SSGA FUNDS

GENERAL

The Trust is a single legal entity organized on October 3, 1987 as a Massachusetts business trust, and operates under a Second Amended and Restated Master Trust Agreement, dated May 15, 2012, as amended (the “Master Trust Agreement”).

The Trust is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) as an open-end, management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Trust offers shares of beneficial interest in the Funds as described in the Prospectus. Each of the Funds is diversified as provided by the 1940 Act. Under the 1940 Act, a diversified company is defined as a management company which meets the following requirements: at least 75% of the value of its total assets is represented by cash and cash items (including receivables), Government securities, securities of other investment companies, and other securities limited in respect of any single issuer to 5% or less of each of the Fund's total assets, and to not more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “SSGA FM”) serves as the investment manager of each Fund.

Effective October 12, 2018, the SSGA International Stock Selection Fund was renamed the State Street International Stock Selection Fund; and the SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund was renamed the State Street S&P 500 Index Fund.

Effective June 17, 2019, the State Street S&P 500 Index Fund no longer operates in a master-feeder arrangement, and will make direct investments consistent with its investment strategy instead of investing substantially all of its assets in a master portfolio advised by SSGA FM that was a separate series of State Street Master Funds (the “Master Portfolio”).

DESCRIPTION OF INVESTMENTS AND RISKS

The Funds' Prospectus contains information about the investment objective and policies of each Fund. This SAI should only be read in conjunction with the Prospectus of the Fund or Funds in which you intend to invest.

In addition to the principal investment strategies and the principal risks of the Funds described in the Fund's Prospectus, a Fund may employ other investment practices and may be subject to additional risks, which are described below.

ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS AND RISKS

To the extent consistent with its investment objective and restrictions, each Fund may invest in the following instruments and use the following techniques (unless otherwise noted).

American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”) and European Depositary Receipts (“EDRs”). State Street International Stock Selection Fund may invest in ADRs, GDRs and EDRs under certain circumstances as an alternative to directly investing in foreign securities. ADRs are issued by a U.S. depository institution, but they represent a specified quantity of shares of a non-U.S. stock company. ADRs trade on U.S. securities exchanges, but are treated as “foreign securities” for purposes of the limitations on the Fund's investments in foreign securities because they are subject to many of the same risks as foreign securities as described below.

In addition to ADRs, State Street International Stock Selection Fund may invest in sponsored or unsponsored GDRs and EDRs to the extent they become available. GDRs and EDRs are typically issued by foreign depositaries and evidence ownership interests in a security or pool of securities issued by either a foreign or a U.S. corporation. Holders of unsponsored GDRs and EDRs generally bear all the costs associated with establishing them. The depositary of an unsponsored GDR or EDR is under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications received from the underlying issuer or to pass through to the GDR or EDR holders any voting rights with respect to the securities or pools of securities represented by the GDR or EDR. As a result, available information concerning the issuer may not be as current as for sponsored GDRs or EDRs, and the prices of unsponsored GDRs or EDRs may be more volatile than if such instruments were sponsored by the issuer. GDRs and EDRs also may not be denominated in the same currency as the underlying securities. Registered GDRs and EDRs are generally designed for use in U.S. securities markets, while bearer form GDRs and EDRs are generally designed for non-U.S. securities markets. The Fund will treat the underlying securities of a GDR or EDR as the investment for purposes of its investment policies and restrictions.

A depositary or issuer may unwind its depositary receipt program, or the relevant exchange may require ADRs, GDRs, or EDRs to be delisted, which could require the Fund to sell its ADRs, GDRs, or EDRs (potentially at disadvantageous prices) or to convert them into shares of the underlying non-U.S. security (which could adversely affect their value or liquidity). ADRs do not eliminate the risk inherent in investing in the securities of foreign issuers. However, by investing in

ADRs and GDRs rather than directly in a foreign issuer's stock, the Fund can minimize currency risks during the settlement period for either purchases or sales. In general, there is a large liquid market in the U.S. for many ADRs and GDRs although ADRs, GDRs, or EDRs also may be subject to illiquidity risk, and trading in ADRs, GDRs, or EDRs may be suspended by the relevant exchange. The information available for ADRs and GDRs is subject to the accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards of the domestic market or exchange on which they are traded, which standards may be more uniform and more exacting than those to which many foreign issuers are subject.

Cleared Derivatives Transactions. Transactions in some types of swaps are required to be centrally cleared by applicable rules and regulations and a Fund may also elect to choose to centrally clear other transactions that are available for clearing. In a cleared derivatives transaction, a Fund's counterparty to the transaction is a central derivatives clearing organization, or clearing house, rather than a bank or broker. Because the Funds are not members of a clearing house, and only members of a clearing house can participate directly in the clearing house, the Funds hold cleared derivatives through accounts at clearing members. In cleared derivatives transactions, a Fund will make payments (including margin payments) to and receive payments from a clearing house through its accounts at clearing members. Clearing members guarantee performance of their clients' obligations to the clearing house. Centrally cleared derivative arrangements may be less favorable to a Fund than bilateral (non-cleared) arrangements. For example, a Fund may be required to provide greater amounts of margin for cleared derivatives transactions than for bilateral derivatives transactions. Also, in contrast to bilateral derivatives transactions, in some cases following a period of notice to a Fund, a clearing member generally can require termination of existing cleared derivatives transactions at any time or an increase in margin requirements above the margin that the clearing member required at the beginning of a transaction. Clearing houses also have broad rights to increase margin requirements for existing transactions or to terminate transactions at any time. Each Fund is subject to risk if it enters into a derivatives transaction that is required to be cleared (or which the Adviser expects to be cleared), and no clearing member is willing or able to clear the transaction on the Fund's behalf. In that case, the transaction might have to be terminated, and the Fund could lose some or all of the benefit of the transaction, including loss of an increase in the value of the transaction and loss of hedging protection. In addition, the documentation governing the relationship between the Funds and clearing members is drafted by the clearing members and generally is less favorable to the Funds than typical bilateral derivatives documentation. For example, documentation relating to cleared derivatives generally includes a one-way indemnity by the Fund in favor of the clearing member for losses the clearing member incurs as the Fund's clearing member. Also, such documentation typically does not provide the Fund any remedies if the clearing member defaults or becomes insolvent.

Counterparty risk with respect to derivatives has been and will continue to be affected by new rules and regulations relating to the derivatives market. With respect to a centrally cleared transaction, a party is subject to the credit risk of the clearing house and the clearing member through which it holds its cleared position. Credit risk of market participants with respect to centrally cleared derivatives is concentrated in a few clearing houses, and it is not clear how an insolvency proceeding of a clearing house would be conducted and what impact an insolvency of a clearing house would have on the financial system. A clearing member is obligated by contract and regulation to segregate all funds received from customers with respect to cleared derivatives positions from the clearing member's proprietary assets. However, all funds and other property received by a clearing member from its customers with respect to cleared derivatives are generally held by the clearing member on a commingled basis in an omnibus account (which can be invested in instruments permitted under the regulations). Therefore, a Fund might not be fully protected in the event of the bankruptcy of the Fund's clearing member because the Fund would be limited to recovering only a pro rata share of the funds held by the clearing member on behalf of customers, with a claim against the clearing member for any deficiency. Also, the clearing member is required to transfer to the clearing house the amount of margin required by the clearing house for cleared derivatives, which amount is generally held in an omnibus account at the clearing house for all customers of the clearing member. Regulations promulgated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) require that the clearing member notify the clearing house of the initial margin provided by the clearing member to the clearing house that is attributable to each customer. However, if the clearing member does not accurately report the Fund's initial margin, the Fund is subject to the risk that a clearing house will use the assets attributable to it in the clearing house's omnibus account to satisfy payment obligations a defaulting customer of the clearing member has to the clearing house. In addition, clearing members generally provide the clearing house the net amount of variation margin required for cleared swaps for all of its customers, rather than individually for each customer. A Fund is therefore subject to the risk that a clearing house will not make variation margin payments owed to the Fund if another customer of the clearing member has suffered a loss and is in default, and the risk that the Fund will be required to provide additional variation margin to the clearing house before the clearing house will move the Fund's cleared derivatives positions to another clearing member. In addition, if a clearing

member does not comply with the applicable regulations or its agreement with the Fund, or in the event of fraud or misappropriation of customer assets by a clearing member, the Fund could have only an unsecured creditor claim in an insolvency of the clearing member with respect to the margin held by the clearing member.

Convertible Securities. State Street International Stock Selection Fund may hold convertible securities of foreign or domestic issuers. A convertible security is a fixed-income security which may be converted into the issuer's common or preferred stock at a stated price within a specified period of time. Convertible securities are senior to common stocks in a corporation's capital structure but are usually subordinated to similar nonconvertible securities. Convertible securities provide, through their conversion feature, an opportunity to participate in capital appreciation resulting from a market price advance in a convertible security's underlying common stock. The price of a convertible security is influenced by the market value of the underlying common stock and tends to increase as the market value of the underlying stock rises, whereas it tends to decrease as the market value of the underlying stock declines.

Custodial Risk. There are risks involved in dealing with the custodians or brokers who hold a Fund's investments or settle a Fund's trades. It is possible that, in the event of the insolvency or bankruptcy of a custodian or broker, a Fund would be delayed or prevented from recovering its assets from the custodian or broker, or its estate, and may have only a general unsecured claim against the custodian or broker for those assets. In recent insolvencies of brokers or other financial institutions, the ability of certain customers to recover their assets from the insolvent's estate has been delayed, limited, or prevented, often unpredictably, and there is no assurance that any assets held by a Fund with a custodian or broker will be readily recoverable by the Fund. In addition, there may be limited recourse against non-U.S. sub-custodians in those situations in which a Fund invests in markets where custodial and/or settlement systems and regulations are not fully developed, including emerging markets, and the assets of the Fund have been entrusted to such sub-custodians. SSGA FM or an affiliate may serve as the custodian of the Funds.

Risks Associated with Derivatives Regulation. The U.S. government has enacted and is continuing to implement legislation that provides for new regulation of the derivatives market, including clearing, margin, reporting, and registration requirements. The European Union (the “EU”), the United Kingdom (the “UK”) and some other countries have also adopted and are continuing to implement similar requirements, which will affect a Fund when it enters into a derivatives transaction with a counterparty organized in that country or otherwise subject to that country's derivatives regulations. Such rules and other new rules and regulations could, among other things, restrict a Fund's ability to engage in, or increase the cost to the Fund of, derivatives transactions, for example, by making some types of derivatives no longer available to the Fund, increasing margin or capital requirements, or otherwise limiting liquidity or increasing transaction costs. While the rules and regulations and central clearing of some derivatives transactions are designed to reduce systemic risk (i.e., the risk that the interdependence of large derivatives dealers could cause them to suffer liquidity, solvency or other challenges simultaneously), there is no assurance that they will achieve that result, and in the meantime, as noted above, central clearing and related requirements expose the Funds to new kinds of costs and risks.

For example, in the event of a counterparty's (or its affiliate's) insolvency, a Fund's ability to exercise remedies, such as the termination of transactions, netting of obligations and realization on collateral, could be stayed or eliminated under new special resolution regimes adopted in the United States, the EU, the UK and various other jurisdictions. Such regimes provide government authorities with broad authority to intervene when a financial institution is experiencing financial difficulty. In particular, with respect to counterparties who are subject to such proceedings in the EU and the UK, the liabilities of such counterparties to the Funds could be reduced, eliminated, or converted to equity in such counterparties (sometimes referred to as a “bail in”).

The SEC has adopted new Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act providing for the regulation of registered investment companies' use of derivatives and certain related instruments. The new rule, among other things, limits derivatives exposure through one of two value-at-risk tests and eliminates the asset segregation framework for covering derivatives and certain financial instruments arising from the SEC's Release 10666 and ensuing staff guidance. The rule also requires funds to adopt and implement a derivatives risk management program (including the appointment of a derivatives risk manager and the implementation of certain testing requirements) and subjects funds to certain reporting requirements in respect of derivatives. Limited derivatives users (as determined by Rule 18f-4) are not, however, subject to the full requirements under the rule.

Additionally, U.S. regulators, the EU, the UK and certain other jurisdictions have adopted minimum margin and capital requirements for uncleared derivatives transactions. It is expected that these regulations will have a material impact on a Fund's use of uncleared derivatives. These rules impose minimum margin requirements on derivatives transactions between a Fund and its counterparties and may increase the amount of margin a Fund is required to provide. They impose regulatory requirements on the timing of transferring margin and the types of collateral that parties are permitted to exchange.

These and other regulations are relatively new and evolving, so their full impact on the Funds and the financial system are not yet known.

Other Derivatives Risks. The use of derivatives involves the risk that their value may not change as expected relative to changes in the value of the assets, rates or indices they are designed to track. In addition, all derivative instruments involve risks that are in addition to, and potentially greater than, the risks of investing directly in securities and other more traditional assets. Derivatives are subject to counterparty risk, which is the risk that a loss may be sustained by a Fund as a result of the failure of the other party to a derivative (usually referred to as a “counterparty”) to comply with the terms of the derivative contract. An over-the-counter derivative contract typically can be closed or a position transferred only with the consent of the other party to the contract. If the counterparty defaults, the Fund will still have contractual remedies but may not be able to enforce them. Even when derivatives are required by contract to be collateralized, the Fund typically will not receive the collateral for one or more days after the collateral is required to be posted.

Debt Securities. State Street International Stock Selection Fund may invest in debt securities. The Fund may also invest in debt securities with broad credit ratings that may or may not be investment grade. Debt will typically represent less than 5% of the Fund's assets. Debt securities are subject to market and credit risk. Lower rated debt securities may include obligations that are in default or that face the risk of default with respect to principal or interest. Such securities are sometimes referred to as “junk bonds.” Please see “Description of Securities Ratings” in Appendix A.

Equity Swaps and Equity Linked Notes. The Funds may invest in equity swaps. Equity swap agreements are contracts between parties in which one party agrees to make payments to the other party based on an interest rate or the change in market value of a specified index or asset. In return, the other party agrees to make payments to the first party based on the return of a different specified index or asset. Although swap agreements entail the risk that a party will default on its payment obligations, the portfolios will seek to manage this risk by entering into agreements only with counterparties that the Adviser deems creditworthy. The Adviser will allow the Funds to enter into swap agreements only with counterparties that would be eligible for consideration as repurchase agreement counterparties under the Trust's repurchase agreement guidelines. Swap agreements bear the risk that a Fund will not be able to meet its obligation to the counterparty. A Fund may seek to mitigate this risk by investing in assets generating cash flows consistent with the Fund's payment obligations under the swap agreement.

Eurodollar Certificates of Deposit (“ECDs”), Eurodollar Time Deposits (“ETDs”) and Yankee Certificates of Deposit (“YCDs”). State Street International Stock Selection Fund may purchase ECDs, ETDs, and YCDs. ECDs are U.S. dollar denominated certificates of deposit and time deposits, respectively, issued by foreign branches of domestic banks. ETDs are U.S. dollar denominated deposits in foreign banks or foreign branches of U.S. banks. YCDs are U.S. dollar denominated certificates of deposit issued by U.S. branches of foreign banks.

Different risks than those associated with the obligations of domestic banks may exist for ECDs, ETDs and YCDs because the banks issuing these instruments, or their domestic or foreign branches, are not necessarily subject to the same regulatory requirements that apply to domestic banks, such as loan limitations, examinations and reserve, accounting, auditing, recordkeeping and public reporting requirements.

Foreign Currency and Foreign Currency Derivatives. State Street S&P 500 Index Fund will not speculate in foreign security or currency options or futures or related options. State Street International Stock Selection Fund may invest in foreign currency. State Street International Stock Selection Fund has authority to deal in forward foreign currency exchange contracts (including those involving the U.S. dollar) as a hedge against possible variations in the exchange rate between various currencies. State Street International Stock Selection Fund may also deal in forward foreign currency exchange contracts (including those involving the U.S. dollar) in order to seek to generate returns consistent with the Fund's investment objective and strategies. This is accomplished through individually negotiated contractual agreements to purchase or to sell a specified currency at a specified future date and price set at the time of the contract. The Fund's dealings in forward foreign currency exchange contracts may be with respect to a specific purchase or sale of a security, or with respect to its portfolio positions generally. The Fund is not obligated to hedge its portfolio positions and will enter

into such transactions only to the extent, if any, deemed appropriate by the Adviser. If properly executed, the Fund's use of forward foreign currency exchange contracts for hedging purposes may help to reduce losses resulting from depreciation of a foreign currency in which securities in the Fund's portfolio are denominated.

In addition to the forward foreign currency exchange contracts, State Street International Stock Selection Fund may also purchase or sell listed or over-the-counter (“OTC”) foreign currency options and foreign currency futures and related options as a short or long hedge against possible variations in foreign currency exchange rates. The cost to the Fund of engaging in foreign currency transactions varies with such factors as the currencies involved, the length of the contract period and the market conditions then prevailing. Put and call options on currency may also be used to hedge against fluctuation in currency rates when forward contracts and/or futures are deemed to be not cost effective. Options will not be used to provide leverage in any way.

Certain differences exist among these instruments. For example, foreign currency options provide the holder thereof the rights to buy or sell a currency at a fixed price on a future date. A futures contract on a foreign currency is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a specified amount of a currency for a set price on a future date. Futures contracts and options on futures contracts are traded on boards of trade or futures exchanges.

Like other types of derivatives, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign currency options and foreign currency futures are subject to counterparty risk (i.e., the risk that the counterparty to a transaction will not perform under the contract). There can be no guarantee that a currency hedging strategy will produce the desired result. The Adviser may be incorrect in its expectations as to currency fluctuations, and the Fund may incur losses in connection with its currency transactions that it would not otherwise incur. Additionally, an imperfect correlation between movements in the price of the derivative and the price of the security, currency or other investment being hedged creates risk. In the event of an imperfect correlation between a derivative position and the portfolio position intended to be hedged, the Fund may realize a loss on the derivative at the same time the Fund is realizing a loss on the portfolio position being hedged.

The Fund may hedge a position with respect to the currency of a particular country to an extent greater than the aggregate market value (at the time of making such transactions) of the securities held in its portfolio denominated or quoted in that particular foreign currency. No Fund will enter into a position hedging commitment if, as a result thereof, it would have more than 20% of the value of its assets committed to such contracts or will enter into a forward contract with a term of more than 36 months.

If the Fund invests in foreign securities or securities denominated in foreign currencies (or related foreign currency derivatives), it may be adversely affected by changes in currency exchange rates, exchange control regulations, foreign country indebtedness and indigenous economic and political developments. The Fund attempts to buy and sell foreign currencies on favorable terms, but will incur the cost of any price spread on currency exchanges when the Fund changes investments from one country to another or when proceeds from the sale of shares in U.S. dollars are used for the purchase of securities in foreign countries. Also, some countries may adopt policies which would prevent the Fund from repatriating invested capital and dividends, withhold portions of interest and dividends at the source, or impose other taxes, with respect to the Fund's investments in securities of issuers of that country. A change in the value of a foreign currency against the U.S. dollar will result in a corresponding change in the U.S. dollar value of the Fund's securities. In addition, some emerging market countries may have fixed or managed currencies which are not free-floating against the U.S. dollar. Further, certain emerging market currencies may not be internationally traded. Certain of these currencies have experienced a steady devaluation relative to the U.S. dollar. Many emerging markets countries have experienced substantial and in some periods extremely high rates of inflation for many years. Inflation and rapid fluctuations in inflation rates have had, and may continue to have negative effects on the economies and securities markets of certain emerging market countries.

Foreign Securities State Street International Stock Selection Fund is permitted to invest in foreign securities. Foreign securities include securities of foreign companies and foreign governments (or agencies or subdivisions thereof). If the Fund's securities are held abroad, the countries in which such securities may be held and the sub-custodian holding them must be approved by the Board of Trustees (the “Board” or “Board of Trustees”) or its delegate under applicable rules adopted by the SEC. In buying foreign securities, the Fund may convert U.S. dollars into foreign currency, but only to effect securities transactions on foreign securities exchanges and not to hold such currency as an investment.

The globalization and integration of the world economic system and related financial markets have made it increasingly difficult to define issuers geographically. Accordingly, the Fund intends to construe geographic terms such as “foreign,” “non-U.S.,” “European,” “Latin American,” and “Asian,” in the manner that affords the Fund the greatest flexibility in seeking to achieve its investment objective(s). Specifically, in circumstances where the investment objective and/or

strategy is to invest at least some percentage of the Fund's assets in foreign securities, the Fund will take the view that a security meets this description so long as the issuer of a security is tied economically to the particular country or geographic region indicated by words of the relevant investment objective and/or strategy (the “Relevant Language”). For these purposes the issuer of a security is deemed to have that tie if:

(i)

The issuer is organized under the laws of the country or a country within the geographic region suggested by the Relevant Language or maintains its principal place of business in that country or region; or

(ii)

The securities are traded principally in the country or region suggested by the Relevant Language; or

(iii)

The issuer, during its most recent fiscal year, derived at least 50% of its revenues or profits from goods produced or sold, investments made, or services performed in the country or region suggested by the Relevant Language or has at least 50% of its assets in that country or region.

