly traded REITs depend generally on their ability to generate cash flow to make distributions to shareholders.

Repurchase and Reverse Repurchase Agreements

In a repurchase agreement, a Fund purchases an equity or fixed-income security and simultaneously commits to resell that security to the seller at an agreed upon price on an agreed upon date within a number of days (usually not more than seven) from the date of purchase. The resale price consists of the purchase price plus an agreed upon incremental amount that is unrelated to the coupon rate or maturity of the purchased security. A repurchase agreement involves the obligation of the seller to pay the agreed upon price, which obligation is in effect secured by the value (at least equal to the amount of the agreed upon resale price and marked-to-market daily) of the underlying security or “collateral.” A risk associated with repurchase agreements is the failure of the seller to repurchase the securities as agreed, which may cause a Fund to suffer a loss if the market value of such securities declines before they can be liquidated on the open market. In the event of bankruptcy or insolvency of the seller, a Fund may encounter delays and incur costs in liquidating the underlying security. In

addition, the collateral received in the repurchase transaction may become worthless. To the extent a Fund’s collateral focuses in one or more sectors, such as banks and financial services, the Fund is subject to increased risk as a result of that exposure. Repurchase agreements that mature in more than seven calendar days are subject to the 15% limit on illiquid investments that are assets. While it is not possible to eliminate all risks from these transactions, it is the policy of the Funds to limit repurchase agreements to those parties whose creditworthiness has been reviewed and found satisfactory by the Adviser. There is no guarantee that the Adviser’s analysis of the creditworthiness of the counterparty will be accurate, and the underlying collateral involved in the transaction can expose a Fund to additional risk regardless of the creditworthiness of the parties involved in the transaction.

Reverse repurchase agreements are transactions in which a Fund sells an equity or fixed-income security and simultaneously commits to repurchase that security from the buyer, such as a bank or broker-dealer, at an agreed upon price on an agreed upon future date. The resale price in a reverse repurchase agreement reflects a market rate of interest that is not related to the coupon rate or maturity of the sold security. For certain demand agreements, there is no agreed upon repurchase date and interest payments are calculated daily, often based upon the prevailing overnight repurchase rate. The Funds will use the proceeds of reverse repurchase agreements only to satisfy unusually heavy redemption requests or for other temporary or emergency purposes without the necessity of selling portfolio securities, or to earn additional income on portfolio securities, such as Treasury bills or notes, or as part of an inflation-related investment strategy.

Generally, a reverse repurchase agreement enables a Fund to recover for the term of the reverse repurchase agreement all or most of the cash invested in the portfolio securities sold and to keep the interest income associated with those portfolio securities. Such transactions are only advantageous if the interest cost to a Fund of the reverse repurchase transaction is less than the cost of obtaining the cash otherwise. In addition, interest costs on the money received in a reverse repurchase agreement may exceed the return received on the investments made by a Fund with those monies. Using reverse repurchase agreements to earn additional income involves the risk that the interest earned on the invested proceeds is less than the expense of the reverse repurchase agreement transaction. This technique may also have a leveraging effect on a Fund’s portfolio. A Fund will enter into reverse repurchase agreements only with parties that the Adviser deems creditworthy. A Fund will limit its investments in reverse repurchase agreements to one-third or less of its total assets.

Callable Securities

Certain Funds may invest in callable securities. Callable securities give the issuer the right to redeem the security on a given date or dates (known as the call dates) prior to maturity. In return, the call feature is factored into the price of the debt security, and callable debt securities typically offer a higher yield than comparable non-callable securities. Certain securities may be called only in whole (the entire security is redeemed), while others may be called only in part (a portion of the total face value is redeemed) and possibly from time to time as determined by the issuer. There is no guarantee that a Fund will receive higher yields or a call premium on an investment in callable securities.

The period of time between the time of issue and the first call date, known as call protection, varies from security to security. Call protection provides the investor holding the security with assurance that the security will not be called before a specified date. As a result, securities with call protection generally cost more than similar securities without call protection. Call protection will make a callable security more similar to a long-term debt security, resulting in an associated increase in the callable security’s interest rate sensitivity.

Documentation for callable securities usually requires that investors be notified of a call within a prescribed period of time. If a security is called, a Fund will receive the principal amount and accrued interest, and may receive a small additional payment as a call premium. Issuers are more likely to exercise call options in periods when interest rates are below the rate at which the original security was issued, because the issuer can issue new securities with lower interest payments. Callable securities are subject to the risks of other debt securities in general, including prepayment risk, especially in falling interest rate environments.

Mortgage Dollar Rolls

Certain Funds may enter into “mortgage dollar rolls,” which are similar to reverse repurchase agreements in certain respects. In a “mortgage dollar roll” transaction, a Fund sells a mortgage-related security (such as a Ginnie Mae security) to a dealer and simultaneously agrees to repurchase a similar security (but not the same security) in the future at a predetermined price. A “dollar roll” can be viewed as a collateralized borrowing in which a Fund pledges a mortgage-related security to a dealer to obtain cash. The dealer with which a Fund enters into a dollar roll transaction is not obligated to return the same securities as those originally sold by the Fund, but only securities which are “substantially identical.” To be considered “substantially identical,” the securities returned to a Fund generally must: (i) be collateralized by the same types of underlying mortgages; (ii) be issued by the same agency and be part of the same program; (iii) have a similar original stated maturity; (iv) have

identical net coupon rates; (v) have similar market yields (and, therefore, price); and (vi) satisfy “good delivery” requirements, meaning that the aggregate principal amounts of the securities delivered and received back must be within 2.5% of the initial amount delivered.

Under certain circumstances, an underlying mortgage-backed security that is part of a dollar roll transaction may be considered illiquid. During the roll period, a Fund foregoes principal and interest paid on the mortgage-backed security. A Fund is compensated by the difference between the current sale price and the lower forward purchase price, often referred to as the “drop,” as well as the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale.

Successful use of mortgage dollar rolls depends on a Fund’s ability to predict mortgage supply dynamics, mortgage prepayments, and short-term Federal Reserve interest rate policy. Dollar roll transactions involve the risk that the market value of the securities a Fund is required to purchase may decline below the agreed upon repurchase price.

Loans

Certain Funds may invest in various commercial loans, including bank loans, bridge loans, debtor-in-possession (“DIP”) loans, mezzanine loans, and other fixed and floating rate loans. Commercial loans will comprise no more than 50% of Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund’s total assets and no more than 20% of each of the remaining Fixed-Income Funds’ total assets. The loans in which a Fund may invest may be denominated in U.S. or non-U.S. currencies, including the euro. Some of a Fund’s bank loan investments may be deemed illiquid and therefore would be subject to the Fund’s limit of investing up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid investments that are assets, when combined with the Fund’s other illiquid investments.

Bank Loans. Bank loans are obligations of companies or other entities that are typically issued in connection with recapitalizations, acquisitions, and refinancings, and may be offered on a public or private basis. These investments may include institutionally-traded floating and fixed-rate debt securities. Bank loans often involve borrowers with low credit ratings whose financial conditions are troubled or uncertain, including companies that are highly leveraged and may be distressed or involved in bankruptcy proceedings. The Funds generally invest in bank loans directly through an agent, either by assignment from another holder of the loan or as a participation interest in another holder’s portion of the loan. A Fund may also purchase interests and/or servicing or similar rights in such loans. Assignments and participations involve credit risk, interest rate risk, and liquidity risk. To the extent a Fund invests in non-U.S. bank loan investments, those investments are subject to the risks of foreign investment, including Eurozone risk. Some bank loans may be purchased on a “when-issued” basis.

When a Fund purchases an assignment, the Fund generally assumes all the rights and obligations under the loan agreement and will generally become a “lender” for purposes of the particular loan agreement. The rights and obligations acquired by a Fund under an assignment may be different, and be more limited, than those held by an assigning lender. Subject to the terms of a loan agreement, a Fund may enforce compliance by a borrower with the terms of the loan agreement and may have rights with respect to any funds acquired by other lenders through set-off. If a loan is foreclosed, a Fund may become part owner of any collateral securing the loan and may bear the costs and liabilities associated with owning and disposing of any collateral. A Fund could be held liable as a co-lender. In addition, there is no assurance that the liquidation of collateral from a secured loan would satisfy the borrower’s obligations or that the collateral could be liquidated.

If a Fund purchases a participation interest, it typically will have a contractual relationship with the lender and not with the borrower. A Fund may only be able to enforce its rights through the lender and may assume the credit risk of both the borrower and the lender, or any other intermediate participant. A Fund may have the right to receive payments of principal, interest, and any fees to which it is entitled only from the lender and only upon receipt by the lender of the payments from the borrower. The failure by a Fund to receive scheduled interest or principal payments may adversely affect the income of the Fund and may likely reduce the value of its assets, which would be reflected by a reduction in the Fund’s NAV.

The borrower of a loan in which a Fund holds an assignment or participation interest may, either at its own election or pursuant to the terms of the loan documentation, prepay amounts of the loan from time to time. There is no assurance that a Fund will be able to reinvest the proceeds of any loan prepayment at the same interest rate or on the same terms as those of the original loan participation. This may result in a Fund realizing less income on a particular investment and replacing the loan with a less attractive security, which may provide less return to the Fund.

Bank Obligations. Bank obligations in which the Funds may invest include certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances, and fixed time deposits. Certificates of deposit are negotiable certificates issued against funds deposited in a commercial bank for a definite period of time and earning a specified return. Bankers’ acceptances are negotiable drafts or bills of exchange, normally drawn by an importer or exporter to pay for specific merchandise, which are “accepted” by a bank, meaning, in

effect, that the bank unconditionally agrees to pay the face value of the instrument on maturity. Fixed time deposits are bank obligations payable at a stated maturity date and bearing interest at a fixed rate. Fixed time deposits may be withdrawn on demand by the investor, but may be subject to early withdrawal penalties which vary depending upon market conditions and the remaining maturity of the obligation. There are no contractual restrictions on the right to transfer a beneficial interest in a fixed time deposit to a third party, although there is no market for such deposits.

Corporate Loans. The Funds may invest in corporate loans. Corporate loans have the most senior position in a borrower’s capital structure or share the senior position with other senior debt securities of the borrower (“Corporate Loans”). This capital structure position generally gives holders of Corporate Loans a priority claim on some or all of the borrower’s assets in the event of default. Most of a Fund’s Corporate Loans investments will be secured by specific assets of the borrower. Corporate Loans also have contractual terms designed to protect lenders. Each applicable Fund generally acquires Corporate Loans of borrowers that, in the Adviser’s judgment, can make timely payments on their Corporate Loans and that satisfy other credit standards established by the Adviser. Nevertheless, investing in Corporate Loans does involve investment risk, and some borrowers default on their loan payments. Each Fund attempts to manage these risks through careful analyses and monitoring of borrowers.

There is less readily available, reliable information about most Corporate Loans than is the case for many other types of securities. In addition, there is no minimum rating or other independent evaluation of a borrower or its securities, and thus the Adviser relies primarily on its own evaluation of borrower credit quality rather on any available independent source. As a result, each Fund is particularly dependent on the analytical abilities of the Adviser.

Corporate Loans generally are not listed on any national securities exchange or automated quotation system and no active trading market exists for many Corporate Loans. In addition, transactions in Corporate Loans may settle on a delayed basis. As a result, the proceeds from the sale of Corporate Loans may not be readily available to make additional investments or to meet a Fund’s redemption obligations. The market for Corporate Loans, if any, could be disrupted in the event of an economic downturn or a substantial increase or decrease in the interest rates. However, many Corporate Loans are of a large principal amount and are held by a large number of owners. In the opinion of the Adviser this should enhance their liquidity.

Each Fund may acquire Corporate Loans of borrowers that are experiencing, or are more likely to experience, financial difficulty, including Corporate Loans issued in highly leveraged transactions. The Funds may even acquire and retain in its portfolio Corporate Loans of borrowers that have filed for bankruptcy protection. Because of the protective terms of Corporate Loans, the Adviser believes that a Fund is more likely to recover more of its investment in a defaulted Corporate Loan than would be the case for most other types of defaulted debt securities. Nevertheless, even in the case of collateralized Corporate Loans, there is no assurance that sale of the collateral would raise enough cash to satisfy the borrower’s payment obligation or that the collateral can or will be liquidated. In the case of bankruptcy, liquidation may not occur and the court may not give lenders the full benefit of their senior position. Uncollateralized Corporate Loans involve a greater risk of loss.

Floating Rate Loans. A Fund may invest in secured and unsecured floating rate loans. Floating rate loans typically are negotiated, structured, and originated by a bank or other financial institution (an “agent”) for a lending group or “syndicate” of financial institutions. In most cases, a Fund relies on the agent to assert appropriate creditor remedies against the borrower. The agent may not have the same interests as the Fund, and the agent may determine to waive certain covenants contained in the loan agreement that the Fund would not otherwise have determined to waive. The typical practice of an agent relying on reports from a borrower about its financial condition may involve a risk of fraud by a borrower. In addition, if an agent becomes insolvent or carries out its duties improperly, the Fund may experience delays in realizing payment and/or risk loss of principal and/or income on its floating rate loan investments. The investment team performs a credit analysis on the borrower but typically does not perform a credit analysis on the agent or other intermediate participants.

Floating rate loans have interest rates that adjust periodically and are tied to a benchmark lending rate such as the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), which is intended to be a broad measure of secured overnight U.S. Treasury repo rates, the prime rate offered by one or more major U.S. banks (“Prime Rate”), or the rate paid on large certificates of deposit traded in the secondary markets (“CD rate”). The interest rate on Prime Rate based loans and corporate debt securities may float daily as the Prime Rate changes, while the interest rate on CD rate based loans and corporate debt securities may reset periodically. If the benchmark lending rate changes, the rate payable to lenders under the loan will change at the next scheduled adjustment date specified in the loan agreement. Investing in floating rate loans with longer interest rate reset periods may increase fluctuations in a Fund’s NAV as a result of changes in interest rates. A Fund may attempt to hedge against interest rate fluctuations by entering into interest rate swaps or by using other hedging techniques.

While the Funds generally expect to invest in fully funded term loans, certain of the loans in which the Funds may invest may not be fully funded at the time of investment. These types of loans include revolving loans, bridge loans, DIP loans, delayed funding loans, and delayed draw term loans. Such loans generally obligate the lender (and those with an interest in the loan) to fund the loan at the borrower’s discretion. As such, a Fund would need to maintain assets sufficient to meet its contractual obligations. In cases where a Fund invests in revolving loans, bridge loans, DIP loans, delayed funding loans, or delayed draw term loans, the Fund will maintain high-quality liquid assets in an amount at least equal to its obligations under the loans. Amounts maintained in high-quality liquid assets may provide less return to a Fund than investments in floating rate loans or other investments. Loans involving revolving credit facilities, bridge financing, DIP loans, delayed funding loans, or delayed draw terms may require a Fund to increase its investment in a particular floating rate loan when it otherwise would not have done so. Further, a Fund may be obligated to do so even if it may be unlikely that the borrower will repay amounts due.

Purchasers of floating rate loans may pay and/or receive certain fees. The Funds may receive fees such as covenant waiver fees or prepayment penalty fees. A Fund may pay fees such as facility fees. Such fees may affect the Fund’s return.

The secondary market on which floating rate loans are traded may be less liquid than the market for investment grade securities or other types of income-producing securities, which may have an adverse impact on their market price. There is also a potential that there is no active market to trade floating rate loans and that there may be restrictions on their transfer. As a result, a Fund may be unable to sell assignments or participations at the desired time or may be able to sell only at a price less than fair market value. The secondary market may also be subject to irregular trading activity, wide price spreads, and extended trade settlement periods. With respect to below-investment grade or unrated securities, it also may be more difficult to value the securities because valuation may require more research, and elements of judgment may play a larger role in the valuation because there is less reliable, objective data available.

Corporate Bonds. Corporate bonds are debt obligations issued by corporations, institutions and other business entities. Typically, the debt is issued for the purpose of borrowing money, often to help the corporation develop a new product or service, to expand into a new market, or to buy another company. Corporate bonds may be either secured or unsecured. Collateral used for secured debt includes real property, machinery, equipment, accounts receivable, stocks, bonds or notes. If a bond is unsecured, it is known as a debenture. Corporate bonds may be either secured or unsecured. Collateral used for secured debt includes real property, machinery, equipment, accounts receivable, stocks, bonds or notes. If a bond is unsecured, it is known as a debenture. Bondholders, as creditors, have a prior legal claim over common and preferred stockholders as to both income and assets of the corporation for the principal and interest due them and may have a prior claim over other creditors if liens or mortgages are involved. Interest on corporate bonds may be fixed or floating, or the bonds may be zero coupons. Interest on corporate bonds is typically paid semi-annually and is fully taxable to the bondholder.

Corporate bonds are subject to interest rate risk. The market value of a corporate bond generally may be expected to rise and fall inversely with interest rates and may also be affected by the credit rating of the corporation, the corporation’s performance and perceptions of the corporation in the marketplace. Corporate bonds usually yield more than government or agency bonds due to the presence of credit risk. Corporate bonds are also subject to credit risk. As with other types of bonds, the issuer promises to repay the principal on a specific date and to make interest payments in the meantime. The amount of interest offered depends both on market conditions and on the financial health of the corporation issuing the bonds; a company whose credit rating is not strong will have to offer a higher interest rate to obtain buyers for its bonds. There is a risk that the issuers of corporate bonds may not be able to meet their obligations on interest or principal payments at the time called for by an instrument. The market value of a corporate bond may also be affected by factors directly related to the issuer, such as investors’ perceptions of the creditworthiness of the issuer, the issuer’s financial performance, perceptions of the issuer in the market place, performance of management of the issuer, the issuer’s capital structure and use of financial leverage and demand for the issuer’s goods and services. Corporate bonds of below investment grade quality are often high risk and have speculative characteristics and may be particularly susceptible to adverse issuer-specific developments.

Confidential Information. With respect to certain loan transactions, a Fund may determine not to receive confidential information. Such a decision may place the Fund at a disadvantage relative to other investors in loans who determine to receive confidential information, as the Fund may be limited in its available investments or unable to make accurate assessments related to certain investments.

In cases where the Adviser receives material, nonpublic information about the issuers of loans that may be held in a Fund’s holdings, the Adviser’s ability to trade in these loans for the account of the Fund could potentially be limited by its possession of such information, to the extent necessary to comply with certain regulatory restrictions. Such limitations on the

ability to trade in the loans and/or other securities of the issuer could have an adverse effect on a Fund by, for example, preventing the Fund from selling a loan that is experiencing a material decline in value. In some instances, these trading restrictions could continue in effect for a substantial period of time.

In addition, because a Fund becomes a creditor of an issuer when holding a bond, the Adviser may from time to time participate on creditor committees on behalf of the Funds. These are committees formed by creditors to negotiate with management of the issuer and are intended to protect the rights of bondholders in the event of bankruptcy, bond covenant default, or other issuer-related financial problems. Participation on creditor committees may expose the Adviser or a Fund to material non-public information of the issuer, restricting such Fund’s ability to trade in or acquire additional positions in a particular security or other securities of the issuer when it might otherwise desire to do so. Participation on creditor committees may also expose the Funds to federal bankruptcy laws or other laws governing rights of debtors and creditors. Additionally, such participation may subject the Funds to expenses such as legal fees. The Adviser will only participate on creditor committees on behalf of a Fund when it believes such participation is necessary or desirable to protect the value of portfolio securities or enforce a Fund’s rights as a creditor.

Guaranteed Investment Contracts (Funding Agreements)

Certain Funds may invest in funding agreements. Guaranteed investment contracts, or funding agreements, are short-term, privately placed debt instruments issued by insurance companies. Pursuant to such contracts, a Fund may make cash contributions to a deposit fund or the insurance company’s general account. The insurance company then credits to a Fund payments at negotiated, floating or fixed interest rates. A Fund will purchase guaranteed investment contracts only from issuers that, at the time of purchase, meet certain credit and quality standards. In general, guaranteed investment contracts are not assignable or transferable without the permission of the issuing insurance companies, and an active secondary market does not exist for these investments. In addition, the issuer may not be able to pay the principal amount to a Fund on seven days’ notice or less, at which time the investment may be considered illiquid under applicable SEC regulatory guidance and subject to certain restrictions. Although one or more of the other risks described in this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with guaranteed investment contracts (funding agreements) include credit risk and liquidity risk.

High-Yield Bonds

Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund may invest without limit in high-yield bonds. Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund may invest a substantial amount of its net assets in high-yield bonds. To the extent the other Funds invest in high-yield bonds, under normal circumstances, each Fund will limit its investments in such bonds as indicated to 35% or less of its net assets (Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund, Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund, and Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund), 25% or less of its net assets (Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund), or up to 20% or less of its net assets (Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund and Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund). In addition, Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund’s investments in below investment grade securities are limited to 65% of its net assets, but under unusual circumstances, such as when new issue allocations are higher than expected, this limit may be exceeded on a temporary basis. Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund does not intend to invest in high-yield bonds.

Lower rated debt securities which are considered speculative, involve a higher degree of credit risk, which is the risk that the issuer will not make interest or principal payments when due. In the event of an unanticipated default, a Fund could experience a reduction in its income, and could expect a decline in the market value of the debt securities so affected.

A Fund may also invest in unrated debt securities of foreign and domestic issuers. For the Funds subject to such limit, unrated high-yield bonds will be included in each Fund’s limit, as applicable, on investments in debt securities rated below investment grade unless portfolio management deems such securities to be the equivalent of investment grade debt securities. Unrated debt securities, while not necessarily of lower quality than rated debt securities, may not have as broad a market. Because of the size and perceived demand of the issue, among other factors, certain municipalities may not incur the costs of obtaining a rating and may issue unrated securities. Portfolio management will analyze the creditworthiness of the issuer, as well as any financial institution or other party responsible for payments on the debt security, in determining whether to purchase unrated municipal debt securities.

The secondary market on which high-yield securities are traded is less liquid than the market for investment grade securities. The lack of a liquid secondary market may have an adverse impact on the market price of the security. Additionally, it may be more difficult to value the securities because valuation may require more research, and elements of judgment may play a larger role in the valuation because there is less reliable, objective data available.

Please refer to the “Explanation of Rating Categories” section of this SAI for a description of bond rating categories.

Defaulted Securities

Certain Funds may hold defaulted securities if portfolio management believes, based upon an analysis of the financial condition, results of operations, and economic outlook of an issuer, that there is potential for resumption of income payments and that the securities offer an unusual opportunity for capital appreciation. For the Funds subject to such limit, defaulted securities will be included in each Fund’s limit on investments in bonds rated below investment grade. Notwithstanding portfolio management’s belief about the resumption of income, however, the purchase of any security on which payment of interest or dividends is suspended involves a high degree of risk. Such risk includes, among other things, the following:

Financial and Market Risks. Investments in securities that are in default involve a high degree of financial and market risks that can result in substantial or, at times, even total losses. Issuers of defaulted securities may have substantial capital needs and may become involved in bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings. Among the problems involved in investments in such issuers is the fact that it may be difficult to obtain information about the condition of such issuers. The market prices of such securities also are subject to abrupt and erratic movements and above average price volatility, and the spread between the bid and asked prices of such securities may be greater than normally expected.

Disposition of Portfolio Securities. Although the Funds generally will purchase securities for which portfolio management expects an active market to be maintained, defaulted securities may be less actively traded than other securities, and it may be difficult to dispose of substantial holdings of such securities at prevailing market prices. The Funds will limit holdings of any such securities to amounts that portfolio management believes could be readily sold, and holdings of such securities would, in any event, be limited so as not to limit a Fund’s ability to readily dispose of securities to meet redemptions.

Other. Defaulted securities require active monitoring and may, at times, require participation in bankruptcy or receivership proceedings on behalf of the Funds.

Derivative Instruments

Certain Funds may invest in various types of derivatives, which may at times result in significant derivative exposure. A derivative is a financial instrument whose performance is derived from the performance of another asset. The Funds may invest in derivative instruments including, but not limited to: futures contracts, put options, call options, options on futures contracts, options on foreign currencies, options on recovery locks, options on security and commodity indices, swaps, forward contracts (including TBA commitments), structured investments, and other equity-linked derivatives. The Funds may also invest in long-term equity anticipation securities (“LEAPS”). LEAPS are publicly traded options contracts with expiration dates of longer than one year. The longer expiration date of LEAPS offers the opportunity for a Fund to gain exposure to prolonged price changes without having to invest in a combination of shorter-term traditional options contracts. LEAPS may be purchased for individual stocks or for equity indices.

A Fund may use derivative instruments for hedging purposes (to offset risks associated with an investment, currency exposure, or market conditions), to adjust currency exposure relative to a benchmark index, or for speculative purposes (to earn income and seek to enhance returns). When a Fund invests in a derivative for speculative purposes, the Fund will be fully exposed to the risks of loss of that derivative, which may sometimes be greater than the derivative’s cost. The Funds may not use any derivative to gain exposure to an asset or class of assets that they would be prohibited by their investment restrictions from purchasing directly. A Fund’s ability to use derivative instruments may also be limited by tax considerations (see “Income Dividends, Capital Gains Distributions, and Tax Status”).

Investments in derivatives in general are subject to market risks that may cause their prices to fluctuate over time. Investments in derivatives may not directly correlate with the price movements of the underlying instrument. As a result, the use of derivatives may expose a Fund to additional risks that it would not be subject to if it invested directly in the securities underlying those derivatives. The use of derivatives may result in larger losses or smaller gains than otherwise would be the case. Derivatives can be volatile and may involve significant risks, including:

Counterparty risk – the risk that the counterparty (the party on the other side of the transaction) on a derivative transaction will be unable to honor its financial obligation to the Fund.

Currency risk – the risk that changes in the exchange rate between currencies will adversely affect the value (in U.S. dollar terms) of an investment.

Leverage risk – the risk associated with certain types of leveraged investments or trading strategies pursuant to which relatively small market movements may result in large changes in the value of an investment. A Fund creates leverage by investing in instruments where the investment loss can exceed the original amount invested. The use of investment techniques, such as short sales and certain derivative transactions, can create a leveraging effect on a Fund.

Liquidity risk – the risk that certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time that the seller would like or at the price that the seller believes the security is currently worth.

Index risk – if the derivative is linked to the performance of an index, it will be subject to the risks associated with changes in that index. If the index changes, the Fund could receive lower interest payments or experience a reduction in the value of the derivative to below what the Fund paid. Certain indexed securities, including inverse securities (which move in an opposite direction to the index), may create leverage, to the extent that they increase or decrease in value at a rate that is a multiple of the changes in the applicable index.

Derivatives may generally be traded over-the-counter (“OTC”) or on an exchange. Derivatives traded OTC are agreements that are individually negotiated between parties and can be tailored to meet a purchaser’s needs. OTC derivatives are not guaranteed by a clearing agency and may be subject to increased credit risk.

In an effort to mitigate credit risk associated with derivatives traded OTC, the Funds may enter into collateral agreements with certain counterparties whereby, subject to certain minimum exposure requirements, a Fund may require the counterparty to post collateral if the Fund has a net aggregate unrealized gain on all OTC derivative contracts with a particular counterparty. There is no guarantee that counterparty exposure is reduced by using collateral and these arrangements are dependent on the Adviser’s ability to establish and maintain appropriate systems and trading.

Government Regulation of Derivatives. Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act governs the Funds’ use of derivative instruments and certain other transactions that create future payment and/or delivery obligations by the Funds. Rule 18f-4 permits the Funds to enter into derivatives and certain other transactions notwithstanding the restrictions on the issuance of “senior securities” under Section 18 of the 1940 Act. Section 18 of the 1940 Act, among other things, prohibits open-end funds, including the Funds, from issuing or selling any “senior security,” other than borrowing from a bank (subject to a requirement to maintain 300% “asset coverage”). In connection with the adoption of Rule 18f-4, the SEC eliminated the asset segregation framework arising from prior SEC guidance for covering derivatives transactions and certain financial instruments.

Pursuant to Rule 18f-4, the Funds have adopted and implemented a derivatives risk management program (“DRMP”) designed to identify, assess, and reasonably manage the risks associated with derivatives and certain other transactions. Under the DRMP, the Funds are required to comply with certain value-at-risk (VaR)-based leverage limits (VaR is an estimate of an instrument’s or portfolio’s potential losses over a given time horizon and at a specified confidence level). The DRMP is administered by a “derivatives risk manager,” who is appointed by the Trustees, and who periodically reviews the DRMP and reports to the Trustees. While the Funds are not required to segregate assets to cover derivatives transactions and certain financial instruments pursuant to Rule 18f-4, the Funds will continue to do so for other instruments as required under applicable federal securities laws.

In addition, the SEC, the the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC"), and the exchanges are authorized to take extraordinary actions in the event of a market emergency, including, for example, the implementation or reduction of speculative position limits, the implementation of higher margin requirements, the establishment of daily price limits and the suspension of trading. It is not possible to predict fully the effects of current or future regulation. However, it is possible that developments in government regulation of various types of derivative instruments may limit or prevent the Funds from using these instruments effectively as a part of their investment strategies, and could adversely affect a Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective. The Funds will continue to monitor developments in the area, particularly to the extent regulatory changes affect the ability to enter into derivative transactions. New requirements, even if not directly applicable to the Funds, may increase the cost of the Funds’ investments and cost of doing business.

Futures Contracts. The Funds may enter into contracts for the purchase or sale for future delivery of equity securities, fixed-income securities, foreign currencies, commodities, and commodity-linked derivatives (to the extent permitted by the policies of a Fund and the Internal Revenue Code), or contracts based on interest rates and financial indices, including indices of U.S. Government securities, foreign government securities, commodities, and equity or fixed-income securities. A public market exists in futures contracts covering a number of indices as well as financial instruments and foreign currencies, including, but not limited to: the S&P 500®; the S&P Midcap 400®; the Nikkei 225; the Markit CDX credit index; the iTraxx credit index; U.S. Treasury bonds; U.S. Treasury notes; U.S. Treasury bills; 90-day commercial paper; bank certificates of deposit; the SOFR interest rate; the Euro Bund; Eurodollar certificates of deposit; the Australian dollar; the Canadian dollar; the British pound; the Japanese yen; the Swiss franc; the Mexican peso; and certain multinational currencies, such as the euro. It is expected that other futures contracts will be developed and traded in the future.

U.S. futures contracts are traded on exchanges which have been designated “contract markets” by the CFTC and must be executed through a futures commission merchant (“FCM”) or brokerage firm, which are members of a relevant contract

market. Through their clearing corporations, the exchanges guarantee performance of the contracts as between the clearing members of the exchange.

Neither the CFTC, National Futures Association (“NFA”), SEC, nor any domestic exchange regulates activities of any foreign exchange or boards of trade, including the execution, delivery, and clearing of transactions, or has the power to compel enforcement of the rules of a foreign exchange or board of trade or any applicable foreign law. This is true even if the exchange is formally linked to a domestic market so that a position taken on the market may be liquidated by a transaction on another market. Moreover, such laws or regulations will vary depending on the foreign country in which the foreign futures or foreign options transaction occurs. For these reasons, a Fund’s investments in foreign futures transactions may not be provided the same protections in respect of transactions on U.S. exchanges. In particular, a Fund that trades foreign futures contracts may not be afforded certain of the protective measures provided by the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (the “Commodity Exchange Act”), the CFTC’s regulations and the rules of the NFA and any domestic exchange, including the right to use reparations proceedings before the CFTC and arbitration proceedings provided by the NFA or any domestic futures exchange. Similarly, such Fund may not have the protection of the U.S. securities laws.

The buyer or seller of a futures contract is not required to deliver or pay for the underlying instrument unless the contract is held until the delivery date. However, both the buyer and seller are required to deposit “initial margin” for the benefit of the FCM when the contract is entered into. Initial margin deposits are equal to a percentage of the contract’s value, as set by the exchange on which the contract is traded, and currently are maintained in cash or certain other liquid assets held by the Funds. Initial margin payments are similar to good faith deposits or performance bonds. Unlike margin extended by a securities broker, initial margin payments do not constitute purchasing securities on margin for purposes of a Fund’s investment limitations. If the value of either party’s position declines, that party will be required to make additional “variation margin” payments for the benefit of the FCM to settle the change in value on a daily basis. The party that has a gain may be entitled to receive all or a portion of this amount. In the event of the bankruptcy of the FCM that holds margin on behalf of a Fund, that Fund may be entitled to return of margin owed to such Fund only in proportion to the amount received by the FCM’s other customers. The Adviser will attempt to minimize the risk by careful monitoring of the creditworthiness of the FCMs with which the Funds do business.

The Funds may enter into futures contracts to gain exposure to the stock market or other markets pending investment of cash balances or to meet liquidity needs. A Fund may also enter into futures contracts to protect itself from fluctuations in the value of individual securities, the securities markets generally, or interest rate fluctuations, without actually buying or selling the underlying debt or equity security. For example, if the Fund anticipates an increase in the price of stocks, and it intends to purchase stocks at a later time, that Fund could enter into a futures contract to purchase a stock index as a temporary substitute for stock purchases. If an increase in the market occurs that influences the stock index as anticipated, the value of the futures contracts will increase, thereby serving as a hedge against that Fund not participating in a market advance. This technique is sometimes known as an anticipatory hedge. A Fund may also use this technique with respect to an individual company’s stock. Conversely, if a Fund holds stocks and seeks to protect itself from a decrease in stock prices, the Fund might sell stock index futures contracts, thereby hoping to offset the potential decline in the value of its portfolio securities by a corresponding increase in the value of the futures contract position. Similarly, if a Fund holds an individual company’s stock and expects the price of that stock to decline, the Fund may sell a futures contract on that stock in hopes of offsetting the potential decline in the company’s stock price. A Fund could protect against a decline in stock prices by selling portfolio securities and investing in money market instruments, but the use of futures contracts enables it to maintain a defensive position without having to sell portfolio securities.

If portfolio management expects interest rates to increase, a Fund may take a short position in interest rate futures contracts. Taking such a position would have much the same effect as that Fund selling such securities in its portfolio. If interest rates increase as anticipated, the value of the securities would decline, but the value of that Fund’s interest rate futures contract would increase, thereby keeping the NAV of that Fund from declining as much as it may have otherwise. If, on the other hand, portfolio management expects interest rates to decline, that Fund may take a long position in interest rate futures contracts in anticipation of later closing out the futures position and purchasing the securities. Although a Fund can accomplish similar results by buying securities with long maturities and selling securities with short maturities, given the greater liquidity of the futures market than the cash market, it may be possible to accomplish the same result more easily and more quickly by using futures contracts as an investment tool to reduce risk. If portfolio management’s view about the direction of interest rates is incorrect, that Fund may incur a loss as the result of investments in interest rate futures.

The ordinary spreads between prices in the cash and futures markets, due to differences in the nature of those markets, are subject to distortions. First, all participants in the futures market are subject to initial margin and variation margin

requirements. Rather than meeting additional variation margin requirements, investors may close out futures contracts through offsetting transactions which could distort the normal price relationship between the cash and futures markets. Second, the liquidity of the futures market depends on participants entering into offsetting transactions rather than making or taking delivery of the instrument underlying a futures contract. To the extent participants decide to make or take delivery, liquidity in the futures market could be reduced and prices in the futures market distorted. Third, from the point of view of speculators, the margin deposit requirements in the futures market are less onerous than margin requirements in the securities market. Therefore, increased participation by speculators in the futures market may cause temporary price distortions. Due to the possibility of the foregoing distortions, a correct forecast of general price trends by portfolio management still may not result in a successful use of futures.

Futures contracts entail risks. There is no guarantee that derivative investments will benefit the Funds. A Fund’s performance could be worse than if the Fund had not used such instruments. For example, if a Fund has hedged against the effects of a possible decrease in prices of securities held in its portfolio and prices increase instead, that Fund will lose part or all of the benefit of the increased value of these securities because of offsetting losses in its futures positions. This risk may be magnified for single stock futures transactions, as portfolio management must predict the direction of the price of an individual stock, as opposed to securities prices generally. In addition, if a Fund has insufficient cash, it may have to sell securities from its portfolio to meet daily variation margin requirements. Those sales may be, but will not necessarily be, at increased prices which reflect the rising market and may occur at a time when the sales are disadvantageous to such Fund.

The prices of futures contracts depend primarily on the value of their underlying instruments. Because there are a limited number of types of futures contracts, it is possible that the standardized futures contracts available to a Fund will not match exactly such Fund’s current or potential investments. A Fund may buy and sell futures contracts based on underlying instruments with different characteristics from the securities in which it typically invests – for example, by hedging investments in portfolio securities with a futures contract based on a broad index of securities – which involves a risk that the futures position will not correlate precisely with the performance of such Fund’s investments.

Futures prices can also diverge from the prices of their underlying instruments, even if the underlying instruments closely correlate with a Fund’s investments, such as with a single stock futures contract. Futures prices are affected by factors such as current and anticipated short-term interest rates, changes in volatility of the underlying instruments, and the time remaining until expiration of the contract. Those factors may affect securities prices differently from futures prices. Imperfect correlations between a Fund’s investments and its futures positions also may result from differing levels of demand in the futures markets and the securities markets, from structural differences in how futures and securities are traded, and from imposition of daily price fluctuation limits for futures contracts. A Fund may buy or sell futures contracts with a greater or lesser value than the securities it wishes to hedge or is considering purchasing in order to attempt to compensate for differences in historical volatility between the futures contract and the securities, although this may not be successful in all cases. If price changes in a Fund’s futures positions are poorly correlated with its other investments, its futures positions may fail to produce desired gains or result in losses that are not offset by the gains in that Fund’s other investments.

There is no assurance that a liquid secondary market will exist for any particular futures contract at any particular time. In addition, futures exchanges may establish daily price fluctuation limits for futures contracts and may halt trading if a contract’s price moves upward or downward more than the limit in a given day. On volatile trading days when the price fluctuation limit is reached, it may be impossible for a Fund to enter into new positions or close out existing positions.

Regulation of Commodity Interests – All Funds Except Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund. The Adviser has filed a notice of eligibility for exemption from the definition of the term “commodity pool operator” with respect to the Funds in accordance with Rule 4.5 of the Commodity Exchange Act and, therefore, the Adviser is not subject to regulation as a commodity pool operator under the Commodity Exchange Act with respect to such Funds.

Funds may enter into futures contracts and related options as permitted under Rule 4.5. The Adviser will become subject to increased CFTC regulation if a Fund invests more than a prescribed level of its assets in such instruments, or if a Fund markets itself as providing investment exposure to these instruments. If a Fund cannot meet the requirements of Rule 4.5, the Adviser and such Fund would need to comply with certain disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements. Such additional requirements would potentially increase a Fund’s expenses, which could negatively impact the Fund’s returns. The Adviser is registered as a commodity pool operator in connection with the operation of one or more other Janus Henderson mutual funds which do not qualify for the Rule 4.5 exemption.

