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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]
PRE- EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. [ ]
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 92 [X]
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT
OF 1940 [X]
AMENDMENT NO. 75 [X]
(Check appropriate box or boxes.)
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
100 FILLMORE STREET, DENVER, COLORADO 80206-4928
Address of Principal Executive Offices (Zip Code)
REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NO., INCLUDING AREA CODE: 303-333-3863
THOMAS A. EARLY - 100 FILLMORE STREET, DENVER, COLORADO 80206-4928
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Approximate Date of Proposed Offering: June 30, 2000
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate
box):
[ ] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
[ ] on January 31, 2000 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
[X] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
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[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.
If appropriate, check the following box:
[ ] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for
a previously filed post-effective amendment.
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JANUS ORION FUND
PROSPECTUS
MAY 31, 2000
The Securities and Exchange Commission has not
approved or disapproved of these securities or passed
on the accuracy or adequacy of this Prospectus. Any
representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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RISK/RETURN SUMMARY
Janus Orion Fund............................. 2
Fees and expenses............................ 4
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE, PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES AND RISKS
Investment objective and principal investment
strategies................................... 5
General portfolio policies................... 6
Risks........................................ 8
SHAREHOLDER'S MANUAL
Minimum investments.......................... 15
Types of account ownership................... 15
To purchase shares........................... 18
To exchange shares........................... 19
To redeem shares............................. 19
Shareholder services and account policies.... 23
MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND
Investment adviser........................... 27
Portfolio manager............................ 28
OTHER INFORMATION............... ............... 29
DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES
Distributions................................ 30
Taxes........................................ 31
GLOSSARY
Glossary of investment terms................. 33
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RISK/RETURN SUMMARY
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JANUS ORION FUND
1. WHAT IS THE INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE OF JANUS ORION FUND?
The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital.
The Fund's Trustees may change this objective without a
shareholder vote and the Fund will notify you of any changes that
are material. If there is a material change in the Fund's
objective or policies, you should consider whether the Fund
remains an appropriate investment for you. There is no guarantee
that the Fund will meet its objective.
2. WHAT ARE THE MAIN INVESTMENT STRATEGIES OF JANUS ORION FUND?
The Fund invests primarily in common stocks selected for their
growth potential. The Fund may invest in companies of any size,
from larger, well-established companies to smaller, emerging
growth companies. The Fund normally concentrates its investments
in a core group of 20-30 common stocks.
The Fund may invest without limit in foreign equity and debt
securities and will invest less than 35% of its net assets in
high-yield/high-risk bonds.
The portfolio manager applies a "bottom up" approach in choosing
investments. In other words, he looks for companies with earnings
growth potential one at a time. If the portfolio manager is
unable to find such investments, a significant portion of the
Fund's assets may be in cash or similar investments.
3. WHAT ARE THE MAIN RISKS OF INVESTING IN JANUS ORION FUND?
The biggest risk of investing in this Fund is that its returns
may vary and you could lose money. If you are considering
investing in the Fund, remember that it is designed for long-term
investors who can accept the risks of investing in a portfolio
with significant common stock holdings. Common stocks tend to be
more volatile than other investment choices.
The value of the Fund's portfolio may decrease if the value of an
individual company in the portfolio decreases. The value of the
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Fund's portfolio could also decrease if the stock market goes
down. If the value of the Fund's portfolio decreases, the Fund's
net asset value (NAV) will also decrease which means if you sell
your shares in the Fund you would get back less money.
The Fund is nondiversified. In other words, it may hold larger
positions in a smaller number of securities than a diversified
fund. As a result, a single security's increase or decrease in
value may have a greater impact on the Fund's NAV and total
return. Since the Fund normally concentrates in a core portfolio
of 20-30 stocks, this risk may be increased.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation or any other government agency.
Since the Fund will commence operations on June 30, 2000, there
is no performance available as of the date of this Prospectus.