In addition, the Fund intends to treat derivative securities (e.g., call options) by reference to the underlying security. Conversely, if the investment objective and/or strategy of the Fund limits the percentage of assets that may be invested in “foreign securities,” or prohibits such investments altogether, the Fund intends to categorize securities as “foreign,” only if the security possesses all of the attributes described above in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii).

Foreign securities also include securities of foreign issuers represented by ADRs, GDRs and EDRs. Please see “American Depositary Receipts, Global Depositary Receipts and European Depositary Receipts” above.

Investments in foreign securities involve special risks and considerations. Foreign companies are not generally subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards, practices and requirements comparable to those applicable to domestic companies, and such practices and standards may vary significantly from country to country. There may be less publicly available information about a foreign company than about a domestic company. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, which regulates auditors of U.S. public companies, is unable to inspect audit work papers in certain foreign countries. Investors in foreign countries often have limited rights and few practical remedies to pursue shareholder claims, including class actions or fraud claims, and the ability of the SEC, the U.S. Department of Justice and other authorities to bring and enforce actions against foreign issuers or foreign persons is limited. Foreign markets have different clearance and settlement procedures. Delays in settlement could result in temporary periods when assets of the Fund are uninvested. The inability of the Fund to make intended security purchases due to settlement problems could cause it to miss certain investment opportunities. They may also entail certain other risks, such as the possibility of one or more of the following: imposition of dividend or interest withholding or other taxes (in each case, which taxes could potentially be confiscatory) higher brokerage costs, thinner trading markets, currency blockages or transfer restrictions, expropriation, nationalization, military coups or other adverse political or economic developments; less government supervision and regulation of securities exchanges, brokers and listed companies; and the difficulty of enforcing obligations in other countries. Purchases of foreign securities are usually made in foreign currencies and, as a result, the Fund may incur currency conversion costs and may be affected favorably or unfavorably by changes in the value of foreign currencies against the U.S. dollar. Further, it may be more difficult for the Fund's agents to keep currently informed about corporate actions which may affect the prices of portfolio securities. Communications between the United States and foreign countries may be less reliable than within the United States, thus increasing the risk of delayed settlements of portfolio transactions or loss of certificates for portfolio securities. Certain markets may require payment for securities before delivery. The Fund's ability and decisions to purchase and sell portfolio securities may be affected by laws or regulations relating to the convertibility of currencies and repatriation of assets.

A number of current significant political, demographic and economic developments may affect investments in foreign securities and in securities of companies with operations overseas. Such developments include dramatic political changes in government and economic policies in several Eastern European countries and the republics composing the former Soviet Union, as well as the unification of the European Economic Community. The course of any one or more of these events and the effect on trade barriers, competition and markets for consumer goods and services are uncertain. Similar considerations are of concern with respect to developing countries. For example, the possibility of revolution and the dependence on foreign economic assistance may be greater in these countries than in developed countries. Management seeks to mitigate the risks associated with these considerations through diversification and active professional management.

Forward Commitments. Each Fund may invest in forward commitments. Each Fund may contract to purchase securities for a fixed price at a future date beyond customary settlement time consistent with the Fund's ability to manage its investment portfolio and meet redemption requests. A Fund may dispose of a commitment prior to settlement if it is appropriate to do so and the Fund may realize short-term profits or losses upon such sale. When effecting such

transactions, cash or other liquid assets (such as liquid high quality debt obligations) held by a Fund of a dollar amount sufficient to make payment for the portfolio securities to be purchased will be segregated on the Fund's records at the trade date and maintained until the transaction is settled. Such segregated assets will be marked to market on a daily basis, and if the market value of such assets declines or the market value of the securities to be purchased increases, additional cash or assets will be segregated so that the market value of the segregated assets will equal the amount of such Fund's obligations. Forward commitments involve a risk of loss if the value of the security to be purchased declines prior to the settlement date, or if the other party fails to complete the transaction.

Illiquid Securities. Each Fund may invest in illiquid securities. A Fund may not invest more than 15% of its net assets in illiquid investments that are assets. These securities include repurchase agreements that have a maturity of longer than seven days and securities that are illiquid by virtue of the absence of a readily available market or legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities may also include time deposits with maturities in excess of seven days, variable rate demand notes with demand periods in excess of seven days, unless the Adviser determines that such notes are readily marketable and could be sold promptly at the prices at which they are valued and guaranteed investment contracts; participation interests, floating and variable rate demand obligations and tender option bonds as to which the Fund cannot exercise a demand feature in seven or fewer days or for which there is no secondary market. Repurchase agreements subject to demand are deemed to have a maturity equal to the notice period. Securities that have legal or contractual restrictions on resale but have a readily available market are not considered illiquid for purposes of this limitation. The Adviser will monitor the liquidity of such restricted securities under the supervision of the Board. The absence of a regular trading market for illiquid securities imposes additional risk on investments in these securities. Illiquid securities may be difficult to value and may often be disposed of only after considerable expense and delay.

The SEC has adopted a liquidity risk management rule (the “Liquidity Rule”) that requires the Funds to establish a liquidity risk management program (the “LRMP”). The Trustees, including a majority of the Independent Trustees (as defined below), have designated the Adviser to administer the Funds' LRMP. Under the LRMP, the Adviser assesses, manages, and periodically reviews the Funds' liquidity risk. The Liquidity Rule defines “liquidity risk” as the risk that the Funds could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the Funds without significant dilution of remaining investors' interests in the Funds. The liquidity of the Funds' portfolio investments is determined based on relevant market, trading and investment-specific considerations under the LRMP. To the extent that an investment is deemed to be an illiquid investment or a less liquid investment, the Funds can expect to be exposed to greater liquidity risk. The Liquidity Rule's impact on a Fund, and on the open-end fund industry in general, is not yet fully known, but the rule could affect a Fund's performance and its ability to achieve its investment objectives. While the LRMP attempts to assess and manage liquidity risk, there is no guarantee it will be effective in its operations and may not reduce the liquidity risk inherent in a Fund's investments.

Interfund Lending. Each Fund may participate in interfund lending. In accordance with an exemptive order received by the Trust from the SEC, the Funds may participate in a joint lending and borrowing facility (the “Credit Facility”). All such borrowing and lending will be subject to a participating Fund's fundamental investment limitations. To the extent that the Funds borrow through the program, the costs of any such borrowings must be 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. Loans may be called on one business day's notice. A participating Fund may have to borrow from a bank at a higher interest rate if an interfund loan is called or not renewed.

Initial Public Offerings (“IPOs”). Each Fund may at times have the opportunity to invest in securities offered in IPOs. IPOs may not be available to the Funds at all times, and the Funds may not always invest in IPOs offered to them. Investments in IPOs may have a substantial beneficial effect on the Funds' investment performance. The Funds' investment return earned during a period of substantial investment in IPOs may not be sustained during other periods when the Funds make more-limited, or no, investments in IPOs. The Funds may lose money on an investment in securities offered in an IPO. There can be no assurance that the Funds will have the opportunity to invest in IPOs that are made available to other clients of State Street Global Advisors (“SSGA”).

IPO Holding Risk. Each Fund may participate in IPO holding. IPO holding is the practice of participating in an IPO with the intent of holding the security for investment purposes. Because an IPO is an equity security that is new to the public market, the value of IPOs may fluctuate dramatically. Therefore, IPOs have greater risks than other equity investments. Because of the cyclical nature of the IPO market, from time to time there may not be any IPOs in which a Fund can participate. Even when a Fund requests to participate in an IPO, there is no guarantee that the Fund will receive an allotment of shares in an IPO sufficient to satisfy the Fund's desired participation. Due to the volatility of IPOs, these investments can have a significant impact on performance, which may be positive or negative.

IPO Trading Risk. Each Fund may participate in IPO trading. IPO trading is the practice of participating in an IPO with the intent of immediately selling the security in the secondary market. Engaging in this strategy could result in active and frequent trading. Use of this strategy could increase a Fund's portfolio turnover and the possibility of realized capital gain. This is not a tax-efficient strategy. From time to time, it may not be possible to pursue an IPO trading strategy effectively because of a limited supply of “hot” IPOs. In addition, this practice may result in losses if a Fund purchases a security in an IPO and there is insufficient demand for the security in the after-market of the IPO. Due to the volatility of IPOs, these investments can have a significant impact on performance, which may be positive or negative.

Market Disruption and Geopolitical Risk

The Funds are subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. War, terrorism, and related geopolitical events have led, and in the future may lead, to increased short-term market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets generally. Likewise, natural and environmental disasters, epidemics or pandemics and systemic market dislocations may be highly disruptive to economies and markets. Those events as well as other changes in non-U.S. and domestic economic and political conditions also could adversely affect individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of a Fund's investments. Given the increasing interdependence between global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region might adversely impact markets, issuers and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries, including the U.S. Continuing uncertainty as to the status of the Euro and the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union (the “EMU”) has created significant volatility in currency and financial markets generally. Any partial or complete dissolution of the EMU, or any continued uncertainty as to its status, could have significant adverse effects on currency and financial markets, and on the values of a Fund's investments. On January 31, 2020, the United Kingdom (“UK”) formally withdrew from the European Union (“EU”) (commonly known as “Brexit”). An agreement between the UK and the EU governing their future trade relationship became effective January 1, 2021, but critical aspects of the relationship remain unresolved and subject to further negotiation and agreement. There is still considerable uncertainty relating to the potential consequences associated with the exit, including whether the U.K.'s exit will increase the likelihood of other countries also departing the EU. Brexit may have a significant impact on the U.K., Europe, and global economies, which may result in increased volatility and illiquidity, and potentially lower economic growth in markets in the U.K., Europe and globally, which may adversely affect the value of the Funds' investments.

Securities markets may be susceptible to market manipulation (e.g., the potential manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”)) or other fraudulent trade practices, which could disrupt the orderly functioning of these markets or adversely affect the value of investments traded in these markets, including investments of a Fund.

Many financial instruments use or may use a floating rate based on LIBOR, which is the offered rate for short-term Eurodollar deposits between major international banks. In 2017, the UK Financial Conduct Authority announced its intention to cease compelling banks to provide the quotations needed to sustain LIBOR after 2021. ICE Benchmark Administration, the administrator of LIBOR, ceased publication of most LIBOR settings on a representative basis at the end of 2021 and is expected to cease publication of a majority of U.S. dollar LIBOR settings on a representative basis after June 30, 2023. In addition, global regulators have announced that, with limited exceptions, no new LIBOR-based contracts should be entered into after 2021.

The transition away from and elimination of LIBOR may adversely affect the interest rates on, and value of, certain investments for which the value is tied to LIBOR. Such investments may include bank loans, derivatives, floating rate securities, and other assets or liabilities tied to LIBOR. Actions by regulators have resulted in the establishment of alternative reference rates to LIBOR in most major currencies (e.g., the Secured Overnight Financing Rate for U.S. dollar LIBOR and the Sterling Overnight Interbank Average Rate for GBP LIBOR). Various financial industry groups have been planning for the transition away from LIBOR. Markets are slowly developing in response to these new rates. Questions around liquidity impacted by these rates, and how to appropriately adjust these rates at the time of transition, remain a concern for the Funds.

The effect of any changes to, or discontinuation of, LIBOR on the Funds will vary depending, among other things, on (1) existing fallback or termination provisions in individual contracts and (2) whether, how, and when industry participants develop and adopt new reference rates and fallbacks for both legacy and new products and instruments. Accordingly, it is difficult to predict the full impact of the transition away from LIBOR on the Funds until new reference rates and fallbacks for both legacy and new products, instruments and contracts are commercially accepted.

Recent political activity in the U.S. has increased the risk that the U.S. could default on some or any of its obligations. While it is impossible to predict the consequences of such an unprecedented event, it is likely that a default by the U.S. would be highly disruptive to the U.S. and global securities markets and could significantly impair the value of the Funds' investments. Similarly, political events within the U.S. at times have resulted, and may in the future result, in a shutdown of government services, which could negatively affect the U.S. economy, decrease the value of many Fund investments, and increase uncertainty in or impair the operation of the U.S. or other securities markets. To the extent a Fund has focused its investments in the stock market index of a particular region, adverse geopolitical and other events could have a disproportionate impact on the Fund.

Market Turbulence Resulting From COVID-19

An outbreak of a respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus first detected in China in December 2019 has spread globally. In an organized attempt to contain and mitigate the effects of the spread of the coronavirus known as COVID-19, governments and businesses world-wide have taken aggressive measures, including closing borders, restricting international and domestic travel, and the imposition of prolonged quarantines of large populations. COVID-19 has resulted in the disruption of and delays in the delivery of healthcare services and processes, the cancellation of organized events and educational institutions, the disruption of production and supply chains, a decline in consumer demand for certain goods and services, and general concern and uncertainty, all of which have contributed to increased volatility in global markets. The continuing effects of COVID-19 may affect certain sectors and industries more dramatically than others, which may adversely affect the value of a Fund's investments in those sectors or industries. COVID-19, and other epidemics and pandemics that may arise in the future, could adversely affect the economies of many nations, the global economy, individual companies and capital markets in ways that cannot be foreseen at the present time. In addition, the impact of infectious diseases in developing or emerging market countries may be greater due to limited health care resources. Political, economic and social stresses caused by COVID-19 also may exacerbate other pre-existing political, social and economic risks in certain countries. The duration of COVID-19 and its effects cannot be determined at this time, but the effects could be present for an extended period of time.

Participation Certificates. State Street International Stock Selection Fund may purchase participation certificates, also known as participation notes. Participation certificates are issued by banks or broker-dealers and are designed to replicate the performance of foreign companies or foreign securities markets and can be used by a Fund as an alternative means to access the securities market of a country. Participation certificates offer a return linked to a particular underlying equity, debt, index or currency; however, the performance results of participation certificates will not replicate exactly the performance of the foreign companies or foreign securities markets that they seek to replicate due to transaction costs and other expenses. Investments in participation certificates involve the same risks associated with a direct investment in the underlying foreign companies or foreign securities markets that they seek to replicate. Participation certificates are subject to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the broker- dealer or bank that issues them will not fulfill its contractual obligation to complete the transaction with the Fund. Participation certificates constitute general unsecured contractual obligations of the banks or broker-dealers that issue them, the counterparty, and a Fund is relying on the creditworthiness of such counterparty and has no rights under a participation certificate against the issuer of the underlying security. The holder of a participation certificate generally will be entitled to receive from the issuing bank or broker-dealer any dividends paid in connection with the underlying security; however, the holder of the participation certificate does not have voting rights, as the holder would if it owned the underlying security directly.

Participation certificates may be traded OTC or may be listed on an exchange. Participation certificates that are not listed on an exchange may be illiquid and therefore subject to a Fund's percentage limitation for investments in illiquid securities. Due to liquidity and transfer restrictions, the secondary markets on which unlisted participation certificates are traded may be less liquid than the markets for other securities, which may lead to the absence of readily available market quotations for securities in a Fund's portfolio. Consequently, it may nevertheless be more difficult for a Fund to accurately assign a daily value to such securities.

Preferred Stocks. A Fund, may invest in preferred stocks. Preferred stock, unlike common stock, generally confers a stated dividend rate payable from the corporation's earnings. Such preferred stock dividends may be cumulative or noncumulative, fixed, participating, auction rate or other. If interest rates rise, a fixed dividend on preferred stocks may be less attractive, causing the price of preferred stocks to decline either absolutely or relative to alternative investments. Preferred stock may have mandatory sinking fund provisions, as well as provisions that allow the issuer to redeem or call the stock. The right to payment of preferred stock is generally subordinate to rights associated with a corporation's debt securities.

Purchase of Other Investment Company Funds. Each Fund may seek to achieve its investment objective by investing in the shares of certain other investment companies, or exchange traded funds registered as investment companies, that have substantially similar investment objectives and policies, including those advised by the Adviser. With respect to the State Street S&P 500 Index Fund, these investments may be made temporarily, for example, to invest uncommitted cash balances or, in limited circumstances, to assist in meeting shareholder redemptions. The 1940 Act and the rules thereunder limits the ability of one registered investment company to invest in another. With respect to investments in other mutual funds, to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, the amount of securities of underlying mutual funds that a Fund may hold may exceed the limitations in the 1940 Act, provided that certain conditions are met. The conditions are intended to address certain abuses perceived to be associated with a “fund-of-funds,” including unnecessary costs (such as sales loads, advisory fees that may be borne by a Fund and administrative costs), and undue influence by a fund-of-funds over the underlying fund. The conditions apply only when a Fund and its affiliates in the aggregate own more than 3% of the outstanding shares of any one underlying fund. If shares of a Fund are purchased by another fund beyond the limits of Section 12 of the 1940 Act, and the Fund purchases shares of another investment company, the Fund will not be able to make new investments in other funds, including private funds exempt from the definition of “investment company” under the 1940 Act by Sections 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) thereof, if, as a result of such investment, more than 10% of the Fund's assets would be invested in other funds.

Registration under the Commodity Exchange Act. The Adviser has claimed an exclusion from the definition of the term “commodity pool operator” with respect to the Funds under the Commodity Exchange Act (the “CEA”), and therefore, is not subject to registration or regulation as a commodity pool operator under the CEA. As a result, the Funds are limited in their ability to trade instruments subject to the CFTC's jurisdiction, including commodity futures (which include futures on broad-based securities indexes, interest rate futures and currency futures), options on commodity futures, certain swaps or other investments (whether directly or indirectly through investments in other investment vehicles).

Under this exclusion, a Fund must satisfy one of the following two trading limitations whenever it enters into a new commodity trading position: (1) the aggregate initial margin and premiums required to establish the Fund's positions in CFTC-regulated instruments may not exceed 5% of the liquidation value of the Fund's portfolio (after accounting for unrealized profits and unrealized losses on any such investments); or (2) the aggregate net notional value of such instruments, determined at the time the most recent position was established, may not exceed 100% of the liquidation value of the Fund's portfolio (after accounting for unrealized profits and unrealized losses on any such positions). A Fund would not be required to consider its exposure to such instruments if they were held for “bona fide hedging” purposes, as such term is defined in the rules of the CFTC. In addition to meeting one of the foregoing trading limitations, the Fund may not market itself as a commodity pool or otherwise as a vehicle for trading in the markets for CFTC-regulated instruments.

Repurchase Agreements. Each Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with banks, other financial institutions, such as broker-dealers, and other institutional counterparties. Under a repurchase agreement, the Funds purchase securities from a financial institution that agrees to repurchase the securities at the Fund's original purchase price plus interest within a specified time. A Fund will limit repurchase transactions to those member banks of the Federal Reserve System, broker-dealers and other financial institutions whose creditworthiness the Adviser considers satisfactory. Should the counterparty to a transaction fail financially, a Fund may encounter delay and incur costs before being able to sell the securities, or may be prevented from realizing on the securities. Further, the amount realized upon the sale of the securities may be less than that necessary to fully compensate the Fund.

Private Placements and Restricted Securities. The Funds may invest in securities that are purchased in private placements and, accordingly, are subject to restrictions on resale as a matter of contract or under federal securities laws. While such private placements may offer attractive opportunities for investment not otherwise available on the open market, the securities so purchased are often “restricted securities,” i.e., securities which cannot be sold to the public without registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) or the availability of an exemption from registration (such as Rules 144 or 144A), or which are not readily marketable because they are subject to other legal or contractual delays in or restrictions on resale. Generally speaking, restricted securities may be sold only to qualified institutional buyers, or in a privately negotiated transaction to a limited number of purchasers, or in limited quantities after they have been held for a specified period of time and other conditions are met pursuant to an exemption from registration, or in a public offering for which a registration statement is in effect under the Securities Act.

Because there may be relatively few potential purchasers for such investments, especially under adverse market or economic conditions or in the event of adverse changes in the financial condition of the issuer, the Fund could find it more difficult to sell such securities when the Adviser believes it advisable to do so or may be able to sell such securities only at prices lower than if such securities were more widely held. Market quotations for such securities are generally less readily

available than for publicly traded securities. The absence of a trading market can make it difficult to ascertain a market value for such securities for purposes of computing the Fund's net asset value, and the judgment of the Adviser may at times play a greater role in valuing these securities than in the case of publicly traded securities. Disposing of such securities, which may be illiquid investments, can involve time-consuming negotiation and legal expenses, and it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to sell them promptly at an acceptable price. The Fund may have to bear the extra expense of registering such securities for resale and the risk of substantial delay in effecting such registration.

A Fund may be deemed to be an “underwriter” for purposes of the Securities Act when selling restricted securities to the public, and in such event the Fund may be liable to purchasers of such securities if the registration statement prepared by the issuer, or the prospectus forming a part of it, is materially inaccurate or misleading.

Reverse Repurchase Agreements. Each Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements, which are a form of borrowing, under the circumstances described in “Investment Restrictions.” Under reverse repurchase agreements, a Fund transfers possession of portfolio securities to a counterparty in return for cash in an amount equal to a percentage of the portfolio securities' market value and agrees to repurchase the securities at a future date by repaying the cash with interest. Each Fund retains the right to receive interest and principal payments from the securities while they are in the possession of the securities. Cash or liquid high quality debt obligations from a Fund's portfolio equal in value to the repurchase price including any accrued interest may be segregated by the custodian on the Fund's records while a reverse repurchase agreement is in effect. Reverse repurchase agreements involve the risk that the market value of securities sold by a Fund may decline below the price at which it is obligated to repurchase the securities. Reverse repurchase agreements involve the risk that the buyer of the securities sold might be unable to deliver them when a Fund seeks to repurchase the securities. If the buyer files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, a Fund may be delayed or prevented from recovering the security that it sold.

