The Alger Funds II

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

March 1, 2023 (As Revised April 6, 2023)

The Alger Funds II

The Alger Funds II (the “Trust”) is a Massachusetts business trust, registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) as an investment company, that offers interests in the following Funds and classes of shares:

	Class	Ticker Symbol
Alger Spectra Fund (“Spectra Fund”)	A C I Y Z	SPECX ASPCX ASPIX ASPYX ASPZX
Alger Responsible Investing Fund (“Responsible Fund”)	A C I Z	SPEGX AGFCX AGIFX ALGZX
Alger Dynamic Opportunities Fund (“Dynamic Fund”)	A C Z	SPEDX ADOCX ADOZX
Alger Emerging Markets Fund (“Emerging Fund”)	A C I Z	AAEMX ACEMX AIEMX AZEMX

Each Fund’s financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2022 are contained in its annual report to shareholders and are incorporated by reference into this Statement of Additional Information.

This Statement of Additional Information is not a prospectus. It contains additional information about the Funds and supplements information in the Trust’s Prospectuses dated March 1, 2023. It should be read together with the applicable Prospectus, which may be obtained free of charge by writing Alger Family of Funds, c/o UMB Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 2175, Milwaukee, WI 53201-2175, by calling (800) 992-3863, or by visiting http://www.alger.com.

Contents

Investment Strategies and Policies	3
Portfolio Transactions	32
Net Asset Value	35
Classes of Shares	36
Purchases	37
Redemptions	40
Exchanges	43
Management	44
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	53
Code of Ethics	53
Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations	53
Dividends	55
Custodian and Transfer Agent	55
Principal Holders	55
Organization	64
Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures	65
Financial Statements	67
Potential Conflicts of Interest	68
Appendix	75

Investment Strategies and Policies

Certain Securities and Investment Techniques

The Prospectuses discuss the investment objectives of each series (each, a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”) of The Alger Funds II (the “Trust”) and the principal investment strategies to be employed to achieve those objectives. The principal risks related to each Fund’s principal investment strategies are also noted in the Prospectuses. This section of the SAI contains supplemental information concerning all types of securities and other instruments in which a Fund may invest, the investment policies and portfolio strategies that a Fund may utilize (i.e., both principal and non-principal investment strategies) and certain risks attendant to those investments, policies and strategies (i.e., both principal and non-principal risks of investing in the Fund).

All of the Funds seek to achieve their objectives by investing in equity securities, such as common or preferred stocks, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for equity securities, including warrants and rights. The Funds will invest primarily in companies whose securities are traded on domestic exchanges, or in the case of Emerging Fund in emerging markets securities, as defined in the Fund’s prospectus, in the case of Dynamic Fund in foreign securities, as defined below, or in the over-the-counter market. These companies may be in the developmental stage, may be older companies that appear to be entering a new stage of growth progress owing to factors such as management changes or development of new technology, products or markets, or may be companies providing products or services with a high unit-volume growth rate. All Funds may purchase put and call options and sell (write) covered call and put options on securities and securities indexes to increase gain and to hedge against the risk of unfavorable price movements.

In order to afford the Funds the flexibility to take advantage of new opportunities for investments in accordance with their investment objectives and to meet redemptions, each of Spectra Fund, Responsible Fund and Emerging Fund may hold up to 15% of their net assets in money market instruments and repurchase agreements and in excess of that amount (up to 100% of their assets) during temporary defensive periods, explained further below. This amount may be higher than that maintained by other funds with similar investment objectives. Dynamic Fund may invest a substantial portion of its assets in fixed-income securities under normal circumstances, and, like the other Funds, up to 100% of its assets in money market instruments and repurchase agreements during temporary defensive periods.

The investment strategies of Fred Alger Management, LLC (“Alger Management” or the “Manager”) utilize the proprietary research of its analyst and portfolio management team to continually assess the markets and sectors it follows for attractive investment opportunities. With respect to stocks in the Funds’ portfolios, one principle of the portfolio strategy at Alger Management is for analysts and portfolio managers to evaluate the return potential vs. risk (downside) in each stock held in a portfolio and compare that to those, and other variables, offered by other stocks under coverage within Alger Management’s research team. Portfolio managers, together with investment analysts, at Alger Management continually seek to optimize performance of the Funds’ portfolios by replacing individual stocks, or reducing or increasing their relative weighting in other portfolios, with stocks evaluated as having better appreciation potential, having improved reward to risk opportunity, or offering the portfolio diversification or other characteristics determined to be beneficial to achieving the portfolio’s overall objectives. The Funds’ portfolio turnover rates may vary significantly from year to year as a result of the Funds’ investment process.

A portion of the Alger Dynamic Opportunities Fund’s assets are sub-advised by Weatherbie Capital, LLC (“Weatherbie” or the “Sub-Adviser”), an affiliate of Alger Management (Weatherbie and Alger Management, collectively referred to as the “Manager,” where applicable). Subject to the general supervision by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), Alger Management oversees Weatherbie and evaluates its performance results. Alger Management reviews portfolio performance, compliance with investment guidelines and federal securities laws, and changes in key personnel of Weatherbie. Weatherbie is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the portion of the Alger Dynamic Opportunities Fund’s portfolio that it sub-advises, including purchases and sales of individual securities.

There is no guarantee that a Fund’s investment objective will be achieved.

The Funds will adjust their holdings as considered advisable in view of prevailing or anticipated market conditions, and turnover will not be a limiting factor should Alger Management deem it advisable to purchase or sell securities.

A Fund’s turnover rate is calculated by dividing the lesser of purchases or sales of securities for the fiscal year by the monthly average of the value of the Fund’s securities, with obligations with less than one year to maturity excluded.

Unforeseen Market Events

Unpredictable events such as environmental or natural disasters, war, terrorism, pandemics, outbreaks of infectious diseases, and similar public health threats, recessions, or other events may significantly affect the economy and the markets and issuers in which a fund invests. Certain events may cause instability across global markets, including reduced liquidity and disruptions in trading markets, while some events may affect certain geographic regions, countries, sectors, and industries more significantly than others and exacerbate other preexisting political, social, and economic risks. Since early 2020, a novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) has resulted in disruptions to global business activity and caused significant volatility and declines in global financial markets.

These types of events, such as the global pandemic caused by COVID-19, may also cause widespread fear and uncertainty and result in, among other things: quarantines, cancellations, and travel restrictions, including border closings; disruptions to business operations, supply chains and customer activity; exchange trading suspensions and closures, and overall reduced liquidity of securities, derivatives, and commodities trading markets; and reductions in consumer demand and economic output. A Fund could be negatively impacted if the value of a portfolio holding were harmed by such political or economic conditions or events. In addition, the operations of a Fund, the Manager, and a Fund’s service providers may be significantly impacted, or even temporarily halted, as a result of any impairment to their information technology and other operational systems, extensive employee illnesses or unavailability, government quarantine measures, and restrictions on travel or meetings and other factors related to public emergencies. Governmental and quasi-governmental authorities and regulators have in the past responded to major economic disruptions with a variety of significant fiscal and monetary policy changes, including but not limited to, direct capital infusions into companies, new monetary programs, and dramatically lower interest rates. An unexpected or quick reversal of these policies, or the ineffectiveness of these policies, could negatively impact overall investor sentiment and further increase volatility in securities markets. Other infectious illness outbreaks that may arise in the future could have similar or other unforeseen effects.

In addition, global climate change may have an adverse effect on the value of securities and other assets. Economists and others have expressed increasing concern about the potential effects of global climate change on property and security values. Certain issuers, industries and regions may be adversely affected by the impacts of climate change, including on the demand for and the development of goods and services and related production costs, and the impacts of legislation, regulation and international accords related to climate change, as well as any indirect consequences of regulation or business trends driven by climate change.

Common and Preferred Stocks

Stocks represent shares of ownership in a company. Generally, preferred stock has a specified dividend and ranks after bonds and before common stocks in its claim on income for dividend payments and on assets should the company be liquidated. After other claims are satisfied, common stockholders participate in company profits on a pro-rata basis; profits may be paid out in dividends or reinvested in the company to help it grow. Increases and decreases in earnings are usually reflected in a company’s stock price, so common stocks generally have the greatest appreciation and depreciation potential of all corporate securities. While most preferred stocks pay a dividend, each Fund may purchase preferred stock where the issuer has stopped, or is in danger of stopping, payment of its dividend. Such investments would be made primarily for their capital appreciation potential. Each Fund may purchase trust preferred securities which are preferred stocks issued by a special purpose trust subsidiary backed by subordinated debt of the corporate parent. These securities typically bear a market rate coupon comparable to interest rates available on debt of a similarly rated company. Holders of the trust preferred securities have limited voting rights to control the activities of the trust and no voting rights with respect to the parent company.

Temporary Defensive Investments

When market conditions are unstable, or the Manager believes it is otherwise appropriate to reduce holdings in stocks, the Funds can invest in a variety of debt securities for defensive purposes. The Funds can also purchase these securities for liquidity purposes to meet cash needs due to the redemption of Fund shares, or to hold while waiting to reinvest cash received from the sale of other portfolio securities. The Funds can buy:

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high-quality, short-term money market instruments, including those issued by the U.S. Treasury or other government agencies;

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commercial paper (short-term, unsecured, promissory notes of domestic or foreign companies);

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short-term debt obligations of corporate issuers, certificates of deposit and bankers’ acceptances of domestic and foreign banks and savings and loan associations; and

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repurchase agreements.

Short-term debt securities would normally be selected for defensive or cash management purposes because they can normally be disposed of quickly and are not generally subject to significant fluctuations in principal value, and their value will be less subject to interest rate fluctuation than longer-term debt securities.

Small Capitalization Investments

Certain companies in which a Fund will invest may still be in the developmental stage. Investing in smaller issuers generally involves greater risk than investing in larger, more established issuers. Such companies may have limited product lines, markets or financial resources and may lack management depth. Their securities may have limited marketability and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements than securities of larger, more established companies or the market averages in general.

Convertible Securities

Each Fund may invest in convertible securities, which are debt instruments or preferred stocks that make fixed dividend or interest payments and are convertible into common stock. Generally, the market prices of convertible securities tend to reflect price changes in their underlying common stocks, but also tend to respond inversely to changes in interest rates. Convertible securities typically entail less market risk than investments in the common stock of the same issuers. Declines in their market prices are typically not as pronounced as those of their underlying common stocks. Like all fixed-income securities, convertible securities are subject to the risk of default on their issuers’ payment obligations.

U.S. Government Obligations

Each Fund may invest in U.S. Government securities, which include Treasury Bills, Treasury Notes and Treasury Bonds that differ in their interest rates, maturities and times of issuance. Treasury Bills have initial maturities of one year or less; Treasury Notes have initial maturities of one to ten years; and Treasury Bonds generally have initial maturities of greater than ten years. In addition to U.S. Treasury securities, each Fund may invest in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or its agencies or instrumentalities. Some obligations issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies and instrumentalities are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury; others by the right of the issuer to borrow from the Treasury; others by discretionary authority of the U.S. Government to purchase certain obligations of the agency or instrumentality; and others only by the credit of the agency or instrumentality. These securities bear fixed, floating or variable rates of interest. While the U.S. Government currently provides financial support to such U.S. Government-sponsored agencies or instrumentalities, no assurance can be given that it will always do so, since it is not so obligated by law.

U.S. Government Agency Securities

U.S. government agency securities are issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government-sponsored enterprises and federal agencies. These include securities issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”), Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”), Federal Home Loan Bank, Federal Land Bank, Farmers Home Administration, Bank for Cooperatives, Federal Intermediate Credit Bank, Federal Financing Bank, Federal Farm Credit System, the Small Business Administration, Federal Housing Administration, and Maritime Administration. Some of these securities are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury, and the remainder are supported only by the credit of the instrumentality, which may or may not include the right of the issuer to borrow from the Treasury.

Bank Obligations

Bank obligations are certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances, and other short-term debt obligations. Certificates of deposit are short-term obligations of commercial banks. A bankers’ acceptance is a time draft drawn on a commercial bank by a borrower, usually in connection with international commercial transactions. Certificates of deposit may have fixed or variable rates.

The Funds will not invest in any debt security issued by a commercial bank unless (i) the bank has total assets of at least $1 billion, or the equivalent in other currencies, or, in the case of domestic banks which do not have total assets of at least $1 billion, the aggregate investment made in any one such bank is limited to $250,000 and the principal amount of such investment is insured in full by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and (ii) in the case of foreign banks, the security is, in the opinion of Alger Management, of an investment quality comparable to other debt securities which may be purchased by the Funds. These limitations do not prohibit investments in securities issued by foreign branches of U.S. banks, provided such U.S. banks meet the foregoing requirements.

Foreign Bank Obligations

Investments by the Funds in foreign bank obligations and obligations of foreign branches of domestic banks present certain risks, including the impact of future political and economic developments, the possible imposition of withholding taxes on interest income, the possible seizure or nationalization of foreign deposits, the possible establishment of exchange controls and/or the addition of other foreign governmental restrictions that might affect adversely the payment of principal and interest on these obligations. In addition, there may be less publicly available and reliable information about a foreign bank than about domestic banks owing to different accounting, auditing, reporting and record-keeping standards.

Short-Term Corporate Debt Securities

These are outstanding nonconvertible corporate debt securities (e.g., bonds and debentures) which have one year or less remaining to maturity. Corporate notes may have fixed, variable, or floating rates.

Commercial Paper

These are short-term promissory notes issued by corporations primarily to finance short-term credit needs.

Mortgage-Backed Securities

(Dynamic Fund only)

The Fund may invest in mortgage-backed securities that are Agency Pass-Through Certificates, Private Pass-Throughs or collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”), as defined and described below.

Agency Pass-Through Certificates are mortgage pass-through certificates representing undivided interests in pools of residential mortgage loans. Distribution of principal and interest on the mortgage loans underlying an Agency Pass-Through Certificate is an obligation of or guaranteed by GNMA, FNMA or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Commission (“FHLMC”). GNMA is a wholly-owned corporate instrumentality of the United States within the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The guarantee of GNMA with respect to GNMA certificates is backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, and GNMA is authorized to borrow from the United States Treasury in an amount which is at any time sufficient to enable GNMA, with no limitation as to amount, to perform its guarantee.

FNMA is a federally chartered and privately owned corporation organized and existing under federal law. FNMA has been placed into conservatorship of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”). Although the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States has discretionary authority to lend funds to FNMA, neither the United States nor any agency thereof has been obligated to finance FNMA’s operation or to assist FNMA in any other manner.

FHLMC is a federally chartered corporation organized and existing under federal law. FHLMC has been placed into conservatorship of the FHFA. Neither the United States nor any agency thereof is obligated to finance FHLMC’s operations or to assist FHLMC in any other manner.

The mortgage loans underlying GNMA certificates are partially- or fully-guaranteed by the Federal Housing Administration or the Veterans Administration, while the mortgage loans underlying FNMA certificates and FHLMC certificates are conventional mortgage loans which are, in some cases, insured by private mortgage insurance companies. Agency Pass-Through Certificates may be issued in a single class with respect to a given pool of mortgage loans or in multiple classes.

The residential mortgage loans evidenced by Agency Pass-Through Certificates and upon which CMOs are based generally are secured by first mortgages on one- to four-family residential dwellings. Such mortgage loans generally have final maturities ranging from 15 to 30 years and provide for monthly payments in amounts sufficient to amortize their original principal amounts by the maturity dates. Each monthly payment on such mortgage loans generally includes both an interest component and a principal component, so that the holder of the mortgage loan receives both interest and a partial return of principal in each monthly payment. In general, such mortgage loans can be prepaid by the borrowers at any time without any prepayment penalty. In addition, many such mortgage loans contain a “due-on-sale” clause requiring the loans to be repaid in full upon the sale of the property securing the loans. Because residential mortgage loans generally provide for monthly amortization and may be prepaid in full at any time, the weighted average maturity of a pool of residential mortgage loans is likely to be substantially shorter than its stated final maturity date. The rate at which a pool of residential mortgage loans is prepaid may be influenced by many factors and is not predictable with precision. Private mortgage pass-through securities (“Private Pass-Throughs”) are structured similarly to GNMA, FNMA and FHLMC mortgage pass-through securities and are issued by originators of and investors in mortgage loans, including savings and loan associations, mortgage bankers, commercial banks, investment banks and special purpose subsidiaries of the foregoing. These securities usually are backed by a pool of conventional fixed rate or adjustable loans. Since Private Pass-Throughs typically are not guaranteed by an entity having the credit status of GNMA, FNMA or FHLMC, such securities generally are structured with one or more types of credit enhancement. Such credit support falls into two categories: (i) liquidity protection and (ii) protection against losses resulting from ultimate default by an obligor on the underlying assets. Liquidity protection refers to the provisions of advances, generally by the entity administering the pool of assets, to ensure that the pass-through of payments due on the underlying pool occurs in a timely fashion. Protection against losses resulting from ultimate default enhances the likelihood of ultimate payment of the obligations on at least a portion of the assets in the pool. Such protection may be provided through guarantees, insurance policies or letters of credit obtained by the issuer or sponsor from third parties, through various means of structuring the transaction or through a combination of such approaches. The Fund will not pay any additional fees for such credit support, although the existence of credit support may increase the price of a security.

The ratings of securities for which third-party credit enhancement provides liquidity protection or protection against losses from default are generally dependent upon the continued creditworthiness of the enhancement provider. The ratings of such securities could be subject to reduction in the event of deterioration in the credit-worthiness of the credit enhancement provider even in cases where the delinquency and loss experience on the underlying pool of assets is better than expected.

The Fund may invest in stripped mortgage-backed securities. Such securities are created when a U.S. government agency or a financial institution separates the interest and principal components of a mortgage-backed security and sells them as individual securities. The holder of the “principal-only” security (“PO”) receives the principal payments made by the underlying mortgage-backed security, while the holder of the “interest-only” security (“IO”) receives interest payments from the same underlying security. The prices of stripped mortgage-backed securities may be particularly affected by changes in interest rates. As interest rates fall, prepayment rates tend to increase, which tends to reduce prices of IOs and increase prices of POs. Rising interest rates can have the opposite effect.

CMOs are debt obligations typically issued by a private special-purpose entity and collateralized by residential or commercial mortgage loans or Agency Pass-Through Certificates. Because CMOs are debt obligations of private entities, payments on CMOs generally are not obligations of or guaranteed by any governmental entity, and their ratings and credit-worthiness typically depend, among other factors, on the legal insulation of the issuer and transaction from the consequences of a sponsoring entity’s bankruptcy.

CMOs generally are issued in multiple classes, with holders of each class entitled to receive specified portions of the principal payments and prepayments and/or of the interest payments on the underlying mortgage loans. These entitlements can be specified in a wide variety of ways, so that the payment characteristics of various classes may differ greatly from one another. For instance, holders may hold interests in CMO tranches called Z-tranches which defer interest and principal payments until one or other classes of the CMO have been paid in full. In addition, for example:

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In a sequential-pay CMO structure, one class is entitled to receive all principal payments and pre- payments on the underlying mortgage loans (and interest on unpaid principal) until the principal

of the class is repaid in full, while the remaining classes receive only interest; when the first class is repaid in full, a second class becomes entitled to receive all principal payments and prepayments on the underlying mortgage loans until the class is repaid in full, and so forth.

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A planned amortization class (“PAC”) of CMOs is entitled to receive principal on a stated schedule to the extent that it is available from the underlying mortgage loans, thus providing a greater (but not absolute) degree of certainty as to the schedule upon which principal will be repaid.

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An accrual class of CMOs provides for interest to accrue and be added to principal (but not be paid currently) until specified payments have been made on prior classes, at which time the principal of the accrual class (including the accrued interest which was added to principal) and interest thereon begins to be paid from payments on the underlying mortgage loans.

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As discussed above with respect to pass-through, mortgage-backed securities, an interest-only class of CMOs entitles the holder to receive all of the interest and none of the principal on the underlying mortgage loans, while a principal-only class of CMOs entitles the holder to receive all of the principal payments and prepayments and none of the interest on the underlying mortgage loans.

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A floating rate class of CMOs entitles the holder to receive interest at a rate which changes in the same direction and magnitude as changes in a specified index rate. An inverse floating rate class of CMOs entitles the holder to receive interest at a rate which changes in the opposite direction from, and in the same magnitude as, or in a multiple of, changes in a specified index rate. Floating rate and inverse floating rate classes also may be subject to “caps” and “floors” on adjustments to the interest rates which they bear.

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A subordinated class of CMOs is subordinated in right of payment to one or more other classes. Such a subordinated class provides some or all of the credit support for the classes that are senior to it by absorbing losses on the underlying mortgage loans before the senior classes absorb any losses. A subordinated class which is subordinated to one or more classes but senior to one or more other classes is sometimes referred to as a “mezzanine” class. A subordinated class generally carries a lower rating than the classes that are senior to it, but may still carry an investment grade rating.

It generally is more difficult to predict the effect of changes in market interest rates on the return on mortgage-backed securities than to predict the effect of such changes on the return of a conventional fixed-rate debt instrument, and the magnitude of such effects may be greater in some cases. The return on interest-only and principal-only mortgage-backed securities is particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates and prepayment speeds. When interest rates decline and prepayment speeds increase, the holder of an interest-only mortgage-backed security may not even recover its initial investment. Similarly, the return on an inverse floating rate CMO is likely to decline more sharply in periods of increasing interest rates than that of a fixed-rate security. For these reasons, interest-only, principal-only and inverse floating rate mortgage-backed securities generally have greater risk than more conventional classes of mortgage-backed securities.

Asset-Backed Securities

(Dynamic Fund only)

The Fund may invest in types of asset-backed securities which represent forms of consumer credit such as automobile and credit card receivables, manufactured (mobile) home loans, home improvement loans and home equity loans. Asset-backed securities are generally privately issued and pass through cash flows to investors. Interest and principal payments depend upon payment of the underlying loans by individuals, although the securities may be supported by letters of credit or other credit enhancements. The value of asset-backed securities may also depend on the credit-worthiness of the servicing agent for the loan pool, the originator of the loans, or the financial institution providing the credit enhancement.

Generally, asset-backed securities include many of the risks associated with mortgage-related securities. In general, however, the collateral supporting asset-backed securities is of shorter maturity than mortgage loans and is less likely to experience substantial prepayments. Asset-backed securities involve certain risks that are not posed by mortgage-backed securities, resulting mainly from the fact that asset-backed securities do not usually contain the complete benefit of a security interest in the related collateral. For example, credit card receivables generally are unsecured and the debtors are entitled to the protection

of a number of state and federal consumer credit laws, including the bankruptcy laws, some of which may reduce the ability to obtain full payment. In the case of automobile receivables, due to various legal and economic factors, proceeds for repossessed collateral may not always be sufficient to support payments on these securities.

Lower-Rated Securities

(Dynamic Fund only)

Dynamic Fund may invest up to 10% of its net assets in fixed-income securities rated below investment grade (“high-yield securities” or “junk bonds”), provided that such securities are rated in one of the two categories just below investment grade (BB and B of S&P Global Ratings, Fitch, Inc., and Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited, Ba and B of Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., bb and b of A.M. Best Company, Inc.) by at least one Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (“NRSRO”) or, if unrated, are determined by Alger Management to be of equivalent quality. Such lower-rated securities may be subject to certain risks with respect to the issuer’s ability to make scheduled payments of principal and interest, and to greater market fluctuations. While generally providing higher coupons or interest rates than higher-quality securities, lower-quality fixed-income securities involve greater risk of loss of principal and income, including the possibility of default or bankruptcy of their issuers, and exhibit greater price volatility, especially during periods of economic uncertainty or change. Lower-quality fixed-income securities tend to be affected by economic changes and short-term corporate and industry developments to a greater extent than higher-quality securities, which react primarily to fluctuations in the general level of interest rates. The market for lower-rated securities is generally less liquid than the market for investment-grade fixed-income securities. It may be more difficult to sell lower-rated securities in order to meet redemption requests or respond to changes in the market.

Securities ratings are based largely on the issuer’s historical financial condition and the rating agencies’ analysis of the issuer at the time of the rating. Therefore, the rating assigned to any particular security is not necessarily a reflection on the issuer’s current financial condition or ability to make timely payments of interest and principal, which may be better or worse than the rating would indicate. In addition, the ratings by NRSROs do not necessarily reflect an assessment of the volatility of a security’s market value or liquidity. To the extent that the Fund invests in such securities, the achievement of its investment objective may be more dependent on Alger Management’s own credit analysis. If a security in which the Fund has invested is downgraded, so that it would no longer be eligible for purchase by the Fund, the Fund will not necessarily sell the security immediately; Alger Management will consider whether to retain or dispose of the security in the light of all the circumstances. See the Appendix to this SAI for a discussion of the rating categories.

Variable Rate Master Demand Notes

These are unsecured instruments that permit the indebtedness thereunder to vary and provide for periodic adjustments in the interest rate. Because these notes are direct lending arrangements between a Fund and an issuer, they are not normally traded. Although no active secondary market may exist for these notes, a Fund may demand payment of principal and accrued interest at any time or may resell the note to a third party. While the notes are not typically rated by credit rating agencies, issuers of variable rate master demand notes must satisfy Alger Management that the same criteria for issuers of commercial paper are met. In addition, when purchasing variable rate master demand notes, Alger Management will consider the earning power, cash flows and other liquidity ratios of the issuers of the notes and will continuously monitor their financial status and ability to meet payment on demand. In the event an issuer of a variable rate master demand note were to default on its payment obligations, a Fund might be unable to dispose of the note because of the absence of a secondary market and could, for this or other reasons, suffer a loss to the extent of the default.

