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GE Institutional Funds
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Supplement Dated March 10, 1999
To Prospectus Dated January 28, 1999
The section titled "The Strategy" on page 14 of the Prospectus is amended to add
the following sentence after the first sentence of the third paragraph:
Under certain circumstances, the Fund may invest in securities of
companies located in the United States.
The following amends certain of the Calendar Year Total Return figures for NWQ
Investment Management Company that appear in the bar chart on page 53 of the
Prospectus:
The composite figure shown for 1998 should be 8% (rather than 9%) and
the composite figure shown for 1996 should be 29% (rather than 30%).
GEIN-PRO-36