Russia Sanctions Risk. Sanctions threatened or imposed by a number of jurisdictions, including the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom, and other intergovernmental actions that have been or may be undertaken in the future, against Russia, Russian entities or Russian individuals, may result in the devaluation of Russian currency, a downgrade in the country's credit rating, an immediate freeze of Russian assets, a decline in the value and liquidity of Russian securities, property or interests, and/or other adverse consequences to the Russian economy or a Fund. The scope and scale of sanctions in place at a particular time may be expanded or otherwise modified in a way that have negative effects on a Fund. Sanctions, or the threat of new or modified sanctions, could impair the ability of a Fund to buy, sell, hold, receive, deliver or otherwise transact in certain affected securities or other investment instruments. Sanctions could also result in Russia taking counter measures or other actions in response, which may further impair the value and liquidity of Russian securities. These sanctions, and the resulting disruption of the Russian economy, may cause volatility in other regional and global markets and may negatively impact the performance of various sectors and industries, as well as companies in other countries, which could have a negative effect on the performance of a Fund, even if a Fund does not have direct exposure to securities of Russian issuers. As a collective result of the imposition of sanctions, Russian government countermeasures and the impact that they have had on the trading markets for Russian securities, certain Funds have used, and may in the future use, fair valuation procedures approved by the Fund's Board to value certain Russian securities, which could result in such securities being deemed to have a zero value.

Securities Lending. Each Fund may lend portfolio securities to certain creditworthy borrowers in U.S. and non-U.S. markets in an amount not to exceed 40% of the value of its net assets. The borrowers provide collateral that is marked to market daily in an amount at least equal to the current market value of the securities loaned. A Fund may terminate a loan at any time and obtain the securities loaned. A Fund receives the value of any interest or cash or non-cash distributions paid on the loaned securities. A Fund cannot vote proxies for securities on loan, but may recall loans to vote proxies if a material issue affecting the Fund's economic interest in the investment is to be voted upon. Efforts to recall such securities promptly may be unsuccessful, especially for foreign securities or thinly traded securities, and may involve expenses to a Fund. Distributions received on loaned securities in lieu of dividend payments (i.e., substitute payments) would not be considered qualified dividend income.

With respect to loans that are collateralized by cash, the borrower typically will be entitled to receive a fee based on the amount of cash collateral. A Fund is compensated by the difference between the amount earned on the reinvestment of cash collateral and the fee paid to the borrower. In the case of collateral other than cash, a Fund is compensated by a fee paid by the borrower equal to a percentage of the market value of the loaned securities. Any cash collateral may be reinvested in certain high quality short-term instruments either directly on behalf of the lending Fund or through one or

more joint accounts or funds, which may include those managed by the Adviser. A Fund could lose money due to a decline in the value of collateral provided for loaned securities or any investments made with cash collateral. Certain non-cash collateral or investments made with cash collateral may have a greater risk of loss than other non-cash collateral or investments.

A Fund may pay a portion of the interest or fees earned from securities lending to a borrower as described above, and to one or more securities lending agents approved by the Board who administer the lending program for the Funds in accordance with guidelines approved by the Board. In such capacity, the lending agent provides the following services to the Funds in connection with the Funds' securities lending activities: (i) locating borrowers among an approved list of prospective borrowers; (ii) causing the delivery of loaned securities from a Fund to borrowers; (iii) monitoring the value of loaned securities, the value of collateral received, and other lending parameters; (iv) seeking additional collateral, as necessary, from borrowers; (v) receiving and holding collateral from borrowers, and facilitating the investment and reinvestment of all or substantially all cash collateral in an investment vehicle designated by the Funds; (vi) returning collateral to borrowers; (vii) facilitating substitute dividend, interest, and other distribution payments to the Funds from borrowers; (viii) negotiating the terms of each loan of securities, including but not limited to the amount of any loan premium, and monitoring the terms of securities loan agreements with prospective borrowers for consistency with the requirements of the Funds' Securities Lending Authorization Agreement; (ix) selecting securities, including amounts (percentages), to be loaned; (x) recordkeeping and accounting servicing; and (xi) arranging for return of loaned securities to the Fund in accordance with the terms of the Securities Lending Authorization Agreement. State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), an affiliate of the Trust, has been approved by the Board to serve as securities lending agent for each Fund and the Trust has entered into an agreement with State Street for such services. Among other matters, the Trust has agreed to indemnify State Street for certain liabilities. State Street has received an order of exemption from the SEC under Sections 17(a), 17(d) and 12(d)(1) under the 1940 Act to serve as the lending agent for affiliated investment companies such as the Trust, to invest the cash collateral received from loan transactions in an affiliated cash collateral fund and to receive a fee based on a share of the revenue generated from such transactions.

Securities lending involves exposure to certain risks, including operational risk (i.e., the risk of losses resulting from problems in the settlement and accounting process especially so in certain international markets such as Taiwan), “gap” risk (i.e., the risk of a mismatch between the return on cash collateral reinvestments and the fees a Fund has agreed to pay a borrower), risk of loss of collateral, credit, legal, counterparty and market risk. If a securities lending counterparty were to default, a Fund would be subject to the risk of a possible delay in receiving collateral (or the proceeds of its liquidation) or in recovering the loaned securities. In the event a borrower does not return a Fund's securities as agreed, the Fund may experience losses if the proceeds received from liquidating the collateral do not at least equal the value of the loaned security at the time the collateral is liquidated, plus the transaction costs incurred in purchasing replacement securities. Although State Street has agreed to provide a Fund with indemnification in the event of a borrower default, a Fund is still exposed to the risk of losses in the event a borrower does not return a Fund's securities as agreed. For example, delays in recovery of lent securities may cause a Fund to lose the opportunity to sell the securities at a desirable price with guaranteed delivery provisions.

Special Situations. State Street International Stock Selection Fund may invest in joint ventures, cooperatives, partnerships, private placements, unlisted securities, and other similar vehicles (collectively, “special situations”). Investments in special situations could enhance the Fund's capital appreciation potential. These investments are generally illiquid and subject to the same risks and limitations associated with illiquid securities, as described above. Due to foreign ownership restrictions, the Fund may invest periodically in illiquid securities which are or become illiquid due to restrictions on foreign ownership imposed by foreign governments. Said securities may be more difficult to price and trade.

Special Risk Considerations of Investing in China. State Street International Stock Selection Fund may invest in securities of Chinese issuers. Investing in securities of Chinese issuers, including by investing in A Shares, involves certain risks and considerations not typically associated with investing in securities of U.S. issuers, including, among others, (i) more frequent (and potentially widespread) trading suspensions and U.S. or foreign government interventions or restrictions with respect to Chinese issuers, which could preclude the Fund from making certain investments or result in the Fund selling investments at disadvantageous times and which may also cause reduced liquidity and increased price volatility in such investments, (ii) currency revaluations and other currency exchange rate fluctuations or blockage, (iii) the nature and extent of intervention by the Chinese government in the Chinese securities markets, whether such intervention will continue and the impact of such intervention or its discontinuation, (iv) the risk of nationalization or expropriation of assets, (v) the risk that the Chinese government may decide not to continue to support economic reform programs, (vi) limitations on the use of brokers, (vii) potentially higher rates of inflation, (viii) the unavailability of consistently-reliable economic data, (ix) the relatively small size and absence of operating history of many Chinese companies, (x) accounting,

auditing and financial reporting standards in China are different from U.S. standards and, therefore, disclosure of certain material information may not be available, (xi) greater political, economic, social, legal and tax-related uncertainty, (xii) higher market volatility caused by any potential regional territorial conflicts or natural disasters, (xiii) higher dependence on exports and international trade, (xiv) the risk of increased trade tariffs, sanctions, embargoes and other trade limitations, (xv) restrictions on foreign ownership, and (xvi) custody risks associated with investing through programs to access Chinese securities. Significant portions of the Chinese securities markets may become rapidly illiquid, as Chinese issuers have the ability to suspend the trading of their equity securities, and have shown a willingness to exercise that option in response to market volatility and other events. The liquidity of Chinese securities may shrink or disappear suddenly and without warning as a result of adverse economic, market or political events, or adverse investor perceptions, whether or not accurate.

In addition, unexpected political, regulatory and diplomatic events, such as the U.S.-China “trade war” that intensified in 2018, may affect investor and consumer confidence and may adversely impact financial markets and the broader economy, perhaps suddenly and to a significant degree. The current political climate and the further escalation of a trade war between China and the United States may have an adverse effect on both the U.S. and Chinese economies, as each country has recently imposed tariffs on the other country's products. Some U.S. politicians have recently sought to limit certain U.S. investors from investing in Chinese companies. In January 2020, the U.S. and China signed a “Phase 1” trade agreement that reduced some U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods while boosting Chinese purchases of American goods. However, this agreement left in place a number of existing tariffs, and it is unclear whether further trade agreements may be reached in the future. Events such as these and their impact on the Fund are difficult to predict and it is unclear whether further tariffs may be imposed or other escalating actions may be taken in the future.

Total Rate of Return Swaps. State Street International Stock Selection Fund may invest in total rate of return swaps. The Fund may contract with a counterparty to pay a stream of cash flows and receive the total return of an index or a security for purposes of attempting to obtain a particular desired return at a lower cost to the Fund than if they had invested directly in an instrument that yielded that desired return. The Adviser will cause the Fund to enter into swap agreements only with counterparties that would be eligible for consideration as repurchase agreement counterparties under the Trust's repurchase agreement guidelines.

Temporary Defensive Positions. From time to time, the Street International Stock Selection Fund may take temporary defensive positions in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic or other conditions. Temporary defensive positions may be taken, for example, to preserve capital or if the Fund is unable to pursue its investment strategies or acquire the types of securities in which it normally invests. Temporary defensive positions will be in high-quality fixed income securities, cash or cash equivalents. These positions include, but are not limited to: (1) obligations issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities; (2) commercial paper, bank certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances and time deposits; (3) repurchase agreements; or (4) uninvested cash, some or all of which may be held in a non-interest bearing demand deposit account at the Fund's affiliated custodian. The Adviser has discretion in determining: (i) whether taking a temporary defensive position is appropriate for the Fund at a particular time, and (ii) the types of instruments that the Fund will hold in taking a temporary defensive position. While investing defensively, the Fund may maintain a substantial portion of its assets in cash, on which the Fund may earn little if any income.

When taking a temporary defensive position, the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.

U.S. Government Obligations. Each Fund may invest in U.S. Government obligations. The types of U.S. Government obligations in which each Fund may at times invest include (1) U.S. Treasury obligations, which differ only in their interest rates, maturities and times of issuance and (2) obligations issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies and instrumentalities which are supported by any of the following: (a) the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury, (b) the right of the issuer to borrow an amount limited to a specific line of credit from the U.S. Treasury, (c) discretionary authority of the U.S. Government agency or instrumentality or (d) the credit of the instrumentality (examples of agencies and instrumentalities are: Federal Land Banks, Federal Housing Administration, Federal Farm Credit Bank, Farmers Home Administration, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Central Bank for Cooperatives, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, Federal Home Loan Banks, General Services Administration, Maritime Administration, Tennessee Development Bank, Student Loan Marketing Association, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”). No assurance can be given that in the future the U.S. Government will provide financial support to such U.S. Government agencies or instrumentalities described in (2)(b), (2)(c) and (2)(d), other than as set forth above, since it is not obligated to do so by law. Each such Fund may purchase U.S. Government obligations on a forward commitment basis.

Since September 2008, Fannie Mae and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (together, the “GSEs”) have been placed under the conservatorship of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”). The U.S. Treasury, FHFA and the Federal Reserve have taken the steps to support the conservatorship. No assurance can be given that those initiatives with respect to the debt

Warrants. Each Fund may invest in warrants. Warrants entitle the holder to buy equity securities at a specific price for a specific period of time. Warrants may be considered more speculative than certain other types of investments in that they do not entitle a holder to dividends or voting rights with respect to the securities which may be purchased nor do they represent any rights in the assets of the issuing company. Also, the value of the warrant does not necessarily change with the value of the underlying securities and a warrant ceases to have value if it is not exercised prior to the expiration date. No Fund will invest more than 5% of the value of its net assets in warrants, or more than 2% in warrants which are not listed on the New York or American Stock Exchanges.

When-Issued, Delayed Delivery and Forward Commitment Transactions. To secure an advantageous price or yield, certain Funds may purchase securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery, to-be-announced (“TBA”) or forward commitment basis and may sell securities on a forward commitment or delayed delivery basis. A Fund will enter into when-issued, delayed delivery, TBA or forward commitment transactions for the purpose of acquiring securities and not for the purpose of leverage.

When purchasing a security on a when-issued, delayed delivery, TBA 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 (“NAV”). When such transactions are negotiated, certain terms may be fixed at the time the commitment is made, but delivery and payment for the securities takes place at a later date. In general, a Fund does not pay for the securities until received and does not start earning interest or other income until the contractual settlement date. A Fund may take delivery of the securities or it may sell the securities before the settlement date.

At the time of delivery of the securities, the value may be more or less than the purchase or sale price. If a Fund remains substantially fully invested at a time when when-issued, delayed delivery, TBA or forward commitment purchases are outstanding, the purchases may result in a form of leverage and give rise to increased volatility of the Fund's NAV. Default by, or bankruptcy of, a counterparty to a when-issued, delayed delivery, TBA or forward commitment transaction would expose the Fund to possible losses because of an adverse market action, expenses or delays in connection with the purchase or sale of the pools specified in such transaction. Purchases of when-issued, delayed delivery, TBA or forward commitment securities also involve a risk of loss if the seller fails to deliver after the value of the securities has risen.

A TBA transaction involves a commitment to purchase securities sold for a fixed price where the underlying securities are announced at a future date. The seller does not specify the particular securities to be delivered. Instead, a Fund agrees to accept any security that meets specified terms. For example, in a TBA mortgage-backed security transaction, a Fund and the seller would agree upon the issuer, interest rate and terms of the underlying mortgages. The seller would not identify the specific underlying mortgages until it issues the security. For this reason, in a TBA transaction, a Fund commits to purchase securities for which all specific information is not yet known at the time of the trade, particularly the exact face amount in forward commitment mortgage-backed securities transactions. The purchaser in a TBA transaction generally is subject to increased market risk and interest rate risk because the delivered securities may be less favorable than anticipated by the purchaser.

Certain Funds may also enter into a forward commitment to sell securities it owns. The use of forward commitments enables a Fund to hedge against anticipated changes in interest rates and prices. In a forward sale, a Fund does not participate in gains or losses on the security occurring after the commitment date. Forward commitments to sell securities also involve a risk of loss if the seller fails to take delivery after the value of the securities has declined. Forward commitment transactions involve additional risks similar to those associated with investments in options and futures contracts.

Rule amendments proposed by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) may impose mandatory margin requirements for “Covered Agency Transactions,” which include TBA Transactions, certain transactions in pass-through mortgage-backed securities or small-business administration-backed asset-backed securities and transactions in collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”), in each case where such transactions have delayed contractual settlement

dates of a specified period. There are limited exceptions to these margin requirements. Covered Agency Transactions historically have not been required to be collateralized. The collateralization of Covered Agency Transactions is intended to mitigate counterparty credit risk between trade and settlement, but could increase the cost of such transactions and impose added operational complexity.

FUND SPECIFIC INVESTMENT STRATEGIES: A Fund may invest in the following instruments and utilize the following investment techniques:

Applicable to State Street International Stock Selection Fund:

Investors should consider carefully the substantial risks involved in securities of companies and governments of foreign nations, which are in addition to the usual risks inherent in domestic investments. There may be less publicly available information about foreign companies comparable to the reports and ratings published regarding U.S. companies. Foreign companies are not generally subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards, and auditing practices and requirements may not be comparable to those applicable to U.S. companies. Many foreign markets have substantially less volume than either the established domestic securities exchanges or the OTC markets. Securities of some foreign companies are less liquid and more volatile than securities of comparable U.S. companies. Commission rates in foreign countries, which may be fixed rather than subject to negotiation as in the U.S., are likely to be higher. In many foreign countries there is less government supervision and regulation of securities exchanges, brokers and listed companies than in the U.S., and capital requirements for brokerage firms are generally lower. Settlement of transactions in foreign securities may, in some instances, be subject to delays and related administrative uncertainties.

Investments in companies domiciled in emerging market countries may be subject to additional risks than investment in the U.S. and in other developed countries. These risks include: (1) Volatile social, political and economic conditions in emerging or developing markets can cause exposure to economic structures that are generally less diverse and mature. Emerging market countries can have political systems which can be expected to have less stability than those of more developed countries. The possibility may exist that recent favorable economic developments in certain emerging market countries may be suddenly slowed or reversed by unanticipated political or social events in such countries. Moreover, the economies of individual emerging market countries may differ favorably or unfavorably from the U.S. economy in such respects as the rate of growth in gross domestic product, the rate of inflation, capital reinvestment, resource self-sufficiency and balance of payments position. (2) The small current size of the markets for such securities and the currently low or nonexistent volume of trading can result in a lack of liquidity and in greater price volatility. Until recently, there has been an absence of a capital market structure or market-oriented economy in certain emerging market countries. To the extent the Fund invests in securities denominated in foreign currencies, the value of such securities to the Fund will be affected by changes in currency exchange rates and in exchange control regulations. A change in the value of a foreign currency against the U.S. dollar will result in a corresponding change in the U.S. dollar value of the Fund's securities. In addition, some emerging market countries may have fixed or managed currencies which are not free-floating against the U.S. dollar. Further, certain emerging market currencies may not be internationally traded. Certain of these currencies have experienced a steady devaluation relative to the U.S. dollar. Many emerging markets countries have experienced substantial, and in some periods extremely high, rates of inflation for many years. Inflation and rapid fluctuations in inflation rates have had, and may continue to have, negative effects on the economies and securities markets of certain emerging market countries. (3) The existence of national policies may restrict the Fund's investment opportunities and may include restrictions on investment in issuers or industries deemed sensitive to national interests. (4) Some emerging markets countries may not have developed structures governing private or foreign investment and may not allow for judicial redress for injury to private property.

The Fund endeavors to buy and sell foreign currencies on favorable terms. Price spreads on currency exchange (to cover service charges) may be incurred, particularly when the Fund changes investments from one country to another or when proceeds from the sale of shares in U.S. dollars are used for the purchase of securities in foreign countries. Also, some countries may adopt policies which would prevent the Fund from repatriating invested capital and dividends, withhold portions of interest and dividends at the source, or impose other taxes, with respect to the Fund's investments in securities of issuers of that country. There also is the possibility of expropriation, nationalization, withholding or other taxation (in each case, which taxes could potentially be confiscatory), foreign exchange controls (which may include suspension of the ability to transfer currency from a given country), default in foreign government securities, domestic and foreign political or social instability, or diplomatic developments that could adversely affect investments in securities of issuers in those nations.

The Fund may be affected either favorably or unfavorably by fluctuations in the relative rates of exchange between the currencies of different nations, exchange control regulations and indigenous economic and political developments.

Exchange Traded Funds. An exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) is an investment company that trades like a stock throughout the day. An ETF is similar to an index fund in that it will primarily invest in the securities of companies that are included in a selected market index. An ETF will invest in either all of the securities or a representative sample of the securities included in the index.

Although ETFs are legally classified as open-end companies or unit investment trusts (“UITs”), they differ from traditional open-end companies and UITs in the following respects:

•ETFs do not sell individual shares directly to investors and only issue their shares in large blocks (blocks of 50,000 shares, for example) that are known as “Creation Units”;

•Investors generally do not purchase Creation Units with cash. Instead, they buy Creation Units with a basket of securities that generally mirrors the ETF's portfolio. Those who purchase Creation Units are frequently institutions; and

•After purchasing a Creation Unit, an investor often splits it up and sells the individual shares on a secondary market. This permits other investors to purchase individual shares (instead of Creation Units).

Investors who want to sell their ETF shares have two options: (1) they can sell individual shares to other investors on the secondary market, or (2) they can sell the Creation Units back to the ETF. In addition, ETFs generally redeem Creation Units by giving investors the securities that comprise the portfolio instead of cash. Because of the limited redeemability of ETF shares, ETFs are not considered to be—and may not call themselves—mutual funds. ETFs are subject to the risk that the value of the securities in which the ETF invests may go up or down in response to the prospects of the underlying securities and/or general economic conditions. Price changes may be temporary or may last for extended periods.

DERIVATIVES, HEDGING STRATEGIES AND RELATED INVESTMENT TECHNIQUES

The State Street International Stock Selection Fund may use derivative instruments, among other things, to hedge against movements in the equity markets, interest rates and currency exchange rates through the use of swaps, options, futures transactions, and options on futures. The Fund may also use derivative instruments to seek to generate investment returns. The Fund has authority to write (sell) covered call and put options on portfolio securities, purchase put and call options on securities and engage in transactions in stock index options, stock index futures and financial futures and related options on such futures and may enter into such options and futures transactions either on exchanges or in the OTC markets. The Fund may engage in options and futures transactions for hedging purposes, in which case, the Adviser believes that such strategies will not subject the Fund to the risks frequently associated with the speculative use of options and futures transactions. The Fund may also choose to use derivatives to generate exposure to securities or markets more efficiently than through direct investment in a security or group of securities. Although the use of hedging strategies by the Fund is intended to reduce the volatility of the NAV of the Fund's shares, the NAV will nevertheless fluctuate. There can be no assurance that the use of derivatives or hedging transactions will be effective.

