GE INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS
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SUPPLEMENT DATED FEBRUARY 4, 1998
TO PROSPECTUS DATED NOVEMBER 13, 1997
On January 14, 1998, the distributor of the GE Institutional Funds (the
"Funds"), GE Investment Services Inc. ("GEIS"), formerly located at 3003 Summer
Street, P.O. Box 7900, Stamford, Connecticut, 06904-7900, changed its name to GE
Investment Distributors, Inc. ("GEID") and changed its principal business
address to 777 Long Ridge Road, Building B, Stamford, Connecticut, 06927. GEID
remains an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of General Electric Company, but is
no longer a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Funds' investment adviser, GE
Investment Management Incorporated.
All references in the Funds' prospectus to GEIS and its address are hereby
changed to GEID at its new address.
GEIN-PROI-36