Regulation of Commodity Interests – Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund. The Adviser has registered with the CFTC as a commodity pool operator in connection with the operation of Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income

Opportunities Fund, which does not qualify for the Rule 4.5 exemption. Under the CFTC’s “harmonization” rules, the Adviser is not subject to certain CFTC recordkeeping, reporting, and disclosure requirements with respect to Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund. The Adviser and the Fund instead are permitted, and intend, to comply with customary SEC rules applicable to registered investment companies under the CFTC’s “substituted compliance” regime. The Adviser is required to file certain notices and periodic reports with the National Futures Association in connection with the substituted compliance regime. Existing or new regulation by the CFTC may increase the costs of implementing Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund’s strategies, which could negatively affect the Fund’s returns.

Options on Futures Contracts. The Funds may buy and write put and call options on futures contracts with respect to, but not limited to, interest rates, commodities, foreign currencies, and security or commodity indices. A purchased option on a future gives a Fund the right (but not the obligation) to buy or sell a futures contract at a specified price on or before a specified date. The purchase of a call option on a futures contract is similar in some respects to the purchase of a call option on an individual security. Depending on the pricing of the option compared to either the price of the futures contract upon which it is based or the price of the underlying instrument, ownership of the option may or may not be less risky than ownership of the futures contract or the underlying instrument. As with the purchase of futures contracts, when a Fund is not fully invested, it may buy a call option on a futures contract to hedge against a market advance.

The writing of a call option on a futures contract constitutes a partial hedge against declining prices of a security, commodity, or foreign currency which is deliverable under, or of the index comprising, the futures contract. If the futures price at the expiration of the option is below the exercise price, a Fund will retain the full amount of the option premium which provides a partial hedge against any decline that may have occurred in that Fund’s portfolio holdings. The writing of a put option on a futures contract constitutes a partial hedge against increasing prices of a security, commodity, or foreign currency which is deliverable under, or of the index comprising, the futures contract. If the futures price at the expiration of the option is higher than the exercise price, a Fund will retain the full amount of the option premium which provides a partial hedge against any increase in the price of securities which that Fund is considering buying. If a call or put option a Fund has written is exercised, such Fund will incur a loss which will be reduced by the amount of the premium it received. Depending on the degree of correlation between the change in the value of its portfolio securities and changes in the value of the futures positions, a Fund’s losses from existing options on futures may to some extent be reduced or increased by changes in the value of portfolio securities.

The purchase of a put option on a futures contract is similar in some respects to the purchase of protective put options on portfolio securities. For example, a Fund may buy a put option on a futures contract to hedge its portfolio against the risk of falling prices or rising interest rates.

The amount of risk a Fund assumes when it buys an option on a futures contract is the premium paid for the option plus related transaction costs. In addition to the correlation risks discussed above, the purchase of an option also entails the risk that changes in the value of the underlying futures contract will not be fully reflected in the value of the options bought.

Forward Contracts. A forward contract is an agreement between two parties in which one party is obligated to deliver a stated amount of a stated asset at a specified time in the future and the other party is obligated to pay a specified amount for the asset at the time of delivery. The Funds may enter into forward contracts to purchase and sell government securities, equity or income securities, foreign currencies, or other financial instruments. Forward contracts generally are traded in an interbank market conducted directly between traders (usually large commercial banks) and their customers. Unlike futures contracts, which are standardized contracts, forward contracts can be specifically drawn to meet the needs of the parties that enter into them. The parties to a forward contract may agree to offset or terminate the contract before its maturity, or may hold the contract to maturity and complete the contemplated exchange.

The following discussion summarizes the Funds’ principal uses of forward foreign currency exchange contracts (“forward currency contracts”). A Fund may enter into forward currency contracts with stated contract values of up to the value of that Fund’s assets. A forward currency contract is an obligation to buy or sell an amount of a specified currency for an agreed price (which may be in U.S. dollars or a foreign currency). A Fund may invest in forward currency contracts for nonhedging purposes such as seeking to enhance return. A Fund will exchange foreign currencies for U.S. dollars and for other foreign currencies in the normal course of business and may buy and sell currencies through forward currency contracts in order to fix a price for securities it has agreed to buy or sell (“transaction hedge”). A Fund also may hedge some or all of its investments denominated in a foreign currency or exposed to foreign currency fluctuations against a decline in the value of that currency relative to the U.S. dollar by entering into forward currency contracts to sell an amount of that currency (or a proxy currency whose performance is expected to replicate or exceed the performance of that currency relative to the U.S. dollar) approximating the value of some or all of its portfolio securities denominated in or exposed to that currency (“position

hedge”) or by participating in options or futures contracts with respect to the currency. A Fund also may enter into a forward currency contract with respect to a currency where the Fund is considering the purchase or sale of investments denominated in that currency but has not yet selected the specific investments (“anticipatory hedge”). In any of these circumstances a Fund may, alternatively, enter into a forward currency contract to purchase or sell one foreign currency for a second currency that is expected to perform more favorably relative to the U.S. dollar if portfolio management believes there is a reasonable degree of correlation between movements in the two currencies (“cross-hedge”). In addition, a Fund may cross-hedge its U.S. dollar exposure in order to achieve a representative weighted mix of the major currencies in its benchmark index and/or to cover an underweight country or region exposure in its portfolio.

These types of hedging minimize the effect of currency appreciation as well as depreciation, but do not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying U.S. dollar equivalent value of the proceeds of or rates of return on a Fund’s foreign currency denominated portfolio securities. The matching of the increase in value of a forward contract and the decline in the U.S. dollar equivalent value of the foreign currency denominated asset that is the subject of the hedge generally will not be precise. Shifting a Fund’s currency exposure from one foreign currency to another removes that Fund’s opportunity to profit from increases in the value of the original currency and involves a risk of increased losses to such Fund if portfolio management’s projection of future exchange rates is inaccurate. Proxy hedges and cross-hedges may protect against losses resulting from a decline in the hedged currency, but will cause a Fund to assume the risk of fluctuations in the value of the currency it purchases which may result in losses if the currency used to hedge does not perform similarly to the currency in which hedged securities are denominated. Unforeseen changes in currency prices may result in poorer overall performance for a Fund than if it had not entered into such contracts.

At the maturity of a currency or cross currency forward, a Fund may exchange the currencies specified at the maturity of a forward contract or, prior to maturity, the Fund may enter into a closing transaction involving the purchase or sale of an offsetting contract. Closing transactions with respect to forward contracts are usually effected with the counterparty to the original forward contract. A Fund may also enter into forward currency contracts that do not provide for physical settlement of the two currencies but instead provide for settlement by a single cash payment calculated as the difference between the agreed upon exchange rate and the spot rate at settlement based upon an agreed upon notional amount (non-deliverable forwards).

Under definitions adopted by the CFTC and SEC, non-deliverable forwards are considered swaps, and therefore are included in the definition of “commodity interests.” Although non-deliverable forwards have historically been traded in the OTC market, as swaps they may in the future be required to be centrally cleared and traded on public facilities.

Forward currency contracts that qualify as deliverable forwards are not regulated as swaps for most purposes. However, these forwards are subject to some requirements applicable to swaps, including reporting to swap data repositories, documentation requirements, and business conduct rules applicable to swap dealers.

As a result of current or future regulation, a Fund’s ability to utilize forward contracts may be restricted. In addition, a Fund may not always be able to enter into forward contracts at attractive prices and may be limited in its ability to use these contracts to hedge Fund assets.

Options on Foreign Currencies. The Funds may buy and write options on foreign currencies either on exchanges or in the OTC market in a manner similar to that in which futures or forward contracts on foreign currencies will be utilized. For example, a decline in the U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency in which portfolio securities are denominated will reduce the U.S. dollar value of such securities, even if their value in the foreign currency remains constant. In order to protect against such diminutions in the value of portfolio securities, a Fund may buy put options on the foreign currency. If the value of the currency declines, such Fund will have the right to sell such currency for a fixed amount in U.S. dollars, thereby offsetting, in whole or in part, the adverse effect on its portfolio.

Conversely, when a rise in the U.S. dollar value of a currency in which securities to be acquired are denominated is projected, thereby increasing the cost of such securities, a Fund may buy call options on the foreign currency. The purchase of such options could offset, at least partially, the effects of the adverse movements in exchange rates. As in the case of other types of options, however, the benefit to a Fund from purchases of foreign currency options will be reduced by the amount of the premium and related transaction costs. In addition, if currency exchange rates do not move in the direction or to the extent projected, a Fund could sustain losses on transactions in foreign currency options that would require such Fund to forego a portion or all of the benefits of advantageous changes in those rates.

The Funds may also write options on foreign currencies. For example, to hedge against a potential decline in the U.S. dollar value of foreign currency denominated securities due to adverse fluctuations in exchange rates, a Fund could, instead of

purchasing a put option, write a call option on the relevant currency. If the expected decline occurs, the option will most likely not be exercised, and the decline in value of portfolio securities will be offset by the amount of the premium received.

Similarly, instead of purchasing a call option to hedge against a potential increase in the U.S. dollar cost of securities to be acquired, a Fund could write a put option on the relevant currency which, if rates move in the manner projected, should expire unexercised and allow that Fund to hedge the increased cost up to the amount of the premium. As in the case of other types of options, however, the writing of a foreign currency option will constitute only a partial hedge up to the amount of the premium. If exchange rates do not move in the expected direction, the option may be exercised, and a Fund would be required to buy or sell the underlying currency at a loss which may not be offset by the amount of the premium. Through the writing of options on foreign currencies, a Fund also may lose all or a portion of the benefits which might otherwise have been obtained from favorable movements in exchange rates.

A Fund may write covered call options on foreign currencies. A covered call option is an option in which a Fund, in return for a premium, gives another party a right to buy specified securities owned by the Fund at a specified future date and price set at the time of the contract.

The Funds also may write call options on foreign currencies for cross-hedging purposes. A call option on a foreign currency is for cross-hedging purposes if it is designed to provide a hedge against a decline due to an adverse change in the exchange rate in the U.S. dollar value of a security which a Fund owns or has the right to acquire and which is denominated in the currency underlying the option. Call options on foreign currencies which are entered into for cross-hedging purposes are not covered.

Eurodollar Instruments. Each Fund may make investments in Eurodollar instruments. Eurodollar instruments are U.S. dollar-denominated futures contracts or options thereon which are linked to a reference rate, although foreign currency denominated instruments are available from time to time. Eurodollar futures contracts enable purchasers to obtain a fixed rate for the lending of funds and sellers to obtain a fixed rate for borrowings. A Fund might use Eurodollar futures contracts and options thereon to hedge against changes in a reference rate, to which many interest rate swaps and fixed-income instruments are linked.

Additional Risks of Options on Foreign Currencies, Forward Contracts, and Foreign Instruments. Unlike transactions entered into by the Funds in futures contracts, options on foreign currencies and forward contracts are not traded on contract markets regulated by the CFTC (with the exception of non-deliverable forwards) or (with the exception of certain foreign currency options) by the SEC. To the contrary, such instruments are traded through financial institutions acting as market-makers, although foreign currency options are also traded on certain national securities exchanges (“Exchanges”), such as the Philadelphia Stock Exchange and the Chicago Board Options Exchange, subject to SEC regulation.

Similarly, options on currencies may be traded over-the-counter. In an OTC trading environment, many of the protections afforded to Exchange participants will not be available. For example, there are no daily price fluctuation limits, and adverse market movements could therefore continue to an unlimited extent over a period of time. Although the buyer of an option cannot lose more than the amount of the premium plus related transaction costs, this entire amount could be lost. Moreover, an option writer and a buyer or seller of futures or forward contracts could lose amounts substantially in excess of any premium received or initial margin or collateral posted due to the potential additional margin and collateral requirements associated with such positions.

Options on foreign currencies traded on Exchanges are within the jurisdiction of the SEC, as are other securities traded on Exchanges. As a result, many of the protections provided to traders on organized Exchanges will be available with respect to such transactions. In particular, all foreign currency option positions entered into on an Exchange are cleared and guaranteed by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”), thereby reducing the risk of credit default. Further, a liquid secondary market in options traded on an Exchange may be more readily available than in the OTC market, potentially permitting a Fund to liquidate open positions at a profit prior to exercise or expiration or to limit losses in the event of adverse market movements.

The purchase and sale of exchange-traded foreign currency options, however, is subject to the risks of the availability of a liquid secondary market described above, as well as the risks regarding adverse market movements, margining of options written, the nature of the foreign currency market, possible intervention by governmental authorities, and the effects of other political and economic events. In addition, exchange-traded options on foreign currencies involve certain risks not presented by the OTC market. For example, exercise and settlement of such options must be made exclusively through the OCC, which has established banking relationships in applicable foreign countries for this purpose. As a result, the OCC may, if it determines that foreign governmental restrictions or taxes would prevent the orderly settlement of foreign currency option

exercises, or would result in undue burdens on the OCC or its clearing member, impose special procedures on exercise and settlement, such as technical changes in the mechanics of delivery of currency, the fixing of dollar settlement prices, or prohibitions on exercise.

In addition, options on U.S. Government securities, futures contracts, options on futures contracts, forward contracts, and options on foreign currencies may be traded on foreign exchanges and OTC in foreign countries. Such transactions are subject to the risk of governmental actions affecting trading in or the prices of foreign currencies or securities. The value of such positions also could be adversely affected by: (i) other complex foreign political and economic factors; (ii) lesser availability than in the United States of data on which to make trading decisions; (iii) delays in a Fund’s ability to act upon economic events occurring in foreign markets during nonbusiness hours in the United States; (iv) the imposition of different exercise and settlement terms and procedures and margin requirements than in the United States; and (v) low trading volume.

Options on Securities. In an effort to increase current income and to reduce fluctuations in NAV, the Funds may write covered and uncovered put and call options and buy put and call options on securities that are traded on U.S. and foreign securities exchanges and OTC. Examples of covering transactions include: (i) for a written put, selling short the underlying instrument at the same or higher price than the put’s exercise price; and (ii) for a written call, owning the underlying instrument. The Funds may write and buy options on the same types of securities that the Funds may purchase directly. The Funds may utilize American-style and European-style options. An American-style option is an option contract that can be exercised at any time between the time of purchase and the option’s expiration date. A European-style option is an option contract that can only be exercised on the option’s expiration date.

A Fund would write a call option for hedging purposes, instead of writing a covered call option, when the premium to be received from the cross-hedge transaction would exceed that which would be received from writing a covered call option and portfolio management believes that writing the option would achieve the desired hedge.

The premium paid by the buyer of an option will normally reflect, among other things, the relationship of the exercise price to the market price and the volatility of the underlying security, the remaining term of the option, supply and demand, and interest rates.

The writer of an option may have no control over when the underlying securities must be sold, in the case of a call option, or bought, in the case of a put option, since with regard to certain options, the writer may be assigned an exercise notice at any time prior to the termination of the obligation. Whether or not an option expires unexercised, the writer retains the amount of the premium. This amount, of course, may, in the case of a covered call option, be offset by a decline in the market value of the underlying security during the option period. If a call option is exercised, the writer experiences a profit or loss from the sale of the underlying security. If a put option is exercised, the writer must fulfill the obligation to buy the underlying security at the exercise price, which will usually exceed the then market value of the underlying security.

The writer of an option that wishes to terminate its obligation may effect a “closing purchase transaction.” This is accomplished by buying an option of the same series as the option previously written. The effect of the purchase is that the writer’s position will be canceled by the clearing corporation. However, a writer may not effect a closing purchase transaction after being notified of the exercise of an option. Likewise, an investor who is the holder of an option may liquidate its position by effecting a “closing sale transaction.” This is accomplished by selling an option of the same series as the option previously bought. There is no guarantee that either a closing purchase or a closing sale transaction can be effected.

In the case of a written call option, effecting a closing transaction will permit a Fund to write another call option on the underlying security with either a different exercise price or expiration date or both. In the case of a written put option, such transaction will permit a Fund to write another put option to the extent that the exercise price is secured by deposited liquid assets. Effecting a closing transaction also will permit a Fund to use the cash or proceeds from the concurrent sale of any securities subject to the option for other investments. If a Fund desires to sell a particular security from its portfolio on which it has written a call option, such Fund will effect a closing transaction prior to or concurrent with the sale of the security.

A Fund will realize a profit from a closing transaction if the price of the purchase transaction is less than the premium received from writing the option or the price received from a sale transaction is more than the premium paid to buy the option. A Fund will realize a loss from a closing transaction if the price of the purchase transaction is more than the premium received from writing the option or the price received from a sale transaction is less than the premium paid to buy the option. Because increases in the market price of a call option generally will reflect increases in the market price of the underlying security, any loss resulting from the repurchase of a call option is likely to be offset in whole or in part by appreciation of the underlying security owned by a Fund.

An option position may be closed out only where a secondary market for an option of the same series exists. If a secondary market does not exist, a Fund may not be able to effect closing transactions in particular options and that Fund would have to exercise the options in order to realize any profit. If a Fund is unable to effect a closing purchase transaction in a secondary market, it will not be able to sell the underlying security until the option expires or it delivers the underlying security upon exercise. The absence of a liquid secondary market may be due to the following: (i) insufficient trading interest in certain options; (ii) restrictions imposed by an Exchange on which the option is traded on opening or closing transactions or both; (iii) trading halts, suspensions, or other restrictions imposed with respect to particular classes or series of options or underlying securities; (iv) unusual or unforeseen circumstances that interrupt normal operations on an Exchange; (v) the facilities of an Exchange or of the OCC may not at all times be adequate to handle current trading volume; or (vi) one or more Exchanges could, for economic or other reasons, decide or be compelled at some future date to discontinue the trading of options (or a particular class or series of options), in which event the secondary market on that Exchange (or in that class or series of options) would cease to exist, although outstanding options on that Exchange that had been issued by the OCC as a result of trades on that Exchange would continue to be exercisable in accordance with their terms.

A Fund may write options in connection with buy-and-write transactions. In other words, a Fund may buy a security and then write a call option against that security. The exercise price of such call will depend upon the expected price movement of the underlying security. The exercise price of a call option may be below (“in-the-money”), equal to (“at-the-money”), or above (“out-of-the-money”) the current value of the underlying security at the time the option is written. Buy-and-write transactions using in-the-money call options may be used when it is expected that the price of the underlying security will remain flat or decline moderately during the option period. Buy-and-write transactions using at-the-money call options may be used when it is expected that the price of the underlying security will remain fixed or advance moderately during the option period. Buy-and-write transactions using out-of-the-money call options may be used when it is expected that the premiums received from writing the call option plus the appreciation in the market price of the underlying security up to the exercise price will be greater than the appreciation in the price of the underlying security alone. If the call options are exercised in such transactions, a Fund’s maximum gain will be the premium received by it for writing the option, adjusted upwards or downwards by the difference between that Fund’s purchase price of the security and the exercise price. If the options are not exercised and the price of the underlying security declines, the amount of such decline will be offset by the amount of premium received.

The writing of covered put options is similar in terms of risk and return characteristics to buy-and-write transactions. If the market price of the underlying security rises or otherwise is above the exercise price, the put option will expire worthless and a Fund’s gain will be limited to the premium received. If the market price of the underlying security declines or otherwise is below the exercise price, a Fund may elect to close the position or take delivery of the security at the exercise price and that Fund’s return will be the premium received from the put options minus the amount by which the market price of the security is below the exercise price.

A Fund may buy put options to hedge against a decline in the value of its portfolio. By using put options in this way, a Fund will reduce any profit it might otherwise have realized in the underlying security by the amount of the premium paid for the put option and by transaction costs.

A Fund may buy call options to hedge against an increase in the price of securities that it may buy in the future. The premium paid for the call option plus any transaction costs will reduce the benefit, if any, realized by such Fund upon exercise of the option, and, unless the price of the underlying security rises sufficiently, the option may expire worthless to that Fund.

A Fund may write straddles (combinations of put and call options on the same underlying security), which are generally a nonhedging technique used for purposes such as seeking to enhance return. Because combined options positions involve multiple trades, they result in higher transaction costs and may be more difficult to open and close out than individual options contracts. The straddle rules of the Internal Revenue Code require deferral of certain losses realized on positions of a straddle to the extent that a Fund has unrealized gains in offsetting positions at year end. The holding period of the securities comprising the straddle will be suspended until the straddle is terminated.

Options on Securities Indices. The Funds may also purchase and write exchange-listed and OTC put and call options on securities indices. A securities index measures the movement of a certain group of securities by assigning relative values to the securities. The index may fluctuate as a result of changes in the market values of the securities included in the index. Some securities index options are based on a broad market index, such as the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index, or a narrower market index such as the Standard & Poor’s 100. Indices may also be based on a particular industry, market segment, or certain currencies such as the U.S. Dollar Index or DXY Index.

Options on securities indices are similar to options on securities except that (1) the expiration cycles of securities index options are monthly, while those of securities options are currently quarterly, and (2) the delivery requirements are different. Instead of giving the right to take or make delivery of securities at a specified price, an option on a securities index gives the holder the right to receive a cash “exercise settlement amount” equal to (a) the amount, if any, by which the fixed exercise price of the option exceeds (in the case of a put) or is less than (in the case of a call) the closing value of the underlying index on the date of exercise, multiplied by (b) a fixed “index multiplier.” Receipt of this cash amount will depend upon the closing level of the securities index upon which the option is based being greater than, in the case of a call, or less than, in the case of a put, the exercise price of the index and the exercise price of the option times a specified multiple. The writer of the option is obligated, in return for the premium received, to make delivery of this amount. Securities index options may be offset by entering into closing transactions as described above for securities options.

Options on Non-U.S. Securities Indices. The Funds may purchase and write put and call options on foreign securities indices listed on domestic and foreign securities exchanges. The Funds may also purchase and write OTC options on foreign securities indices.

The Funds may, to the extent allowed by federal and state securities laws, invest in options on non-U.S. securities indices instead of investing directly in individual non-U.S. securities. The Funds may also use foreign securities index options for bona fide hedging and non-hedging purposes.

Options on securities indices entail risks in addition to the risks of options on securities. The absence of a liquid secondary market to close out options positions on securities indices may be more likely to occur, although the Funds generally will only purchase or write such an option if the Adviser believes the option can be closed out. Use of options on securities indices also entails the risk that trading in such options may be interrupted if trading in certain securities included in the index is interrupted. The Funds will not purchase such options unless the Adviser believes the market is sufficiently developed such that the risk of trading in such options is no greater than the risk of trading in options on securities.

Price movements in a Fund’s portfolio may not correlate precisely with movements in the level of an index and, therefore, the use of options on indices cannot serve as a complete hedge. Because options on securities indices require settlement in cash, portfolio management may be forced to liquidate portfolio securities to meet settlement obligations. A Fund’s activities in index options may also be restricted by the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code for qualification as a regulated investment company.

In addition, the hours of trading for options on the securities indices may not conform to the hours during which the underlying securities are traded. To the extent that the option markets close before the markets for the underlying securities, significant price and rate movements can take place in the underlying securities markets that cannot be reflected in the option markets. It is impossible to predict the volume of trading that may exist in such options, and there can be no assurance that viable exchange markets will develop or exist.

Other Options. In addition to the option strategies described above and in the Prospectuses, a Fund may purchase and sell a variety of options with non-standard payout structures or other features (“exotic options”). Exotic options are traded OTC and typically have price movements that can vary markedly from simple put or call options. The risks associated with exotic options are that they cannot be as easily priced and may be subject to liquidity risk. While some exotic options have fairly active markets others are mostly thinly traded instruments. Some options are pure two-party transactions and may have no liquidity. A Fund may use exotic options to the extent that they are consistent with the Fund’s investment objective and investment policies, and applicable regulations.

The Funds may purchase and sell exotic options that have values which are determined by the correlation of two or more underlying assets. These types of options include, but are not limited to, outperformance options, yield curve options, or other spread options.

Outperformance Option – An option that pays the holder the difference in the performance of two assets. The value of an outperformance option is based on the relative difference, i.e. the percentage outperformance of one underlying security or index compared to another. Outperformance options allow a Fund to gain leveraged exposure to the percentage price performance of one security or index over another. The holder of an outperformance option will only receive payment under the option contract if a designated underlying asset outperforms the other underlying asset. If outperformance does not occur, the holder will not receive payment. The option may expire worthless despite positive performance by the designated underlying asset. Outperformance options are typically cash settled and have European-style exercise provisions.

Yield Curve Options – An option whose value is based on the yield spread or yield differential between two securities. In contrast to other types of options, a yield curve option is based on the difference between the yields of designated securities, rather than the prices of the individual securities, and is settled through cash payments. Accordingly, a yield curve option is profitable to the holder if this differential widens (in the case of a call) or narrows (in the case of a put), regardless of whether the yields of the underlying securities increase or decrease.

Spread Option – A type of option that derives its value from the price differential between two or more assets, or the same asset at different times or places. Spread options can be written on all types of financial products including equities, bonds, and currencies.

Swaps and Swap-Related Products. The Funds may enter into swap agreements or utilize swap-related products, including, but not limited to, total return swaps (including fixed-income total return swaps); equity swaps; interest rate swaps, caps and floors; commodity swaps; credit default swaps, including index credit default swaps (“CDX”), single-name credit default swaps (“CDS”), and other event-linked swaps; swap agreements on security or commodity indices; swaps on ETFs; and currency swaps (either on an asset-based or liability-based basis, depending upon whether it is hedging its assets or its liabilities). To the extent a Fund may invest in foreign currency-denominated securities, it also may invest in currency exchange rate swap agreements. Swap agreements are two-party contracts entered into primarily by institutional investors for periods ranging from a day to more than one year. A Fund may enter into swap agreements in an attempt to gain exposure to the issuers making up an index of securities in a market without actually purchasing those securities, or to hedge a position. Certain swaps, such as total return swaps, may add leverage to a Fund because, in addition to its total net assets, a Fund may be subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap. The most significant factor in the performance of swap agreements is the change in value of the specific index, security, or currency, or other factors that determine the amounts of payments due to and from a Fund. The Funds will usually enter into total return swaps and interest rate swaps on a net basis (i.e., the two payment streams are netted out, with a Fund receiving or paying, as the case may be, only the net amount of the two payments). There is no limit on the number of total return, equity, or interest rate swap transactions that may be entered into by a Fund. A Fund may buy and sell (i.e., write) caps and floors, without limitation.

The swap market has grown substantially in recent years, with a large number of banks and investment banking firms acting both as principals and as agents utilizing standardized swap documentation. As a result, the swap market has become relatively liquid. Caps and floors, however, have lower overall liquidity than swaps. The use of swaps is a highly specialized activity which involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. Swap transactions may in some instances involve the delivery of securities or other underlying assets by a Fund or its counterparty to collateralize obligations under the swap.

Swap agreements entail the risk that a party will default on its payment obligations to a Fund. If there is a default by the other party to such a transaction, the Fund normally will have contractual remedies pursuant to the agreements related to the transaction, and the Fund would risk the loss of the net amount of the payments that it contractually is entitled to receive. Swap agreements also bear the risk that a Fund will not be able to meet its obligation to the counterparty, and the risk of loss, under documentation currently used in those markets, is limited to the net amount of the payments that the Fund is contractually obligated to make.

Swap agreements are typically privately negotiated and entered into in the over-the-counter market. However, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) requires a Fund to clear certain interest rate and credit default index swaps through a clearinghouse or central counterparty. Cleared swaps are transacted through futures commission merchants that are members of central clearinghouses with the clearinghouse serving as central counterparty, similar to transactions in futures contracts. Swaps that are required to be cleared are required to post initial and variation margins in accordance with the exchange requirements. Central clearing is intended to reduce counterparty credit risks and increase liquidity, but central clearing does not make swap transactions risk free. Some types of swaps are required to be executed on an exchange or on a swap execution facility. A swap execution facility is a trading platform where multiple market participants can execute derivatives by accepting bids and offers made by multiple other participants in the platform. While this execution requirement is designed to increase transparency and liquidity in the cleared derivatives market, trading on a swap execution facility can create additional costs and risks for a Fund.

A Fund normally will not enter into any total return, equity, or interest rate swap, cap, or floor transaction unless the claims-paying ability of the other party thereto meets guidelines established by the Adviser. The Adviser’s guidelines may be adjusted in accordance with market conditions. The Adviser will monitor the creditworthiness of all counterparties on an ongoing basis. Generally, parties that are rated in the highest short-term rating category by a nationally recognized statistical rating

organization (“NRSRO”) will meet the Adviser’s guidelines. The ratings of NRSROs represent their opinions of the claims-paying ability of entities rated by them. NRSRO ratings are general and are not absolute standards of quality.

Credit Default Swaps. A Fund may enter into various types of credit default swap agreements, including OTC credit default swap agreements. Except as follows, each Fund’s gross notional exposure to credit default swap agreements may not exceed 10% of the Fund’s net assets. Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund, Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund, Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund, Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund, and Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund may invest without limit in credit default swap agreements.

A Fund may be either a buyer or seller in a credit default swap transaction. As a buyer, the Fund makes a stream of payments based on a fixed interest rate (the premium) over the life of the swap in exchange for the seller taking on the risk of default of a reference obligation. If a credit event occurs for the reference obligation, the Fund would cease making premium payments and it would deliver defaulted bonds to the seller. In return, the seller would pay a contingent payment to the buyer of either (i) the “face amount” of the reference obligation in which case the Fund will receive the reference obligation in return, or (ii) an amount equal to the difference between the face amount and the current market value of the obligation. If the Fund is a buyer and no credit event occurs, the Fund may recover nothing if the swap is held through its termination date.

As a seller, the Fund will receive premium payments from the buyer in exchange for taking the risk of default of the reference obligation. If a credit event occurs, the buyer would cease to make premium payments to the Fund and deliver the reference obligation to the Fund. In return, the Fund would pay the notional value of the reference obligation to the buyer. The value of the reference obligation received by the Fund as a seller if a credit event occurs, coupled with the periodic payments previously received, may be less than the contingent payment that it makes to the buyer, resulting in a loss of value to the Fund.

Credit default swap agreements may involve greater risks than if a Fund had invested in the reference obligation directly since, in addition to risks relating to the reference obligation, credit default swaps are subject to illiquidity risk, counterparty risk, and credit risk.

A Fund may invest in funded (notional value of contract paid up front) CDX or other similarly structured products. CDX are designed to track segments of the credit default swap market and provide investors with exposure to specific reference baskets of issuers of bonds or loans. These instruments have the potential to allow an investor to obtain the same investment exposure as an investor who invests in an individual credit default swap, but with the potential added benefit of diversification. The CDX reference baskets are normally priced daily and rebalanced every six months in conjunction with leading market makers in the credit industry. The liquidity of the market for CDX is normally subject to liquidity in the secured loan and credit derivatives markets.

A fund investing in CDX is only permitted to take long positions in these instruments. A fund holding a long position in CDX typically receives income from principal or interest paid on the underlying securities. A fund also indirectly bears its proportionate share of any expenses paid by a CDX in addition to the expenses of the fund. By investing in CDX, a fund could be exposed to risks relating to, among other things, the reference obligation, illiquidity risk, counterparty risk, and credit risk.

Single-name credit default swaps. A CDS enables a Fund to buy or sell protection against a credit event of a specific issuer, gain exposure to a specific issuer without owning the underlying security, or increase the Fund’s total return. As a buyer of credit protection, a Fund is entitled to receive the par (or other agreed-upon) value of a referenced debt obligation from the counterparty to the contract in the event of a default or other credit event by a third party, such as a U.S. or foreign issuer, on the debt obligation. In return, a Fund as buyer would pay to the counterparty a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract provided that no credit event has occurred. If no credit event occurs, a Fund would have spent the stream of payments and potentially received no benefit from the contract. If a Fund is the seller of credit protection against a particular security, the Fund would receive an up-front or periodic payment to compensate against potential credit events. A Fund as a seller of a single-name credit default swap could experience losses if portfolio management does not correctly evaluate the creditworthiness of the company on which the credit default swap is based.

In addition to the risks applicable to derivatives generally, single-name credit default swaps involve special risks because such securities may be difficult to value, are susceptible to liquidity and credit risk, and with respect to purchased protection, generally pay a return to the Fund only in the event of a credit event such as default by the issuer of the underlying obligation (as opposed to a credit downgrade or other indication of financial difficulty). With respect to illiquidity, if a swap transaction is particularly large or if the relevant market is illiquid, it may not be possible for a Fund to initiate a transaction

or liquidate a position at an advantageous time or price, which may result in significant losses. Moreover, a Fund bears the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a swap agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of a swap counterparty. The risks for cleared credit default swaps may be lower than for uncleared credit default swaps because, to the extent such a trading market is available, the counterparty is a clearinghouse. However, there is no assurance that a clearinghouse or its members will satisfy their obligations. In addition, unlike a CDX, a CDS does not have the benefit of diversification across many issuers.

Options on Swap Contracts. Certain Funds may purchase or write covered and uncovered put and call options on swap contracts (“swaptions”). Swaption contracts grant the purchaser the right, but not the obligation, to enter into a swap transaction at preset terms detailed in the underlying agreement within a specified period of time. Entering into a swaption contract involves, to varying degrees, the elements of credit, market, and interest rate risk, associated with both option contracts and swap contracts.

Synthetic Equity Swaps. A Fund may enter into synthetic equity swaps, in which one party to the contract agrees to pay the other party the total return earned or realized on a particular “notional amount” of value of an underlying equity security including any dividends distributed by the underlying security. The other party to the contract makes regular payments, typically at a fixed rate or at a floating rate based on a reference rate or other variable interest rate based on the notional amount. Similar to currency swaps, synthetic equity swaps are generally entered into on a net basis, which means the two payment streams are netted out and a Fund will either pay or receive the net amount. A Fund will enter into a synthetic equity swap instead of purchasing the reference security when the synthetic equity swap provides a more efficient or less expensive way of gaining exposure to a security compared with a direct investment in the security.

Structured Investments. A structured investment is a security having a return tied to an underlying index or other security or asset class. Structured investments generally are individually negotiated agreements and may be traded over-the-counter. Structured investments are organized and operated to restructure the investment characteristics of the underlying security. This restructuring involves the deposit with or purchase by an entity, such as a corporation or trust, or specified instruments (such as commercial bank loans) and the issuance by that entity of one or more classes of securities (“structured securities”) backed by, or representing interests in, the underlying instruments. The cash flow on the underlying instruments may be apportioned among the newly issued structured securities to create securities with different investment characteristics, such as varying maturities, payment priorities, and interest rate provisions, and the extent of such payments made with respect to structured securities is dependent on the extent of the cash flow on the underlying instruments. Because structured securities typically involve no credit enhancement, their credit risk generally will be equivalent to that of the underlying instruments. Investments in structured securities are generally of a class of structured securities that is either subordinated or unsubordinated to the right of payment of another class. Subordinated structured securities typically have higher yields and present greater risks than unsubordinated structured securities. Structured securities are typically sold in private placement transactions, and there currently is no active trading market for structured securities.

Investments in government and government-related restructured debt instruments are subject to special risks, including the inability or unwillingness to repay principal and interest, requests to reschedule or restructure outstanding debt, and requests to extend additional loan amounts. Structured investments include a wide variety of instruments which are also subject to special risk such as inverse floaters and collateralized debt obligations. Inverse floaters involve leverage which may magnify a Fund’s gains or losses. The risk of collateral debt obligations depends largely on the type of collateral securing the obligations. There is a risk that the collateral will not be adequate to make interest or other payments related to the debt obligation the collateral supports.

Structured instruments that are registered under the federal securities laws may be treated as liquid. In addition, many structured instruments may not be registered under the federal securities laws. In that event, a Fund’s ability to resell such a structured instrument may be more limited than its ability to resell other Fund securities. Accordingly, the Funds may treat such instruments as illiquid investments.

Regulatory Changes and Market Events and Risks. Federal, state, and foreign governments, regulatory agencies, and self-regulatory organizations may take actions that affect the regulation of the Funds or the instruments in which the Funds invest, or the issuers of such instruments, in ways that are unforeseeable. Future legislation or regulation or other governmental actions could limit or preclude the Funds’ abilities to achieve their investment objectives or otherwise adversely impact an investment in the Funds. Furthermore, worsened market conditions, including as a result of U.S. government shutdowns or the perceived creditworthiness of the United States, could have a negative impact on securities markets.

Economic downturns can prompt various economic, legal, budgetary, tax, and regulatory reforms across the globe. In the aftermath of the 2007-2008 financial crisis, the financial sector experienced reduced liquidity in credit and other fixed-income markets, and an unusually high degree of volatility, both domestically and internationally. In response to the crisis, the United States and certain foreign governments, along with the U.S. Federal Reserve and certain foreign central banks, took a number of unprecedented steps designed to support the financial markets, which provided for widespread regulation of the financial industry, including expanded federal oversight in the financial sector. The U.S. government and the Federal Reserve, as well as certain foreign governments and central banks, took, or are taking, extraordinary actions to support local and global economies and the financial markets in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and rising inflation. This and other future government interventions into the economy and financial markets may not work as intended.

Policy and legislative changes in the United States and in other countries continue to impact many aspects of financial regulation. For example, some countries, including the United States, are considering more protectionist trade policies, a move away from the tighter financial industry regulations that followed the 2007-2008 financial crisis. The exact specifics of these policies are still under consideration, but the markets may react strongly, which could increase volatility. The rise in protectionist trade policies, with potential changes to some international trade agreements, may affect many nations’ economies in ways that cannot be presently foreseen.

The value and liquidity of a Fund’s holdings are also generally subject to the risk of significant future local, national, or global economic or political disruptions or slowdowns in the markets in which a Fund invests, especially given that the economies and financial markets throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected and reliant on each other. In the event of such an occurrence, the issuers of securities held by a Fund may experience significant declines in the value of their assets and even cease operations, or may require government assistance that is contingent on increased restrictions on their business operations or their government interventions. In addition, it is not certain that the U.S. government or foreign governments will intervene in response to a future market disruption and the effect of any such future intervention cannot be predicted.

Widespread disease, including pandemics and epidemics, and natural or environmental disasters, including those which may be attributable to global climate change, such as earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis and weather-related phenomena generally have been and can be highly disruptive to economies and markets, adversely impacting individual companies, sectors, industries, markets, currencies, interest and inflation rates, credit ratings, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of a Fund’s investments. Economies and financial markets throughout the world have become increasingly interconnected, which increases the likelihood that events or conditions in one region or country will adversely affect markets or issuers in other regions or countries, including the United States. These disruptions could prevent a Fund from executing advantageous investment decisions in a timely manner and negatively impact a Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective(s). Any such event(s) could have a significant adverse impact on the value of a Fund’s assets. In addition, these disruptions could also impair the information technology and other operational systems upon which the Funds’ service providers, including the Adviser, rely, and could otherwise disrupt the ability of employees of the Funds’ service providers to perform essential tasks on behalf of the Funds.

