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BERGER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO TRUST
Berger Small Company Growth Fund
Berger Mid Cap Growth Fund
Berger Balanced Fund
Berger New Generation Fund
Berger Select Fund
BERGER GROWTH FUND
BERGER GROWTH AND INCOME FUND
SUPPLEMENT DATED MAY 23, 2000
TO
PROSPECTUS DATED JANUARY 31, 2000
Effective June 5, 2000, Jay W. Tracey III will join Berger LLC
("Berger") as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer. Mr. Tracey
comes to Berger from OppenheimerFunds, Inc. where he was Vice President and
portfolio manager of the Oppenheimer Enterprise Fund since its inception in
November, 1995. Mr. Tracey has more than 23 years of experience in the
investment management industry.
Also Effective June 5, 2000, Berger Senior Vice President Mark S.
Sunderhuse will become Executive Vice President of Berger, at which time Messrs.
Tracey and Sunderhuse will serve as interim investment managers of the Berger
Small Company Growth Fund and the Berger Mid Cap Growth Fund, succeeding former
manager Amy K. Selner. Mr. Sunderhuse continues as Vice President and investment
manager of the Berger New Generation Fund and, effectively immediately, will
manage both the Berger Small Company Growth Fund and the Berger Mid Cap Growth
Fund until the arrival of Mr. Tracy on June 5, 2000.
Effective June 1, 2000, Berger Senior Equity Analyst Steve Fossel will
become Vice President of Berger and will serve as investment manager of the
Berger Balanced Fund which has been managed by a Berger investment team since
January of this year. Mr. Fossel has more than nine years of experience in the
investment management industry. Mr. Sunderhuse, along with Berger Vice President
and investment manager Tino R. Sellitto, will manage the Fund until June 1,
2000.
Effective June 5, 2000, Messrs. Tracy, Sunderhuse, Sellitto and Fossel
will co-manage the Berger Select Fund. Each is expected to select a portion of
the stocks that comprise the Fund's 20-30 core portfolio holdings. Messrs.
Sunderhuse and Sellito will co-manage the Fund until June 5, 2000.
Mr. Sellitto will continue as Vice President and investment manager of
the Berger Growth Fund and the Berger Growth and Income Fund.
The Investment Manager table on page 35 of the Prospectus is amended
accordingly.
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BERGER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO TRUST
Berger Small Company Growth Fund
Berger Mid Cap Growth Fund
Berger Balanced Fund
Berger Select Fund
Berger New Generation Fund
BERGER GROWTH FUND
BERGER GROWTH AND INCOME FUND
SUPPLEMENT DATED MAY 23, 2000
TO
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DATED JANUARY 31, 2000
Effective June 5, 2000, Jay W. Tracey III will join Berger LLC
("Berger") as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer. Mr. Tracey
comes to Berger from OppenheimerFunds, Inc. where he was Vice President and
portfolio manager of the Oppenheimer Enterprise Fund since its inception in
November, 1995. Mr. Tracey has more than 23 years of experience in the
investment management industry.
Also effective June 5, 2000, Berger Senior Vice President Mark S.
Sunderhuse will become Executive Vice President of Berger, at which time Messrs.
Tracey and Sunderhuse will serve as interim investment managers of the Berger
Small Company Growth Fund and the Berger Mid Cap Growth Fund, succeeding former
manager Amy K. Selner. Mr. Sunderhuse continues as Vice President and investment
manager of the Berger New Generation Fund and, effective immediately, will
manage both the Berger Small Company Growth Fund and the Berger Mid Cap Growth
Fund until the arrival of Mr. Tracy on June 5, 2000.
Mr. Tracey, age 46, previously served as Vice President of
OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (September 1994 to May 2000) and Portfolio Manager of the
Oppenheimer Enterprise Fund (from its inception in November 1995 to May 2000);
formerly a Managing Director of Buckingham Capital Management (February 1994 to
September 1994); prior to which he was Portfolio Manager and Vice President of
other Oppenhiemer Funds and a Vice President of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (July
1991 to February 1994).
Effective June 1, 2000, Berger Senior Equity Analyst Steve Fossel will
become Vice President of Berger and investment manager of the Berger Balanced
Fund which has been managed by a Berger investment team since January of this
year. Mr. Fossel, age 32, has been a Senior Equity Analyst of Berger since March
1998; previously Vice President of Salomon Brothers Asset Management (January
1996 to February 1998) and Assistant Portfolio Manager of the Salomon Total
Return Fund (January 1997 to February 1998); prior to which he was an Analyst
for Salomon Brothers Asset Management (August 1992 to January 1996). Mr.
Sunderhuse, along with Berger Vice President and investment manager Tino R.
Sellitto, will manage the Fund until June 1, 2000.
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Effective June 5, 2000, Messrs. Tracy, Sunderhuse, Sellitto and Fossel
will co-manage the Berger Select Fund. Messrs. Sunderhuse and Sellito will
co-manage the Fund until June 5, 2000.
Mr. Sellitto will continue as Vice President and investment manager of
the Berger Growth Fund and the Berger Growth and Income Fund.
The biographical information appearing under the heading "3. Management
of the Funds" in the Statement of Additional Information for each of the
individuals referenced above is amended accordingly.
