THE SENTINEL FUNDS
SUPPLEMENT DATED MAY 25, 2000 TO PROSPECTUS
DATED MARCH 30, 2000
The financial highlights for the Class A shares of the Balanced Fund were
inadvertently omitted from the Financial Highlights section of the Prospectus,
on pages 48-49. This information is set forth below.
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Net gains or
Fiscal Net asset Net Losses on Dividends
year value, investment Securities Total From (from net Distributions
(period beginning income (both Realized Investment investment (from capital Total
Fund ended) of period (loss) and Unrealized) Operations income) gains) Distributions
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Balanced 11/30/95 14.08 0.58 2.78 3.36 0.59 0.01 0.60
A 11/30/96 16.84 0.54 2.13 2.67 0.54 0.42 0.96
11/30/97 18.55 0.56 2.18 2.74 0.55 0.45 1.00
11/30/98 20.29 0.54 1.76 2.30 0.55 1.16 1.71
11/30/99 20.88 0.55 (0.03) 0.52 0.54 1.48 2.02
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<CAPTION>
Ratio of Ratio of
Expenses to Ratio Net Investment
Net asset Net assets Ratio of Average net of Net Income to Avg.
value, Total at end of Expenses to Assets before Income to net assets before Portfolio
end of return* period average net Expense Avg. net voluntary expense- turnover
period (%) (000 omitted) assets (%) Reduction**(%) assets (%) reimbursements Rate (%)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
11/30/95 16.84 24.4 $ 267,103 1.27 1.29 3.77 -- 110
11/30/96 18.55 16.6 297,288 1.20 1.22 3.13 -- 83
11/30/97 20.29 15.4 314,948 1.16 1.17 2.93 -- 63
11/30/98 20.88 12.2 330,067 1.12 1.13 2.69 -- 81
11/30/99 19.38 2.6 297,027 1.10 1.12 2.73 -- 110
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* Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment
made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period,
reinvestment of all distributions at the net asset value
during the period, and a redemption on the last day of the
period. Initial sales charge is not reflected in the
calculation of total return.
** Expense reductions are comprised of the voluntary expense
reimbursements and include the earnings credits that are
received from the custodian and dividend paying agent on
cash balances.
Also, the sole portfolio manager of the Money Market Fund is now Darlene
Coppola. Ms. Coppola, Money Market Trader of Sentinel Advisors, has been
employed by Sentinel Advisors or its affiliates since 1974.
Lastly, the list of persons eligible to purchase Class A shares of the
Funds at net asset value, on page 34 of the Prospectus, has been expanded to
include all employees of securities dealers that have entered into a sales
agreement with Sentinel Financial, rather than only registered representatives
of such dealers.