Portfolio Turnover

The portfolio turnover rate of a Fund is calculated by dividing the lesser of purchases or sales of portfolio securities (exclusive of purchases or sales of U.S. Government securities and all other securities whose maturities at the time of acquisition were one year or less) by the monthly average of the value of the portfolio securities owned by the Fund during the year. Proceeds from short sales and assets used to cover short positions undertaken are included in the amounts of securities sold and purchased, respectively, during the fiscal year. A 100% portfolio turnover rate would occur, for example, if all of the securities held by a Fund were replaced once during the fiscal year. A Fund cannot accurately predict its turnover rate. Variations in portfolio turnover rates shown may be due to market conditions, changes in the size of a Fund, fluctuating volume of shareholder purchase and redemption orders, the nature of a Fund’s investments, and the investment style and/or outlook of portfolio management, or due to a restructuring of a Fund’s portfolio as a result of a change in portfolio management. A Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher when a Fund finds it necessary to significantly change its portfolio to adopt a temporary defensive position or respond to economic or market events. Higher levels of portfolio turnover may result in higher costs for brokerage commissions, dealer mark-ups, and other transaction costs, and may also

result in taxable capital gains. Higher costs associated with increased portfolio turnover may offset gains in Fund performance. The following table summarizes the portfolio turnover rates for the Funds for the last two fiscal years.

Fund Name	Portfolio Turnover Rate for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024	Portfolio Turnover Rate for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023
Fixed Income
Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund	61%	56%
Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund	29%	60%
Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund	170%	195%
Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund	87%	73%
Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund	58%	62%
Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund	105%	118%
Equity
Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund	250%	313%
Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund	37%	54%
Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund	32%	62%
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund	36%	44%
Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund	63%	62%

Portfolio Holdings Disclosure Policies and Procedures

The Mutual Fund Holdings Disclosure Policies and Procedures adopted by the Adviser and the series of the Trust (the “Janus Henderson funds”) are designed to be in the best interests of the funds and to protect the confidentiality of the funds’ portfolio holdings. The following describes such policies and procedures with respect to disclosure of portfolio holdings.

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Full Holdings. A schedule of each Fund’s portfolio holdings, consisting of at least the names of the holdings, is generally available on a monthly basis with a 30-day lag and is posted under Full Holdings for each Fund at janushenderson.com/info (or janushenderson.com/reports if you hold Class D Shares). A complete schedule of each Fund’s portfolio holdings is also available in the annual and semiannual financial statements located in Form N-CSR and, after the first and third fiscal quarters, in Form N-PORT. Information reported in Form N-CSR and in Form N-PORT will be made publicly available within 70 and 60 days, respectively, after the end of the respective fiscal quarter. Each Fund’s Form N-CSR and Form N-PORT filings are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

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Top Holdings. Each Fund’s top portfolio holdings, in order of position size and as a percentage of a Fund’s total portfolio, are available monthly with a 15-day lag.

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Other Information. Each Fund may occasionally provide security breakdowns (e.g., industry, sector, regional, market capitalization, and asset allocation) and specific portfolio level performance attribution information and statistics monthly with a 15-day lag. Top/bottom equity securities and/or fixed-income issuers ranked by performance attribution, including the percentage attribution to Fund performance, average Fund weighting, and other relevant data points, may be provided monthly with a 15-day lag.

The Adviser may exclude from publication on its websites all or any portion of portfolio holdings or change the time periods of disclosure as deemed necessary to protect the interests of the Janus Henderson funds.

The Janus Henderson funds’ Trustees, officers, and primary service providers, including investment advisers identified in this SAI, distributors, administrators, transfer agents, custodians, securities lending agents, and their respective personnel, may receive or have access to nonpublic portfolio holdings information. In addition, third parties, including but not limited to those that provide services to the Janus Henderson funds, the Adviser, and its affiliates, such as trade execution measurement systems providers, independent pricing services, proxy voting service providers, the funds’ insurers, computer systems service providers, lenders, counsel, accountants/auditors, and rating and ranking organizations may also receive or have access to nonpublic portfolio holdings information. Other recipients of nonpublic portfolio holdings information may include, but may not be limited to, third parties such as consultants, data aggregators, and asset allocation services which calculate information derived from holdings for use by the Adviser, and which supply their analyses (but not the holdings themselves) to their clients. Such parties, either by agreement or by virtue of their duties, are required to maintain confidentiality with respect to such nonpublic portfolio holdings. Any confidentiality agreement entered into regarding disclosure of a Janus Henderson

fund’s portfolio holdings includes a provision that portfolio holdings are the confidential property of that Janus Henderson fund and may not be shared or used directly or indirectly for any purpose (except as specifically provided in the confidentiality agreement), including trading in fund shares.

Nonpublic portfolio holdings information may be disclosed to certain third parties upon a good faith determination made by the head of the applicable investment unit or a delegate, in consultation with the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer (the “Funds’ CCO”) or a delegate, that a Janus Henderson fund has a legitimate business purpose for such disclosure and the recipient agrees to maintain confidentiality. Preapproval by the head of the applicable investment unit or a delegate, in consultation with the Funds’ CCO, or a delegate, is not required for certain routine service providers and in response to regulatory, administrative, and judicial requirements. The Funds’ CCO reports to the Janus Henderson funds’ Trustees regarding material compliance matters with respect to the portfolio holdings disclosure policies and procedures.

Under extraordinary circumstances, the head of the applicable investment unit or a delegate, in consultation with the Funds’ CCO, or a delegate, has the authority to waive one or more provisions of, or make exceptions to, the Mutual Fund Holdings Disclosure Policies and Procedures when in the best interest of the Janus Henderson funds and when such waiver or exception is consistent with federal securities laws and applicable fiduciary duties. The frequency with which portfolio holdings are disclosed, as well as the lag time associated with such disclosure, may vary as deemed appropriate under the circumstances. All waivers and exceptions involving any of the Janus Henderson funds shall be pre-approved by the head of the applicable investment unit or a delegate, in consultation with the Funds’ CCO or a delegate.

To the best knowledge of the Janus Henderson funds, as of October 7, 2024, the following non-affiliated third parties, which consist of service providers and consultants as described above under ongoing arrangements with the funds and/or the Adviser, receive or have access to nonpublic portfolio holdings information, which may include the full holdings of a fund.

Name	Frequency	Lag Time
Acuity Knowledge Partners (UK) Limited	As needed	1 day or more
Adviser Compliance Associates, LLC	As needed	Current
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	Monthly	Current
Barclays Risk Analytics and Index Solutions Limited	Daily	Current
Barra, Inc.	Daily	Current
Bloomberg Finance L.P.	Daily	Current
Boosted.ai	Daily	Current
Boston Financial Data Services, Inc.	As needed	Current
BNP Paribas Fund Services LLC	Daily	Current
BNP Paribas New York Branch	Daily	Current
BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage, Inc.	Daily	Current
BNP Paribas Securities Services	Daily	Current
BNP Securities Corp.	Daily	Current
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.	Daily	Current
Callan Associates Inc.	As needed	Current
Charles River Brokerage, LLC	As needed	Current
Charles River Systems, Inc.	As needed	Current
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.	As needed	Current
Command Financial Press Corporation	As needed	2 days
Deloitte & Touche LLP	As needed	Current
Deloitte Tax LLP	As needed	Current
DTCC Loan/SERV LLC	Daily	Current
Eagle Investment Systems LLC	As needed	Current
Envestnet Asset Management Inc.	As needed	Current
Ernst & Young Global Limited	Semiannually	1-2 days
Ernst & Young LLP	As needed	Current
FactSet Research Systems, Inc.	As needed	Current
Fintech SISU LLC	Daily	Current
FIS Financial Systems LLC – Wall Street Concepts (WSC)	As needed	Current

Name	Frequency	Lag Time
FlexTrade LLC	Daily	Current
Frank Russell Company	As needed	Current
HedgeFacts	Weekly	7 days
HeterMedia Services Limited	Monthly	Current
IHS Markit	Daily	Current
Infotech Consulting Inc.	Daily	Current
Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc.	Daily	Current
Interactive Data (Europe) Limited	Quarterly	10 days
Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data LLC	Daily	Current
International Data Corporation	Daily	Current
Investment Technology Group, Inc.	Daily	Current
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association	Daily	Current
KPMG LLP	As needed	Current
LendAmend LLC	As needed	Current
Markit EDM Limited	Daily	Current
Markit Group Limited	Daily	Current
Merrill Communications LLC	Quarterly	Current
Moody’s Investors Service Inc.	Weekly	7 days or more
Nasdaq Inc.	Daily	Current
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP	As needed	Current
Prima Capital Holding, Inc.	As needed	Current
Prima Capital Management, Inc.	Quarterly	15 days
RR Donnelley and Sons Company	Daily	Current
Russell/Mellon Analytical Services, LLC	Monthly	Current
Seismic Software, Inc.	Quarterly	7 days
SimCorp USA, Inc.	As needed	Current
SS&C Technologies, Inc.	As needed	Current
Standard & Poor’s	Daily	Current
Standard & Poor’s Financial Services	Weekly	2 days or more
Standard & Poor’s Securities Evaluation	Daily	Current
The Ohio National Life Insurance Company	As needed	Current
Thomson Reuters (Markets) LLC	Daily	Current
TradingScreen Inc.	As needed	Current
TriOptima AB	Daily	Current
Wachovia Securities LLC	As needed	Current
Wilshire Associates Incorporated	As needed	Current
Zephyr Associates, Inc.	Quarterly	Current

In addition to the categories of persons and names of persons described above who receive nonpublic portfolio holdings information, brokers executing portfolio trades on behalf of the funds may receive nonpublic portfolio holdings information. Under no circumstance does the Adviser, a Janus Henderson mutual fund, or other party receive any compensation in connection with the arrangements to release portfolio holdings information to any of the described recipients of the information.

The Adviser manages other accounts such as separately managed accounts, other pooled investment vehicles, registered investment companies, and funds sponsored by companies other than the Adviser. These other accounts may be managed in a similar fashion to certain Janus Henderson funds and thus may have similar portfolio holdings. Such accounts may be subject to different portfolio holdings disclosure policies that permit public disclosure of portfolio holdings information in different forms and at different times than the Funds’ portfolio holdings disclosure policies. Additionally, clients of such accounts have access to their portfolio holdings, and may not be subject to the Funds’ portfolio holdings disclosure policies.

Investment adviser

Investment Adviser – Janus Henderson Investors US LLC

As stated in the Prospectuses, each Fund has an Investment Advisory Agreement (“Advisory Agreement”) with Janus Henderson Investors US LLC (the “Adviser”), 151 Detroit Street, Denver, Colorado 80206-4805. The Adviser is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Janus Henderson Group plc (“JHG”). Janus Henderson US (Holdings) Inc., the direct parent of the Adviser, completed a strategic combination with Henderson Group plc on May 30, 2017 to form JHG, doing business as Janus Henderson Investors.

Each Fund’s Advisory Agreement continues in effect from year to year so long as such continuance is approved at least annually by the vote of a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who are not parties to the Advisory Agreements or “interested persons” (as defined by the 1940 Act) of any such party (the “Independent Trustees”), and by either the Trustees of the Trust (the “Trustees”) or the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund. Each Advisory Agreement: (i) may be terminated, without the payment of any penalty, by the Trustees, or the vote of at least a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund, or the Adviser, on at least 60 days’ advance written notice; (ii) terminates automatically in the event of its assignment; and (iii) generally, may not be amended without the approval by vote of a majority of the Trustees of the affected Fund, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, and, to the extent required by the 1940 Act, the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of that Fund.

Each Advisory Agreement provides that the Adviser will furnish continuous advice and recommendations concerning the Funds’ investments, provide office space for the Funds and certain other advisory-related services. Each Fund pays custodian fees and expenses, any brokerage commissions and dealer spreads, and other expenses in connection with the execution of portfolio transactions, legal and audit expenses, interest and taxes, a portion of trade or other investment company dues and expenses, expenses of shareholders’ meetings, mailing of prospectuses, statements of additional information, and reports to shareholders, fees and expenses of the Trustees, other costs of complying with applicable laws regulating the sale of Fund shares, compensation to the Funds’ transfer agent, and other costs, including shareholder servicing costs.

In rendering investment advisory services to Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund, Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund, and Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund, the Adviser may use services provided by its foreign (non-U.S.) affiliates, Janus Henderson Investors UK Limited (“JHIUKL”), and Kapstream Capital Pty Limited (Australia) (“Kapstream”). One or more Janus Henderson employees, acting for Kapstream and JHIUKL may provide services to these Funds through “participating affiliate” arrangements, as that term is used in guidance issued by the Staff allowing U.S. registered investment advisers to use portfolio management or research resources of advisory affiliates subject to the regulatory supervision of the registered investment adviser. Under the participating affiliate arrangements, Janus Henderson employees, acting for Kapstream and JHIUKL, are considered “associated persons” of the Adviser (as that term is defined in the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended) and in this capacity, such Janus Henderson employees, acting through Kapstream, for Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund, and JHIUKL, for Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund, and Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund are subject to the oversight and supervision of the Adviser and may provide portfolio management, research, and other services to the Funds. The responsibilities of the Adviser, Kapstream, and JHIUKL under the participating affiliate arrangements are documented in memorandums of understanding between the Adviser and each participating affiliate, respectively.

The Adviser also serves as administrator and is authorized to perform, or cause others to perform, the administration services necessary for the operation of the Funds, including, but not limited to, NAV determination, portfolio accounting, recordkeeping, blue sky registration and monitoring services, preparation of prospectuses and other Fund documents, and other services for which the Funds reimburse the Adviser for its out-of-pocket costs. Each Fund also pays for some or all of the salaries, fees, and expenses of certain Adviser employees and Fund officers, with respect to certain specified administration functions they perform on behalf of the Funds. Administration costs are separate and apart from advisory fees and other expenses paid in connection with the investment advisory services that the Adviser provides to a Fund. Some expenses related to compensation payable to the Funds’ CCO and compliance staff are shared with the Funds.

Many of these costs vary from year to year which can make it difficult to predict the total impact to your Fund’s expense ratio, in particular during times of declining asset values of a Fund. Certain costs may be waived and/or reimbursed by the Adviser pursuant to an expense limitation agreement with a Fund.

A discussion regarding the basis for the Trustees’ approval of the Funds’ Advisory Agreements is included in each Fund’s semiannual report (for the period ended December 31, 2023) and in the Fund’s Form N-CSR filing (for the period ended June 30, 2024 and moving forward). You can request the Funds’ semiannual reports or Form N-CSR filing (as they become available), free of charge, by contacting your plan sponsor, broker-dealer, or financial intermediary, or by contacting a Janus

Henderson representative at 1-877-335-2687 (or 1-800-525-3713 if you hold Class D Shares). This information is also available, free of charge, at janushenderson.com/info (or janushenderson.com/reports if you hold Class D Shares).

The Funds pay a monthly investment advisory fee to the Adviser for its services. The fee is based on the average daily net assets of each Fund for Funds with an annual fixed-rate fee, and is calculated at the annual rate. The detail for Funds with this fee structure is shown below under “Average Daily Net Assets of the Fund.” Funds that pay a fee that may adjust up or down based on the Fund’s performance relative to its performance fee benchmark index (referred to in this section as the “benchmark index”) over the performance measurement period have “N/A” in the “Average Daily Net Assets of the Fund” column below. The following table also reflects the Funds’ contractual fixed-rate investment advisory fee rate for Funds with an annual fee based on average daily net assets and the “base fee” rate prior to any performance fee adjustment for Funds that have a performance fee structure.

Fund Name	Average Daily Net Assets of the Fund	Contractual Investment Advisory Fees/Base Fees (%) (annual rate)
Fixed Income
Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund	First $1 Billion Next $2 Billion Over $3 Billion	0.65 0.62 0.60
Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund	First $1 Billion Next $500 Million Over $1.5 Billion	0.55 0.50 0.45
Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund	First $300 Million Over $300 Million	0.50 0.40
Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund	First $300 Million Over $300 Million	0.65 0.55
Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund(1)	First $1 Billion Next $2 Billion Over $3 Billion	0.55 0.52 0.50
Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund	All Asset Levels	0.44
Equity
Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund	All Asset Levels	0.50
Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund	N/A	0.64
Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund	First $1 Billion Next $1 Billion Over $2 Billion	0.75 0.65 0.55
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund	N/A	0.72
Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund	N/A	0.70

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Effective October 28, 2024, the Contractual Investment Advisory Fee rate for the Fund changed. Prior to October 28, 2024, the Contractual Investment Advisory Fee rate for the Fund was the following: First $200 Million - 0.60%; Next $500 Million - 0.57%; Over $700 Million - 0.55%.

Performance-Based Investment Advisory Fee

Applies to Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund, Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund, and Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund only

Each of Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund, Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund, and Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund have implemented an investment advisory fee rate that adjusts up or down based upon each Fund’s performance relative to the cumulative investment record of its respective benchmark index over the performance measurement period.

Under the performance-based fee structure, the investment advisory fee paid to the Adviser by each Fund consists of two components: (1) a base fee calculated by applying the contractual fixed rate of the advisory fee to the Fund’s average daily net assets during the previous month (“Base Fee Rate”), plus or minus (2) a performance-fee adjustment (“Performance Adjustment”) calculated by applying a variable rate of up to 0.15% (positive or negative) to the Fund’s average daily net assets based on the Fund’s relative performance compared to the cumulative investment record of its benchmark index over a

36-month performance measurement period. The Base Fee Rate is calculated and accrued daily. The Performance Adjustment is calculated monthly in arrears and is accrued throughout the month. The investment advisory fee is paid monthly in arrears.

The Performance Adjustment may result in an increase or decrease in the investment advisory fee paid by a Fund, depending upon the investment performance of the Fund relative to its benchmark index over the performance measurement period. No Performance Adjustment is applied unless the difference between the Fund’s investment performance and the cumulative investment record of the Fund’s benchmark index is 0.50% or greater (positive or negative) during the applicable performance measurement period. The Base Fee Rate is subject to an upward or downward Performance Adjustment for every full 0.50% increment by which the Fund outperforms or underperforms its benchmark index. Because the Performance Adjustment is tied to a Fund’s performance relative to its benchmark index (and not its absolute performance), the Performance Adjustment could increase the Adviser’s fee even if the Fund’s shares lose value during the performance measurement period and could decrease the Adviser’s fee even if the Fund’s shares increase in value during the performance measurement period. For purposes of computing the Base Fee Rate and the Performance Adjustment, net assets are averaged over different periods (average daily net assets during the previous month for the Base Fee Rate versus average daily net assets during the performance measurement period for the Performance Adjustment). Performance of a Fund is calculated net of expenses, whereas a Fund’s benchmark index does not have any fees or expenses. Reinvestment of dividends and distributions is included in calculating both the performance of a Fund and the Fund’s benchmark index. Under extreme circumstances involving underperformance by a rapidly shrinking Fund, the dollar amount of the Performance Adjustment could be more than the dollar amount of the Base Fee Rate. In such circumstances, the Adviser would reimburse the applicable Fund.

The application of an expense limit, if any, will have a positive effect upon a Fund’s performance and may result in an increase in the Performance Adjustment. It is possible that the cumulative dollar amount of additional compensation ultimately payable to the Adviser may, under some circumstances, exceed the cumulative dollar amount of management fees waived by the Adviser.

The investment performance of a Fund’s Class A Shares (waiving the upfront sales load) for the performance measurement period is used to calculate the Performance Adjustment. After the Adviser determines whether a particular Fund’s performance was above or below its benchmark index by comparing the investment performance of the Fund’s load-waived Class A Shares against the cumulative investment record of that Fund’s benchmark index, the Adviser applies the same Performance Adjustment (positive or negative) across each other class of shares of the Fund.

The Trustees may determine that a class of shares of a Fund other than Class A Shares is the most appropriate for use in calculating the Performance Adjustment. If a different class of shares is substituted in calculating the Performance Adjustment, the use of that successor class of shares may apply to the entire performance measurement period so long as the successor class was outstanding at the beginning of such period. If the successor class of shares was not outstanding for all or a portion of the performance measurement period, it may only be used in calculating that portion of the Performance Adjustment attributable to the period during which the successor class was outstanding, and any prior portion of the performance measurement period would be calculated using the class of shares previously designated. Any change to the class of shares used to calculate the Performance Adjustment is subject to applicable law.

The Trustees may from time to time determine that another securities index for a Fund is a more appropriate benchmark index for purposes of evaluating the performance of that Fund. In that event, the Trustees may approve the substitution of a successor index for the Fund’s benchmark index. However, the calculation of the Performance Adjustment for any portion of the performance measurement period prior to the adoption of the successor index will still be based upon the Fund’s performance compared to its former benchmark index. Any change to a particular Fund’s benchmark index for purposes of calculating the Performance Adjustment is subject to applicable law. It is currently the position of the Staff that, with respect to Funds that charge a performance fee, changing a Fund’s benchmark index used to calculate the performance fee will require shareholder approval. If there is a change in the Staff’s position, the Trustees intend to notify shareholders of such change in position at such time as the Trustees may determine that a change in a Fund’s benchmark index is appropriate.

Under certain circumstances, the Trustees may, without the prior approval of Fund shareholders, implement changes to the performance fee structure of a Fund as discussed above, subject to applicable law.

It is not possible to predict the effect of the Performance Adjustment on future overall compensation to the Adviser since it will depend on the performance of each Fund relative to the record of the Fund’s benchmark index and future changes to the size of each Fund.

If the average daily net assets of a Fund remain constant during a 36-month performance measurement period, current net assets will be the same as average net assets over the performance measurement period and the maximum Performance Adjustment will be equivalent to 0.15% of current net assets. When current net assets vary from net assets over the 36-month performance measurement period, the Performance Adjustment, as a percentage of current assets, may vary significantly, including at a rate more or less than 0.15%, depending upon whether the net assets of the Fund had been increasing or decreasing (and the amount of such increase or decrease) during the performance measurement period. Note that if net assets for a Fund were increasing during the performance measurement period, the total performance fee paid, measured in dollars, would be more than if that Fund had not increased its net assets during the performance measurement period.

Suppose, for example, that the Performance Adjustment was being computed after the assets of a Fund had been shrinking. Assume its monthly Base Fee Rate was 1/12th of 0.60% of average daily net assets during the previous month. Assume also that average daily net assets during the 36-month performance measurement period were $500 million, but that average daily net assets during the preceding month were just $200 million.

The Base Fee Rate would be computed as follows:

$200 million x 0.60% ÷ 12 = $100,000

If the Fund outperformed or underperformed its benchmark index by an amount which triggered the maximum Performance Adjustment, the Performance Adjustment would be computed as follows:

$500 million x 0.15% ÷ 12 = $62,500, which is approximately 1/12th of 0.375% of $200 million.

If the Fund had outperformed its benchmark index, the total advisory fee rate for that month would be $162,500, which is approximately 1/12th of 0.975% of $200 million.

If the Fund had underperformed its benchmark index, the total advisory fee rate for that month would be $37,500, which is approximately 1/12th of 0.225% of $200 million.

Therefore, the total advisory fee rate for that month, as a percentage of average net assets during the preceding month, would be approximately 1/12th of 0.975% in the case of outperformance, or approximately 1/12th of 0.225% in the case of underperformance. Under extreme circumstances involving underperformance by a rapidly shrinking Fund, the dollar amount of the Performance Adjustment could be more than the dollar amount of the Base Fee Rate. In such circumstances, the Adviser would reimburse the applicable Fund.

By contrast, the Performance Adjustment would be a smaller percentage of current assets if the net assets of the Fund were increasing during the performance measurement period. Suppose, for example, that the Performance Adjustment was being computed after the assets of a Fund had been growing. Assume its average daily net assets during the 36-month performance measurement period were $500 million, but that average daily net assets during the preceding month were $800 million.

The Base Fee Rate would be computed as follows:

$800 million x 0.60% ÷ 12 = $400,000

If the Fund outperformed or underperformed its benchmark index by an amount which triggered the maximum Performance Adjustment, the Performance Adjustment would be computed as follows:

$500 million x 0.15% ÷ 12 = $62,500, which is approximately 1/12th of 0.094% of $800 million.

If the Fund had outperformed its benchmark index, the total advisory fee rate for that month would be $462,500, which is approximately 1/12th of 0.694% of $800 million.

If the Fund had underperformed its benchmark index, the total advisory fee rate for that month would be $337,500, which is approximately 1/12th of 0.506% of $800 million.

Therefore, the total advisory fee rate for that month, as a percentage of average net assets during the preceding month, would be approximately 1/12th of 0.694% in the case of outperformance, or approximately 1/12th of 0.506% in the case of underperformance.

The Base Fee Rate for each Fund and the Fund’s benchmark index used for purposes of calculating the Performance Adjustment are shown in the following table:

Fund Name	Benchmark Index	Base Fee Rate (%) (annual rate)
Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund	Russell Midcap® Value Index(1)	0.64
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund	Russell 2000® Value Index(2)	0.72
Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund	Russell 2500tm Value Index(3)	0.70

(1)

The Russell Midcap Value Index measures the performance of those Russell Midcap companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. The stocks are also members of the Russell 1000 Value Index.

(2)

The Russell 2000 Value Index measures the performance of those Russell 2000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.

(3)

The Russell 2500 Value Index measures the performance of those Russell 2500 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.

The following hypothetical examples illustrate the application of the Performance Adjustment for each Fund. The examples assume that the average daily net assets of the Fund remain constant during a 36-month performance measurement period. The Performance Adjustment would be a smaller percentage of current assets if the net assets of the Fund were increasing during the performance measurement period, and a greater percentage of current assets if the net assets of the Fund were decreasing during the performance measurement period. All numbers in the examples are rounded to the nearest hundredth percent. The net assets of each Fund as of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 are shown below.

Fund Name	Net Assets
Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund	$2,009,901,246
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund	$2,390,989,904
Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund	$94,712,503

Examples: Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund

The monthly maximum positive or negative Performance Adjustment of 1/12th of 0.15% of average net assets during the prior 36 months occurs if the Fund outperforms or underperforms its benchmark index by 4.00% over the same period. The Performance Adjustment is made in even increments for every 0.50% difference in the investment performance of the Fund’s Class A Shares (waiving the upfront sales load) compared to the cumulative investment record of the Russell Midcap Value Index.

Example 1: Fund Outperforms Its Benchmark Index By 4.00%

If the Fund has outperformed the Russell Midcap Value Index by 4.00% during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:

Base Fee Rate	Performance Adjustment Rate	Total Advisory Fee Rate for that Month
1/12th of 0.64%	1/12th of 0.15%	1/12th of 0.79%

Example 2: Fund Performance Tracks Its Benchmark Index

If the Fund performance has tracked the performance of the Russell Midcap Value Index during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:

Base Fee Rate	Performance Adjustment Rate	Total Advisory Fee Rate for that Month
1/12th of 0.64%	0.00	1/12th of 0.64%

Example 3: Fund Underperforms Its Benchmark Index By 4.00%

If the Fund has underperformed the Russell Midcap Value Index by 4.00% during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:

Base Fee Rate	Performance Adjustment Rate	Total Advisory Fee Rate for that Month
1/12th of 0.64%	1/12th of -0.15%	1/12th of 0.49%

Examples: Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund

The monthly maximum positive or negative Performance Adjustment of 1/12th of 0.15% of average net assets during the prior 36 months occurs if the Fund outperforms or underperforms its benchmark index by 5.50% over the same period. The Performance Adjustment is made in even increments for every 0.50% difference in the investment performance of the Fund’s Class A Shares (waiving the upfront sales load) compared to the cumulative investment record of the Russell 2000 Value Index.

Example 1: Fund Outperforms Its Benchmark Index By 5.50%

If the Fund has outperformed the Russell 2000 Value Index by 5.50% during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:

Base Fee Rate	Performance Adjustment Rate	Total Advisory Fee Rate for that Month
1/12th of 0.72%	1/12th of 0.15%	1/12th of 0.87%

Example 2: Fund Performance Tracks Its Benchmark Index

If the Fund performance has tracked the performance of the Russell 2000 Value Index during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:

Base Fee Rate	Performance Adjustment Rate	Total Advisory Fee Rate for that Month
1/12th of 0.72%	0.00	1/12th of 0.72%

Example 3: Fund Underperforms Its Benchmark Index By 5.50%

If the Fund has underperformed the Russell 2000 Value Index by 5.50% during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:

Base Fee Rate	Performance Adjustment Rate	Total Advisory Fee Rate for that Month
1/12th of 0.72%	1/12th of -0.15%	1/12th of 0.57%

Examples: Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund

The monthly maximum positive or negative Performance Adjustment of 1/12th of 0.15% of average net assets during the prior 36 months occurs if the Fund outperforms or underperforms its benchmark index by 5.00% over the same period. The Performance Adjustment is made in even increments for every 0.50% difference in the investment performance of the Fund’s Class A Shares (waiving the upfront sales load) compared to the cumulative investment record of the Russell 2500 Value Index.

Example 1: Fund Outperforms Its Benchmark Index By 5.00%

If the Fund has outperformed the Russell 2500 Value Index by 5.00% during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:

Base Fee Rate	Performance Adjustment Rate	Total Advisory Fee Rate for that Month
1/12th of 0.70%	1/12th of 0.15%	1/12th of 0.85%

Example 2: Fund Performance Tracks Its Benchmark Index

If the Fund performance has tracked the performance of the Russell 2500 Value Index during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:

Base Fee Rate	Performance Adjustment Rate	Total Advisory Fee Rate for that Month
1/12th of 0.70%	0.00	1/12th of 0.70%

Example 3: Fund Underperforms Its Benchmark Index By 5.00%

If the Fund has underperformed the Russell 2500 Value Index by 5.00% during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:

Base Fee Rate	Performance Adjustment Rate	Total Advisory Fee Rate for that Month
1/12th of 0.70%	1/12th of -0.15%	1/12th of 0.55%

Expense Limitations

The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive the advisory fee payable by each Fund listed in the following table (except Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund), or reimburse expenses, in an amount equal to the amount, if any, that the Fund’s total annual fund operating expenses, including the investment advisory fee, but excluding any performance adjustments to management fees, if applicable, the fees payable pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan, shareholder servicing fees, out-of-pocket transfer agency/shareholder servicing costs, including networking/omnibus/shareholder servicing fees payable by any share class, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, dividends, taxes, brokerage commissions, and extraordinary expenses, exceed the annual rate shown below.

With respect to Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund, the Adviser has contractually agreed to waive the advisory fee payable by each Fund or reimburse expenses, in an amount equal to the amount, if any, that the Fund’s total annual fund operating expenses, including the investment advisory fee, but excluding the fees payable pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan, shareholder servicing fees (but excluding out-of-pocket transfer agency/shareholder servicing costs, including networking/omnibus/shareholder servicing fees payable by any share class), acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, dividends, taxes, brokerage commissions, and extraordinary expenses, exceed the annual rate shown below.

With respect to Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund, the Adviser shall reimburse or waive out-of-pocket transfer agency/shareholder servicing costs, including networking/omnibus/shareholder servicing fees payable by any share class so that such fees, in the aggregate, do not exceed 0.06% of a share class’ average daily net assets. Such reimbursement or waiver shall be in addition to fees and expenses otherwise waived/reimbursed as noted above.

With respect to Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund, Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund, and Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund, the Adviser has also contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse a portion of each Fund’s management fee in an amount equal to the management fee it earns as an investment adviser to any affiliated ETFs in which each Fund invests. Pursuant to this agreement, the waiver amount is equal to the amount of Fund assets invested in the affiliated ETFs, multiplied by an amount equal to the current daily unitary management fee of the affiliated ETF, less certain asset-based operating fees and expenses incurred on a per-fund basis and paid by the Adviser with respect to the affiliated ETFs (including, but not limited to custody, sub-administration, transfer agency, legal, and audit fees).

With respect to Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund, the Adviser had contractually agreed to additionally waive 0.05% of its advisory fee for a period of two years commencing on June 10, 2022.

These fee waiver agreements may be modified or terminated only at the discretion of the Board of Trustees. For information about how these expense limits affect the total expenses of each Fund, if applicable, refer to the “Fees and Expenses of the Fund” table in the Fund Summary of each Prospectus. Provided that the Adviser remains investment adviser to the Funds, the Adviser has agreed to continue each waiver for at least a one-year period commencing on October 28, 2024, unless otherwise noted above.

Fund Name	Expense Limit Percentage (%)
Fixed Income
Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund	0.63

Fund Name	Expense Limit Percentage (%)
Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund	0.57
Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund	0.40 (1)
Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund	0.63
Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund	0.64
Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund	0.39
Equity
Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund	0.59
Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund	0.74 (2)(3)
Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund	0.84
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund	0.91 (2)
Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund	0.74 (2)(4)

(1)

The previous expense limit (for the one-year period commencing October 27, 2023) was 0.45%.

(2)

The Fund has a performance-based investment advisory fee with a rate that adjusts up or down based upon the Fund’s performance relative to its benchmark index over the performance measurement period. Additional details are included in the “Performance-Based Investment Advisory Fee” section of this SAI. Because a fee waiver and/or reimbursement will have a positive effect upon the Fund’s performance, a fee waiver and/or reimbursement that is in place during the period when the performance adjustment applies may affect the performance adjustment in a way that is favorable to the Adviser.

(3)

The previous expense limit (for the one-year period commencing October 27, 2023) was 0.83%.

(4)

The previous expense limit (for the one-year period commencing October 27, 2023) was 0.82%.

The following table summarizes the investment advisory fees paid by each Fund and any advisory fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements pursuant to the investment advisory fee agreement in effect during the last three fiscal years ended June 30.

	2024		2023		2022
Fund Name	Advisory Fees	Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements(–)	Advisory Fees	Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements(–)	Advisory Fees	Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements(–)
Fixed Income
Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund	$355,515	– $355,515(1)	$408,537	– $349,039	$484,030	– $303,613
Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund	$7,234,301	– $1,791,717	$9,460,179	– $1,790,547	$13,222,461	– $1,567,269
Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund	$11,004,115	– $1,294,279	$12,115,913	– $1,310,142	$14,893,944	– $813,725
Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund	$4,551,719	– $194,096	$5,204,728	– $196,780	$6,584,803	– $14,992
Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund	$19,108,280	– $1,685	$15,700,507	– $2,566	$18,627,845	– $2,588
Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund	$3,331,371	– $874,582	$4,094,628	– $1,210,546	$5,123,243	– $1,130,683

	2024		2023		2022
Fund Name	Advisory Fees	Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements(–)	Advisory Fees	Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements(–)	Advisory Fees	Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements(–)
Equity
Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund	$3,002,179	$—	$3,154,546	– $313,926	$5,139,362	– $17,800
Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund	$12,215,849	$—	$9,456,417	$—	$12,666,677	$—
Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund	$919,810	– $229,129	$906,455	– $242,302	$1,182,640	– $157,064
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund	$17,012,110	$—	$14,052,851	$—	$20,442,224	$—
Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund	$666,656	– $145,323	$644,774	– $116,368	$852,287	– $108,391

(1)

The fee waiver by the Adviser exceeded the advisory fee.

Payments to Financial Intermediaries By the Adviser or Its Affiliates

In addition to payments made under 12b-1 plans, the Adviser and its affiliates make payments out of their own assets to selected broker-dealer firms or other financial intermediaries that sell certain classes of Shares of Janus Henderson funds for distribution, marketing, promotional, data, or related services. Such payments may be based on gross sales, assets under management, or transactional charges, or on a combination of these factors. Payments based primarily on sales create an incentive to make new sales of shares, while payments based on assets create an incentive to retain previously sold shares. Payments based on transactional charges may include the payment or reimbursement of all or a portion of “ticket charges.” Ticket charges are fees charged to salespersons purchasing through a financial intermediary firm in connection with mutual fund purchases, redemptions, or exchanges. The payment or reimbursement of ticket charges creates an incentive for salespersons of an intermediary to sell shares of Janus Henderson funds over shares of funds for which there is lesser or no payment or reimbursement of any applicable ticket charge. Payments made with respect to certain classes of Shares may create an incentive for an intermediary to promote or favor other share classes of the Janus Henderson funds. The Adviser and its affiliates consider a number of factors in making payments to financial intermediaries. Criteria may include, but are not limited to, the share class or share classes selected by the financial intermediary for a particular channel, platform or investor type, whether such class is open to new investors on a particular platform or channel, the distribution capabilities of the intermediary, the overall quality of the relationship, expected gross and/or net sales generated by the relationship, redemption and retention rates of assets held through the intermediary, the willingness of the intermediary to cooperate with the Adviser’s marketing efforts, access to sales personnel, and the anticipated profitability of sales through the institutional relationship. These factors and their weightings may differ from one intermediary to another and may change from time to time. As of October 2, 2024, the broker-dealer firms with which the Adviser or its affiliates have agreements or are currently negotiating agreements to make payments out of their own assets related to the acquisition or retention of shareholders are American Enterprise Investment Services, Inc.; Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; E*TRADE Securities LLC; LPL Financial LLC; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated; Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC; Osaic, Inc. and its broker-dealer subsidiaries; Raymond James & Associates, Inc.; Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.; RBC Capital Markets, LLC; UBS Financial Services Inc.; Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC; and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC. These fees may be in addition to fees paid from a Fund’s assets to them or other financial intermediaries. Any additions, modifications, or deletions to the broker-dealer firms identified that have occurred since that date are not reflected.

In addition, for all share classes (with the exception of Class D Shares), the Adviser, Janus Henderson Distributors US LLC (the “Distributor”), or their affiliates pay fees, from their own assets, to certain brokerage firms, banks, financial advisors, retirement plan service providers, and other financial intermediaries for providing other marketing or distribution-related

services, as well as recordkeeping, subaccounting, transaction processing, other shareholder or administrative services (including payments for processing transactions via the National Securities Clearing Corporation (“NSCC”) or other means), and the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures (“CUSIP”) and fund setup fees, in connection with investments in the Janus Henderson funds. These fees are in addition to any fees that may be paid from a Fund’s assets to these financial intermediaries. The Adviser or its affiliates may have numerous agreements to make payments to financial institutions which perform recordkeeping or other administrative services with respect to shareholder accounts. Contact your financial intermediary if you wish to determine whether it receives such payments.

The Adviser or its affiliates periodically share certain marketing expenses with selected intermediaries, or pay for, or sponsor informational meetings, seminars, client awareness events, support for marketing materials, sales reporting, or business building programs for such financial intermediaries to raise awareness of the Funds. The Adviser or its affiliates make payments to participate in selected intermediary marketing support programs which may provide the Adviser or its affiliates with one or more of the following benefits: attendance at sales conferences, participation in meetings or training sessions, access to or information about intermediary personnel, use of an intermediary’s marketing and communication infrastructure, fund analysis tools, business planning and strategy sessions with intermediary personnel, information on industry- or platform-specific developments, trends and service providers, and other marketing-related services. Such payments may be in addition to, or in lieu of, the payments described above. These payments are intended to promote the sales of Janus Henderson funds and to reimburse financial intermediaries, directly or indirectly, for the costs that they or their salespersons incur in connection with educational seminars, meetings, and training efforts about the Janus Henderson funds to enable the intermediaries and their salespersons to make suitable recommendations, provide useful services, and maintain the necessary infrastructure to make the Janus Henderson funds available to their customers.