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FEES AND EXPENSES
SHAREHOLDER FEES, such as sales loads, redemption fees or
exchange fees, are charged directly to an investor's account. All
Janus funds are no-load investments, so you will not pay any
shareholder fees when you buy or sell shares of the Fund.
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES are paid out of the Fund's assets
and include fees for portfolio management, maintenance of
shareholder accounts, shareholder servicing, accounting and other
services. You do not pay these fees directly but, as the example
below shows, these costs are borne indirectly by all
shareholders.
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold
shares of the Fund.
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Management Fee 0.65%
Other Expenses 0.60%(1)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.25%
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(1) "Other Expenses" are based on the estimated expenses the Fund expects
to incur in its initial fiscal year.
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EXAMPLE:
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the
Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example
assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods
indicated then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The
example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and
that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual
costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would
be:
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Janus Orion Fund $127 $397
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INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE, PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES AND RISKS
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This section takes a closer look at the investment objective of
the Fund, its principal investment strategies and certain risks
of investing in the Fund. Strategies and policies that are noted
as "fundamental" cannot be changed without a shareholder vote.
Please carefully review the "Risks" section of this Prospectus on
pages 8-11 for a discussion of risks associated with certain
investment techniques. We've also included a Glossary with
descriptions of investment terms used throughout this Prospectus.
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
Janus Orion Fund seeks long-term growth of capital. It pursues
its objective by investing primarily in common stocks selected
for their growth potential. The Fund may invest in companies of
any size, from larger, well-established companies to smaller,
emerging growth companies. The Fund normally concentrates its
investments in a core group of 20-30 common stocks.
The Fund may invest substantially all of its assets in common
stocks if its portfolio manager believes that common stocks will
appreciate in value. The portfolio manager generally takes a
"bottom up" approach to selecting companies. In other words, he
seeks to identify individual companies with earnings growth
potential that may not be recognized by the market at large. He
makes this assessment by looking at companies one at a time,
regardless of size, country of organization, place of principal
business activity, or other similar selection criteria.
Realization of income is not a significant consideration when
choosing investments for the Fund. Income realized on the Fund's
investments will be incidental to its objective.
Foreign securities are generally selected on a stock-by-stock
basis without regard to any defined allocation among countries or
geographic regions. However, certain factors such as expected
levels of inflation, government policies influencing business
conditions, the outlook for currency relationships, and prospects
for economic growth among countries, regions or geographic areas
may warrant greater consideration in selecting foreign
securities.
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There are no limitations on the countries in which the Fund may
invest and the Fund may at times have significant foreign
exposure.
GENERAL PORTFOLIO POLICIES
In investing its portfolio assets, the Fund will follow the
general policies listed below. The percentage limitations
included in these policies and elsewhere in this Prospectus apply
only at the time of purchase of the security. So, for example, if
the Fund exceeds a limit as a result of market fluctuations or
the sale of securities, it will not be required to dispose of any
securities.
CASH POSITION
When the Fund's portfolio manager believes that market conditions
are unfavorable for profitable investing, or when he is otherwise
unable to locate attractive investment opportunities, the Fund's
cash or similar investments may increase. In other words, the
Fund does not always stay fully invested in stocks. Cash or
similar investments generally are a residual - they represent the
assets that remain after the portfolio manager has committed
available assets to desirable investment opportunities. However,
the portfolio manager may also temporarily increase the Fund's
cash position to protect its assets or maintain liquidity. When
the Fund's investments in cash or similar investments increase,
it may not participate in market advances or declines to the same
extent that it would if the Fund remained more fully invested in
stocks.