Writing Covered Call Options. The Fund is authorized to write (sell) covered call options on the securities in which it may invest and to enter into closing purchase transactions with respect to such options. Writing a call option obligates the Fund to sell or deliver the option's underlying security, in return for the strike price, upon exercise of the option. By writing a call option, the Fund receives an option premium from the purchaser of the call option. Writing covered call options is generally a profitable strategy if prices remain the same or fall. Through receipt of the option premium, the Fund would seek to mitigate the effects of a price decline. By writing covered call options, however, the Fund gives up the opportunity, while the option is in effect, to profit from any price increase in the underlying security above the option exercise price. In addition, the Fund's ability to sell the underlying security will be limited while the option is in effect unless the Fund effects a closing purchase transaction.

Writing Covered Put Options. The Fund is authorized to write (sell) covered put options on its portfolio securities and to enter into closing transactions with respect to such options.

When the Fund writes a put option in return for receipt of a premium, the Fund assumes the obligation to pay the strike price for the option's underlying instrument if the other party to the option chooses to exercise it. The Fund may seek to terminate its position in a put option it writes before exercise by closing out the option in the secondary market at its current price. If the secondary market is not liquid for an option the Fund has written, however, the Fund must continue to be prepared to pay the strike price while the option is outstanding, regardless of price changes, and must continue to cover its position.

The Fund may write put options as an alternative to purchasing actual securities. If security prices rise, the Fund would expect to profit from a written put option, although its gain would be limited to the amount of the premium it received. If security prices remain the same over time, it is likely that the Fund will also profit, because it should be able to close out the option at a lower price. If security prices fall, the Fund would expect to suffer a loss. This loss should be less than the loss the Fund would have experienced from purchasing the underlying instrument directly, however, because the premium received for writing the option should mitigate the effects of the decline.

Purchasing Put Options. The Fund is authorized to purchase put options to hedge against a decline in the market value of its portfolio securities. By buying a put option the Fund has the right (but not the obligation) to sell the underlying security at the exercise price, thus limiting the Fund's risk of loss through a decline in the market value of the security until the put option expires. The amount of any appreciation in the value of the underlying security will be partially offset by the amount of the premium paid by the Fund for the put option and any related transaction costs. Prior to its expiration, a put option may be sold in a closing sale transaction and profit or loss from the sale will depend on whether the amount received is more or less than the premium paid for the put option plus the related transaction costs. A closing sale transaction cancels out the Fund's position as the purchaser of an option by means of an offsetting sale of an identical option prior to the expiration of the option it has purchased. The Fund will not purchase put options on securities (including stock index options) if as a result of such purchase, the aggregate cost of all outstanding options on securities held by the Fund would exceed 5% of the market value of its total assets.

Purchasing Call Options. The Fund is also authorized to purchase call options. The features of call options are essentially the same as those of put options, except that the purchaser of a call option obtains the right to purchase, rather than sell, the underlying instrument at the option's strike price (call options on futures contracts are settled by purchasing the underlying futures contract). The Fund will purchase call options only in connection with “closing purchase transactions.” The Fund will not purchase call options on securities (including stock index options) if as a result of such purchase the aggregate cost of all outstanding options on securities held by the Fund would exceed 5% of the market value of its total assets.

Interest Rate and Financial Futures and Options. The Fund may invest in interest rate futures contracts, foreign currency futures contracts, and options thereon that are traded on a U.S. or foreign exchange or board of trade. An interest rate, foreign currency or index futures contract provides for the future sale by one party and purchase by another party of a specified quantity of financial instruments (such as GNMA certificates or Treasury bonds) or foreign currency or the cash value of an index or interest rate at a specified price at a future date. A futures contract on an index is an agreement between two parties (buyer and seller) to take or make delivery of an amount of cash equal to the difference between the value of the index at the close of the last trading day of the contract and the price at which the index contract was originally written. In the case of futures contracts traded on U.S. exchanges, the exchange itself or an affiliated clearing corporation assumes the opposite side of each transaction (i.e., as buyer or seller). A futures contract may be satisfied or closed out by delivery or purchase, as the case may be, of the financial instrument or by payment of the change in the cash value of the index. Using futures to effect a particular strategy instead of using the underlying or related security or index may result in lower transaction costs being incurred. Although the value of an index may be a function of the value of certain specified securities, no physical delivery of these securities is made. A public market exists in futures contracts covering interest rates, several indexes and a number of financial instruments and foreign currencies.

The Fund may also purchase and write call and put options on futures contracts. Options on futures contracts possess many of the same characteristics as options on securities and indexes (discussed above). A futures option gives the holder the right, in return for the premium paid, to assume a long position (in the case of a call) or short position (in the case of a put) in a futures contract at a specified exercise price at any time during the period of the option. Upon exercise of a call option, the holder acquires a long position in the futures contract and the writer is assigned the opposite short position. In the case of a put option, the opposite is true. An option on a futures contract may be closed out (before exercise or expiration) by an offsetting purchase or sale of an option on a futures contract of the same series.

The Fund will only enter into futures contracts and options on futures contracts which are standardized and traded on a U.S. or foreign exchange, board of trade, or similar entity, or quoted on an automated quotation system. The Fund will enter into a futures contract only if the contract is “covered”. The Fund will write a call or put option on a futures contract only if the option is “covered.”

Restrictions on the Use of Futures Transactions. The purchase or sale of a futures contract differs from the purchase or sale of a security in that no purchase price is paid or received at the outset of the transaction. Instead, an amount of cash or securities acceptable to the broker and the relevant contract market, which varies, but is generally about 5% of the contract amount, must be deposited with the broker. This amount is known as “initial margin” and represents a “good faith”

deposit assuring the performance of both the purchaser and seller under the futures contract. Subsequent payments to and from the broker, called “variation margin,” are required to be made on a daily basis as the price of the futures contract fluctuates making the long and short positions in the futures contracts more or less valuable, a process known as “marking to market.” At any time prior to the settlement date of the futures contract, the Fund may seek to close out a position by taking an opposite position which will operate to terminate the position in the futures contract; however, there is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to do so. Upon termination of a futures contract, a final determination of variation margin is then made, additional cash is required to be paid to or released by the broker and the purchaser realizes a loss or gain. In addition, a nominal commission is paid on each completed sale transaction.

Restrictions on OTC Options. The Fund may engage in OTC options (including OTC foreign security and currency options and options on foreign security and currency futures if permitted by its investment mandate), only with member banks of the Federal Reserve System and primary dealers in U.S. Government securities or with affiliates of such banks or dealers which have capital of at least $50 million or whose obligations are guaranteed by an entity having capital of at least $50 million. The Fund will acquire only those OTC options for which the Adviser believes the Fund can receive on each business day at least two independent bids or offers (one of which will be from an entity other than a party to the option).

The staff of the SEC has taken the position that purchased OTC options and the assets used as cover for written OTC options are illiquid securities. Therefore, the Fund has adopted an operating policy pursuant to which it will not purchase or sell OTC options if, as a result of such transaction, the sum of: (1) the market value of outstanding OTC options held by the Fund; (2) the market value of the underlying securities covered by outstanding OTC call options sold by the Fund; and (3) the market value of all other assets of the Fund that are illiquid or are not otherwise readily marketable, would exceed 15% of its net assets, taken at market value. However, if an OTC option is sold by the Fund to a primary U.S. Government securities dealer recognized by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Fund has the unconditional contractual right to repurchase such OTC option from the dealer at a predetermined price, then the Fund will treat as illiquid such amount of the underlying securities as is equal to the repurchase price less the amount by which the option is “in-the-money” (current market value of the underlying security minus the option's strike price). The repurchase price with primary dealers is typically a formula price which is generally based on a multiple of the premium received for the option plus the amount by which the option is “in-the-money.”

Risk Factors in Options, Futures and Forward Transactions. The use of options and futures involves the risk of imperfect correlation in movements in the price of options and futures for hedging purposes and movements in the price of the reference asset. If the price of the options or futures moves more or less than the price of reference asset, the Fund will experience a gain or loss which will not be completely offset by movements in the price of the reference asset. The successful use of options and futures also depends on the Adviser's ability to correctly predict price movements in the market involved in a particular options or futures transaction. To compensate for imperfect correlations, the Fund may purchase or sell stock index options or futures contracts in a greater dollar amount than the reference asset if the volatility of the reference asset is historically greater than the volatility of the stock index options or futures contracts. Conversely, the Fund may purchase or sell fewer stock index options or futures contracts, if the historical price volatility of the reference asset is less than that of the stock index options or futures contracts. The risk of imperfect correlation generally tends to diminish as the maturity date of the stock index option or futures contract approaches. Options are also subject to the risks of an illiquid secondary market, particularly in strategies involving writing options, which the Fund cannot terminate by exercise. In general, options whose strike prices are close to their underlying instruments' current value will have the highest trading volume, while options whose strike prices are further away may be less liquid.

The Fund may contract to purchase securities for a fixed price at a future date beyond customary settlement time. When effecting such transactions, cash or marketable securities held by the Fund of a dollar amount sufficient to make payment for the portfolio securities to be purchased will be segregated by the custodian on the Funds' records at the trade date and maintained until the transaction is settled. The failure of the other party to the transaction to complete the transaction may cause the Fund to miss an advantageous price or yield. Forward commitments involve a risk of loss if the value of the security to be purchased declines prior to the settlement date, or if the other party fails to complete the transaction.

The Fund intends to enter into options and futures transactions, on an exchange or in the OTC market, only if there appears to be a liquid secondary market for such options or futures or, in the case of OTC transactions, the Adviser believes the Fund can receive on each business day at least two independent bids or offers. However, there can be no assurance that a liquid secondary market will exist at any specific time. Thus, it may not be possible to close an options or futures position. The inability to close options and futures positions also could have an adverse impact on the Fund's ability to effectively hedge its portfolio. There is also the risk of loss by the Fund of margin deposits or collateral in the

event of bankruptcy of a broker with whom the Fund has an open position in a derivative position. To the extent that the Fund uses futures, options or forward instruments to gain direct exposure to a security or market, the use of such instruments could expose the Fund to the effects of leverage, which could increase the Fund's exposure to the market and magnify potential losses.

The exchanges on which options on securities and currency options are traded have generally established limitations governing the maximum number of call or put options on the same underlying security or currency (whether or not covered) which may be written by a single investor, whether acting alone or in concert with others (regardless of whether such options are written on the same or different exchanges or are held or written in one or more accounts or through one or more brokers). “Trading limits” are imposed on the maximum number of contracts which any person may trade on a particular trading day.

In addition, if a futures broker of the Fund becomes bankrupt or insolvent, or otherwise defaults on its obligations to the Fund, the Fund may not receive all amounts owing to it in respect of its trading, despite the futures clearing house fully discharging all of its obligations. In the event of the bankruptcy of a futures broker, the Fund could be limited to recovering only a pro rata share of all available funds segregated on behalf of the futures broker's combined customer accounts. Also, in contrast to the treatment of margin provided for cleared derivatives, the futures broker does not typically notify the futures clearing house of the amount of margin provided by the futures broker to the futures clearing house that is attributable to each customer. Therefore, the Fund is subject to the risk that its margin will be used by the futures clearing house to satisfy the obligations of another customer of its futures broker. In addition, in the event of the bankruptcy or insolvency of a clearing house, the Fund might experience a loss of funds deposited through its futures broker as margin with the clearing house, a loss of unrealized profits on its open positions, and the loss of funds owed to it as realized profits on closed positions. Such a bankruptcy or insolvency might also cause a substantial delay before the Fund could obtain the return of funds owed to it by a futures broker who was a member of such clearing house. Furthermore, if a futures broker does not comply with the applicable regulations or its agreement with a Fund, or in the event of fraud or misappropriation of customer assets by a futures broker, the Fund could have only an unsecured creditor claim in an insolvency of the futures broker with respect to margin held by the futures broker.

Applicable to State Street S&P 500 Index Fund:

Cash Reserves. The Fund may hold portions of its assets in cash or short-term debt instruments with remaining maturities of 397 days or less pending investment or to meet anticipated redemptions and day-to-day operating expenses. Short-term debt instruments consist of: (i) short-term obligations of the U.S. Government, its agencies, instrumentalities, authorities or political subdivisions; (ii) other short-term debt securities rated at the time of purchase Aa or higher by Moody's or AA or higher by S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) or, if unrated, of comparable quality in the opinion of the Adviser; (iii) commercial paper; (iv) bank obligations, including negotiable certificates of deposit, time deposits and bankers' acceptances; and (v) repurchase agreements. At the time the Fund invests in commercial paper, bank obligations or repurchase agreements, the issuer or the issuer's parent must have outstanding debt rated Aa or higher by Moody's or AA or higher by S&P or outstanding commercial paper or bank obligations rated Prime-1 by Moody's or A-1 by S&P; or, if no such ratings are available, the instrument must be of comparable quality in the opinion of the Adviser. To the extent that the Fund holds the foregoing instruments its ability to track its corresponding Index may be adversely affected. See Appendix A for more information on the ratings of debt instruments.

Futures Contracts and Options on Futures. The Fund may enter into futures contracts on securities in which it may invest or on indices comprised of such securities and may purchase and write call and put options on such contracts.

Futures contracts. A financial futures contract is a contract to buy or sell a specified quantity of financial instruments such as U.S. Treasury bills, notes and bonds at a specified future date at a price agreed upon when the contract is made. An index futures contract is a contract to buy or sell specified units of an index at a specified future date at a price agreed upon when the contract is made. The value of a unit is based on the current value of the index. Under such contracts no delivery of the actual securities making up the index takes place. Rather, upon expiration of the contract, settlement is made by exchanging cash in an amount equal to the difference between the contract price and the closing price of the index at expiration, net of variation margin previously paid. Futures contracts are traded in the United States only on commodity exchanges or boards of trade — known as “contract markets” — approved for such trading by the CFTC, and must be executed through a futures commission merchant or brokerage firm which is a member of the relevant contract market.

Although futures contracts (other than index futures) by their terms call for actual delivery or acceptance of commodities or securities, in most cases the contracts are closed out before the settlement date without the making or taking of delivery, but rather by entering into an offsetting contract (a “closing transaction”). Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit an initial margin with the futures broker. The initial margin serves as a “good faith” deposit that the 500 Fund will honor its futures commitments. Subsequent payments (called “variation margin” or “maintenance margin”) to and from the broker are made on a daily basis as the price of the underlying security or commodity fluctuates, making the long and short positions in the futures contract more or less valuable, a process known as “marking to the market.” Futures contracts also involve brokerage costs. If the Fund is unable to enter into a closing transaction, the amount of the Fund's potential loss may be unlimited.

The Fund will not commit more than 5% of the market value of its total assets to initial margin deposits on futures and premiums paid for options on futures.

Options on Securities and Securities Indices. The Fund may purchase or sell options on securities in which it may invest and on indices that are comprised of securities in which it may invest, subject to the limitations set forth above and provided such options are traded on a regulated exchange or in the OTC market. A call option on a securities index grants the purchaser of the call, for a premium paid to the seller, the right to receive in cash an amount equal to the difference between the closing value of the index and the exercise price of the option times a multiplier established by the exchange upon which the option is traded. Typically, a call option will be profitable to the holder of the option if the value of the security or the index increases during the term of the option; a put option will be valuable if the value of the security or the index decreases during the term of the option. The Fund may also invest in warrants, which entitle the holder to buy equity securities at a specific price for a specific period of time.

Description of Benchmark Indices

The following are descriptions of indices against which certain Funds measure their performance, or from which a Fund chooses securities for investment.

State Street S&P 500 Index Fund. The S&P 500® Index (the “Index”) is composed of the common stocks of 500 companies which are chosen by Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC (“Standard & Poor's”) to best capture the performance of the large-cap segment of the market and it is considered to be a proxy of the U.S. equity market. The Index is structured to approximate the general distribution of industries in the U.S. economy. The inclusion of a stock in the Index in no way implies that Standard & Poor's believes the stock to be an attractive investment, nor is Standard & Poor's a sponsor or in any way affiliated with the Fund. The index captures approximately 80% coverage of available market capitalization of all U.S. common stocks. The Index is weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization. Constituent selection is at the discretion of the Index Committee and it is based on the eligibility criteria. The Index has a fixed constituent company count of 500. Sector balance, as measured by a comparison of each GICS sector's weight in an index with its weight in the S&P Total Market Index, in the relevant market capitalization range, is also considered in the selection of companies for the Index.

State Street International Stock Selection Fund measures its performance against the MSCI® EAFE® Index. The MSCI® EAFE® Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance of developed markets countries excluding USA and Canada. As of October 31, 2022, the MSCI® EAFE® Index included the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS

The Trust has adopted the following fundamental investment restrictions with respect to the Funds, which may not be changed without the affirmative vote of a “majority of the outstanding voting securities” of a Fund, which is defined in the 1940 Act to mean the affirmative vote of the lesser of (1) more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and (2) 67% or more of the shares present at a meeting if more than 50% of the outstanding shares are present at the meeting in person or by proxy.

A Fund may borrow money and issue senior securities to the extent consistent with applicable law from time to time.

A Fund may make loans, including to affiliated investment companies, to the extent consistent with applicable law from time to time.

A Fund may purchase or sell commodities to the extent consistent with applicable law from time to time.

A Fund may purchase, sell or hold real estate to the extent consistent with applicable law from time to time.

A Fund may underwrite securities to the extent consistent with applicable law from time to time.

For State Street International Stock Selection Fund:

The Fund may not purchase any security if, as a result, 25% or more of the Fund's total assets (taken at current value) would be invested in a particular industry (for purposes of this restriction, investment companies are not considered to constitute a particular industry or group of industries), except as is consistent with applicable law from time to time and as follows: the Fund is permitted to invest without limit in “government securities” (as defined in the 1940 Act) and tax-exempt securities issued by a U.S. territory or possession, a state or local government, or a political subdivision of any of the foregoing.

For State Street S&P 500 Index Fund:

The Fund may not purchase any security if, as a result, 25% or more of the Fund's total assets (taken at current value) would be invested in a particular industry (for purposes of this restriction, investment companies are not considered to constitute a particular industry or group of industries), except as is consistent with applicable law from time to time and as follows: the Fund is permitted to invest without limit in “government securities” (as defined in the 1940 Act) and tax exempt securities issued by a U.S. territory or possession, a state or local government, or a political subdivision of any of the foregoing. The Fund may concentrate its investments in securities of issuers in the same industry as may be necessary to approximate the composition of the Fund's underlying Index.

For each Fund, all percentage limitations (except the limitation to borrowings) on investments will apply at the time of the making of an investment and shall not be considered violated unless an excess or deficiency occurs or exists immediately after and as a result of such investment. Except for the investment restrictions expressly identified as fundamental, or to the extent designated as such in the Prospectus with respect to a Fund, the other investment policies described in this SAI or in the Prospectus are not fundamental and may be changed by approval of the Trustees without shareholder approval.

Additional Information

Fundamental Investment Restrictions (1) through (5), as numbered above, limit a Fund's ability to engage in certain investment practices and purchase securities or other instruments to the extent consistent with applicable law as that law changes from time to time. Applicable law includes the 1940 Act, the rules or regulations thereunder and applicable orders of the SEC as are currently in place. In addition, interpretations and guidance provided by the SEC staff may be taken into account, where deemed appropriate by a Fund, to determine if an investment practice or the purchase of securities or other instruments is permitted by applicable law. As such, the effects of these limitations will change as the statute, rules, regulations or orders (or, if applicable, interpretations) change, and no shareholder vote will be required or sought when such changes permit or require a resulting change in practice.

Names Rule Policy

To the extent a Fund is subject to Rule 35d-1 under the 1940 Act, the Fund has an investment policy, described in the Fund's Prospectus, to, under normal circumstances, invest at least 80% of its assets in the particular types of investments suggested by the Fund's name (a “Name Policy”). “Assets” for the purposes of a Name Policy are net assets plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes. The percentage limitation applies at the time of purchase of an investment. A Fund's Name Policy may be changed by the Board of Trustees without shareholder approval. However, to the extent required by SEC regulations, shareholders will be provided with at least sixty (60) days' notice prior to any change in a Fund's Name Policy.

DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

Introduction

The policies set forth below to be followed by State Street and SSGA FM (collectively with State Street, the “Service Providers”) for the disclosure of information about the portfolio holdings of the Trust. These disclosure policies are intended to ensure compliance by the Service Providers and the Trust with applicable regulations of the federal securities laws, including the 1940 Act and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. The Board of Trustees must approve all material amendments to the policy.

General Policy

It is the policy of the Service Providers to protect the confidentiality of client holdings and prevent the selective disclosure of non-public information concerning the Trust.

No information concerning the portfolio holdings of the Trust may be disclosed to any party (including shareholders) except as provided below. The Service Providers are not permitted to receive compensation or other consideration in connection with disclosing information about a Fund's portfolio to third parties. In order to address potential conflicts between the interest of Fund shareholders, on the one hand, and those of the Service Providers or any affiliated person of those entities or of the Fund, on the other hand, the Fund's policies require that non-public disclosures of information regarding the Fund's portfolio may be made only if there is a legitimate business purpose consistent with fiduciary duties to all shareholders of the Fund.