Repurchase Agreements

Under the terms of a repurchase agreement, a Fund would acquire a high quality money market instrument for a relatively short period (usually not more than one week) subject to an obligation of the seller to repurchase, and the Fund to resell, the instrument at an agreed price (including accrued interest) and time, thereby determining the yield during the Fund’s holding period. Repurchase agreements may be seen to be loans by the Fund collateralized by the underlying instrument. This arrangement results in a fixed rate of return that is not subject to market fluctuations during the Fund’s holding period and not necessarily related to the rate of return on the underlying instrument. The value of the underlying securities, including accrued interest, will be at least equal at all times to the total amount of the repurchase obligation, including interest. A Fund bears a risk of loss in the event that the other party to a

repurchase agreement defaults on its obligations and the Fund is delayed in or prevented from exercising its rights to dispose of the collateral securities, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the collateral securities during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert these rights, the risk of incurring expenses associated with asserting these rights and the risk of losing all or part of the income from the agreement. Alger Management reviews the creditworthiness of those banks, dealers and clearing corporations with which the Funds enter into repurchase agreements to evaluate these risks and monitors on an ongoing basis the value of the securities subject to repurchase agreements to ensure that the value is maintained at the required level.

Warrants and Rights

Each Fund may invest in warrants and rights. A warrant is a type of security that entitles the holder to buy a specified amount of common stock at a specified price, usually higher than the market price at the time of issuance, for a period of years or to perpetuity. In contrast, rights, which also represent the right to buy common shares, normally have a subscription price lower than the current market value of the common stock and a life of two to four weeks. Warrants are freely transferable and are traded on the major securities exchanges.

Equity-Linked Notes

Each Fund may invest in equity-linked notes. These are notes, typically issued by financial institutions or special purpose entities, whose performance is tied to a foreign equity security or a basket or index of foreign equity securities; the principal payable at maturity is based on the current price of the linked security, basket or index. Equity-linked notes are generally subject to the risks associated with the securities of foreign issuers and with securities denominated in foreign currencies and, because they are equity-linked, may return a lower amount at maturity because of a decline in value of the linked security or securities.

Restricted and Illiquid Securities

A Fund will not invest more than 15% of its net assets in “illiquid” investments, which are defined as securities that the Manager reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment.

Each Fund may invest in restricted securities; i.e., securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on their resale. These restrictions might prevent the sale of the securities at a time when a sale would otherwise be desirable.

Each Fund may invest in restricted securities governed by Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Rule 144A is designed to facilitate efficient trading of unregistered securities among institutional investors. Rule 144A permits the resale to qualified institutions of restricted securities that, when issued, were not of the same class as securities listed on a U.S. securities exchange or quoted on NASDAQ.

Restricted securities may be illiquid or less liquid. In determining the liquidity of a restricted security, the Manager will, using information obtained after reasonable inquiry, take into account relevant market, trading, and investment-specific considerations. If institutional trading in restricted securities were to decline to limited levels, the liquidity of a Fund could be adversely affected.

Lending of Fund Securities

Each Fund may lend securities to brokers, dealers and other financial organizations. The Funds will not lend securities to Alger Management or its affiliates. By lending its securities, a Fund can increase its income by continuing to receive interest or dividends on the loaned securities as well as by either investing the cash collateral in short-term securities or by earning income in the form of interest paid by the borrower when U.S. Government securities or letters of credit are used as collateral. Each Fund will adhere to the following conditions whenever its securities are loaned: (a) the Fund must receive at least 100% cash collateral or equivalent securities from the borrower; (b) the borrower must increase this collateral whenever the market value of the loaned securities including accrued interest exceeds the value of the collateral; (c) the Fund must be able to terminate the loan at any time; (d) the Fund must receive reasonable interest on the loan, as well as any dividends, interest or other distributions on the loaned securities and any increase in market value; (e) the Fund may pay only reasonable custodian fees in

connection with the loan; and (f) voting rights on the loaned securities may pass to the borrower; provided, however, that if a material event adversely affecting the investment occurs, the Board must terminate the loan and regain the right to vote the securities.

A Fund bears a risk of loss in the event that the other party to a securities loan transaction defaults on its obligations and the Fund is delayed in or prevented from exercising its rights to dispose of the collateral, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the collateral securities during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert these rights, the risk of incurring expenses associated with asserting these rights and the risk of losing all or a part of the income from the transaction.

Foreign Securities

Spectra Fund may invest up to 20%, and each other Fund may invest up to 100%, of the value of its total assets in foreign securities. Foreign securities are securities issued by companies generally defined by a third party, or in certain circumstances by a Portfolio Manager, (i) that are organized under the laws of a foreign country; (ii) whose securities are primarily listed in a foreign country; or (iii) that have a majority of their assets, or derive more than 50% of their revenue or profits from business, investments, or sales, outside the United States. Foreign securities investments may be affected by changes in currency rates or exchange control regulations, changes in governmental administration or economic or monetary policy (in the United States and abroad) or changed circumstances in dealings between nations. Dividends paid by foreign issuers may be subject to withholding and other foreign taxes that may decrease the net return on these investments as compared to dividends paid to a Fund by domestic corporations. It should be noted that there may be less publicly available information about foreign issuers than about domestic issuers, and foreign issuers are not subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and requirements comparable to those of domestic issuers. Securities of some foreign issuers are more volatile than securities of comparable domestic issuers and foreign brokerage commissions are generally higher than in the United States. Foreign securities markets may also be more volatile and less subject to government supervision than those in the United States. Investments in foreign countries could be affected by other factors not present in the United States, including expropriation, confiscatory taxation and potential difficulties in enforcing contractual obligations. Securities purchased on foreign exchanges may be held in custody by a foreign branch of a domestic bank.

Each Fund may invest in the securities of foreign issuers in the form of American Depositary Receipts and American Depositary Shares (collectively, “ADRs”) and Global Depositary Receipts and Global Depositary Shares (collectively, “GDRs”) and other forms of depositary receipts. These securities may not necessarily be denominated in the same currency as the securities into which they may be converted. ADRs are receipts typically issued by a United States bank or trust company which evidence ownership of underlying securities issued by a foreign corporation. GDRs are receipts issued outside the United States typically by non-United States banks and trust companies that evidence ownership of either foreign or domestic securities. Generally, ADRs in registered form are designed for use in the United States securities markets and GDRs in bearer form are designed for use outside the United States.

These securities will generally be purchased through “sponsored” facilities. A sponsored facility is established jointly by the issuer of the underlying security and a depositary. A depositary may establish an unsponsored facility without participation by the issuer of the deposited security. Holders of unsponsored depositary receipts generally bear all the costs of such facilities, and the depositary of an unsponsored facility frequently is under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications received from the issuer of the deposited security or to pass through voting rights to the holders of such receipts in respect of the deposited securities.

Executive Order on Securities Investments that Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies

As a result of an Executive Order issued by the former President of the United States (the “Order”), effective January 11, 2021, U.S. persons (including the Funds) are prohibited from transacting in certain securities and derivatives of publicly traded securities of any companies designated as a “Communist Chinese military company” (“CCMCs” and collectively with securities of certain subsidiaries of such companies and related depositary receipts that may be covered by the Order, “CCMC Securities”) by the U.S. Department of Defense (the “DOD”) or the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) unless such transactions are for purposes of divestment. The DOD designated an initial list of CCMCs prior to January 11, 2021 and, along with OFAC, may designate additional

CCMCs from time to time. With respect to additional CCMCs, U.S. persons will be prohibited from transacting in CCMC Securities 60 days after such CCMC is designated by the DOD or OFAC, and will have 365 days from such designation date to divest their holdings in those CCMC Securities.

OFAC has published guidance regarding compliance with the Order, including several “Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQs)-style publications addressing the scope of, and interpretive matters regarding, compliance with the Order, as well as the Order’s application to U.S. funds that hold CCMC Securities (i.e., including mutual funds that hold CCMC Securities regardless of the size of the position relative to a fund’s total assets). Certain interpretive issues related to compliance with the Order remain open, including to what extent a U.S. person could be held liable for failing to identify an unlisted entity whose name “close matches the name” of an entity designated as a Communist Chinese military company.

A Fund’s performance may be adversely impacted by restrictions on its ability to hold CCMC Securities. The extent of any impact will depend on future developments, including a Fund’s ability to buy and sell the CCMC Securities, valuation of the CCMC Securities, modifications to the Order, the issuance of additional or different interpretive guidance regarding compliance with the Order, and the duration of the Order, all of which are highly uncertain.

Investing in Europe

Ongoing concerns regarding the economies of certain European countries and/or their sovereign debt, as well as the possibility that one or more countries might leave the European Union (the “EU”), create risks for investing in the EU. A number of countries in Europe have experienced severe economic and financial difficulties. Many non-governmental issuers, and even certain governments, have defaulted on, or been forced to restructure, their debts. Many other issuers have faced difficulties obtaining credit or refinancing existing obligations. Financial institutions have in many cases required government or central bank support, have needed to raise capital, and/or have been impaired in their ability to extend credit, and financial markets in Europe and elsewhere have experienced significant volatility and declines in asset values and liquidity. These difficulties may continue, worsen or spread within and outside of Europe. Responses to the financial problems by European governments, central banks and others, including austerity measures and reforms, may not be effective, may result in social unrest and may limit future growth and economic recovery or have other unintended consequences. Further defaults or restructurings by governments and others of outstanding debt could have additional adverse effects on economies, financial markets and asset valuations around the world.

The United Kingdom (the “UK”) left the EU (known as “Brexit”) on January 31, 2020 under the terms of a negotiated departure deal. A transition period, which kept most pre-departure arrangements in place, ended on December 31, 2020, and the UK entered into a new trading relationship with the EU under the terms of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (“TCA”) which reflected the long-term, post-transition landscape. Further discussions are to be held between the UK and the EU in relation to matters not covered by the trade agreement, such as financial services. Notwithstanding the TCA, significant uncertainty remains in the market regarding the ramifications of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union. Significant economic and regulatory uncertainty caused by the UK's exit from the EU has resulted in volatile markets for the UK and broader international financial markets. While the long-term effects of Brexit remain unclear, in the short term, financial markets may experience, among other things, greater volatility and/or illiquidity, currency fluctuations, and a decline in cross-border investment between the UK and the EU. The effects of Brexit are also being shaped by new trade deals that the UK is negotiating with several other countries, including the United States. Brexit could lead to legal and tax uncertainty and potentially divergent national laws and regulations as the UK determines which EU laws to replicate or replace. The impact of Brexit, and these new trade agreements, on the UK and in global markets as well as any associated adverse consequences remains unclear, and the uncertainty may have a negative effect on the value of a Fund's investments.

In addition, Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, significantly amplifying already existing geopolitical tensions. The United States and many other countries have instituted various economic sanctions against Russian individuals and entities (including corporate and banking). The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions imposed and other punitive action taken and resulting future market disruptions in Europe and globally are impossible to predict, but could be significant and have a severe adverse effect on Russia and Europe in general, including significant negative impacts on the economy and the markets for certain securities and commodities, such as oil and natural gas, as well as other sectors. This conflict may expand and military attacks could occur elsewhere in Europe. The potential for wider conflict may increase financial market volatility and could have severe

adverse effects on regional and global economic markets. Whether or not a Fund invests in securities of issuers located in Europe or with significant exposure to European issuers or countries, these events could negatively affect the value and relative liquidity of a Fund’s investments.

It is not possible to ascertain the precise impact these events may have on a Fund or its investments from an economic, financial, tax or regulatory perspective but any such impact could have material consequences for a Fund and its investments. Whether or not a Fund invests in securities of issuers located in Europe or has significant exposure to European issuers or countries, these events could negatively affect the value and liquidity of a Fund’s investment.

Emerging Markets Investments

A Fund may invest in the securities of issuers domiciled in various countries with emerging capital markets. Unless otherwise provided in a Fund’s Prospectuses, a country with an emerging capital market is any country that is (i) generally recognized to be an emerging market country by the international financial community, such as the International Finance Corporation, or determined by the World Bank to have a low, middle or middle upper income economy; (ii) classified by the United Nations or its authorities to be developing; and/or (iii) included in a broad-based index that is generally representative of emerging markets. Countries with emerging markets can be found in regions such as Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe and Africa.

Investments in the securities of issuers domiciled in countries with emerging capital markets involve certain additional risks that do not generally apply to investments in securities of issuers in more developed capital markets, such as (i) low or non-existent trading volume, resulting in market illiquidity and increased volatility in prices for such securities, as compared to securities of comparable issuers in more developed capital markets; (ii) uncertain national policies and social, political and economic instability, increasing the potential for expropriation of assets, confiscatory taxation, high rates of inflation or unfavorable diplomatic developments; (iii) possible fluctuations in exchange rates, differing legal systems and the existence or possible imposition of exchange controls, custodial restrictions or other foreign or U.S. governmental laws or restrictions applicable to such investments; (iv) national policies that may limit a Fund’s investment opportunities such as restrictions on investment in issuers or industries deemed sensitive to national interests; and (v) the lack or relatively early development of legal structures governing private and foreign investments and private property. In addition to withholding taxes on investment income, some countries with emerging markets may impose differential capital gains taxes on foreign investors.

Political and economic structures in emerging market countries may be undergoing significant evolution and rapid development, and these countries may lack the social, political and economic stability characteristic of more developed countries. In such a dynamic environment, there can be no assurance that any or all of these capital markets will continue to present viable investment opportunities for a Fund. In the past, governments of such nations have expropriated substantial amounts of private property, and most claims of the property owners have never been fully settled. There is no assurance that such expropriations will not reoccur. In such an event, it is possible that a Fund could lose the entire value of its investments in the affected market. As a result, the risks described above, including the risks of nationalization or expropriation of assets, may be heightened. In addition, unanticipated political or social developments may affect the value of investments in these countries and the availability to a Fund of additional investments. The small size and inexperience of the securities markets in certain of these countries and the limited volume of trading in securities in these countries may make investments in the countries illiquid and more volatile than investments in Japan or most Western European countries.

Also, there may be less publicly available information about issuers in emerging markets than would be available about issuers in more developed capital markets, and such issuers may not be subject to accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and requirements comparable to those to which U.S. companies are subject. In certain countries with emerging capital markets, reporting standards vary widely. As a result, traditional investment measurements used in the United States, such as price/earnings ratios, may not be applicable. Emerging market securities may be substantially less liquid than, and more volatile than, those of mature markets, and company shares may be held by a limited number of persons. This may adversely affect the timing and pricing of a Fund’s acquisition or disposal of securities.

Practices in relation to settlement of securities transactions in emerging markets involve higher risks than those in developed markets, in part because a Fund will need to use brokers and counterparties that are less well capitalized, and custody and registration of assets in some countries may be unreliable. The

possibility of fraud, negligence, undue influence being exerted by the issuer, or refusal to recognize ownership exists in some emerging markets, and, along with other factors, could result in ownership registration being completely lost. A Fund would absorb any loss resulting from such registration problems and may have no successful claim for compensation.

In addition, some emerging markets countries may have fixed or managed currencies which are not free-floating against the U.S. dollar. Further, certain emerging markets countries’ currencies may not be internationally traded. Certain of these currencies have experienced volatility relative to the U.S. dollar. If a Fund does not hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it owns denominated in currencies that are devalued, the Fund’s net asset value will be adversely affected. If a Fund hedges the U.S. dollar value of securities it owns denominated in currencies that increase in value, the Fund will not benefit from the hedge it purchased, and will lose the amount it paid for the hedge. 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 adverse effects on the economies and securities markets of certain of these countries.

The Emerging Fund may have significant exposure to securities listed and traded in China, Hong Kong, and India. The following discusses additional risks involved in such investments.

Risks of Investing in China and Hong Kong

In addition to the risks of investing in emerging markets discussed above, investing in securities listed and traded in the People’s Republic of China (“China” or the “PRC”) involves other specific risks. Such risks may include: (i) the risk of nationalization or expropriation of assets or confiscatory taxation; (ii) greater social, economic and political uncertainty; (iii) dependency on exports and the corresponding importance of international trade; (iv) increasing competition from Asia’s other low-cost emerging economies; (v) currency exchange rate fluctuations; (vi) higher rates of inflation; (vii) controls on foreign investment and limitations on repatriation of invested capital; (viii) greater governmental involvement in and control over the economy; (ix) the risk that the Chinese government may decide not to continue to support the economic reform programs implemented since 1978 and could return to the prior, completely centrally planned, economy; (x) the fact that Chinese companies, particularly those located in China, may be smaller, less seasoned and newly organized; (xi) the differences in, or lack of, auditing and financial reporting standards which may result in unavailability of material information about issuers, particularly in China; (xii) the fact that statistical information regarding the economy of China may be inaccurate or not comparable to statistical information regarding the U.S. or other economies; (xiii) the less extensive, and still developing, regulation of the securities markets, business entities and commercial transactions; (xiv) the willingness and ability of the Chinese government to support the Chinese and Hong Kong economies and markets is uncertain; (xv) the risk that it may be more difficult, or impossible, to obtain and/or enforce a judgment than in other countries; (xvi) the rapidity and erratic nature of growth, particularly in China, resulting in inefficiencies and dislocations; (xvii) the risk that, because of the degree of interconnectivity between the economies and financial markets of China and Hong Kong, any sizable reduction in the demand for goods from China, or an economic downturn in China, could negatively affect the economy and financial market of Hong Kong as well; and (xviii) the risk that certain companies in China may have dealings with countries subject to sanctions or embargoes imposed by the U.S. government or identified as state sponsors of terrorism.

The government of China maintains strict currency controls in support of economic, trade and political objectives and regularly intervenes in the currency market. The government’s actions in this respect may not be transparent or predictable. As a result, the value of Renminbi (“RMB”), and the value of securities designed to provide exposure to RMB, can change quickly and arbitrarily. Furthermore, it is difficult for foreign investors to directly access money market securities in China because of investment and trading restrictions. Major remaining barriers to foreign investment include opaque and inconsistently enforced laws and regulations and the lack of a rules-based legal infrastructure. These and other factors may decrease the value and liquidity of the Emerging Fund’s investments, and therefore the value and liquidity of an investment in the Emerging Fund. These and other factors could have a negative impact on the Emerging Fund’s performance.

The laws, government policies and political and economic climate in China may change with little or no advance notice. Any such change could adversely affect market conditions and the performance of the Chinese economy and, thus, the value of the Emerging Fund’s portfolio. After the formation of the

Chinese socialist state in 1949, the Chinese government renounced various debt obligations and nationalized private assets without compensation. There can be no assurance that the Chinese government will not take similar actions in the future.

Over the past few decades, China loosened some of its controls with respect to foreign investment to permit private economic activity. Under the economic reforms implemented by the Chinese government, the Chinese economy has experienced tremendous growth. However, there is no guarantee that the Chinese government will continue its current economic reforms or that the growth of the Chinese economy will be sustained in the future. Economic growth in China has historically been accompanied by periods of high inflation. If measures adopted by the Chinese government to counter inflation do not succeed, and if inflation were to worsen, the Chinese economy could be adversely affected.

The Chinese government continues to be an active participant in many economic sectors through ownership positions in Chinese companies and other forms of regulation. Certain government policies may result in the preferential treatment of particular sectors or companies and may have a significant effect on the Chinese economy. Exports and trade are integral to the Chinese economy. As a result, adverse changes to the economic conditions of China’s primary trading partners, such as the United States, Japan and South Korea, could adversely impact the Chinese economy.

The tax laws and regulations in the PRC are subject to change, including the issuance of authoritative guidance or enforcement, possibly with retroactive effect. The interpretation, applicability and enforcement of such laws by the PRC tax authorities are not as consistent and transparent as those of more developed nations, and may vary over time and from region to region. The application and enforcement of the PRC tax rules could have a significant adverse effect on the Emerging Fund and its investors, particularly in relation to capital gains withholding tax imposed upon non-residents. In addition, the accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and practices applicable to Chinese companies may be less rigorous, and may result in significant differences between financial statements prepared in accordance with PRC accounting standards and practices and those prepared in accordance with international accounting standards.

China operates under a civil law system, in which court precedent is not binding. The law is controlled exclusively through written statutes. Because there is no binding precedent to interpret existing statutes, there is also uncertainty regarding the implementation of existing law.

Hong Kong reverted to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997 as a Special Administrative Region of the PRC under the principle of “one country, two systems.” Although China is obligated to maintain the current capitalist economic and social system of Hong Kong through June 30, 2047, the continuation of economic and social freedoms enjoyed in Hong Kong is dependent on the government of China. Since 1997, there have been tensions between the Chinese government and many people in Hong Kong who perceive China as tightening control over Hong Kong’s semi-autonomous liberal political, economic, legal and social framework. Recent protests and unrest have increased tensions even further. Due to the interconnected nature of the Hong Kong and Chinese economies, this instability in Hong Kong may cause uncertainty in the Hong Kong and Chinese markets. In addition, the Hong Kong dollar trades at a fixed exchange rate in relation to (or is “pegged” to) the U.S. dollar, which has contributed to the growth and stability of the Hong Kong economy. However, it is uncertain how long the currency peg will continue or what effect the establishment of an alternative exchange rate system would have on the Hong Kong economy.

Risk of Investing through Stock Connect

China A-shares are equity securities of companies domiciled in China that trade on Chinese stock exchanges such as the Shanghai Stock Exchange (“SSE”) and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (“SZSE”) (“A-shares”). Foreign investment in A-shares on the SSE and SZSE has historically not been permitted, other than through a license granted under regulations in the PRC known as the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor and Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor systems.

Investment in eligible A-shares listed and traded on the SSE or SZSE is also permitted through the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program or the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect program, as applicable (each, a “Stock Connect” and collectively, “Stock Connects”). Each Stock Connect is a securities trading and clearing links program established by The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“SEHK”), the Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited (“HKSCC”), the SSE or SZSE, as applicable, and China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited (“CSDCC”) that aims to

provide mutual stock market access between the PRC and Hong Kong by permitting investors to trade and settle shares on each market through their local securities brokers. Under Stock Connects, the Emerging Fund’s trading of eligible A-shares listed on the SSE or SZSE, as applicable, would be effectuated through its Hong Kong broker and a securities trading service company established by SEHK.

Stock Connects are subject to daily quota limitations which may restrict the Emerging Fund’s ability to invest in A-shares through the program on a timely basis. Investment quotas are also subject to change. Investment in eligible A-shares through a Stock Connect is subject to trading, clearance and settlement procedures that could pose risks to the Emerging Fund. A-shares purchased through Stock Connects generally may not be sold or otherwise transferred other than through Stock Connects in accordance with applicable rules. In addition, Stock Connects will only operate on days when both the Chinese and Hong Kong markets are open for trading, and banking services are available in both markets on the corresponding settlement days. Therefore, an investment in A-shares through a Stock Connect may subject the Emerging Fund to a risk of price fluctuations on days when the Chinese market is open, but a Stock Connect is not trading. Moreover, day (turnaround) trading is not permitted on the A-shares market. If an investor buys A-shares on day “T,” the investor will only be able to sell the A-shares on or after day T+1. Further, since all trades of eligible A-shares must be settled in RMB, investors must have timely access to a reliable supply of offshore RMB, which cannot be guaranteed. There is also no assurance that RMB will not be subject to devaluation. Any devaluation of RMB could adversely affect the Emerging Fund’s investments. If the Emerging Fund holds a class of shares denominated in a local currency other than RMB, the Fund will be exposed to currency exchange risk if the Fund converts the local currency into RMB for investments in A-shares. The Emerging Fund may also incur conversion costs.

A-shares held through the nominee structure under a Stock Connect will be held through HKSCC as nominee on behalf of investors. The precise nature and rights of the Emerging Fund as the beneficial owner of stocks listed on the SSE market (“SSE Securities”) or SZSE market (“SZSE Securities”) through HKSCC as nominee is not well defined under the PRC laws. There is a lack of a clear definition of, and distinction between, legal ownership and beneficial ownership under the PRC laws and there have been few cases involving a nominee account structure in the PRC courts. The exact nature and methods of enforcement of the rights and interests of a Fund under the PRC laws is also uncertain. In the unlikely event that HKSCC becomes subject to winding up proceedings in Hong Kong, there is a risk that the SSE Securities or SZSE Securities may not be regarded as held for the beneficial ownership of the Emerging Fund or as part of the general assets of HKSCC available for general distribution to its creditors. Notwithstanding the fact that HKSCC does not claim proprietary interests in the SSE Securities or SZSE Securities held in its omnibus stock account in the CSDCC, the CSDCC as the share registrar for SSE- or SZSE-listed companies will still treat HKSCC as one of the shareholders when it handles corporate actions in respect of such SSE Securities or SZSE Securities. HKSCC monitors the corporate actions affecting SSE Securities and SZSE Securities and keeps participants of Central Clearing and Settlement System (“CCASS”) informed of all such corporate actions that require CCASS participants to take steps in order to participate in them. Investors may only exercise their voting rights by providing their voting instructions to HKSCC through participants of CCASS. All voting instructions from CCASS participants will be consolidated by HKSCC, who will then submit a combined single voting instruction to the relevant SSE- or SZSE-listed company.

Market participants are able to participate in Stock Connects subject to meeting certain information technology capability, risk management and other requirements as may be specified by the relevant exchange and/or clearing house. Further, the “connectivity” in Stock Connects requires routing of orders across the border of Hong Kong and the PRC. This requires the development of new information technology systems on the part of SEHK and exchange participants. There is no assurance that the systems of SEHK and market participants will function properly or will continue to be adapted to changes and developments in both markets. In the event that the relevant systems fail to function properly, trading in A-shares through Stock Connects could be disrupted.

