Domini Social Equity Fund

Institutional Shares Overview

Fund Highlights
<p>All data as of 12/31/2011 unless otherwise noted. On November 30, 2006, the Domini Social Equity Fund, formerly an index fund, transitioned to an active management strategy.</p>
Symbol: DIEQX
Fund Type
<p>Diversified large-cap equity, socially screened.</p>
Inception Date:
6/3/1991
Initial Sales Fee

None (no-load)
Fund Net Assets
$677.0 Million
Expense Ratio1
0.80% annually
Dividends
Quarterly
Capital Gains
Annually
Minimum Initial Investment2
<p>$2 million</p>
Newspaper Listings
Investor Shares: Domini Soc Inv-Soc Eq
CUSIP Number
257132852

Investment Objective
The Fund seeks to provide its shareholders with long-term total return.

Investment Strategy
The Fund invests primarily in stocks of U.S. companies that meet Domini Social Investments’ social and environmental standards.

Subject to these standards, Wellington Management Company, LLP, the Fund’s submanager, seeks to add value using a diversified quantitative stock selection approach, while managing risk through portfolio construction.

Management
Investment Advisor and Sponsor: Domini Social Investments LLC.

Subadvisor: Wellington Management Company, LLP.

Shareholder Activism
The Fund also advances its social objectives by proxy voting, through continuing dialogue with corporations and by filing shareholder resolutions.

Social and Environmental Standards
Domini evaluates the Fund’s current and potential investments against its social and environmental standards based on the businesses in which they engage, as well as on the quality of their relations with key stakeholders, including communities, customers, ecosystems, employees, investors, and suppliers.

Domini may determine that a security is eligible for investment even if a corporation’s profile reflects a mixture of positive and negative social and environmental characteristics.

Investor Profile
Who Should Invest:

  • The DIEQX is a lower-cost version of the Domini Social Equity Fund offered to qualified endowments, foundations, religious organizations, nonprofit entities, and individuals and certain corporate or similar institutions that meet the minimum investment requirements.
  • Investors seeking long-term growth of capital.
  • Investors committed to the Fund's socially responsible investment standards. 

Who Should Not Invest:
Investors unwilling or unable to accept moderate to significant fluctuations in share price.
1Until November 30, 2012, Domini Social Investments LLC has contractually agreed to waive certain fees and/or reimburse certain expenses, including management fees, so that the Fund's expenses, net of waivers and reimbursements will not exceed, on a per annum basis, 0.80% of the daily net assets representing Institutional shares, absent an earlier modification by the Fund’s Board of Trustees.
 
2Institutional share accounts may only be established by or for the benefit of investors that have been approved by the distributor, meet the minimum investment and other requirements described below, and fall within the following categories: endowments, foundations, religious organizations, other nonprofit entities, individuals, retirement plan sponsors, certain corporate or similar institutions, and omnibus accounts maintained by financial intermediaries.
 
The minimum initial investment is generally $2,000,000 for an account, provided that defined contribution plan accounts must meet a minimum initial investment requirement of $10 million. Investors may meet the minimum initial investment amount by aggregating up to three separate Institutional share accounts (other than retirement plan accounts).  Defined contribution plan accounts meet eligibility levels at the sponsor level.  Defined contribution plan accounts cannot be aggregated with defined contribution plans of unaffiliated sponsors to meet the $10 million minimum initial investment amount.
 
Institutional share accounts will not be established for omnibus or other accounts for which Domini provides recordkeeping and other shareholder services or for which the Fund is required to pay any type of administrative payment per participant account.
 
The Fund may change any of the policies described above at any time.

 

The Domini Social Equity Fund is not insured and is subject to market risks. You may lose money. Although the Domini Social Equity Fund Institutional shares are no-load, certain fees and expenses apply to a continued investment and are described in the prospectus. The composition of the Fund's portfolio is subject to change.

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