OTHER TYPES OF INVESTMENTS
The Fund invests primarily in domestic and foreign equity
securities, which may include preferred stocks, common stocks,
warrants and securities convertible into common or preferred
stocks, but it may also invest to a lesser degree in other types
of securities. These securities (which are described in the
Glossary) may include:
- debt securities
- indexed/structured securities
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- high-yield/high-risk bonds (less than 35% of the Fund's assets)
- options, futures, forwards, swaps and other types of
derivatives for hedging purposes or for non-hedging purposes
such as seeking to enhance return
- securities purchased on a when-issued, delayed delivery or
forward commitment basis
ILLIQUID INVESTMENTS
The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid
investments. An illiquid investment is a security or other
position that cannot be disposed of quickly in the normal course
of business. For example, some securities are not registered
under the U.S. securities laws and cannot be sold to the U.S.
public because of SEC regulations (these are known as "restricted
securities"). Under procedures adopted by the Fund's Trustees,
certain restricted securities may be deemed liquid, and will not
be counted toward this 15% limit.
FOREIGN SECURITIES
The Fund may invest without limit in foreign equity and debt
securities. The Fund may invest directly in foreign securities
denominated in a foreign currency and not publicly traded in the
United States. Other ways of investing in foreign securities
include depositary receipts or shares, and passive foreign
investment companies.
SPECIAL SITUATIONS
The Fund may invest in special situations. A special situation
arises when, in the opinion of the Fund's portfolio manager, the
securities of a particular issuer will be recognized and
appreciate in value due to a specific development with respect to
that issuer. Developments creating a special situation might
include, among others, a new product or process, a technological
breakthrough, a management change or other extraordinary
corporate event, or differences in market supply of and demand
for the security. The Fund's performance could suffer if the
anticipated development in
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a "special situation" investment does not occur or does not
attract the expected attention.
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
The Fund generally intends to purchase securities for long-term
investment although, to a limited extent, the Fund may purchase
securities in anticipation of relatively short-term price gains.
Short-term transactions may also result from liquidity needs,
securities having reached a price or yield objective, changes in
interest rates or the credit standing of an issuer, or by reason
of economic or other developments not foreseen at the time of the
investment decision. The Fund may also sell one security and
simultaneously purchase the same or a comparable security to take
advantage of short-term differentials in bond yields or
securities prices. Changes are made in the Fund's portfolio
whenever its portfolio manager believes such changes are
desirable. Portfolio turnover rates are generally not a factor in
making buy and sell decisions.
Increased portfolio turnover may result in higher costs for
brokerage commissions, dealer mark-ups and other transaction
costs and may also result in taxable capital gains. Higher costs
associated with increased portfolio turnover may offset gains in
the Fund's performance.
RISKS
Because the Fund may invest substantially all of its assets in
common stocks, the main risk is the risk that the value of the
stocks it holds might decrease in response to the activities of
an individual company or in response to general market and/or
economic conditions. If this occurs, the Fund's share price may
also decrease. The Fund's performance may also be affected by
risks specific to certain types of investments, such as foreign
securities, derivative investments, non-investment grade bonds,
initial public offerings (IPOs), or companies with relatively
small market capitalizations. IPOs and other investment
techniques may have a magnified performance impact on a fund with
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base. A fund may not experience similar performance as its assets
grow.
The following questions and answers are designed to help you better understand
some of the risks of investing in the Fund.
1. HOW DOES THE NONDIVERSIFIED STATUS OF THE FUND AFFECT ITS RISK?
Diversification is a way to reduce risk by investing in a broad
range of stocks or other securities. Since the Fund is
"nondiversified," it has the ability to take larger positions in
a smaller number of issuers. Because the appreciation or
depreciation of a single stock may have a greater impact on the
Fund's NAV, its share price can be expected to fluctuate more
than a comparable diversified fund. This fluctuation, if
significant, may affect the performance of the Fund.
2. THE FUND MAY INVEST IN SMALLER OR NEWER COMPANIES. DOES THIS CREATE ANY
SPECIAL RISKS?
Many attractive investment opportunities may be smaller, start-up
companies offering emerging products or services. Smaller or
newer companies may suffer more significant losses as well as
realize more substantial growth than larger or more established
issuers because they may lack depth of management, be unable to
generate funds necessary for growth or potential development, or
be developing or marketing new products or services for which
markets are not yet established and may never become established.
