Janus Global Technology Fund
Supplement dated January 14, 2000
to Prospectus Dated February 17, 1999
as supplemented April 16, 1999, September 30, 1999
and January 1, 2000
THIS INFORMATION SUPPLEMENTS THE FUND'S PROSPECTUS DATED FEBRUARY 17, 1999 AS
SUPPLEMENTED APRIL 16, 1999, SEPTEMBER 30, 1999 AND JANUARY 1, 2000. THIS
SUPPLEMENT AND THE PROSPECTUS CONSTITUTE A CURRENT PROSPECTUS. TO REQUEST
ANOTHER COPY OF THE PROSPECTUS, PLEASE CALL 1-800-525-3713.
Except as provided below, Janus Global Technology Fund is closed to new
investors effective January 18, 2000. After January 18, 2000, the following may
continue to make additional purchases and to reinvest dividends and capital
gains in existing accounts:
a. Shareholders of Janus Global Technology Fund;
b. Discretionary investment advisers that invest through existing accounts at a
financial intermediary; and
c. Qualified defined contribution retirement plans (for example, 401(k) plans,
profit sharing plans and money purchase pension plans), 403(b) plans and 457
plans that invest through existing accounts at a financial intermediary.
Once an account is closed, additional investments will not be accepted.
Investors who do not have open accounts in Janus Global Technology Fund on
January 18, 2000, will not be allowed to purchase fund shares except as set
forth below:
a. Shareholders who have an account in any Janus fund will be able to establish
an account in Janus Global Technology Fund if the application to invest in
the fund is postmarked no later than January 21, 2000.
b. Individuals who requested a prospectus and application for Janus Global
Technology Fund prior to January 18, 2000, as shown on the records of the
fund's transfer agent, will be able to establish an account in Janus Global
Technology Fund if the application is postmarked no later than January 21,
2000.
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c. New accounts may be established by participants in participant-directed
defined contribution plans (and their successor plans) in which the fund is
established as an investment option prior to January 18, 2000.
Except as otherwise noted, these restrictions apply to investments made directly
with Janus and investments made through financial intermediaries. Investors may
be required to demonstrate eligibility to purchase shares of the fund before an
investment is accepted. Janus Global Technology Fund may resume sales of shares
to new investors at some future date, but it has no present intention to do so.
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