The Board of Trustees exercises continuing oversight over the disclosure of each Fund's holdings by (i) overseeing the implementation and enforcement of the portfolio holding disclosure policy, Codes of Ethics and other relevant policies of each Fund and its Service Providers by the Trust's Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and (ii) considering reports and recommendations by the Trust's CCO concerning any material compliance matters (as defined in Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act). The Board reserves the right to amend the policy at any time without prior notice in its sole discretion.

Publicly Available Information. Any party may disclose portfolio holdings information after the holdings are publicly available.

Disclosure of the complete holdings of each Fund is required to be made quarterly within 60 days of the end of the Fund's fiscal quarter in the Annual Report and Semi-Annual Report to Fund shareholders and in the monthly holdings report on Form N-PORT, with every third month made available to the public by the SEC 60 days after the end of the Funds' fiscal quarter. You can find SEC filings on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov. Each Fund will also make complete portfolio holdings available generally no later than 60 calendar days after the end of such Fund's fiscal quarter or subsequent to periodic portfolio holdings disclosure in the Fund's filings with the SEC or on their website.

Press Interviews Brokers and Other Discussions

Portfolio managers and other senior officers or spokespersons of the Service Providers or the Trust may disclose or confirm the ownership of any individual portfolio holding position to reporters, brokers, shareholders, consultants or other interested persons only if such information has been previously publicly disclosed in accordance with these disclosure policies. For example, a portfolio manager discussing the Trust may indicate that he owns XYZ Company for the Trust only if the Trust's ownership of such company has previously been publicly disclosed.

Trading Desk Reports

The Adviser's trading desk may periodically distribute lists of investments held by its clients (including the Trust) for the general analytical research purposes. In no case may such lists identify individual clients or individual client position sizes. Furthermore, in the case of equity securities, such lists shall not show aggregate client position sizes.

Miscellaneous

Confidentiality Agreement. No non-public disclosure of the Funds' portfolio holdings will be made to any party unless such party has signed a written Confidentiality Agreement. For purposes of the disclosure policies, any Confidentiality Agreement must be in a form and substance acceptable to, and approved by, the Trust's officers.

Evaluation Service Providers. There are numerous mutual fund evaluation services (such as Morningstar, Inc. and Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., formerly Lipper, Inc.) and due diligence departments of broker-dealers and wirehouses that regularly analyze the portfolio holdings of mutual funds in order to monitor and report on various attributes. These services and departments then distribute the results of their analysis to the public, paid subscribers and/or in-house brokers. In order to facilitate the review of the Trust by these services and departments, the Trust may distribute (or authorize the Service Providers and the Trust's custodian or fund accountants to distribute) month-end portfolio holdings to such services and departments only if such entity has executed a confidentiality agreement.

Additional Restrictions. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Board of Trustees, State Street and SSGA FM may, on a case-by-case basis, impose additional restrictions on the dissemination of portfolio information beyond those found in these disclosure policies.

Waivers of Restrictions. These disclosure policies may not be waived, or exceptions made, without the consent of the Trust's officers. All waivers and exceptions involving the Trust will be disclosed to the Board of Trustees no later than its next regularly scheduled quarterly meeting.

Disclosures Required by Law. Nothing contained herein is intended to prevent the disclosure of portfolio holdings information as may be required by applicable law. For example, SSGA FM, State Street, the Trust or any of its affiliates or service providers may file any report required by applicable law (such as Schedules 13D, 13G and 13F or Form N-MFP), respond to requests from regulators and comply with valid subpoenas.

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

Generally, securities are purchased for the Funds for investment income and/or capital appreciation and not for short-term trading profits. Except as otherwise stated in a Fund's Prospectus or this SAI, the Adviser's sell discipline for each Fund's investment in securities is based on the premise of a long-term investment horizon; however, sudden changes in valuation levels arising from, for example, new macroeconomic policies, political developments, and industry conditions could change the assumed time horizon. Additionally, certain of the Funds may invest in foreign securities. As a result, such investments by a Fund may be subject to restrictions on repatriation of capital and/or dividends that may cause the Adviser to change the assumed time horizon with respect to the investments. Liquidity, volatility, and overall risk of a position are other factors considered by the Adviser in determining the appropriate investment horizon. Therefore, the Funds may dispose of securities without regard to the time they have been held when such action, for defensive or other purposes, appears advisable.

Portfolio turnover is calculated by dividing the lesser of purchases or sales of portfolio securities for the particular year, by the monthly average value of the portfolio securities owned by a Fund during the year. For purposes of determining the rate, all short-term securities, including options, futures, forward contracts and repurchase agreements, are excluded. A high turnover rate (over 100%) will: (1) increase transaction expenses which will adversely affect a Fund's performance; and (2) result in increased brokerage commissions and other transaction costs, and the possibility of realized capital gains. To the extent any realized gains are short-term capital gains, they will generally be taxed at ordinary income rates when distributed to shareholders. The payment of any taxes will impact a shareholder's net return from holding an interest in a Fund.

The portfolio turnover rate of a Fund may also be affected by participation in IPOs. To the extent a Fund is authorized to participate in IPOs, the practice of immediately selling the security in the aftermarket could result in active and frequent trading of portions of the Fund's portfolio and an increase in the Fund's portfolio turnover rate.

Portfolio Turnover Rate. The following table shows the Fund's portfolio turnover rate during the two most recent fiscal years ended August 31.

Fund	2022	2021
State Street S&P 500 Index Fund	2%	4%
State Street International Stock Selection Fund	120%	111%

MANAGEMENT OF THE FUNDS

BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

The Board of Trustees is responsible for overseeing generally the management, activities and affairs of the Funds and has approved contracts with various organizations to provide, among other services, day-to-day management required by the Trust (see the section called “Investment Advisory and Other Services”). The Board has engaged the Adviser to manage the Funds on a day-to day basis. The Board is responsible for overseeing the Adviser and other service providers in the operation of the Trust in accordance with the provisions of the 1940 Act, applicable Massachusetts law and regulation, other applicable laws and regulations, and the Second Amended and Restated Master Trust Agreement.

The Trustees may hold office for the life of the Trust subject to any retirement policy adopted by the Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”). The officers, all of whom are elected annually by the Board of Trustees and employed by either the Sub-Administrator or the Adviser or their affiliates, are responsible for the day-to-day management and administration of the Trust's operations. For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, the Board of Trustees held 7 meetings.

The Trustees listed below are also Directors of the State Street Variable Insurance Series Funds, Inc. and Trustees of the State Street Institutional Investment Trust, the State Street Master Funds, State Street Institutional Funds and the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust (the “Navigator Trust”) and their respective series and Elfun Diversified Fund,

Elfun Government Money Market Fund, Elfun Tax-Exempt Income Fund, Elfun Income Fund, Elfun International Equity Fund and Elfun Trusts (collectively, the “Elfun Funds”). The following table provides information with respect to each Trustee, including the Independent Trustees and each officer of the Trusts.

Name, Address, and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held With Trust	Term of Office and Length of Time Served	Principal Occupation During Past Five Years and Relevant Experience	Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee†	Other Directorships Held by Trustee During Past Five Years
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES
MICHAEL F. HOLLAND(1) c/o SSGA Funds Management, Inc. One Iron Street Boston, MA 02210 YOB: 1944	Trustee and Co-Chairperson of the Board	Term: Indefinite Elected: 1/14	Chairman, Holland & Company L.L.C. (investment adviser) (1995 – present).	56	Director, the Holland Series Fund, Inc.; Director, The China Fund, Inc. (1992 – 2017); Director, The Taiwan Fund, Inc. (2007 – 2017); Director, Reaves Utility Income Fund, Inc.; and Director, Blackstone/GSO Loans (and Real Estate) Funds.
PATRICK J. RILEY c/o SSGA Funds Management, Inc. One Iron Street Boston, MA 02210 YOB: 1948	Trustee and Co-Chairperson of the Board	Term: Indefinite Elected: 1988	Associate Justice of the Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2002 – May 2010); Partner, Riley, Burke & Donahue, L.L.P. (law firm) (1985 – 2002); Independent Director, State Street Global Advisors Europe Limited (investment company) (1998 – present); Independent Director, SSGA Liquidity plc (formerly, SSGA Cash Management Fund plc) (1998 – present); Independent Director, SSGA Fixed Income plc (January 2009 – present); Independent Director, SSGA Qualified Funds PLC (January 2009 – 2019.	56	Board Director and Chairman, SPDR Europe 1PLC Board (2011 – present); Board Director and Chairman, SPDR Europe II, PLC (2013 – present).
JOHN R. COSTANTINO c/o SSGA Funds Management, Inc. One Iron Street Boston, MA 02210 YOB: 1946	Trustee and Chairperson of the Qualified Legal Compliance Committee	Term: Indefinite Elected: 12/18	Senior Advisor to NGN Capital LLC (January 2020 – present); Managing General Partner, NGN Capital LLC (2006 – December 2019).	56	Director of Kleinfeld Bridal Corp. (January 2016 – present); Trustee of Neuroscience Research Institute (1986 – 2017); Trustee of Fordham University (1989 – 1995 and 2001 – 2007) and Trustee Emeritus (2007 – present); Trustee and Independent Chairperson of GE Funds (1993 – February 2011); Director, Muscular Dystrophy Association (2019 – present); Trustee of Gregorian University Foundation (1992 – 2007); Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vivaldi Biosciences Inc.

Name, Address, and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held With Trust	Term of Office and Length of Time Served	Principal Occupation During Past Five Years and Relevant Experience	Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee†	Other Directorships Held by Trustee During Past Five Years
					(May 2017 - present); Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Vivaldi Biosciences AG. (May 2017 - present); Trustee, Gallim Dance (December 2021 - present).
MICHAEL A. JESSEE c/o SSGA Funds Management, Inc. One Iron Street Boston, MA 02210 YOB: 1946	Trustee and Chairperson of the Valuation Committee	Term: Indefinite Appointed: 7/16 Elected: 12/18	Retired; formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (1989 – 2009); Trustee, Randolph-Macon College (2004 – 2016).	56	None.
MARGARET MCLAUGHLIN c/o SSGA Funds Management, Inc. One Iron Street Boston, MA 02210 YOB: 1967	Trustee	Term: Indefinite Appointed: 9/22	Consultant, Bates Group (consultants) (since 2020); Consultant, Madison Dearborn Partners (private equity) (2019 – 2020); General Counsel/CCO, Kramer Van Kirk Credit Strategies L.P./Mariana Systems LLC (Investment Adviser/SaaS Technology) (2011 – 2019).	56	Director, Manning & Napier Fund Inc (2021 – 2022).
GEORGE M. PEREIRA c/o SSGA Funds Management, Inc. One Iron Street Boston, MA 02210 YOB: 1964	Trustee	Term: Indefinite Appointed: 9/22	Chief Operating Officer (January 2011 – September 2020) and Chief Financial Officer (November 2004 – September 2020), Charles Schwab Investment Management.	56	Director, Pacific Premier Bancorp, Pacific Premier Bank (2021 – present); Director, Charles Schwab Asset Management (Ireland) Ltd., & Charles Schwab Worldwide Funds plc. (2005 – 2020); Director, Rotaplast International, Inc. (non-profit providing free medical services to children worldwide) (2012 – 2018).
DONNA M. RAPACCIOLI c/o SSGA Funds Management, Inc. One Iron Street Boston, MA 02210 YOB: 1962	Trustee and Chairperson of the Audit Committee	Term: Indefinite Elected: 12/18	Dean of the Gabelli School of Business (2007 – June 2022) and Accounting Professor (1987 – present) at Fordham University.	56	Director- Graduate Management Admissions Council (2015 – present); Trustee of Emmanuel College (2010 – 2019).
RICHARD D. SHIRK c/o SSGA Funds Management, Inc. One Iron Street Boston, MA 02210 YOB: 1945	Trustee and Chairperson of the Nominating Committee and Chairperson of the Governance Committee	Term: Indefinite Elected: 1988	Chairman (March 2001 - April 2002), President and Chief Executive Officer (1996 - March 2001), Cerulean Companies, Inc. (holding company) (Retired); President and Chief Executive Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia (health insurer, managed healthcare) (1992 - March 2001).	56	Chairman and Board Member (1998 - December 2008) and Investment Committee Member (December 2008 - present), Healthcare Georgia Foundation (private foundation); Lead Director and Board Member, Amerigroup Corp. (managed health care) (September 2002

Name, Address, and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held With Trust	Term of Office and Length of Time Served	Principal Occupation During Past Five Years and Relevant Experience	Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee†	Other Directorships Held by Trustee During Past Five Years
					– 2012); Board Member (1999 - 2013) and Investment Committee Member (2001 - 2017), Woodruff Arts Center; Trustee, Gettysburg College (2003 - 2009); Board member, Aerocare Holdings (2003 - January 2021), Regenesis Biomedical Inc. (April 2012 - present).
INTERESTED TRUSTEE(2)
ELLEN M. NEEDHAM(3) SSGA Funds Management, Inc. One Iron Street Boston, MA 02210 YOB: 1967	Trustee and President	Term: Indefinite Elected: 12/18	Chairman, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (March 2020 – present); President and Director, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2001 – present); Senior Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors (1992 – present); Manager, State Street Global Advisors Funds Distributors, LLC (May 2017 – present).	56	Board Director, SSGA SPDR ETFs Europe I plc (May 2020 – present); Board Director, SSGA SPDR ETFs Europe II plc (May 2020 – present).

†

For the purpose of determining the number of portfolios overseen by the Trustees, “Fund Complex” comprises registered investment companies for which SSGA Funds Management, Inc. serves as investment adviser.

(1)

Mr. Holland is expected to retire as a Trustee of the Trust effective December 31, 2022.

(2)

The individual listed below is a Trustee who is an “interested person,” as defined in the 1940 Act, of the Trust (“Interested Trustee”).

(3)

Ms. Needham is an Interested Trustee because of her employment by SSGA FM, an affiliate of the Trust.

Served in various capacities and/or with various affiliated entities during noted time period.

The following lists the principal officers for the Trust, as well as their mailing addresses and ages, positions with the Trust and length of time served, and present and principal occupations:

Name, Address, and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held With Trust	Term of Office and Length of Time Served	Principal Occupation During Past Five Years
OFFICERS:
ELLEN M. NEEDHAM SSGA Funds Management, Inc. One Iron Street Boston, MA 02210 YOB: 1967	President, Trustee	Term: Indefinite Elected: 10/12	Chairman, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (March 2020 – present); President and Director, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2001 – present); Senior Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors (1992 – present); Manager, State Street Global Advisors Funds Distributors, LLC (May 2017 – present).
BRUCE S. ROSENBERG SSGA Funds Management, Inc. One Iron Street Boston, MA 02210 YOB: 1961	Treasurer	Term: Indefinite Elected: 2/16	Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (July 2015 – present); Director, Credit Suisse (April 2008 – July 2015).
ANN M. CARPENTER SSGA Funds Management, Inc. One Iron Street Boston, MA 02210 YOB: 1966	Vice President and Deputy Treasurer	Term: Indefinite Elected: 10/12 Term: Indefinite Elected: 2/16	Chief Operating Officer, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (April 2005 – present); Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors (April 2005 – present).

Name, Address, and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held With Trust	Term of Office and Length of Time Served	Principal Occupation During Past Five Years
CHAD C. HALLETT SSGA Funds Management, Inc. One Iron Street Boston, MA 02210 YOB: 1969	Deputy Treasurer	Term: Indefinite Elected: 2/16	Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (November 2014 – present).
DARLENE ANDERSON-VASQUEZ SSGA Funds Management, Inc. One Iron Street Boston, MA 02210 YOB: 1968	Deputy Treasurer	Term: Indefinite Elected: 11/16	Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (May 2016 – present); Senior Vice President, John Hancock Investments (September 2007 – May 2016).
ARTHUR A. JENSEN SSGA Funds Management, Inc. 1600 Summer Street Stamford, CT 06905 YOB: 1966	Deputy Treasurer	Term: Indefinite Elected: 9/17	Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (July 2016 – present); Mutual Funds Controller, GE Asset Management Incorporated (April 2011 – July 2016).
DAVID LANCASTER SSGA Funds Management, Inc. One Iron Street Boston, MA 02210 YOB: 1971	Assistant Treasurer	Term: Indefinite Elected: 11/20	Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (July 2017 – present); Assistant Vice President, State Street Bank and Trust Company (November 2011 – July 2017).*
RYAN HILL SSGA Funds Management, Inc. One Iron Street Boston, MA 02210 YOB: 1982	Assistant Treasurer	Term: Indefinite Elected: 5/22	Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (May 2017 – present); Assistant Vice President, State Street Bank and Trust Company (May 2014 – May 2017).
JOHN BETTENCOURT SSGA Funds Management, Inc. One Iron Street, Boston, MA 02210 YOB:1976	Assistant Treasurer	Term: Indefinite Elected: 5/22	Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (March 2020 – present); Assistant Vice President, State Street Global Advisors (June 2007 – March 2020).
BRIAN HARRIS SSGA Funds Management, Inc. One Iron Street Boston, MA 02210 YOB: 1973	Chief Compliance Officer, Anti- Money Laundering Officer and Code of Ethics Compliance Officer	Term: Indefinite Elected: 11/13 Term: Indefinite Elected: 9/16	Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (June 2013 – present).*
SEAN O'MALLEY SSGA Funds Management, Inc. One Iron Street Boston, MA 02210 YOB: 1969	Chief Legal Officer	Term: Indefinite Elected: 8/19	Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, State Street Global Advisors (November 2013 – present).
DAVID BARR SSGA Funds Management, Inc. One Iron Street, Boston, MA 02210 YOB:1974	Secretary	Term: Indefinite Elected: 9/20	Vice President and Senior Counsel, State Street Global Advisors (October 2019 – present); Vice President and Counsel, Eaton Vance Corp. (October 2010 – October 2019).
DAVID URMAN SSGA Funds Management, Inc. One Iron Street Boston, MA 02210 YOB: 1985	Assistant Secretary	Term: Indefinite Elected: 8/19	Vice President and Senior Counsel, State Street Global Advisors (April 2019 – present); Vice President and Counsel, State Street Global Advisors (August 2015 – April 2019); Associate, Ropes & Gray LLP (November 2012 – August 2015).

Served in various capacities and/or with various affiliated entities during noted time period.

Summary of Trustees' Qualifications

Following is a summary of the experience, attributes and skills which qualify each Trustee to serve on the Trust's Board.

Michael F. Holland: Mr. Holland is an experienced business executive with over 51 years of experience in the financial services industry including 25 years as a portfolio manager of another registered mutual fund; his experience includes service as a trustee, director or officer of various investment companies. He has served on the Board of Trustees and

related committees of State Street Institutional Investment Trust and State Street Master Funds for 22 years (since the trusts' inception) and possesses significant experience regarding the operations and history of those trusts. Mr. Holland serves as a Trustee of the Navigator Trust, Elfun Funds, and State Street Institutional Funds and a Director of State Street Variable Insurance Series Funds, Inc.

Patrick J. Riley: Mr. Riley is an experienced business executive with over 45 years of experience in the legal and financial services industries; his experience includes service as a trustee or director of various investment companies and Associate Justice of the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He has served on the Board of Trustees and related committees of the Trust for 33 years and possesses significant experience regarding the operations and history of the Trust. Mr. Riley serves as a Trustee of the Navigator Trust, State Street Institutional Trust, State Street Master Funds, Elfun Funds, and State Street Institutional Funds and a Director of State Street Variable Insurance Series Funds, Inc.

John R. Costantino: In addition to his tenure as a board member of various other funds advised by SSGA FM, Mr. Costantino has over 33 years of private equity investing experience. He has also served as an officer or a board member of charitable organizations and public and private companies for over 32 years. Mr. Costantino is an attorney and a certified public accountant. Mr. Costantino serves as a Trustee of the Navigator Trust, State Street Institutional Investment Trust, State Street Master Funds, Elfun Funds, and State Street Institutional Funds (independent chairperson through 2016) and a Director of State Street Variable Insurance Series Funds, Inc. (independent chairperson through 2016).

Michael A. Jessee: Mr. Jessee is an experienced business executive with approximately 45 years of experience in the banking industry. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston as well as various senior executive positions of major banks. Mr. Jessee has served on the Navigator Trust's Board of Trustees and related committees for 26 years and possesses significant experience regarding the trust's operations and history. Mr. Jessee also serves as a Trustee of the Navigator Trust, State Street Institutional Investment Trust, State Street Master Funds, Elfun Funds, and State Street Institutional Funds and a Director of State Street Variable Insurance Series Funds, Inc.