In addition, such companies may be insignificant factors in their
industries and may become subject to intense competition from
larger or more established companies. Securities of smaller or
newer companies may have more limited trading markets than the
markets for securities of larger or more established issuers, and
may be subject to wide price fluctuations. Investments in such
companies tend to be more volatile and somewhat more speculative.
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3. HOW DOES THE FUND TRY TO REDUCE RISK?
The Fund may use futures, options, swaps and other derivative
instruments to "hedge" or protect its portfolio from adverse
movements in securities prices and interest rates. The Fund may
also use a variety of currency hedging techniques, including
forward currency contracts, to manage exchange rate risk. The
portfolio manager believes the use of these instruments will
benefit the Fund. However, the Fund's performance could be worse
than if the Fund had not used such instruments if the portfolio
manager's judgement proves incorrect. Risks associated with the
use of derivative instruments are described in the SAI.
4. HOW COULD THE FUND'S INVESTMENTS IN FOREIGN SECURITIES AFFECT ITS
PERFORMANCE?
The Fund may invest without limit in foreign securities either
indirectly (e.g., depositary receipts) or directly in foreign
markets. Investments in foreign securities, including those of
foreign governments, may involve greater risks than investing in
domestic securities because the Fund's performance may depend on
issues other than the performance of a particular company. These
issues include:
- currency risk
- political and economic risk
- regulatory risk
- market risk
- transaction costs
These risks are described in the SAI.
5. ARE THERE SPECIAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH INVESTMENTS IN HIGH-YIELD/HIGH-RISK
BONDS?
High-yield/high-risk bonds (or "junk" bonds) are bonds rated
below investment grade by the primary rating agencies such as
Standard & Poor's and Moody's. The value of lower quality bonds
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generally is more dependent on credit risk, or the ability of the
issuer to meet interest and principal payments, than investment
grade bonds. Issuers of high-yield bonds may not be as strong
financially as those issuing bonds with higher credit ratings and
are more vulnerable to real or perceived economic changes,
political changes or adverse developments specific to the issuer.
Please refer to the SAI for a description of bond rating
categories.
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JANUS ORION FUND
SHAREHOLDER'S MANUAL
This section will help you
become familiar with the
different types of accounts
you can establish with Janus.
It also explains in detail the
wide array of services and
features you can establish on
your account, as well as
account policies and fees that
may apply to your account.
Account policies (including
fees), services and features
may be modified or
discontinued without
shareholder approval or prior
notice.
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HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH JANUS
INVESTOR SERVICE CENTERS
100 Fillmore Street, Suite 100
Denver, CO 80206
3773 Cherry Creek North Drive, Suite 101
Denver, CO 80209
(Hours: Monday-Friday 7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., and Saturday 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.,
Mountain time.)
MAILING ADDRESS
Janus
P.O. Box 173375
Denver, CO 80217-3375
FOR OVERNIGHT CARRIER
Janus
Suite 101
3773 Cherry Creek Drive North
Denver, CO 80209-3821
INVESTOR SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES
If you have any questions while reading this Prospectus, please call one of our
Investor Service Representatives at 1-800-525-3713 Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m.-8:00
p.m., and Saturday: 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., New York time.
JANUS XPRESSLINE(TM)
1-888-979-7737
JANUS INTERNET ADDRESS
JANUS.COM
For 24-hour access to account and fund information, exchanges, purchases and
redemptions, automated daily quotes on fund share prices, yields and total
returns.
JANUS.COM SPECIALISTS
1-800-975-9932
TDD
1-800-525-0056
A telecommunications device for our hearing- and speech-impaired shareholders.
JANUS LITERATURE LINE
1-800-525-8983
To request a prospectus, shareholder reports or marketing materials 24 hours a
day.