The receipt of (or prospect of receiving) payments, reimbursements, and other forms of compensation described above may provide a financial intermediary and its salespersons with an incentive to favor sales of Janus Henderson funds’ shares over sales of other mutual funds (or non-mutual fund investments) or to favor sales of one class of Janus Henderson funds’ shares over sales of another Janus Henderson funds’ share class, with respect to which the financial intermediary does not receive such payments or receives them in a lower amount. The receipt of these payments may cause certain financial intermediaries to elevate the prominence of the Janus Henderson funds within such financial intermediary’s organization by, for example, placement on a list of preferred or recommended funds and/or the provision of preferential or enhanced opportunities to promote the Janus Henderson funds in various ways within such financial intermediary’s organization.

From time to time, certain financial intermediaries approach the Adviser to request that the Adviser make contributions to certain charitable organizations. In these cases, the Adviser’s contribution may result in the financial intermediary, or its salespersons, recommending Janus Henderson funds over other mutual funds (or non-mutual fund investments).

The payment arrangements described above will not change the price an investor pays for Shares nor the amount that a Janus Henderson fund receives to invest on behalf of the investor. You should consider whether such arrangements exist when evaluating any recommendations from an intermediary to purchase or sell Shares of the Funds and, if applicable, when considering which share class of a Fund is most appropriate for you.

Additional Information About the Adviser

The Adviser has adopted procedures (including trade allocation procedures described in the “Portfolio Transactions and Brokerage” section of this SAI) that it believes are reasonably designed to mitigate potential conflicts and risks. For example, the Adviser manages long and short portfolios. The simultaneous management of long and short portfolios creates potential conflicts of interest in fund management and creates potential risks such as the risk that short sale activity could adversely affect the market value of long positions in one or more Janus Henderson funds (and vice versa), the risk arising from the sequential orders in long and short positions, and the risks associated with the trade desk receiving opposing orders in the same security at the same time. To mitigate this potential conflict, the Adviser has procedures that prohibit portfolio management from executing a short sale on a security held long in any other portfolio that he or she manages but is not held long in the account in which portfolio management is placing the short. Note this does not prohibit shorting against the box. The procedures also require approvals of the Adviser’s senior management in other situations that raise potential conflicts of interest, as well as periodic monitoring of long and short trading activity of the Janus Henderson funds and accounts.

The Funds and other funds advised by the Adviser or its affiliates may also transfer daily uninvested cash balances into one or more joint trading accounts. Assets in the joint trading accounts are invested in money market instruments and the proceeds are allocated to the participating funds on a pro rata basis.

Pursuant to the provisions of the 1940 Act, Janus Henderson mutual funds may participate in an affiliated or non-affiliated cash sweep program. In the cash sweep program, uninvested cash balances of Janus Henderson funds may be used to purchase shares of affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds or cash management pooled investment vehicles that operate pursuant to the provisions of the 1940 Act that govern the operation of money market funds. All Janus Henderson funds are eligible to participate in the cash sweep program (the “Investing Funds”). The Adviser has an inherent conflict of interest because of its fiduciary duties to the affiliated money market funds or cash management pooled investment vehicles and the Investing Funds. In addition, the Adviser receives an investment advisory fee for managing proprietary money market funds and the cash management vehicle used for its securities lending program, but it may not receive a fee for managing certain other affiliated cash management vehicles, and therefore may have an incentive to allocate preferred investment opportunities to investment vehicles for which it is receiving a fee.

Each account managed by the Adviser has its own investment objective and policies and is managed accordingly by the respective portfolio management. As a result, from time to time, two or more different managed accounts may pursue divergent investment strategies with respect to investments or categories of investments.

The officers and Trustees of the Janus Henderson funds may also serve as officers and Trustees of the “funds of funds” managed by the Adviser, which are funds that primarily invest in other mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. Conflicts may arise as the officers and Trustees seek to fulfill their fiduciary responsibilities to both the funds of funds managed by the Adviser and the other Janus Henderson mutual funds. The Trustees intend to address any such conflicts as deemed appropriate.

Janus Henderson Personal Code of Ethics

The Adviser and the Distributor currently have in place the Personal Code of Ethics, which is comprised of the Personal Account Dealing Policy, the Gifts, Entertainment, and Meals Received Policy, the Outside Business Activities Policy, and the Political Activities Policy. The Personal Code of Ethics is designed to ensure that Adviser and Distributor personnel: (i) observe applicable legal (including compliance with applicable federal securities laws) and ethical standards in the performance of their duties; (ii) at all times place the interests of the Fund shareholders first; (iii) disclose all actual or potential conflicts; (iv) adhere to the highest standards of loyalty, candor, and care in all matters relating to the Fund shareholders; (v) conduct all personal trading, including transactions in the Funds and other securities, consistent with the Personal Code of Ethics and in such a manner as to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest or any abuse of their position of trust and responsibility; and (vi) refrain from using any material nonpublic information in securities trading. The Personal Code of Ethics is on file with and available from the SEC through the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov.

Under the Personal Account Dealing Policy, all Adviser and Distributor personnel, as well as the Trustees and Officers of the Funds, are required to conduct their personal investment activities in a manner that the Adviser believes is not detrimental to the Funds. In addition, Adviser and Distributor personnel are not permitted to transact in securities held by the Funds for their personal accounts except under circumstances specified in the Personal Account Dealing Policy. All personnel of the Adviser, the Distributor, and the Funds, as well as certain other designated employees deemed to have access to current trading information, are required to pre-clear all transactions in securities not otherwise exempt. Requests for trading authorization will be denied when, among other reasons, the proposed personal transaction would be contrary to the provisions of the Personal Account Dealing Policy.

In addition to the pre-clearance requirement described above, the Personal Account Dealing Policy subjects such personnel to various trading restrictions and reporting obligations. All reportable transactions are reviewed for compliance with the Personal Account Dealing Policy and under certain circumstances Adviser and Distributor personnel may be required to forfeit profits made from personal trading.

Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures

The Trustees of the Trust have delegated to the Adviser the authority to vote all proxies relating to such Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Adviser’s own policies and procedures. The Adviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures, including specific voting guidelines, are included in Appendix B of this SAI and are also available at janushenderson.com/proxyvoting.

The Adviser or its affiliates will publicly disclose vote reporting in line with local market requirements or practices and/or where, in the Adviser’s view, it is appropriate. Each Fund’s proxy voting record for the one-year period ending each June 30th is available, free of charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-525-1093, through janushenderson.com/proxyvoting, or from the SEC through the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov.

Custodian, transfer agent, and certain affiliations

BNP Paribas, acting through its New York branch (“BNP(NY)”), 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019 is the custodian of the domestic securities and cash of the Funds. BNP(NY) is the designated Foreign Custody Manager (as the term is defined in Rule 17f-5 under the 1940 Act) of the Funds’ securities and cash held outside the United States. The Funds’ Trustees have delegated to BNP(NY) certain responsibilities for such assets, as permitted by Rule 17f-5. BNP(NY) and the foreign subcustodians selected by it hold the Funds’ assets in safekeeping and collect and remit the income thereon, subject to the instructions of a Fund.

Janus Henderson Services US LLC (the “Transfer Agent”), 151 Detroit Street, Denver, Colorado 80206-4805, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Adviser, is the transfer agent for the Funds. In addition, the Transfer Agent provides or arranges for the provision of certain other administrative services including, but not limited to, recordkeeping, accounting, order processing, and other shareholder services for the Funds.

Certain, but not all, intermediaries may charge administrative fees to investors in Class A Shares, Class C Shares, and Class I Shares for administrative services provided on behalf of such investors. These administrative fees are paid by the Class A Shares, Class C Shares, and Class I Shares of the Funds to the Transfer Agent, which uses such fees to reimburse intermediaries. Consistent with the Transfer Agency Agreement between the Transfer Agent and the Funds, the Transfer Agent may negotiate the level, structure, and/or terms of the administrative fees with intermediaries requiring such fees on behalf of the Funds. The Adviser and its affiliates benefit from an increase in assets that may result from such relationships. The Funds’ Trustees have set limits on fees that the Funds may incur with respect to administrative fees paid for omnibus or networked accounts. Such limits are subject to change by the Trustees in the future.

The Funds pay an annual administrative services fee based on the average daily net assets of Class D Shares for shareholder services provided by the Transfer Agent, as detailed below.

Average Daily Net Assets of Class D Shares of the Janus Henderson funds	Administrative Services Fee
Under $40 billion	0.12%
$40 billion - $49.9 billion	0.10%
Over $49.9 billion	0.08%

The Transfer Agent receives an administrative services fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Class R Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares of each Fund for providing or procuring administrative services to investors in Class R Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares of the Funds. The Transfer Agent expects to use all or a significant portion of this fee to compensate retirement plan service providers, broker-dealers, bank trust departments, financial advisors, and other financial intermediaries for providing these services. The Transfer Agent or its affiliates may also pay fees for services provided by intermediaries to the extent the fees charged by intermediaries exceed the 0.25% of net assets charged to Class R Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares of each Fund. The Transfer Agent may keep certain amounts retained for reimbursement of out-of-pocket costs incurred for servicing clients of Class R Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares.

Shareholder services provided by these financial intermediaries may include, but are not limited to, recordkeeping, subaccounting, order processing, providing order confirmations, periodic statements, forwarding prospectuses, shareholder reports, and other materials to existing customers, answering inquiries regarding accounts, and other administrative services. Order processing includes the submission of transactions through the NSCC or similar systems, or those processed on a manual basis with the Adviser.

In addition to the administrative fees discussed above, the Transfer Agent receives reimbursement for out-of-pocket costs it incurs for serving as transfer agent and providing, or arranging for, servicing to shareholders.

Through the Transfer Agent, the Funds pay SS&C Global Investor & Distribution Solutions, Inc. (“SS&C GIDS”) fees for the use of SS&C GIDS’ shareholder accounting system, as well as for certain broker-controlled accounts and closed accounts. These fees are in addition to any administrative services fees paid to the Transfer Agent. The Funds also use and pay for SS&C GIDS systems to track and process contingent deferred sales charges. These fees are only charged to classes of the Funds with contingent deferred sales charges, as applicable.

For the past three fiscal years ended June 30, unless otherwise noted, the total amounts paid by Class D Shares, Class R Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares of the Funds to the Transfer Agent for administrative services are summarized below. For Class R Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares, the Transfer Agent pays out all or substantially all of the

amount reflected as compensation to broker-dealers and service providers. Amounts for certain Funds and/or share classes may include the reimbursement of administrative services fees by the Adviser to the Funds.

	2024	2023	2022
Fund Name	Administrative Services Fees	Administrative Services Fees	Administrative Services Fees
Fixed Income
Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund
Class D Shares	$20,338	$20,874	$17,585
Class R Shares	$1,008	$1,122	$1,287
Class S Shares	$844	$734	$471
Class T Shares	$15,568	$17,422	$22,402
Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund
Class D Shares	$30,200	$33,024	$40,569
Class S Shares	$729	$1,297	$1,535
Class T Shares	$72,914	$145,448	$266,078
Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund
Class D Shares	$475,043	$551,935	$655,265
Class R Shares	$38,808	$46,799	$61,574
Class S Shares	$35,586	$36,966	$43,253
Class T Shares	$753,602	$929,680	$1,191,692
Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund
Class D Shares	$323,800	$331,513	$375,081
Class R Shares	$12,294	$16,458	$18,584
Class S Shares	$3,091	$3,850	$4,861
Class T Shares	$579,051	$696,191	$877,466
Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund
Class D Shares	$100,575	$102,824	$117,942
Class S Shares	$6,775	$3,527	$2,232
Class T Shares	$208,034	$305,871	$506,496
Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund
Class D Shares	$162,028	$187,834	$219,122
Class S Shares	$865	$956	$1,586
Class T Shares	$526,267	$665,252	$883,767

	2024	2023	2022
Fund Name	Administrative Services Fees	Administrative Services Fees	Administrative Services Fees
Equity
Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund
Class D Shares	$363,710	$369,395	$401,556
Class S Shares	$55,885	$55,493	$68,592
Class T Shares	$277,082	$306,391	$422,769
Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund
Class D Shares	$775,899	$813,246	$830,529
Class R Shares	$85,540	$92,113	$105,746
Class S Shares	$155,513	$175,115	$216,283
Class T Shares	$1,905,222	$2,038,859	$2,368,564
Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund
Class D Shares	$19,971	$18,330	$15,741
Class S Shares	$251	$156	$161
Class T Shares	$15,241	$22,645	$60,637
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund
Class D Shares	$103,056	$107,245	$114,296
Class R Shares	$103,265	$112,172	$124,342
Class S Shares	$67,443	$70,173	$90,412
Class T Shares	$732,523	$884,378	$1,278,092
Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund
Class D Shares	$46,504	$50,436	$55,710
Class S Shares	$568	$1,236	$2,775
Class T Shares	$15,859	$16,778	$22,366

Janus Henderson Distributors US LLC (the “Distributor”), 151 Detroit Street, Denver, Colorado 80206-4805, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Adviser, is the principal underwriter for the Funds. The Distributor is registered as a broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is a member of FINRA. The Distributor acts as the agent of the Funds in connection with the sale of their Shares in all states in which such Shares are registered and in which the Distributor is qualified as a broker-dealer. Under the Distribution Agreement, the Distributor continuously offers a Fund’s Shares and accepts orders at NAV per share of the relevant class. The cash-compensation amount or rate at which the Distributor’s registered representatives are paid for sales of products may differ based on a type of fund or a specific trust or the distribution channel or platform. The receipt of (or prospect of receiving) compensation described above may provide an incentive for a registered representative to favor sales of funds, or certain share classes of a fund, for which they receive a higher compensation amount or rate. You should consider these arrangements when evaluating any recommendations of your registered representative.

Securities lending

Certain Funds may seek to earn additional income through lending their securities to certain qualified broker-dealers and institutions. JPMorgan Chase Bank acts as securities lending agent and a limited purpose custodian or subcustodian to receive and disburse cash balances and cash collateral, hold short-term investments, hold collateral, and perform other custodian functions in accordance with the Non Custodial Securities Lending Agreement.

During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, the securities lending services provided by JPMorgan Chase Bank, included negotiating the terms of loans; monitoring approved borrowers; recalling and arranging the return of loaned securities to the Funds upon termination of the loan; marking to market loans; providing recordkeeping services; reporting on the Funds’ securities lending activities; and related services. The following table summarizes the income and fees from securities lending activities for the fiscal year for those Funds that participated in securities lending.

		Fees and/or compensation for securities lending activities and related services:
	Gross income from securities lending activities	Fees paid to securities lending agent from revenue split	Fees paid for any cash collateral management services (including fees deducted from a pooled cash collateral reinvestment vehicle) that are not included in the revenue split	Administrative fees not included in the revenue split	Indemnification fees not included in the revenue split	Rebate (paid to borrower)	Other fees not included in revenue split	Aggregate fees and/or compensation for securities lending activities	Net income from securities lending activities
Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund	$95,365	$(1,827)	$(720)	$–	$–	$(71,802)	$–	$(74,349)	$21,016
Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund	$805,713	$(30,057)	$(5,872)	$–	$–	$(424,124)	$–	$(460,053)	$345,660
Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund	$1,128,252	$(23,792)	$(8,426)	$–	$–	$(822,421)	$–	$(854,639)	$273,613
Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund	$794,991	$(20,053)	$(5,945)	$–	$–	$(538,396)	$–	$(564,394)	$230,597
Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund	$72,769	$(506)	$(562)	$–	$–	$(65,876)	$–	$(66,944)	$5,824
Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund	$86,523	$(724)	$(607)	$–	$–	$(76,860)	$–	$(78,192)	$8,332
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund	$535,558	$(9,990)	$(3,990)	$–	$–	$(406,695)	$–	$(420,675)	$114,884

Portfolio transactions and brokerage

The Adviser, or its affiliates, acting pursuant to the Global Execution Agreement mentioned below, initiates all portfolio transactions of the Funds solely upon the direction of the relevant portfolio management. The Adviser is party to a Global Execution Agreement with certain Janus Henderson affiliates (the “Trading Affiliates”) that allow trades in foreign markets to be executed by personnel in the relevant market through such Trading Affiliates. Personnel of the Trading Affiliates providing trade execution services are subject to brokerage policies and procedures and oversight by Janus Henderson Investors’ Front Offices Governance and Risk Committee. As used in this Portfolio Transactions and Brokerage section, the term “Adviser” also includes its Trading Affiliates.

The Adviser selects broker-dealers for the Funds as part of its discretionary responsibilities under the Advisory Agreement and broker selection is determined by the Adviser’s duty to seek best execution. Janus Henderson’s Best Execution Committee will periodically review the quality of execution that the Adviser receives from broker-dealers and the Adviser will continually evaluate the effectiveness of the executing brokers and trading tools utilized. The Adviser does not consider a broker-dealer’s sale of shares of the Funds or gifts and entertainment received from registered representatives of broker-dealers when choosing a broker-dealer to effect transactions.

The Adviser has a duty to seek to obtain “best execution” for its portfolio transactions by reasonably seeking to obtain the best possible result under the circumstances. The Adviser considers a number of factors including but not limited to: an understanding of prices of securities currently available and commission rates and other costs associated with various trading tools, channels and venues; the nature, liquidity, size and type of the security being traded and the character of the markets in which the security will be purchased or sold; the activity, existing and expected, in the market for the particular security; the potential impact of the trade in such market and the desired timing or urgency of the trade pursuant to the investment decision; any portfolio restrictions associated with asset types; the ability of a broker-dealer to maintain confidentiality, including trade anonymity; the quality of the execution, clearance, and settlement services of a broker-dealer; the financial stability of the broker-dealer and the existence of actual or apparent operational problems of the broker-dealer; principal commitment by the broker-dealer to facilitate the transaction; and for accounts that do not utilize a research charge collection agreement, as discussed below, the research services provided by a broker-dealer.

The Funds may trade foreign securities in foreign countries because the best available market for these securities is often on foreign exchanges. In transactions on foreign stock exchanges, brokers’ commissions are frequently fixed and are often higher than in the United States, where commissions are negotiated.

The Funds generally buy and sell fixed-income securities in principal and agency transactions in which no brokerage commissions are paid. However, the Funds may engage an agent and pay commissions for such transactions if the Adviser believes that the net result of the transaction to the respective Fund will be no less favorable than that of contemporaneously available principal transactions. The implied cost of executing fixed-income securities transactions for a Fund primarily will consist of bid-offer spreads at which brokers will transact. The spread is the difference between the prices at which the broker is willing to purchase and sell the specific security at the time.

When the Funds purchase or sell a security in the over-the-counter market, the transaction takes place directly with a principal market-maker, without the use of a broker, except in those circumstances where, in the opinion of the Adviser, better prices and executions will be achieved through the use of a broker.

The Adviser unbundles equity commissions globally. More specifically, the Adviser defines an execution commission component (“ECC”) and a research commission component (“RCC”). The ECC is standard across all brokers by region and broker class. Generally, the ECC is not negotiated on an order-by-order basis, but is determined by an established rate card that is reviewed by the Janus Henderson Best Execution Committee. Those rates are established to be competitive with industry standards and aligned with the service level the Adviser expects from brokers. With respect to the RCC, consistent with its best execution obligation for accounts that do not utilize an RCCA (as defined below), and as permitted by Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and subsequent SEC guidance and no-action relief, the Adviser may place portfolio transactions with a broker-dealer for a higher commission than another broker-dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Adviser determines, in good faith, that the commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and/or research services provided by such broker-dealer or provided by third parties viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or of the overall responsibilities of the Adviser with respect to all client accounts. Funds that utilize RCCAs are prohibited from using research charges for brokerage services and are subject to additional restrictions on what constitutes eligible research as provided by the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (“MiFID II”) and Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) regulations.

The Adviser has client commission agreements (“CCAs”) and, for certain Funds, RCC Agreements (“RCCA”) with certain broker-dealers. These agreements allow the Adviser to instruct broker-dealers to pool commissions or research charges, respectively, generated from equity security orders executed at that broker-dealer. RCCAs are utilized for accounts for which Janus Henderson is subject to MiFID II and instead of using a portion of the commission for research, an additional research charge is added to the execution commission for equity transactions. Pursuant to these agreements, the broker-dealer retains the execution component of the brokerage commission as compensation for execution services and segregates the other portion of the commission (or additional research charge for RCCAs) for research services. Such commissions (and charges) are then used, upon the Adviser’s direction, to pay such broker-dealers for such broker-dealers’ proprietary research or to pay third parties that provide the Adviser with brokerage or research services, as permitted under Section 28(e), and for RCCAs, as permitted under MiFID II and FCA regulation. All portfolio transactions directed to these broker-dealers are subject to the Adviser’s best execution obligations.

The Adviser establishes a research budget annually for each investment strategy, and the research portion of the commission (or additional research charge for RCCAs) is collected until a Fund’s pro rata portion of the research budget for its investment strategy is reached. Typically, it is expected that a Fund’s proportionate share of the budget for its strategy will be based on the amount of assets held in its account relative to overall assets in the strategy. Once the pro rata budget of any account within an investment strategy is reached, such account will transact at the execution only rate for the remainder of the applicable period. If the costs for external research or brokerage services for an investment strategy exceed the amount collected from accounts within that strategy, the Adviser or its affiliates may adjust the research portion of commissions (or research charges) up or down within such strategy, continue to acquire external research for such accounts using its own resources, or cease to purchase external research for such accounts until the next applicable period. If research commissions (or research charges) collected by accounts within an investment strategy exceed the research or brokerage services costs for such investment strategy, the Adviser may rebate the accounts within such strategy all or a portion of their pro rata portion of such excess (subject to de minimis amounts as determined by the Adviser) or (for CCAs only) rollover such amounts to be used for research during the next applicable period.

The Adviser oversees the consumption, valuation and appropriate remuneration of third-party investment research consumed by the Adviser. Research budgets are set annually based on the needs of each investment strategy and are not otherwise linked to the volume or value of transactions executed on behalf of any accounts within that strategy. Research budgets may be adjusted by the Adviser throughout the calendar year.

The Adviser intends that all client equity transactions will be included within its CCAs and RCCAs, except to the extent the Adviser manages a strategy in which portfolio management solely uses market data or in which portfolio management and the client are located in Europe, the Middle East, or Asia, the Adviser may determine to pay for research for such strategies and/or accounts consistent with the methods available pursuant to MiFID II, including by use of an RCCA or Janus Henderson’s own resources. Therefore, whether and to what extent clients pay for research through commissions differs among clients. However, subject to applicable law, research may be used to service any or all clients, including clients that do not pay commissions to the broker-dealer relating to the CCA. As a result, clients that do not directly pay for research or pay for research to a lesser extent, including in connection with the establishment of research budgets (switching to execution-only rates when research budgets are met), may be considered to disproportionately benefit from research payments of other clients.

The Adviser may receive statistical, research and other factual information or services from broker-dealers that it would otherwise have to pay for with cash, or use its own resources to produce, for no consideration other than the brokerage or underwriting commissions that they obtain from the Adviser’s execution of trades with the broker-dealers.

The Adviser may also use step-out or sponsorship transactions in order to receive research products and related services. In step-out or sponsorship transactions, the Adviser directs trades to a broker-dealer with the instruction that the broker-dealer execute the transaction, but direct all or a portion of the transaction or commission in favor of a second broker-dealer that provides such products and/or services. The second broker-dealer may clear and settle and receive commissions for the remaining portion.

The Adviser may also use broker sponsorship programs in order to pay for research. The Adviser may receive research from a sponsored broker but choose to execute with an executing agent on behalf of the sponsored broker. The executing agent executes the trade and then sends it to the sponsored broker for settlement. The Adviser pays the sponsored broker the commissions on the trade and the sponsored broker then pays the executing agent a predetermined fee.

The Adviser maintains prime brokerage arrangements to facilitate short sale transactions. A prime broker may provide services and products to the Adviser in connection with the short selling facilities and related services the prime broker provides. The Adviser typically uses technology and personalized client services, but additional services such as capital introduction, business consulting services and portfolio analytics may also be available from prime brokers.

The Adviser may have an incentive to use broker-dealers who offer the above services to effect transactions instead of other broker-dealers who do not provide such services, but who may execute transactions at a lower price. The Adviser does not guarantee any broker the placement of a predetermined amount of securities transactions in return for the research or brokerage services it provides. The Adviser does, however, have an internal procedure for allocation transactions in a manner consistent with its execution policy to brokers that it has identified as providing research or brokerage services. Any transactions with such brokers are always subject to the Adviser’s best execution obligations.

In order for client commissions to be used to pay for these services, the Adviser must determine that the services are permitted research or brokerage services under Section 28(e). Additionally, all broker-dealers and all vendors of research and/or brokerage services paid with client commissions will be approved pursuant to the Adviser’s policies and procedures. In instances when the above services may include components not eligible under Section 28(e), the Adviser makes a reasonable allocation of the cost of the research and/or brokerage services according to its use and all non-eligible research and/or brokerage services are separately invoiced and paid for with cash from the Adviser and not with client commissions.

Research received from broker-dealers is supplemental to the Adviser’s own research efforts. The brokerage and research products and services furnished by broker-dealers may be used in servicing any or all of the Adviser’s clients and may not necessarily be used by the Adviser in connection with the accounts that actually paid commissions, nor in proportion to the amount of commissions paid by accounts, to the broker-dealer providing the products and services.

The Adviser may engage in “cross trades” whereby the Adviser causes its clients or accounts to engage in a purchase and sale of a security with each other. The Adviser may engage in cross trades where it determines such transaction is in the best interests of both accounts and consistent with the Adviser’s best execution obligations. Although the use of cross trades may be beneficial to clients, it also creates opportunities for conflicts of interest to adversely affect clients. For instance, the Adviser could prefer one account over the other in determining price or otherwise executing a cross trade due to the existence of a more favorable fee structure or proprietary interest in one account. To address these potential conflicts, the Adviser has adopted policies and procedures which require that all cross trades are effected at a readily available fair market price, which may be based on independent dealer bids or quotes depending on the type of security. In addition, cross trades involving a registered investment company must be consistent with Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act. The Adviser may execute cross trades among any eligible funds and accounts managed by the Adviser or its affiliates. The Adviser does not permit cross trades with a Fund for fixed income securities, with accounts subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) or where prohibited by client restrictions.

The Adviser makes investment decisions for each of its clients, including proprietary accounts, independently from those of any other account that is or may become managed by the Adviser or its affiliates. Because the Adviser generally invests in similar strategies for clients, numerous clients could have similar investment objectives and thus, similar portfolios. As a result, the Adviser may be trading the same security for multiple clients at the same time. In order to seek efficiencies that may be available for larger transactions, or help allocate execution fills and prices fairly, the Adviser may aggregate the orders for its clients for execution in circumstances where the Adviser determines that the investment is eligible and appropriate for each participating account. Clients participating in an aggregated trade are generally charged the same price and execution rate or execution portion of the commission except in circumstances where doing otherwise is deemed fair and consistent with applicable law. Instances can occur in which not all clients are charged a research portion (or the same research portion) of the commission in an aggregated trade, including where clients have a different research rate, have already met the research budget established by the Adviser or are subject to regulatory or other restrictions on the use of client commissions to pay for research services and may transact at lower commissions or execution only rates. In addition to, or instead of, aggregating orders of accounts that would be trading the same security at the same time, the Adviser may average the price of the transactions of these accounts and allocate trades to each account in accordance with the Adviser’s allocation procedures. Pursuant to these procedures, partial fills will be allocated pro rata under procedures adopted by Janus Henderson. The Adviser seeks to allocate the opportunity to purchase or sell a security or other investment among accounts on an equitable basis by taking into consideration certain factors. These factors include, but are not limited to: size of the portfolio, concentration of holdings, investment objectives and guidelines, position weightings, duration targets, consistency of portfolio characteristics across similar accounts, purchase costs, issuer restrictions, price targets, ESG jurisdictional requirements, and cash availability. Due to such factors, the Adviser cannot assure equality of allocations among all of its accounts, nor can it

assure that the opportunity to purchase or sell a security or other investment will be proportionally allocated among accounts according to any particular or predetermined standards or criteria which could cause performance divergence from similar accounts. In some cases, these allocation procedures may adversely affect the price paid or received by an account or the size of the position obtained or liquidated for an account. In others, however, the accounts’ ability to participate in volume transactions may produce better executions and prices for the accounts. The Adviser may adjust allocations to eliminate fractional shares or odd lots, or to account for minimum trade size requirements and has the discretion to deviate from its allocation procedures in certain circumstances.

Funds may from time to time participate in IPOs or other types of limited offerings such as secondary placements of common stock, private equity offerings, or other private placement offerings. To the extent that a Fund, such as a new Fund, has only affiliated shareholders, such as portfolio management or an adviser, and the Fund wishes to participate in an IPO, those shareholders may be perceived as receiving a benefit and, as a result, may have a conflict with management of the Fund and thus may not be eligible to participate in the offering. Funds may also, from time to time, participate as an anchor or Cornerstone Investor in an IPO. A Cornerstone Investor agrees, prior to a company’s IPO, to acquire a certain dollar amount of the IPO securities. Such agreement provides the Cornerstone Investor with an agreed and known allocation in the IPO. Shares allocated to the Cornerstone Investor in such IPOs may be restricted from trading for up to six months post the IPO and participation by any Adviser account as a Cornerstone Investor could preclude any other account from participating in the IPO as a non-Cornerstone Investor. The Adviser utilizes a dual book IPO indication process. More specifically, in order to provide issuers with a level of flexibility to address the diverse styles, needs, and relationships of our global investment teams, the Adviser has assigned each investment team to either a U.S. or EMEA/APAC IPO indication group (each an “IPO Indication Group”) and places two separate indications with a broker for any one limited offering. The Adviser’s allocation procedures generally require all securities of an offering allocated to an IPO Indication Group be allocated to all accounts within a strategy based on portfolio management’s participation in such IPO Indication Group and their initial indications and on a pro rata basis to all participating eligible accounts based on the total assets of each account. When more than one portfolio manager across the firm indicates interest in a primary or secondary limited offering, a limit on the allowable bid will be applied. In addition, with respect to private equity offerings, the Adviser limits the amount that any one fund can own, in the aggregate, of all private companies. Deviations from these procedures are permitted provided such deviations are documented and approved by the relevant Asset Class Head or a delegate. A deviation could occur, for example, in order to allocate additional securities to ensure that accounts receive sufficient securities to satisfy specialized investment objectives or policies, to account for allocation sizes that are deemed by the Adviser to be de minimis for certain eligible accounts, to address market conditions, to address situations specific to individual accounts (e.g., cash limitations, position weightings, liquidity profiles of the investment, redemption history of the account, etc.), or to address certain jurisdictional requirements relating to Cornerstone IPOs. Additionally, for primary and secondary offerings of common stock, additional shares may be allocated to the applicable accounts of portfolio management with a preexisting position in that security. Deviations from pro rata allocations may contribute to differences in performance among eligible accounts within the same strategy. The Adviser cannot assure, in all instances, participations in IPOs or limited offerings by all eligible accounts. In the event an eligible account does not participate in an offering, the Adviser generally does not reimburse for opportunity costs.

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, the total brokerage commissions paid by the Funds to brokers and dealers in transactions identified for execution primarily on the basis of research and other services provided to the Funds are summarized below.

Fund Name	Commissions	Transactions
Equity
Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund	$519,556	$1,654,774,702
Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund	$16,096	$22,941,868
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund	$1,075,648	$1,481,356,901
Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund	$71,048	$143,102,333

Note: Funds that are not included in the table did not pay any commissions related to research for the stated period.

The following table lists the total amount of brokerage commissions paid by each Fund for the fiscal years ended June 30.

Fund Name	2024	2023	2022
Fixed Income
Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund	$9,505	$8,028	$6,496
Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund	$101,964	$109,307	$80,129
Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund	$144,884	$83,047	$39,712
Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund	$30,148	$57,195	$47,347
Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund	$162,104	$182,853	$133,567
Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund	$38,457	$33,104	$24,030
Equity
Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund	$250,781	$681,903	$534,838
Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund	$780,383	$1,233,950	$1,705,663
Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund	$37,799	$53,970	$50,757
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund	$1,766,401	$1,931,839	$2,510,038
Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund	$105,087	$64,619	$109,901

Brokerage commissions paid by a Fund may vary significantly from year to year because of portfolio turnover rates, shareholder, broker-dealer, or other financial intermediary purchase/redemption activity, varying market conditions, changes to investment strategies or processes, and other factors.

As of June 30, 2024, certain Funds owned securities of their regular broker-dealers (or parents) as shown below:

Fund Name	Name of Broker-Dealer	Value of Securities Owned
Fixed Income
Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund	Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.	$1,750,141
Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund	Westpac Capital Markets LLC	1,743,721
Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund	JP Morgan Securities LLC	$3,660,683
	Morgan Stanley	7,669,361
	Natwest Markets Securities Inc.	18,957,648
	RBC Capital Markets, LLC	24,719
	UBS Securities LLC	17,159,020
Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund	Barclays Capital Inc.	$8,991,716
	Citigroup Global Markets Inc.	4,985,906
	JP Morgan Securities LLC	36,243,756
	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.	19,799,772
	Morgan Stanley	15,299,491
	RBC Capital Markets, LLC	3,575,654
	UBS Securities LLC	9,325,583
	Wells Fargo Securities, LLC	9,279,807
Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund	JP Morgan Securities LLC	$4,847,417
Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund	RBC Capital Markets, LLC	1,809,729
Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund	BNP Paribas Securities Corp.	$7,818,568
	Citigroup Global Markets Inc.	30,250,629
	Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC	7,583,627
	JP Morgan Securities LLC	41,771,244
	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.	20,138,886
	Morgan Stanley	7,609,599
	UBS Securities LLC	4,464,759
	Wells Fargo Securities, LLC	4,765,004
Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund	JP Morgan Securities LLC	$19,513,457
	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.	10,652,865
	Morgan Stanley	6,218,925
	UBS Securities LLC	2,005,011
	Wells Fargo Securities, LLC	6,339,989
Equity

Fund Name	Name of Broker-Dealer	Value of Securities Owned
Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund	Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC	$4,846,609
Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund	ING Financial Markets LLC	$16,400,000
	Jefferies LLC	23,407,005
	RBC Capital Markets, LLC	15,000,000
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund	ING Financial Markets LLC	$15,500,000
	Piper Jaffray & Co.	59,565,694
	RBC Capital Markets, LLC	21,453,143
Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund	ING Financial Markets LLC	$1,100,000

Shares of the trust

Net Asset Value Determination

As stated in the Funds’ Prospectuses, the net asset value (“NAV”) of the Shares of each class of a Fund is determined once each day the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) is open, as of the close of its trading session (normally 4:00 p.m., New York time, Monday through Friday). The per share NAV for each class of a Fund is computed by dividing the total value of securities and other assets allocated to the class, less liabilities allocated to that class, by the total number of outstanding shares for the class. Fund holdings are valued in accordance with policies and procedures established by the Adviser pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act, and approved by and subject to the oversight of the Trustees (the “Valuation Procedures”). In determining NAV, equity securities traded on a domestic securities exchange, including ETFs, are generally valued at readily available market quotations, which are (i) the official close prices or (ii) last sale prices on the primary market or exchange in which the securities trade. If such price is lacking for the trading period immediately preceding the time of determination, such securities are valued at their current bid price. Equity securities that are traded on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the closing prices on such markets. In the event that there is not current trading volume on a particular security in such foreign exchange, the bid price from the primary exchange is generally used to value the security. Securities that are traded on the over-the-counter markets are generally valued at their latest bid prices as available. Foreign securities and currencies are converted to U.S. dollars using the applicable exchange rate in effect at the close of the NYSE. The Adviser will determine the market value of individual securities held by it by using prices provided by one or more Adviser-approved professional pricing services or, as needed, by obtaining market quotations from independent broker-dealers. Most debt securities are valued in accordance with the evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service that is intended to reflect market value. The evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service is an evaluation that may consider factors such as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings. Certain short-term securities maturing within 60 days or less may be evaluated and valued on an amortized cost basis provided that the amortized cost determined approximates market value.

Fund holdings for which market quotations or evaluated prices are not readily available or are deemed unreliable are valued at fair value determined in good faith by the Adviser pursuant to the Valuation Procedures. Circumstances in which fair valuation may be utilized include, but are not limited to: (i) a significant event that may affect the securities of a single issuer, such as a merger, bankruptcy, or significant issuer-specific development; (ii) an event that may affect an entire market, such as a natural disaster or significant governmental action; (iii) a nonsignificant event such as a market closing early or not opening, or a security trading halt; and (iv) pricing of a non-valued security and a restricted or nonpublic security. Special valuation considerations may apply with respect to “odd-lot” fixed-income transactions which, due to their small size, may receive evaluated prices by pricing services which reflect a large block trade and not what actually could be obtained for the odd-lot position. The Valuation Procedures provide for the use of systematic fair valuation models provided by an independent pricing service to value foreign equity securities in order to adjust for stale pricing, which may occur between the close of certain foreign exchanges and the close of the NYSE. The value of the securities of other mutual funds held by a Fund, if any, will be calculated using the NAV of such mutual funds, and the prospectuses for such mutual funds explain the circumstances under which they use fair valuation and the effects of using fair valuation.

Trading in securities on European and Far Eastern securities exchanges and over-the-counter markets is normally completed well before the close of business on each business day in New York (i.e., a day on which the NYSE is open). In addition, European or Far Eastern securities trading generally or in a particular country or countries may not take place on all business days in New York. Furthermore, trading takes place in Japanese markets on certain Saturdays and in various foreign markets on days which are not business days in New York and on which a Fund’s NAV is not calculated. A Fund calculates its NAV per share, and therefore effects sales, redemptions, and repurchases of its shares, as of the close of the NYSE once each day on which the NYSE is open. Such calculation may not take place contemporaneously with the determination of the prices of the foreign portfolio securities used in such calculation. If an event that is expected to affect the value of a portfolio security occurs after the close of the principal exchange or market on which that security is traded, and before the close of the NYSE, then that security may be valued in good faith under the Valuation Procedures.

If an error is discovered that impacts a Fund’s NAV calculation, the Adviser will take corrective action if necessary and appropriate pursuant to the Trust’s net asset value and shareholder account corrections policy.