The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program launched in November 2014 and the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect program launched in December 2016 are both in their initial stages. There is no certainty as to how the current regulations will be applied or interpreted going forward, and new or revised regulations may be issued from time to time by the regulators and stock exchanges in China and Hong Kong in connection with operations, legal enforcement and cross-border trades under Stock Connects. In addition, there can be no assurance that Stock Connect will not be discontinued. The Emerging Fund may be adversely affected as a result of such changes. Furthermore, the securities regimes

and legal systems of China and Hong Kong differ significantly and issues may arise from the differences on an on-going basis. In the event that the relevant systems fail to function properly, trading in both markets through Stock Connects could be disrupted and the Emerging Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective may be adversely affected. In addition, the Emerging Fund’s investments in A-shares through Stock Connects are generally subject to Chinese securities regulations and listing rules, among other restrictions. Further, different fees, costs and taxes are imposed on foreign investors acquiring A-shares through Stock Connects, and these fees, costs and taxes may be higher than comparable fees, costs and taxes imposed on owners of other securities providing similar investment exposure.

A-shares may only be bought from, or sold to, the Emerging Fund at times when the relevant A-shares may be sold or purchased on the relevant Chinese stock exchange. The A-shares market has a higher propensity for trading suspensions than many other global equity markets. Trading suspensions in certain stocks could lead to greater market execution risk and costs for the Emerging Fund. The SSE and SZSE currently apply a daily price limit, generally set at 10%, of the amount of fluctuation permitted in the prices of A-shares during a single trading day. The daily price limit refers to price movements only and does not restrict trading within the relevant limit. There can be no assurance that a liquid market on an exchange will exist for any particular A-share or for any particular time.

Risks of Investing in India

In addition to the risks of investing in emerging markets discussed above, investing in securities listed and traded in India involves other specific risks.

India is an emerging market and exhibits significantly greater market volatility from time to time in comparison to more developed markets. Political and legal uncertainty, greater government control over the economy, currency fluctuations or blockage and the risk of nationalization or expropriation of assets may result in higher potential for losses. Moreover, governmental actions can have a significant effect on the economic conditions in India, which could adversely affect the value and liquidity of the Emerging Fund’s investments. The securities markets in India are comparatively underdeveloped, and stockbrokers and other intermediaries may not perform as well as their counterparts in the United States and other more developed securities markets. The limited liquidity of the Indian securities markets may also affect the Emerging Fund’s ability to acquire or dispose of securities at the price and time that it desires.

Global factors and foreign actions may inhibit the flow of foreign capital on which India is dependent to sustain its growth. In addition, the Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”) has imposed limits on foreign ownership of Indian securities, which may decrease the liquidity of the Emerging Fund’s portfolio and result in extreme volatility in the prices of Indian securities. These factors, coupled with the lack of extensive accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and practices, as compared to the United States, may increase the Emerging Fund’s risk of loss. Further, certain Indian regulatory approvals, including approvals from the Securities and Exchange Board of India, the RBI, the central government and the tax authorities (to the extent that tax benefits need to be utilized), may be required before the Emerging Fund can make investments in the securities of Indian companies.

Foreign Debt Securities

The returns on foreign debt securities reflect interest rates and other market conditions prevailing in those countries. The relative performance of various countries’ fixed-income markets historically has reflected wide variations relating to the unique characteristics of the country’s economy. Year-to-year fluctuations in certain markets have been significant, and negative returns have been experienced in various markets from time to time.

The foreign government securities in which a Fund may invest generally consist of obligations issued or backed by national, state or provincial governments or similar political subdivisions or central banks in foreign countries. Foreign government securities also include debt obligations of supranational entities, which include international organizations designated or backed by governmental entities to promote economic reconstruction or development, international banking institutions and related government agencies. Examples include the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the “World Bank”), the Asian Development Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank.

Foreign government securities also include debt securities of “quasi-governmental agencies” and debt securities denominated in multinational currency units of an issuer (including supranational issuers). Debt securities of quasi-governmental agencies are issued by entities owned by either a national, state or equivalent government or are obligations of a political unit that is not backed by the national government’s full faith and credit and general taxing powers.

Derivative Transactions

General

Each Fund may invest in, or enter into, derivatives for a variety of reasons in accordance with its fundamental investment restrictions and investment strategies, including to hedge certain market or interest rate risks, to provide a substitute for purchasing or selling particular securities or to increase potential returns. Generally, derivatives are financial contracts whose value depends upon, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index, and may relate to stocks, bonds, interest rates, currencies or currency exchange rates, and related indexes. Examples of derivative instruments a Fund may use, depending on its fundamental investment restrictions, include, but are not limited to options contracts, futures contracts, options on futures contracts and swaps. Derivatives may provide a cheaper, quicker or more specifically focused way for a Fund to invest than “traditional” securities would. The Manager, however, may decide not to employ some or all of these strategies for a Fund and there is no assurance that any derivatives strategy used by a Fund will succeed.

Regulation of Derivatives

Rule 18f-4 (“Rule 18f-4”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) regulates the use by registered investment companies of derivatives transactions. Under Rule 18f-4, derivatives transactions include the following: (1) any swap, security-based swap (including a contract for differences), futures contract, forward contract, option (excluding purchased options), any combination of the foregoing, or any similar instrument, under which a Fund is or may be required to make any payment or delivery of cash or other assets during the life of the instrument or at maturity or early termination, whether as margin or settlement payment or otherwise; (2) any short sale borrowing; (3) reverse repurchase agreements and similar financing transactions (e.g., recourse and non-recourse tender option bonds, and borrowed bonds), if a Fund elects to treat these transactions as derivatives transactions under Rule 18f-4; and (4) when-issued or forward-settling securities (e.g., firm commitments) and non-standard settlement cycle securities, unless a Fund intends to physically settle the transaction and the transaction will settle within 35 days of its trade date (the “Delayed Settlement Securities Provision”). Rule 18f-4 requires, among other things, that certain entities adopt a derivatives risk management program, appoint a derivatives risk manager, comply with limitations on leverage-related risk based on a “value-at-risk” test and update reporting and disclosure procedures. Rule 18f-4 excepts from some of the requirements, including establishing a derivatives risk management program and calculating value-at-risk, a “limited derivatives user,” which is any fund whose derivatives exposure is limited to 10% of its net assets and which has adopted policies and procedures designed to manage derivatives risks. As of the date of this SAI, each of Alger Responsible Investing Fund and Alger Emerging Markets Fund qualifies, and is anticipated to continue to qualify, as a limited derivatives user under Rule 18f-4.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) subjects advisers to registered investment companies to regulation by the CFTC if a fund that is advised by the investment adviser either (i) invests, directly or indirectly, more than a prescribed level of its liquidation value in CFTC-regulated futures, options and swaps (“CFTC Derivatives”) or (ii) markets itself as providing investment exposure to such instruments. To the extent a Fund uses CFTC Derivatives, it intends to do so below such prescribed levels and will not market itself as a “commodity pool” or a vehicle for trading such instruments. Accordingly, the Manager has claimed exclusion from the definition of the term “commodity pool operator” under the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) pursuant to Rule 4.5 under the CEA. The Manager is not, therefore, subject to registration or regulation as a “commodity pool operator” under the CEA in respect of the Funds.

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”), enacted in July 2010, includes provisions that comprehensively regulate the over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives markets for the first time. While the CFTC and other U.S. regulators have adopted many of the required Dodd-Frank regulations, certain regulations have only recently become effective and other regulations remain to be adopted. The full impact of Dodd-Frank on each Fund remains uncertain.

OTC derivatives dealers are now required to register with the CFTC as “swap dealers” and with the SEC as “security-based swap dealers.” Registered swap dealers are subject to various regulatory requirements, including, but not limited to, margin, recordkeeping, reporting, transparency, position limits, limitations on conflicts of interest, business conduct standards, minimum capital requirements and other regulatory requirements.

OTC derivatives trades submitted for clearing are subject to minimum initial and variation margin requirements set by the relevant clearinghouse, as well as margin requirements mandated by the CFTC, SEC and/or federal prudential regulators. In addition, futures commission merchants (“FCMs”), who act as clearing members on behalf of customers for cleared OTC derivatives and futures contracts, also have discretion to increase a Fund’s margin requirements for these transactions beyond any regulatory and clearinghouse minimums subject to any restrictions on such discretion in the documentation between the FCM and the customer. These regulatory requirements may make it more difficult and costly for a Fund to enter into highly tailored or customized transactions, potentially rendering certain investment strategies impossible or not economically feasible. If a Fund decides to execute and clear cleared OTC derivatives and/or futures contracts through execution facilities, exchanges or clearinghouses, either indirectly through an executing broker, clearing member FCM or as a direct member, a Fund would be required to comply with the rules of the execution facility, exchange or clearinghouse and other applicable law.

With respect to cleared OTC derivatives and futures contracts and options on futures, a Fund will not face a clearinghouse directly but rather will do so through a FCM that is registered with the CFTC and/or SEC and that acts as a clearing member. A Fund may face the indirect risk of the failure of another clearing member customer to meet its obligations to its clearing member. Such scenario could arise due to a default by the clearing member on its obligations to the clearinghouse simultaneously with a customer’s failure to meet its obligations to the clearing member. Clearing member FCMs are required to post initial margin to the clearinghouses through which they clear their customers’ cleared OTC derivatives and futures contracts, instead of using such initial margin in their businesses, as was widely permitted before Dodd-Frank. While an FCM may require its customer to post initial margin in excess of clearinghouse requirements, and certain clearinghouses may share a portion of their earnings on initial margin with their clearing members, some portion of the initial margin that is passed through to the clearinghouse does not generate earnings for the FCM. The inability of FCMs to earn the same levels of returns on initial margin for cleared OTC derivatives as they could earn with respect to non-cleared OTC derivatives may cause FCMs to charge higher fees, or provide less favorable pricing on cleared OTC derivatives than swap dealers will provide for non-cleared OTC derivatives. Furthermore, customers, including a Fund, are subject to additional fees payable to FCMs with respect to cleared OTC derivatives, which may raise the cost a Fund of clearing as compared to trading non-cleared OTC derivatives bilaterally.

The CFTC and the U.S. commodities exchanges impose limits on the maximum net long or net short speculative positions that any person may hold or control in any particular futures or options contracts traded on U.S. commodities exchanges. For example, the CFTC has historically imposed speculative position limits on a number of agricultural commodities (e.g., corn, oats, wheat, soybeans and cotton) and United States commodities exchanges currently impose speculative position limits on many other commodities. A Fund could be required to liquidate positions it holds in order to comply with position limits or may not be able to fully implement trading instructions generated by its trading models, in order to comply with position limits. Any such liquidation or limited implementation could result in substantial costs to a Fund.

New regulations and the resulting increased costs and regulatory oversight requirements may result in market participants being required or deciding to limit their trading activities, which could lead to decreased market liquidity and increased market volatility. In addition, transaction costs incurred by market participants are likely to be higher due to the increased costs of compliance with the new regulations. These consequences could adversely affect a Fund’s returns.

Risks of Derivative Transactions

Derivatives can be volatile and involve various types and degrees of risk, depending upon the characteristics of the particular derivative and the portfolio as a whole. Derivatives permit a Fund to increase or decrease the level of risk, or change the character of the risk, to which its portfolio is exposed in much the same way as the Fund can increase or decrease the level of risk, or change the character of the risk, of its portfolio by making investments in specific securities. However, derivatives may entail investment exposures that are greater than their cost would suggest, meaning that a small investment in derivatives could have a large potential impact on a Fund’s performance.

If a Fund invests in derivatives at inopportune times or judges market conditions incorrectly, such investments may lower the Fund’s return or result in a loss. A Fund also could experience losses if its derivatives were poorly correlated with the underlying instruments or the Fund’s other investments, or if the Fund were unable to liquidate its position because of an illiquid secondary market. The market for many derivatives is, or suddenly can become, illiquid. Changes in liquidity may result in significant, rapid and unpredictable changes in the prices for derivatives.

Short Sales

Each Fund may sell securities “short against the box.” While a short sale is the sale of a security the Fund does not own, it is “against the box” if at all times when the short position is open the Fund owns an equal amount of the securities or securities convertible into, or exchangeable without further consideration for, securities of the same issue as the securities sold short.

Additionally, each Fund may enter into short sales that are not “against the box”. Short sales that are not “against the box” are also known as naked short sales, meaning a Fund does not own the securities against which the short sale was entered, exposing a Fund to unlimited risk. In order to engage in a short sale, a Fund arranges with a broker to borrow the security being sold short. A Fund must deposit collateral, consisting of cash or marketable securities, with the broker to secure a Fund’s obligation to replace the security. In addition, a Fund must pay the broker any dividends or interest paid on the borrowed security during the time the short position is open. In order to close out its short position, a Fund will replace the security by purchasing the security at the price prevailing at the time of replacement. If the price of the security sold short has increased since the time of the short sale, a Fund will incur a loss in addition to the costs associated with establishing, maintaining and closing out the short position. If the price of the security sold short has decreased since the time of the short sale, a Fund will experience a gain to the extent the difference in price is greater than these costs.

Short sale transactions have been subject to increased regulatory scrutiny in response to recent market events, including the imposition of restrictions on short-selling certain securities and reporting requirements. Regulatory authorities may from time to time impose restrictions that adversely affect the ability to borrow certain securities in connection with short sale transactions. Regulations imposed by the SEC, and the potential for further interventions by the SEC or other regulators, may discourage or impede short selling practices due to the increased economic, regulatory, compliance and disclosure obligations or risks that they present. In accordance with Rule 18f-4, each Fund considers short sales to be derivatives.

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

(Dynamic Fund only)

Reverse repurchase agreements are the same as repurchase agreements except that, in this instance, a Fund would assume the role of seller/borrower in the transaction. A Fund will maintain segregated accounts consisting of cash or liquid securities that at all times are in an amount equal to its obligations under reverse repurchase agreements. A Fund will invest the proceeds in money market instruments or repurchase agreements maturing not later than the expiration of the reverse repurchase agreement. Reverse repurchase agreements involve the risk that the market value of the securities sold by a Fund may decline below the repurchase price of the securities. A Fund’s use of reverse repurchase agreements is governed in accordance with the requirements of Rule 18f-4.

Options

Each Fund may purchase put and call options and write (i.e., sell) put and call options on individual securities, baskets of securities, securities indexes, or particular measurements of value or rates, such as an index of the price of treasury securities or an index representative of short-term interest rates to increase gains or to hedge against the risk of unfavorable price movements. A Fund may make such investments on exchanges and in the OTC markets. In general, exchange-traded options have standardized exercise prices and expiration dates and require the parties to post margin against their obligations, and the performance of the parties’ obligations in connection with such options is guaranteed by the exchange or a related clearing corporation. OTC options have more flexible terms negotiated between the buyer and the seller, but are subject to greater credit risk. OTC options also involve greater illiquidity risk.

A Fund may purchase call options on any of the types of securities or instruments in which it may invest. A call option on a security is a contract that gives the holder of the option the right, in return for a premium paid, to buy from the writer (seller) of the call option the security underlying the option at a specified exercise price during the term of the option. The writer of the call option has the obligation

upon exercise of the option to deliver the underlying security upon payment of the exercise price during the option period. A Fund may purchase put options to seek to hedge against a decline in the value of its securities or to enhance its return. A put option on a security is a contract that, in return for the premium, gives the holder of the option the right to sell to the writer (seller) the underlying security at a specified price during the term of the option. The writer of the put, who receives the premium, has the obligation to buy the underlying security upon exercise at the exercise price during the option period.

A Fund may write (i.e., sell) covered call options on the securities or instruments in which it may invest and to enter into closing purchase transactions with respect to certain of such options. A call option written by a Fund on a security is “covered” if the Fund owns the underlying security covered by the call or has an absolute and immediate right to acquire that security without additional cash consideration (or for additional cash consideration held in a segregated account) upon conversion or exchange of other securities held in its portfolio. A call option is also covered if a Fund holds a call on the same security as the call written where the exercise price of the call held is (1) equal to or less than the exercise price of the call written or (2) greater than the exercise price of the call written if the difference is maintained by the Fund in cash or liquid securities in a segregated account.

A Fund may also write (i.e., sell) uncovered call options on securities or instruments in which it may invest but that are not currently held by the Fund. The principal reason for writing uncovered call options is to realize income without committing capital to the ownership of the underlying securities or instruments. When writing uncovered call options, a Fund must deposit and maintain sufficient margin with the broker-dealer through which it made the uncovered call option as collateral to ensure that the securities can be purchased for delivery if and when the option is exercised. During periods of declining securities prices or when prices are stable, writing uncovered calls can be a profitable strategy to increase a Fund’s income with minimal capital risk. Uncovered calls are riskier than covered calls because there is no underlying security held by a Fund that can act as a partial hedge. Uncovered calls have speculative characteristics and the potential for loss is unlimited. When an uncovered call is exercised, a Fund must purchase the underlying security to meet its call obligation. There is also a risk, especially with preferred and debt securities that lack sufficient liquidity, that the securities may not be available for purchase. If the purchase price exceeds the exercise price, a Fund will lose the difference.

A Fund may write (i.e., sell) put options on the types of securities or instruments that may be held by the Fund, when such put options are covered. A put option is “covered” if a Fund maintains cash or liquid securities with a value equal to the exercise price in a segregated account, or else holds a put on the same security as the put written where the exercise price of the put held is equal to or greater than the exercise price of the put written.

A Fund may also write (i.e., sell) uncovered put options on securities or instruments in which it may invest but with respect to which the Fund does not currently have a corresponding short position or has not deposited cash collateral equal to the exercise value of the put option with the broker-dealer through which it made the uncovered put option. The principal reason for writing uncovered put options is to receive premium income and to acquire such securities or instruments at a net cost below the current market value. A Fund has the obligation to buy the securities or instruments at an agreed upon price if the price of the securities or instruments decreases below the exercise price. If the price of the securities or instruments increases during the option period, the option will expire worthless and a Fund will retain the premium and will not have to purchase the securities or instruments at the exercise price.

If a Fund has written an option, it may terminate its obligation by effecting a closing purchase transaction. This is accomplished by purchasing an option of the same series as the option previously written. However, once a Fund has been assigned an exercise notice, the Fund will be unable to effect a closing purchase transaction. Similarly, if a Fund is the holder of an option it may liquidate its position by effecting a closing sale transaction. This is accomplished by selling an option of the same series as the option previously purchased. There can be no assurance that either a closing purchase or sale transaction can be effected when a Fund so desires.

A Fund would realize a profit from a closing transaction if the price of the transaction were less than the premium received from writing the option or is more than the premium paid to purchase the option; the Fund would realize a loss from a closing transaction if the price of the transaction were more than the premium received from writing the option or less than the premium paid to purchase the option. Since call option prices generally reflect increases in the price of the underlying security, any loss resulting from the

repurchase of a call option may also be wholly or partially offset by unrealized appreciation of the underlying security. Other principal factors affecting the market value of a put or a call option include supply and demand, interest rates, the current market price and price volatility of the underlying security and the time remaining until the expiration date.

An option position may be closed out only on an exchange which provides a secondary market for an option of the same series. There is no assurance that a liquid secondary market on an exchange will exist for any particular option. In such event it might not be possible to effect closing transactions in particular options, so that a Fund would have to exercise its option in order to realize any profit and would incur brokerage commissions upon the exercise of the options. If a Fund, as a covered call option writer, were unable to effect a closing purchase transaction in a secondary market, it would not be able to sell the underlying security until the option expired or it delivered the underlying security upon exercise or otherwise covered the position.

In addition to options on securities, a Fund may also purchase and sell call and put options on securities indexes. A stock index reflects in a single number the market value of many different stocks. Relative values are assigned to the stocks included in an index and the index fluctuates with changes in the market values of the stocks. The options give the holder the right to receive a cash settlement during the term of the option based on the difference between the exercise price and the value of the index. By writing a put or call option on a securities index, a Fund is obligated, in return for the premium received, to make delivery of this amount. A Fund may offset its position in stock index options prior to expiration by entering into a closing transaction on an exchange or it may let the option expire unexercised.

Use of options on securities indexes entails the risk that trading in the options may be interrupted if trading in certain securities included in the index is interrupted. A Fund will not purchase these options unless the Manager is satisfied with the development, depth and liquidity of the market and the Manager believes the options can be closed out.

Price movements in a Fund’s securities may not correlate precisely with movements in the level of an index and, therefore, the use of options on indexes cannot serve as a complete hedge and would depend, in part, on the ability of the Manager to predict correctly movements in the direction of the stock market generally or of a particular industry. Because options on securities indexes require settlement in cash, the Manager might be forced to liquidate Fund securities to meet settlement obligations.

Although the Manager will attempt to take appropriate measures to minimize the risks relating to any trading by a Fund in put and call options, there can be no assurance that a Fund will succeed in any option trading program it undertakes.

Spectra Fund will not purchase options if, as a result, the aggregate cost of all outstanding options exceeds 10% of the Fund’s total assets, although no more than 5% will be committed to transactions entered into for non-hedging (speculative) purposes.

Futures

A Fund may enter into futures contracts on stock indexes and purchase and sell call and put options on these futures contracts. These practices are deemed to be speculative and may cause the net asset value of a Fund to be more volatile than the net asset value of a fund that does not engage in these activities.

A futures contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a security for a set price on a future date. These contracts are traded on exchanges, so that, in most cases, either party can close out its position on the exchange for cash, without delivering the security. An option on a futures contract gives the holder of the option the right to buy from or sell to the writer of the option a position in a futures contract at a specified price on or before a specified expiration date.

Although some futures contracts call for making or taking delivery of the underlying securities, generally these obligations are closed out before delivery by offsetting purchases or sales of matching futures contracts (same exchange, underlying security or index, and delivery month). Closing out a futures contract sale is effected by purchasing a futures contract for the same aggregate amount of the specific type of financial instrument with the same delivery date. If an offsetting purchase price is less than the original sale price, a Fund realizes a capital gain, or if it is more, a Fund realizes a capital loss. Conversely, if an offsetting sale price is more than the original purchase price, a Fund realizes a capital gain, or if it is less, a Fund realizes a capital loss. Transaction costs also are included in these calculations.

Engaging in these transactions involves risk of loss to a Fund which could adversely affect the value of a Fund’s net assets. Although each Fund intends to purchase or sell futures contracts only if there is an active market for such contracts, no assurance can be given that a liquid market will exist for any particular contract at any particular time. Many futures exchanges and boards of trade limit the amount of fluctuation permitted in futures contract prices during a single trading day. Once the daily limit has been reached in a particular contract, no trades may be made that day at a price beyond that limit or trading may be suspended for specified periods during the trading day. Futures contract prices could move to the limit for several consecutive trading days with little or no trading, thereby preventing prompt liquidation of futures positions and potentially subjecting the fund to substantial losses.

Successful use of futures by a Fund also is subject to the Manager’s ability to predict correctly movements in the direction of the relevant market and, to the extent the transaction is entered into for hedging purposes, to ascertain the appropriate correlation between the securities being hedged and the price movements of the futures contract. For example, if a Fund uses futures to hedge against the possibility of a decline in the market value of securities held in its portfolio and the prices of such securities instead increase, a Fund will lose part or all of the benefit of the increased value of securities which it has hedged because it will have offsetting losses in its futures positions. Furthermore, if in such circumstances a Fund has insufficient cash, it may have to sell securities to meet daily variation margin requirements. A Fund may have to sell such securities at a time when it may be disadvantageous to do so.

Futures are generally bought and sold on the commodities exchanges where they are listed with payment of initial and variation margin as described below. Foreign markets may offer advantages such as trading opportunities or arbitrage possibilities not available in the United States. Foreign markets, however, may have greater risk potential than domestic markets. For example, some foreign exchanges are principal markets so that no common clearing facility exists and an investor may look only to the broker for performance of the contract. In addition, any profits that a Fund might realize in trading could be eliminated by adverse changes in the currency exchange rate, or a Fund could incur losses as a result of those changes. The sale of a futures contract creates a firm obligation by a Fund, as seller, to deliver to the buyer the net cash amount called for in the contract at a specific future time. Put options on futures might be purchased to protect against declines in the market values of securities occasioned by a decline in stock prices and securities index futures might be sold to protect against a general decline in the value of securities of the type that comprise the index. Options on futures contracts are similar to options on securities except that an option on a futures contract gives the purchaser the right, in return for the premium paid, to assume a position in a futures contract and obligates the seller to deliver such position.

A stock index future obligates the seller to deliver (and the purchaser to take) an amount of cash equal to a specific dollar amount times the difference between the value of a specific stock index at the close of the last trading day of the contract and the price at which the agreement is made. No physical delivery of the underlying stocks in the index is made. While incidental to its securities activities, a Fund may use index futures as a substitute for a comparable market position in the underlying securities.

If a Fund uses futures, or options thereon, for hedging, the risk of imperfect correlation will increase as the composition of the Fund varies from the composition of the stock index. In an effort to compensate for the imperfect correlation of movements in the price of the securities being hedged and movements in the price of the stock index futures, a Fund may, if it uses a hedging strategy, buy or sell stock index futures contracts in a greater or lesser dollar amount than the dollar amount of the securities being hedged if the historical volatility of the stock index futures has been less or greater than that of the securities. Such “over hedging” or “under hedging” may adversely affect a Fund’s net investment results if market movements are not as anticipated when the hedge is established.

An option on a stock index futures contract, as contrasted with the direct investment in such a contract, gives the purchaser the right, in return for the premium paid, to assume a position in a stock index futures contract at a specified exercise price during the term of the option. A Fund would sell options on stock index futures contracts only as part of closing purchase transactions to terminate its options positions. No assurance can be given that such closing transactions could be effected or that there would be correlation between price movements in the options on stock index futures and price movements in a Fund’s securities which were the subject of the hedge. In addition, any purchase by a Fund of such options would be based upon predictions as to anticipated market trends, which could prove to be inaccurate.