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MINIMUM INVESTMENTS*
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To open a new regular
account $2,500
To open a new
retirement account,
education account or
UGMA/UTMA $ 500
To open a new regular
account with an
Automatic Investment
Program $ 500**
To add to any type of
an account $ 100+
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* The Fund reserves the right to change the amount of these minimums from time
to time or to waive them in whole or in part for certain types of accounts.
** An Automatic Investment Program requires a $100 minimum automatic investment
per month until the account balance reaches $2,500.
+ The minimum subsequent investment for a retirement account or UGMA/UTMA is
$50.
TYPES OF ACCOUNT OWNERSHIP
If you are investing in the Fund for the first time, you will
need to establish an account. You can establish the following
types of accounts by completing a New Account Application.
INDIVIDUAL OR JOINT OWNERSHIP
Individual accounts are owned by one person. Joint accounts have
two or more owners.
A GIFT OR TRANSFER TO MINOR (UGMA OR UTMA)
An UGMA/UTMA is a custodial account managed for the benefit of a
minor. To open an UGMA or UTMA, you must include the minor's
Social Security number on the application.
TRUST
An established trust can open an account. The names of each
trustee, the name of the trust and the date of the trust
agreement must be included on the application.
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BUSINESS ACCOUNTS
Corporations and partnerships may also open an account. The
application must be signed by an authorized officer of the
corporation or a general partner of the partnership.
TAX-DEFERRED ACCOUNTS
If you are eligible, you may set up one or more tax-deferred
accounts. A tax-deferred account allows you to shelter your
investment income and capital gains from current income taxes. A
contribution to certain of these plans may also be tax
deductible. Tax-deferred accounts include retirement plans
described below and the Education IRA. Please refer to the Janus
retirement guide for more complete information regarding the
different types of IRAs, including the Education IRA.
Distributions from these plans are generally subject to income
tax and may be subject to an additional tax if withdrawn prior to
age 59 1/2 or used for a nonqualifying purpose. Investors should
consult their tax adviser or legal counsel before selecting a
tax-deferred account.
Investors Fiduciary Trust Company serves as custodian for the
tax-deferred accounts offered by the Fund. You will be charged an
annual account maintenance fee of $12 for each taxpayer
identification number no matter how many tax-deferred accounts
you have with Janus. You may pay the fee by check or have it
automatically deducted from your account (usually in December).
The custodian reserves the right to change the amount of this fee
or to waive it in whole or in part for certain types of accounts.
TRADITIONAL AND ROTH INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS
Both types of IRAs allow most individuals with earned income to
contribute up to the lesser of $2,000 ($4,000 for most married
couples) or 100% of compensation annually.
EDUCATION IRA
This plan allows individuals, subject to certain income
limitations, to contribute up to $500 annually on behalf of any
child under the age of 18.
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SIMPLIFIED EMPLOYEE PENSION PLAN
This plan allows small business owners (including sole
proprietors) to make tax-deductible contributions for themselves
and any eligible employee(s). A SEP requires an IRA (a SEP-IRA)
to be set up for each SEP participant.
PROFIT SHARING OR MONEY PURCHASE PENSION PLAN
These plans are open to corporations, partnerships and sole
proprietors to benefit their employees and themselves.
SECTION 403(B)(7) PLAN
Employees of educational organizations or other qualifying, tax-
exempt organizations may be eligible to participate in a Section
403(b)(7) Plan.
PLEASE REFER TO THE CHART ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES FOR INFORMATION
ON OPENING AN ACCOUNT AND CONDUCTING BUSINESS WITH JANUS. WITH
CERTAIN LIMITED EXCEPTIONS, THE FUND IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO U.S.
CITIZENS OR RESIDENTS. WHEN YOU PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, OR REDEEM
SHARES, YOUR REQUEST WILL BE PROCESSED AT THE NEXT NAV CALCULATED
AFTER YOUR ORDER IS RECEIVED AND ACCEPTED.
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TO PURCHASE SHARES
BY MAIL/IN WRITING
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- To open your account, complete and sign the appropriate application and make
your check payable to Janus.
