# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000003521
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-232167
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-232167.hdr.sgml**: 20260520

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-232167

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260520

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260520

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260520

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** ALGER FUNDS
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000003521

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

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 033-04959
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261002841

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 100 PEARL STREET
- **STREET 2:** 27TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10004
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 212-806-8833

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 100 PEARL STREET
- **STREET 2:** 27TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10004

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** ALGER FUND
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Alger Mid Cap Growth Fund (Series ID: S000009162)

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|  |  |  |
|:---|:---|:---|
| Class Name                        | Ticker Symbol | Class ID   |
| Alger Mid Cap Growth Fund Class Z | AMCZX         | C000156504 |

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## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Alger Mid Cap Growth Fund (Series ID: S000009162)

| Class ID   | Class Name                        | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000156504 | Alger Mid Cap Growth Fund Class Z | AMCZX           |

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#### THE ALGER FUNDS

#### Alger Mid Cap Growth Fund

#### (the "Fund")

#### Supplement dated May 20, 2026 to the

#### Prospectus of the Fund

#### dated February 27, 2026
*Effective immediately, the following changes are made to the Fund's Prospectus:* 

*The section of the Fund's Class Z Prospectus entitled "Summary Sections—Alger Mid Cap Growth Fund—Fund Fees and Expenses" is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:* 

#### Fund Fees and Expenses
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. **You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and examples below.**

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| **Shareholder Fees** <br> (fees paid directly from your investment) | |
|  | **Class Z** |

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|:---|:---|
| **Annual Fund Operating Expenses** <br> (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) | |
|  | **Class Z** |
|  Advisory Fees\* | 0.76% |
|  Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |  |
|  Other Expenses | 0.16% |
|  Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | 0.92% |
|  Expense Reimbursement \*\* | (0.13)% |
|  Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses | 0.79% |

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\* The Fund and Fred Alger Management, LLC (the "Manager") have adopted fee breakpoints for the Fund. The advisory fee for assets up to $1 billion is .76%, and for assets in excess of $1 billion is .70%. The actual rate paid as a percentage of average daily net assets for the year ended October 31, 2025 was 0.76%. 

\*\* The Manager has contractually agreed to waive fees or to reimburse Fund expenses (excluding custody fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, dividend expense on short sales, net borrowing costs, interest, taxes, brokerage expenses, fees in connection with the ReFlow Fund, LLC liquidity program, extraordinary expenses, and certain proxy expenses, to the extent applicable (collectively, "Excluded Expenses")) through October 31, 2027 to the extent necessary to limit Other Expenses and any other applicable share class-specific expenses of the Class Z Shares of the Fund to .02% of the class's average daily net assets. Excluded Expenses not subject to waiver and/or reimbursement totaled .01% for the period. This expense reimbursement may only be amended or terminated prior to its expiration date by agreement between the Manager and the Fund's Board of Trustees, and will terminate automatically in the event of termination of the Investment Advisory Agreement. The Manager may recoup any fees waived or expenses reimbursed pursuant to the contract; however, the Fund will only make repayments to the Manager if such repayment does not cause the 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) the Fund's current expense cap. Such recoupment is limited to two years from the date the amount is initially waived or reimbursed. 

*The section of the Fund's Class Z Prospectus entitled "Summary Sections—Alger Mid Cap Growth Fund—Example" is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:* 

#### Example
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods, that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **1 Year** | **3 Years** | **5 Years** | **10 Years** |
|  **Class Z** | $81 | $272 | $488 | $1112 |

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*The table in the section of the Fund's Class Z Prospectus entitled "Hypothetical Investment and Expense Information" is deleted in its entirety with respect to the Fund only and replaced with the following:* 

#### Alger Mid Cap Growth Fund

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| Class Z | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 | Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 | Year 10 |
|  **Expense Ratio** | 0.79% | 0.92% | 0.92% | 0.92% | 0.92% | 0.92% | 0.92% | 0.92% | 0.92% | 0.92% |
|  **Cumulative Gross Return** | 5.00% | 10.25% | 15.76% | 21.55% | 27.63% | 34.01% | 40.71% | 47.75% | 55.13% | 62.89% |
|  **Cumulative Net Return** | 4.21% | 8.55% | 12.98% | 17.59% | 22.39% | 27.38% | 32.58% | 37.99% | 43.62% | 49.48% |
|  **End Investment Balance** | $10421 | $10855 | $11298 | $11759 | $12239 | $12738 | $13258 | $13799 | $14362 | $14948 |
|  **Annual Expense** | $81 | $89 | $102 | $106 | $110 | $115 | $120 | $124 | $130 | $135 |

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#### Shareholders should retain this supplement for future reference.