# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001048702
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**Filing Date:** 2026-1
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
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**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-008768

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497K

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**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260109

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260109

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260109

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**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001048702

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1031

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497K
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-40455
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26522642

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE NATIONWIDE PLAZA
- **STREET 2:** MAIL CODE 05-02-210
- **CITY:** COLUMBUS
- **STATE:** OH
- **ZIP:** 43215
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 614-435-5749

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE NATIONWIDE PLAZA
- **STREET 2:** MAIL CODE 05-02-210
- **CITY:** COLUMBUS
- **STATE:** OH
- **ZIP:** 43215

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** GARTMORE MUTUAL FUNDS
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20020125

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19991015

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** NATIONWIDE INVESTING FOUNDATION III
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19971029

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Nationwide NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index Fund (Series ID: S000041099)

| Class ID   | Class Name                  | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000127602 | Class A                     | NWJCX           |
| C000127604 | Class R6                    | NWJEX           |
| C000127605 | Institutional Service Class | NWJFX           |

**NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS** 

Nationwide NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index Fund

**Supplement dated January 9, 2026** 

**to the Summary Prospectus dated February 28, 2025** 

*Capitalized terms and certain other terms used in this supplement, unless otherwise defined in this supplement, have the meanings assigned to them in the Summary Prospectus.* 

The Nationwide NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index Fund (the "Fund") is updating its diversification policy under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Under the revised policy, the Fund will continue to track the NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index (the "Index") even if the Fund operates as nondiversified as a result of a change in relative market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents of the Index.

**Shareholder approval will not be sought if the Fund crosses from diversified to nondiversified status under such circumstances.** 

Effective immediately, the Summary Prospectus is amended as follows:

1. The information under the heading "Principal Investment Strategies" on page 2 of the Summary
Prospectus is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

The Fund seeks to track the total return of the NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index, before deducting for Fund expenses. The NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index, which consists of at least 100 individual technology-related securities, is a price-weighted index of stocks of companies from different industries that produce or deploy innovative technologies to conduct their business. The market capitalizations of the companies in the NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index range from small- to large-capitalization companies.

To pursue its principal investment strategy, the Fund, under normal market conditions, invests substantially all (at least 90%) of its net assets in nearly all of the component equity securities included in the NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index in approximately the same proportions as they are represented in the NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index. The largest component of the NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index consists of companies in the technology sector, such as companies in the software, hardware and semiconductor industries. However, the NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index also includes companies in numerous other industries, such as aerospace and defense, health care equipment, biotechnology and others. Because the NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index includes securities from several technology industries, the Fund is permitted to invest more than 25% of its net assets in securities of companies in the technology sector.

The Fund intends to be diversified in approximately the same proportion as the NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index is diversified. The Fund may become "nondiversified," as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 Act, as amended (the "1940 Act"), solely as a result of a change in relative market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents of the NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index. A "nondiversified" fund generally invests a greater proportion of its assets in the securities of one or more issuers and invests overall in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund. Shareholder approval will not be sought if the Fund becomes nondiversified due solely to a change in the relative market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents of the NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index.

2. The information under the heading "Principal Risks" on page 2 of the Summary Prospectus is amended
to include the following:

***Nondiversified fund risk*** – in seeking to track the NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index, the Fund may become nondiversified as a result of a change in relative market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents in the NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index. Because the Fund may hold larger positions in fewer securities than diversified funds, a single security's increase or decrease in value may have a greater impact on the Fund's value and total return.

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