Purchases

With the exception of Class D Shares, Class I Shares, and Class N Shares, Shares of the Funds can generally be purchased only through institutional channels such as financial intermediaries and retirement platforms. Class D Shares, and Class N Shares may be purchased directly with the Funds in certain circumstances as provided in the Funds’ Prospectuses. Not all financial intermediaries offer all classes. Shares or classes of the Funds may be purchased without upfront sales charges by

certain retirement plans and clients of investment advisers, but these clients will typically pay asset-based fees for their investment advisers’ advice, which are on top of the Funds’ expenses. Certain Shares or classes of the Funds may also be purchased without upfront sales charges or transactional charges by persons who invest through mutual fund “supermarket” programs of certain financial intermediaries that typically do not provide investment recommendations or the assistance of an investment professional. For an analysis of fees associated with an investment in each share class or other similar funds, please visit www.finra.org/fundanalyzer. Under certain circumstances, the Funds may permit an in-kind purchase of Class A Shares, Class C Shares, Class I Shares, Class N Shares, Class R Shares, Class S Shares, or Class T Shares.

Certain designated organizations are authorized to receive purchase orders on the Funds’ behalf and those organizations are authorized to designate their agents and affiliates as intermediaries to receive purchase orders. Purchase orders are deemed received by a Fund when authorized organizations, their agents, or affiliates receive the order provided that such designated organizations or their agents or affiliates transmit the order to the Fund within contractually specified periods. The Funds are not responsible for the failure of any designated organization or its agents or affiliates to carry out its obligations to its customers. In order to receive a day’s price, your order for any class of Shares must be received in good order by the close of the trading session of the NYSE as described above in “Net Asset Value Determination.” Your financial intermediary may charge you a separate or additional fee for processing purchases of Shares. Your financial intermediary, plan documents, or the Funds’ Prospectuses will provide you with detailed information about investing in the Funds.

The Adviser has established an Anti-Money Laundering Program (the “Program”) as required by the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (“USA PATRIOT Act”). In an effort to ensure compliance with this law, the Program provides for the development of internal practices, procedures and controls, designation of anti-money laundering compliance officers, an ongoing training program, and an independent audit function to determine the effectiveness of the Program.

Procedures to implement the Program include, but are not limited to, determining that financial intermediaries have established proper anti-money laundering procedures, reporting suspicious and/or fraudulent activity, checking shareholder names against designated government lists, including the Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”), and a review of all new account applications. The Trust does not intend to transact business with any person or entity whose identity cannot be adequately verified under the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act.

Class A Shares

The price you pay for Class A Shares is the public offering price, which is the NAV next determined after a Fund or its agent receives in good order your order plus an initial sales charge, if applicable, based on the amount invested as set forth in the table. The Fund receives the NAV. The sales charge is allocated between your financial intermediary and the Distributor, as shown in the table, except where the Distributor, in its discretion, allocates up to the entire amount to your financial intermediary. Sales charges, as expressed as a percentage of offering price, a percentage of your net investment, and as a percentage of the sales charge reallowed to financial intermediaries, are shown in the table. The dollar amount of your initial sales charge is calculated as the difference between the public offering price and the NAV of those shares. Since the offering price is calculated to two decimal places using standard rounding criteria, the number of shares purchased and the dollar amount of your sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and of your net investment may be higher or lower than the amounts set forth in the table depending on whether there was a downward or upward rounding. Although you pay no initial sales charge on purchases of $1,000,000 or more, or $250,000 effective December 9, 2024, the Distributor may pay, from its own resources, a commission to your financial intermediary on such investments.

Amount of Purchase at Offering Price	Sales Charge as a Percentage of Offering Price*	Sales Charge as a Percentage of Net Amount Invested	Amount of Sales Charge Reallowed to Financial Intermediaries as a Percentage of Offering Price
Equity Funds
Under $50,000	5.75%	6.10%	5.00%
$50,000 but under $100,000	4.50%	4.71%	3.75%
$100,000 but under $250,000	3.50%	3.63%	2.75%
$250,000 but under $500,000	2.50%	2.56%	2.00%
$500,000 but under $1,000,000	2.00%	2.04%	1.60%
$1,000,000 but under $4,000,000**	0.00%	0.00%	1.00%
$4,000,000 but under $10,000,000**	0.00%	0.00%	0.50%
$10,000,000 and above**	0.00%	0.00%	0.25%
Fixed-Income Funds (except Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund)
Under $50,000	4.75%	4.99%	4.25%
$50,000 but under $100,000	4.50%	4.71%	4.00%
$100,000 but under $250,000	3.50%	3.63%	3.00%
$250,000 but under $500,000	2.50%	2.56%	2.25%
$500,000 but under $1,000,000	2.00%	2.04%	1.75%
$1,000,000 but under $4,000,000**	0.00%	0.00%	1.00%
$4,000,000 but under $10,000,000**	0.00%	0.00%	0.50%
$10,000,000 and above**	0.00%	0.00%	0.25%
Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund***
Under $50,000	2.50%	2.56%	2.00%
$50,000 but under $100,000	2.25%	2.30%	1.75%
$100,000 but under $250,000	2.00%	2.04%	1.50%
$250,000 but under $500,000	1.50%	1.52%	1.25%
$500,000 but under $1,000,000	1.00%	1.01%	0.75%
$1,000,000 but under $4,000,000**	0.00%	0.00%	1.00%
$4,000,000 but under $10,000,000**	0.00%	0.00%	0.50%
$10,000,000 and above**	0.00%	0.00%	0.25%

Offering Price includes the initial sales charge.

A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% may apply to Class A Shares purchased without an initial sales charge if redeemed within 12 months of purchase.

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A shareholder who exchanges Shares into a Fund with a higher sales charge may be required to pay the new Fund’s initial sales charge or the difference between the Fund’s sales charge and the sales charge applicable to the new Fund.

Effective on or about December 9, 2024, the Class A Shares sales charge schedule will be revised as set forth in the table below.

Amount of Purchase at Offering Price	Sales Charge as a Percentage of Offering Price*	Sales Charge as a Percentage of Net Amount Invested	Amount of Sales Charge Reallowed to Financial Intermediaries as a Percentage of Offering Price
Equity Funds
Under $50,000	5.75%	6.10%	5.00%
$50,000 but under $100,000	4.50%	4.71%	3.75%
$100,000 but under $250,000	3.50%	3.63%	2.75%
$250,000 and above**	None	None	None

Amount of Purchase at Offering Price	Sales Charge as a Percentage of Offering Price*	Sales Charge as a Percentage of Net Amount Invested	Amount of Sales Charge Reallowed to Financial Intermediaries as a Percentage of Offering Price
Fixed-Income Funds (except Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund)
Under $50,000	4.75%	4.99%	4.25%
$50,000 but under $100,000	4.50%	4.71%	4.00%
$100,000 but under $250,000	3.50%	3.63%	3.00%
$250,000 and above**	None	None	None
Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund***
Under $50,000	2.50%	2.56%	2.00%
$50,000 but under $100,000	2.25%	2.30%	1.75%
$100,000 but under $250,000	2.00%	2.04%	1.50%
$250,000 and above**	None	None	None

Offering Price includes the initial sales charge.

A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% may apply to Class A Shares purchased without an initial sales charge if redeemed within 12 months of purchase.

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As described in the Prospectus, there are several ways you can combine multiple purchases of Class A Shares of the Funds and other Janus Henderson funds that are offered with a sales charge to take advantage of lower sales charges.

The following table shows the aggregate amount of underwriting commissions paid to the Distributor from proceeds of initial sales charges paid by investors on Class A Shares (substantially all of which were paid out to financial intermediaries) for the fiscal years ended June 30.

	Aggregate Sales Commissions
Fund Name	2024	2023	2022
Fixed Income
Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund
Class A Shares	$2,851	$330	$4,052
Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund
Class A Shares	$10,796	$10,940	$179,644
Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund
Class A Shares	$39,045	$68,593	$56,502
Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund
Class A Shares	$149,587	$23,114	$37,202
Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund
Class A Shares	$301,417	$66,054	$270,765
Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund
Class A Shares	$2,437	$24,993	$64,424

	Aggregate Sales Commissions
Fund Name	2024	2023	2022
Equity
Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund
Class A Shares	$2,155	$1,890	$9,175
Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund
Class A Shares	$16,731	$13,963	$38,128
Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund
Class A Shares	$20,366	$13,157	$52,348
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund
Class A Shares	$6,947	$14,155	$24,494
Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund
Class A Shares	$3,662	$2,873	$3,956

During the fiscal years ended June 30, unless otherwise noted, the Distributor retained the following upfront sales charges.

	Upfront Sales Charges
Fund Name	2024	2023	2022
Fixed Income
Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund
Class A Shares	$345	$32	$450
Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund
Class A Shares	$1,193	$960	$12,630
Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund
Class A Shares	$1,477	$1,561	$6,216
Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund
Class A Shares	$269	$1,797	$3,991
Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund
Class A Shares	$21,911	$5,199	$18,020
Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund
Class A Shares	$473	$2,545	$7,058
Equity
Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund
Class A Shares	$324	$327	$1,868
Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund
Class A Shares	$2,118	$1,642	$4,345
Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund
Class A Shares	$ —	$1,033	$9,545
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund
Class A Shares	$1,032	$1,763	$2,077
Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund
Class A Shares	$772	$448	$718

Class C Shares, Class D Shares, Class I Shares, Class N Shares, Class R Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares

Class C Shares, Class D Shares, Class I Shares, Class N Shares, Class R Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares of the Funds are purchased at the NAV per share as determined at the close of the trading session of the NYSE next occurring after a purchase order is received in good order by a Fund or its authorized agent.

The Distributor also receives amounts pursuant to Class A Share, Class C Share, Class R Share, and Class S Share 12b-1 plans and, from Class A Shares and Class C Shares, proceeds of contingent deferred sales charges paid by investors upon certain redemptions, as detailed in the “Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Plans” and “Redemptions” sections, respectively, of this SAI.

Commission on Class C Shares

The Distributor may compensate your financial intermediary at the time of sale at a commission rate of up to 1.00% of the NAV of the Class C Shares purchased. Service providers to qualified plans will not receive this amount if they receive 12b-1 fees from the time of initial investment of qualified plan assets in Class C Shares.

Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Plans

Class A Shares, Class R Shares, and Class S Shares

As described in the Prospectuses, Class A Shares, Class R Shares, and Class S Shares have each adopted distribution and shareholder servicing plans (the “Class A Plan,” “Class R Plan,” and “Class S Plan,” respectively) in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Plans are compensation type plans and permit the payment at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Class A Shares and Class S Shares and at an annual rate of up to 0.50% of the average daily net assets of Class R Shares of a Fund for activities that are primarily intended to result in the sale and/or shareholder servicing of Class A Shares, Class R Shares, or Class S Shares of such Fund, including, but not limited to, printing and delivering prospectuses, statements of additional information, shareholder reports, proxy statements, and marketing materials related to Class A Shares, Class R Shares, and Class S Shares to prospective and existing investors; providing educational materials regarding Class A Shares, Class R Shares, and Class S Shares; providing facilities to answer questions from prospective and existing investors about the Funds; receiving and answering correspondence; complying with federal and state securities laws pertaining to the sale of Class A Shares, Class R Shares, and Class S Shares; assisting investors in completing application forms and selecting dividend and other account options; and any other activities for which “service fees” may be paid under Rule 2830 of the FINRA Conduct Rules. Payments under the Plans are not tied exclusively to actual distribution and shareholder service expenses, and the payments may exceed distribution and shareholder service expenses actually incurred. Payments are made to the Distributor, who may make ongoing payments to financial intermediaries based on the value of Fund shares held by such intermediaries’ customers. On December 5, 2008, the Trustees unanimously approved a distribution plan with respect to each of the Class A Shares, Class R Shares, and Class S Shares, which became effective on July 6, 2009.

Class C Shares

As described in the Prospectuses, Class C Shares have adopted a distribution and shareholder servicing plan (the “Class C Plan”) in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Class C Plan is a compensation type plan and permits the payment at an annual rate of up to 0.75% of the average daily net assets of Class C Shares of a Fund for activities which are primarily intended to result in the sale of Class C Shares of such Fund. In addition, the Plan permits the payment of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Class C Shares of a Fund for shareholder servicing activities including, but not limited to, providing facilities to answer questions from existing investors about the Funds; receiving and answering correspondence; assisting investors in changing dividend and other account options and any other activities for which “service fees” may be paid under Rule 2830 of the FINRA Conduct Rules. Payments under the Class C Plan are not tied exclusively to actual distribution and shareholder service expenses, and the payments may exceed distribution and shareholder service expenses actually incurred. On December 5, 2008, the Trustees unanimously approved the Class C Plan, which became effective on July 6, 2009.

The Plans and any Rule 12b-1 related agreement that is entered into by the Funds or the Distributor in connection with the Plans will continue in effect for a period of more than one year only so long as continuance is specifically approved at least annually by a vote of a majority of the Trustees, and of a majority of the Trustees who are not interested persons (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust and who have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the Plans or any related agreements (“12b-1 Trustees”). All material amendments to any Plan must be approved by a majority vote of the Trustees, including a majority of the 12b-1 Trustees, at a meeting called for that purpose. In addition, any Plan may be terminated as to a Fund at any time, without penalty, by vote of a majority of the outstanding Shares of that Class of that Fund or by vote of a majority of the 12b-1 Trustees.

The Distributor is entitled to retain all fees paid under the Class C Plan for the first 12 months on any investment in Class C Shares to recoup its expenses with respect to the payment of commissions on sales of Class C Shares. Financial intermediaries will become eligible for compensation under the Class C Plan beginning in the 13th month following the purchase of Class C Shares, although the Distributor may, pursuant to a written agreement between the Distributor and a particular financial intermediary, pay such financial intermediary 12b-1 fees prior to the 13th month following the purchase of Class C Shares.

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, under each Class’ respective Plan, Class A Shares, Class C Shares, Class R Shares, and Class S Shares of the Funds in total paid $3,384,763 to the Distributor (substantially all of which the Distributor paid

out as compensation to broker-dealers and other service providers). The dollar amounts and the manner in which these 12b-1 payments were spent are summarized below.

Fund Name	Advertising(1) and Literature	Prospectus Preparation, Printing(1) and Mailing	Payment to Brokers
Fixed Income
Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund
Class A Shares	$0	$3	$21,958
Class C Shares	$0	$1	$36,571
Class R Shares	$0	$0	$2,029
Class S Shares	$0	$0	$850
Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund
Class A Shares	$5	$17	$128,650
Class C Shares	$1	$4	$121,690
Class S Shares	$0	$0	$719
Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund
Class A Shares	$2	$33	$259,338
Class C Shares	$2	$8	$213,850
Class R Shares	$0	$5	$77,224
Class S Shares	$0	$4	$35,833
Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund
Class A Shares	$0	$8	$66,850
Class C Shares	$0	$1	$32,278
Class R Shares	$0	$2	$24,563
Class S Shares	$0	$0	$3,103
Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund
Class A Shares	$0	$12	$102,728
Class C Shares	$1	$18	$464,256
Class S Shares	$0	$1	$6,827
Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund
Class A Shares	$2	$13	$97,405
Class C Shares	$0	$4	$100,359
Class S Shares	$0	$0	$871
Equity
Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund
Class A Shares	$0	$6	$49,540
Class C Shares	$1	$3	$93,786
Class S Shares	$0	$7	$56,056
Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund
Class A Shares	$0	$17	$139,338
Class C Shares	$0	$2	$66,195
Class R Shares	$0	$11	$170,885
Class S Shares	$1	$20	$156,257
Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund
Class A Shares	$0	$10	$86,469
Class C Shares	$0	$2	$60,636
Class S Shares	$0	$0	$74
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund
Class A Shares	$1	$8	$65,120
Class C Shares	$0	$5	$152,265
Class R Shares	$0	$13	$207,933
Class S Shares	$0	$9	$67,903
Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund
Class A Shares	$0	$1	$6,528
Class C Shares	$0	$0	$3,332
Class S Shares	$0	$0	$339

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Advertising and printing amounts are based on estimates and are allocated based on each Fund’s assets under management.

Redemptions

Redemptions, like purchases, may generally be effected only through institutional channels such as financial intermediaries and retirement platforms. Class D Shares and, in certain circumstances, Class N Shares may be redeemed directly with the Funds. Certain designated organizations are authorized to receive redemption orders on the Funds’ behalf and those organizations are authorized to designate their agents and affiliates as intermediaries to receive redemption orders. Redemption orders are deemed received by a Fund when authorized organizations, their agents, or affiliates receive the order. The Funds are not responsible for the failure of any designated organization or its agents or affiliates to carry out its obligations to its customers.

Certain large shareholders, such as other funds, institutional investors, financial intermediaries, individuals, accounts, and the Adviser’s affiliates, may from time to time own (beneficially or of record) or control a significant percentage of a Fund’s Shares. Redemptions by these large shareholders of their holdings in a Fund may cause the Fund to sell portfolio securities at times when it would not otherwise do so, which may negatively impact a Fund’s NAV and liquidity. Similarly, large Fund share purchases may adversely affect a Fund’s performance to the extent the Fund is delayed in investing new cash and is required to maintain a larger cash position than it ordinarily would. These transactions may also accelerate the recognition of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments result in gains, and may also increase transaction costs. In addition, a large redemption could result in a Fund’s current expenses being allocated over a smaller asset base, which could lead to an increase in the Fund’s expense ratio.

Shares normally will be redeemed for cash, although each Fund retains the right to redeem some or all of its shares in-kind under unusual circumstances, in order to protect the interests of remaining shareholders, to accommodate a request by a particular shareholder that does not adversely affect the interests of the remaining shareholders, or in connection with the liquidation of a Fund, by delivery of securities selected from its assets at its discretion. However, each Fund is governed by Rule 18f-1 under the 1940 Act, which requires each Fund to redeem shares solely for cash up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the NAV of that Fund during any 90-day period for any one shareholder. Should redemptions by any shareholder exceed such limitation, a Fund will have the option of redeeming the excess in cash or in-kind. In-kind payment means payment will be made in portfolio securities rather than cash, and may potentially include illiquid investments. Illiquid investments may not be able to be sold quickly or at a price that reflects full value, or there may not be a market for such securities, which could cause the redeeming shareholder to realize losses on the security if the security is sold at a price lower than that at which it had been valued. If a Fund makes an in-kind payment, the redeeming shareholder may incur brokerage costs in converting the assets to cash, whereas such costs are borne by the Fund for cash redemptions. The method of valuing securities used to make redemptions in-kind will be the same as the method of valuing portfolio securities described under “Shares of the Trust – Net Asset Value Determination” and such valuation will be made as of the same time the redemption price is determined. Redemptions in-kind are taxable for federal income tax purposes in the same manner as redemptions for cash and the subsequent sale of securities received in-kind may result in taxable gains for federal income tax purposes.

Except as otherwise described in the Prospectuses, the Funds reserve the right to postpone payment of redemption proceeds for up to seven calendar days. Additionally, the right to require the Funds to redeem their Shares may be suspended, or the date of payment may be postponed beyond seven calendar days, whenever: (i) trading on the NYSE is restricted, as determined by the SEC, or the NYSE is closed (except for holidays and weekends); (ii) the SEC permits such suspension and so orders; or (iii) an emergency exists as determined by the SEC so that disposal of securities or determination of NAV is not reasonably practicable.

Class A Shares

A contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% will be deducted with respect to Class A Shares purchased without a sales load and redeemed within 12 months of purchase, unless waived, as discussed in the Prospectus. Any applicable CDSC will be 1.00% of the lesser of the original purchase price or the value of the redemption of the Class A Shares redeemed.

Class C Shares

A CDSC of 1.00% will be deducted with respect to Class C Shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase, unless waived, as discussed in the Prospectus. Any applicable CDSC will be 1.00% of the lesser of the original purchase price or the value of the redemption of the Class C Shares redeemed.

For the fiscal years ended June 30, the total amounts received by the Distributor from the proceeds of contingent deferred sales charges paid by investors upon certain redemptions of Class A Shares and Class C Shares are summarized below.

	Contingent Deferred Sales Charges
Fund Name	2024	2023	2022
Fixed Income
Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund
Class A Shares	$—	$—	$—
Class C Shares	$80	$67	$417
Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund
Class A Shares	$—	$—	$127,278
Class C Shares	$944	$2,828	$4,651
Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund
Class A Shares	$—	$13,570	$—
Class C Shares	$1,635	$2,946	$7,604
Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund
Class A Shares	$—	$—	$—
Class C Shares	$210	$613	$1,394
Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund
Class A Shares	$—	$—	$16,897
Class C Shares	$7,238	$6,497	$12,124
Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund
Class A Shares	$—	$13,092	$6,442
Class C Shares	$210	$3,798	$6,834
Equity
Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund
Class A Shares	$—	$—	$—
Class C Shares	$200	$1,506	$44
Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund
Class A Shares	$704	$—	$—
Class C Shares	$—	$480	$542
Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund
Class A Shares	$—	$—	$439
Class C Shares	$—	$197	$—
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund
Class A Shares	$—	$—	$—
Class C Shares	$—	$263	$207
Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund
Class A Shares	$—	$—	$—
Class C Shares	$—	$—	$9

Processing or Service Fees

Broker-dealers may charge their customers a processing or service fee in connection with the purchase or redemption of Fund shares. Each individual dealer determines and should disclose to its customers the amount and applicability of such a fee. Processing or service fees typically are fixed, nominal dollar amounts and are in addition to the sales and other charges described in the Prospectuses and this SAI. Consult your broker-dealer for specific information about any processing or service fees you may be charged.

Income dividends, capital gains distributions, and tax status

The following is intended to be a general summary of certain U.S. federal income tax consequences of investing in the Funds. It is not intended to be a complete discussion of all such federal income tax consequences, nor does it purport to deal with all categories of investors. This discussion reflects applicable tax laws of the United States as of the date of this SAI. However, tax laws may change or be subject to new interpretation by the courts or the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”), possibly with retroactive effect. Investors are therefore advised to consult with their own tax advisers before making an investment in the Funds.

It is a policy of the Funds to make distributions of substantially all of their respective net investment income and any realized net capital gains at least annually. Any net capital gains realized during each fiscal year, as defined by the Internal Revenue Code, are normally declared and payable to shareholders in December but, if necessary, may be distributed at other times as well. Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund, Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund, Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund, and Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund declare and make annual distributions of net investment income (if any). Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund declares and makes quarterly distributions of net investment income. Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund, Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund, Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund, Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund, and Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund declare dividends daily and make monthly distributions of net investment income. Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund declares and makes monthly distributions of net investment income. If a month begins on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, dividends for daily dividend Funds for those days are declared at the end of the preceding month.

Fund Taxation

The Funds intend to qualify as regulated investment companies by satisfying certain requirements prescribed by Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. If a Fund failed to qualify as a regulated investment company in any taxable year, the Fund may be subject to federal income tax on its taxable income at the applicable corporate tax rate. In addition, all distributions from earnings and profits, including any distributions of net tax-exempt income and net long-term capital gains, would generally be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income but may, at least in part, qualify for the dividends received deduction applicable to corporations or the reduced rate of taxation applicable to noncorporate holders for “qualified dividend income.” In addition, the Funds could be required to recognize unrealized gains, pay taxes and interest, and make distributions before requalifying as regulated investment companies that are accorded special federal income tax treatment.

A federal excise tax at the rate of 4% will be imposed on the excess, if any, of a Fund’s “required distribution” over actual distributions in any calendar year. Generally, the “required distribution” is 98% of a Fund’s ordinary income for the calendar year plus 98.2% of its capital gain net income recognized during the one-year period ending on October 31 plus undistributed amounts from prior years. Each Fund intends to make distributions sufficient to avoid imposition of the excise tax.

Certain transactions involving short sales, futures, options, swap agreements, hedged investments, and other similar transactions, if any, may be subject to special provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that, among other things, may affect the character, amount, and timing of distributions to shareholders. The Funds will monitor their transactions and may make certain tax elections where applicable in order to mitigate the effect of these provisions, if possible.

In certain circumstances, such as if a Fund invests in certain pay-in-kind securities, zero coupon securities, deferred interest securities or, in general, any other securities with original issue discount (or with market discount if the Fund elects to include market discount in income currently), the Fund must accrue income on such investments for each taxable year, which generally will be prior to the receipt of the corresponding cash payments. However, in order to qualify as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code and to avoid federal income tax and the 4% federal excise tax, a Fund must distribute to shareholders, at least annually, all or substantially all of its investment company taxable income (determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid) and net tax-exempt income, including such accrued income. Therefore, a Fund may have to dispose of its portfolio securities under disadvantageous circumstances to generate cash, or may have to leverage itself by borrowing the cash, to satisfy these distribution requirements.

A Fund may acquire market discount bonds. A market discount bond is a security acquired in the secondary market at a price below its redemption value (or its adjusted issue price if it is also an original issue discount bond). If a Fund invests in a market discount bond, it generally will be required to treat any gain recognized on the disposition of such market discount bond as ordinary income (instead of capital gain) to the extent of the accrued market discount, unless the Fund elects to include the market discount in income as it accrues.

Certain Funds’, particularly Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund and Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund, investments in lower-rated or unrated debt securities may present issues for that Fund if the issuers of these securities default on their obligations because the federal income tax consequences to a holder of such securities are not certain.

The Funds may purchase securities of certain foreign corporations considered to be passive foreign investment companies under the Internal Revenue Code. In order to avoid taxes and interest that must be paid by the Funds, the Funds may make various elections permitted by the Internal Revenue Code. However, these elections could require that the Funds recognize taxable income, which in turn must be distributed even though the Funds may not have received any income upon such an event.

Some foreign securities purchased by the Funds may be subject to foreign taxes which could reduce the yield on such securities. If the amount of foreign taxes is significant in a particular year, the Funds that qualify under Section 853 of the Internal Revenue Code may elect to pass through such taxes to shareholders. If a Fund makes such an election, foreign taxes paid by the Fund will be reported to shareholders as income and shareholders may claim either a foreign tax credit or deduction for such taxes, subject to certain limitations. If such election is not made by a Fund, any foreign taxes paid or accrued will represent an expense to the Fund, which will reduce its investment company taxable income.

Under the Internal Revenue Code, gains or losses attributable to fluctuations in exchange rates which occur between the time a Fund accrues income or receivables or accrues expenses or other liabilities denominated in a foreign currency and the time the Fund actually collects such income or pays such liabilities generally are treated as ordinary income or loss. Similarly, on disposition of debt securities denominated in a foreign currency and on disposition of certain other instruments, gains or losses attributable to fluctuations in the value of the foreign currency between the date of acquisition of the security or contract and the date of disposition also may be treated as ordinary gain or loss. These gains and losses, referred to under the Internal Revenue Code as “Section 988” gains or losses, may increase or decrease the amount of a Fund’s investment company taxable income to be distributed to its shareholders as ordinary income.

A Fund that invests in foreign securities may utilize foreign currency contracts in an effort to limit foreign currency risk. The value of foreign currency contracts can vary widely from month-to-month, which may result in gains one month and losses the next month. If the Fund distributes such gains during a monthly distribution (if applicable) and subsequently realizes foreign currency losses due to exchange rate fluctuations, such distribution could constitute a return of capital to shareholders for federal income tax purposes.

A Fund’s investments in REIT equity securities, if any, may require the Fund to accrue and distribute income not yet received. In order to generate sufficient cash to make the requisite distributions, the Fund may be required to sell securities at a time when fundamental investment considerations would not favor such sales. The Fund’s investments in REIT equity securities may result in the receipt of cash in excess of the REIT’s earnings. If a Fund distributes such amounts, such distribution could constitute a return of capital to shareholders for federal income tax purposes.

Some REITs are permitted to hold “residual interests” in REMICs. Pursuant to an IRS notice, a portion of a Fund’s income from a REIT that is attributable to the REIT’s residual interest in a REMIC (referred to in the Internal Revenue Code as an “excess inclusion”) may be subject to federal income tax in all events. Excess inclusion income will normally be allocated to shareholders in proportion to the dividends received by such shareholders with the same consequences as if the shareholders held the related REMIC residual interest directly. There may be instances in which a Fund may be unaware of a REIT’s excess inclusion income. In general, excess inclusion income allocated to shareholders: (a) cannot be offset by net operating losses (subject to a limited exception for certain thrift institutions); (b) will constitute unrelated business taxable income (“UBTI”) to entities (including a qualified pension plan, an individual retirement account, a 401(k) plan, a Keogh plan, or other tax-exempt entity) subject to tax on unrelated business income, thereby potentially requiring such an entity that is allocated excess inclusion income, and otherwise might not be required to file a federal income tax return, to file a tax return and pay tax on such income; and (c) in the case of a foreign shareholder, will not qualify for any reduction in U.S. federal withholding tax. Tax-exempt investors sensitive to UBTI are strongly encouraged to consult their tax advisers prior to investment in a Fund. In addition, if at any time during any taxable year a “disqualified organization” (as defined by the Internal Revenue Code) is a record holder of a share in a regulated investment company, then the regulated investment company will be subject to a tax equal to that portion of its excess inclusion income for the taxable year that is allocable to the disqualified organization, multiplied by the applicable corporate tax rate. This may impact a Fund’s performance.

For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017 and before January 1, 2026, ordinary REIT dividends are treated as “qualified business income” that is eligible for a 20% federal income tax deduction in the case of individuals, trusts and estates. Regulations enable a fund to pass through the special character of “qualified REIT dividends” to its shareholders. The

amount of a regulated investment company’s dividends eligible for the 20% deduction for a taxable year is limited to the excess of the regulated investment company’s qualified REIT dividends for the taxable year over allocable expenses. To be eligible to treat distributions from a Fund as qualified REIT dividends, a shareholder must hold shares of the Fund for more than 45 days during the 91-day period beginning on the date that is 45 days before the date on which the shares become ex-dividend with respect to such dividend and the shareholder must not be under an obligation (whether pursuant to a short sale or otherwise) to make related payments with respect to positions in substantially similar or related property. If a Fund does not elect to pass the special character of this income through to shareholders or if a shareholder does not satisfy the above holding period requirements, the shareholder will not be entitled to the 20% deduction for the shareholder’s share of the Fund’s qualified REIT dividend income.

The application of certain requirements for qualification as a regulated investment company and the application of certain other federal income tax rules may be unclear in some respects in connection with investments in certain derivatives and other investments. As a result, a Fund may be required to limit the extent to which it invests in such investments and it is also possible that the IRS may not agree with a Fund’s treatment of such investments. In addition, the tax treatment of derivatives and certain other investments may be affected by future legislation, treasury regulations, and guidance issued by the IRS (which could apply retroactively) that could affect the timing, character, and amount of a Fund’s income and gains and distributions to shareholders, affect whether a Fund has made sufficient distributions and otherwise satisfied the requirements to maintain its qualification as a regulated investment company and avoid federal income and excise taxes, or limit the extent to which a Fund may invest in certain derivatives and other investments in the future.

Generally, the character of the income or capital gains that a Fund receives from another investment company will pass through to the Fund’s shareholders as long as the Fund and the other investment company each qualify as regulated investment companies. However, to the extent that another investment company that qualifies as a regulated investment company realizes net losses on its investments for a given taxable year, a Fund will not be able to recognize its share of those losses until it disposes of shares of such investment company. Moreover, even when a Fund does make such a disposition, a portion of its loss may be recognized as a long-term capital loss. As a result of the foregoing rules, and certain other special rules, it is possible that the amounts of net investment income and net capital gains that a Fund will be required to distribute to shareholders will be greater than such amounts would have been had the Fund invested directly in the securities held by the investment companies in which it invests, rather than investing in shares of the investment companies. For similar reasons, the character of distributions from a Fund (e.g., long-term capital gain, qualified dividend income, etc.) will not necessarily be the same as it would have been had the Fund invested directly in the securities held by the investment companies in which it invests.

A Fund may treat a portion of the amount paid to redeem shares as a distribution of investment company taxable income and realized capital gains that are reflected in the net asset value. This practice, commonly referred to as “equalization,” has no effect on the redeeming shareholder or a Fund’s total return, but may reduce the amounts that would otherwise be required to be paid as taxable dividends to the remaining shareholders. It is possible that the IRS could challenge the Funds’ equalization methodology or calculations, and any such challenge could result in additional tax, interest, or penalties to be paid by the Funds.

Shareholder Taxation

All income dividends and capital gains distributions, if any, on a Fund’s Shares are reinvested automatically in additional shares of the same class of Shares of that Fund at the NAV determined on the first business day following the record date, unless the shareholder has elected to receive distributions in cash. Shareholders will be subject to federal income taxes on distributions made by a Fund whether received in cash or additional shares of the Fund. Distributions from a Fund’s net investment income (which includes dividends, interest, net short-term capital gains, and net gains from foreign currency transactions), if any, generally are taxable to shareholders as ordinary income, unless such distributions are attributable to “qualified dividend income” eligible in the case of noncorporate investors for the reduced federal income tax rates applicable to long-term capital gains, provided certain holding period and other requirements are satisfied. Dividends received from REITs and certain foreign corporations generally will not constitute qualified dividend income. In addition, if a Fund participates in a securities lending transaction and receives a payment in lieu of dividends with respect to securities on loan (a “substitute payment”), such income generally will not constitute qualified dividend income. Distributions of a Fund’s net capital gains (the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses), if any, are taxable as long-term capital gains, regardless of how long shares of the Fund were held. Long-term capital gains are taxable to noncorporate investors at a maximum federal income tax rate of 20%. In addition, certain non-corporate investors may be subject to an additional 3.8% Medicare tax discussed below. Dividends paid by a Fund may also qualify in part for the dividends-received deduction available to corporate shareholders, provided that certain holding period and other requirements under the Internal

Revenue Code are satisfied. Generally, however, dividends received from REITs and on stocks of foreign issuers are not eligible for the dividends-received deduction when distributed to the Funds’ corporate shareholders. In addition, a substitute payment received with respect to a securities lending transaction will not be eligible for the dividends-received deduction when distributed to the Funds’ corporate shareholders. Distributions from a Fund may also be subject to foreign, state, and local income taxes. Please consult a tax adviser regarding the tax consequences of Fund distributions and to determine whether you will need to file a tax return.

If a Fund makes a distribution in excess of its current and accumulated earnings and profits, the excess will be treated as a return of capital to the extent of a shareholder’s basis in his, her, or its shares, and thereafter as capital gain. A return of capital is not taxable, but it reduces a shareholder’s basis in his, her, or its shares, thus reducing any loss or increasing any gain on a subsequent taxable disposition by the shareholder of such shares.

Distributions declared by a Fund during October, November, or December to shareholders of record during such month and paid by January 31 of the following year will be taxable in the year they are declared, rather than the year in which they are received. Each Fund will notify its shareholders each year of the amount and type of dividends and distributions it paid.

Gain or loss realized upon a redemption or other disposition (such as an exchange) of shares of a Fund by a shareholder will generally be treated as long-term capital gain or loss if the shares have been held for more than one year and, if not held for such period, as short-term capital gain or loss. Any loss on the sale or exchange of shares held for six months or less will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of any capital gain distributions paid to the shareholder with respect to such shares. Any loss a shareholder realizes on a sale or exchange of shares of a Fund will be disallowed if the shareholder acquires other shares of the Fund (whether through the automatic reinvestment of dividends or otherwise) or substantially identical stock or securities within a 61-day period beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after the shareholder’s sale or exchange of the shares. In such case, the shareholder’s tax basis in the shares acquired will be adjusted to reflect the disallowed loss. Capital losses may be subject to limitations on their use by a shareholder.

If a shareholder incurs a sales charge in acquiring shares of a Fund, disposes of those shares within 90 days and then acquires by January 31 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the disposition occurred shares in a mutual fund for which the otherwise applicable sales charge is reduced by reason of a reinvestment right (e.g., an exchange privilege), the original sales charge will not be taken into account in computing gain or loss on the original shares to the extent the subsequent sales charge is reduced. Instead, the disregarded portion of the original sales charge will be added to the tax basis of the newly acquired shares. Furthermore, the same rule also applies to a disposition of the newly acquired shares made within 90 days of the second acquisition. This provision prevents a shareholder from immediately deducting the sales charge by shifting his, her or its investment within a family of mutual funds.

When a shareholder opens an account, IRS regulations require that the shareholder provide a taxpayer identification number (“TIN”), certify that it is correct, and certify that he, she, or it is not subject to backup withholding. If a shareholder fails to provide a TIN or the proper tax certifications, a Fund is required to withhold 24% of all distributions (including dividends and capital gain distributions) and redemption proceeds paid to the shareholder. Each Fund is also required to begin backup withholding on an account if the IRS instructs it to do so. Amounts withheld may be applied to the shareholder’s federal income tax liability and the shareholder may obtain a refund from the IRS if withholding results in an overpayment of federal income tax for such year.

An additional 3.8% Medicare tax is imposed on certain net investment income (including ordinary dividends and capital gain distributions received from a Fund and net gains from redemptions or other taxable dispositions of Fund shares) of U.S. individuals, estates and trusts to the extent that such person’s “modified adjusted gross income” (in the case of an individual) or “adjusted gross income” (in the case of an estate or trust) exceeds a threshold amount.

The foregoing discussion relates solely to U.S. federal income tax law as applied to U.S. investors.

Trustees and officers

The following are the Trustees and officers of the Trust, together with a brief description of their principal occupations during the last five years (principal occupations for certain Trustees may include periods over five years). As of the date of this SAI, none of the Trustees are “interested persons” of the Adviser as that term is defined by the 1940 Act.

Each Trustee has served in that capacity since he or she was originally elected or appointed. The Trustees do not serve a specified term of office. Each Trustee will hold office until the termination of the Trust or his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, incapacity, or removal. Under the Funds’ Governance Procedures and Guidelines, the policy is for a Trustee to retire no later than the end of the calendar year in which the Trustee turns 75, unless extended by the Trustees. The Trustees review the Funds’ Governance Procedures and Guidelines from time to time and may make changes they deem appropriate. The Funds’ Nominating and Governance Committee will consider nominees for the position of Trustee recommended by shareholders. Shareholders may submit the name of a candidate for consideration by the Committee by submitting their recommendations to the Trust’s Secretary. Each Trustee is currently a Trustee of one other registered investment company advised by the Adviser: Janus Aspen Series. As of the date of this SAI, collectively, the two registered investment companies consist of 45 series or funds, referred to herein as the “Fund Complex”.

The Trust’s officers are elected annually by the Trustees for a one-year term. Certain officers also serve as officers of Janus Aspen Series. Certain officers of the Funds may also be officers and/or directors of the Adviser. Except as otherwise disclosed, Fund officers receive no compensation from the Funds, except for the Funds’ CCO, as authorized by the Trustees.