A Fund’s use, if any, of stock index futures and options thereon will in all cases be consistent with applicable regulatory requirements and in particular the rules and regulations of the CFTC (see

“Regulation of Derivatives” above) and will be entered into only, if at all, for bona fide hedging, risk management or other portfolio management purposes. Typically, maintaining a futures contract or selling an option thereon will require a Fund to deposit with a financial intermediary as security for its obligations an amount of cash or other specified assets (initial margin) which initially is typically 1% to 10% of the face amount of the contract (but may be higher in some circumstances). Additional cash or assets (variation margin) may be required to be deposited thereafter on a daily basis as the mark to market value of the contract fluctuates. The purchase of an option on stock index futures involves payment of a premium for the option without any further obligation on the part of a Fund. If a Fund exercises an option on a futures contract it will be obligated to post initial margin (and potential subsequent variation margin) for the resulting futures position just as it would for any position. Futures contracts and options thereon are generally settled by entering into an offsetting transaction but there can be no assurance that the position can be offset prior to settlement at an advantageous price, or that delivery will occur.

A Fund will not enter into a futures contract or related option (except for closing transactions) if, immediately thereafter, the sum of the amount of its initial margin and premiums on open futures contracts and options thereon would exceed 5% of the Fund’s total assets (taken at current value); however, in the case of an option that is in-the-money at the time of the purchase, the in-the-money amount may be excluded in calculating the 5% limitation.

Foreign Currency Transactions

Each Fund may enter into foreign currency transactions for a variety of purposes, including: to fix in U.S. dollars, between trade and settlement date, the value of a security a Fund has agreed to buy or sell; to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities a Fund already owns, particularly if it expects a decrease in the value of the currency in which the foreign security is denominated; or to gain or reduce exposure to the foreign currency for investment purposes. The currency exposure of a Fund’s portfolio typically will be unhedged to the U.S. dollar.

Foreign currency transactions may involve, for example, a Fund’s purchase of foreign currencies for U.S. dollars or the maintenance of short positions in foreign currencies. A short position would involve a Fund agreeing to exchange an amount of a currency it did not currently own for another currency at a future date in anticipation of a decline in the value of the currency sold relative to the currency a Fund contracted to receive. A Fund’s success in these transactions may depend on the ability of the Manager to predict accurately the future exchange rates between foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar.

Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. They generally are determined by the forces of supply and demand in the foreign exchange markets and the relative merits of investments in different countries, actual or perceived changes in interest rates and other complex factors, as seen from an international perspective. Currency exchange rates also can be affected unpredictably by intervention, or failure to intervene, by U.S. or foreign governments or central banks, or by currency controls or political developments in the United States or abroad.

Swap Transactions

Each Fund may engage in swap transactions, including currency swaps (discussed above under “Foreign Currency Transactions”), index swaps and total return swaps. A Fund may enter into swaps for both hedging purposes and to seek to increase total return. A Fund also may enter into options on swap agreements, sometimes called “swaptions.”

Swap agreements are two-party OTC contracts entered into primarily by institutional investors for periods ranging from a few weeks to more than one year. In a standard “swap” transaction, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on particular predetermined investments or instruments. The gross returns to be exchanged or “swapped” between the parties are generally calculated with respect to a “notional amount,” i.e., the return on or increase in value of a particular dollar amount invested at a particular interest rate, in a particular foreign currency, or in a “basket” of swaps or securities representing a particular index. The “notional amount” of the swap agreement is only used as a basis upon which to calculate the obligations that the parties to a swap agreement have agreed to exchange.

Most swap agreements entered into by a Fund are cash settled and calculate the obligations of the parties to the agreement on a “net basis.” Thus, a Fund’s current obligations (or rights) under a swap agreement generally will be equal only to the net amount to be paid or received under the agreement

based on the relative values of the positions held by each party to the agreement (the “net amount”). A Fund’s current obligations under a swap agreement will be accrued daily (offset against any amounts owed to the Fund) and any accrued but unpaid net amounts owed to a swap counterparty will be covered by the segregation of permissible liquid assets of the Fund.

Total Return Swaps: In a total return or “equity” swap agreement, one party makes payments based on a set rate, either fixed or variable, while the other party makes payments based on the return of an underlying asset, which includes both the income it generates and any capital gains. The underlying reference asset of a total return swap may include an individual security, a basket of securities, an equity index, loans or bonds. Total return swaps on an individual security, basket of securities or securities indices may sometimes be referred to as “contracts for difference.” Total return swaps may be used to obtain exposure to a security or market without owning or taking physical custody of such security or investing directly in such market. Upon entering into a total return swap, a Fund is required to deposit initial margin but the parties do not exchange the notional amount. As a result, total return swaps may effectively add leverage to a Fund’s portfolio because the Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap.

Options on Swaps (“Swaptions”): A swaption is a contract that gives a counterparty the right (but not the obligation), in return for payment of a premium, to enter into a new swap agreement or to shorten, extend, cancel or otherwise modify an existing swap agreement, at some designated future time on specified terms. A cash-settled option on a swap gives the purchaser the right, in return for the premium paid, to receive an amount of cash equal to the value of the underlying swap as of the exercise date. These options typically are purchased in privately negotiated transactions from financial institutions, including securities brokerage firms. Depending on the terms of the particular option agreement, a Fund generally will incur a greater degree of risk when it writes a swaption than it will incur when it purchases a swaption. When a Fund purchases a swaption, it risks losing only the amount of the premium it has paid should it decide to let the option expire unexercised. However, when a Fund writes a swaption, upon exercise of the option the Fund will become obligated according to the terms of the underlying agreement.

With respect to uncleared swaps, swap dealers are required to collect variation margin from a Fund and may be required by applicable regulations to collect initial margin from a Fund. Both initial and variation margin may be comprised of cash and/or securities, subject to applicable regulatory haircuts. Shares of investment companies (other than certain money market funds) may not be posted as collateral under applicable regulations.

The use of swap agreements is a highly specialized activity which involves strategies and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio security transactions. If the Manager is incorrect in its forecasts of applicable market factors, or a counterparty defaults, the investment performance of a Fund would diminish compared with what it would have been if these techniques were not used. In addition, it is possible that developments in the swap market, including potential government regulation, could adversely affect a Fund’s ability to terminate existing swap agreements or to realize amounts to be received under such agreements.

A Fund will enter into swap agreements only when the Manager believe it would be in the best interests of the Fund to do so. In addition, a Fund will enter into swap agreements only with counterparties that meet certain standards of creditworthiness (generally, such counterparties would have to be eligible counterparties under the terms of a Fund’s repurchase agreement guidelines).

Firm Commitment Agreements and When-Issued Purchases

Firm commitment agreements and “when-issued” purchases call for the purchase of securities at an agreed price on a specified future date and would be used, for example, when a decline in the yield of securities of a given issuer is anticipated and a more advantageous yield may be obtained by committing currently to purchase securities to be issued later. When a Fund purchases a security under a firm commitment agreement or on a when-issued basis it assumes the risk of any decline in value of the security occurring between the date of the agreement or purchase and the settlement date of the transaction. Rule 18f-4 permits a Fund to enter into firm commitment agreements and when-issued purchases, notwithstanding the limitation on the issuance of senior securities in Section 18 of the 1940 Act, provided that the transaction meets the Delayed-Settlement Securities Provision. If a firm commitment agreement or when-issued purchase does not satisfy the Delayed-Settlement Securities Provision, it will be treated as a derivative transaction under Rule 18f-4.

Combined Transactions

A Fund may enter into multiple derivatives transactions, including multiple options transactions, multiple futures transactions, multiple currency transactions including forward currency contracts and multiple interest rate transactions, swaps, structured notes and any combination of futures, options, swaps, currency and interest rate transactions (“component transactions”), to the extent permissible under its fundamental investment restrictions, instead of a single transaction, as part of a single or combined strategy when, in the opinion of the Manager, it is in the best interests of a Fund to do so. A combined transaction will usually contain elements of risk that are present in each of its component transactions. Although combined transactions are normally entered into based on the Manager’s judgment that the combined strategies will reduce risk or otherwise more effectively achieve the desired portfolio management goal, it is possible that the combination will instead increase such risks or hinder achievement of the portfolio management objective.

Cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrencies (also referred to as “virtual currencies” and “digital currencies”) are currencies which exist in a digital form and may act as a store of wealth, a medium of exchange or an investment asset. Cryptocurrency is an emerging asset class. There are thousands of cryptocurrencies, the most well-known of which is bitcoin. A Fund will not invest directly in cryptocurrencies. Some issuers have begun to accept cryptocurrency for payment of services, use cryptocurrencies as reserve assets or invest in cryptocurrencies and, to the extent consistent with its fundamental investment restrictions, a Fund may invest in (i) securities of such issuers, (ii) securities of issuers which provide cryptocurrency-related services, (iii) futures contracts based on cryptocurrencies, (iv) investment vehicles that invest directly in cryptocurrencies, or (v) investment vehicles, such as exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), that have indirect exposure to cryptocurrencies by investing in the foregoing.

Cryptocurrencies are not backed by any government, corporation, or other identified body. Rather, the value of a cryptocurrency is determined by other factors, such as the perceived future prospects or the supply and demand for such cryptocurrency in the global market for the trading of cryptocurrency. Such trading markets are generally unregulated and may be more exposed to operational or technical issues as well as fraud or manipulation in comparison to established, regulated exchanges for securities, derivatives and traditional currencies. The value of a cryptocurrency may decline precipitously (including to zero) for a variety of reasons, including, but not limited to, regulatory changes, a loss of confidence in its network or a change in user preference to other cryptocurrencies. An issuer that owns cryptocurrencies may experience custody issues, and may lose its cryptocurrency holdings through theft, hacking, and technical glitches in the applicable blockchain. A Fund may experience losses as a result of the decline in value of its securities of issuers that own cryptocurrencies or which provide cryptocurrency-related services. If an issuer that owns cryptocurrencies intends to pay a dividend using such holdings or to otherwise make a distribution of such holdings to its stockholders, such dividends or distributions may face regulatory, operational and technical issues.

Factors affecting the further development of cryptocurrency include, but are not limited to: continued worldwide growth of, or possible cessation of or reversal in, the adoption and use of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets; the developing regulatory environment relating to cryptocurrencies, including the characterization of cryptocurrencies as currencies, commodities, or securities, the tax treatment of cryptocurrencies, and government and quasi-government regulation or restrictions on, or regulation of access to and operation of, cryptocurrency networks and the exchanges on which cryptocurrencies trade, including anti-money laundering regulations and requirements; perceptions regarding the environmental impact of a cryptocurrency; changes in consumer demographics and public preferences; general economic conditions; maintenance and development of open-source software protocols; the availability and popularity of other forms or methods of buying and selling goods and services; the use of the networks supporting digital assets, such as those for developing smart contracts and distributed applications; and general risks tied to the use of information technologies, including cyber risks. A hack or failure of one cryptocurrency may lead to a loss in confidence in, and thus decreased usage and/or value of, other cryptocurrencies.

Standardized, cash-settled bitcoin futures contracts traded on commodity exchanges registered with the CFTC. Currently, the only such contracts are traded on, or subject to the rules of, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Borrowing

Each Fund may borrow from banks for temporary or emergency purposes. In addition, each Fund may borrow money from banks to purchase additional securities. This borrowing is known as leveraging. Leveraging increases both investment opportunity and investment risk. If the investment gains on securities purchased with borrowed money exceed the interest paid on the borrowing, the net asset value of a Fund’s shares will rise faster than would otherwise be the case. On the other hand, if the investment gains fail to cover the cost (including interest) of borrowings, or if there are losses, the net asset value of a Fund’s shares will decrease faster than would otherwise be the case. In accordance with the 1940 Act, a Fund is required to maintain continuous asset coverage (that is, total assets including borrowings, less liabilities exclusive of borrowings) of 300% of its borrowings. Maintaining asset coverage of 300% means that a Fund’s liabilities may comprise up to a third of its assets. For example, if a Fund had $100 in total assets, and the Fund borrowed $50, the Fund’s total assets would be $150, and its liabilities would be $50. A Fund would have 300% asset coverage. If such asset coverage should decline below 300% as a result of market fluctuations or other reasons, a Fund may be required to sell some of its portfolio holdings within three days to reduce the debt and restore the 300% asset coverage, even though it may be disadvantageous from an investment standpoint to sell securities at that time. Leveraging may exaggerate the effect on net asset value of any increase or decrease in the market value of a Fund’s securities. Money borrowed for leveraging will be subject to interest costs which may or may not be recovered by appreciation of the securities purchased; in certain cases, interest costs may exceed the return received on the securities purchased. A Fund also may be required to maintain minimum average balances in connection with such borrowing or to pay a commitment or other fee to maintain a line of credit; either of these requirements would increase the cost of borrowing over the stated interest rate.

Interfund Loans

The SEC has granted an exemption permitting the funds advised by Alger Management to participate in an interfund lending program. This program allows the funds to borrow money from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes. To the extent permitted under its investment restrictions, a Fund may lend uninvested cash in an amount up to 15% of its net assets to other funds, and a Fund may borrow in an amount up to 10% of its net assets from other funds. If a Fund has borrowed from other funds and has aggregate borrowings from all sources that exceed 10% of the Fund’s total assets, such Fund will secure all of its loans from other funds. The ability of the Fund to lend cash to or borrow cash from other funds is subject to certain other terms and conditions. The Board is responsible for overseeing the Trust’s participation in the interfund lending program.

Exchange-Traded Funds

To the extent otherwise consistent with their investment policies and applicable law, each Fund may invest in ETFs, which are typically open-end funds or unit investment trusts whose shares are listed on a national stock exchange.

Investments in ETFs subject a Fund to the risks of the ETF, as well as the risks of the ETF’s portfolio securities. In addition, the values of ETFs are subject to change as the values of their respective component securities or commodities fluctuate according to market volatility.

Shares of ETFs may at times be acquired at market prices representing premiums to their net asset values (“NAVs”). In addition, ETFs held by a Fund could trade at a discount from NAV, and such discount could increase while the Fund holds the shares. If the market price of shares of an ETF decreases below the price that a Fund paid for the shares and the Fund were to sell its shares of such ETF at a time when the market price is lower than the price at which it purchased the shares, the Fund would experience a loss.

In addition, if a Fund acquires shares in ETFs, including affiliated ETFs, shareholders would bear both their proportionate share of expenses in a Fund and, indirectly, the expenses of such ETF. Such expenses, both at the Fund level and acquired ETF level, would include management and advisory fees, unless such fees have been waived by the Manager. Please see your Fund’s Prospectuses to determine whether any such management and advisory fees have been waived by the Manager.

Master Limited Partnerships

Each Fund may invest in master limited partnerships (“MLPs”). An MLP is a publicly traded company organized as a limited partnership or limited liability company and treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. MLPs generally have two classes of owners, the general partner and limited partners. The general partner typically controls the partnership’s operations and management. The Funds

may purchase publicly traded common units issued to limited partners of MLPs. MLPs combine the tax advantages of a partnership with the liquidity of a publicly traded stock. MLP income is generally not subject to entity-level tax; rather, its income, gain or losses pass through to common unitholders. The value of an MLP generally fluctuates predominantly based on prevailing market conditions and the success of the MLP. Investments held by MLPs may be relatively illiquid, and MLPs themselves may trade infrequently and in limited volume. MLPs involve the risks related to their underlying assets, and risks associated with pooled investment vehicles.

Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) Risk

The volume of IPOs and the levels at which the newly issued stocks trade in the secondary market are affected by the performance of the stock market overall. If IPOs are brought to the market, availability may be limited and a Fund may not be able to buy any shares at the offering price, or if it is able to buy shares, it may not be able to buy as many shares at the offering price as it would like. In addition, the prices of securities involved in IPOs are often subject to greater and more unpredictable price changes than more established stocks. IPOs have the potential to produce substantial gains. There is no assurance that a Fund will have access to profitable IPOs and therefore investors should not rely on any past gains from IPOs as an indication of future performance. The investment performance of a Fund during periods when it is unable to invest significantly or at all in IPOs may be lower than during periods when it is able to do so. In addition, as a Fund increases in size, the impact of IPOs on its performance will generally decrease. Securities issued in IPOs are subject to many of the same risks as investing in companies with smaller market capitalizations. Securities issued in IPOs have no trading history, and information about the companies may be available for very limited periods.

Venture Capital and Private Equity Investments

A Fund may identify investment opportunities that are not yet available in the public markets and that are accessible only through private equity investments, including private investments in public equities (“PIPEs”). To capitalize on such opportunities, the Fund may invest in venture capital or private equity funds, direct private equity investments, PIPEs, and other investments that the Manager determines to have limited liquidity (“Special Investment Opportunities”). Special Investment Opportunities involve an extraordinarily high degree of business and financial risk and can result in substantial or complete losses. There may be no trading market for Special Investment Opportunities, and the sale or transfer of such securities may be limited or prohibited by contract or legal requirements, or may be dependent on an exit strategy, such as an IPO or the sale of a business, which may not occur, or may be dependent on managerial assistance provided by other investors and their willingness to provide additional financial support. Some Special Investment Opportunities in which a Fund may invest may be operating at a loss or with substantial variations in operating results from period to period and may need substantial additional capital to support expansion or to achieve or maintain competitive positions. Such Special Investment Opportunities may face intense competition, including competition from companies with much greater financial resources, much more extensive development, production, marketing and service capabilities and a much larger number of qualified managerial and technical personnel. A Fund can offer no assurance that the marketing efforts of any particular Special Investment Opportunity will be successful or that its business will succeed. Positions in Special Investment Opportunities may be able to be liquidated, if at all, only at disadvantageous prices. As a result, a Fund that holds such positions may be required to do so for several years, if not longer, regardless of adverse price movements. Investment in Special Investment Opportunities may cause a Fund to be less liquid than would otherwise be the case.

With respect to PIPE transactions, PIPE investors purchase securities directly from a publicly traded company in a private placement transaction, typically at a discount to the market price of the company’s common stock. Because the sale of the securities is not registered under the Securities Act, the securities are “restricted” and cannot be immediately resold by the investors into the public markets. Accordingly, the company typically agrees as part of the PIPE deal to register the restricted securities with the SEC. PIPE securities may be deemed illiquid.

Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”)

A Fund may invest in shares of REITs. REITs possess certain risks which differ from an investment in common stocks. REITs are financial vehicles that pool investor’s capital to purchase or finance real estate. REITs may concentrate their investments in specific geographic areas or in specific property types, i.e., hotels, shopping malls, residential complexes and office buildings.

REITs are subject to management fees and other expenses, and a Fund will bear its proportionate share of the costs of the REITs’ operations. There are three general categories of REITs: equity REITs, mortgage REITs and hybrid REITs. Equity REITs invest primarily in direct fee ownership or leasehold ownership of real property; they derive most of their income from rents. Mortgage REITs invest mostly in mortgages on real estate, which may secure construction, development or long-term loans; the main source of their income is mortgage interest payments. Hybrid REITs hold both ownership and mortgage interests in real estate.

Investing in REITs involves certain unique risks in addition to those risks associated with investing in the real estate industry in general. The market value of REIT shares and the ability of the REITs to distribute income may be adversely affected by several factors, including rising interest rates, changes in the national, state and local economic climate and real estate conditions, perceptions of prospective tenants of the safety, convenience and attractiveness of the properties, the ability of the owners to provide adequate management, maintenance and insurance, the cost of complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act, increased competition from new properties, the impact of present or future environmental legislation and compliance with environmental laws, failing to maintain their exemptions from registration under the 1940 Act, changes in real estate taxes and other operating expenses, adverse changes in governmental rules and fiscal policies, adverse changes in zoning laws and other factors beyond the control of the issuers of the REITs. In addition, distributions received by a Fund from REITs may consist of dividends, capital gains and/or return of capital. As REITs generally pay a higher rate of dividends (on a pre-tax basis) than operating companies, to the extent application of a Fund’s investment strategy results in the Fund investing in REIT shares, the percentage of the Fund’s dividend income received from REIT shares will likely exceed the percentage of the Fund’s portfolio which is comprised of REIT shares. Ordinary REIT dividends received by a Fund and distributed to the Fund’s shareholders will generally be taxable as ordinary income and will not constitute “qualified dividend income.” However, for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017 and before January 1, 2026, a non-corporate taxpayer who is a direct REIT shareholder may claim a 20% “qualified business income” deduction for ordinary REIT dividends, and a regulated investment company may report dividends as eligible for this deduction to the extent the regulated investment company’s income is derived from ordinary REIT dividends (reduced by allocable regulated investment company expenses). A shareholder may treat the dividends as such provided the regulated investment company and the shareholder satisfy applicable holding period requirements.

REITs (especially mortgage REITs) are also subject to interest rate risk. Rising interest rates may cause REIT investors to demand a higher annual yield, which may, in turn, cause a decline in the market price of the equity securities issued by a REIT. Rising interest rates also generally increase the costs of obtaining financing, which could cause the value of a Fund’s REIT investments to decline. During periods when interest rates are declining, mortgages are often refinanced. Refinancing may reduce the yield on investments in mortgage REITs. In addition, since REITs depend on payment under their mortgage loans and leases to generate cash to make distributions to their shareholders, investments in REITs may be adversely affected by defaults on such mortgage loans or leases.

Investing in certain REITs, which often have small market capitalizations, may also involve the same risks as investing in other small capitalization companies. REITs may have limited financial resources and their securities may trade less frequently and in limited volume and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than larger company securities. Historically, small capitalization stocks, such as REITs, have been more volatile in price than the larger capitalization stocks such as those included in the S&P 500 Index. The management of a REIT may be subject to conflicts of interest with respect to the operation of the business of the REIT and may be involved in real estate activities competitive with the REIT. REITs may own properties through joint ventures or in other circumstances in which the REIT may not have control over its investments. REITs may incur significant amounts of leverage.

Cyber Security Risk

With the increasing use of the internet and technology in connection with Fund operations, the Funds and their service providers are susceptible to greater operational and information security risks through breaches of cyber security. Cyber security breaches include stealing or corrupting data maintained online or digitally, “denial of service” attacks on websites, the unauthorized monitoring, misuse, loss, destruction or corruption of confidential information, unauthorized access to systems, compromises to networks or devices that the Funds and their service providers use to service Fund operations, and operational disruption or failures in the physical infrastructure or operating systems that support the Funds and their service providers. Cyber security breaches affecting a Fund or any of the Fund’s

intermediaries or service providers may adversely impact the Fund and its shareholders, potentially resulting in financial losses or the inability of Fund shareholders to transact business. For instance, cyber security breaches may interfere with the processing of shareholder transactions, impact a Fund’s ability to calculate NAVs, cause the release of private shareholder information or confidential business information, impede trading, subject the Funds to regulatory fines or financial losses and/or cause reputational damage. The Funds may also incur additional costs for cyber security risk management programs designed to mitigate or prevent the risk of cyber security breaches. Such costs may be ongoing because threats of cyber attacks are constantly evolving. Issuers of securities in which the Funds invest are also subject to similar cyber security risks, which could result in material adverse consequences for such issuers, and may cause the Fund’s investment in such companies to lose value. There can be no assurance that the Funds or their service providers, or the issuers of the securities in which the Funds invest, will not suffer losses relating to cyber security breaches in the future. In addition, the Funds have no control over the cybersecurity protections established by their service providers or third-party vendors. Despite reasonable precautions, the risk remains that such incidents could occur, and that such incidents could cause damage to individual investors due to the risk of exposing confidential personal data about investors to unintended parties.

London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) Replacement and Other Reference Rates Risk

The Funds’ investments, payment obligations and financing terms may utilize benchmark or reference rates such as LIBOR, European Interbank Offer Rate (“EURIBOR”), Sterling Overnight Interbank Average Rate (“SONIA”) and other similar types of reference rates for variable interest rate calculations. Instruments in which a Fund invests may pay interest at floating rates based on LIBOR or other similar types of reference rates or may be subject to interest caps or floors based on such reference rates. A Fund and issuers of instruments in which the Fund invests may also obtain financing at floating rates based on such reference rates. The elimination of a reference rate or any other changes or reforms to the determination or supervision of reference rates could have an adverse impact on the market for—or value of—any securities or payments linked to those reference rates.

The ICE Benchmark Administration and the UK Financial Conduct Authority announced a phase out of U.S. dollar LIBOR such that after June 30, 2023, the overnight, 1-month, 3-month, 6-month and 12-month U.S. dollar LIBOR settings will cease to be published or will no longer be representative. All other LIBOR settings and certain other interbank offered rates, such as the Euro Overnight Index Average (“EONIA”), ceased to be published or representative after December 31, 2021. Various financial industry groups have been planning for the transition away from LIBOR, but there remain challenges to converting certain securities and transactions to a new reference rate (e.g., the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), which is intended to replace the U.S. dollar LIBOR). To mitigate such challenges, on March 15, 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, which includes the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act, was signed into law in the United States. This legislation establishes a uniform benchmark replacement process for financial contracts maturing after June 30, 2023, that do not contain clearly defined or practicable fallback provisions for LIBOR replacement. Proposals for alternative reference rates for currencies other than the U.S. dollar have also been announced or have already begun publication, such as SONIA in the UK.

The transition process may lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets that currently rely on LIBOR to determine interest rates. The effect of any changes to—or discontinuation of—LIBOR on a Fund will vary depending on, among other things, provisions in individual contracts and whether, how, and when industry participants develop and adopt new reference rates and alternative reference rates for both legacy and new products and instruments. All of the aforementioned may adversely affect a Fund’s performance or NAV and reduce the liquidity of its investments tied to LIBOR, especially those that do not include fallback provisions.