Margaret McLaughlin: Ms. McLaughlin has over twenty-five years of experience she has gained in a variety of roles encompassing regulatory, operating, legal, and compliance functions, serving both firms and their boards. Ms. McLaughlin formerly served as a founding member of the executive management team for Kramer Van Kirk Credit Strategies L.P. and its technology affiliate, Mariana Systems LLC, where she was integrally involved in corporate strategy, operational oversight, risk management and board governance. Prior to Kramer Van Kirk, Ms. McLaughlin was Assistant General Counsel to Harris Associates L.P., where she was responsible for legal, regulatory and compliance activities related to the Oakmark Mutual Funds. Ms. McLaughlin has an extensive understanding and perspective on governance, oversight, regulation, policies and procedures from these positions as well as her prior experience with both the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice. Most recently, Ms. McLaughlin has held consulting positions at major private equity and management consulting firms. Ms. McLaughlin serves as a Trustee of State Street Institutional Investment Trust, State Street Master Funds, State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust, SSGA Funds, Elfun Funds, and State Street Institutional Funds and a Director of State Street Variable Insurance Series Funds, Inc.

George M. Pereira: Mr. Pereira has over thirty years of experience in executive management with financial institutions, including extensive experience relating to financial reporting, operations, cybersecurity oversight, and enterprise risk management. Mr. Pereira recently retired from Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., having served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer during his tenure. Previously, Mr. Pereira also served as Head of Financial Reporting for Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Earlier in his career, Mr. Pereira gained valuable regulatory experience and perspective while serving as managing director at the New York Stock Exchange. With this professional experience, Mr. Pereira has developed wide-ranging expertise in building and managing financial, operational, technology and risk control platforms for growth and scale within the financial services industry. Additionally, Mr. Pereira is a member of the Latino Corporate Directors Association. Mr. Pereira serves as a Trustee of State Street Institutional Investment Trust, State Street Master Funds, State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust, SSGA Funds, Elfun Funds, and State Street Institutional Funds and a Director of State Street Variable Insurance Series Funds, Inc.

Donna M. Rapaccioli: Ms. Rapaccioli has over 32 years of service as a full-time member of the business faculty at Fordham University, where she developed and taught undergraduate and graduate courses, including International Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis and has taught at the executive MBA level. She has served on Association

to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business accreditation team visits, lectured on accounting and finance topics and consulted for numerous investment banks. Ms. Rapaccioli also serves as a Trustee of the Navigator Trust, State Street Institutional Investment Trust, State Street Master Funds, Elfun Funds, and State Street Institutional Funds and a Director of State Street Variable Insurance Series Funds, Inc.

Richard D. Shirk: Mr. Shirk is an experienced business executive with over 53 years of experience in the health care and insurance industries and with investment matters; his experience includes service as a trustee, director or officer of various health care companies and nonprofit organizations. He has served on the Board of Trustees and related committees of the Trust for 33 years and possesses significant experience regarding the operations and history of the Trust. Mr. Shirk also serves as a Trustee of the Navigator Trust, State Street Institutional Investment Trust, State Street Master Funds, Elfun Funds, and State Street Institutional Funds and a Director of State Street Variable Insurance Series Funds, Inc.

Ellen M. Needham: Ms. Needham is a Senior Managing Director of State Street Global Advisors; Head of Global Funds Management, President of SSGA Funds Management, Inc. Ms. Needham serves as a director of SSGA Funds Management, Inc. and a manager of State Street Global Advisors Funds Distributors, LLC. In her role, she is responsible for managing firm-wide processes that focus on governance, fund structure, sub-adviser oversight, tax, product viability, distribution, ongoing monitoring and regulatory coordination across all products globally. Ms. Needham has been involved in the investment industry for over thirty years, beginning her career at State Street in 1989. Ms. Needham also serves as a Trustee of the Navigator Trust, State Street Institutional Investment Trust, State Street Master Funds, Elfun Funds, and State Street Institutional Funds and a Director of State Street Variable Insurance Series Funds, Inc. and is a Board Director—SPDR Europe I plc and SPDR Europe II plc Boards.

References to the experience, attributes and skills of Trustees above are pursuant to requirements of the SEC, do not constitute holding out of the Board or any Trustee as having any special expertise or experience, and shall not impose any greater responsibility or liability on any such person or on the Board by reason thereof.

Standing Committees

The Board of Trustees has established various committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of various matters of importance to Independent Trustees, the Trust, and the Trust's shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. Currently, the Board has created an Audit Committee, Governance Committee, Nominating Committee, Valuation Committee and Qualified Legal Compliance Committee (the “QLCC”).

The Audit Committee is composed of all of the Independent Trustees. The Audit Committee meets twice a year, or more often as required, in conjunction with meetings of the Board of Trustees. The Audit Committee oversees and monitors the Trust's internal accounting and control structure, its auditing function and its financial reporting process. The Audit Committee is responsible for selecting and retaining the independent accountants for the Trust. The Audit Committee is responsible for approving the audit plans, fees and other material arrangements in respect of the engagement of the independent accountants, including non-audit services performed. The Audit Committee reviews the qualifications of the independent accountant's key personnel involved in the foregoing activities and monitors the independent accountant's independence. During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, the Audit Committee held 4 meetings.

Each of the Governance Committee and the Nominating Committee is composed of all the Independent Trustees. The primary functions of the Governance Committee and the Nominating Committee are to review and evaluate the composition and performance of the Board; make nominations for membership on the Board and committees; review the responsibilities of each committee; and review governance procedures, compensation of Independent Trustees, and independence of outside counsel to the Trustees. The Nominating Committee will consider nominees to the Board recommended by shareholders. Recommendations should be submitted in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Nominating Committee Charter and should be submitted in writing to the Trust, to the attention of the Trust's Secretary, at the address of the principal executive offices of the Trust. Shareholder recommendations must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Trust not less than sixty (60) calendar days nor more than ninety (90) calendar days prior to the date of the Board or shareholder meeting at which the nominee candidate would be considered for election. The Governance Committee performs an annual self-evaluation of Board members. During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, the Governance Committee held 6 meetings and the Nominating Committee held 6 meetings.

The Valuation Committee is composed of all the Independent Trustees. The Valuation Committee's primary purpose is to review the actions and recommendations of the Adviser's Oversight Committee no less often than quarterly. The Trust has established procedures and guidelines for valuing portfolio securities and makes fair value determinations from time to

time through the Valuation Committee, with the assistance of the Oversight Committee, State Street and SSGA FM. The Valuation Committee reviews the actions and recommendations of the Oversight Committee in connection with quarterly Board meetings. During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, the Valuation Committee held 5 meetings.

The QLCC is composed of all the Independent Trustees. The primary functions of the QLCC are to receive quarterly reports from the Trust's CCO; to oversee generally the Trust's responses to regulatory inquiries; and to investigate matters referred to it by the Chief Legal Officer and make recommendations to the Board regarding the implementation of an appropriate response to evidence of a material violation of the securities laws or breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by the Trust, its officers or the Trustees. During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, the QLCC held 4 meetings.

Leadership Structure and Risk Management Oversight

The Board has chosen to select different individuals as Co-Chairpersons of the Board of the Trust and as President of the Trust. Currently, Mr. Holland and Mr. Riley, both Independent Trustees, serve as Co-Chairpersons of the Board, Ms. Rapaccioli serves as Chairperson of the Audit Committee, Mr. Costantino serves as Chairperson of the QLCC, Mr. Jessee serves as Chairperson of the Valuation Committee and Mr. Shirk serves as Chairperson of each of the Governance Committee and Nominating Committee.

Ms. Needham who is an employee of the Adviser, serves as a Trustee and the President of the Trust. The Board believes that this leadership structure is appropriate, since Ms. Needham provides the Board with insight regarding the Trust's day-to-day management, while Mr. Holland and Mr. Riley provide an independent perspective on the Trust's overall operation and Ms. Rapaccioli provides a specialized perspective on audit matters.

The Board has delegated management of the Trust to service providers who are responsible for the day-to-day management of risks applicable to the Trust. The Board oversees risk management for the Trust in several ways. The Board receives regular reports from both the CCO and administrator for the Trust, detailing the results of the Trust's compliance with its Board-adopted policies and procedures, the investment policies and limitations of the Funds, and applicable provisions of the federal securities laws and Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). As needed, the Adviser discusses management issues regarding the Trust with the Board, and solicits the Board's input on many aspects of management, including potential risks to the Funds. The Board's Audit Committee also receives reports on various aspects of risk that might affect the Trust and offers advice to management, as appropriate. The Trustees also meet in executive session with the independent counsel to the disinterested Trustees, the independent registered public accounting firm, counsel to the Trust, the CCO and representatives of management, as needed. Through these regular reports and interactions, the Board oversees the risk management parameters for the Trust, which are effected on a day-to-day basis by service providers to the Trust.

Trustee Ownership of Securities of the Trust, Adviser and Distributor

As of December 31, 2021, none of the Independent Trustees or their immediate family members had any ownership of securities of the Adviser, State Street Global Advisors Funds Distributors, LLC (“SSGA FD”), the Trust's distributor, or any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser or SSGA FD.

TRUSTEE COMPENSATION

Independent Trustees are compensated on a calendar year basis. An Interested Trustee does not receive compensation from the Funds for his or her service as a Trustee. As of January 1, 2023, each Independent Trustee will receive for his or her services to the State Street Master Funds, the State Street Institutional Investment Trust, the Trust, the Elfun Funds and the Navigator Trust, State Street Institutional Funds and State Street Variable Insurance Series Funds, Inc. (together, the “Fund Entities”) an annual retainer of $360,000. The Chairperson receives an additional $90,000 annual retainer. The Independent Trustees receive a fee of $25,000 for each additional special in-person Board meeting and $5,000 for each additional special telephonic Board meeting. As of January 1, 2020, the total annual compensation paid to the Independent Trustees (other than telephonic and special meeting fees) will be allocated to each Fund Entity as follows: a fixed amount of $21,000 will be allocated to each Fund Entity or, if applicable, each series thereof; and the remainder will be allocated among the Fund Entities or, if applicable, each series thereof that is not a feeder fund in a master-feeder structure, based on relative net assets. The Independent Trustees are reimbursed for travel and other out-of-pocket expenses in connection with meeting attendance. As of the date of this SAI, the Trustees were not paid pension or retirement benefits as part of the Trust's expenses. However, the Trust has, pursuant to an exemptive order from the SEC, implemented an optional deferred compensation plan by which the Independent Trustees may defer receipt of

compensation and receive a return on the deferred amount determined with reference to the performance of shares of specified SSGA Funds. As of the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, none of the Independent Trustees participated in the optional deferred compensation program. The Trust's officers are compensated by the Adviser and its affiliates.

Trustee Compensation Table
For The Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2022

Name of Trustee	Aggregate Compensation from the Trust	Pension or Retirement Benefits Accrued as Part of Trust Expenses	Estimated Annual Benefits Upon Retirement	Total Compensation from the Trust and Fund Complex Paid to Trustees
Independent Trustees:
Michael F. Holland	$13,273	$0	$0	$405,000
Patrick J. Riley	$13,273	$0	$0	$405,000
John R. Costantino	$10,703	$0	$0	$345,000
Michael A. Jessee	$10,703	$0	$0	$345,000
Donna M. Rapaccioli	$10,703	$0	$0	$345,000
Richard D. Shirk	$10,703	$0	$0	$345,000
Margaret McLaughlin(1)	$0	$0	$0	$0
George M. Pereira(1)	$0	$0	$0	$0
Bruce D. Taber(2)	$2,648	$0	$0	$94,350
Interested Trustee:
Ellen M. Needham	$0	$0	$0	$0

(1)

Ms. McLaughlin and Mr. Pereira were appointed Trustees effective September 15, 2022.

(2)

Mr. Taber retired from the Board of Trustees of the Trust effective as of December 31, 2021.

EQUITY SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY TRUSTEES

For any Fund that is not listed below for a Trustee, such Trustee beneficially owned no equity securities of the Fund for the calendar year ended December 31, 2021.

Name of Trustee	Fund	Dollar Range Of Equity Securities In Each Fund	Aggregate Dollar Range Of Equity Securities In All Registered Investment Companies Overseen By Trustees In Family of Investment Companies
Independent Trustees:
Michael F. Holland	None	None	None
Patrick J. Riley	State Street S&P 500 Index Fund	Over $100,000	Over $100,000
John R. Costantino	None	None	None
Michael A. Jessee	None	None	None
Donna M. Rapaccioli	None	None	None
Margaret McLaughlin(1)	None	None	None
George M. Pereira(1)	None	None	None
Richard D. Shirk	None	None	Over $100,000
Interested Trustee:
Ellen M. Needham	None	None	None

(1)

Ms. McLaughlin and Mr. Pereira were appointed Trustees effective September 15, 2022.

CONTROL PERSONS AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

State Street may from time to time have discretionary authority over accounts which invest in shares of the Funds. These accounts include accounts maintained for securities lending clients and accounts that permit the use of the Funds as short-term cash sweep investments. Shares purchased for all discretionary accounts are held of record by State Street,

who retains voting control of such shares. As of November 30, 2022, State Street held of record less than 25% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Funds (in the aggregate) in connection with its discretionary accounts; however, State Street may hold more than 25% of such shares in any one series of the Trust. Consequently, State Street is not deemed to be a controlling person for purposes of the 1940 Act.

The Trustees and officers of the Trust, as a group, own less than 1% of the Funds' voting securities as of November 30, 2022.

Persons or organizations owning 25% or more of the outstanding shares of a Fund may be presumed to “control” (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) a Fund. As a result, these persons or organizations could have the ability to approve or reject those matters submitted to the shareholders of such Fund for their approval. As of November 30, 2022, to the knowledge of the Trust, the following persons held of record or beneficially through one or more accounts 25% or more of the outstanding shares of a Fund:

State Street S&P 500 Index Fund – Class N shares

•TD Ameritrade Inc. for the exclusive benefit of our clients, P.O. Box 2226, Omaha, NE 68103-2226—36.68%

•State Street International Stock Selection Fund – Class A shares

•Matrix Trust Company Cotrustee FBO Pipe Trades DC 36 DCP-Total Return, P.O. Box 52129, Phoenix, AZ 85072-2129—57.49%

State Street International Stock Selection Fund – Class K shares

•National Financial Services LLC for the exclusive benefit of our customers, Attn: Mutual Funds Department 4th floor, 499 Washington Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07310-1995—90.19%

•State Street International Stock Selection Fund – Class N shares

•Charles Schwab & Co Inc., Special Cust A/C for the benefit of our customers, Mutual Funds, 101 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104-4151—51.76%

As of November 30, 2022, to the knowledge of the Trust, the following shareholders owned of record or beneficially through one or more accounts 5% or more of the issued and outstanding shares of any class of a Fund. Such shares may be held pursuant to a shareholder servicing arrangement in omnibus accounts for underlying shareholders:

State Street S&P 500 Index Fund – Class N shares

•National Financial Services LLC for the exclusive benefit of our customers, 200 Liberty St, 1 World Financial Center, New York, NY 10281—14.93%

•Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC for the exclusive benefit of its customers, 1 New York Plaza, Floor SC1 Floor 39, New York, NY—7.28%

State Street International Stock Selection Fund – Class A shares

•Matrix Trust Company Cotrustee FBO Pipe Trades DC 36 DCP-Current Inc, P.O. Box 52129, Phoenix, AZ 85072-2129—13.34%

•Matrix Trust Company Trustee FBO Pipe Trades District Council No. 36, P.O. Box 52129, Phoenix, AZ 85072-2129—10.21%

•Matrix Trust Company Cotrustee FBO Pipe Trades DC 36 DCP-Maximum App, P.O. Box 52129, Phoenix, AZ 85072-2129—9.72%

•Matrix Trust Company Cotrustee FBO Pipe Trades DC 36 DCP-Total Return, P.O. Box 52129, Phoenix, AZ 85072-2129—5.02%

State Street International Stock Selection Fund – Class I shares

•National Financial Services LLC for the exclusive benefit of our customers, Attn: Mutual Funds Department 4th floor, 499 Washington Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07310-1995—15.50%

State Street International Stock Selection Fund – Class N shares

•SEI Private Trust Company C/O Evercore Bank ID 573 Attn. Mutual Fund Administrator One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, PA 19456-9989—19.90%

•National Financial Services LLC for the exclusive benefit of our customers, 200 Liberty St, 1 World Financial Center, New York, NY 10281—7.26%

•Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC for the exclusive benefit of its customers, 1 New York Plaza, Floor SC1 Floor 39, New York, NY—5.87%

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND OTHER SERVICES

ADVISER

SSGA FM serves as the Trust's investment adviser pursuant to an Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement dated April 11, 2012 (the “Advisory Agreement”). The Adviser is a wholly-owned subsidiary of State Street Global Advisors, Inc., which itself is a wholly-owned subsidiary of State Street Corporation, a publicly held financial holding company. The Adviser and other advisory affiliates of State Street Corporation make up SSGA, the investment management arm of State Street Corporation. State Street, the Trust's custodian and State Street Global Advisors Funds Distributors, LLC (“SSGA FD” or the “Distributor”), are affiliated persons of the Adviser. The address of the Adviser is One Iron Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

The Advisory Agreement provides for an initial term of two years and thereafter will continue from year to year provided that such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by (a) the Trustees or by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund, and (b) vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. The Advisory Agreement may be terminated by the Adviser or a Fund without penalty upon sixty days' notice and will terminate automatically upon its assignment.

Under the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser directs the Funds' investments in accordance with each Fund's investment objective, policies and limitations. For these services, each Fund pays an annual management fee to the Adviser. The management fee rate is a percentage of the average daily NAV of a Fund, calculated daily and paid monthly.

Advisory Expenses. The following table shows the expenses each Fund accrued to the Adviser during the fiscal years ended August 31:

Fund	2022	2021	2020
State Street S&P 500 Index Fund	$466,243	$465,341	$459,670
State Street International Stock Selection Fund	$1,340,152	$1,417,507	$1,366,304

The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive the advisory fee and/or reimburse certain expenses in excess of a certain percentage of average daily net assets on an annual basis (an “expense limitation”) for the Funds. As described in the Prospectus, certain fees and expenses are excluded from the waiver for each Fund. The expense limitations, shown in the chart below, are in effect through December 31, 2023. In addition, the Adviser has contractually agreed to waive 0.01% of its administration fee. The applicable amount of waivers and reimbursements are also shown in the table below for the fiscal years ended August 31:

Fund	Expense Limitation
State Street S&P 500 Index Fund	0.157%
State Street International Stock Selection Fund	0.75%

Fund	2022	2021	2020
State Street S&P 500 Index Fund	$271,063	$402,895	$503,835
State Street International Stock Selection Fund	$430,560	$492,916	$517,114

The Funds are permitted to invest their cash reserves (i.e., monies awaiting investment in portfolio securities suitable for the Funds' objectives) in money market funds, including money market funds advised by the Adviser (a “Central Fund”). Shares of a Central Fund sold to and redeemed from any participating Fund will not be subject to a redemption fee, distribution fee or service fee.

Other Accounts Managed. The Adviser manages each Fund using a team of investment professionals. The following table lists the number and types of accounts managed by each of the key professionals involved in the day-to-day portfolio management for each Fund and assets under management in those accounts. The total number of accounts and assets has been allocated to each respective manager. Therefore, some accounts and assets have been counted twice.

Other Accounts Managed as of August 31, 2022

Portfolio Manager	Registered Investment Company Accounts	Assets Managed (billions)	Other Pooled Investment Vehicle Accounts	Assets Managed (billions)	Other Accounts	Assets Managed (billions)	Total Assets Managed (billions)
Adel Daghmouri	1	$0.37	34*	$5.99*	22**	$8.14**	$14.50
Emiliano Rabinovich	134	$834.42	379	$691.90	518	$463.00	$1,989.32
Karl Schneider	134	$834.42	379	$691.90	518	$463.00	$1,989.32
Amy Scofield	134	$834.42	379	$691.90	518	$463.00	$1,989.32

Includes 6 accounts (totaling $2.73 billion in assets under management) with performance-based fees.

Includes 2 accounts (totaling $1.82 billion in assets under management) with performance-based fees.

Ownership of Securities. As of August 31, 2022, none of the portfolio managers listed above beneficially owned shares of any of the Funds.

A portfolio manager that has responsibility for managing more than one account may be subject to potential conflicts of interest because he or she is responsible for other accounts in addition to the Funds. Those conflicts could include preferential treatment of one account over others in terms of: (a) the portfolio manager's execution of different investment strategies for various accounts; or (b) the allocation of resources or of investment opportunities.

Portfolio managers may manage numerous accounts for multiple clients. These accounts may include registered investment companies, other types of pooled accounts (e.g., collective investment funds), and separate accounts (i.e., accounts managed on behalf of individuals or public or private institutions). Portfolio managers make investment decisions for each account based on the investment objectives and policies and other relevant investment considerations applicable to that portfolio. A potential conflict of interest may arise as a result of a portfolio manager's responsibility for multiple accounts with similar investment guidelines. Under these circumstances, a potential investment may be suitable for more than one of the portfolio manager's accounts, but the quantity of the investment available for purchase is less than the aggregate amount the accounts would ideally devote to the opportunity. Similar conflicts may arise when multiple accounts seek to dispose of the same investment. The portfolio managers may also manage accounts whose objectives and policies differ from that of the Funds. These differences may be such that under certain circumstances, trading activity appropriate for one account managed by the portfolio manager may have adverse consequences for another account managed by the portfolio manager. For example, an account may sell a significant position in a security, which could cause the market price of that security to decrease, while a Fund maintained its position in that security.

