# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000356476
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-284545
**Filing Date:** 2026-6
**Character Count:** 2763
**Document Hash:** bd655454d66912ed4beae8a1d68f49da
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-284545.hdr.sgml**: 20260626

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-284545

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260626

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260626

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260626

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** EMPOWER FUNDS, INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000356476

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 840876044
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MD
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 002-75503
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261126170

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 8515 E ORCHARD ROAD
- **CITY:** GREENWOOD VILLAGE
- **STATE:** CO
- **ZIP:** 80111
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 303-737-3000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 8515 E ORCHARD ROAD
- **CITY:** GREENWOOD VILLAGE
- **STATE:** CO
- **ZIP:** 80111

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** GREAT-WEST FUNDS INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20121005

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** MAXIM SERIES FUND INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Empower Core Strategies: International Equity Fund (Series ID: S000061891)

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|  |  |  |
|:---|:---|:---|
| Class Name          | Ticker Symbol | Class ID   |
| Institutional Class | MXECX         | C000200582 |
| Investor Class      | MXEVX         | C000204665 |

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## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Empower Core Strategies: International Equity Fund (Series ID: S000061891)

| Class ID   | Class Name          | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000200582 | Institutional Class | MXECX           |
| C000204665 | Investor Class      | MXEVX           |

**<u>EMPOWER FUNDS, INC.</u>** <br>

**Empower Core Strategies: International Equity Fund** <br>**Institutional Class Ticker: MXECX** <br>**Investor Class Ticker: MXEVX** <br>(the "Fund")

Supplement dated June 26, 2026 to the Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") for the Fund, dated April 30, 2026, as supplemented

Effective July 1, 2026, under the "Portfolio Managers" header of the SAI, the second paragraph in the "Lazard Asset Management LLC" section is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

ECM is responsible for compensating Lazard, which receives monthly compensation for its services at the annual rate of 0.32% of the average daily net assets on the first $150 million of assets, 0.31% on the next $150 million of assets, and 0.30% thereafter on the portion of the Fund Lazard manages.

**This Supplement must be accompanied by or read in conjunction with the SAI for the Fund, dated April 30, 2026, as supplemented.**

**Please keep this Supplement for future reference.**

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