Investment Restrictions

The investment restrictions numbered 1 through 8 below have been adopted by the Trust with respect to each of the Funds as fundamental policies. Under the 1940 Act, a “fundamental” policy may not be changed without the vote of a “majority of the outstanding voting securities” of the Fund, which is defined in the 1940 Act as the lesser of (a) 67% or more of the shares present at a Fund meeting if the

holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Fund are present or represented by proxy or (b) more than 50% of the outstanding shares. Each of the Funds’ investment objectives is a non-fundamental policy, which may be changed by the Board at any time. For each Fund:

1. Except as otherwise permitted by the 1940 Act (which currently limits borrowing to no more than 33 1∕3% of the value of the Fund’s total assets), or interpretations or modifications by, or exemptive or other relief from, the SEC or other authority with appropriate jurisdiction, and disclosed to investors, the Fund may not borrow money.

2. Except as otherwise permitted by the 1940 Act, or interpretations or modifications by, or exemptive or other relief from, the SEC or other authority with appropriate jurisdiction, and disclosed to investors, the Fund may not act as an underwriter of securities of other issuers, except to the extent the Fund may be deemed an underwriter under the Securities Act by virtue of disposing of portfolio securities.

3. Except as otherwise permitted by the 1940 Act, or interpretations or modifications by, or exemptive or other relief from, the SEC or other authority with appropriate jurisdiction, and disclosed to investors, the Fund may not lend any securities or make loans to others. For purposes of this investment restriction, the purchase of debt obligations (including acquisitions of loans, loan participations or other forms of debt instruments) and the entry into repurchase agreements shall not constitute loans by the Fund.

4. Except as otherwise permitted by the 1940 Act, or interpretations or modifications by, or exemptive or other relief from, the SEC or other authority with appropriate jurisdiction, and disclosed to investors, the Fund may not issue any senior security (as such term is defined in Section 18(f) of the 1940 Act), except insofar as the Fund may be deemed to have issued a senior security by reason of borrowing money in accordance with the Fund’s borrowing policies. For purposes of this investment restriction, collateral, escrow, or margin or other deposits with respect to the making of short sales, the purchase or sale of futures contracts or options, purchase or sale of forward foreign currency contracts, and the writing of options on securities are not deemed to be an issuance of a senior security.

5. Except as otherwise permitted by the 1940 Act, or interpretations or modifications by, or exemptive or other relief from, the SEC or other authority with appropriate jurisdiction, and disclosed to investors, the Fund may not purchase, hold or deal in real estate, but the Fund may purchase and sell securities that are secured by real estate or issued by companies that invest or deal in real estate or real estate investment trusts and may acquire and hold real estate or interests therein through exercising rights or remedies with regard to such securities.

6. Except as otherwise permitted by the 1940 Act, or interpretations or modifications by, or exemptive or other relief from, the SEC or other authority with appropriate jurisdiction, and disclosed to investors, the Fund may not invest in physical commodities or physical commodities contracts, except that the Fund may purchase and sell options, forward contracts, futures contracts, including those related to indices, and options on futures contracts or indices and enter into swap agreements and other derivative instruments.

7. Except as otherwise permitted by the 1940 Act, or interpretations or modifications by, or exemptive or other relief from, the SEC or other authority with appropriate jurisdiction, and disclosed to investors, the Fund may not invest more than 25% of the value of its total assets in the securities of issuers in any single industry, provided that there shall be no limitation on the purchase of obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities or as otherwise permitted by the SEC.

8. Except as otherwise permitted by the 1940 Act, or interpretations or modifications by, or exemptive or other relief from, the SEC or other authority with appropriate jurisdiction, and disclosed to investors, each of the Spectra Fund, Responsible Fund and Emerging Markets Fund may not (a) invest more than 5% of its assets in the obligations of any single issuer, except that up to 25% of the value of the Fund’s total assets may be invested, and securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, or its agencies or instrumentalities and securities of other investment companies may be purchased, without regard to any such limitation, nor (b) hold more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any single issuer (this restriction applies only with respect to 75% of the Fund’s total assets).

Notations Regarding the Investment Restrictions

The following notations are not considered to be part of a Fund’s fundamental investment restrictions and are subject to change without shareholder approval.

Except in the case of the percentage limitation set forth in Investment Restriction No. 1 and as may be stated otherwise, the percentage limitations contained in the foregoing restrictions and in the Funds’ other investment policies apply at the time of purchase of the securities and a later increase or decrease in percentage resulting from a change in the values of the securities or in the amount of the Fund’s assets will not constitute a violation of the restriction. With respect to the percentage limitation set forth in Investment Restriction No. 1, however, if borrowings exceed 33 1∕3% of the value of the Fund’s total assets as a result of a change in values or assets, the Fund shall take steps to reduce such borrowings within three days (not including Sundays and holidays) thereafter at least to the extent of such excess.

For purposes of Investment Restriction No. 7, subject to applicable law and except as may be stated otherwise, each Fund considers any single industry to also include a particular group of related industries.

Portfolio Transactions

Decisions to buy and sell securities and other financial instruments for a Fund are made by Alger Management, which also is responsible for placing these transactions, subject to the overall review of the Board. Although investment requirements for each Fund are reviewed independently from those of the other accounts or funds managed by Alger Management, investments of the type the Funds may make may also be made by these other accounts or funds. When a Fund and one or more other funds or other accounts managed by Alger Management are prepared to invest in, or desire to dispose of, the same security or other financial instrument, available investments or opportunities for sales will be allocated in a manner believed by Alger Management to be equitable to each. In some cases, this procedure may affect adversely the price paid or received by a Fund or the size of the position obtained or disposed of by a Fund.

Transactions in equity securities are in most cases effected on U.S. and foreign stock exchanges or in over-the-counter markets and involve the payment of negotiated brokerage commissions. Where there is no stated commission, as in the case of certain securities traded in the over-the-counter markets, the prices of those securities include undisclosed commissions or mark-ups. Purchases and sales of money market instruments and debt securities usually are principal transactions. These securities are normally purchased directly from the issuer or from an underwriter or market maker for the securities. The cost of securities purchased from underwriters includes an underwriting commission or concession and the prices at which securities are purchased from and sold to dealers include a dealer’s mark-up or mark-down. U.S. Government securities are generally purchased from underwriters or dealers, although certain newly-issued U.S. Government securities may be purchased directly from the U.S. Treasury or from the issuing agency or instrumentality.

In Alger Management’s view, companies are organic entities that continuously undergo changes in response to, among other things, economic, market, environmental, technological, political and managerial factors. Generally, securities will be purchased for capital appreciation. As a result, 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. Moreover, it is Alger Management’s philosophy to pursue each Fund’s investment objective by managing these Funds actively, which may result in high portfolio turnover. The portfolio turnover rate for each Fund is included in the Fund’s Summary Prospectus as well as the financial highlights section of the Fund’s Prospectus. Increased portfolio turnover will have the effect of increasing a Fund’s brokerage and custodial expenses.

To the extent consistent with applicable provisions of the 1940 Act and the rules and exemptions adopted by the SEC thereunder, as well as other regulatory requirements, the Board has determined that Fund portfolio transactions may be executed through Fred Alger & Company, LLC (“Alger LLC” or the “Distributor”), a registered broker-dealer, if, in the judgment of Alger Management, the use of Alger LLC is likely to result in price and execution at least as favorable as those of other qualified broker-dealers and if, in particular transactions, Alger LLC charges the Fund involved a rate consistent with that which other broker-dealers charge to comparable unaffiliated customers in similar transactions. Over-the-counter

purchases and sales are transacted directly with principal market makers except in cases in which better prices and executions may be obtained elsewhere. Principal transactions are not entered into with affiliates of the Fund except pursuant to exemptive rules or orders adopted by the SEC.

In selecting brokers or dealers to execute portfolio transactions on behalf of a Fund, Alger Management seeks the best overall terms available. In assessing the best overall terms available for any transaction, Alger Management will consider the factors it deems relevant, including the breadth of the market in the investment, the price of the investment, the financial condition and execution capability of the broker or dealer and the reasonableness of the commission, if any, for the specific transaction and on a continuing basis. In addition, Alger Management is authorized, in selecting parties to execute a particular transaction and in evaluating the best overall terms available, to consider the brokerage and research services, as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, provided to the Fund involved, the other Funds and/or other accounts over which Alger Management or its affiliates exercise investment discretion to the extent permitted by law. Alger Management’s fees under its agreements with the Funds are not reduced by reason of its receiving brokerage and research services. The Board will periodically review the commissions paid by the Funds to determine if the commissions paid over representative periods of time are reasonable in relation to the benefits inuring to the Funds.

The commissions paid to Alger LLC during the fiscal years ended October 31, 2020, 2021, and 2022 are listed in the table below. Neither Alger LLC nor its affiliates engage in principal transactions with the Funds and, accordingly, received no compensation in connection with securities purchased or sold in that manner, which include securities traded in the over-the-counter markets, money market investments and most debt securities.

	Broker Commissions Paid for 2020
		Paid to Alger LLC			Soft Dollar Transactions
	Total Paid by the Fund	Dollar Amount Paid to Alger LLC	% of Brokerage Commissions Paid to Alger LLC	% of Dollar Amount of Transactions Effected through Alger LLC	Value of Transactions	Commissions
Spectra Fund	$6,881,526	$763,654	11%	14%	$3,487,848,508	$1,952,691
Responsible Fund	$6,726	$1,621	24%	31%	$2,637,071	$2,078
Dynamic Fund	$931,754	$84,154	9%	10%	$287,234,888	$222,174
Emerging Fund	$149,410	$474	0%	1%	$428,702	$445
	$7,969,416	$849,903	11%	13%	$3,778,149,169	$2,177,388

	Broker Commissions Paid for 2021
		Paid to Alger LLC			Soft Dollar Transactions
	Total Paid by the Fund	Dollar Amount Paid to Alger LLC	% of Brokerage Commissions Paid to Alger LLC	% of Dollar Amount of Transactions Effected through Alger LLC	Value of Transactions	Commissions
Spectra Fund	$7,147,568	$1,483,981	21%	24%	$5,717,057,522	$1,954,508
Responsible Fund	$5,621	$3,552	63%	67%	$41,319	$11
Dynamic Fund	$2,073,589	$270,020	13%	14%	$766,395,719	$652,691
Emerging Fund	$156,230	$-	0%	0%	$-	$-
	$9,383,008	$1,757,553	19%	22%	$6,483,494,560	$2,607,210

	Broker Commissions Paid for 2022
		Paid to Alger LLC			Soft Dollar Transactions
	Total Paid by the Fund	Dollar Amount Paid to Alger LLC	% of Brokerage Commissions Paid to Alger LLC	% of Dollar Amount of Transactions Effected through Alger LLC	Value of Transactions	Commissions
Spectra Fund	$10,994,717	$2,100,702	19%	20%	$8,784,965,059	$2,882,625
Responsible Fund	$6,688	$3,674	55%	60%	$746,353	$116
Dynamic Fund	$3,435,947	$370,515	11%	13%	$935,691,386	$865,479
Emerging Fund	$155,758	$269	0%	0%	$845,720	$1,886
	$14,593,110	$2,475,160	17%	19%	$9,722,248,518	$3,750,106

The increase in brokerage commissions paid by the Spectra Fund and Dynamic Opportunities Fund in the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022 when compared to the prior fiscal years was primarily a result of significant assets flows into and out of each Fund.

As of October 31, 2022, Spectra Fund and Dynamic Opportunities Fund did not hold securities of their regular brokers or dealers (as defined in Rule 10b-1 under the 1940 Act). As of October 31, 2022, Responsible Investing Fund and Emerging Markets Fund held securities of their regular brokers or dealers as follows:

Responsible Investing Fund	Dollar Value of Securities Owned
Morgan Stanley	$964,018

Emerging Markets Fund	Dollar Value of Securities Owned
Banco BTG Pactual SA	$1,439,662

Portfolio Turnover

The Spectra Fund and Dynamic Opportunities Fund experienced significant variation in their portfolio turnover rates in the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022 when compared to the prior fiscal years. The portfolio turnover rate of the Spectra Fund increased to 216.84% during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022 from 108.48% during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2021 and 71.81% during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020. The portfolio turnover rate of the Dynamic Opportunities Fund increased to 334.12% during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022 from 161.76% during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2021 and 249.71% during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020. The significant variation in the Spectra Fund’s and Dynamic Opportunities Fund’s portfolio turnover rates in 2022 was primarily a result of changes in each Fund’s investment activity in response to market reactions to growth-oriented stocks.

Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings

The Board has adopted policies and procedures relating to disclosure of the Funds’ portfolio securities. These policies and procedures recognize that there may be legitimate business reasons for holdings to be disclosed and seek to balance those interests to protect the proprietary nature of the trading strategies and implementation thereof by the Funds.

Generally, the policies prohibit the release of information concerning portfolio holdings which have not previously been made public to individual investors, institutional investors, intermediaries that distribute the Funds’ shares and other parties which are not employed by the Manager or its affiliates except when the legitimate business purposes for selective disclosure and other conditions (designed to protect the Funds) are acceptable.

The Funds make their full holdings available semi-annually in shareholder reports filed on Form N-CSR and after the first and third fiscal quarters as an exhibit to their regulatory filings on Form N-PORT. These shareholder reports and regulatory filings are filed with the SEC, as required by federal securities laws, and are generally available within sixty (60) days of the end of the Funds’ fiscal quarter.

In addition, the Funds make publicly available their respective month-end top 10 holdings with a 10 day lag and their month-end full portfolios with a 60 day lag on their website www.alger.com and through other marketing communications (including printed advertising/sales literature and/or shareholder telephone customer service centers). No compensation or other consideration is received for the non-public disclosure of portfolio holdings information.

In accordance with the foregoing, the Funds provide portfolio holdings information to third parties including financial intermediaries and service providers who need access to this information in the performance of their services and are subject to duties of confidentiality (1) imposed by law, including a duty not to trade on non-public information, and/or (2) pursuant to an agreement that confidential information is not to be disclosed or used (including trading on such information) other than as required by law. This agreement must be approved by the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer.

The Board periodically reviews a report disclosing the third parties to whom each Fund’s holdings information has been disclosed and the purpose for such disclosure, and it considers whether or not the release of information to such third parties is in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders.

In addition to material the Funds routinely provide to shareholders, the Manager may, upon request, make additional statistical information available regarding the Alger Family of Funds. Such information may include, but not be limited to, relative weightings and characteristics of a Fund portfolio versus an index (such as P/E (or price to book) ratio), EPS forecasts, alpha, beta, capture ratio, maximum drawdown, standard deviation, Sharpe ratio, information ratio, and market cap analysis), security specific impact on overall portfolio performance, return on equity statistics, geographic analysis, number of holdings, month-end top ten contributors to and detractors from performance, portfolio turnover, and other similar information. Shareholders should visit www.alger.com or may also contact the Funds at (800) 992-3863 to obtain such information.

Each Fund provides its portfolio holdings on a daily basis, with no lag, to each of Abel Noser, Bloomberg, Factset, Security Class Action Services, LLC, and William O’Neil + Co. Inc. Each Fund has ongoing arrangements to provide its portfolio holdings to each of Callan Associates, Epiq eDiscovery Solutions, Inc., Equest, eVestment Alliance, LLC, Fascet LLC, ICE Data Services, InsiderScore, Mercer Investment Consulting, Morningstar, Oppenheimer, PSN, S&P Global Inc., RBC Capital Markets, Refinitiv US LLC, Renaissance Macro, Seismic, Synergy Capital Management, Vantagepoint Investment Management, Inc., and Wilshire. Neither a Fund nor any other person is directly compensated for such disclosure, although certain persons receiving such disclosure may be investors in one or more Funds and may therefore be subject to fees applicable to all shareholders. Alger Management also manages accounts for individuals and institutions. Holders of these accounts may own many of the same securities as a Fund, and therefore may be generally aware of the portfolio holdings of a Fund.

Net Asset Value

The price of one share of a class is based on its net asset value or “NAV.” The NAV is computed by adding the value of a Fund’s investments plus cash and other assets allocable to the class, deducting applicable liabilities and then dividing the result by the number of shares of the class outstanding. The NAV of a share of a given class may differ from that of one or more other classes of a Fund. NAV is calculated as of the close of business (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each day the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open.

Purchases of shares will be based upon the next net asset value calculated for each class after your order is received and accepted by the Transfer Agent or other designated intermediary. If your purchase is made by check, wire or exchange and is received by the close of business of the NYSE (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time), your account will be credited on the day of receipt. If your purchase is received after such time, it will be credited the next business day.

The NYSE is generally open on each Monday through Friday, except New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (the third Monday in January), Presidents’ Day (the third Monday in February), Good Friday, Memorial Day (the last Monday in May), Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day (the first Monday in September), Thanksgiving Day (the fourth Thursday in November) and Christmas Day.

The assets of a Fund are generally valued on the basis of market quotations. Securities for which such information is readily available are valued at the last reported sales price or, in the absence of reported sales, at a price within the bid and asked price or the official closing price as reported by an independent

pricing service on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded. In the absence of a recent bid or asked price, the equivalent as obtained from one or more of the major market makers for the securities to be valued may be used. Other investments and other assets, including restricted securities and securities for which market quotations are not readily available, are valued at fair value under procedures approved by the Board. Short-term securities with maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, as described below, which constitutes fair value as determined by Alger Management, as the Board’s valuation designee.

Securities in which the Funds invest may be traded in markets that close before the close of the NYSE. Developments that occur between the close of these markets (generally foreign markets) and the close of the NYSE (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) may result in adjustments to the closing prices to reflect what the Manager, pursuant to policies established by the Board, believes to be fair values of these securities as of the close of the NYSE. A Fund may also fair value securities in other situations, for example, when a particular foreign market is closed but the Fund is open.

The valuation of money market instruments with maturities of 60 days or less held by a Fund is based on their amortized cost which does not take into account unrealized capital gains or losses. Amortized cost valuation involves initially valuing an instrument at its cost and thereafter assuming a constant amortization to maturity of any discount or premium, regardless of the impact of fluctuating interest rates on the market value of the instrument. Although 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.

Classes of Shares

The classes of shares offered by each Fund are listed on the cover page of this Statement of Additional Information. Class I, Class Y and Class Z Shares are generally offered only to institutional investors. Class Z Shares may also be available on brokerage platforms of firms that have agreements with Alger LLC to offer such shares solely when acting as an agent for the investor. An investor transacting in Class Z Shares in these programs may be required to pay a commission and/or other forms of compensation to the broker. Class A Shares are generally subject to a front-end load, and Class C Shares are generally subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”). Class I, Class Y and Class Z Shares are not subject to a sales charge of any kind. Each of Classes A, C and I Shares is subject to distribution and/or service fees. Class N shareholders of the Funds whose shares were redesignated as Class A Shares on September 24, 2008 are not subject to a front-end load on purchases of additional Class A Shares of the Funds. Effective August 27, 2019, Class C Shares are only offered to investors through certain Financial Intermediaries, group retirement plan recordkeeping platforms or whose shares are held in an omnibus account.

From time to time, Alger LLC may reallow to brokers or financial intermediaries all or substantially all of the initial sales charge on Class A Shares. To the extent that it does so, such persons may be deemed to be underwriters of the Fund as defined in the Securities Act.

Current total return figures may be obtained by calling Alger Funds at (800) 992-3863 or on the Funds’ website at www.alger.com.

Conversion of Class C Shares

Class C Shares will automatically convert to Class A Shares on the fifth business day of the month following the eighth anniversary of the purchase date and will thereafter be subject to the lower Class A distribution and/or service fees. The conversion will be calculated based on the NAV per share without the imposition of any sales charge, fee or other charge. At conversion, a proportionate amount of Class C Shares representing reinvested dividends distributions will also be converted into Class A Shares.

Shareholders who purchase Class C Shares through certain Financial Intermediaries, group retirement plan recordkeeping platforms or whose shares are held in an omnibus account may not be eligible to participate in such Class C Share conversions or may have their Class C Shares converted on a different schedule. Contact your Financial Intermediary or plan recordkeeper for eligibility information. See Appendix A to each Fund’s Class C Shares prospectus for further details.

Purchases

Shares of the Funds are offered continuously by the Trust and are distributed on a best efforts basis by Alger LLC as principal underwriter for the Funds pursuant to a distribution agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”). Under the Distribution Agreement, Alger LLC bears all selling expenses, including the costs of advertising and of printing prospectuses and distributing them to prospective shareholders.

The Funds do not accept cash or cash equivalents for share purchases. Third-party checks will not be honored except in the case of employer-sponsored retirement plans. You will be charged a fee for any check returned by your bank. Purchases made through ACH (Automated clearing house) are subject to a maximum limit of $50,000.

Orders received by the Trust’s transfer agent or other designated intermediary are effected on days on which the NYSE is open for trading. For orders received before the close of regular trading on the NYSE, purchases and redemptions of the shares of each Fund are effected at the respective net asset values per share determined as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE on that same day. Orders received after the close of regular trading on the NYSE are effected at the next calculated net asset value. See “Net Asset Value.” All orders for the purchase of shares are subject to acceptance or rejection by the Trust. Payment for redemptions will be made by the Trust’s transfer agent on behalf of the Trust and the relevant Funds within seven days after the request is received.

Investors may exchange stock of companies acceptable to Alger Management for shares of the Funds with a minimum of 100 shares of each company generally being required. The Trust believes such exchange provides a means by which holders of certain securities may invest in the Funds without the expense of selling the securities in the open market. The investor should furnish, either in writing or by telephone, to Alger Management a list with a full and exact description of all securities proposed for exchange. Alger Management will then notify the investor as to whether the securities are acceptable and, if so, will send a letter of transmittal to be completed and signed by the investor. Alger Management has the right to reject all or any part of the securities offered for exchange. The securities must then be sent in proper form for transfer with the letter of transmittal to the Custodian of the Fund’s assets. The investor must certify that there are no legal or contractual restrictions on the free transfer and sale of the securities. Upon receipt by the Custodian, the securities will be valued as of the close of business on the day of receipt in the same manner as the Fund’s securities are valued each day. Shares of the Fund having an equal net asset value as of the close of the same day will be registered in the investor’s name. Applicable sales charges, if any, will apply, but there is no charge for making the exchange and no brokerage commission on the securities accepted, although applicable stock transfer taxes, if any, may be deducted. The exchange of securities by the investor pursuant to this offer may constitute a taxable transaction and may result in a gain or loss for federal income tax purposes. The tax treatment experienced by investors may vary depending upon individual circumstances. Each investor should consult a tax adviser to determine federal, state and local tax consequences.

Confirmations and Account Statements

All of your transactions through the Transfer Agent, UMB Fund Services, Inc., will be confirmed on separate written transaction confirmations (other than Automatic Investment Plan transactions) and on periodic account statements. You should promptly and carefully review the transaction confirmations and periodic statements provided to you and notify the Transfer Agent in writing of any discrepancy or unauthorized account activity. Any information contained on transaction confirmations and account statements will be conclusive unless you notify the Transfer Agent of an apparent discrepancy or unauthorized account activity within ten (10) business days after the information is transmitted to you. If you purchase Fund shares through a financial intermediary, you should contact your financial intermediary for information regarding any apparent discrepancies or unauthorized activity in your account.

Distribution Plans

As stated in the Prospectuses, in connection with the distribution and shareholder servicing activities of Alger LLC in respect of the Funds’ Class A, C and I Shares, respectively, the Trust has adopted plans (each a “Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Shareholders of each class of each Fund adopted a Plan, or approved an amendment to their classes’ Plan, between January and September of 2007, or when the class commenced operations, if later.

Each Plan authorizes the Trust to pay Alger LLC, on behalf of each Fund, a shareholder servicing fee computed at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets allocable to the Class A, Class C or Class I Shares, as the case may be, of the Fund, and such fee shall be charged only to that class. The shareholder servicing fee is used by Alger LLC to provide compensation for ongoing servicing and/or maintenance of shareholder accounts and to cover an allocable portion of overhead and other Alger LLC and selected dealer office expenses related to the servicing and/or maintenance of shareholder accounts. Compensation will be paid by Alger LLC to persons, including Alger LLC employees, who respond to inquiries of shareholders of the Fund regarding their ownership of shares or their accounts with the Fund or who provide other similar services not otherwise required to be provided by the Fund’s Manager, Transfer Agent or other agent of the Fund.

Pursuant to the Plan for Class C Shares, each Fund pays an annual fee of 1.00% of its Class C Shares’ average daily net assets to Alger LLC. In addition to the 0.25% shareholder servicing fee, Alger LLC is paid a 0.75% fee for providing distribution services including, but not limited to, organizing and conducting sales seminars, advertising programs, payment of finders’ fees, printing of prospectuses and SAIs and reports for potential investors, preparation and distribution of advertising material and sales literature, overhead, supplemental payments to dealers and other institutions as asset-based charges or as payments of commissions, and the costs of administering the Plan.

Under the Class C Plan, a portion of the distribution fee, sometimes described as an “asset-based sales charge,” allows investors to buy shares with little or no initial sales charge while allowing Alger LLC to compensate dealers that sell Class C shares of the Funds. Typically, Alger LLC, in its discretion or pursuant to dealer agreements, pays sales commissions of up to 1% of the amount invested in Class C Shares, and pays the asset-based sales charge as an ongoing commission to dealers on Class C Shares that have been outstanding for more than a year. For Class C Shares, the asset-based sales charge is retained by Alger LLC in the first year after purchase; in subsequent years, all or a portion of it typically is paid to the dealers who sold the Class C Shares. In some cases, the selling dealer is Alger LLC.