TRUSTEES
Name, Address, and Age	Positions Held with the Trust	Length of Time Served	Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years	Number of Portfolios/Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee	Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years
Independent Trustees
Alan A. Brown 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1962	Chairman Trustee	5/22-Present 1/13-Present	Principal, Curam Holdings LLC (since 2018). Formerly, Executive Vice President, Institutional Markets, of Black Creek Group (private equity real estate investment management firm) (2012-2018), Executive Vice President and Co-Head, Global Private Client Group (2007-2010), Executive Vice President, Mutual Funds (2005-2007), and Chief Marketing Officer (2001-2005) of Nuveen Investments, Inc. (asset management).	45	Board Member of BankNewport (mutual savings bank) (since 2024), Advisory Board Member of AEW Core Property Trust (open-end property fund) (since 2020), and Director of WTTW (PBS affiliate) (since 2003). Formerly, Director of MotiveQuest LLC (strategic social market research company) (2003-2016), Director of Nuveen Global Investors LLC (2007-2011), Director of Communities in Schools (2004-2010), and Director of Mutual Fund Education Alliance (until 2010).
Cheryl D. Alston 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1966	Trustee	8/22-Present	Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer, Employees’ Retirement Fund of the City of Dallas (since 2004).	45	Director of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City (a not-for-profit health insurance provider) (since 2016) and Director of Global Life Insurance (life and supplemental health insurance provider) (since 2017). Formerly, Director of Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (2017-2021).

TRUSTEES
Name, Address, and Age	Positions Held with the Trust	Length of Time Served	Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years	Number of Portfolios/Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee	Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years
Independent Trustees (cont’d.)
Raudline Etienne 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1965	Trustee	6/16-Present	Founder, Daraja Capital (advisory and investment firm) (since 2016). Formerly, Senior Vice President and Senior Advisor, Albright Stonebridge Group LLC (global strategy firm) (2011-2021), and Deputy Comptroller and Chief Investment Officer, New York State Common Retirement Fund (public pension fund) (2008-2011).	45	Member of the Investment Committee for Cooper Union (private college) (since 2021) and Director of Brightwood Capital Advisors, LLC (since 2014). Formerly, Board Member, Van Alen Institute (nonprofit architectural and design organization) (2019-2022).
Darrell B. Jackson 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1958	Trustee	8/22-Present	President and Chief Executive Officer, The Efficace Group Inc. (since 2018). Formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer, Seaway Bank and Trust Company (community bank) (2014-2015), and Executive Vice President and Co-President, Wealth Management (2009-2014), and several senior positions, including Group Executive, Senior Vice President, and Vice President (1995-2009) of Northern Trust Company (financial services company) (1995-2014).	45	Advisory Board Member, Dome Construction (construction) (since 2023), Director of Amalgamated Financial Corp (bank) (since August 2021), Director of YR Media (a not-for-profit production company) (since 2021), and Director of Gray-Bowen-Scott (transportation project consulting firm) (since April 2020). Formerly, Director of Delaware Place Bank (closely held commercial bank) (2016-2018) and Director of Seaway Bank and Trust Company (2014-2015).
Dominic Janssens 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1965	Trustee	7/24-Present	Retired. Formerly, Global Chief Operating Officer, Macquarie Investment Management (2016-2019); Leader of Global Investment and Institutional Client Services, T. Rowe Price (2008-2016); Senior Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors (2006-2008); and Managing Director, Deutsche Asset Management (2000-2005).	45	Board Member of AlphaTrAI (AI-technology firm) (since 2022) and Advisory Board Member (since 2021).

TRUSTEES
Name, Address, and Age	Positions Held with the Trust	Length of Time Served	Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years	Number of Portfolios/Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee	Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years
Independent Trustees (cont’d.)
William F. McCalpin 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1957	Trustee	6/02-Present	Chief Executive Officer, muun chi LLC (organic food business) (since 2022) and Independent Consultant (since 2019). Formerly, Chief Operating Officer, muun chi LLC (2020-2022), Managing Partner, Impact Investments, Athena Capital Advisors LLC (independent registered investment advisor) (2016-2019), Managing Director, Holos Consulting LLC (provides consulting services to foundations and other nonprofit organizations) (2009-2016), Chief Executive Officer, Imprint Capital Advisors (impact investment firm) (2013-2015), and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of The Rockefeller Brothers Fund (a private family foundation) (1998-2006).	45	Formerly, Trustee and Chairman of the Board of The Investment Fund for Foundations Investment Program (TIP) (2008-2023), Director of the F.B. Heron Foundation (a private grantmaking foundation) (2006-2022), and Director of Mutual Fund Directors Forum (a non-profit organization serving independent directors of U.S. mutual funds) (2016-2021).
Gary A. Poliner 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1953	Trustee	6/16-Present	Retired. Formerly, President (2010-2013) of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.	45	Formerly, Director of MGIC Investment Corporation (private mortgage insurance) (2013-2023), Director, West Bend Mutual Insurance Company (property/casualty insurance) (2013-2021), Trustee of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (2010-2013), and Director of Frank Russell Company (global asset management firm) (2008-2013).
Diane L. Wallace 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1958	Trustee	6/17-Present	Retired. Formerly, Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President-Operations, and Chief Financial Officer for Driehaus Capital Management, LLC (1988-2006) and Treasurer for Driehaus Mutual Funds (1996-2002).	45	Formerly, Director of Family Service of Lake County (2019-2021), Independent Trustee, Henderson Global Funds (13 portfolios) (2015-2017), Independent Trustee, State Farm Associates’ Funds Trust, State Farm Mutual Fund Trust, and State Farm Variable Product Trust (28 portfolios) (2013-2017).

OFFICERS
Name, Address, and Age	Positions Held with the Trust	Term of Office* and Length of Time Served	Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years
Ashwin Alankar 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1974	Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund	6/22-Present	Head of Global Asset Allocation of Janus Henderson Investors and Portfolio Manager for other Janus Henderson accounts.
Faizan Baig 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1969	Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund	10/20-Present	Portfolio Manager for other Janus Henderson accounts.
Jenna Barnard 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1980	Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund	6/17-Present (predecessor fund: since 12/08)	Co-Head of Global Bonds of Janus Henderson Investors and Portfolio Manager for other Janus Henderson accounts.
Dylan Bourke 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1987	Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund	6/21-Present	Portfolio Manager for other Janus Henderson accounts.
Craig Kempler 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1977	Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund	10/17-Present	Portfolio Manager for other Janus Henderson accounts.
Michael Keough 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1978	Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund	12/15-Present 12/19-Present	Portfolio Manager for other Janus Henderson accounts.
John Kerschner 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1967	Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund	2/14-Present	Head of U.S. Securitized Products of Janus Henderson Investors and Portfolio Manager for other Janus Henderson accounts.
John Lloyd 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1975	Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund	2/14-Present 6/24-Present	Lead, Multi-Sector Credit Strategies of Janus Henderson Investors and Portfolio Manager for other Janus Henderson accounts.
Ben Lofthouse 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1976	Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund	6/17-Present (predecessor fund: since 11/14)	Head of Global Equity Income of Janus Henderson Investors and Portfolio Manager for other Janus Henderson accounts.
Addison Maier 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1989	Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund	3/24-Present	Portfolio Manager for other Janus Henderson accounts.
Seth Meyer 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1976	Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund	2/14-Present	Global Head of Client Portfolio Management of Janus Henderson Investors and Portfolio Manager for other Janus Henderson accounts.
Brent Olson 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1967	Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund	6/19-Present	Portfolio Manager for other Janus Henderson accounts.

Officers are elected at least annually by the Trustees for a one-year term and may also be elected from time to time by the Trustees for an interim period.

OFFICERS
Name, Address, and Age	Positions Held with the Trust	Term of Office* and Length of Time Served	Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years
John Pattullo(1) 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1970	Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund	6/17-Present (predecessor fund: since 12/08)	Co-Head of Global Bonds of Janus Henderson Investors and Portfolio Manager for other Janus Henderson accounts.
Kevin Preloger 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1975	Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund	4/13-Present 8/19-Present	Portfolio Manager for other Janus Henderson accounts.
Tom Ross 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1979	Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund	10/22-Present	Head of High-Yield of Janus Henderson Investors and Portfolio Manager for other Janus Henderson accounts.
Daniel Siluk 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1978	Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund	6/21-Present	Portfolio Manager for other Janus Henderson accounts.
Brad Smith 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1986	Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund	9/24-Present	Portfolio Manager for other Janus Henderson accounts.
Justin Tugman 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1973	Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund	3/15-Present 3/09-Present 8/19-Present	Portfolio Manager for other Janus Henderson accounts.
Nicholas Ware 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1971	Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund	7/24-Present	Portfolio Manager for other Janus Henderson accounts.
Greg Wilensky 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1967	Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund	2/20-Present 2/20-Present	Head of U.S. Fixed Income of Janus Henderson Investors and Portfolio Manager for other Janus Henderson accounts. Formerly, Director and Lead Portfolio Manager of the U.S. Multi-Sector Fixed Income team at AllianceBernstein (2007-2019).
Michelle Rosenberg 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1973	President and Chief Executive Officer	9/22-Present	Chief Administrative Officer (since 2024) and General Counsel (since 2018) of Janus Henderson Investors. Formerly, Corporate Secretary of Janus Henderson Investors (2018-2024), Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of the Trust and Janus Aspen Series (2022), Senior Vice President and Head of Legal, North America of Janus Henderson Investors (2017-2018) and Deputy General Counsel of Janus Henderson US (Holdings) Inc. (2015-2018). Member of Board of Trustees for Bates College (since 2020) and Member of Board of Directors for ICI Mutual Insurance Company (since 2023).

Officers are elected at least annually by the Trustees for a one-year term and may also be elected from time to time by the Trustees for an interim period.

OFFICERS
Name, Address, and Age	Positions Held with the Trust	Term of Office* and Length of Time Served	Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years
Kristin Mariani 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1966	Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer	7/20-Present	Head of Compliance, North America at Janus Henderson Investors (since September 2020) and Chief Compliance Officer at Janus Henderson Investors US LLC (since September 2017). Formerly, Anti-Money Laundering Officer for the Trust and Janus Aspen Series (July 2020- December 2022), Global Head of Investment Management Compliance at Janus Henderson Investors (February 2019-August 2020), Vice President, Head of Global Distribution Compliance and Chief Compliance Officer at Janus Henderson Distributors US LLC (May 2017-September 2017), Vice President, Compliance at Janus Henderson US (Holdings) Inc., Janus Henderson Investors US LLC, and Janus Henderson Distributors US LLC (2009-2017).
Jesper Nergaard 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1962	Chief Financial Officer Vice President, Treasurer, and Principal Accounting Officer	3/05-Present 2/05-Present	Head of U.S. Fund Administration, Janus Henderson Investors and Janus Henderson Services US LLC (since 2005).
Abigail J. Murray 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1975	Vice President, Chief Legal Counsel, and Secretary	12/20-Present	Managing Counsel (since 2020). Formerly, Senior Counsel for Invesco Ltd. (2017-2020).
Ciaran Askin 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1978	Anti-Money Laundering Officer	12/22-Present	Global Head of Financial Crime, Janus Henderson Investors (since 2022). Formerly, Global Head of Financial Crime for Invesco Ltd. (2017-2022).

Officers are elected at least annually by the Trustees for a one-year term and may also be elected from time to time by the Trustees for an interim period.

(1)

John Pattullo intends to retire from the Adviser and the asset management industry at the end of the first quarter of 2025.

As discussed below, the Board’s Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible for identifying and recommending candidates for nomination or election by the Board based on a variety of diverse criteria. In its most recent evaluation of the qualifications of each Trustee as part of the Board’s annual self-evaluation process, the Committee and the Board considered the totality of the information available to them, including the specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills, as noted below, and concluded that each of the Trustees should serve as members of the Board of Trustees based on the Trust’s business structure. In reaching these conclusions, the Committee and the Board, in the exercise of their reasonable business judgment, evaluated each Trustee based on his or her specific experience, qualifications, attributes and/or skills on an individual basis and in combination with the other Trustees, none of which by itself was considered dispositive.

Alan A. Brown: Service as Executive Vice President and as Chief Marketing Officer of a leading investment management firm, a corporate and fund director, and as an executive with a private equity real estate investment management firm, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2013 and Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees since May 2022.

Cheryl D. Alston: Service as Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer of a large public pension fund, service on not-for-profit and corporate boards, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2022.

Raudline Etienne: Service as Deputy Controller and Chief Investment Officer of a large public pension fund, Senior Vice President and Senior Advisor to a global strategy firm, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2016.

Darrell B. Jackson: Service as President and Chief Executive Officer of a bank, Executive Vice President and Co-President of a large financial services company, service on corporate and private company boards, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2022.

Dominic Janssens: Service as Global Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director of investment and asset management companies, Member of Board of Directors and Advisory Board Member of an AI-technology firm, and in various capacities with public investment firms.

William F. McCalpin: Service as Chief Operating Officer of a large private family foundation, Chairman and Trustee of an unaffiliated fund complex, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2002 and Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 2008 to May 2022.

Gary A. Poliner: Service as President, and Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, of a large life insurance company, a director of private companies, service as director and Chairman and Director of unaffiliated fund complexes, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2016.

Diane L. Wallace: Service as Independent Trustee of Henderson Global Funds and other leading investment management firms, Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President of Operations, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of a leading investment management firm, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2017.

General Information Regarding the Board of Trustees and Leadership Structure

The Trust is governed by the Board of Trustees, which is responsible for and oversees the management and operations of the Trust and each of the Janus Henderson funds on behalf of fund shareholders. Each member of the Board is an Independent Trustee, including the Board’s Chairman. The Board’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to, oversight of the Janus Henderson funds’ officers and service providers, including the Adviser, which is responsible for the Trust’s day-to-day operations. The Trustees approve all of the agreements entered into with the Janus Henderson funds’ service providers, including the investment management agreements with the Adviser. The Trustees are also responsible for determining or changing each Janus Henderson fund’s investment objective(s), policies, and available investment techniques, as well as for overseeing the Janus Henderson funds’ Chief Compliance Officer. In carrying out these responsibilities, the Trustees are assisted by the Trust’s independent auditor (who reports directly to the Trust’s Audit Committee), independent counsel, an independent fee consultant, and other specialists as appropriate, all of whom are selected by the Trustees. The Trustees also meet regularly without representatives of the Adviser or its affiliates present.

The Trustees discharge their responsibilities collectively as a Board, as well as through Board committees, each of which operates pursuant to a Board-approved charter that delineates the specific responsibilities of that committee. For example, the Board as a whole is responsible for oversight of the annual process by which the Board considers and approves each fund’s investment advisory agreement with the Adviser, but specific matters related to oversight of the Janus Henderson funds’ independent auditors have been delegated by the Board to its Audit Committee, subject to approval of the Audit Committee’s recommendations by the Board. The members and responsibilities of each Board committee are summarized below. In addition to serving on certain committees, the Chairman of the Board (“Board Chairman”) is responsible for presiding at all meetings of the Board and has other duties as may be assigned by the Trustees from time to time. The Board Chairman also serves as the Board’s liaison to the Adviser with respect to all matters related to the Janus Henderson funds that are not otherwise delegated to the chair of a Board committee. The Board has determined that this leadership structure is appropriate based on (1) the number of Janus Henderson funds overseen and the various investment objectives of those funds; (2) the manner in which the Janus Henderson funds’ shares are marketed and distributed; and (3) the responsibilities entrusted to the Adviser and its affiliates to oversee the Trust’s day-to-day operations, including the management of each Janus Henderson fund’s holdings and the distribution of fund shares. On an annual basis, the Board conducts a self-evaluation that considers, among other matters, whether the Board and its committees are functioning effectively and whether, given the size and composition of the Board and each of its committees, the Trustees are able to oversee effectively the number of Janus Henderson funds in the complex.

Committees of the Board

The Board of Trustees has six standing committees that each perform specialized functions: an Audit Committee, Investment Oversight Committee, Nominating and Governance Committee, Operations Committee, Product and Distribution Committee,

and Trading and Pricing Committee. Each committee is comprised entirely of Independent Trustees. Information about each committee’s functions is provided in the following table:

	Summary of Functions	Members (Independent Trustees)	Number of Meetings Held During Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2024
Audit Committee	Reviews the Trust’s financial reporting process, the system of internal controls over financial reporting, disclosure controls and procedures, including the review of the adequacy of relevant personnel and the review of reports related to such system of internal controls, Form N-CSR, Form N-CEN, and Form N-PORT filings, and the audit process. The Committee’s review of the audit process includes, among other things, the appointment, compensation, and oversight of the Trust’s independent auditor, which performs the audits of the Trust’s financial statements, regular meetings and communication with relevant personnel at the Adviser and the independent auditor, and preapproval of all audit and nonaudit services. The Committee also reviews any significant changes or improvements in accounting and audit processes that have been implemented. The Committee receives reports from the Trust’s Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Principal Accounting Officer, and from personnel responsible for internal audit functions related to financial reporting. The Committee also oversees service providers that provide fund accounting and portfolio accounting services to the Trust.	Diane L. Wallace (Chair) Cheryl D. Alston Gary A. Poliner	4
Investment Oversight Committee	Oversees the investment activities of the series of the Trust. The Committee meets regularly with investment personnel at the Adviser and any subadviser to the Funds to review the investment performance, investment risk characteristics, objectives, and strategies of the Funds. The Committee reviews reports regarding the use of derivative instruments by the Funds and information and reports with respect to proposed new investment instruments and techniques. The Committee reviews various matters related to the operations of the Janus Henderson money market funds, including the review of reports related to such operations, compliance with the Trust’s Money Market Fund Procedures, and Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act.	Raudline Etienne (Chair) Cheryl D. Alston Alan A. Brown Darrell B. Jackson Dominic Janssens William F. McCalpin Gary A. Poliner Diane L. Wallace	5

	Summary of Functions	Members (Independent Trustees)	Number of Meetings Held During Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2024
Nominating and Governance Committee	Identifies and recommends individuals for Trustee membership, recommends an independent Trustee to serve as Board Chair, consults with Fund officers and the Board Chair in planning Trustee meetings, reviews the responsibilities of each Board committee, which includes the need for new committees and the continuation of existing committees, and oversees the administration of, and ensures compliance with, the Trust’s Governance Procedures and Guidelines adopted by the Trustees. The Committee also leads the Trustees’ annual self-assessment process and continuing education program, reviews, and proposes changes to, Trustee compensation, and oversees the administration of the Trust’s insurance program.	William F. McCalpin (Chair) Alan A. Brown Diane L. Wallace	6
Operations Committee	Oversees certain matters related to the operation of the Trust. The Committee receives reports regarding the operation of the Trust’s securities lending program, the implementation of the Proxy Voting Procedures and Guidelines, and various information technology, cybersecurity, and data privacy risks related to the Trust and the Trust’s service providers. The Committee oversees service providers providing operations-related services to the Trust, including the Trust’s custodian and transfer agent. The Committee receives reports from personnel responsible for the Trust’s enterprise risk function and the Adviser’s internal audit function. In addition, the Committee oversees compliance with certain procedures adopted by the Trust under exemptive orders of the SEC.	Gary A. Poliner (Chair) Alan A. Brown Darrell B. Jackson William F. McCalpin	5
Product and Distribution Committee	Provides oversight of matters regarding the Trust’s product lineup and the distribution of shares of the Funds. The Committee reviews matters relating to the initial strategy, design, and positioning of new Funds and material changes to the strategy, design, and/or positioning of existing Funds. The Committee receives reports regarding potential Fund closures, liquidations, or mergers, certain Fund fees and expenses, and marketing and distribution strategies for the Funds including payments made by the Funds pursuant to the Trust’s distribution and shareholder servicing plans. The Committee reviews certain regulatory filings made with the SEC and oversees and receives reporting from service providers providing product and distribution-related services to the Trust.	Alan A. Brown (Chair) Raudline Etienne Darrell B. Jackson William F. McCalpin	6

	Summary of Functions	Members (Independent Trustees)	Number of Meetings Held During Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2024
Trading and Pricing Committee	Oversees matters relating to the pricing of the Funds’ securities and the placement of portfolio transactions. The Committee oversees the Adviser as valuation designee and reviews reports on fair valuation determinations and valuation methodologies regarding securities and investments held by the Funds pursuant to valuation procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board of Trustees. The Committee also reviews other matters related to pricing the Funds’ securities and approves changes to the valuation procedures. The Committee receives reporting regarding portfolio transactions with affiliates undertaken in accordance with the Trust’s procedures, efforts to obtain best execution in connection with portfolio transactions and commissions paid to firms supplying research and brokerage services. The Committee also receives reports regarding foreign exchange trading by the Funds. In addition, the Committee oversees service providers providing trading and pricing-related services to the Trust and reviews reports from the administrator of the Trust’s liquidity risk management program.	Gary A. Poliner (Chair) Cheryl D. Alston Diane L. Wallace	4

Board Oversight of Risk Management

The Adviser, as part of its responsibilities for the day-to-day operations of the Janus Henderson funds, is responsible for day-to-day risk management for the funds. The Board, as part of its overall oversight responsibilities for the Janus Henderson funds’ operations, oversees the Adviser’s risk management efforts with respect to the funds. The Board, in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, also separately considers potential risks that may impact the Janus Henderson funds. The Board discharges its oversight duties and considers potential risks in a number of different ways, including, but not limited to, receiving reports on a regular basis, either directly or through an appropriate committee, from the Adviser and its officers. Reports received include those from, among others, the Adviser’s (1) senior managers responsible for oversight of global risk, including, for example, those responsible for oversight of operational risks and cyber risks in particular; (2) senior managers responsible for oversight of fund construction and trading risk; (3) Chief Compliance Officer; and (4) the Global Head of Internal Audit. At the time these reports are presented, the Board or the committee receiving the report will, as it deems necessary, invite the presenter to participate in an executive session to discuss matters outside the presence of any other officers or representatives of the Adviser or its affiliates. The Board also receives reports from other entities and individuals unaffiliated with the Adviser, including reports from the Janus Henderson funds’ other service providers and from independent consultants hired by the Board. The Board has appointed the Funds’ CCO who (1) reports directly to the Board and (2) provides a comprehensive written report annually and presents quarterly at the Board’s regular meetings. The Funds’ CCO, who also serves as Janus Henderson’s Head of Compliance, North America, discusses relevant risk issues that may impact the Janus Henderson funds and/or the Adviser’s services to the funds, and routinely meets with the Board in private without representatives of the Adviser or its affiliates present. The Funds’ CCO also provides the Board with updates on the application of the Janus Henderson funds’ compliance policies and procedures, including how these procedures are designed to mitigate risk and what, if any, changes have been made to enhance the procedures. The Funds’ CCO may also report to the Board on an ad hoc basis in the event that she identifies issues associated with the Janus Henderson funds’ compliance policies and procedures that could expose the funds to additional risk or adversely impact the ability of the Adviser to provide services to the funds.

The Board believes that its leadership structure permits it to effectively discharge its oversight responsibilities with respect to the Janus Henderson funds’ risk management process.

Additional Information About Trustees

Under the Trust’s Governance Procedures and Guidelines, the Trustees are expected to invest in one or more (but not necessarily all) funds advised by the Adviser for which they serve as Trustee, to the extent they are directly eligible to do so. For each Trustee, these investments are expected, in the aggregate and at a minimum, to equal median Trustee annual compensation with an allowance for new Trustees to reach this level of investment over time. These investments may include amounts held under a deferred compensation plan that are valued based on “shadow investments”, where any deferred amount is treated as though an equivalent dollar amount has been invested in shares of one or more funds advised by the Adviser. Such investments, including the amount and which funds, are dictated by each Trustee’s individual financial circumstances and investment goals.

As of December 31, 2023, the Trustees owned securities of the Funds described in this SAI in the dollar range shown in the following table. The last column of the table reflects each Trustee’s aggregate dollar range of securities of all mutual funds advised by the Adviser and overseen by the Trustees.

Name of Trustee	Dollar Range of Equity Securities in the Funds		Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity Securities in All Registered Investment Companies in the Fund Complex
Independent Trustees
Alan A. Brown	Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund	$10,001-$50,000	Over $100,000
	Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund	$10,001-$50,000
	Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund	$10,001-$50,000
Cheryl D. Alston	None		Over $100,000
Raudline Etienne	Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund	$10,001-$50,000	Over $100,000(1)
	Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund	$50,001-$100,000
	Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund	$50,001-$100,000
Darrell B. Jackson	None		Over $100,000
Dominic Janssens(2)	None		None
William F. McCalpin	Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund	$10,001-$50,000	Over $100,000(1)
Gary A. Poliner	Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund	Over $100,000	Over $100,000(1)
	Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund	Over $100,000
	Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund	Over $100,000
Diane L. Wallace	Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund	$1-$10,000	Over $100,000

(1)

Ownership shown includes amounts held under a deferred compensation plan that are valued based on “shadow investments” in one or more funds.

(2)

Dominic Janssens joined the Board as an Independent Trustee, effective July 15, 2024.

Trustee Compensation

The Trust pays each Independent Trustee an annual retainer plus a fee for each regular in-person meeting of the Trustees attended, a fee for in-person meetings of committees attended if convened on a date other than that of a regularly scheduled meeting, and a fee for telephone meetings of the Trustees and committees. In addition, committee chairs and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees receive an additional supplemental retainer. Each current Independent Trustee also receives fees from other Janus Henderson funds for serving as Trustee of those funds. The Adviser pays persons who are directors, officers, or employees of the Adviser or any affiliate thereof, or any Trustee considered an “interested” Trustee, for their services as Trustees or officers. The Trust and other funds managed by the Adviser may pay all or a portion of the compensation and related expenses of the Funds’ CCO and compliance staff, as authorized from time to time by the Trustees.

To the best knowledge of the Trust, the following table shows the aggregate compensation paid to each Independent Trustee by the Funds described in this SAI and all Janus Henderson funds for the periods indicated. None of the Trustees receives any pension or retirement benefits from the Funds or the Janus Henderson funds. Effective January 1, 2006, the Trustees established a deferred compensation plan using shadow investments under which the Trustees may elect to defer receipt of

all, or a portion, of the compensation they earn for their services to the Funds, in lieu of receiving current payments of such compensation.

Name of Person, Position	Aggregate Compensation from the Funds for fiscal year ended June 30, 2024	Total Compensation from the Fund Complex for calendar year ended December 31, 2023(1)(2)
Independent Trustees
Alan A. Brown, Chairman and Trustee(3)(4)	$44,219	$475,000
Cheryl D. Alston, Trustee	$26,163	$280,000
William D. Cvengros, Former Trustee(4)(5)	$26,386	$300,000
Raudline Etienne, Trustee(4)	$26,963	$301,000
Darrell B. Jackson, Trustee	$27,664	$298,500
Dominic Janssens, Trustee(6)	N/A	N/A
William F. McCalpin, Trustee(4)	$32,565	$349,000
Gary A. Poliner, Trustee(4)	$32,180	$351,000
Diane L. Wallace, Trustee(4)	$33,254	$354,000

(1)

For all Trustees, includes compensation for service on the boards of two registered investment companies comprised of 49 portfolios.

(2)

Total Compensation received from the Fund Complex includes any amounts deferred under the deferred compensation plan. The deferred compensation amounts for the year are as follows: William F. McCalpin $34,900, Gary A. Poliner $351,000, and Raudline Etienne $30,100.

(3)

Aggregate Compensation received from the Funds and Total Compensation received from the Fund Complex includes additional compensation paid for service as Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees.

(4)

Aggregate Compensation received from the Funds and Total Compensation received from the Fund Complex includes additional compensation paid for service as chair of one or more committees of the Board of Trustees during certain periods.

(5)

William D. Cvengros retired from his role as an Independent Trustee, effective July 19, 2024.

(6)

Dominic Janssens joined the Board as an Independent Trustee, effective July 15, 2024.

Janus Henderson Portfolio Management

Other Accounts Managed

To the best knowledge of the Trust, the following table provides information relating to other accounts managed by portfolio management as of June 30, 2024. For any co-managed Fund or account, the assets reflect total Fund assets. If applicable, accounts included under Other Registered Investment Companies may include subadvised accounts. To the extent that any of the accounts pay advisory fees based on account performance, information on those accounts is separately listed.

		Other Registered Investment Companies	Other Pooled Investment Vehicles	Other Accounts
Ashwin Alankar	Number of Other Accounts Managed	4	1	16
	Assets in Other Accounts Managed	$759.83 M	$18.47 M	$1,672.60 M
Faizan Baig	Number of Other Accounts Managed	1	None	2
	Assets in Other Accounts Managed	$65.92 M	None	$203.44 M
Jenna Barnard	Number of Other Accounts Managed	None	5	5
	Assets in Other Accounts Managed	None	$4,449.33 M	$2,528.90 M
Dylan Bourke	Number of Other Accounts Managed	None	4	7 (1)
	Assets in Other Accounts Managed	None	$1,636.46 M	$1,189.66 M
Craig Kempler	Number of Other Accounts Managed	None	None	2
	Assets in Other Accounts Managed	None	None	$76.86 M
Michael Keough	Number of Other Accounts Managed	6	12	17
	Assets in Other Accounts Managed	$37,917.76 M	$9,743.34 M	$4,777.65 M
John Kerschner	Number of Other Accounts Managed	4	2	2
	Assets in Other Accounts Managed	$15,953.81 M	$355.05 M	$137.58 M
John Lloyd(2)	Number of Other Accounts Managed	1	7	33
	Assets in Other Accounts Managed	$606.55 M	$1,780.87 M	$2,964.44 M
Ben Lofthouse	Number of Other Accounts Managed	2	2	2
	Assets in Other Accounts Managed	$5,639.50 M	$1,331.17 M	$203.44 M

		Other Registered Investment Companies	Other Pooled Investment Vehicles	Other Accounts
Addison Maier(3)	Number of Other Accounts Managed	1	3	1
	Assets in Other Accounts Managed	$2,251.43 M	$166.96 M	$1,163.86 M
Seth Meyer	Number of Other Accounts Managed	None	2	2
	Assets in Other Accounts Managed	None	$355.05 M	$306.02 M
Brent Olson	Number of Other Accounts Managed	None	4	5
	Assets in Other Accounts Managed	None	$1,147.98 M	$652.71 M
John Pattullo(4)	Number of Other Accounts Managed	None	5	5
	Assets in Other Accounts Managed	None	$4,449.33 M	$2,528.90 M
Kevin Preloger	Number of Other Accounts Managed	2 (5)	2	3
	Assets in Other Accounts Managed	$202.34 M	$168.92 M	$105.76 M
Tom Ross	Number of Other Accounts Managed	None	9	9 (6)
	Assets in Other Accounts Managed	None	$5,446.00 M	$1,698.54 M
Daniel Siluk	Number of Other Accounts Managed	1	6	9 (1)
	Assets in Other Accounts Managed	$2,251.43 M	$1,770.20 M	$2,510.06 M
Brad Smith(7)	Number of Other Accounts Managed	1	5	6
	Assets in Other Accounts Managed	$30.89 M	$949.63 M	$3,768.61
Justin Tugman	Number of Other Accounts Managed	2 (5)	2	5
	Assets in Other Accounts Managed	$202.34 M	$168.92 M	$182.62 M
Nicholas Ware(8)	Number of Other Accounts Managed	None	4	2
	Assets in Other Accounts Managed	None	$4,442.78 M	$217.75 M
Greg Wilensky	Number of Other Accounts Managed	5	8	11
	Assets in Other Accounts Managed	$37,886.87 M	$9,413.24 M	$1,009.04 M

(1)

One account included in the total, consisting of $208.38M of the total assets in the category, has a performance-based advisory fee.

(2)

Effective June 1, 2024, John Lloyd was appointed Co-Portfolio Manager of Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund.

(3)

Effective March 1, 2024, Addison Maier was appointed Co-Portfolio Manager of Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund.

(4)

John Pattullo intends to retire from the Adviser and the asset management industry at the end of the first quarter of 2025. One account included in the total, consisting of $112.68M of the total assets in the category, has a performance-based advisory fee. One account included in the total, consisting of $32.59M of the total assets in the category, has a performance-based advisory fee.

(5)

Effective September 1, 2024, Brad Smith was appointed Co-Portfolio Manager of Janus Henderson High Yield Fund.

Material Conflicts

As shown in the table above, portfolio management generally manages other accounts, including accounts that may hold the same securities as or pursue investment strategies similar to the Funds. Those other accounts may include separately managed accounts, model or emulation accounts, Janus Henderson mutual funds and ETFs, private-label funds for which the Adviser or an affiliate serves as subadviser, or other Janus Henderson pooled investment vehicles, such as hedge funds, which may have different fee structures or rates than a Fund or may have a performance-based management fee. The Adviser or an affiliate may also proprietarily invest in or provide seed capital to some but not all of these accounts. In addition, portfolio management may personally invest in or provide seed capital to some but not all of these accounts, and certain of these accounts may have a greater impact on their compensation than others. Further, portfolio management (or their family members) may beneficially own or transact in the same securities as those held in a Fund’s portfolio. Moreover, portfolio management may also have other roles at Janus Henderson (e.g., research analyst) and receive compensation attributable to the other roles. Portfolio management may also have roles with an affiliate of the Adviser, and provide advice on behalf of the Adviser through participating affiliate agreements, and receive compensation attributable to other roles. These factors could create conflicts of interest between portfolio management and the Funds because portfolio management may have incentives to favor one or more accounts over others or one role over another in the allocation of time, resources, or investment opportunities and the sequencing of trades, resulting in the potential for the Fund to be disadvantaged relative to one or more other accounts.

A conflict of interest between the Funds and other clients, including one or more Funds, may arise if portfolio management identifies a limited investment opportunity that may be appropriate for a Fund, but the Fund is not able to take full advantage of that opportunity due to the need to allocate that opportunity among other accounts also managed by such portfolio management. A conflict may also arise if portfolio management executes transactions in one or more accounts that adversely impact the value of securities held by a Fund.

The Adviser believes that these and other conflicts are mitigated by policies, procedures, and practices in place, including those governing personal trading, proprietary trading and seed capital deployment, aggregation and allocation of trades, allocation of limited offerings, cross trades, and best execution. In addition, the Adviser generally requires portfolio management to manage accounts with similar investment strategies in a similar fashion, subject to a variety of exceptions, including, but not limited to, investment restrictions or policies applicable only to certain accounts, certain portfolio holdings that may be transferred in-kind when an account is opened, differences in cash flows and account sizes, and similar factors. The Adviser monitors accounts with similar strategies for any holdings, risk, or performance dispersion or unfair treatment.

The Adviser and its affiliates generate trades throughout the day, depending on the volume of orders received from portfolio management, for all of its clients using trade system software. Trades are pre-allocated to individual clients and submitted to selected brokers via electronic files, in alignment with the Adviser’s best execution policy. If an order is not completely filled, executed shares are allocated to client accounts in proportion to the order. In addition, the Adviser has adopted trade allocation procedures that govern allocation of securities among various Janus Henderson accounts. Trade allocation and personal trading are described in further detail under “Additional Information About the Adviser.”

The Adviser manages the Funds and the Janus Henderson “funds of funds,” which are funds that invest primarily in other mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (the “underlying funds”). Because the Adviser manages the Janus Henderson “funds of funds” and some of the underlying funds (“affiliated underlying funds”), it is subject to certain potential conflicts of interest when allocating the assets of a Janus Henderson “fund of funds” among such affiliated underlying funds. For example, the Adviser has a conflict of interest in selecting investments for an affiliated underlying fund because the affiliated underlying funds, unlike unaffiliated investment companies, pay fees to the Adviser, and the fees paid to it by some underlying funds are higher than the fees paid by other underlying funds. Further, the Janus Henderson “funds of funds” investments have been and may continue to be a significant portion of the investments in other Janus Henderson funds, allowing the Adviser the opportunity to recoup expenses it previously waived or reimbursed for an affiliated underlying fund, or to reduce the amount of seed capital investment needed by the Adviser for the Janus Henderson funds. Purchases and redemptions of affiliated underlying fund shares by a Janus Henderson “funds of funds” due to reallocations or rebalancing may result in an affiliated underlying fund having to sell securities or invest cash when it otherwise would not do so, which could accelerate the recognition of taxable income or cause actual expenses to increase. In addition, redemptions by a Janus Henderson “funds of funds” could cause actual expenses to increase, or could result in an affiliated underlying fund’s current expense being allocated over a smaller asset base, which may lead to an increase in the affiliated underlying fund’s expense ratio. The impact of these transactions is likely to be greater when a Janus Henderson “funds of funds” purchases, redeems, or owns a substantial portion of an affiliated underlying fund’s shares. In addition, a Janus Henderson “funds of funds” portfolio manager, Ashwin Alankar, who also serves as Head of Global Asset Allocation of Janus Henderson Investors, has access to and regularly monitors certain information regarding the characteristics of the affiliated underlying funds, as well as knowledge of, and potential impact on, investment strategies and techniques of the affiliated underlying funds. Mr. Alankar may also be subject to conflicts of interest in allocating certain Janus Henderson “funds of funds” assets among the affiliated underlying fund’s and other investments since he serves as portfolio manager of Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund, which is an eligible investment for the Janus Henderson “funds of funds.”

JANUS HENDERSON PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

COMPENSATION INFORMATION

The following describes the structure and method of calculating portfolio management’s compensation as of June 30, 2024.

Portfolio management is compensated for managing a Fund and any other funds, portfolios, or accounts for which they have exclusive or shared responsibilities through two components: fixed compensation and variable compensation. Compensation (both fixed and variable) is determined on a pre-tax basis.

Fixed Compensation: Fixed compensation is paid in cash and is comprised of an annual base salary. The base salary is based on factors such as performance, scope of responsibility, skills, knowledge, experience, ability, and market competitiveness.

Variable Compensation: Portfolio management’s variable compensation is discretionary and is determined by investment team management. The overall investment team variable compensation pool is funded by an amount equal to a percentage of Janus Henderson’s pre-incentive operating income. In determining individual awards, both quantitative and qualitative factors are considered. Such factors include, among other things, consistent short-term and long-term fund performance (i.e., one-, three-, and five-year performance), client support and investment team support through the sharing of ideas, leadership, development, mentoring, and teamwork.

Performance fees: The firm receives performance fees in relation to certain funds depending on outperformance of the fund against pre-determined benchmarks. Performance fees are shared directly with the investment professional in two instances; on a discretionary basis, if the fees were generated by certain products, and on a formulaic basis, if there is a contractual agreement in place.

The discretionary performance fee sharing incentives are funded from within the profit pools and subject to the same risk adjustment, review, and standard deferral arrangements that apply to the discretionary funding frameworks.

Deferrals/Firm Ownership: All employees are subject to Janus Henderson’s standard deferral arrangements which apply to variable incentive awards. Deferral rates apply to awards that exceed a minimum threshold, rates of deferral increase for larger incentive awards. Deferred awards vest in three equal installments over a 3-year period and are delivered into JHG restricted stock and/or funds.

Portfolio management may be eligible to defer payment of a designated percentage of their fixed compensation and/or up to all of their variable compensation in accordance with JHG’s Executive Income Deferral Program.

Ownership of Securities

As of June 30, 2024, portfolio management of the Funds described in this SAI beneficially owned securities of the Fund(s) they manage in the dollar range shown in the following table. Portfolio management may own shares of certain other Janus Henderson funds domiciled outside of the United States which have comparable investment objectives and strategies to the Funds. Beneficial ownership may include amounts invested through contingent compensation plans, as applicable.

