SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROSPECTUS OF
EVERGREEN SHORT AND INTERMEDIATE TERM BOND FUNDS
I. Evergreen Short-Intermediate Bond Fund (the "Fund")
Effective March 13, 2000, the Fund will change its name to Evergreen
Short-Duration Income Fund.
Also effective on the same date, the fifth paragraph under the section
entitled "Investment Strategy" in the Fund's prospectus is restated in its
entirety as follows:
"The Fund's final maturity for the securities it holds may range up
to thirty years. The duration of these securities will not exceed
ten years. The Fund intends to maintain a dollar-weighted average
maturity of seven years or less and a dollar-weighted average
duration of five years or less."
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