During the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022, the Funds paid Alger LLC for distribution services and/or shareholder servicing under the provisions of the respective Class Plans as follows:

Fund	Class A	Class C	Class I
Alger Spectra Fund	$3,291,976	$3,820,891	$612,644
Alger Responsible Investing Fund	$105,648	$36,982	$13,803
Alger Dynamic Opportunities Fund	$183,689	$142,433	$—
Alger Emerging Markets Fund	$12,543	$21,272	$5,433

Alger LLC has acknowledged that payments under the Plans are subject to the approval of the Board and that no Fund is contractually obligated to make payments in any amount or at any time, including payments in reimbursement of Alger LLC for expenses and interest thereon incurred in a prior year.

Under their terms, the Plans remain in effect from year to year, provided such continuation is approved in each case annually by vote of the Board, including a majority of the trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”) and a majority of the Trustees who have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the Plan. A Plan may not be amended to increase materially the amount to be spent for the services provided by Alger LLC without the approval of shareholders of the applicable class, and all material amendments of a Plan must be approved by the Trustees in the manner described above. A Plan may be terminated at any time, without penalty, by vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees or, with respect to the class of shares of any Fund to which a Plan relates, by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the class, on not more than 30 days’ written notice to any other party to the Plan. If a Plan is terminated, or not renewed with respect to any one or more Funds, it may continue in effect with respect to the class of shares of any Fund as to which it has not been terminated, or has been renewed. Alger LLC provides to the Board quarterly reports of amounts expended under each Plan and the purpose for which such expenditures were made.

Alger LLC’s selling expenses during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022 were as follows:

The Alger Funds II — Class A Shares

	Responsible Investing Fund	Spectra Fund	Emerging Markets Fund	Dynamic Opportunities Fund	Total
Advertising & Promotion	$2,991	$94,850	$352	$5,180	$103,373
Compensation to Dealers	111,440	3,247,794	20,788	187,234	3,567,256
Compensation to Sales Personnel	5,476	172,903	642	9,497	188,518
Printing	272	8,739	32	478	9,521
Total Selling Expenses	$120,179	$3,524,286	$21,814	$202,389	$3,868,668

The Alger Funds II — Class C Shares

	Responsible Investing Fund	Spectra Fund	Emerging Markets Fund	Dynamic Opportunities Fund	Total
Advertising & Promotion	$271	$28,534	$156	$1,027	$29,988
Compensation to Dealers	35,733	3,179,507	21,124	103,621	3,339,985
Compensation to Sales Personnel	493	51,852	284	1,886	54,515
Printing	25	2,679	14	94	2,812
Total Selling Expenses	$36,522	$3,262,572	$21,578	$106,628	$3,427,300

The Alger Funds II — Class I Shares

	Responsible Investing Fund	Spectra Fund	Emerging Markets Fund	Total
Advertising & Promotion	$395	$17,220	$168	$17,783
Compensation to Dealers	20,988	644,103	13,434	678,525
Compensation to Sales Personnel	724	31,336	300	32,360
Printing	36	1,605	14	1,655
Total Selling Expenses	$22,143	$694,264	$13,916	$730,323

Expenses of the Funds

Subject to any expense limitations described in each Fund’s Prospectuses, each Fund will bear its own expenses. Operating expenses for each Fund generally consist of all costs not specifically borne by Alger Management, including investment management fees, fees for necessary professional and brokerage services, costs of regulatory compliance and costs associated with maintaining legal existence and shareholder relations. In addition, Class A, Class C and Class I Shares of each Fund may pay Alger LLC for expenses incurred in distributing shares of that class and Class A, Class C, and Class I Shares of each such Fund may compensate Alger LLC for servicing shareholder accounts. Trustwide expenses not identifiable to any particular Fund or class will be allocated in a manner deemed fair and equitable by the Board. From time to time, Alger Management, in its sole discretion and as it deems appropriate, may assume certain expenses of one or more of the Funds while retaining the ability to be paid by the applicable Fund for such amounts prior to the end of the fiscal year. This will have the effect of lowering the applicable Fund’s overall expense ratio and of increasing yield to investors, or the converse, at the time such amounts are assumed or reimbursed, as the case may be.

Purchases Through Processing Organizations

You can purchase and redeem shares through a “Processing Organization,” which is a broker-dealer, bank or other financial institution that purchases shares of one or more Funds for its clients or customers. The Trust may authorize a Processing Organization to receive, or to designate other financial organizations to receive, purchase and redemption orders on a Fund’s behalf. In that case, the Fund will be deemed to have received an order when the Processing Organization or its intermediary receives it in good order, and the order will be processed based on the net asset value of the Fund next calculated after the order is received in proper form by the Processing Organization or its designee.

When shares are purchased this way, the Processing Organization, rather than its customer, may be the shareholder of record of the shares. The minimum initial and subsequent investments in classes of the Funds for shareholders who invest through a Processing Organization will generally be set by the Processing Organization. Processing Organizations may impose charges and restrictions in addition to or

different from those applicable if you invest in the Fund directly. Therefore, you should read the materials provided by the Processing Organization in conjunction with the applicable Prospectus. Certain Processing Organizations may receive compensation from the Fund, Alger LLC, or any of its affiliates.

Automatic Investment Plan (Class A and C)

While there is no charge to shareholders for this service, a fee will be deducted from a shareholder’s Fund account in the case of insufficient funds. A shareholder’s Automatic Investment Plan may be terminated at any time without charge or penalty by the shareholder, the Trust, the Transfer Agent or Alger LLC. Transfers from your bank account to a Trust-sponsored retirement account are considered current-year contributions. If the day of the month you select falls on a weekend or a NYSE holiday, the purchase will be made on the next business day. Class A Share purchases will remain subject to the initial sales charge.

Right of Accumulation (Class A)

Class A Shares of a Fund may be purchased by “any person” (which includes an individual, his or her spouse or domestic partner and children under the age of 21, or a trustee or other fiduciary of a single trust, estate or single fiduciary account) at a reduced sales charge as determined by aggregating the dollar amount of the new purchase and the current value (at offering price) of all Class A, Class B, and/or Class C Shares of The Alger Family of Funds then held by such person and applying the sales charge applicable to such aggregate. In order to obtain such discount, the purchaser must provide sufficient information at the time of purchase to permit verification that the purchase qualifies for the reduced sales charge. The right of accumulation is subject to modification or discontinuance at any time with respect to all shares purchased thereafter.

Letter of Intent (Class A)

A Letter of Intent (“LOI”) contemplating aggregate purchases of $25,000 or more provides an opportunity for an investor to obtain a reduced Class A sales charge by aggregating investments over a 13-month period, provided that the investor refers to such LOI when placing orders. For purposes of a LOI, the “Purchase Amount” as referred to in the sales charge table in the Prospectus includes purchases by “any person” (as defined above) of all Class A, Class B, and/or Class C Shares of The Alger Family of Funds over the following 13 months. An alternative is to compute the 13-month period starting up to 90 days before the date of execution of the LOI.

Purchases made by reinvestment of dividends or distributions of capital gains do not count towards satisfying the amount of the LOI. It is the responsibility of the dealer of record and/or the investor to advise the Distributor about the LOI when placing any purchase orders for the investor during the LOI period. Death or disability of the shareholder will not terminate the LOI.

The minimum initial investment under the LOI is 5% of the total LOI amount. Each investment in Class A Shares made during the period receives the reduced sales charge applicable to the total amount of the investment goal. Shares purchased with the first 5% of the total LOI amount will be held in escrow by the Transfer Agent to assure any necessary payment of a higher applicable sales charge if the investment goal is not met. If the goal is not achieved within the period, the investor must pay the difference between the sales charges applicable to the purchases made and the charges previously paid, or an appropriate number of escrowed shares will be redeemed.

Redemptions

The right of redemption of shares of a Fund may be suspended or the date of payment postponed for more than seven days (a) for any periods during which the NYSE is closed (other than for customary weekend and holiday closings), (b) when trading in the markets the Fund normally utilizes is restricted, or an emergency, as defined by the rules and regulations of the SEC, exists, making disposal of the Fund’s investments or determination of its net asset values not reasonably practicable or (c) for such other periods as the SEC by order may permit for protection of the Fund’s shareholders.

No interest will accrue on amounts represented by uncashed distribution or redemption checks.

Telephone Redemptions

Direct investors automatically have the ability to make redemptions by telephone unless you refuse the telephone redemption privilege. To sell shares by telephone, please call (800) 992-3863. Redemption requests received prior to the close of business of the NYSE (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) will generally be mailed on the next business day. Shares issued in certificate form are not eligible for this service.

Redemption proceeds are mailed to the address of record. Any request for redemption proceeds to be sent to the address of record must be in writing with the signature(s) guaranteed if made within 30 days of changing your address.

The Trust and Transfer Agent have reasonable procedures in place to determine that telephone instructions are genuine. They include requesting personal identification and recording calls. If an investor purchases shares directly from a Trust and the Trust and Transfer Agent follow these procedures, they are not liable for acting in good faith on telephone instructions. For more information on telephone exchanges and redemptions, contact the Transfer Agent.

Redemptions in Kind

Payment for shares tendered for redemption is ordinarily made in cash. However, the Board has adopted procedures which provide that if the Board determines that it would be detrimental to the best interest of the remaining shareholders of a Fund to make payment of a redemption order wholly in cash, the Fund may pay the redemption proceeds in whole or in part by a distribution “in kind” of securities from the Fund, in lieu of cash, in conformity with applicable rules of the SEC. The Trust has elected to be governed by Rule 18f-1 under the 1940 Act, pursuant to which a Fund is obligated to redeem shares solely in cash up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the net assets of the Fund during any 90-day period for any one shareholder. If shares are redeemed in kind, the redeeming shareholder might incur brokerage or other costs in selling the securities for cash. The method of valuing securities for the purposes of making in-kind redemptions will be the same as the method the Fund generally uses to value its portfolio securities and such valuation will be made as of the time the redemption price is determined. If the Fund pays large redemptions in cash, these transactions may increase the Fund’s transaction costs and detract from the Fund’s performance. Large purchases pose similar risks.

Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (Class A and C)

Certain Class A Shares are subject to a CDSC. Those Class A Shares (as well as when combined with all other Class A Shares of The Alger Family of Funds) purchased in an amount of $1 million or more which have not been subject to the class’s initial sales charge and which have not been held for a full year may be subject to a CDSC of 1% at the time of redemption.

Class C Shares are subject to a CDSC of 1% if redeemed within one year of purchase.

For purposes of the CDSC, it is assumed that the shares of the Fund from which the redemption is made are the shares of that Fund which result in the lowest charge, if any.

Redemptions of shares of each of the Funds are deemed to be made first from amounts, if any, to which a CDSC does not apply. There is no CDSC on redemptions of (i) amounts that represent appreciation on your original investment, or (ii) shares purchased through reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.

Waivers of Sales Charges (Class A and C)

No initial sales charge is imposed on purchases of Class A Shares, and no CDSC is imposed on redemptions of Class A and C Shares by:

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employees of the Distributor and its affiliates,

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Individual Retirement Accounts (“IRAs”), Keogh Plans and employee benefit plans for those employees and

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spouses, children, siblings and parents of those employees and trusts of which those individuals are beneficiaries, as long as orders for the shares on behalf of those individuals and trusts were placed by the employees;

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accounts managed by the Manager,

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employees, participants and beneficiaries of those accounts,

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IRAs, Keogh Plans and employee benefit plans for those employees, participants and beneficiaries and

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spouses and minor children of those employees, participants and beneficiaries as long as orders for the shares were placed by the employees, participants and beneficiaries;

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directors or trustees of any investment company for which the Distributor or any of its affiliates serves as investment adviser or distributor;

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employee benefit or retirement plans or charitable accounts, including, but not limited to, Individual Retirement Accounts, Keogh Plans, 401(k) plans, profit-sharing pension plans, defined benefit plans, Taft-Hartley multiemployer pension plans, 457 plans, 403(b) plans, non-qualified deferred compensation plans, and other defined contribution plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, other than employee benefit or retirement plans or charitable accounts that purchase Class A Shares through brokerage relationships in which sales charges are customarily imposed;

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an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in connection with the combination of the investment company with the Fund by merger, acquisition of assets or by any other transaction;

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registered investment advisers for their own accounts;

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certain registered investment advisers, banks, trust companies and other financial institutions (including broker-dealers) that have an agreement in place with the Distributor (see Appendix A — Waivers and Discounts Available from Intermediaries in the Prospectus for a list of such entities), as long as the orders for the shares were placed on behalf of their clients;

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certain financial intermediaries offering self-directed investment brokerage accounts that have an agreement in place with the Distributor (see Appendix A — Waivers and Discounts Available from Intermediaries in the Prospectus for a list of such entities);

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a financial institution as shareholder of record on behalf of:

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investment advisers or financial planners trading for their own accounts or the accounts of their clients, and who charge a separate fee for their services, and

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clients of such investment advisers or financial planners trading for their own accounts if the accounts are linked to the master account of such investment adviser or financial planner on the books and records of the financial institution;

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a financial institution as shareholder of record on behalf of retirement and deferred compensation plans and trusts used to fund those plans;

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registered representatives of broker-dealers that have an agreement in place with the Distributor, for their own accounts and their spouses, children, siblings and parents;

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children or spouses of individuals who died in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 made directly at the Fund;

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shareholders of Alger Global Focus Fund as of January 21, 2005 purchasing Class A Shares directly from the Fund for their existing accounts;

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investors purchasing Class A Shares of the Alger Family of Funds when those purchases are made directly from the Fund (including shareholders of Class N Shares as of September 23, 2008); and

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investors purchasing Class A Shares directly from the Fund which, when combined with current holdings of Class A Shares of the Alger Family of Funds offered with a sales charge, equal or exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate, when such Class A Shares are redeemed within 12 months of purchase.

Investors purchasing Class A Shares who may be entitled to one of the foregoing waivers should consult with their financial advisers as to their eligibility, and are required to claim and substantiate their eligibility for the waiver at the time of purchase. It is also the responsibility of shareholders redeeming shares otherwise subject to a CDSC but qualifying for a waiver of the charge to assert this status at the time of redemption. The Distributor has no information regarding the nature of the underlying

shareholders in an omnibus account (in which shares are held in the name of an intermediary on behalf of multiple beneficial owners, a common form of holding shares among retirement plans and financial intermediaries such as brokers, advisers and third-party administrators) it cannot aid in the substantiation of any such claims for waivers. Information regarding these procedures is available by contacting the Funds at (800) 992-3863.

Certain Waivers of the Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (Class A and C)

Any CDSC which otherwise would be imposed on redemptions of Fund shares will be waived with respect to (a) redemptions of shares held at the time a shareholder becomes disabled or dies, including the shares of a shareholder who owns the shares with his or her spouse as joint tenants with right of survivorship, provided that the redemption is requested within one year after the death or initial determination of disability, (b) redemptions in connection with the following retirement plan distributions: (i) lump-sum or other distributions from a qualified corporate or Keogh retirement plan following retirement, termination of employment, death or disability (or in the case of a five percent owner of the employer maintaining the plan, following attainment of age 70½); (ii) required distributions from an Individual Retirement Account (“IRA”) following the attainment of age 70½ or from a custodial account under Section 403(b)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, following the later of retirement or attainment of age 70½; and (iii) a tax-free return of an excess contribution to an IRA, (c) systematic withdrawal payments, and (d) redemptions by the Trust of Fund shares whose value has fallen below the minimum initial investment amount. For purposes of the waiver described in (a) above, a person will be deemed “disabled” if the person is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or to be of long-continued and indefinite duration.

Shareholders claiming a waiver must assert their status at the time of redemption.

Systematic Withdrawal Plan (Class A and C)

A systematic withdrawal plan (the “Withdrawal Plan”) is available to shareholders who own shares of a Fund with a value exceeding $10,000 and who wish to receive specific amounts of cash periodically. Withdrawals of at least $50 monthly (but no more than one percent of the value of a shareholder’s shares in the Fund) may be made under the Withdrawal Plan by redeeming as many shares of the Fund as may be necessary to cover the stipulated withdrawal payment. To the extent that withdrawals exceed dividends, distributions and appreciation of a shareholder’s investment in the Fund, there will be a reduction in the value of the shareholder’s investment and continued withdrawal payments may reduce the shareholder’s investment and ultimately exhaust it. Withdrawal payments should not be considered as income from investment in a Fund.

Shareholders who wish to participate in the Withdrawal Plan and who hold their shares in certificated form must deposit their share certificates of the Fund from which withdrawals will be made with the Transfer Agent, as agent for Withdrawal Plan members. All dividends and distributions on shares in the Withdrawal Plan are automatically reinvested at net asset value in additional shares of the Fund involved. For additional information regarding the Withdrawal Plan, contact the Funds.

Signature Guarantees

The Transfer Agent has adopted standards and procedures pursuant to which Medallion Signature Guarantees in proper form generally will be accepted from domestic banks, brokers, dealers, credit unions, and national securities exchanges, that are participants in the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program (MSP), the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (STAMP), and the Stock Exchanges Medallion Program (SEMP).

Exchanges

Except as noted below, shareholders may exchange some or all of their Fund shares for shares of the same class of another fund in The Alger Family of Funds. One class of shares may not be exchanged for another class of shares, except that in limited circumstances certain accounts will be permitted an exchange from one class to another, including, but not limited to, from Class A Shares to Class I or Class Z Shares, or from Class C Shares to Class A, Class I, or Class Z Shares. Once an initial sales charge has been imposed on a purchase of Class A Shares, no additional charge is imposed in connection with their exchange. For example, a purchase of Spectra Fund Class A Shares and subsequent exchange to Class A

Shares of any other Fund would not result in the imposition of an initial sales charge at the time of exchange. No CDSC is assessed in connection with exchanges of the same class; however, the original CDSC holding period will carry over to the acquired shares.

An exchange from one Fund to another Fund is generally a taxable event, and may generate capital gains or losses for federal income tax purposes. The exchange of shares of one class of a Fund into shares of another class of the same Fund, however, is generally not taxable for federal income tax purposes and no gain or loss will be reported on the transaction. Shareholders are advised to consult with their own tax advisers with respect to the particular tax consequences of an exchange.

Investors who hold shares directly automatically have the ability to make exchanges by telephone unless you refuse the telephone exchange privilege. Exchanges can be made among Funds of the same class of shares for identically registered accounts. For tax purposes, an exchange of shares is treated as a sale of the shares exchanged and, therefore, you may realize a taxable gain or loss when you exchange shares.

The Trust reserves the right to terminate or modify the exchange privilege upon notice to shareholders.

Management

Trustees and Officers of the Trust

The Trust is governed by the Board which is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders under Massachusetts law.

The Board has two standing committees: an Audit Committee and a Nominating Committee. The Audit Committee oversees (a) each Fund’s accounting and financial reporting policies and practices and its internal controls and (b) the quality and objectivity of each Fund’s financial statements and the independent audit thereof. The members of the Audit Committee are Charles F. Baird, Jr., Roger P. Cheever, David Rosenberg and Nathan E. Saint-Amand. The Audit Committee met five times during the Trust’s last fiscal year. The function of the Nominating Committee is, among other things, to select and nominate all candidates for election as Independent Trustees to the Board. The Nominating Committee, which met once during the Trust’s last fiscal year, is composed of all the Independent Trustees.

While the Nominating Committee expects to be able to identify a sufficient number of qualified candidates on its own, it will consider nominations from shareholders that are submitted in writing to the Secretary of the Trust, c/o Fred Alger Management, LLC, 100 Pearl Street, 27th Floor, New York, New York 10004. Any submission should include the following information as to each individual proposed for election or re-election as Trustee: the name, age, business address, residence address and principal occupation or employment of such individual, the class, series and number of shares of stock of the Fund that are beneficially owned by such individual, the date such shares were acquired and the investment intent of such acquisition, whether such shareholder believes such individual is, or is not, an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust, and information regarding such individual that is sufficient, in the discretion of the Nominating Committee, to make such determination, and all other information relating to such individual that is required to be disclosed in a solicitation of proxies for election of Trustees of a registered investment company in an election contest pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act (including such individual’s written consent to being named in a proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a Trustee (if elected)). Any such submission must also be submitted by such date and contain such information as may be specified in the Trust’s By-laws.

Board’s Risk Oversight Role

Risk oversight is part of the Board’s general oversight of the Trust. As is the case with virtually all investment companies (as distinguished from operating companies), service providers to the Trust, primarily the Manager, have responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Funds, which includes responsibility for risk management (including management of investment performance and investment risk, valuation risk, liquidity risk, issuer and counterparty credit risk, compliance risk and operational risk). As part of its oversight, the Board, acting at its scheduled meetings, regularly interacts with and receives reports from senior personnel of service providers, including the Manager’s Chief Investment Officer (or a senior representative of his office) and portfolio management personnel, which include reports on the investment performance of the Funds.

The Board receives regular compliance reports prepared by the Trust’s and the Manager’s Chief Compliance Officer and meets regularly with the Chief Compliance Officer to discuss various compliance matters, including compliance risks. In accordance with SEC rules, the Independent Trustees meet regularly in executive session with the Trust’s and the Manager’s Chief Compliance Officer, and the Chief Compliance Officer prepares and presents an annual written compliance report to the Board. The Board’s Audit Committee meets during its scheduled meetings, and between meetings the Audit Committee chair maintains contact with the Trust’s independent registered public accounting firm and the Trust’s Principal Financial Officer.

With respect to liquidity risk, the Board reviews, no less frequently than annually, a written report prepared by the Manager as the administrator of the Trust’s liquidity risk management program that addresses the operation of the program and assesses its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation. The Board also receives regular liquidity reports. With respect to valuation risk, the Board oversees the Manager in its role as valuation designee and reviews periodic reporting addressing valuation matters with respect to each Fund, including the Manager’s annual assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of its process for determining the fair value of each Fund’s portfolio securities.

The Board also receives periodic presentations from senior personnel of the Manager regarding risk management generally, as well as periodic presentations regarding specific operational, compliance or investment areas. The Board also may receive special reports or presentations on a variety of matters, either upon the Board’s request or upon the initiative of the Manager. The Board receives reports from counsel to the Trust or counsel to the Manager and the Board’s own independent legal counsel regarding regulatory compliance and governance matters. The Board’s oversight role does not make the Board a guarantor of the Funds’ investment activities.

Board Composition and Leadership Structure

The 1940 Act requires that at least 40% of the Trust’s trustees be Independent Trustees and as such not be affiliated with the Manager. To rely on certain exemptive rules under the 1940 Act, a majority of the Trust’s trustees must be Independent Trustees, and for certain important matters, such as the approval of investment advisory agreements or transactions with affiliates, the 1940 Act or the rules thereunder require the approval of a majority of the Independent Trustees. Currently, 80% of the Trust’s Trustees, including the Chair of the Board, are Independent Trustees. The Chair of the Board chairs Board meetings and executive sessions of the Independent Trustees, reviews and comments on Board meeting agendas, represents the views of the Independent Trustees to management and facilitates communication among the Independent Trustees and their counsel. The Board has determined that its leadership structure, in which the Chair of the Board is not affiliated with the Manager, is appropriate in light of the services that the Manager provides to the Trust and potential conflicts of interest that could arise from this relationship.

Trustees of the Trust, together with information as to their positions with the Trust, and principal occupations, are shown below.

Name, (Year of Birth), and Address(1)	Position(s) Held with the Trust and Length of Time Served	Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years	Number of Funds in the Alger Fund Complex(3) which are Overseen by Trustee	Other Directorships Held by Trustee During Past Five Years
Interested Trustee(2):
Hilary M. Alger (1961)	Trustee since 2003	Non-profit Fundraising Consultant since 2015, Schultz & Williams; Non-profit Fundraising Consultant since 2014, Hilary Alger Consulting; Emeritus Trustee since 2020 and Trustee from 2013 to 2020, Philadelphia Ballet; School Committee Member since 2017, Germantown Friends School.	30	Board of Directors, Alger Associates, Inc.; Director of Target Margin Theater

Name, (Year of Birth), and Address(1)	Position(s) Held with the Trust and Length of Time Served	Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years	Number of Funds in the Alger Fund Complex(3) which are Overseen by Trustee	Other Directorships Held by Trustee During Past Five Years
Non-Interested Trustees:
Charles F. Baird, Jr. (1953)	Trustee since 2000	Managing Partner of North Castle Partners (private equity securities group).	30
Roger P. Cheever (1945)	Trustee since 2000	Retired; Associate Vice President for Development Strategy from 2020 to 2021 and Associate Vice President for Principal Gifts from 2008 to 2020, Harvard University.	30	Board of Directors, Alger SICAV Fund
David Rosenberg (1962)	Trustee since 2007	Associate Professor of Law since August 2000, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York.	30
Nathan E. Saint-Amand M.D. (1938)	Trustee since 1986	Medical doctor in private practice since 1970; Member of the Board of the Manhattan Institute (non-profit policy research) since 1988.	30

(1)

The address of each Trustee is c/o Fred Alger Management, LLC, 100 Pearl Street, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10004.

(2)

Ms. Alger is an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust by virtue of her ownership control of Alger Associates, Inc. (“Alger Associates”), which controls Alger Management and its affiliates.

(3)

“Alger Fund Complex” refers to the Trust and the five other registered investment companies managed by Alger Management. Each Trustee serves until an event of termination, such as death or resignation, or until his or her successor is duly elected. Each of the Trustees serves on the board of trustees of the other five registered investment companies in the Alger Fund Complex.