Investment Personnel	Dollar Range of Equity Securities in the Fund(s) Managed
Ashwin Alankar	Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund	$100,001−$500,000
Faizan Baig	Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund	None
Jenna Barnard	Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund	None
Dylan Bourke	Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund	None
Craig Kempler	Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund	Over $1,000,000
Michael Keough	Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund	$500,001−$1,000,000
	Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund	$100,001−$500,000
John Kerschner	Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund	Over $1,000,000
John Lloyd(1)	Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund	None
	Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund	Over $1,000,000
Ben Lofthouse	Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund	None
Addison Maier(2)	Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund	$100,001−$500,000
Seth Meyer	Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund	Over $1,000,000
Brent Olson	Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund	$1-10,000
John Pattullo(3)	Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund	None
Kevin Preloger	Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund	Over $1,000,000
	Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund	Over $1,000,000
Tom Ross	Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund	None
Daniel Siluk	Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund	None
Brad Smith(4)	Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund	None
Justin Tugman	Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund	Over $1,000,000
	Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund	Over $1,000,000
	Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund	Over $1,000,000
Nicholas Ware(5)	Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund	None
Greg Wilensky	Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund	Over $1,000,000
	Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund	Over $1,000,000

(1)

Effective June 1, 2024, John Lloyd was appointed Co-Portfolio Manager of Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund.

(2)

Effective March 1, 2024, Addison Maier was appointed Co-Portfolio Manager of Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund.

(3)

John Pattullo intends to retire from the Adviser and the asset management industry at the end of the first quarter 2025.

(4)

Effective September 1, 2024, Brad Smith was appointed Co-Portfolio Manager of Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund.

(5)

Effective July 1, 2024, Nicholas Ware was appointed Co-Portfolio Manager of Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund.

Principal shareholders

As of September 30, 2024, the officers and Trustees as a group owned less than 1% of the outstanding Shares of each class of the Funds except 1.25 % of Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund Class A Shares; 13.19% of Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund Class N Shares; 2.44% of Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund Class D Shares; 1.40% of Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund Class N Shares; 5.95% of Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund Class N Shares; 2.60% of Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund Class D Shares; 4.09% of Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund Class D Shares; 16.03% of Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund Class I Shares; 1.81% of Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund Class N Shares; and 17.45% of Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund Class T Shares. As of September 30, 2024, the percentage ownership of any person or entity owning 5% or more of the outstanding Shares of any class of the Funds is listed below. Any person or entity that beneficially owns, directly or through one or more controlled companies, more than 25% of the voting securities of a company is presumed to “control” such company. Accordingly, to the extent that a person or entity is identified as the beneficial owner of more than 25% of the voting securities of a Fund, or is identified as the record owner of more than 25% of a Fund and has voting and/or investment powers, that person or entity may be presumed to control such Fund. A controlling shareholder’s vote could have a more significant effect on matters presented to shareholders for approval than the vote of other Fund shareholders. In addition, a large redemption by a controlling shareholder could significantly reduce the asset size of a Fund, which may adversely affect the Fund’s investment flexibility, portfolio diversification, and expense ratio.

To the best knowledge of the Trust, as of September 30, 2024, no other person or entity owned beneficially 5% or more (or beneficially owned more than 25%) of the outstanding Shares of any class of the Funds, except as shown. To the extent that the Adviser, an affiliate, or an individual, such as a Fund’s portfolio manager(s), owns a significant portion of the Shares of any class of a Fund or a Fund as a whole, the redemption of those Shares may have an adverse effect on the Fund, a share class, and/or its shareholders. The Adviser may consider the effect of redemptions on such Fund and the Fund’s other shareholders in deciding whether to redeem its Shares. In certain circumstances, the Adviser’s or JHG’s ownership may not represent beneficial ownership. To the best knowledge of the Trust, entities other than the Adviser shown as owning more than 25% of the outstanding Shares of a class of a Fund are not the beneficial owners of such Shares, unless otherwise indicated.

Fund Name	Shareholder and Address of Record	Percentage Ownership
Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund Class A Shares	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of its Customers New York, NY	28.16%
	Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. For the Sole Benefit of Customers Jacksonville, FL	18.26%
	Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC Special Custody Acct For the Exclusive Benefit of Customer St. Louis, MO	15.87%
	Pershing LLC Jersey City, NJ	8.41%
	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Special Custody Acct FBO Customers San Francisco, CA	7.36%
	LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Acct San Diego, CA	7.14%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of our Customers Jersey City, NJ	5.71%
Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund Class A Shares	John Hancock Trust Company LLC Boston, MA	21.54%
	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of its Customers New York, NY	18.94%

Fund Name	Shareholder and Address of Record	Percentage Ownership
	Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. For the Sole Benefit of Customers Jacksonville, FL	13.60%
	Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC Special Custody Acct For the Exclusive Benefit of Customer St. Louis, MO	10.48%
	American Enterprise Investment Svc. FBO 41999970 Minneapolis, MN	5.58%
	Raymond James House Acct Firm #92500015 Omnibus for Mutual Funds St. Petersburg, FL	5.14%
Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund Class A Shares	Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. For the Sole Benefit of Customers Jacksonville, FL	27.29%
	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of its Customers New York, NY	15.64%
	Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC Special Custody Acct For the Exclusive Benefit of Customer St. Louis, MO	12.68%
	American Enterprise Investment Svc. FBO 41999970 Minneapolis, MN	10.54%
	Raymond James House Acct Firm #92500015 Omnibus for Mutual Funds St. Petersburg, FL	5.54%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	5.24%
Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund Class A Shares	American Enterprise Investment Svc. FBO 41999970 Minneapolis, MN	43.75%
	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of its Customers New York, NY	12.04%
	Pershing LLC Jersey City, NJ	7.97%
	Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC Special Custody Acct For the Exclusive Benefit of Customer St. Louis, MO	7.35%
	Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. For the Sole Benefit of Customers Jacksonville, FL	6.49%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	6.06%
Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund Class A Shares	American Enterprise Investment Svc. FBO 41999970 Minneapolis, MN	27.78%

100

Fund Name	Shareholder and Address of Record	Percentage Ownership
	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of its Customers New York, NY	15.12%
	Raymond James House Acct Firm #92500015 Omnibus for Mutual Funds St. Petersburg, FL	10.65%
	Pershing LLC Jersey City, NJ	7.93%
	LPL Financial A/C 1000-0005 San Diego, CA	7.35%
	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Special Custody Acct FBO Customers San Francisco, CA	6.22%
	Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC Special Custody Acct For the Exclusive Benefit of Customer St. Louis, MO	5.60%
	Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. For the Sole Benefit of Customers Jacksonville, FL	5.52%
Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund Class A Shares	Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. For the Sole Benefit of Customers Jacksonville, FL	24.83%
	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of its Customers New York, NY	15.62%
	American Enterprise Investment Svc. FBO 41999970 Minneapolis, MN	14.54%
	UBS WM USA 0O0 11011 6100 Omni Account M/F Weehawken, NJ	8.62%
	Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC Special Custody Acct For the Exclusive Benefit of Customer St. Louis, MO	7.24%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	6.39%
	Raymond James House Acct Firm #92500015 Omnibus for Mutual Funds St. Petersburg, FL	5.95%
Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund Class A Shares	Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc. For the Sole Benefit of Customers Jacksonville, FL	23.75%
	American Enterprise Investment Svc. FBO 41999970 Minneapolis, MN	15.56%
	Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC Special Custody Acct For the Exclusive Benefit of Customer St. Louis, MO	10.49%

101

Fund Name	Shareholder and Address of Record	Percentage Ownership
	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of its Customers New York, NY	9.27%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	6.20%
	UBS WM USA 0O0 11011 6100 Omni Account M/F Weehawken, NJ	5.65%
	Raymond James House Acct Firm #92500015 Omnibus for Mutual Funds St. Petersburg, FL	5.14%
	Pershing LLC Jersey City, NJ	5.05%
Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund Class A Shares	Raymond James House Acct Firm #92500015 Omnibus for Mutual Funds St. Petersburg, FL	12.14%
	Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. For the Sole Benefit of Customers Jacksonville, FL	10.47%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	10.31%
	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of its Customers New York, NY	9.56%
	Pershing LLC Jersey City, NJ	8.95%
	Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC Special Custody Acct For the Exclusive Benefit of Customer St. Louis, MO	8.45%
	LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account San Diego, CA	6.57%
	American Enterprise Investment Svc. FBO 41999970 Minneapolis, MN	6.48%
	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Special Custody Acct FBO Customers San Francisco, CA	5.02%
Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund Class A Shares	Raymond James House Acct Firm #92500015 Omnibus for Mutual Funds St. Petersburg, FL	24.14%
	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Special Custody Acct FBO Customers San Francisco, CA	20.02%
	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of its Customers New York, NY	17.05%

102

Fund Name	Shareholder and Address of Record	Percentage Ownership
	UBS WM USA 0O0 11011 6100 Omni Account M/F Weehawken, NJ	13.01%
	Pershing LLC Jersey City, NJ	6.27%
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund Class A Shares	Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC Special Custody Acct For the Exclusive Benefit of Customer St. Louis, MO	17.21%
	Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. For the Sole Benefit of Customers Jacksonville, FL	14.81%
	American Enterprise Investment Svc. FBO 41999970 Minneapolis, MN	12.33%
	UBS WM USA 0O0 11011 6100 Omni Account M/F Weehawken, NJ	6.49%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	6.18%
	RBC Capital Markets LLC Mutual Fund Omnibus Processing Minneapolis, MN	5.72%
	Pershing LLC Jersey City, NJ	5.71%
	LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account San Diego, CA	5.43%
	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of its Customers New York, NY	5.34%
	Raymond James House Acct Firm #92500015 Omnibus for Mutual Funds St. Petersburg, FL	5.21%
Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund Class A Shares	Pershing LLC Jersey City, NJ	77.28%
	LPL Financial A/C 1000-0005 San Diego, CA	11.07%
Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund Class C Shares	UBS WM USA 0O0 11011 6100 Spec Cdy A/C Excl Ben Cust UBSFSI Weehawken, NJ	31.11%
	Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC Special Custody Acct For the Exclusive Benefit of Customer St. Louis, MO	24.82%
	Pershing LLC Jersey City, NJ	16.83%

103

Fund Name	Shareholder and Address of Record	Percentage Ownership
	LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account San Diego, CA	13.11%
	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of its Customers New York, NY	8.87%
Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund Class C Shares	American Enterprise Investment Svc. FBO 41999970 Minneapolis, MN	21.54%
	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of its Customers New York, NY	17.93%
	Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC Special Custody Acct For the Exclusive Benefit of Customer St. Louis, MO	14.51%
	Pershing LLC Jersey City, NJ	11.32%
	LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account San Diego, CA	10.17%
	Raymond James House Acct Firm #92500015 Omnibus for Mutual Funds St. Petersburg, FL	10.01%
Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund Class C Shares	Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC Special Custody Acct For the Exclusive Benefit of Customer St. Louis, MO	27.10%
	Pershing LLC Jersey City, NJ	17.54%
	American Enterprise Investment Svc. FBO 41999970 Minneapolis, MN	12.86%
	LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account San Diego, CA	8.59%
	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of its Customers New York, NY	7.93%
	Raymond James House Acct Firm #92500015 Omnibus for Mutual Funds St. Petersburg, FL	6.22%
	Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. For the Sole Benefit of Customers Jacksonville, FL	5.67%
Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund Class C Shares	Pershing LLC Jersey City, NJ	29.17%
	American Enterprise Investment Svc. FBO 41999970 Minneapolis, MN	19.75%
	Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC Special Custody Acct For the Exclusive Benefit of Customer St. Louis, MO	12.25%

104

Fund Name	Shareholder and Address of Record	Percentage Ownership
	LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account San Diego, CA	9.74%
	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Special Custody Acct FBO Customers San Francisco, CA	9.66%
	JP Morgan Securities LLC Omnibus Account For Exclusive Benefit of Customers Brooklyn, NY	6.08%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	5.47%
Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund Class C Shares	American Enterprise Investment Svc. FBO 41999970 Minneapolis, MN	26.92%
	Raymond James House Acct Firm #92500015 Omnibus for Mutual Funds St. Petersburg, FL	11.07%
	Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC Special Custody Acct For the Exclusive Benefit of Customer St. Louis, MO	10.90%
	LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account San Diego, CA	10.53%
	Pershing LLC Jersey City, NJ	8.56%
	UBS WM USA 0O0 11011 6100 Spec Cdy A/C Excl Ben Cust UBSFSI Weehawken, NJ	7.64%
	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Special Custody Acct FBO Customers San Francisco, CA	6.97%
Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund Class C Shares	Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC Special Custody Acct For the Exclusive Benefit of Customer St. Louis, MO	24.25%
	American Enterprise Investment Svc. FBO 41999970 Minneapolis, MN	16.97%
	Raymond James House Acct Firm #92500015 Omnibus for Mutual Funds St. Petersburg, FL	10.30%
	UBS WM USA 0O0 11011 6100 Spec Cdy A/C Excl Ben Cust UBSFSI Weehawken, NJ	9.33%
	LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account San Diego, CA	8.92%

105

Fund Name	Shareholder and Address of Record	Percentage Ownership
	Pershing LLC Jersey City, NJ	8.69%
	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of its Customers New York, NY	8.44%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	6.29%
Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund Class C Shares	Raymond James House Acct Firm #92500015 Omnibus for Mutual Funds St. Petersburg, FL	29.44%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	15.99%
	Pershing LLC Jersey City, NJ	13.11%
	American Enterprise Investment Svc. FBO 41999970 Minneapolis, MN	9.97%
	Lincoln Investment Planning LLC FBO Lincoln Customers Ft. Washington, PA	8.12%
	LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account San Diego, CA	6.65%
	Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC Special Custody Acct For the Exclusive Benefit of Customer St. Louis, MO	5.92%
Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund Class C Shares	Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC Special Custody Acct For the Exclusive Benefit of Customer St. Louis, MO	14.71%
	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Special Custody Acct FBO Customers San Francisco, CA	14.61%
	Raymond James House Acct Firm #92500015 Omnibus for Mutual Funds St. Petersburg, FL	13.96%
	American Enterprise Investment Svc. FBO 41999970 Minneapolis, MN	11.58%
	Pershing LLC Jersey City, NJ	10.92%
	LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account San Diego, CA	9.33%
	Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. For the Sole Benefit of Customers Jacksonville, FL	6.14%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	5.16%

106

Fund Name	Shareholder and Address of Record	Percentage Ownership
Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund Class C Shares	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Special Custody Acct FBO Customers San Francisco, CA	36.99%
	UBS WM USA 0O0 11011 6100 Omni Account M/F Weehawken, NJ	23.47%
	Raymond James House Acct Firm #92500015 Omnibus for Mutual Funds St. Petersburg, FL	13.41%
	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of its Customers New York, NY	6.34%
	LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account San Diego, CA	6.18%
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund Class C Shares	American Enterprise Investment Svc. FBO 41999970 Minneapolis, MN	23.38%
	Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC Special Custody Acct For the Exclusive Benefit of Customer St. Louis, MO	21.61%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	18.66%
	UBS WM USA 0O0 11011 6100 Spec Cdy A/C Excl Ben Cust UBSFSI Weehawken, NJ	14.00%
	Pershing LLC Jersey City, NJ	5.81%
	Raymond James House Acct Firm #92500015 Omnibus for Mutual Funds St. Petersburg, FL	5.51%
Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund Class C Shares	Pershing LLC Jersey City, NJ	37.94%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	28.32%
	LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account San Diego, CA	20.04%
	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Special Custody Acct FBO Customers San Francisco, CA	11.55%
Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund Class I Shares	National Financial Services LLC For Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	21.31%
	LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account San Diego, CA	18.14%

107

Fund Name	Shareholder and Address of Record	Percentage Ownership
	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Reinvest Account San Francisco, CA	15.35%
	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of its Customers New York, NY	11.12%
	UBS WM USA 0O0 11011 6100 Spec Cdy A/C Excl Ben Cust UBSFSI Weehawken, NJ	8.86%
	Pershing LLC Jersey City, NJ	8.03%
	Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC Special Custody Acct For the Exclusive Benefit of Customer St. Louis, MO	5.53%
Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund Class I Shares	Charles Schwab & Company Inc. Special Custody Acct FBO Customers San Francisco, CA	25.54%
	National Financial Services LLC For Exclusive Benefit of Our Cust Jersey City, NJ	24.21%
	American Enterprise Investment Svc. FBO 41999970 Minneapolis, MN	10.00%
	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of its Customers New York, NY	9.91%
	UBS WM USA 0O0 11011 6100 Omni Account M/F Weehawken, NJ	5.81%
Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund Class I Shares	American Enterprise Investment Svc. FBO 41999970 Minneapolis, MN	13.91%
	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of its Customers New York, NY	11.88%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	11.58%
	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Reinvest Account San Francisco, CA	7.34%
	Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC Special Custody Acct For the Exclusive Benefit of Customer St. Louis, MO	5.84%
	The Northern Trust Company As Custodian FBO Confederated Tribe of Grand Ronde Chicago, IL	5.80%

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Fund Name	Shareholder and Address of Record	Percentage Ownership
	UBS WM USA 0O0 11011 6100 Spec Cdy A/C Excl Ben Cust UBSFSI Weehawken, NJ	5.71%
	Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. For the Sole Benefit of Customers Jacksonville, FL	5.27%
Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund Class I Shares	Pershing LLC Jersey City, NJ	32.49%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	20.96%
	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Reinvest Account San Francisco, CA	15.75%
Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund Class I Shares	American Enterprise Investment Svc. FBO 41999970 Minneapolis, MN	27.76%
	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Reinvest Account San Francisco, CA	17.63%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	13.41%
	LPL Financial A/C 1000-0005 San Diego, CA	13.37%
	UBS WM USA 0O0 11011 6100 Spec Cdy A/C Excl Ben Cust UBSFSI Weehawken, NJ	7.26%
	Raymond James House Acct Firm #92500015 Omnibus for Mutual Funds St. Petersburg, FL	5.01%
Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund Class I Shares	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	54.02%
	Pershing LLC Jersey City, NJ	15.32%
	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Reinvest Account San Francisco, CA	5.75%
Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund Class I Shares	Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. For the Sole Benefit of Customers Jacksonville, FL	27.04%
	American Enterprise Investment Svc. FBO 41999970 Minneapolis, MN	19.42%
	Charles Schwab & Co Inc. Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Reinvest Account San Francisco, CA	12.43%

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Fund Name	Shareholder and Address of Record	Percentage Ownership
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	10.18%
	Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC Special Custody Acct For the Exclusive Benefit of Customer St. Louis, MO	5.21%
Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund Class I Shares	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Reinvest Account San Francisco, CA	17.01%
	Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC Special Custody Acct For the Exclusive Benefit of Customer St. Louis, MO	12.74%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	9.66%
	Pershing LLC Jersey City, NJ	8.54%
	Raymond James House Acct Firm #92500015 Omnibus for Mutual Funds St. Petersburg, FL	7.42%
	LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account San Diego, CA	7.14%
	UBS WM USA 0O0 11011 6100 Spec Cdy A/C Excl Ben Cust UBSFSI Weehawken, NJ	6.22%
	American Enterprise Investment Svc. FBO 41999970 Minneapolis, MN	5.68%
Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund Class I Shares	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	24.74%
	UBS WM USA 0O0 11011 6100 Omni Account M/F Weehawken, NJ	13.92%
	Raymond James House Acct Firm #92500015 Omnibus for Mutual Funds St. Petersburg, FL	12.94%
	RBC Capital Markets, LLC Mutual Fund Omnibus Minneapolis, MN	12.35%
	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of its Customers New York, NY	9.87%

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Fund Name	Shareholder and Address of Record	Percentage Ownership
	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Special Custody Acct FBO Customers San Francisco, CA	7.97%
	Pershing LLC Jersey City, NJ	7.09%
	Charles Schwab & Company Inc. Special Custody Acct FBO Customers San Francisco, CA	5.51%
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund Class I Shares	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Reinvest Account San Francisco, CA	24.40%
	Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC Special Custody Acct For the Exclusive Benefit of Customer St. Louis, MO	17.69%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	16.47%
	American Enterprise Investment Svc. FBO 41999970 Minneapolis, MN	12.76%
	Raymond James House Acct Firm #92500015 Omnibus for Mutual Funds St. Petersburg, FL	6.09%
	LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account San Diego, CA	5.19%
Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund Class I Shares	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Reinvest Account San Francisco, CA	51.09%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	23.65%
	Pershing LLC Jersey City, NJ	9.89%
	LPL Financial A/C 1000-0005 San Diego, CA	5.67%
Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund Class N Shares	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	85.81%
	JP Morgan Securities LLC Omnibus Acct For Exclusive Benefit of Customers Brooklyn, NY	14.19%
Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund Class N Shares	BNP Paribas RCC Global Allocation Fund-Conservative Developed World Bond Omnibus Jersey City, NJ	19.46%

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Fund Name	Shareholder and Address of Record	Percentage Ownership
	BNP Paribas RCC Global Allocation Fund-Moderate Developed World Bond Omnibus Jersey City, NJ	17.29%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	14.30%
	BNP Paribas RCC Global Allocation Fund-Growth Developed World Bond Omnibus Jersey City, NJ	8.77%
	TIAA Trust, N.A As Cust/Ttee of Retirement Plans Charlotte, NC	5.37%
Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund Class N Shares	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	60.21%
Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund Class N Shares	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	54.66%
	John Hancock Trust Company LLC Boston, MA	16.00%
Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund Class N Shares	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	26.23%
	Empower Trust FBO Employee Benefits Clients 401K Greenwood Village, CO	16.62%
	Nationwide Trustco FSB C/O IPO Portfolio Accounting Columbus, OH	13.71%
	DCGT Trustee & or Custodian FBO PLIC Various Retirement Plans Omnibus Des Moines, IA	9.25%
Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund Class N Shares	Edward D Jones & Co. For the Benefit of Customers St. Louis, MO	45.61%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	39.46%
Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund Class N Shares	BNP Paribas RCC Global Allocation Fund-Growth Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Jersey City, NJ	37.49%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	24.27%
	BNP Paribas RCC Global Allocation Fund-Moderate Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Jersey City, NJ	23.48%
	BNP Paribas RCC Global Allocation Fund-Conservative Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Jersey City, NJ	11.51%
Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund Class N Shares	Associated Trust Company Green Bay, WI	22.20%

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Fund Name	Shareholder and Address of Record	Percentage Ownership
	Edward D Jones & Co. For the Benefit of Customers St. Louis, MO	21.29%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	13.92%
	Associated Trust Company Green Bay, WI	6.95%
	Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. For the Sole Benefit of Customers Jacksonville, FL	6.25%
Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund Class N Shares	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	98.40%
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund Class N Shares	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	30.60%
	OK Pub Emp Ret Sys Brd of Trustees FBO OK St Emp DCP SoonerSave 457 C/O FASCore LLC Greenwood Village, CO	6.54%
	Maril & Co FBO JH C/O Reliance Trust Company Milwaukee, WI	6.38%
	Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. For the Sole Benefit of Customers Jacksonville, FL	5.59%
Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund Class N Shares	DCGT Trustee & Or Custodian FBO PLIC Various Retirement Plans Omnibus Des Moines, IA	45.06%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	23.07%
	Matrix Trust Company Cust FBO The Oxbow Affiliated Companies RETI Phoenix, AZ	11.03%
	State Street Bank & Trust As Cust FBO ADP Access Product Boston, MA	8.67%
Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund Class R Shares	Sammons Financial Network LLC West Des Moines, IA	90.91%
	Raymond James House Acct Firm #92500015 Omnibus for Mutual Funds St. Petersburg, FL	9.09%
Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund Class R Shares	Sammons Financial Network LLC West Des Moines, IA	38.61%
	Voya Institutional Trust Company Windsor, CT	29.93%
	Capital Bank & Trust Co. Ttee FBO JD Fulwiler & Co. Inc. 401K Plan c/o FASCore LLC Greenwood Village, CO	7.96%

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Fund Name	Shareholder and Address of Record	Percentage Ownership
Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund Class R Shares	State Street Bank & Trust As Cust FBO ADP Access Product Boston, MA	61.02%
	Herbert Yentis & Company Inc Ttee F c/o Fascore LLC Greenwood Village, CO	15.63%
Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund Class R Shares	Sammons Financial Network LLC West Des Moines, IA	48.13%
	Talcott Resolution Life Ins Company Separate Account DC IV Hartford, CT	9.32%
	State Street Bank & Trust As Cust FBO ADP Access Product Boston, MA	6.64%
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund Class R Shares	Sammons Financial Network LLC West Des Moines, IA	78.77%
	State Street Bank & Trust As Cust FBO ADP Access Product Boston, MA	7.64%
Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund Class S Shares	UMB Bank NA FBO Fiduciary for Various Retirement Programs Topeka, KS	100%
Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund Class S Shares	FIIOC FBO C. R. Daniels Inc. 401K and Profit Sharing Plan Covington, KY	55.35%
	FIIOC FBO Verdeterre Contracting Inc. 401K Plan Covington, KY	38.16%
	Mid Atlantic Trust Company FBO Kingsboro Lumber Co Inc. 401K PSP Pittsburgh, PA	6.49%
Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund Class S Shares	UMB Bank NA FBO Fiduciary for Various Retirement Programs Topeka, KS	43.07%
	Empower Trust FBO Employee Benefits Clients 401K Greenwood Village, CO	11.65%
	Talcott Resolution Life Ins Company Separate Account DC IV Hartford, CT	6.05%
Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund Class S Shares	RF TTEE FBO Albany-Troy Cataract & Laser 401K c/o Empower Greenwood Village, CO	23.62%
	National Financial Services LLC TR For Exclusive Benefit of Our Cust Jersey City, NJ	18.14%
	FIIOC FBO Witwer Construction Inc. Retirement Plan Covington, KY	13.21%
	Capital Bank & Trust Co. Ttee FBO Pyper Tool & Engineering Inc. PSP C/O FASCore LLC Greenwood Village, CO	10.68%

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Fund Name	Shareholder and Address of Record	Percentage Ownership
	LM & MW Ttee LCM & MW Ins X c/o FASCore LLC Greenwood Village, CO	10.42%
	FIIOC FBO Ford Development Corporation 401K Plan Covington, KY	9.66%
	FIIOC FBO ECCO III Enterprises Inc. Profit Sharing Plan Covington, KY	9.40%
Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund Class S Shares	Voya Institutional Trust Company Windsor, CT	74.75%
	State Street Bank & Trust As Cust FBO ADP Access Product Boston, MA	9.10%
	National Financial Services LLC For Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	6.82%
Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund Class S Shares	FIIOC FBO Augmentum Inc. 401K P/S Plan Covington, KY	34.20%
	FIIOC FBO Nor-Cal Controls Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan Covington, KY	33.98%
	National Financial Services LLC For Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	19.57%
Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund Class S Shares	UMB Bank NA FBO Fiduciary for Tax Deferred Acct Topeka, KS	76.02%
	UMB Bank NA FBO Fiduciary for Tax Deferred Acct Topeka, KS	8.71%
	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Special Custody Acct FBO Institutional Client Accounts San Francisco, CA	5.49%
Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund Class S Shares	UMB Bank NA FBO Fiduciary for Tax Deferred Acct Topeka, KS	35.01%
	Empower Trust FBO Employee Benefits Clients 401K Greenwood Village, CO	6.63%
	Empower Trust FBO Great West IRA Advantage C/O FASCore LLC Greenwood Village, CO	6.22%
	Empower Annuity Insurance FBO Future Funds II Greenwood Village, CO	5.13%

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Fund Name	Shareholder and Address of Record	Percentage Ownership
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund Class S Shares	VRSCO FBO VTC Cust Ttee FBO State Univ System of Florida 403B Houston, TX	41.87%
	State Street Bank & Trust As Cust FBO ADP Access Product Boston, MA	21.68%
Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund Class S Shares	Pershing LLC Jersey City, NJ	51.14%
	Janus Henderson US (Holdings) Inc. Denver, CO	48.86%*
Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund Class S Shares	Janus Henderson US (Holdings) Inc. Denver, CO	49.03%*
	State Street Bank & Trust as Cust FBO ADP Access Product Boston, MA	40.63%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	10.33%
Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund Class T Shares	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Reinvest Account San Francisco, CA	30.16%
	National Financial Svcs Corp For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	20.50%
	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Special Custody Acct FBO Customers San Francisco, CA	17.20%
	JP Morgan Securities LLC For Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account Brooklyn, NY	15.80%
Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund Class T Shares	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	49.30%
	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Reinvest Account San Francisco, CA	19.67%
	LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account San Diego, CA	13.65%
	Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. For the Sole Benefit of Customers Jacksonville, FL	7.31%
Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund Class T Shares	National Financial Services Co. For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	40.22%
	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Reinvest Account San Francisco, CA	35.16%

This beneficial ownership represents seed capital that the Adviser or an affiliate provided for the Fund.

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Fund Name	Shareholder and Address of Record	Percentage Ownership
Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund Class T Shares	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Reinvest Account San Francisco, CA	45.47%
	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	38.68%
Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund Class T Shares	National Financial Svcs. Corp. For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	46.92%
	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Reinvest Account San Francisco, CA	39.70%
	LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account San Diego, CA	7.81%
Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund Class T Shares	National Financial Services LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	57.21%
	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Reinvest Account San Francisco, CA	28.99%
	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC For the Exclusive Benefit of its Customers New York, NY	6.24%
Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund Class T Shares	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Reinvest Account San Francisco, CA	55.78%
	National Financial Services Corp. For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	28.33%
Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund Class T Shares	National Financial Svcs. Corp. For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	41.00%
	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Reinvest Account San Francisco, CA	40.49%
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund Class T Shares	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Reinvest Account San Francisco, CA	41.34%
	National Financial Services Co. For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	37.05%
Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund Class T Shares	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Reinvest Account San Francisco, CA	70.63%
	National Financial Services LLC For Exclusive Benefit of Our Cust Jersey City, NJ	16.12%

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Fund Name	Shareholder and Address of Record	Percentage Ownership
Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund Class T Shares	Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Reinvest Account San Francisco, CA	49.20%
	National Financial Services LLC For Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Jersey City, NJ	35.16%

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Miscellaneous information

Each Fund is a series of the Trust, an open-end management investment company registered under the 1940 Act and organized as a Massachusetts business trust on February 11, 1986. As of the date of this SAI, the Trust offers 35 series, known as “Funds.” Each Fund presently offers interests in different classes of shares as described in the table below.

Fund Name	Class A Shares	Class C Shares	Class D Shares	Class I Shares	Class L Shares	Class N Shares	Class R Shares	Class S Shares	Class T Shares
Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
Janus Henderson Adaptive Risk Managed U.S. Equity Fund(1)	x	x	x	x		x		x	x
Janus Henderson Balanced Fund(1)(2)	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
Janus Henderson Contrarian Fund(1)(2)	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
Janus Henderson Developed World Bond Fund(3)	x	x	x	x		x		x	x
Janus Henderson Emerging Markets Fund(3)	x	x	x	x		x		x	x
Janus Henderson Enterprise Fund(1)(2)	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
Janus Henderson European Focus Fund(3)	x	x	x	x		x		x	x
Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund(1)(2)	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
Janus Henderson Forty Fund(1)	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
Janus Henderson Global Allocation Fund – Conservative(2)	x	x	x	x				x	x
Janus Henderson Global Allocation Fund – Growth(2)	x	x	x	x				x	x
Janus Henderson Global Allocation Fund – Moderate(2)	x	x	x	x				x	x
Janus Henderson Global Equity Income Fund(3)	x	x	x	x		x		x	x
Janus Henderson Global Life Sciences Fund(2)	x	x	x	x		x		x	x
Janus Henderson Global Real Estate Fund(1)	x	x	x	x		x		x	x
Janus Henderson Global Research Fund(2)	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
Janus Henderson Global Select Fund(1)(2)	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
Janus Henderson Global Sustainable Equity Fund	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
Janus Henderson Global Technology and Innovation Fund(2)	x	x	x	x		x		x	x
Janus Henderson Government Money Market Fund(2)			x (4)	x (4)		x (4)			x (4)
Janus Henderson Growth and Income Fund(1)(2)	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
Janus Henderson High-Yield Fund(1)(2)	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund(1)(2)	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
Janus Henderson Money Market Fund(2)			x						x
Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund	x	x	x	x		x		x	x
Janus Henderson Overseas Fund(1)(2)	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
Janus Henderson Research Fund(2)	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
Janus Henderson Responsible International Dividend Fund(3)	x	x	x	x		x		x	x
Janus Henderson Short Duration Flexible Bond Fund(2)	x	x	x	x		x		x	x
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund(1)(2)	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund	x	x	x	x		x		x	x
Janus Henderson Triton Fund(1)(2)	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
Janus Henderson U.S. Dividend Income Fund			x	x		x
Janus Henderson Venture Fund(2)	x	x	x	x		x		x	x

(1)

On July 6, 2009, the funds of the Janus Adviser Series trust reorganized into the Trust. As a result, certain Funds described in this SAI assumed the assets and liabilities of the corresponding Janus Adviser Series funds.

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(2)

On February 16, 2010, the Fund’s Class J Shares (the initial share class) were restructured into two separate share classes. Shareholders who held their shares directly with the Adviser were transitioned to a newly created share class called “Class D Shares.” Shareholders who held their shares through an intermediary remained in Class J Shares, which was renamed “Class T Shares.”

(3)

On June 5, 2017, the funds of the Henderson Global Funds trust reorganized into the Trust. As a result, certain funds noted above assumed the assets and liabilities of the corresponding funds of Henderson Global Funds.

(4)

American Cancer Society Support share class.

Funds listed in the preceding table that are not marked with footnote (1) or (2) commenced operations after July 6, 2009.

The Adviser reserves the right to the name “Janus Henderson.” In the event that the Adviser does not continue to provide investment advice to the Funds, the Funds must cease to use the name “Janus Henderson” as soon as reasonably practicable.

Under Massachusetts law, shareholders of the Funds could, under certain circumstances, be held liable for the obligations of their Fund. However, the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust disclaims shareholder liability for acts or obligations of the Funds and requires that notice of this disclaimer be given in each agreement, obligation, or instrument entered into or executed by the Funds or the Trustees. The Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust also provides for indemnification from the assets of the Funds for all losses and expenses of any Fund shareholder held liable for the obligations of their Fund. Thus, the risk of a shareholder incurring a financial loss on account of their liability as a shareholder of one of the Funds is limited to circumstances in which their Fund would be unable to meet its obligations. The possibility that these circumstances would occur is remote. The Trustees intend to conduct the operations of the Funds to avoid, to the extent possible, liability of shareholders for liabilities of their Fund.

It is important to know that, pursuant to the Trust’s Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, the Trustees have the authority to merge, liquidate, and/or reorganize a fund into another fund without seeking shareholder vote or consent. Any such consolidation, merger, or reorganization may be authorized at any time by a vote of a majority of the Trustees then in office.

Shares of the Trust

The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest with a par value of one cent per share for each series of the Trust. Shares of each series of the Trust are fully paid and nonassessable when issued. Shares of a Fund participate equally in dividends and other distributions by the Shares of the same class of that Fund, and in residual assets of that class of that Fund in the event of liquidation. Shares of each Fund have no preemptive or subscription rights. Shares of each Fund may be transferred by endorsement or stock power as is customary, but a Fund is not bound to recognize any transfer until it is recorded on its books.

Shareholder Meetings

The Trust does not intend to hold annual or regular shareholder meetings unless otherwise required by the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust or the 1940 Act. Special meetings may be called for a specific Fund or for the Trust as a whole for purposes such as changing fundamental policies, electing or removing Trustees, making any changes to the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust that would materially adversely affect shareholders’ rights, determining whether to bring certain derivative actions, or for any other purpose requiring a shareholder vote under applicable law or the Trust’s governing documents, or as the Trustees consider necessary or desirable. Under the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, special meetings of shareholders of the Trust or of any Fund shall be called subject to certain conditions, upon written request of shareholders owning shares representing at least 10% of the shares then outstanding. The Funds will assist these shareholders in communicating with other shareholders in connection with such a meeting similar to that referred to in Section 16(c) of the 1940 Act.

Voting Rights

The Board currently has eight members, of which five have been elected by shareholders. With the exception of Diane L. Wallace, Cheryl D. Alston, Darrell B. Jackson, and Dominic Janssens, each of the Trustees of the Trust was elected at a Special Meeting of Shareholders on June 14, 2016. Ms. Wallace was elected at a Special Meeting of Shareholders on April 25, 2017. Under the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, each Trustee will continue in office until the termination of the Trust or his or her earlier death, retirement, resignation, incapacity, or removal. Vacancies will be filled by appointment by a majority of the remaining Trustees, subject to the 1940 Act.

As a shareholder, you are entitled to one vote for each whole dollar and a proportionate fractional vote for each fractional dollar of NAV of the Fund that you own. Generally, all funds and classes vote together as a single group, except where a

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separate vote of one or more funds or classes is required by law or where the interests of one or more funds or classes are affected differently from other funds or classes.

Shares of all series of the Trust have noncumulative voting rights, which means that the holders of more than 50% of the value of shares of all series of the Trust voting for the election of Trustees can elect 100% of the Trustees if they choose to do so. In such event, the holders of the remaining value of shares will not be able to elect any Trustees.

Master/Feeder Option

The Trust may in the future seek to achieve a fund’s objective by investing all of that fund’s assets in another investment company having the same investment objective and substantially the same investment policies and restrictions as those applicable to that fund. Unless otherwise required by law, this policy may be implemented by the Trustees without shareholder approval.

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 1900 16th Street, Suite 1600, Denver, Colorado 80202, the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Funds, audits the Funds’ annual financial statements and performs tax services for the Funds.

Registration Statement

The Trust has filed with the SEC, Washington, D.C., a Registration Statement under the 1933 Act with respect to the securities to which this SAI relates. If further information is desired with respect to the Funds or such securities, reference is made to the Registration Statement and the exhibits filed as a part thereof.

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Financial statements

Documents Incorporated By Reference To Form N-CSR of Janus Investment

Fund (Audited)

The financial statements and Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the period ended June 30, 2024 are hereby incorporated into this SAI by reference to each Fund’s Form N-CSR dated June 30, 2024.

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Appendix A – explanation of rating categories

The following information provided is a general summary of credit ratings issued by the three major credit rating agencies. Additional information regarding each credit rating agency’s rating methodology can be found by visiting that credit rating agency’s respective website.

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services

Bond Rating	Explanation
Investment Grade
AAA	Highest rating; extremely strong capacity to meet financial commitment.
AA	High quality; very strong capacity to meet financial commitment.
A	Strong capacity to meet financial commitment, but more subject to adverse economic conditions.
BBB	Adequate capacity to meet financial commitment, but more subject to adverse economic conditions.
Non-Investment Grade
BB	Less vulnerable in the near-term but faces major ongoing uncertainties to adverse business, financial, or economic conditions.
B	More vulnerable to adverse business, financial, or economic conditions but currently has the capacity to meet financial commitment.
CCC	Currently vulnerable and dependent on favorable business, financial, and economic conditions to meet its financial commitment.
CC	Highly vulnerable; default has not yet occurred, but is expected to be a virtual certainty.
C	Currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment; ultimate recovery is expected to be lower than that of higher rated obligations.
D	Payment default on a financial commitment or breach of an imputed promise; also used when a bankruptcy petition has been filed.

