Expense Ratio History

FICGX expense ratio history

Delaware Growth Equity Fund, Class A

Fund company
Delaware Group Equity
Type
Mutual fund

1.09%

In basis points
109 basis points
Yearly cost per $10,000
$109
Prospectus dated
28 January 2022, filed with the SEC; rounded to 0.01%
Last change
Cut from 1.14% on 28 January 2022

Fee over time

FICGX expense ratio: 1.11% until 28 Jan 2020, then 1.12%; 1.12% until 28 Jan 2021, then 1.14%; 1.14% until 28 Jan 2022, then 1.09%; read at 1.09% on 28 Jan 2022.0.00%0.50%1.00%1.50%Jul 2019Jan 2020Jul 2020Jan 2021Jul 2021Jan 20221.11% before1.09% from 28 Jan 2022
FICGX expense ratio: 1.11% until 28 Jan 2020, then 1.12%; 1.12% until 28 Jan 2021, then 1.14%; 1.14% until 28 Jan 2022, then 1.09%; read at 1.09% on 28 Jan 2022.0.00%0.50%1.00%1.50%Jul 2019Jun 2020May 20211.11% before1.09% from 28 Jan 2022
Solid line: the fee in effect after each recorded change. Dashed: the fee before it. Dots: prospectuses filed with the SEC and dates we read the fee from a source.

Share classes

The same fund is sold as 3 share classes, each with its own fee. Figures are from each class's latest prospectus in SEC filings, rounded to 0.01%.

TickerShare classFeeAfter waiversProspectus dated
FICGX (this page) Class A 1.09% — 28 Jan 2022
FICIX Class R6 0.76% — 28 Jan 2022
FICHX Institutional Class 0.84% — 28 Jan 2022

Every figure we've recorded

DateFeeWhat happened
28 Jan 2022 1.09% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2022-01-28 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
28 Jan 2022 1.09% Cut from 1.14% to 1.09%Prospectus date; the new figure appears in this filingSource: Prospectus (form 485BPOS) filed with the SEC on 2022-01-27
28 Jan 2021 1.14% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2021-01-28 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
28 Jan 2021 1.14% Raised from 1.12% to 1.14%Prospectus date; the new figure appears in this filingSource: Prospectus (form 485BPOS) filed with the SEC on 2021-01-28
28 Jan 2020 1.12% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2020-01-28 (form 497), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 497
28 Jan 2020 1.12% Raised from 1.11% to 1.12%Prospectus date; the new figure appears in this filingSource: Prospectus (form 497) filed with the SEC on 2020-02-18
4 Oct 2019 1.11% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2019-10-04 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
19 Jul 2019 1.11% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2019-07-19 (form 497), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 497

What this fee costs

Change the amount, years or return. The estimate keeps the fee at 1.09% and the return steady each year, the same assumptions as the cost example in a fund's prospectus.

$1,334 in fees over 10 years

After fees, $10,000 grows to $14,636.

Fees paid on $10,000 at 5% a year
AfterFees paid
1 year$112
3 years$348
5 years$604
10 years$1,334

How we read this figure

The figure is the total annual fund operating expenses line of the fee table in the fund's prospectus, as tagged in the fund company's filing with the SEC. The SEC publishes these figures rounded to four decimal places, so 0.015% appears as 0.02%. The fund company's own page may show a more precise number.

SEC filings give 5 prospectuses for this share class since 2019. Each one is listed above with a link to the filing.

How we read fees

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