Information About Each Trustee’s Experience, Qualifications, Attributes or Skills

The Board believes that the significance of each Trustee’s experience, qualifications, attributes or skills is an individual matter (meaning that experience that is important for one Trustee may not have the same value for another) and that these factors are best evaluated at the board level, with no single Trustee, or particular factor, being indicative of board effectiveness. However, the Board believes that Trustees need to have the skills, experience and judgment necessary to address the issues directors of investment companies confront in fulfilling their duties to fund shareholders. These skills include the ability to critically review, evaluate, question and discuss information provided to them, and to interact effectively with Trust management, service providers and counsel, in order to exercise effective business judgment in the performance of their duties; the Board believes that its members satisfy this standard. Experience relevant to having this ability may be achieved through a Trustee’s educational background; business, professional training or practice (e.g., medicine or law), public service or academic positions; experience from service as a board member (including the Board of the Trust) or as an executive of investment funds, public companies or significant private or not-for-profit entities or other organizations; and/or other life experiences. To assist them in evaluating matters under federal and state law, the Trustees are counseled by their own independent legal counsel, who participates in Board meetings and interacts with the Manager, and also may benefit from information provided by the Trust’s or the Manager’s counsel; both Board and Trust counsel have significant experience advising funds and fund board members. The Board and its committees have the ability to engage other experts as appropriate. The Board evaluates its performance on an annual basis.

Each Trustee has been a Board member of the Alger Fund Complex mutual funds since at least 2007. In addition, the following are among some of the specific experiences, qualifications, attributes or skills that each Trustee possesses (this supplements information provided in the table above), which the Board believes help the Trustees to exercise effective business judgment.

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Hilary M. Alger — In addition to her tenure as a Board member of all of the Alger Fund Complex funds (some since 2003), Ms. Alger has over 25 years experience in development for non- profit entities, and prior to that, worked as a securities analyst at Alger Management. Ms. Alger owns securities issued by, and serves on the Board of Directors of, Alger Associates.

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Charles F. Baird, Jr. — In addition to his tenure as a Board member of all of the Alger Fund Complex funds (some since 2000), and his service on the Audit Committee of the Trust, Mr. Baird has over 35 years experience as a business entrepreneur, primarily focusing on private equity securities. His extensive experience in the investment business provides in-depth knowledge of industry practices and standards.

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Roger P. Cheever — Mr. Cheever has been the Chair of the Board of all of the Alger Fund Complex funds since 2007, and has been a Board member of some since 2000. Mr. Cheever has over 35 years of experience in the development and management of non-profit entities.

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David Rosenberg — In addition to his tenure as a Board member of all of the Alger Fund Complex funds since 2007, Mr. Rosenberg has 20 years of experience as a professor of business law.

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Nathan E. Saint-Amand, M.D. — In addition to his tenure as a Board member of all of the Alger Fund Complex funds (some since 1986), and his service on the Audit Committee of the Trust, Dr. Saint-Amand has been a medical doctor for over 45 years and has served on the boards of several non-profit entities.

Officers of the Trust, with information regarding their positions with the Trust and principal occupations, are shown below.

Name (Year of Birth), Position with Trust and Address(1)	Principal Occupations	Officer Since
Officers(2):
Hal Liebes (1964) President, Principal Executive Officer	Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer (“COO”), Secretary and Managing Member, Alger Management; Managing Member, Alger LLC; COO and Secretary, Alger Associates, Inc.; COO, Secretary and Manager, Alger Alternative Holdings, LLC and Alger Alternative Holdings II, LLC; Director, Alger SICAV and Alger International Holdings; Vice President, COO, Managing Member and Secretary, Alger Capital, LLC and Alger Group Holdings, LLC; Executive Director and Chairman, Alger Management, Ltd.; Manager and Secretary, Weatherbie Capital, LLC, Alger-Weatherbie Holdings, LLC and Alger Apple Real Estate LLC; Manager, Alger Partners Investors I LLC, Alger Partners Investors II LLC and Alger Partners Investors KEIGF; Secretary, Alger Boulder I LLC; Director and Secretary, The Foundation for Alger Families.	2005
Tina Payne (1974) Secretary, Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Legal Officer	Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and Assistant Secretary, Alger Management; Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, Alger LLC; CCO and Authorized Signer, Alger Management, Ltd.; Vice President and Assistant Secretary, Alger Group Holdings, LLC; Assistant Secretary, Weatherbie Capital, LLC, Alger Alternative Holdings, LLC, Alger Alternative Holdings II, LLC and Alger-Weatherbie Holdings, LLC.	2017
Michael D. Martins (1965) Treasurer, Principal Financial Officer	Senior Vice President, Alger Management.	2005
Sergio M. Pavone (1961) Assistant Treasurer	Vice President, Alger Management.	2007
Mia G. Pillinger (1989) Assistant Secretary	Vice President, Associate Counsel of Alger Management since 2020. Formerly, Associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP, from 2016 to 2020.	2020
Sushmita Sahu (1981) AML Compliance Officer	Vice President, Alger Management.	2021

(1)

The address of each officer is c/o Fred Alger Management, LLC, 100 Pearl Street, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10004.

(2)

Each officer’s term of office is one year. Each officer serves in the same capacity for the other funds in the Alger Fund Complex.

No director, officer or employee of Alger Management or its affiliates receives any compensation from the Trust for serving as an officer or Trustee of the Trust. Each Independent Trustee receives a fee of $156,000 per annum, paid pro rata based on net assets by each fund in the Alger Fund Complex, plus travel expenses incurred for attending meetings. The Independent Trustee appointed as Chair of the Board receives an additional compensation of $22,000 per annum paid pro rata based on net assets by each fund in the Alger Fund Complex. Additionally, each member of the Audit Committee receives a fee of $13,000 per annum, paid pro rata based on net assets by each fund in the Alger Fund Complex. Effective January 1, 2022, the Trustees adopted a policy requiring Trustees to receive a minimum of 10% of their annual compensation in shares of the funds in the Alger Fund Complex.

Prior to January 1, 2022, each Independent Trustee received a fee of $142,000 per annum, paid pro rata based on net assets by each fund in the Alger Fund Complex, plus travel expenses incurred for attending meetings; the Chair of the Board received an additional compensation of $20,000 per annum paid pro rata based on net assets by each fund in the Alger Fund Complex; and each member of the Audit Committee received a fee of $13,000 per annum, paid pro rata based on net assets by each fund in the Alger Fund Complex.

The Trustees and officers of the Trust are permitted to purchase shares of the Funds without the payment of any sales charge. Applicable sales charges are waived for these individuals because no selling effort by the Distributor is involved and in order to promote the alignment of such individuals’ economic interests with the Trust.

The Trust did not offer its Trustees any pension or retirement benefits during or prior to the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022. The following table provides compensation amounts paid to current Independent Trustees of the Trust for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022.

Compensation Table

Name of Person	Aggregate Compensation from The Alger Funds II*	Total Compensation Paid to Trustee from The Alger Fund Complex*
Charles F. Baird, Jr	$47,075	$165,500
Roger P. Cheever	$49,562	$174,000
David Rosenberg	$43,548	$152,500
Nathan E. Saint-Amand	$47,144	$165,500

An additional $47,257 was paid by the Trust and $165,500 by the Alger Fund Complex for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022, to a Trustee who retired effective December 31, 2022.

The following table shows each current Trustee’s beneficial ownership as of December 31, 2022, by dollar range, of equity securities of the Funds and of all of the funds in the Alger Fund Complex overseen by that Trustee. The ranges are as follows: A = none; B = $1 — $10,000; C = $10,001 — $50,000; D = $50,001 — $100,000; E = over $100,000.

None of the Independent Trustees and none of their immediate family members owns any securities issued by Alger Management, Alger LLC, or any company (other than a registered investment company) controlling, controlled by or under common control with Alger Management or Alger LLC. The table reflects Ms. Alger’s beneficial ownership of shares of the Funds, and of all funds in the Alger Fund Complex overseen by Ms. Alger as a Trustee, that are owned by various entities that may be deemed to be controlled by Ms. Alger.

	Hilary M. Alger	Charles F. Baird, Jr.	Roger P. Cheever	David Rosenberg	Nathan E. Saint-Amand
Spectra Fund	E	A	A	A	E
Responsible Fund	E	A	E	B	A
Dynamic Fund	E	E	D	A	A
Emerging Fund	E	A	A	A	A
Aggregate Equity Securities of Funds in the Alger Fund Complex	E	E	E	C	E

Investment Manager

Alger Management has been in the business of providing investment advisory services since 1964 and, as of December 31, 2022, had approximately $21.7 billion in assets under management. Alger Management is directly owned by Alger Group Holdings, LLC, a financial services holding company. Alger Group Holdings and Alger Management are indirectly controlled by Hilary M. Alger, Nicole D. Alger and Alexandra D. Alger, who own approximately 99% of the voting rights of Alger Associates, the parent company of Alger Group Holdings.

Alger Management serves as investment adviser to the Funds pursuant to a written agreement between the Trust, on behalf of the Funds, and Alger Management (the “Advisory Agreement”), and under the supervision of the Board. The services provided by Alger Management under the Advisory Agreement include: making investment decisions for the Funds, placing orders to purchase and sell securities on behalf of the Funds, and selecting broker-dealers that, in its judgment, provide prompt and reliable execution at favorable prices and reasonable commission rates. Alger LLC may serve as each Fund’s broker in effecting most portfolio transactions on securities exchanges and can retain commissions in accordance with certain regulations of the SEC. Alger Management employs professional securities

analysts who provide research services exclusively to the Funds and other accounts for which Alger Management or its affiliates serve as investment adviser or subadviser. Alger Management pays the salaries of all officers of the Trust who are employed by the Trust and Alger Management. Alger Management bears all expenses in connection with the performance of its services under the Advisory Agreement.

As compensation for its services, the Trust has agreed to pay the Manager an investment advisory fee, accrued daily and payable monthly, at the annual rates set forth below as a percentage of the average daily net asset value of the applicable Fund:

Fund	Annual Fee as a Percentage of Average Daily Net Assets
Alger Spectra Fund	.90% for assets up to $2 billion; .75% for assets between $2 billion and $4 billion; .65% for assets between $4 billion and $6 billion; .55% for assets between $6 billion and $8 billion; .45% for assets in excess of $8 billion
Alger Responsible Investing Fund	.71% for assets up to $1 billion; .65% for assets in excess of $1 billion
Alger Dynamic Opportunities Fund	1.20% for assets up to $1 billion; 1.00% for assets in excess of $1 billion
Alger Emerging Markets Fund	.75%

The Manager has made contractual commitments to certain of the Funds to waive and/or reimburse such Funds for expenses to the extent necessary to maintain those Funds’ other expenses and any other applicable share class-specific expenses at or below certain levels. With respect to Alger Responsible Investing Fund, the limitations do not include custody fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, dividend expense on short sales, net borrowing costs, interest, taxes, brokerage and extraordinary expenses, to the extent applicable. With respect to Alger Emerging Markets Fund, the limitations do not include acquired fund fees and expenses, dividend expense on short sales, net borrowing costs, interest, taxes, brokerage and extraordinary expenses, to the extent applicable. With respect to Alger Dynamic Opportunities Fund and Alger Spectra Fund, the limitations do not include custody fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage and extraordinary expenses, but do include dividend expense on short sales and net borrowing costs, to the extent applicable. Each agreement runs through February 28, 2025 and may only be amended or terminated prior to its expiration date by agreement between the Manager and the Board, and will terminate automatically in the event of termination of the Advisory Agreement. Such waiver/reimbursement arrangements are described in the table below. The Manager may recoup any fees waived or expenses reimbursed pursuant to the contract; however, a Fund will only make repayments to the Manager if such repayment does not cause a Fund’s expense ratio after the repayment is taken into account, to exceed both (i) the expense cap in place at the time such amounts were waived or reimbursed, and (ii) a Fund’s current expense cap. Such recoupment is limited to two years from the date the amount is initially waived or reimbursed.

Fund	Class	Waiver
Alger Spectra Fund*	Y	0.28%
Alger Spectra Fund*	Z	0.34%
Alger Responsible Investing Fund**	Z	0.24%
Alger Dynamic Opportunities Fund***	A	0.80%
	C	1.55%
	Z	0.55%
Alger Emerging Markets Fund****	A	0.80%
	C	1.55%
	I	0.70%
	Z	0.24%

Prior to April 1, 2023, the waiver/reimbursement arrangement for Alger Spectra Fund was to maintain the Fund’s total annual operating expenses at or below certain levels. The limitation did not include acquired fund fees and expenses, dividend expense on short sales, borrowing costs, interest, taxes, brokerage and extraordinary expenses, to the extent applicable. The waiver/reimbursement was 0.79% for Class Y shares and 0.99% for Class Z shares. Prior to February 28, 2021, there was no waiver/reimbursement arrangement for Class Z shares.

Prior to April 1, 2023, the waiver/reimbursement arrangement for Alger Responsible Investing Fund was to maintain the Fund’s total annual operating expenses at or below certain levels. The limitation did not include acquired fund fees and expenses, dividend expense on short sales, borrowing costs, interest, taxes, brokerage and extraordinary expenses, to the extent applicable. The waiver/reimbursement was 0.95% for Class Z shares. Prior to February 28, 2021, the Fund’s Class A shares had a waiver of 1.35%.

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Prior to April 1, 2023, the waiver/reimbursement arrangement for Alger Dynamic Opportunities Fund was to maintain the Fund’s total annual operating expenses at or below certain levels. The limitation did not include acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage and extraordinary expenses, but did include dividend expense on short sales and borrowing costs, to the extent applicable. The waiver/reimbursement was 2.00% for Class A shares, 2.75% for Class C shares and 1.75% for Class Z shares.

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Prior to April 1, 2023, the waiver/reimbursement arrangement for Alger Emerging Markets Fund was to maintain the Fund’s total annual operating expenses at or below certain levels. The limitation did not include acquired fund fees and expenses, dividend expense on short sales, borrowing costs, interest, taxes, brokerage and extraordinary expenses, to the extent applicable. The waiver/reimbursement was 1.55% for Class A shares, 2.30% for Class C shares, 1.45% for Class I shares and 0.99% for Class Z shares. Class Y shares of Alger Emerging Markets Fund were liquidated on May 1, 2020. Prior thereto, the contractual limitation for the Class Y shares was 0.95%.

During the fiscal years ended October 31, 2020, 2021, and 2022, respectively, Alger Management earned the following amounts under the terms of the Advisory Agreement:

Fund	2022	2021	2020
Alger Spectra Fund	$42,104,206	$57,637,716	$48,816,358
Alger Responsible Investing Fund	$575,917	$623,194	$483,327
Alger Dynamic Opportunities Fund	$7,843,980	$8,435,901	$2,487,760
Alger Emerging Markets Fund	$290,786	$273,861	$154,090

During the fiscal years ended October 31, 2020, 2021, and 2022, respectively, Alger Management waived and/or reimbursed the following Funds the respective amounts set forth in the table below, pursuant to contractual agreements to limit expenses that were substantially the same as those described above:

Fund	2022	2021	2020
Alger Spectra Fund	$118,268	$—	$28,994
Alger Responsible Investing Fund	$19,965	$3,496	$24,547
Alger Dynamic Opportunities Fund	$4,633,968	$3,026,870	$1,498,188
Alger Emerging Markets Fund	$158,492	$104,236	$169,483

Administrative Services

Pursuant to a separate administration agreement between the Trust, on behalf of the Funds, and Alger Management (the “Fund Administration Agreement”), Alger Management also provides administrative services to the Funds, including, but not limited to: providing office space, telephone, office equipment and supplies; authorizing expenditures and approving bills for payment on behalf of the Funds; supervising preparation of periodic shareholder reports, notices and other shareholder communications; supervising the daily pricing of each Fund’s investment portfolio and the publication of the net asset value of each Fund’s shares, earnings reports and other financial data; monitoring relationships with organizations providing services to the Funds, including the Funds’ Custodian, Transfer Agent and printers; providing trading desk facilities for the Funds; and supervising compliance by the Funds with recordkeeping and periodic reporting requirements under the 1940 Act.

Alger Management’s administrative fee is .0275% of average daily net assets, and pursuant to an Accounting Agency Agreement between Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (“BBH”) and the Funds, for a fee of 0.014% of the Funds’ average daily net assets for the first $5 billion in assets and 0.0125% for assets over $5 billion, BBH provides accounting and bookkeeping services and calculation of the net asset value of the Funds’ shares.

During the fiscal years ended October 31, 2020, 2021, and 2022, respectively, Alger Management earned under the terms of the Fund Administration Agreement, approximately:

Fund	2022	2021	2020
Alger Spectra Fund	$1,514,885	$2,244,692	$1,795,452
Alger Responsible Investing Fund	$22,307	$24,138	$18,720
Alger Dynamic Opportunities Fund	$179,758	$193,323	$57,010
Alger Emerging Markets Fund	$10,662	$10,042	$5,650

Alger Management has also entered into a Shareholder Administrative Services Agreement with the Trust. The services provided and the fees paid pursuant to that agreement are discussed in the “Transfer Agent” section below.

Sub-Adviser

Alger Management has entered into a Sub-Advisory Agreement with Weatherbie, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alger Associates and an affiliate of Alger Management. Weatherbie, subject to Alger Management’s supervision and approval, provides investment management of a portion of Dynamic Opportunities Fund’s assets. Alger Management pays Weatherbie 70% of the advisory fee received by Alger Management with respect to the portion of assets Weatherbie manages, net of any waivers.

During the fiscal years ended October 31, 2020, 2021, and 2022, Alger Management paid Weatherbie $451,634, $1,869,175, and $1,507,585, respectively, under the terms of the Sub-Advisory Agreement in respect of Dynamic Opportunities Fund.

Description of Portfolio Manager Compensation Structure

An Alger portfolio manager’s compensation generally consists of salary and an annual bonus. In addition, portfolio managers are eligible for health and retirement benefits available to all Alger employees, including a 401(k) plan sponsored by Alger Management. A portfolio manager’s base salary is typically a function of the portfolio manager’s experience (with consideration given to type, investment style and size of investment portfolios previously managed), education, industry knowledge and the individual’s performance in his or her role. Base salaries will grow over time for Alger’s superior employees, rewarding their performance and contributions to the firm.

Bonus may be a significant portion of an individual’s compensation and can vary from year to year. The annual bonus considers various factors, including:

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the firm’s overall financial results and profitability;

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the firm’s overall investment management performance;

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current year’s and prior years’ pre-tax investment performance (both relative and absolute) of the portfolios for which the individual is responsible, based on the benchmark of each such portfolio;

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qualitative assessment of an individual’s performance with respect to the firm’s investment process and standards; and

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the individual’s leadership contribution within the firm.

While the benchmarks and peer groups used in determining a portfolio manager’s compensation may change from time to time, Alger Management may refer to benchmarks, such as those provided by Russell Investments and S&P Global Ratings, and peer groups, such as those provided by Lipper Inc. and Morningstar Inc., that are widely-recognized by the investment industry.

Alger Management has implemented a profit participation plan (“PPP”) that gives key personnel the opportunity to have equity-like participation in the long-term growth and profitability of the firm. Senior members of the firm are eligible to receive awards annually in the PPP. The PPP reinforces the portfolio managers’ commitment to generating superior investment performance for the firm’s clients. The awards are invested in Alger mutual funds and have a four-year vesting schedule. The total award earned can increase or decrease with the firm’s investment and earnings results over the four-year period.

Additionally, the Alger Partners Plan provides key investment executives with phantom equity that allows participants pro-rata rights to growth in the firm’s book value, dividend payments and participation in any significant corporate transactions (e.g. partial sale, initial public offering, merger, etc.). The firm does not have a limit on the overall percentage of the firm’s value it will convey through this program. Participation in this program is determined annually.

Other Accounts Managed by Portfolio Managers

The numbers and assets of other accounts managed by the portfolio managers of the Funds as of October 31, 2022 are as follows. Except as noted below, no account’s advisory fee is based on the performance of the account.

	Registered Investment Companies		Other Pooled Investment Vehicles		Other Accounts

Gregory Adams*	3	$328,723,376	3	$119,994,840	6	$15,231,794
Joshua D. Bennettx†	3	$785,094,754	5	$224,820,958	17	$1,071,967,960
Daniel J. Brazeau†	0	$0	2	$115,654,978	0	$0
Dan C. Chung*#	13	$5,969,323,925	8	$1,051,329,750	51	$2,219,607,427
Ankur Crawford#	5	$5,525,063,651	10	$1,251,221,567	57	$2,415,930,652
H. George Daix†	3	$785,094,754	5	$224,820,958	17	$1,071,967,960
Gregory Jones	2	$148,570,293	1	$7,480,265	1	$68,820
Patrick Kelly#	5	$5,525,063,651	10	$1,251,221,567	57	$2,415,930,652
Pragna Shere	2	$148,570,293	1	$7,480,265	1	$68,820

The portfolio manager also manages Alger Dynamic Return Fund, a hedge fund included as a pooled investment vehicle. The advisory fee of Alger Dynamic Return Fund is based on the performance of the account, which had assets of approximately $34 million as of October 31, 2022.

The portfolio manager also manages a separate account, included in “Other Accounts,” which may charge additional fees based on the performance of the account. The account had assets of approximately $95 million as of October 31, 2022.

†

The portfolio manager also manages a private hedge fund, included in “Other Pooled Investment Vehicles,” which may charge additional fees based on the performance of the account. The account had assets of approximately $34 million as of October 31, 2022.

The portfolio manager also manages a separate account, included in “Other Accounts,” with advisory fees based on the performance of the account. The account had assets of approximately $244 million as of October 31, 2022.

Securities Owned by the Portfolio Managers

The following table shows each current portfolio manager’s beneficial interest as of January 31, 2023, by dollar range, in the shares of the Fund(s) that he or she manages. The ranges are as follows: A = none; B = $1 — $10,000; C = $10,001 — $50,000; D = $50,001 — $100,000; E = $100,001 — $500,000; F = $500,001 — $1,000,000; G = over $1,000,000.

Portfolio Manager	Fund	Range
Gregory Adams	Dynamic Fund Responsible Fund	F* E
Joshua D. Bennett	Dynamic Fund	E*
Daniel J. Brazeau	Dynamic Fund	E*
Dan C. Chung	Dynamic Fund Spectra Fund	G F
Ankur Crawford	Spectra Fund	E
H. George Dai	Dynamic Fund	E*
Gregory Jones	Emerging Fund	E*
Patrick Kelly	Spectra Fund	E
Pragna Shere	Emerging Fund	E

A portion of these amounts represents vested or unvested shares held in various qualified and non-qualified deferred compensation plans sponsored by the Manager in which the portfolio manager participates. Information provided is based on current valuations of portfolio manager ownership in such plans where obtainable or on initial values (which may increase or decrease) where current valuations are not timely available.

Distributor

Alger LLC, an affiliate of Alger Management, serves as the Funds’ principal underwriter, or distributor, and receives payments from the Funds under the Plans (see “Purchases — Distribution Plans”). Alger LLC makes a continuous offering of Fund shares on a best efforts basis. It also receives brokerage commissions from the Trust (see “Investment Strategies and Policies — Portfolio Transactions”). During the Fund's fiscal years ended October 31, 2020, 2021 and 2022, Alger LLC retained approximately $1,856, $0 and $0 in initial sales charges and $42,955, $37,638 and $21,083 in CDSCs, respectively. Alger LLC does not receive any other compensation from the Funds.

From time to time Alger LLC, at its expense from its own resources, may compensate brokers, dealers, investment advisers or others (“financial intermediaries”) who are instrumental in effecting investments by their clients or customers in the Trust, in an amount up to 1% of the value of those investments. Alger LLC may also from time to time, at its expense from its legitimate profits, make payments to other financial intermediaries that provide shareholder servicing, or transaction processing, with such payments structured as a percentage of gross sales, a percentage of net assets, and/or as a fixed

dollar amount (the latter as a per account fee or as reimbursement for transactions processing and transmission charges). Payments under these other arrangements may vary but generally will not exceed 0.50% annually of the value of Trust assets or 0.50% annually of the value of Trust sales attributable to that financial intermediary. Alger LLC determines whether to make any additional cash payments and the amount of any such payments in response to requests from financial intermediaries, based on factors Alger LLC deems relevant. Factors considered by Alger LLC generally include the financial intermediary’s reputation, ability to attract and retain assets for the Trust, expertise in distributing a particular class of shares of the Trust, entry into target markets, and/or quality of service.

Financial intermediaries with whom Alger LLC has its most significant arrangements to make additional cash compensation payments are Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., Ameritas Investment Corporation, Ameritrade Inc., Charles Schwab & Co., Empower Financial Services, Inc., Jefferson National Life, Lincoln Benefit Life, LPL Financial Corporation, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Midland National Life Ins Co., MML Distributors LLC, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, MSCS Financial Services LLC, National Financial Services Co., Nationwide Investment Services Corp., Noramco, Oneamerica Securities, Inc., Pershing LLC, Protective Life Insurance Company, Raymond James & Associates, Inc., RBC Capital Markets LLC, Talcott Resolution Life Insurance Co., UBS Financial Services Inc., Voya Institutional Plan Services Inc., and Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC. In addition, Alger LLC may make payments to dealer firms in the form of payments for marketing support, seminar support, training meetings, or comparable expenses in the discretion of Alger LLC. Please contact your financial intermediary for details about revenue sharing payments it may receive. Any payments described above will not change the price paid by investors for the purchase of shares of a Fund or the amount of proceeds received by a Fund on the sale of shares.

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Deloitte & Touche LLP serves as the Trust’s independent registered public accounting firm.

Code of Ethics

The Manager, Alger LLC and the Trust have adopted a joint Code of Ethics pursuant to Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act.

Alger Management and Weatherbie personnel (“Access Persons”) are permitted to engage in personal securities transactions, including transactions in securities that may be purchased or held by the Funds, subject to the restrictions and procedures of the Code of Ethics. Pursuant to the Code of Ethics, Access Persons generally must pre-clear all personal securities transactions prior to trading and are subject to certain prohibitions on personal trading. You can obtain a copy of the Code of Ethics by calling the Trust toll-free at (800) 992-3863.

Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations

The following is a summary of selected federal income tax considerations that may affect the Funds and their shareholders. The summary is not intended to substitute for individual tax advice and investors are urged to consult their own tax advisers as to the federal, state and local tax consequences of investing in the Funds.