Fitch, Inc.

Long-Term Bond Rating	Explanation
Investment Grade
AAA	Highest credit quality. Denotes the lowest expectation of credit risk. Exceptionally strong capacity for payment of financial commitments.
AA	Very high credit quality. Denotes expectations of very low credit risk. Very strong capacity for payment of financial commitments.
A	High credit quality. Denotes expectations of low credit risk. Strong capacity for payment of financial commitments. May be more vulnerable to changes in circumstances or in economic conditions than is the case for higher ratings.
BBB	Good credit quality. Currently expectations of low credit risk. Capacity for payment of financial commitments is considered adequate, but adverse changes in circumstances and economic conditions are more likely to impair this capacity than is the case for higher ratings.
Non-Investment Grade
BB	Speculative. Indicates possibility of credit risk developing, particularly as the result of adverse economic change over time. Business or financial alternatives may be available to allow financial commitments to be met.
B	Highly speculative. May indicate distressed or defaulted obligations with potential for extremely high recoveries.
CCC	May indicate distressed or defaulted obligations with potential for superior to average levels of recovery.
CC	May indicate distressed or defaulted obligations with potential for average or below-average levels of recovery.
C	May indicate distressed or defaulted obligations with potential for below-average to poor recoveries.
D	In default.

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Short-Term Bond Rating	Explanation
F-1+	Exceptionally strong credit quality. Issues assigned this rating are regarded as having the strongest degree of assurance for timely payment.
F-1	Very strong credit quality. Issues assigned this rating reflect an assurance for timely payment only slightly less in degree than issues rated F-1+.
F-2	Good credit quality. Issues assigned this rating have a satisfactory degree of assurance for timely payments, but the margin of safety is not as great as the F-1+ and F-1 ratings.

Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Bond Rating*	Explanation
Investment Grade
Aaa	Judged to be of the highest quality, with minimal risk.
Aa	Judged to be of high quality and are subject to very low credit risk.
A	Considered upper-medium grade and are subject to low credit risk.
Baa	Subject to moderate credit risk; considered medium-grade and as such may possess speculative characteristics.
Non-Investment Grade
Ba	Judged to have speculative elements and are subject to substantial credit risk.
B	Considered speculative and are subject to high credit risk.
Caa	Judged to be in poor standing and are subject to very high credit risk
Ca	Highly speculative and are likely in, or very near, default, with some prospect of recovery in principal and interest.
C	Lowest rated class of bonds and are typically in default, with this prospect for recovery of principal and interest.

Moody’s appends numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 to each generic rating classification from Aa through Caa. The modifier 1 indicates that the obligation ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier 3 indicates a ranking in the lower end of that generic rating category.

Unrated securities will be treated as non-investment grade securities unless portfolio management determines that such securities are the equivalent of investment grade securities. When calculating the quality assigned to securities that receive different ratings from two or more agencies (“split-rated securities”), the security will receive: (i) the middle rating from the three reporting agencies if three agencies provide a rating for the security or (ii) the lowest rating if only two agencies provide a rating for the security.

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Appendix B – proxy voting policy and procedures

Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures

Last Review Date: February 2024

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Contents

1	Overview	127
1.1	Policy Statement	127
1.2	Key Principles	127
1.3	Scope	127
1.4	Roles and Responsibilities	127
1.5	References	127
2	Additional Definitions	128
3	Proxy Voting Procedures	128
3.1	Voting Generally	128
3.2	Abstentions	129
3.3	Funds of Funds	129
3.4	Conflicts of Interest	129
4	Reporting, Oversight and Recordkeeping	130
4.1	Client and Regulatory Reporting	130
4.2	Proxy Voting and Proxy Voting Service Oversight	131
4.3	Record Retention	131
5	Amendments	131
Proxy Voting Guidelines		132
Directors and Boards		132
Auditors and Accounting Issues		134
Compensation Issues		134
Capitalization, Issuances, Transactions, Shareholder Rights, and Other Corporate Matters		135
Environmental and Social Issues		136
Miscellaneous, Administrative and Routine Items		136
Proposals Outside the Guidelines		137

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1 Overview

1.1 Policy Statement

Where Janus Henderson Investors has been provided voting discretion, it has a responsibility to vote proxies in the best interest of each client. Janus Henderson Investors has adopted this Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures to ensure that proxies are voted in the best interest of clients without regard to any relationship that Janus Henderson Investors or any affiliated person of Janus Henderson Investors may have with the issuer or personnel of the issuer. Subject to specific provisions in a client’s account documentation related to exception voting, Janus Henderson Investors will generally only accept direction from a client to vote proxies for that client’s account pursuant to: 1) the JHI Voting Guidelines; 2) the ISS Benchmark Policy; or 3) the ISS Taft-Hartley Voting Guidelines.

1.2 Key Principles

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Janus Henderson Investors will vote proxies in the best interest of each client.

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Janus Henderson Investors will identify and manage any conflicts of interest which might affect a voting decision.

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Upon request, Janus Henderson Investors will provide clients with the proxy voting record for their accounts.

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Janus Henderson Investors will publicly disclose proxy votes on matters no longer pending in line with local market requirements or practices and/or where, in Janus Henderson Investors’ view, it is appropriate.

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Janus Henderson Investors will maintain records supporting its voting decisions.

1.3 Scope

This Policy applies to Janus Henderson Investors and each of the client accounts for which it has proxy voting responsibilities, other than those advised or sub-advised by Kapstream Capital Pty Ltd.

1.4 Roles and Responsibilities

Portfolio Management. Portfolio Management is responsible for determining how to vote proxies with respect to securities held in the client accounts they manage with input and support from the Responsible Investment and Governance Team, other representatives of Janus Henderson, and the Proxy Voting Service, as applicable. Where Portfolio Management chooses to vote contrary to the Guidelines and as otherwise specified herein, Portfolio Management is required to provide a written rationale sufficient to show why Portfolio Management reasonably believes the voting instruction is in the best interest of the client.

Asset Servicing. Asset Servicing is responsible for administering the proxy voting process as set forth in this Policy. Asset Servicing works with the Proxy Voting Service and is responsible for ensuring that all meeting notices are reviewed against the Guidelines, the ISS Benchmark Policy or the Taft-Hartley Guidelines, and proxy matters are communicated to Portfolio Management for consideration pursuant to this Policy.

Proxy Voting Committee. The Proxy Voting Committee develops Janus Henderson Investors’ positions on all major corporate issues, maintains and updates the Guidelines, manages conflicts of interest related to proxy voting and oversees the voting process generally, including by reviewing results of diligence on the Proxy Voting Service.

Proxy Voting Service. The Proxy Voting Service provides research services relating to proxy issues. The Proxy Voting Service also assists in certain functions relating to the voting of proxies. Among other things, the Proxy Voting Service is responsible for coordinating with clients’ custodians to ensure that all proxy materials received by the custodians relating to the clients’ portfolio securities are processed in a timely fashion. In addition, the Proxy Voting Service is responsible for submitting Janus Henderson Investors’ votes in accordance with the Guidelines or as otherwise instructed by Janus Henderson Investors and is responsible for maintaining copies of all proxy statements received from issuers and promptly providing such materials to Janus Henderson Investors upon request. The Proxy Voting Service also provides voting disclosure services, including preparing Form N-PX for Janus Henderson Investors and the Proprietary U.S. Funds.

1.5 References

Rule 206(4)-7 of the Investment Advisers Act Rule 30b1-4 of the Investment Company Act

Rule 239.15 et seq. of the Investment Company Act Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 231/2013, Article 37

Commission Directive 2010/43/EU, Article 21

FCA COLL 6.6A.6

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CSSF Regulation 10-04, Article 23

UN Principles for Responsible Investment

IMAS Singapore Stewardship Principles

SFC Principles of Responsible Ownership

FRC UK Stewardship Code

2 Additional Definitions

Janus Henderson Investors includes all investment advisory subsidiaries of Janus Henderson Group plc, including, but not limited to, Janus Henderson Investors (Australia) Institutional Funds Management Limited, Janus Henderson Investors (Singapore) Limited, Janus Henderson Investors (Japan) Limited, Janus Henderson Investors (Jersey) Limited, Janus Henderson Investors UK Limited, and Janus Henderson Investors US LLC.1

JHI Proxy Voting Guidelines or the Guidelines refers to the voting guidelines adopted by Janus Henderson Investors and outlined at Appendix A.

Policy means this Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures.

Portfolio Management refers to the portfolio managers, assistant portfolio managers, and analysts supporting a given client account.

Proxy Voting Committee or the Committee refers to the Janus Henderson Investors Proxy Voting Committee. The Committee is comprised of representatives from the Asset Servicing, Compliance, Operational Risk as well as the Responsible Investment and Governance Team and equity portfolio management who provide input on behalf of the investment team. Internal legal counsel serves as a consultant to the Committee and is a non-voting member.

Proprietary U.S. Funds refer to the series of Janus Investment Fund, Janus Aspen Series, Clayton Street Trust, and Janus Detroit Street Trust.

Proxy Voting Service or ISS refers to Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.

3 Proxy Voting Procedures

3.1 Voting Generally

Where the Guidelines address the proxy matter being voted on, votes will be cast in accordance with the Guidelines unless directed otherwise. Portfolio Management may vote contrary to the Guidelines at their discretion and with a written rationale sufficient to show why Portfolio Management reasonably believes the voting instruction is in the best interest of the client. Where the (1) Guidelines call for Portfolio Management input and/or (2) the proxy matter being voted on relates to a company and/or issue for which the Proxy Voting Service does not have research, analysis and/or a recommendation available, the Proxy Voting Service will refer proxy questions to portfolio management for further instruction. In the event Portfolio Management is unable to provide input on a referred proxy item, Janus Henderson Investors will vote the proxy item consistent with the ISS Benchmark Policy.

Notwithstanding the above, with respect to clients who have instructed Janus Henderson Investors to vote proxies in accordance with the Taft-Hartley Guidelines or the ISS Benchmark Policy, the Proxy Voting Service will cast all proxy votes in strict accordance with those policies.

Janus Henderson relies on pre-populated and/or automated voting. That means the Proxy Voting Service will automatically populate the proxy voting system in accordance with the Guidelines, the Taft- Hartley Guidelines or the ISS Benchmark Policy. For those proxy proposals with a default policy position, the votes will be cast as populated in the system by the Proxy Voting Service unless directed otherwise by Janus Henderson Investors.

From time to time, issuers and/or ballot issue sponsors may publicly report additional information that may be relevant to the application of the Guidelines, the Taft-Hartley Guidelines or the ISS Benchmark Policy or the exercise of discretion by Portfolio Management (“supplemental materials”). To the extent the Proxy Voting Service identifies such supplemental

1 Janus Henderson Investors US LLC has been designated by the Boards of Trustees of Janus Investment Fund, Janus Aspen Series, Clayton Street Trust, and Janus Detroit Street Trust to vote proxies for the Proprietary U.S. Funds, as applicable.

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materials, it will review that information and determine whether it has a material effect on the application of the Guidelines, the Taft-Hartley Guidelines, or the ISS Benchmark Policy. The Proxy Voting Service is then responsible for ensuring that any votes pre-populated in the proxy voting system are appropriately updated and Janus Henderson is provided appropriate notice of such changes, including through availability of an updated research report. In all events, the Proxy Voting Service will notify Janus Henderson Investors of any supplemental materials identified so that they can be considered as part of the voting process, including with respect to items requiring Portfolio Management input.

3.2 Abstentions

Janus Henderson Investors recognizes that in certain circumstances the cost to clients associated with casting a proxy vote may exceed the benefits received by clients from doing so. In those situations, Janus Henderson Investors may decide to abstain from voting. For instance, in many countries, shareholders who vote proxies for shares of an issuer are not able to trade in that company’s stock within a given period of time on or around the shareholder meeting date (“share blocking”). In countries where share blocking is practiced, Janus Henderson Investors will only vote proxies if Janus Henderson Investors determines that the benefit of voting the proxies outweighs the risk of not being able to sell the securities. Similarly, in some instances, Janus Henderson Investors may participate in a securities lending program. Generally, if shares of an issuer are on loan, the voting rights are transferred and the lending party cannot vote the shares. In deciding whether to recall securities on loan, Janus Henderson Investors will evaluate whether the benefit of voting the proxies outweighs the cost of recalling them consistent with requirements of applicable securities lending procedures. Furthermore, in circumstances where a client held a security as of record date, but the holdings were sold prior to the shareholder meeting, Janus Henderson Investors may abstain from voting that proxy.

3.3 Funds of Funds

Janus Henderson Investors advises certain accounts that invest in other funds (“funds of funds”) advised by Janus Henderson Investors or its affiliated persons (“underlying funds”). From time to time, a fund of funds may be required to vote proxies for the underlying funds in which it is invested. In those circumstances, there may be a conflict of interest between Janus Henderson Investors and its clients. Except as noted below, to mitigate that conflict, whenever an underlying fund submits a matter to a vote of its shareholders which would otherwise require portfolio manager discretion under the Guidelines, Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote shares in accordance with the recommendation of the Proxy Voting Service. Janus Henderson Investors will generally abstain from voting shares where the Proxy Voting Service does not have a recommendation; although, it may alternatively vote in the same proportion as the votes of the other shareholders in the underlying fund (“echo vote”) in limited cases. Whenever an underlying fund that is a Proprietary U.S. Fund submits a matter to a vote of its shareholders, Janus Henderson Investors will echo vote shares held by a fund-of-funds account or refrain from voting such shares to the extent that cost or other considerations outweigh the benefits of voting such shares.

In addition, certain Proprietary U.S. Funds may invest in exchange-traded funds and other funds advised by unaffiliated persons (“acquired funds,” and each, an “acquired fund”) pursuant to Rule 12d1-4 under the Investment Company Act (“Rule 12d1-4”). To the extent a Proprietary U.S. Fund and its advisory group, as defined in Rule 12d1-4 (“advisory group”), individually or in the aggregate become the holders of (i) more than 25% of the outstanding voting securities of an acquired open- end fund or unit investment trust as a result of a decrease in the outstanding securities of that acquired open-end fund or unit investment trust or (ii) more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of an acquired registered closed-end management investment company or business development company, Janus Henderson Investors will ensure that the Proprietary U.S. Fund and other funds and accounts in the advisory group echo vote the shares of the acquired fund; provided, however, that in circumstances where all holders of the outstanding voting securities of an acquired fund are required to echo vote pursuant to Rule 12d1-4, a Proprietary U.S. Fund and other funds and accounts in the advisory group will solicit voting instructions from its shareholders with regard to the voting of all proxies with respect to such acquired fund securities and vote such proxies only in accordance with such instructions.

3.4 Conflicts of Interest

Because the Guidelines, the ISS Benchmark Policy and the Taft-Hartley Guidelines pre-establish voting positions, application of those rules to default positions should, in most cases, adequately address any possible conflicts of interest. For situations where Portfolio Management seeks to exercise discretion when voting proxies, Janus Henderson Investors has implemented additional policies and controls described below to mitigate any conflicts of interest.

Portfolio Management is required to disclose any actual or potential conflicts of interest that may affect its exercise of voting discretion. Actual or potential conflicts of interest include but are not limited to the existence of any communications from the issuer, proxy solicitors or others designed to improperly influence Portfolio Management in exercising its discretion or the existence of significant relationships with the issuer.

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Janus Henderson Investors also proactively monitors and tests proxy votes for any actual or potential conflicts of interest. Janus Henderson Investors maintains a list of significant relationships for purposes of assessing potential conflicts with respect to proxy voting, which may include significant intermediaries, vendors or service providers, clients, and other relationships. In the event Portfolio Management votes against the Guidelines with respect to an issuer on the significant relationships list, Asset Servicing will notify the Committee which will review the rationale provided by Portfolio Management. In the event Portfolio Management votes contrary to Proxy Voting Service’s recommendations and with management as to an issuer on the significant relationships list, Asset Servicing will notify the Committee, which will review the rationale provided by Portfolio Management. If the Committee determines the rationale is inadequate, the proxy vote will be cast as in accordance with the Guidelines or as instructed by the Committee. In addition, on a quarterly basis, the Committee reviews all votes that deviate from the Guidelines and assesses the adequacy of Portfolio Management’s stated rationale.

Any personal conflict of interest related to a specific proxy vote should be reported to the Committee prior to casting a vote. In the event a personal conflict of interest is disclosed or identified, the Committee will determine whether that person should recuse himself or herself from the voting determination process. In such circumstances, the proxy vote will be cast in accordance with the Guidelines or as instructed by the head of the applicable investment unit or a delegate. Compliance also reviews all refer votes contrary to the ISS recommendations and with management to identify any undisclosed personal conflicts of interest.

If a proxy vote is referred to the head of the applicable investment unit or a delegate or to the Committee, the decision made and basis for the decision will be documented by the Committee.

To mitigate perceived or potential conflicts of interest, in instances where a proxy is for a Janus Henderson managed fund in which seed or other proprietary capital is invested, Janus Henderson Investors will generally instruct that such shares be voted in the same proportion as other shares are voted with respect to a proposal, subject to applicable legal, regulatory and operational requirements.

4 Reporting, Oversight and Recordkeeping

4.1 Client and Regulatory Reporting

Janus Henderson Investors will provide clients with such information on proxy voting in their accounts as contractually agreed or reasonably requested. Janus Henderson Investors will present this Policy and the Guidelines to the boards of trustees of the Proprietary U.S. Funds at least annually and shall provide such other information and reports requested by such boards to fulfill their oversight function.

Janus Henderson Investors will provide other third parties with such information on proxy voting as set forth herein. Janus Henderson Investors will publicly disclose proxy votes on matters no longer pending in line with local market requirements or practices and/or where, in Janus Henderson Investors’ view, it is appropriate. On an annual basis, Janus Henderson Investors will provide proxy voting records for each Proprietary U.S. Fund for the one-year period ending on June 30th on Janus Henderson Investors’ website at www.janushenderson.com/proxyvoting. Such voting record, on Form N-PX, is also available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov no later than August 31 of each year.2 Janus Henderson Investors may also privately disclose proxy votes on matters no longer pending where appropriate and consistent with other applicable policy, legal, and regulatory requirements.

Except as noted in this Policy or required by law, Janus Henderson Investors generally does not provide information to anyone on how it voted or intends to vote on any matters still pending. Unless that information has otherwise been made public, Janus Henderson Investors may only confirm to issuers, their agents or other third parties that votes have been cast but not how or how many votes were cast. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Portfolio Management may indicate to issuers, proxy solicitors and proxy advisory firms how they voted or intend to vote in the context of the engagement and investment analysis process. Portfolio Management also may indicate to other shareholders how they voted or intend to vote subject to applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

A complete copy of the Policy is available at www.janushenderson.com.

2 Janus Henderson Investors will also provide proxy voting records on say-on-pay issues consistent with requirements of Rule 14Ad-1.

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4.2 Proxy Voting and Proxy Voting Service Oversight

The Committee will ensure sufficient oversight of proxy voting through periodic review of voting decisions, operational issues and conflicts of interest as discussed herein. The Committee will review such information as it deems appropriate to discharge these responsibilities.

In addition, Janus Henderson Investors will conduct periodic due diligence reviews of the Proxy Voting Service via on-site, video, or telephonic meetings and by written questionnaires. As part of this periodic due diligence process, Janus Henderson Investors shall collect information that is reasonably sufficient to support the conclusion that the Proxy Voting Service has the capacity and competency to adequately analyze the matters for which they provide research and voting recommendations. In connection with the periodic due diligence review, Janus Henderson Investors shall consider, among other things, (1) the adequacy and quality of the Proxy Voting Service’s staffing, personnel, and/or technology; (2) disclosure from the Proxy Voting Service regarding its methodologies in formulating voting recommendations; and (3) whether the Proxy Voting Service has adequate policies and procedures to identify, disclose, and address actual and potential conflicts of interest. In further exercise of its oversight responsibility, Janus Henderson Investors shall periodically sample the proxy votes cast on behalf of clients to ensure whether the Guidelines were applied correctly to such votes.

4.3 Record Retention

Janus Henderson Investors will retain proxy statements received regarding client securities, records of votes cast on behalf of clients, records of client requests for proxy voting information and all documents prepared by Janus Henderson Investors regarding votes cast in contradiction to the Guidelines. In addition, Janus Henderson Investors will retain internally-generated documents that are material to a proxy voting decision, such as the Guidelines, Committee materials and other internal research relating to voting decisions. Proxy statements received from issuers are generally available from the issuer’s, the relevant regulatory authority’s and/or the market place’s websites. They may also be available from the third-party voting service upon request. All materials discussed above will be retained in accordance with any applicable record retention obligations.

5 Amendments

This Policy is subject to review on an annual or more frequent basis by the Committee. In reviewing the Policy, the Committee reviews Janus Henderson Investors’ proxy voting record over the prior year, including exceptions to the Guidelines requested by Portfolio Management to determine whether any adjustments should be made. The Committee also reviews changes to the Guidelines recommended by the Proxy Voting Service, discusses such changes with the Proxy Voting Service, and solicits feedback from Portfolio Management on such changes. Once the Guidelines have been approved by the Committee and clients where required, they are distributed to Asset Servicing and the Proxy Voting Service for implementation.

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Appendix A - Proxy Voting Guidelines

Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote all proxies relating to portfolio securities held in client accounts for which it has been delegated voting authority in accordance with the Policy, including these Guidelines, and the implementation instructions provided to the Proxy Voting Service. Nonetheless, because proxy issues and the circumstances of individual companies are varied, there may be instances when Janus Henderson Investors may not vote in strict adherence to the Guidelines. Portfolio Management is responsible for monitoring significant corporate developments, including proxy proposals submitted to shareholders, and instructing votes contrary to the Guidelines where they reasonably believe that is in the best interest of clients.

Janus Henderson Investors recognizes that corporate governance systems vary a great deal between jurisdictions according to factors such as cultural issues, laws and regulations, the extent of shareholder rights, the level of dispersed ownership and the stage of development more generally. In formulating our approach to corporate governance, we are conscious that a “one size fits all” policy is not appropriate. We will therefore seek to vary our voting activities according to the local market and its standards of best practices.

While Janus Henderson Investors has attempted to address the most common issues through the Guidelines, there will be various proxy voting proposals that are not addressed by the Guidelines or that require case-by-case resolution under the Guidelines. In addition, it may not be appropriate to apply certain Guidelines to investment types such as mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, and closed-end funds, in which case Janus Henderson Investors will generally rely on the recommendation of the Proxy Voting Service unless otherwise specified in the Policy. Moreover, there may be various proxy voting proposals as to which the Proxy Voting Service does not have or provide research, analysis and recommendations. For example, the Proxy Voting Service may not provide research, analysis and recommendations for proxy voting proposals of privately-held companies. In such instances, those proposals will be referred to Portfolio Management for resolution. In exercising discretion, Janus Henderson Investors may take into consideration the information and recommendations of the Proxy Voting Service but will vote all proxies based on its own conclusions regarding the best interests of its clients.

In many cases, a security may be held by client accounts managed by multiple portfolio managers. While Janus Henderson Investors generally casts votes consistently across client accounts it manages, different portfolio managers may vote differently on the same matter in the exercise of their discretion. For example, different portfolio managers may reasonably reach different conclusions as to what is in the best interest of their clients based on their independent judgments. In addition, in rare circumstances, an individual portfolio manager may reasonably reach different conclusions as to what is in the best interests of different clients depending on each individual client account’s investment strategy or its objectives.

Directors and Boards

Janus Henderson Investors recognises the diversity of corporate governance models across different markets and does not advocate any one form of board structure. However, it also recognises there are certain key functions which are or should be common across all markets:

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Reviewing and guiding corporate strategy, major plans of action, risk policy, annual budgets and business plans; setting performance objectives; monitoring implementation and corporate performance; and overseeing major capital expenditures, acquisitions and divestitures;

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Monitoring the effectiveness of the company’s governance practices and making changes as needed;

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Selecting, compensating, monitoring and, where necessary, replacing key executives and overseeing succession planning;

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Aligning key executive and board compensation with the longer-term interests of the company and its shareholders;

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Ensuring a formal and transparent board nomination and election process;

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Monitoring and managing potential conflicts of interest of management, board members and shareholders, including misuse of corporate assets and abuse in related party transactions;

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Ensuring the integrity of the corporation’s accounting and financial reporting systems, including the independent audit, and that appropriate systems of control are in place, in particular, systems for risk management, financial and operational control, and compliance with the law and relevant standards;

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Monitoring the quality of relationships with key stakeholders; and

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Overseeing the process of disclosure and communications.

Boards of directors should include the number and types of qualified directors sufficient to ensure effective discharge of these responsibilities, including independent non-executive directors with appropriate skills, experience, and knowledge. The responsibilities of such non-executive directors should include monitoring and contributing effectively to the strategy and performance of management, staffing key committees of the board, and influencing the conduct of the board as a whole. Consistent with this principle of independence, a board of directors should generally have a non-executive chairperson.

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The board of directors should establish audit, compensation, and nomination/succession committees. These should be composed wholly or predominantly of independent directors. Companies should publicly disclose the terms of reference of these committees and give an account to shareholders in an annual report or other regulatory filing of how their responsibilities have been discharged. The chairpersons and members of these committees should be appointed by the board as a whole according to a transparent procedure.

Janus Henderson Investors believes the board of directors, or supervisory board, as an entity, and each of its members, as an individual, is a fiduciary for all shareholders, and should be accountable to the shareholder body as a whole. Each director should therefore generally stand for election on an annual basis.

In recognition of these principles, Janus Henderson Investors has adopted the following default policy positions among others:

Board Classification – Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote against proposals to classify boards of directors and for proposals to declassify boards of directors.

Board Size – Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote in favor of proposals to increase the size of a board of directors so long as the board would retain a majority of independent directors. Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote against proposals to decrease the size of a board of directors which are intended as anti-takeover measures.

Director Independence – Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote in favor of proposals to increase the minimum number of independent directors. Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote in favor of proposals to separate the role of the chairman from the role of the CEO.

Director Indemnification – Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote in favor of proposals regarding director or officer indemnification arrangements provided such provisions are not deemed excessive or inappropriate.

Uncontested Elections –Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote in favor of director candidates that result in the board having a majority of independent directors and oppose director candidates that result in the board not having a majority of independent directors. After taking into consideration country-specific practices, Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote in favor of individual director candidates unless:

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they attend less than 75% of the board and committee meetings without a valid excuse;

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they ignore or otherwise fail to respond appropriately to shareholder proposals receiving majority shareholder support;

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they are not responsive to advisory votes on executive compensation matters;

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they fail to provide appropriate oversight of company’s risk management practices;

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they are non-independent directors and sit on the audit, compensation or nominating committees;

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they are non-independent directors and the board does not have an audit, compensation, or nominating committee;

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they are audit committee members and the non-audit fees paid to the auditor are excessive;

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they are audit committee members and poor accounting practices rise to a level of serious concern, or other serious issues surrounding the audit process or arrangement exist;

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they serve as directors on an excessive number of boards;

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they are compensation committee members and the company has poor compensation practices;

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they adopt a long term poison pill without shareholder approval or make material adverse changes to an existing poison pill;

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they are the chair of the nominating committee, or are otherwise responsible for the nomination process, of a board that does not have a minimum level of female directors, and the company has not provided a sufficient explanation for its lack of gender diversity;

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they are the chair of the nominating committee, or are otherwise responsible for the nomination process, of a board that does not have any apparent racial/ethnic diversity, and the company has not provided a sufficient explanation for its lack of racial/ethnic diversity;

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they are the chair of the responsible committee of a company that is a significant greenhouse gas emitter3 where such company is not taking minimum steps needed to understand, assess, and mitigate risks related to climate change;

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they amend the company’s bylaws or charter without shareholder approval in a manner that materially diminishes shareholders’ rights or that could adversely impact shareholders; and/or

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the company employs a capital structure with unequal voting rights.

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Contested Elections – Janus Henderson Investors will generally evaluate proposals relating to contested director candidates on case-by-case basis.

Cumulative Voting – Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote in favor of proposals to adopt cumulative voting unless otherwise recommended by the Proxy Voting Service.

Auditors and Accounting Issues

Janus Henderson Investors believes boards of directors should maintain robust structures and processes to ensure sound internal controls and to oversee all aspects of relationships with auditors. Boards of directors should generally have appropriately constituted audit committees with sufficient levels of financial expertise in accordance with prevailing legislation or best practice. The audit committee should ensure that the company gives a balanced and clear presentation of its financial position and prospects and clearly explains its accounting principles and policies. The audit committee should ensure that the independence of the external auditors is not compromised by conflicts of interest (e.g., financial conflicts arising from the award of non-audit assignments).

In recognition of these principles, Janus Henderson Investors has adopted the following default policy positions among others:

Uncontested Auditors – Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote in favor of proposals to approve external or statutory auditors and auditor compensation unless:

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the auditor has a financial interest in or association with the company and is therefore not independent;

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fees for non-audit services are excessive;

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there is reason to believe the auditor has rendered an opinion which may be neither accurate nor indicative of the company’s financial position;

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the auditor is being changed without explanation; or

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the auditor is not identified by name.

Contested Auditors – Janus Henderson Investors will evaluate proposals relating to contested auditors on a case-by-case basis.

Compensation Issues

Janus Henderson Investors believes compensation of executive directors and key executives should be aligned with the interests of shareholders. Performance criteria attached to share-based compensation should be demanding. Requirements for directors and senior executives to acquire and retain company shares that are meaningful in the context of their cash compensation are also appropriate. The design of senior executives’ contracts should not commit companies to ‘payment for failure’. Boards should pay attention to minimising this risk when drawing up contracts and to resist pressure to concede excessively generous severance conditions. Any share-based compensation should be subject to shareholder approval.

Companies should disclose in each annual report or proxy statement the board’s policies on executive compensation (and preferably the compensation of individual board members and top executives), as well as the composition of such compensation so that investors can judge whether corporate pay policies and practices are appropriately designed.

Broad-based employee share ownership plans or other profit-sharing programs are effective market mechanisms that promote employee participation. When reviewing whether to support proposed new share schemes, we place particular importance on the following factors:

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The overall potential cost of the scheme, including the level of dilution;

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The issue price of share options relative to the market price;

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The use of performance conditions aligning the interests of participants with shareholders;

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The holding period (i.e., the length of time from the award date to the earliest date of exercise); and

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The level of disclosure.

In recognition of these principles, Janus Henderson Investors has adopted the following default policy positions among others:

Executive and Director Equity-Based Compensation Plans – Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote in favor of equity-based compensation plans unless they create an inconsistent relationship between long-term share performance and compensation, do not demonstrate good stewardship of investors’ interests, or contain problematic features. Janus Henderson Investors considers the following, non-exhaustive list of practices to be problematic and generally votes against plans or amendments to plans that:

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provide for re-pricing of underwater options;

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provide for automatic replenishment (“evergreen”) or reload options;

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create an inconsistent relationship between long term share performance and compensation increases; and/or

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are proposed by management and do not demonstrate good stewardship of investors’ interests regarding executive compensation or are a vehicle for poor compensation practices.

Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote against proposals permitting material amendments to equity-based compensation plans without shareholder approval.

Long-Term Ownership – Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote in favor of proposals intended to increase long-term stock ownership by executives, officers, and directors. These may include:

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requiring executive officers and directors to hold a minimum amount of stock in the company;

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requiring stock acquired through exercised options to be held for a certain period of time; and

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using restricted stock grants instead of options.

Director and Officer Loans – Janus Henderson Investors will generally oppose proposals requesting approval of loans to officers, executives, and board members of an issuer.

Say-on-Pay – Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote in favor of annual advisory votes on executive compensation (say-on-pay frequency). Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote with management on advisory votes on executive compensation (say-on-pay) unless Janus Henderson Investors determines problematic pay practices are maintained.

Executive Severance Agreements – Janus Henderson Investors will generally evaluate proposals to approve or cancel executive severance agreements on a case-by-case basis. Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote in favor of proposals to require executive severance agreements to be submitted for shareholder approval unless the proposal requires shareholder approval prior to entering into employment contracts.

Employee Stock Option Plans (ESOP) and Stock Purchase Plans (ESPP) – Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote in favor of proposals relating to ESOPs and ESPPs unless the shares purchased through the plans are discounted more than the market norm, the shares allocated to the plans are excessive, and/or the plans contain other problematic features.

Option Expensing and Repricing – Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote in favor of proposals requiring the expensing of options. Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote against proposals providing for the repricing of options.

Capitalization, Issuances, Transactions, Shareholder Rights, and Other Corporate Matters

Janus Henderson Investors believes all shareholders should be treated equitably. Companies’ ordinary shares should provide one vote for each share, and companies should act to ensure the owners’ rights to vote.

Any major strategic modifications to the core businesses of a company should not be made without prior shareholder approval. Equally, any major corporate changes, which in substance or effect, materially dilute the equity or erode the economic interests or share ownership rights of existing shareholders should not be made without prior shareholder approval of the proposed change. Such changes may include but are not limited to modifications to articles or bylaws and the implementation of shareholder rights plans or so called “poison pills.”

We will not support proposals that have the potential to reduce shareholder rights, such as significant open-ended authorities to issue shares without pre-emption rights or anti-takeover proposals, unless companies provide a compelling rationale for why they are in shareholder interests.

In recognition of these principles, Janus Henderson Investors has adopted the following default policy positions among others:

Capital Stock – Subject to local market standards, Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote in favor of proposals seeking to increase the number of shares of common or preferred stock authorized for issue unless the company does not adequately justify the need for the additional shares. Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote against proposals to authorize preferred stock whose voting, conversion, dividend, and other rights are determined at the discretion of the board of directors when the stock is issued (“blank check stock”). Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote against proposals for different classes of stock with different voting rights.

Stock Splits – Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote in favor of proposals to split shares unless they negatively affect the ability to trade shares or the economic value of a share.

Share Issuances - Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote in favor of proposals related to share issuances with and without preemptive rights, provided that voting in favor of such proposals is consistent with local market standards, such

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proposals are not considered excessive in the context of the issuer and such proposals do not provide for different levels of voting rights.

Debt Issuances – Janus Henderson Investors will generally evaluate proposals regarding the issuance of debt, including convertible debt, on a case- by-case basis.

Mergers, Acquisitions and Other Significant Corporate Transactions – Janus Henderson Investors will generally evaluate proposals regarding acquisitions, mergers, related party transactions, tender offers, or changes in control on a case-by-case basis, including any related proposals such as share issuances or advisory votes on golden parachutes.

Reorganization, Restructuring and Liquidation – Janus Henderson Investors will generally evaluate plans of reorganization, restructuring and liquidation on a case-by-case basis.

Shareholder Rights Plans and Other Anti-Takeover Mechanisms – Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote against shareholder rights plans or other proposals designed to prevent or obstruct corporate takeovers (includes poison pills), unless such measures are proposed in a transparent and independent fashion and designed primarily as a short-term means to protect a tax benefit, or are structured in such a way that they give shareholders the ultimate decision on any proposal or offer. This general policy supersedes any other more specific policy to the contrary.

Change in Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization - Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote in favor of proposals regarding changes in the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of an issuer.

Confidential Voting – Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote in favor of proposals to provide for confidential voting and independent tabulation of voting results.

Supermajority Voting – Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote against proposals to provide for supermajority voting (e.g., to approve acquisitions or mergers).

Special Meetings – Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote in favor of management proposals to allow shareholders to call special meetings. Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote in favor of shareholder proposals to allow shareholders to call special meetings, unless such right is already provided at a level consistent with local best practice and the shareholder proposal would further reduce the required threshold. Such proposals will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Written Consents – Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote in favor of management proposals to allow action by shareholders’ written consent. Where supported by the Proxy Voting Service, Janus Henderson Investors will generally evaluate shareholder proposals to allow action by shareholders’ written consent on a case-by-case basis; otherwise, Janus Henderson will generally vote against proposals to allow action by shareholders’ written consent.

Proxy Access – Janus Henderson Investors will generally evaluate proposals related to proxy access on a case-by-case basis.

Environmental and Social Issues

Janus Henderson Investors believes that good management of stakeholder relationships contributes to business success and long-term shareholder value. These stakeholders include not only shareholders but also employees, consumers, debtholders, business partners, neighbors, and the wider global community. Janus Henderson Investors also recognises the importance of environmental issues such as climate change and social issues such as diversity & inclusion to all these stakeholder groups.

As a fiduciary for its clients, Janus Henderson Investors is primarily concerned with the impact of proposals on a company’s performance and economic value. Janus Henderson Investors recognizes that environmental and social issues are associated with risks, costs and benefits which can have a significant impact on company performance over the short and long term. When evaluating the merits of proposals on environmental and social issues, Janus Henderson Investors will weigh the risks, costs, and benefits of supporting the proposals against those presented by alternatives, including potentially seeking similar outcomes through direct engagement activities with management. Janus Henderson Investors will generally support management proposals addressing environmental and social issues unless we identify significant weaknesses relative to market practice or peers. Janus Henderson Investors will generally support shareholder proposals addressing environmental and social issues where we identify significant areas of weakness or deficiency relative to peers and/or industry best practices or feel that management has failed to adequately respond to shareholder concerns.

Miscellaneous, Administrative and Routine Items

Janus Henderson Investors believes that management should generally have discretion to make certain types of decisions, including how to use existing capital. In addition, in certain jurisdictions, shareholder approval of certain routine or

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administrative matters may be required. On these types of issues, Janus Henderson Investors will generally defer to management unless it believes these decisions are not being made, or these actions are not being taken, in good faith.

In recognition of these principles, Janus Henderson Investors has adopted the following default policy positions among others:

Dividends – Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote in favor of management proposals relating to the issuance of dividends. Janus Henderson Investors will generally evaluate shareholder proposals relating to the issuance of dividends on a case-by-case basis.

Share Repurchase Plans - Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote in favor of management proposals regarding share repurchases. Janus Henderson Investors will generally evaluate shareholder proposals relating to share repurchases on a case-by-case basis.

“Other Business” – Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote against proposals to approve “other business” when it appears as a voting item.

Designation of Exclusive Forum - Janus Henderson Investors will generally vote in favor of proposals designating an exclusive forum in federal court or Delaware state court (for companies organized in Delaware). Janus Henderson Investors will generally evaluate proposals designating an exclusive forum in other jurisdictions on a case- by-case basis.

Proposals Outside the Guidelines

For proposals outside the scope of the Guidelines or instructions otherwise provided to the Proxy Voting Service, Janus Henderson Investors will generally rely on the recommendation of the Proxy Voting Service.

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