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Filed Pursuant to Rule 497(e)
Registration File No.: 333-93935
SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROSPECTUS OF
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER TAX-MANAGED GROWTH FUND
DATED MARCH 2, 2000
The third paragraph under the section of the Prospectus entitled "FUND
MANAGEMENT" is hereby replaced by the following:
The Fund's portfolio is managed within the Sub-Advisor's Institutional
Equity Group. Philip Friedman, a Managing Director of the Sub-Advisor, and
William Auslander, a Principal of the Sub-Advisor, are the primary
portfolio managers of the Fund. Prior to joining the Sub-Advisor in 1997,
Mr. Friedman was the North American Director of Equity Research at Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated, and prior thereto, from 1990 to 1995, a member
of the Equity Research team at Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated. Mr.
Auslander joined the Sub-Advisor in 1995 as an equity analyst in the
Institutional Equity Group. Prior to joining the Sub-Advisor, Mr. Auslander
was an equity analyst at Icahn & Co. for nine years.
April 13, 2000