Each Fund will be treated as a separate taxpayer with the result that, for federal income tax purposes, the amounts of net investment income and capital gains earned will be determined on a Fund-by-Fund (rather than on a Trust-wide) basis.

Each Fund intends to qualify as a “regulated investment company” under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). If qualified as a regulated investment company, a Fund will pay no federal income taxes on its taxable net investment income (that is, taxable income other than net realized capital gains) and its net realized capital gains that are distributed to shareholders. To qualify under Subchapter M, a Fund must, among other things: (1) distribute to its shareholders at least 90% of its taxable net investment income and net realized short-term capital gains; (2) derive at least 90% of its gross income from dividends, interest, payments with respect to loans of securities, gains from the sale or other disposition of securities, or other income (including, but not limited to, gains from options, futures and forward contracts) derived with respect to the Fund’s business of investing in securities; and (3) diversify its holdings so that, at the end of each fiscal quarter of the Fund (a) at least 50% of the market value of the Fund’s assets is represented by cash, U.S. Government securities and other securities, with those other securities limited, with respect to any one issuer, to an amount no greater in value than 5% of the Fund’s total assets and to not more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of the issuer, and (b) not more than 25% of the market value of the Fund’s

assets is invested in the securities of any one issuer (other than U.S. Government securities or securities of other regulated investment companies) or of two or more issuers that the Fund controls and that are determined to be in the same or similar trades or businesses or related trades or businesses. In meeting these requirements, a Fund may be restricted in the utilization of certain of the investment techniques described above and in the Funds’ Prospectuses. As a regulated investment company, each Fund is subject to a non-deductible excise tax of 4% with respect to certain undistributed amounts of income and capital gains during the calendar year. The Trust expects each Fund to make additional distributions or change the timing of its distributions so as to avoid the application of this tax. Although the Trust expects each Fund to make such distributions as are necessary to avoid the application of this tax, certain of such distributions, if made in January, might be included in the taxable income of shareholders in the year ended in the previous December.

Payments reflecting the dividend income of a Fund will not qualify for the dividends-received deduction for corporations if the Fund sells the underlying stock before satisfying a 46-day holding period requirement (91 days for certain preferred stock). Dividends-received deductions will be allowed to a corporate shareholder only if similar holding period requirements with respect to shares of the Fund have been met.

In general, any gain or loss on the redemption or exchange of Fund shares will be long-term capital gain or loss if held by the shareholder for more than one year, and will be short-term capital gain or loss if held for one year or less. However, if a shareholder receives a distribution taxable as long-term capital gain with respect to Fund shares, and redeems or exchanges the shares before holding them for more than six months, any loss on the redemption or exchange up to the amount of the distribution will be treated as a long-term capital loss.

Dividends of a Fund’s net investment income and distributions of its short-term capital gains will generally be taxable as ordinary income. Distributions of long-term capital gains will be taxable as such at the appropriate rate, regardless of the length of time you have held shares of the Fund.

If a Fund is the holder of record of any stock on the record date for any dividends payable with respect to such stock, such dividends are included in the Fund’s gross income as of the later of (a) the date such stock became ex-dividend with respect to such dividends (i.e., the date on which a buyer of the stock would not be entitled to receive the declared, but unpaid, dividends) or (b) the date the Fund acquired such stock. Accordingly, in order to satisfy its income distribution requirements, a Fund may be required to pay dividends based on anticipated earnings and shareholders may receive dividends in an earlier year than would otherwise be the case.

Investors considering buying shares of a Fund just prior to a record date for a taxable dividend or capital gain distribution should be aware that, regardless of whether the price of the Fund shares to be purchased reflects the amount of the forthcoming dividend or distribution payment, any such payment will be a taxable dividend or distribution payment.

If a shareholder fails to furnish a correct taxpayer identification number, fails to fully report dividend or interest income, or fails to certify that he or she has provided a correct taxpayer identification number and that he or she is not subject to such withholding, then the shareholder may be subject to a 28% “backup withholding tax” with respect to (i) any taxable dividends and distributions and (ii) any proceeds of any redemption of Fund shares. An individual’s taxpayer identification number is his or her social security number. The 28% backup withholding tax is not an additional tax and may be credited against a shareholder’s regular federal income tax liability.

Shortly after the close of each calendar year, you will receive a statement setting forth the dollar amounts of dividends and any distributions for the prior calendar year and the tax status of the dividends and distributions for federal income tax purposes. You should consult your tax adviser to assess the federal, state and local tax consequences of investing in each Fund. This discussion is not intended to address the tax consequences of an investment by a nonresident alien.

The foregoing is a general and abbreviated summary of the applicable provisions of the Code and Treasury regulations presently in effect. For the complete provisions, reference should be made to the pertinent Code sections and the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder. Plan participants should consult their plan sponsors or tax advisers regarding the tax consequences of participation in the plan or of any plan contributions or withdrawals.

Dividends

Each share class will be treated separately in determining the amounts of dividends or investment income and distributions of capital gains payable to holders of its shares. Dividends and distributions will be automatically reinvested at net asset value on the payment date in additional shares of the class that paid the dividend or distribution at net asset value, unless you elected to have all dividends and distributions paid in cash or reinvested at net asset value into the same class of shares of another identically registered Alger Family of Funds account you have established. In addition, accounts whose dividend/distribution checks have been returned as undeliverable shall reinvest that dividend/distribution at the net asset value next determined after the Transfer Agent receives the undelivered check. Furthermore, all future dividend/distribution checks shall be reinvested automatically at net asset value on the payment date until a written request for reinstatement of cash distribution and a valid mailing address are provided by the share-holder(s). Shares purchased through reinvestment of dividends and distributions are not subject to a CDSC or front-end sales charge except as described above. Any dividends of the Funds are declared and paid annually. Distributions of any net realized short-term and long-term capital gains earned by a Fund usually will be made annually after the close of the fiscal year in which the gains are earned.

The classes of a Fund may have different dividend and distribution rates. Class A and Class I dividends generally will be greater than those of Class C due to the higher Rule 12b-1 fees associated with Class C Shares. Class Y and Class Z dividends will generally be greater than those of the other classes due to the absence of Rule 12b-1 fees. However, dividends paid to each class of shares in a Fund will be declared and paid at the same time and will be determined in the same manner as those paid to each other class.

Custodian and Transfer Agent

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., 50 Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 serves as custodian for the Trust pursuant to a custodian agreement under which it holds each Fund’s assets. UMB Fund Services, Inc. (“UMB”), 235 W. Galena Street, Milwaukee, WI 53212 serves as transfer agent for the Funds. Under the transfer agency agreement, UMB processes purchases and redemptions of shares of the Funds, maintains the shareholder account records for each Fund, handles certain communications between shareholders and the Trust, and distributes any dividends and distributions payable by the Funds. The Trust, Alger LLC (or its affiliates) and non-affiliated third-party service providers may enter into agreements for recordkeeping services.

Pursuant to the transfer agency agreement, UMB is compensated on a per-account basis, subject to a minimum total fee amount across the fund complex. These fees will be allocated across the Funds on a pro-rata basis by assets. The Trust has entered into a Shareholder Administrative Services Agreement with Alger Management to act as a liaison and to provide administrative oversight of UMB and related services. Alger Management is paid on an asset-based basis for these services. During the fiscal years ended October 31, 2020, 2021, and 2022, the Funds paid to Alger Management under the Shareholder Administrative Services Agreement:

Fund	2022	2021	2020
Alger Spectra Fund	$661,294	$975,079	$784,924
Alger Responsible Investing Fund	$11,099	$12,069	$9,374
Alger Dynamic Opportunities Fund	$71,068	$76,726	$24,245
Alger Emerging Markets Fund	$4,342	$4,206	$2,443

Principal Holders

A principal shareholder is any person who owns (either of record or beneficially) 5% or more of any class of outstanding shares of a Fund. A person who beneficially owns, either directly or indirectly, more than 25% of the voting securities of a Fund or acknowledges the existence of such control may be presumed to control the Fund. A control person could potentially control the outcome of any proposal submitted to the shareholders for approval, including changes to a Fund’s fundamental policies or terms of the Advisory Agreement. Certain of the investors below are believed to hold the indicated shares as nominee.

Additionally, the Manager or an affiliate of the Manager (the “seed investor”) may provide initial funding to or otherwise invest in a Fund. A seed investor may redeem its investment in a Fund at any time and without prior notice, which could adversely affect a Fund and its shareholders, such as by causing the Fund to realize taxable gains that will be distributed to other shareholders, and increasing Fund transaction costs and expense ratios.

The following table contains information regarding persons of record who own five percent or more of any share class of the Fund. All holdings are expressed as a percentage of a class of the Fund’s outstanding shares as of January 31, 2023.

Unless otherwise indicated, a Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record are also owned beneficially. The Trustees and officers of the Trust, as a group, held less than 1% of each Class of Shares of the Funds, except Class Z Shares of Alger Dynamic Opportunities Fund, Class Z Shares of Alger Emerging Markets Fund, Class Z Shares of Alger Responsible Investing Fund, and Class A Shares of Alger Spectra Fund. The Trustees and officers of the Trust, as a group, held approximately 9.2% of the Class Z Shares of Alger Dynamic Opportunities Fund, 3.5% of the Class Z Shares of Alger Emerging Markets Fund, 11.8% of the Class Z Shares of Alger Responsible Investing Fund, and 3.2% of the Class A Shares of Alger Spectra Fund (which includes Ms. Alger’s indirect ownership through various entities that may be deemed to be controlled by Ms. Alger).

Alger Spectra Fund

Name and Address	Fund Classes	Percentage of Total Shares Held
Morgan Stanley For the Exclusive Benefit of its Customers 1 New York Plaza, 12th Floor New York, NY 10004	A	10.63%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated For the Sole Benefit of Its Customers Attn: Fund Administration 4800 Deer Lake Drive E, 2nd Floor Jacksonville, FL 32246	A	9.93%
Wells Fargo Bank Special Custody Account 2801 Market St Saint Louis, MO 63103	A	8.77%
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Attn: Mutual Fund Ops 211 Main St San Francisco, CA 94105	A	8.65%
Pershing LLC 1 Pershing Plaza Jersey City, NJ 07399	A	8.20%
Wells Fargo Bank Special Custody Account 2801 Market St Saint Louis, MO 63103	C	16.87%
Pershing LLC 1 Pershing Plaza Jersey City, NJ 07399	C	16.20%
Raymond James and Associates Inc. Omnibus for Mutual Funds 880 Carillon Parkway St. Petersburg, FL 33716	C	12.28%
Morgan Stanley For the Exclusive Benefit of its Customers 1 New York Plaza, 12th Floor New York, NY 10004	C	8.16%

Name and Address	Fund Classes	Percentage of Total Shares Held
RBC Capital Markets LLC Mutual Fund Omnibus Processing ATTN: Mutual Fund Ops Manager 250 Nicollet Mall Suite 1400 Minneapolis, MN 55401	C	7.68%
UBS WM USA 1000 Harbor Boulevard Weehawken, NJ 07086	C	7.64%
LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account ATTN: Mutual Fund Trading 9785 Towne Centre Drive San Diego, CA 92121	C	6.58%
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Special Custody Account FBO Customers ATTN: Mutual Funds 211 Main St San Francisco, CA 94105	C	5.08%
Pershing LLC 1 Pershing Plaza Jersey City, NJ 07399	I	13.83%
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. ATTN: Mutual Fund Ops 211 Main St San Francisco, CA 94105	I	9.75%
LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account ATTN: Mutual Fund Trading 9785 Towne Centre Drive San Diego, CA 92121	I	9.51%
Empower Trust FBO Employee Benefits Clients 401K 8515 E Orchard Road, 2T2 Greenwood Village, CO 80111	I	8.02%
TD Ameritrade Inc. For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients P.O. Box 2226 Omaha, NE 68103	I	5.14%
Nationwide Trust Company FBO Participating Retirement Plans c/o IPO Portfolio Accounting P.O. Box 182029 Columbus, OH 43218	Y	32.00%
John Hancock Trust Company LLC 690 Canton Street, Suite 100 Westwood, MA 02090	Y	22.93%
PIMS Prudential Retirement As Nominee 100 1st Avenue West Oskaloosa, IA 52577	Y	18.57%

Name and Address	Fund Classes	Percentage of Total Shares Held
JP Morgan Securities LLC Omnibus Account 3rd Floor, Mutual Fund Department 4 Chase Metrotech Center Brooklyn, NY 11245	Y	7.51%
National Financial Services LLC For Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers ATTN: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor 499 Washington Boulevard Jersey City, NJ 07310	Y	5.91%
UBS WM USA 1000 Harbor Boulevard Weehawken, NJ 07086	Z	12.43%
National Financial Services LLC For Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers ATTN: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor 499 Washington Boulevard Jersey City, NJ 07310	Z	10.76%
Wells Fargo Bank Special Custody Account 2801 Market St Saint Louis, MO 63103	Z	10.37%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated For the Sole Benefit of Its Customers ATTN: Fund Administration 4800 Deer Lake Drive E, 2nd Floor Jacksonville, FL 32246	Z	9.33%
Morgan Stanley For the Exclusive Benefit of its Customers 1 New York Plaza, 12th Floor New York, NY 10004	Z	8.21%
Raymond James and Associates Inc. Omnibus for Mutual Funds 880 Carillon Parkway St. Petersburg, FL 33716	Z	7.32%
Pershing LLC 1 Pershing Plaza Jersey City, NJ 07399	Z	6.59%
American Enterprise Investment Services 707 2nd Avenue S Minneapolis, MN 55402	Z	5.74%
LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account ATTN: Mutual Fund Trading 9785 Towne Centre Drive San Diego, CA 92121	Z	5.28%

Alger Responsible Investing Fund

Name and Address	Fund Classes	Percentage of Total Shares Held
Voya Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company One Orange Way Windsor, CT 06095	A	28.24%

Name and Address	Fund Classes	Percentage of Total Shares Held
Pershing LLC 1 Pershing Plaza Jersey City, NJ 07399	A	7.88%
Raymond James and Associates Inc. Omnibus for Mutual Funds 880 Carillon Parkway St. Petersburg, FL 33716	A	7.56%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated For the Sole Benefit of Its Customers ATTN: Fund Administration 4800 Deer Lake Drive E, 2nd Floor Jacksonville, FL 32246	A	5.63%
LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account ATTN: Mutual Fund Trading 9785 Towne Centre Drive San Diego, CA 92121	A	5.31%
Edward D. Jones and Co. For the Benefit of Customers 12555 Manchester Road Saint Louis, MO 63131	A	5.25%
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. ATTN: Mutual Fund Ops 211 Main St San Francisco, CA 94105	A	5.01%
Pershing LLC 1 Pershing Plaza Jersey City, NJ 07399	C	16.47%
LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account ATTN: Mutual Fund Trading 9785 Towne Centre Drive San Diego, CA 92121	C	13.81%
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Special Custody Account FBO Customers ATTN: Mutual Funds 211 Main St San Francisco, CA 94105	C	13.47%
Raymond James and Associates Inc. Omnibus for Mutual Funds 880 Carillon Parkway St. Petersburg, FL 33716	C	8.85%
Morgan Stanley For the Exclusive Benefit of its Customers 1 New York Plaza, 12th Floor New York, NY 10004	C	7.73%
National Financial Services LLC 499 Washington Boulevard Jersey City, NJ 07310	C	7.08%
American Enterprise Investment Services 707 2nd Avenue S Minneapolis, MN 55402	C	5.84%

Name and Address	Fund Classes	Percentage of Total Shares Held
Edward D. Jones and Co. For the Benefit of Customers 12555 Manchester Road Saint Louis, MO 63131	C	5.51%
LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account ATTN: Mutual Fund Trading 9785 Towne Centre Drive San Diego, CA 92121	I	51.50%
Raymond James and Associates Inc. Omnibus for Mutual Funds 880 Carillon Parkway St. Petersburg, FL 33716	I	16.48%
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Attn: Mutual Fund Ops 211 Main St San Francisco, CA 94105	I	9.43%
LPL Financial FBO Customer Accounts 9785 Towne Centre Drive San Diego, CA 92121	Z	21.57%
Raymond James and Associates Inc. Omnibus for Mutual Funds 880 Carillon Parkway St. Petersburg, FL 33716	Z	12.58%
Alger Capital, LLC 100 Pearl Street, 27th Floor New York, NY 10004	Z	11.98%
American Enterprise Investment Services 707 2nd Avenue S Minneapolis, MN 55402	Z	10.26%
Lincoln Investment Planning LLC 601 Office Center Drive, Suite 300 Fort Washington, PA 19034	Z	9.48%
National Financial Services LLC For Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers ATTN: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor 499 Washington Boulevard Jersey City, NJ 07310	Z	7.68%
Wells Fargo Bank Special Custody Account 2801 Market St Saint Louis, MO 63103	Z	5.72%

Alger Dynamic Opportunities Fund

Name and Address	Fund Classes	Percentage of Total Shares Held
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Special Custody Account FBO Customers ATTN: Mutual Funds 211 Main St San Francisco, CA 94105	A	13.90%

Name and Address	Fund Classes	Percentage of Total Shares Held
RBC Capital Markets LLC Mutual Fund Omnibus Processing ATTN: Mutual Fund Ops Manager 250 Nicollet Mall Suite 1400 Minneapolis, MN 55401	A	10.23%
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. ATTN: Mutual Fund Ops 211 Main St San Francisco, CA 94105	A	9.94%
Raymond James and Associates Inc. Omnibus for Mutual Funds 880 Carillon Parkway St. Petersburg, FL 33716	A	9.65%
American Enterprise Investment Services 707 2nd Avenue S Minneapolis, MN 55402	A	7.32%
LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account ATTN: Mutual Fund Trading 9785 Towne Centre Drive San Diego, CA 92121	A	6.98%
Pershing LLC 1 Pershing Plaza Jersey City, NJ 07399	A	6.22%
Raymond James and Associates Inc. Omnibus for Mutual Funds 880 Carillon Parkway St. Petersburg, FL 33716	C	32.69%
LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account ATTN: Mutual Fund Trading 9785 Towne Centre Drive San Diego, CA 92121	C	24.39%
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Special Custody Account FBO Customers ATTN: Mutual Funds 211 Main St San Francisco, CA 94105	C	8.48%
American Enterprise Investment Services 707 2nd Avenue S Minneapolis, MN 55402	C	7.97%
UBS WM USA 1000 Harbor Boulevard Weehawken, NJ 07086	C	7.18%
Pershing LLC 1 Pershing Plaza Jersey City, NJ 07399	C	5.18%
American Enterprise Investment Services 707 2nd Avenue S Minneapolis, MN 55402	Z	16.76%
Pershing LLC 1 Pershing Plaza Jersey City, NJ 07399	Z	16.61%

Name and Address	Fund Classes	Percentage of Total Shares Held
National Financial Services LLC For Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers ATTN: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor 499 Washington Boulevard Jersey City, NJ 07310	Z	16.30%
Raymond James and Associates Inc. Omnibus for Mutual Funds 880 Carillon Parkway St. Petersburg, FL 33716	Z	10.82%
LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account ATTN: Mutual Fund Trading 9785 Towne Centre Drive San Diego, CA 92121	Z	7.68%
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. ATTN: Mutual Fund Ops 211 Main St San Francisco, CA 94105	Z	7.62%
UBS WM USA 1000 Harbor Boulevard Weehawken, NJ 07086	Z	7.25%

Alger Emerging Markets Fund

Name and Address	Fund Classes	Percentage of Total Shares Held
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Special Custody Account FBO Customers ATTN: Mutual Funds 211 Main St San Francisco, CA 94105	A	17.06%
LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account ATTN: Mutual Fund Trading 9785 Towne Centre Drive San Diego, CA 92121	A	15.66%
Raymond James and Associates Inc. Omnibus for Mutual Funds 880 Carillon Parkway St. Petersburg, FL 33716	A	13.39%
Pershing LLC 1 Pershing Plaza Jersey City, NJ 07399	A	12.73%
Pershing LLC 1 Pershing Plaza Jersey City, NJ 07399	C	31.44%
UBS WM USA 1000 Harbor Boulevard Weehawken, NJ 07086	C	29.96%
LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account ATTN: Mutual Fund Trading 9785 Towne Centre Drive San Diego, CA 92121	C	10.61%

Name and Address	Fund Classes	Percentage of Total Shares Held
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Special Custody Account FBO Customers ATTN: Mutual Funds 211 Main St San Francisco, CA 94105	C	7.99%
Raymond James and Associates Inc. Omnibus for Mutual Funds 880 Carillon Parkway St. Petersburg, FL 33716	C	7.67%
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. ATTN: Mutual Fund Ops 211 Main St San Francisco, CA 94105	I	16.53%
National Financial Services LLC 499 Washington Boulevard Jersey City, NJ 07310	I	12.93%
Pershing LLC 1 Pershing Plaza Jersey City, NJ 07399	I	11.18%
LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account ATTN: Mutual Fund Trading 9785 Towne Centre Drive San Diego, CA 92121	I	9.55%
National Financial Services LLC For Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers ATTN: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor 499 Washington Boulevard Jersey City, NJ 07310	Z	18.91%
LPL Financial Omnibus Customer Account ATTN: Mutual Fund Trading 9785 Towne Centre Drive San Diego, CA 92121	Z	14.92%
Raymond James and Associates Inc. Omnibus for Mutual Funds 880 Carillon Parkway St. Petersburg, FL 33716	Z	13.48%
Pershing LLC 1 Pershing Plaza Jersey City, NJ 07399	Z	11.27%
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Special Custody Account FBO Customers ATTN: Mutual Funds 211 Main St San Francisco, CA 94105	Z	10.85%
UBS WM USA 1000 Harbor Boulevard Weehawken, NJ 07086	Z	8.41%
RBC Capital Markets LLC Mutual Fund Omnibus Processing ATTN: Mutual Fund Ops Manager 250 Nicollet Mall Suite 1400 Minneapolis, MN 55401	Z	5.36%

As of January 31, 2023, there were no owners of 25% or more of the total outstanding shares of the Fund.

Organization

From its inception in 1968 until February 12, 1996, Alger Spectra Fund was organized as Spectra Fund, Inc., a Massachusetts business corporation, and had operated as a registered closed-end investment company since 1978. Shares of closed-end investment companies, unlike those of open-end companies, are ordinarily not redeemable and are not continuously offered for sale to the public. On February 12, 1996, Spectra Fund, Inc. reorganized as an unincorporated Massachusetts business trust and also converted to an open-end investment company, or “mutual fund.” In connection with the reorganization, the name of the Trust was changed from “Spectra Fund, Inc.” to “Spectra Fund.” The Trust is authorized to offer an unlimited number of shares. The Trust changed its name to “The Spectra Funds” on January 4, 2007, and to “The Alger Funds II” on September 24, 2008.

The Trust is now a “series fund,” which is a mutual fund divided into separate portfolios, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the 1940 Act and for other purposes. A shareholder of one portfolio is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other portfolio. For certain matters shareholders vote together as a group; as to others they vote separately by portfolio.

The word “Spectra” in the applicable Fund’s name has been adopted pursuant to a provision contained in the Trust Agreement. Under that provision, Alger Management may terminate the Trust’s license to use the word “Spectra” in its name or the Fund’s when Alger Management ceases to act as the Trust’s investment manager. The previously existing shares of the Trust were designated Class A Shares on September 24, 2008. Class A shares have an initial sales charge. Class C Shares, which are subject to a CDSC, and Class I Shares, which are not subject to sales charges, were created on September 24, 2008. On September 24, 2008, the names of the Trust and its portfolios were changed to their current names.

The Trust currently has three series in addition to Spectra Fund. Alger Green Fund commenced operations on January 12, 2007, and became Alger Responsible Investing Fund on December 30, 2016. Alger Dynamic Opportunities Fund commenced operations on November 2, 2009. Alger Emerging Markets Fund commenced operations on December 29, 2010. Previously there were three additional series of the Trust. Alger Technology Fund commenced operations on December 8, 2007, and was liquidated on April 30, 2009, Alger International Opportunities Fund commenced operations on March 1, 2007, and was liquidated on January 21, 2011 and Alger Analyst Fund commenced operations on April 2, 2007, became Alger Mid Cap Focus Fund on December 30, 2015, and was liquidated on October 25, 2017. All consideration received by the Trust for shares of a series, and all assets in which such consideration is invested, will belong to that series (subject only to the rights of creditors of the Trust) and will be subject to the liabilities related thereto. The income attributable to, and the expenses of, a series will be treated separately from those of the other series. The Trust has the ability to create, from time to time, new series without shareholder approval.

Rule 18f-2 under the 1940 Act provides that any matter required to be submitted under the provisions of the 1940 Act or applicable state law or otherwise to the holders of the outstanding voting securities of an investment company, such as the Trust, will not be deemed to have been effectively acted upon unless approved by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of each series affected by such matter. Rule 18f-2 further provides that a series shall be deemed to be affected by a matter unless it is clear that the interests of each series in the matter are identical or that the matter does not affect any interest of such series. The Rule exempts the selection of the independent registered public accounting firm and the election of Trustees from the separate voting requirements of the Rule.

The Class A, C, I, Y and Z Shares differ in that: (a) each class has a different class designation; (b) the Class A Shares are subject to initial sales charges; (c) the Class C Shares are subject to CDSCs, and certain Class A Shares may also be subject to a CDSC; (d) each of Class A, C and I Shares are subject to different distribution and/or service fees under the Plans; (e) Class Y and Z Shares are not subject to distribution and/or service fees; (f) to the extent that one class alone is affected by a matter submitted to a vote of the shareholders, then only that class has voting power on the matter; and (g) the exchange privileges and conversion rights of each class differ from those of the others.