SCHEDULE 14A
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(A) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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AMG FUNDS I
(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
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AMG Funds I (the “Trust”) and AMG Funds, LLC and Friess Associates, LLC 401(k) Retirement Plan, Friess Associates, LLC, and Friess Associates of Delaware, LLC (the “Friess Parties”) announced that on May 7, 2021 they entered into an agreement (the “Agreement”) resolving the Friess Parties’ proxy solicitation in connection with the Trust’s combined special meeting of shareholders of AMG Boston Common Global Impact Fund and AMG Veritas Global Real Return Fund, scheduled to be held on May 18, 2021 (including any adjournment, postponement or continuation thereof, the “Special Meeting”).
Pursuant to the Agreement, the Friess Parties have agreed, among other things, to (1) dismiss their pending litigation against the Trust in the Superior Court of Massachusetts for Suffolk County, (2) cease their proxy solicitation in respect of the Special Meeting, (3) vote all of their shares in support of all proposals at the Special Meeting and (4) enter into customary standstill restrictions and related provisions.