A potential conflict may arise when the portfolio managers are responsible for accounts that have different advisory fees—the difference in fees could create an incentive for the portfolio manager to favor one account over another, for example, in terms of access to investment opportunities. This conflict may be heightened if an account is subject to a performance-based fee, as applicable. Another potential conflict may arise when the portfolio manager has an investment in one or more accounts that participate in transactions with other accounts. His or her investment(s) may create an incentive for the portfolio manager to favor one account over another. The Adviser has adopted policies and procedures reasonably designed to address these potential material conflicts. For instance, portfolio managers are normally responsible for all accounts within a certain investment discipline, and do not, absent special circumstances, differentiate among the various accounts when allocating resources. Additionally, the Adviser and its advisory affiliates have processes and procedures for allocating investment opportunities among portfolios that are designed to provide a fair and equitable allocation. With respect to conflicts arising from personal investments, all employees, including portfolio managers, must comply with personal trading controls established by each of the Adviser's and Trust's Code of Ethics.

SSGA's culture is complemented and reinforced by a total rewards strategy that is based on a pay for performance philosophy which seeks to offer a competitive pay mix of base salary, benefits, cash incentives and deferred compensation.

Salary is based on a number of factors, including external benchmarking data and market trends, and performance both at the business and individual level. SSGA's Global Human Resources department regularly participates in compensation surveys in order to provide SSGA with market-based compensation information that helps support individual pay decisions.

Additionally, subject to State Street and SSGA business results, an incentive pool is allocated to SSGA to reward its employees. The size of the incentive pool for most business units is based on the firm's overall profitability and other factors, including performance against risk-related goals. For most SSGA investment teams, SSGA recognizes and rewards performance by linking annual incentive decisions for investment teams to the firm's or business unit's profitability and business unit investment performance over a multi-year period.

Incentive pool funding for most active investment teams is driven in part by the post-tax investment performance of fund(s) managed by the team versus the return levels of the benchmark index(es) of the fund(s) on a one-, three- and, in some cases, five-year basis. For most active investment teams, a material portion of incentive compensation for senior staff is deferred over a four-year period into the SSGA Long-Term Incentive (“SSGA LTI”) program. For these teams, The SSGA LTI program indexes the performance of these deferred awards against the post-tax investment performance of fund(s) managed by the team. This is intended to align our investment team's compensation with client interests, both through annual incentive compensation awards and through the long-term value of deferred awards in the SSGA LTI program.

For the index equity investment team, incentive pool funding is driven in part by the post-tax 1 and 3-year tracking error of the funds managed by the team against the benchmark indexes of the funds.

The discretionary allocation of the incentive pool to the business units within SSGA is influenced by market-based compensation data, as well as the overall performance of each business unit. Individual compensation decisions are made by the employee's manager, in conjunction with the senior management of the employee's business unit. These decisions are based on the overall performance of the employee and, as mentioned above, on the performance of the firm and business unit. Depending on the job level, a portion of the annual incentive may be awarded in deferred compensation, which may include cash and/or Deferred Stock Awards (State Street stock), which typically vest over a four-year period. This helps to retain staff and further aligns SSGA employees' interests with SSGA clients' and shareholders' long-term interests.

SSGA recognizes and rewards outstanding performance by:

•Promoting employee ownership to connect employees directly to the company's success.

•Using rewards to reinforce mission, vision, values and business strategy.

•Seeking to recognize and preserve the firm's unique culture and team orientation.

•Providing all employees the opportunity to share in the success of SSGA.

ADMINISTRATOR

SSGA FM serves as the administrator for the Trust (the “Administrator”), pursuant to an administration agreement dated June 1, 2015 (the “SSGA FM Administration Agreement”). Pursuant to the SSGA FM Administration Agreement, SSGA FM is obligated to continuously provide business management services to the Trust and the Funds and will generally, subject to the general oversight of the Trustees and except as otherwise provided in the SSGA FM Administration Agreement, manage all of the business and affairs of the Trust. The nature and amount of services provided by SSGA FM under the SSGA FM Administration Agreement may vary as between classes of shares of a Fund, and a Fund may pay fees to SSGA FM under that Agreement at different rates in respect of its different share classes.

As consideration for SSGA FM's services as Administrator with respect to the Trust, SSGA FM receives a fee at the annual rate of 0.05% of the average daily net assets attributable to each class of shares of the Fund. The fees are accrued daily at the rate of 1/365th and payable monthly on the first business day of each month. Additionally, the Funds reimburse the Administrator for certain out-of-pocket travel expenses of the CCO and compliance team incurred on the Funds' behalf. The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive 0.01% of its fee for its services as Administrator. This waiver may not be terminated or modified except with approval of the Funds' Board of Trustees and shall continue until at least December 31, 2023.

Administration Expenses. The following table shows the expenses each Fund accrued to SSGA FM as the Administrator during the fiscal years ended August 31:

Fund	2022	2021	2020
State Street S&P 500 Index Fund	$777,072	$775,568	$766,117
State Street International Stock Selection Fund	$89,344	$94,501	$91,087

SUB-ADMINISTRATOR, CUSTODY AND FUND ACCOUNTING

State Street serves as the sub-administrator for the Trust, pursuant to a sub-administration agreement dated June 1, 2015 (the “Sub-Administration Agreement”). State Street serves as the custodian for the Trust, pursuant to a custody agreement dated April 11, 2012 (the “Custody Agreement”). Under the Sub-Administration Agreement, State Street is obligated to provide certain sub-administrative services to the Trust. Under the Custody Agreement, State Street is obligated to provide certain custody services to the Trust, as well as basic portfolio recordkeeping required by the Trust for regulatory and financial reporting purposes. State Street is a wholly owned subsidiary of State Street Corporation, a publicly held financial holding company, and is affiliated with the Adviser. State Street's mailing address is State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111-2900.

As consideration for sub-administration, custody and fund accounting services provided to the Funds, the Adviser and the Funds each pay State Street a portion of the annual fee (payable monthly). Each Fund also pays State Street transaction and service fees for these services and reimburses State Street for out-of-pocket expenses.

Sub-Administration Fees. The following table shows the sub-administration and custodian fees paid by the Funds to State Street as for the last three fiscal years ended August 31:

Fund	2022	2021	2020
State Street S&P 500 Index Fund	$79,309	$118,882	$118,490
State Street International Stock Selection Fund	$102,455	$120,593	$135,755

TRANSFER AND DIVIDEND PAYING AGENT

SS&C GIDS, Inc. serves as the Transfer and Dividend Paying Agent. SS&C GIDS, Inc. is paid for the following annual account services and activities including but not limited to: establishment and maintenance of each shareholder's account; closing an account; acceptance and processing of trade orders; preparation; and transmission of payments for dividends and distributions declared by each Fund; customer service support including receipt of correspondence and responding to shareholder and financial intermediary inquiries; investigation services; tax related support; financial intermediary and fee payment processing; and charges related to compliance and regulatory services.

Portfolio fees are allocated to each Fund based on the average NAV of each Fund and are billable on a monthly basis at the rate of 1/12 of the annual fee. SS&C GIDS, Inc. is reimbursed by each Fund for supplying certain out-of-pocket expenses including but not limited to: Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”) Delegations, omnibus transparency (market timing) services; confirmation statements and periodic investor statements, fulfillment, banking fees, postage, forms, audio response, telephone, records retention, customized programming/enhancements, reports, transcripts, and expenses incurred at the specific direction of the Fund. SS&C GIDS, Inc.'s principal business address is 2000 Crown Colony Drive, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169-0953.

SECURITIES LENDING

The Board has approved each Fund's participation in a securities lending program. Under the securities lending program, each Fund has retained State Street to serve as the securities lending agent.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, the income earned by each Fund as well as the fees and/or compensation paid by each Fund (in dollars) pursuant to the Master Amended and Restated Securities Lending Authorization Agreement among the Trust, State Street Institutional Investment Trust, and State Street Master Funds, each on behalf of its respective series, and State Street (the “Securities Lending Authorization Agreement”) were as follows:

	Gross income earned by the Fund from securities lending activities	Fees and/or compensation paid by the Fund for securities lending activities and related services						Aggregate fees and/or compensation paid by the Fund for securities lending activities and related services	Net income from securities lending activities
		Fees paid to State Street from a revenue split	Fees paid for any cash collateral management service (including fees deducted from a pooled cash collateral reinvestment vehicle) that are not included in a revenue split	Admini- strative fees not included in a revenue split	Indemnifi- cation fees not included in a revenue split	Rebate (paid to borrower)	Other fees not included in a revenue split		Net income from securities lending activities
State Street International Stock Selection Fund	$105,251	$12,009	$693	$0	$0	$7,089	$0	$19,791	$85,460
State Street S&P 500 Index Fund	$15,551	$396	$487	$0	$0	$11,560	$0	$12,443	$3,108

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, State Street, acting as agent of the Funds, provided the following services to the Funds in connection with the Funds' securities lending activities: (i) locating borrowers among an approved list of prospective borrowers; (ii) monitoring the value of loaned securities, the value of collateral received, and other lending parameters; (iii) seeking additional collateral, as necessary, from borrowers; (iv) receiving and holding collateral from borrowers, and facilitating the investment and reinvestment of all or substantially all cash collateral in an investment vehicle designated by the Funds; (v) returning collateral to borrowers; (vi) facilitating substitute dividend, interest, and other distribution payments to the Funds from borrowers; (vii) negotiating the terms of each loan of securities, including but not limited to the amount of any loan premium, and monitoring the terms of securities loan agreements with prospective borrowers for consistency with the requirements of the Funds' Securities Lending Authorization Agreement; (viii) selecting securities, including amounts (percentages), to be loaned; (ix) recordkeeping and accounting servicing; and (x) arranging for return of loaned securities to the Funds in accordance with the terms of the Securities Lending Authorization Agreement.

CODES OF ETHICS

The Adviser, Distributor and the Trust have each adopted a code of ethics (the Trust's code being referred to herein as the “Code of Ethics”) under Rule 17j-1 of the 1940 Act. The Code of Ethics, by relying on the codes of the underlying service providers, permits personnel of the Funds' Adviser, Distributor and officers, subject to the provisions of the relevant code of ethics, to invest in securities, including securities that may be purchased or held by the Adviser or the Trust. Under the relevant code of ethics, all employees or officers who are deemed to be access persons (persons who have interaction with funds or accounts managed by the Adviser or the Distributor as part of their job function) must pre-clear personal securities transactions. Each code of ethics is designed to ensure that employees conduct their personal securities transactions in a manner that does not create an actual or potential conflict of interest to the business or fiduciary responsibilities of the Trust's service providers or officers. In addition, the Code of Ethics establishes standards prohibiting the trading in or recommending of securities based on material, nonpublic information or the divulgence of such information to others.

DISTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENTS

SSGA FD serves as the distributor of the Funds for the continuous offering of shares pursuant to a distribution agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”), as amended. The Distribution Agreement shall continue in effect for each Fund for two years following its effective date with respect to the Fund; and thereafter only so long as its continuance is specifically

approved at least annually by a majority of the Trustees who are not parties to the Distribution Agreement or interested persons of any such party cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval, or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund. SSGA FD offers the shares of each Fund on an agency or “best efforts” basis under which the SSGA Funds shall only issue such shares as are actually sold. SSGA FD is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of State Street Corporation. SSGA FD's mailing address is One Iron Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

Distribution Plans and Shareholder Servicing Arrangements

Distribution Plans. To compensate SSGA FD for the services it provides and for the expenses it bears in connection with the distribution of shares of the Funds, SSGA FD will be entitled to receive any front-end sales load applicable to the sale of shares of the Fund. Each Fund may also make payments from the assets attributable to certain classes of its shares to SSGA FD under a distribution plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act (the “Plan” or “Distribution Plan”). The Distribution Plan is a compensation plan that provides for payments at annual rates (based on average daily net assets) described below.

The Board, including all of the Trustees who are not interested persons (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”) and who have no direct or indirect financial interest in the Distribution Plan or any related agreements, approved the Plan (the “Qualified Distribution Plan Trustees”). The Distribution Plan will continue in effect with respect to a class of shares of a Fund only if such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by a vote of both a majority of the Board and a majority of the Qualified Distribution Plan Trustees. The Plan may not be amended to increase materially the amount of a Fund's permitted expenses thereunder without the approval of a majority of the outstanding shares of the affected share class and may not be materially amended in any case without a vote of the majority of both the Trustees and the Qualified Distribution Plan Trustees. The Distribution Plan calls for payments at an annual rate (based on average net assets) as follows:

	Annual 12b-1 Fee
Class N	0.25%
Class A	0.25%
Class I	0.00%
Class K	0.00%

Additionally, the Board of Trustees has determined that payments made by the State Street S&P 500 Index Fund will not exceed 0.062% of average daily net assets.

The Distribution Plan may benefit the Funds by increasing sales of shares and reducing redemptions of shares, resulting potentially, for example, in economies of scale and more predictable flows of cash into and out of the Funds. Because Rule 12b-1 fees are paid out of a Fund's assets, all shareholders share in that expense; however, because shareholders hold their shares through varying arrangements (for example, directly or through financial intermediaries), they may not share equally in the benefits of the Plan.

As of December 31, 2021, none of the Independent Trustees had a direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the 12b-1 Plans.

Distribution Expenses. For the fiscal years ended August 31, Class N and Class A shares of the Funds paid to SSGA FD the following amounts related to distribution and/or service fees pursuant to the 12b-1 Plans:

Fund – Class N	2022	2021	2020
State Street S&P 500 Index Fund	$948,028	$946,192	$934,663
State Street International Stock Selection Fund	$258,505	$277,660	$294,635

Fund – Class A	2022	2021	2020
State Street International Stock Selection Fund	$10,583	$11,268	$10,257

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, the Funds have been informed by SSGA FD that the following expenditures were made using the amounts each Fund's Class N and Class A shares paid under the 12b-1 Plans:

Fund - Class N	Advertising	Printing	Compensation to Dealers	Compensation to Sales Personnel	Other*
State Street S&P 500 Index Fund	$10	$401	$799,554	$196,447	$159,558
State Street International Stock Selection Fund	$1	$27	$224,142	$13,174	$10,707

Includes such items as compensation for travel, conferences and seminars for staff, professional fees, technology, services, and overhead (including space/facilities and management).

Fund - Class A	Advertising	Printing	Compensation to Dealers	Compensation to Sales Personnel	Other*
State Street International Stock Selection Fund	$0	$1	$10,578	$535	$435

Includes such items as compensation for travel, conferences and seminars for staff, professional fees, technology, services, and overhead (including space/facilities and management).

Since the Funds pay distribution, service and other fees for the sale of their shares and for services provided to shareholders out of the Funds' assets on an ongoing basis, over time those fees will increase the cost of an investment in a Fund. In addition, a Fund may pay distribution, service, and other expenditures described above at a time when shares of the Fund are not being actively promoted to new investors generally, or when shares of that Fund are unavailable for purchase.

Payments to Financial Intermediaries

Financial intermediaries are firms that, for compensation, sell shares of mutual funds, including the Funds, and/or provide certain administrative and account maintenance services to mutual fund shareholders. Financial intermediaries may include, among others, brokers, financial planners or advisors, banks, and insurance companies. In some cases, a financial intermediary may hold its clients' Fund shares in nominee or street name. Shareholder services provided by a financial intermediary may (though they will not necessarily) include, among other things: processing and mailing trade confirmations, periodic statements, prospectuses, annual reports, semi-annual reports, shareholder notices, and other SEC-required communications; capturing and processing tax data; issuing and mailing dividend checks to shareholders who have selected cash distributions; preparing record date shareholder lists for proxy solicitations; collecting and posting distributions to shareholder accounts; and establishing and maintaining systematic withdrawals and automated investment plans and shareholder account registrations.

Some portion of SSGA FD's payments to financial intermediaries will be made out of amounts received by SSGA FD under the Funds' Distribution Plans. In addition, the Funds may reimburse SSGA FD for payments SSGA FD makes to financial intermediaries that provide recordkeeping, shareholder servicing, sub-transfer agency, administrative and/or account maintenance services (collectively, servicing). The amount of the reimbursement and the manner in which it is calculated are reviewed by the Trustees periodically.

The compensation paid by SSGA FD to a financial intermediary may be paid continually over time, during the period when the intermediary's clients hold investments in the Funds. The compensation to financial intermediaries may include networking fees and account-based fees. The amount of continuing compensation paid by SSGA FD to different financial intermediaries varies. In the case of most financial intermediaries, compensation for servicing in excess of any amount covered by payments under a Distribution Plan is generally paid at an annual rate of 0.10% – 0.20% of the aggregate average daily NAV of Fund shares held by that financial intermediary's customers, although in some cases the compensation may be paid at higher annual rates (which may, but will not necessarily, reflect enhanced or additional services provided by the financial intermediary).

SSGA FD and its affiliates (including SSGA FM), at their own expense and out of their own assets, may also provide compensation to financial intermediaries in connection with sales of the Funds' shares or the servicing of shareholders or shareholder accounts by financial intermediaries. Such compensation may include, but is not limited to, ongoing payments, financial assistance to financial intermediaries in connection with conferences, sales, or training programs for their employees, seminars for the public, advertising or sales campaigns, or other financial intermediary-sponsored special events. In some instances, this compensation may be made available only to certain financial intermediaries whose representatives have sold or are expected to sell significant amounts of shares. Financial intermediaries may not use

sales of the Funds' shares to qualify for this compensation to the extent prohibited by the laws or rules of any state or any self-regulatory agency, such as FINRA. The level of payments made to a financial intermediary in any given year will vary and, in the case of most financial intermediaries, will not exceed 0.20% of the value of assets attributable to the financial intermediary invested in shares of funds in the SSGA FM fund complex. In certain cases, the payments described in the preceding sentence are subject to minimum payment levels.

If payments to financial intermediaries by the distributor or adviser for a particular mutual fund complex exceed payments by other mutual fund complexes, your financial advisor and the financial intermediary employing him or her may have an incentive to recommend that fund complex over others. Please speak with your financial advisor to learn more about the total amounts paid to your financial advisor and his or her firm by SSGA FD and its affiliates, and by sponsors of other mutual funds he or she may recommend to you. You should also consult disclosures made by your financial intermediary at the time of purchase.

Set forth below is a list of those financial intermediaries to which SSGA FD (and its affiliates) expects, as of December 1, 2022, to pay compensation in the manner described in this “Payments to Financial Intermediaries” section. This list may change over time. Please contact your financial intermediary to determine whether it or its affiliate currently may be receiving such compensation and to obtain further information regarding any such compensation.

•ADP Broker-Dealer Inc.

•Alight Financial Solutions, LLC

•American Portfolio Financial

•Ascensus Inc.

•AXA Advisors, LLC

•Brown Brothers Harriman

•Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.

•Charles Schwab Trust Bank

•Commerce Bank

•Community Bank NA

•E*Trade Securities Inc.

•Edward Jones

•GWFS Equities Inc.

•Hancock Securities

•Hand Securities

•Hartford Life Insurance Company

•Interactive Brokers LLC

•Janney Montgomery Scott

•John Hancock

•JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.

•Kestra Financial, Inc.

•LaSalle St. Securities, LLC.

•Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp.

•LPL Financial LLC

•Matrix Capital Bank

•Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.

•Mid Atlantic Capital Corp.

•Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

•MSCS Financial Services Division of Broadridge Business Process Outsourcing, LLC

•National Financial Services, LLC

•Nationwide Financial Services, Inc.

•Northern Trust Co

•Pershing LLC

•PNC Bank, N.A.

•Principal Life Insurance

•Prudential Investments

•Putnam Investor Services, Inc.

•Raymond James & Associates

•RBC Capital Markets Corp

•Reliance Trust Company

•Royal Alliance

•SEI Private Trust Company

•Slavic Investment Corporation

•Southwest Securities Inc

•Stifel Nicolaus & Co

•TD Ameritrade, Inc.

•The ON Equity Sales Company

•T Rowe Price

•TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC

•Trust Company of America

•UBS Financial Services, Inc.

•US Bank N.A.

•USI Securities Inc.

•Valic Retirement Services

•Vangard Marketing Corp

•Voya Financial Partners, LLC

•Voya Institutional Plan Services, LLC

•Voya Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company

•Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

•Wells Fargo Clearing Services

COUNSEL AND INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Ropes & Gray LLP, 800 Boylston Street, Boston Massachusetts 02199, provides legal services to the Trust. Sullivan & Worcester LLP, located at One Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109, provides legal services to the Independent Trustees.

Ernst & Young LLP serves as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Trust and provides (i) audit services and (ii) tax services. In connection with the audit of the 2021 financial statements, the Trust entered into an engagement agreement with Ernst & Young LLP that sets forth the terms of Ernst & Young LLP's audit engagement. The principal business address of Ernst & Young LLP is 200 Clarendon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02116.

BROKERAGE PRACTICES AND COMMISSIONS

All portfolio transactions are placed on behalf of the Funds by the Adviser. Purchases and sales of securities on a securities exchange are affected through brokers who charge a commission for their services. Ordinarily commissions are not charged on over the counter orders (e.g., fixed income securities) because the Funds pay a spread which is included

in the cost of the security and represents the difference between the dealer's quoted price at which it is willing to sell the security and the dealer's quoted price at which it is willing to buy the security. When a Fund executes an over the counter order with an electronic communications network, or an alternative trading system, a commission is charged by such electronic communications networks and alternative trading systems as they execute such orders on an agency basis. Securities may be purchased from underwriters at prices that include underwriting fees.

In placing a portfolio transaction, the Adviser seeks to achieve best execution. The Adviser's duty to seek best execution requires the Adviser to take reasonable steps to obtain for the client as favorable an overall result as possible for Fund portfolio transactions under the circumstances, taking into account various factors that are relevant to the particular transaction.

The Adviser refers to and selects from the list of approved trading counterparties maintained by the Adviser's Credit Risk Management team. In selecting a trading counterparty for a particular trade, the Adviser seeks to weigh relevant factors including, but not limited to the following:

•Prompt and reliable execution;

•The competitiveness of commission rates and spreads, if applicable;

•The financial strength, stability and/or reputation of the trading counterparty;

•The willingness and ability of the executing trading counterparty to execute transactions (and commit capital) of size in liquid and illiquid markets without disrupting the market for the security;

•Local laws, regulations or restrictions;

•The ability of the trading counterparty to maintain confidentiality;

•The availability and capability of execution venues, including electronic communications networks for trading and execution management systems made available to Adviser;

•Market share;

•Liquidity;

•Price;

•Execution related costs;

•History of execution of orders;

•Likelihood of execution and settlement;

•Order size and nature;

•Clearance and settlement capabilities, especially in high volatility market environments;

•Availability of lendable securities;

•Sophistication of the trading counterparty's trading capabilities and infrastructure/facilities;

•The operational efficiency with which transactions are processed and cleared, taking into account the order size and complexity;

•Speed and responsiveness to the Adviser;

•Access to secondary markets;

•Counterparty exposure; and

•Depending upon the circumstances, the Adviser may take other relevant factors into account if the Adviser believes that these are important in taking all sufficient steps to obtain the best possible result for execution of the order.

In selecting a trading counterparty, the price of the transaction and costs related to the execution of the transaction typically merit a high relative importance, depending on the circumstances. The Adviser does not necessarily select a trading counterparty based upon price and costs but may take other relevant factors into account if it believes that these are important in taking reasonable steps to obtain the best possible result for a Fund under the circumstances. Consequently, the Adviser may cause a client to pay a trading counterparty more than another trading counterparty might have charged for the same transaction in recognition of the value and quality of the brokerage services provided. The following matters may influence the relative importance that the Adviser places upon the relevant factors:

(i)

The nature and characteristics of the order or transaction. For example, size of order, market impact of order, limits, or other instructions relating to the order;

(ii)

The characteristics of the financial instrument(s) or other assets which are the subject of that order. For example, whether the order pertains to an equity, fixed income, derivative or convertible instrument;

(iii)

The characteristics of the execution venues to which that order can be directed, if relevant. For example, availability and capabilities of electronic trading systems;

(iv)

Whether the transaction is a ‘delivery versus payment' or ‘over the counter' transaction. The creditworthiness of the trading counterparty, the amount of existing exposure to a trading counterparty and trading counterparty settlement capabilities may be given a higher relative importance in the case of ‘over the counter' transactions; and/or

(v)

Any other circumstances that the Adviser believes are relevant at the time.

The process by which trading counterparties are selected to effect transactions is designed to exclude consideration of the sales efforts conducted by broker-dealers in relation to the Funds.

The Adviser does not currently use the Funds' assets in connection with third party soft dollar arrangements. While the Adviser does not currently use “soft” or commission dollars paid by the Funds for the purchase of third party research, the Adviser reserves the right to do so in the future.

Brokerage Commission Expenses. The following table shows the brokerage commission expenses that the Funds paid during the fiscal years ended August 31:

Fund	2022	2021	2020
State Street International Stock Selection Fund	$119,512	$111,467	$115,595
State Street S&P 500 Index Fund	$10,219	$35,671	$26,848

Securities of “Regular Broker-Dealer.” The Trust is required to identify any securities of its “regular brokers and dealers” (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act) which it may hold at the close of its most recent fiscal year. “Regular brokers or dealers” of the Trust are the ten brokers or dealers that, during the most recent fiscal year: (i) received the greatest dollar amounts of brokerage commissions from the Trust's portfolio transactions; (ii) engaged as principal in the largest dollar amounts of portfolio transactions of the Trust; or (iii) sold the largest dollar amounts of the Trust's shares.

The Trust's holdings in Securities of Regular Broker-Dealers as of August 31, 2022 are as follows:

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC	$13,689,908.00
BofA Securities, Inc.	$9,796,172.00
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC	$6,759,577.00
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC	$4,930,914.00
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC	$4,719,922.00
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.	$3,845,886.00
UBS Securities LLC	$2,000,410.00
SG Americas Securities, LLC	$699,391.00
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.	$36,711.00

PRICING OF SHARES

Multiple-class funds do not have a single share price. Rather, each class has a share price, called its NAV. The price per share for each class of each Fund is determined each business day (unless otherwise noted) at the scheduled close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (ordinarily 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). A business day is one in which the NYSE is open for regular trading. A Fund does not calculate its price on days in which the NYSE is closed for trading. Currently, the NYSE is open for regular trading every weekday except New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, President's Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth National Independence Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. The NYSE may close early on certain days, such as Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve and before certain other holidays. Please contact your SSGA Funds account representative if you have questions on early NYSE closing times. In unusual circumstances, such as an emergency or an unscheduled close or halt of trading on the NYSE, the time at which share prices are determined may be changed.

Trading may occur in debt securities and in foreign securities at times when the NYSE or Federal Reserve is closed (including weekends and holidays or after 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on a regular business day). The trading of portfolio securities at such times may significantly increase or decrease the NAV of Fund shares when the shareholder is not able to purchase or redeem Fund shares. Further, because foreign securities markets may close prior to the time the Funds determine NAV, events affecting the value of the portfolio securities occurring between the time prices are determined and the time the Funds calculate NAV may not be reflected in the calculation of NAV unless it is determined that a particular event would materially affect the NAV. If such an event occurs, these securities will be valued at their fair value following procedures approved by the Trustees.

The NAV per share of a Fund's share class is determined by dividing the total assets, minus liabilities, allocated to each share class by the number of Fund shares outstanding for that class. Determination of a Fund's NAV per share is made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and applicable rules of the SEC.

Portfolio instruments for which market quotations are available are valued at market value (generally determined at the closing time of the market on which the instruments are traded). If market quotations are not readily available or if the Adviser believes that the available quotations are unreliable, the portfolio instruments are valued at fair value by the Adviser as the valuation designee, subject to oversight by the Board of Trustees. This generally means that equity securities and fixed income securities listed and traded principally on any national securities exchange are valued on the basis of the last sale price or, lacking any sales, at the closing bid price, on the primary exchange on which the security is traded. United States equity and fixed-income securities traded principally OTC and options are valued on the basis of the last sale price. Futures contracts are valued on the basis of the last reported sales price.

Because many fixed income securities do not trade each day, last sale or bid prices are frequently not available. Therefore, fixed income securities may be valued using prices provided by a pricing service when such prices are believed to reflect the market value of such securities.

International securities traded on a national securities exchange are valued on the basis of last sale price. International securities traded OTC are valued on the basis of last sale price. In the absence of a last sale price, such securities may be valued on the basis of prices provided by a pricing service if those prices are believed to reflect the fair value of such securities. Some international securities trade on days that the Funds are not open for business. As a result, the NAV of Fund shares may fluctuate on days when Fund shareholders may not buy or sell Funds shares.

The Funds value securities maturing within 60 days of the valuation date at amortized cost unless the Board determines that the amortized cost method does not represent fair value. This method involves valuing an instrument at its cost and thereafter assuming a constant amortization to maturity of any discount or premium, even though the portfolio security may increase or decrease in market value generally in response to changes in interest rates. While this method provides certainty in valuation, it may result in periods during which value, as determined by amortized cost, is higher or lower than the price a Fund would receive if it sold the instrument.

The SSGA Funds reserve the right to make payment with respect to any request for redemption (in excess of $15 million) in whole or in part by delivering readily marketable securities chosen by the Fund and valued as they are for purposes of computing the Fund's NAV (known as redemption-in-kind); provided, however, that under the applicable SEC rule, a Fund is obligated to redeem shares to any one shareholder during any 90 day period solely in cash up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1.00% of the NAV of the Fund at the beginning of the period. A redemption is generally a taxable event for shareholders, regardless of whether the redemption is satisfied in cash or in kind. An investor that receives an in-kind distribution of property from a Fund may be required to recognize taxable gain or loss upon a subsequent taxable disposition of that property.

TAXATION OF THE FUNDS

Cost Basis Reporting. Department of the Treasury regulations mandate cost basis reporting to shareholders and The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for redemptions of Fund shares acquired on or after January 1, 2012 (“Post Effective Date Shares”). If you acquire and hold shares directly through the Funds and not through a Financial Intermediary, SS&C GIDS, Inc. will use a default average cost basis methodology for tracking and reporting your cost basis on Post Effective Date Shares, unless you request, in writing, another cost basis reporting methodology.

The available methods for reporting your cost-basis include: “average cost basis,” “first in-first out” and “specific share identification.” You may elect which method you want to use by notifying SS&C GIDS, Inc. in writing. This election may be revoked or changed by you at any time up to the date of your first redemption of Post-Effective Date Shares. If you do not affirmatively elect a cost basis method then the Fund's default cost basis calculation method, which is currently the average cost method will be applied to your account(s). The default method will also be applied to all new accounts established unless otherwise requested by you.

Additionally, for redemptions of Fund shares, SS&C GIDS, Inc. will first redeem all shares acquired prior to January 1, 2012 (“Pre-Effective Date Shares”), before redeeming any Post-Effective Date Shares. You continue to be responsible for tracking cost basis and appropriately reporting sales of Pre-Effective Date Shares to the IRS. If SS&C GIDS, Inc. has historically provided cost basis reporting on these Pre-Effective Date Shares, SS&C GIDS, Inc. will continue to provide those reports. However, no cost basis reporting will be provided to the IRS on the sale of Pre-Effective Date Shares.

If you acquire and hold shares through a Financial Intermediary, please contact your Financial Intermediary for information related to cost basis defaults, cost basis selection, and cost basis reporting.

It is important for you to consult with your own tax advisor(s) when selecting which cost basis methodology is in your best interest.

U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations Applicable to the Funds

The following discussion of U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in the Funds is based on the Code, U.S. Treasury regulations, and other applicable authority, as of the date of this SAI. These authorities are subject to change by legislative or administrative action, possibly with retroactive effect. The following discussion is only a summary of some of the important U.S. federal income tax considerations generally applicable to investments in the Funds. There may be other tax considerations applicable to particular shareholders. Shareholders should consult their own tax advisors regarding their particular situation and the possible application of foreign, state and local tax laws.

Special tax rules apply to investments through defined contribution plans and other tax-qualified plans or tax-advantaged arrangements. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors to determine the suitability of shares of a Fund as an investment through such plans and arrangements and the precise effect of an investment on their particular tax situations.

Qualification as a Regulated Investment Company

Each Fund has elected to be treated as a regulated investment company (“RIC”) under Subchapter M of the Code and intends each year to qualify and be eligible to be treated as such. In order to qualify for the special tax treatment accorded RICs and their shareholders, each Fund must, among other things, (a) derive at least 90% of its gross income for each taxable year from (i) dividends, interest, payments with respect to certain securities loans, gains from the sale of securities or foreign currencies, or other income (including but not limited to gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived with respect to its business of investing in such stock, securities or currencies and (ii) net income derived from interests in “qualified publicly traded partnerships” (as defined below); (b) diversify its holdings so that, at the end of each quarter of the Fund's taxable year, (i) at least 50% of the value of the Fund's total assets consists of cash and cash items, U.S. Government securities, securities of other RICs, and other securities limited in respect of any one issuer to a value not greater than 5% of the value of the Fund's total assets and no more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer, and (ii) not more than 25% of its assets are invested, including through corporations in which the Fund owns a 20% or more voting stock interest, (x) in the securities (other than those of the U.S. Government or other RICs) of any one issuer or of two or more issuers which the Fund controls and which are engaged in the same, similar or related trades and businesses, or (y) in the securities of one or more qualified publicly traded partnerships (as defined below); and (c) distribute with respect to each taxable year at least 90% of the sum of its investment company taxable income (as that term is defined in the Code without regard to the deduction for dividends paid — generally taxable ordinary income and the excess, if any, of net short-term capital gains over net long-term capital losses) and net tax-exempt income, for such year.

In general, for purposes of the 90% gross income requirement described in (a) above, income derived from a partnership will be treated as qualifying income only to the extent such income is attributable to items of income of the partnership which would be qualifying income if realized directly by the RIC. However, 100% of the net income derived from an interest in a “qualified publicly traded partnership” (a partnership (x) the interests in which are traded on an established securities market or are readily tradable on a secondary market or the substantial equivalent thereof, and (y) that derives less than 90% of its income from the qualifying income described in section (a)(i) of the preceding paragraph), will be treated as

qualifying income. In general, such entities will be treated as partnerships for federal income tax purposes, because they meet the passive income requirement under Code Section 7704(c)(2). Further, although in general the passive loss rules of the Code do not apply to RICs, such rules do apply to a RIC with respect to items attributable to an interest in a qualified publicly traded partnership.

For purposes of the diversification test in (b) above, the term “outstanding voting securities of such issuer” will include the equity securities of a qualified publicly traded partnership. Also, for purposes of the diversification test in (b) above, the identification of the issuer (or, in some cases, issuers) of a particular Fund investment can depend on the terms and conditions of that investment. In some cases, identification of the issuer (or issuers) is uncertain under current law, and an adverse determination or future guidance by the IRS with respect to issuer identification for a particular type of investment may adversely affect a Fund's ability to meet the diversification test in (b) above.

If a Fund qualifies as a RIC that is accorded special tax treatment, the Fund will not be subject to federal income tax on income or gains distributed in a timely manner to its shareholders in the form of dividends (including Capital Gain Dividends, as defined below). If a Fund were to fail to meet the income, diversification or distribution test described above, the Fund could in some cases cure such failure, including by paying a Fund-level tax, paying interest or disposing of certain assets. If such Fund were ineligible to or otherwise did not cure such failure for any year, or if such Fund were otherwise to fail to qualify as a RIC accorded special tax treatment in any taxable year, the Fund would be subject to tax at the Fund level on its taxable income at corporate rates, and all distributions from earnings and profits, including any distributions of net tax-exempt income (if any) and net capital gains (as defined below), would be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income. Some portions of such distributions may be eligible for the dividends-received deduction in the case of corporate shareholders and may be eligible to be treated as “qualified dividend income” in the case of shareholders taxed as individuals, provided, in both cases, the shareholder meets certain holding period and other requirements in respect of a Fund's shares (each as described below). In addition, a Fund could be required to recognize unrealized gains, pay substantial taxes and interest and make substantial distributions before re-qualifying as a RIC that is accorded special tax treatment.

Each Fund intends to distribute at least annually to its shareholders all or substantially all of its investment company taxable income (computed without regard to the dividends-paid deduction) and its net tax-exempt income (if any), and may distribute its net capital gain (that is, the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss, in each case determined with reference to any loss carryforwards). Any taxable income retained by a Fund will be subject to tax at the Fund level at regular corporate rates. If a Fund retains any net capital gain, it will be subject to tax at regular corporate rates on the amount retained, but it is permitted to designate the retained amount as undistributed capital gain in a timely notice to its shareholders who (a) will be required to include in income for federal income tax purposes, as long-term capital gain, their shares of such undistributed amount, and (b) will be entitled to credit their proportionate shares of the tax paid by the Fund on such undistributed amount against their federal income tax liabilities, if any, and to claim refunds on a properly-filed U.S. tax return to the extent the credit exceeds such liabilities. If a Fund makes this designation, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the tax basis of shares owned by a shareholder of the Fund will be increased by an amount equal to the difference between the amount of undistributed capital gains included in the shareholder's gross income under clause (a) of the preceding sentence and the tax deemed paid by the shareholder under clause (b) of the preceding sentence. The Funds are not required to, and there can be no assurance a Fund will, make this designation if it retains all or a portion of its net capital gain in a taxable year.

In determining its net capital gain, including in connection with determining the amount available to support a Capital Gain Dividend (as defined below), its taxable income, and its earnings and profits, a RIC generally may elect to treat part or all of any post-October capital loss (defined as any net capital loss attributable to the portion, if any, of the taxable year after October 31, or, if there is no such loss, the net long-term capital loss or net short-term capital loss attributable to any such portion of the taxable year) or late-year ordinary loss (generally, the sum of its (i) net ordinary loss, if any, from the sale, exchange or other taxable disposition of property, attributable to the portion, if any, of the taxable year after October 31, and (ii) other net ordinary loss, if any, attributable to the portion, if any, of the taxable year after December 31) as if incurred in the succeeding taxable year.

If a Fund were to fail to distribute in a calendar year at least an amount equal, in general, to the sum of 98% of its ordinary income for such year and 98.2% of its capital gain net income for the one-year period ending October 31 of such year (or for the one-year period ending November 30 or December 31, if the Fund is eligible to elect and so elects), plus any such amounts retained from the prior year, the Fund would be subject to a nondeductible 4% excise tax on the undistributed amounts. For purposes of the required excise tax distribution, a RIC's ordinary gains and losses from the sale, exchange or other taxable disposition of property that would otherwise be taken into account after October 31 of a calendar year (or

November 30 of that year, if the Fund makes the election described above) generally are treated as arising on January 1 of the following calendar year; in the case of a Fund with a December 31 year end that makes the election described above, no such gains or losses will be so treated. Also, for these purposes, a Fund will be treated as having distributed any amount on which it is subject to corporate income tax for the taxable year ending within the calendar year. Each Fund intends generally to make distributions sufficient to avoid imposition of the excise tax, although there can be no assurance that it will be able to do so. Distributions declared by a Fund during October, November and December to shareholders of record on a date in any such month and paid by the Fund during the following January will be treated for federal tax purposes as paid by the Fund and received by shareholders on December 31 of the year in which declared.

Capital losses in excess of capital gains (“net capital losses”) are not permitted to be deducted against a Fund's net investment income. Instead, potentially subject to certain limitations, a Fund may carry net capital losses from any taxable year forward to subsequent taxable years to offset capital gains, if any, realized during such subsequent taxable years. Distributions from capital gains are generally made after applying any available capital loss carryforwards. Capital loss carryforwards are reduced to the extent they offset current-year net realized capital gains, whether the Fund retains or distributes such gains. A Fund may carry net capital losses forward to one or more subsequent taxable years without expiration; any such carryforward losses will retain their character as short-term or long-term. The Fund must apply such carryforwards first against gains of the same character. See a Fund's most recent annual shareholder report for the Fund's available capital loss carryovers as of the end of its most recently ended fiscal year.

Taxation of Distributions Received by Shareholders

For U.S. federal income tax purposes, distributions of investment income are generally taxable to shareholders as ordinary income. Taxes on distributions of capital gains are determined by how long a Fund has owned (or is deemed to have owned) the investments that generated them, rather than how long a shareholder has owned his or her Fund shares. In general, a Fund will recognize long-term capital gain or loss on the disposition of assets the Fund has owned (or is deemed to have owned) for more than one year , and short-term capital gain or loss on the disposition of investments the Fund has owned (or is deemed to have owned) for one year or less. Distributions of net capital gain (that is, the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss) that are properly reported by a Fund as capital gain dividends (“Capital Gain Dividends”) generally will be taxable to a shareholder receiving such distributions as long-term capital gains includible in net capital gain, and taxed to individuals at reduced rates relative to ordinary income. Distributions from capital gains are generally made after applying any available capital loss carryovers. The IRS and the Department of the Treasury have issued regulations that impose special rules in respect of Capital Gain Dividends received through partnership interests constituting “applicable partnership interests” under Section 1061 of the Code. Distributions of net short-term capital gain (as reduced by any net long-term capital loss for the taxable year) will be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income. Distributions of investment income properly reported by a Fund as derived from “qualified dividend income” will be taxed in the hands of individuals at the rates applicable to net capital gain, provided holding period and other requirements are met at both the shareholder and Fund level.

The Code generally imposes a 3.8% Medicare contribution tax on the net investment income of certain individuals, trusts and estates to the extent their income exceeds certain threshold amounts. For these purposes, “net investment income” generally includes, among other things, (i) distributions paid by a Fund of net investment income and capital gains, and (ii) any net gain from the sale, redemption, exchange or other taxable disposition of Fund shares. Shareholders are advised to consult their tax advisors regarding the possible implications of this additional tax on their investment in the Fund.

Shareholders of a Fund will be subject to federal income taxes as described herein on distributions made by a Fund whether received in cash or reinvested in additional shares of the Fund.

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

Distributions with respect to a Fund's shares are generally subject to U.S. federal income tax as described herein to the extent they do not exceed the Fund's realized income and gains, even though such distributions may economically represent a return of a particular shareholder's investment. Such distributions are likely to occur in respect of shares purchased at a time when a Fund's NAV reflects either unrealized gains, or realized but undistributed income or gains, that

	Class N (formerly, Institutional Class)	Class A	Class I	Class K
SSGA Domestic Equity Funds
STATE STREET S&P 500 INDEX FUND	SVSPX	N/A	N/A	N/A
SSGA International Equity Funds
STATE STREET INTERNATIONAL STOCK SELECTION FUND	SSAIX	SSILX	SSIPX	SSIQX