- To purchase additional shares, complete the remittance slip attached at the
bottom of your confirmation statement. If you are making a purchase into a
retirement account, please indicate whether the purchase is a rollover or a
current or prior year contribution. Send your check and remittance slip or
written instructions to the address listed on the slip.
BY TELEPHONE
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- The "Telephone Purchase of Shares Option" allows you to purchase additional
shares quickly and conveniently through an electronic transfer of money.
After establishing this option on your account, call an Investor Service
Representative during normal business hours or the Janus XpressLine for
access to this option 24 hours a day. Janus will automatically debit your
predesignated bank account.
- Purchases may also be made by wiring money from your bank account to your
Janus account. Call an Investor Service Representative for wiring
instructions.
BY INTERNET
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- The "Telephone Purchase of Shares Option" allows you to make a purchase into
an existing account on our Web site at janus.com.
BY AUTOMATIC INVESTMENT
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- Automatic Monthly Investment Program - You select the day each month that
your money ($100 minimum) will be electronically transferred from your bank
account to your Fund account.
- Payroll Deduction - If your employer can initiate an automatic payroll
deduction, you may have all or a portion of your paycheck ($100 minimum)
invested directly into your Fund account.
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TO EXCHANGE SHARES TO REDEEM SHARES
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- To request an exchange in writing, - To request a redemption in writ-
please follow the instructions for ing, please follow the instructions
written requests on page 22. Also for written requests on page 22.
refer to the exchange policies - Please see page 21 for information
listed on page 20 for more infor- about payment of redemption
mation. proceeds.
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- All accounts are automatically eli- - The telephone redemption option
gible to exchange shares by tele- enables you to request redemp-
phone. To exchange all or a portion tions daily from your account by
of your shares into any other calling an Investor Service Repre-
available Janus fund, call an sentative by the close of the
Investor Service Representative or regular trading session of the
the Janus XpressLine. NYSE, normally 4:00 p.m. New York
time. You may also use Janus
XpressLine for access to this
option 24 hours a day.
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- Exchanges may be made on our Web - Redemptions may be made on our Web
site at janus.com. site at janus.com.
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- Systematic Exchange - You deter- - Systematic Redemption - This option
mine the amount of money you would allows you to redeem a specific
like automatically exchanged from dollar amount from your account on
one Janus account to another on any a regular basis.
day of the month. You may establish
this program for as little as $100
per month on existing accounts. You
may establish a new account with a
$500 initial purchase and subse-
quent $100 systematic exchanges.
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PAYING FOR SHARES
Please note the following when purchasing shares:
- - Cash, credit cards, third party checks, travelers cheques, credit card checks
or money orders will not be accepted.
- - All purchases must be made in U.S. dollars and checks must be drawn on U.S.
banks.
- - We may make additional attempts to debit the bank account for ACH purchases.
- - The Fund reserves the right to reject any specific purchase request.
- - If all or a portion of a check is received for investment without a specific
fund designation, for investment in one of our closed funds, or for investment
in a fund that is not yet available for public sale, the undesignated amount
or entire investment, as applicable, will be invested in the Janus Money
Market Fund - Investor Shares. Shares that are subsequently exchanged from
Janus Money Market Fund - Investor Shares into the selected fund will receive
the NAV next calculated after your order is received and accepted by the fund.
- - If your purchase is cancelled, you will be responsible for any losses or fees
imposed by your bank and losses that may be incurred as a result of any
decline in the value of the cancelled purchase.
EXCHANGE POLICIES
The exchange privilege is not intended as a vehicle for short-term or excessive
trading. The Fund does not permit excessive trading or market timing. Excessive
purchases, redemptions, or exchanges of Fund shares disrupt portfolio management
and drive Fund expenses higher.
Please note the following when exchanging shares:
- - Except for Systematic Exchanges, new accounts established by exchange must be
opened with $2,500 or the total account value if the value of the account you
are exchanging from is less than $2,500.
- - Exchanges between existing accounts must meet the $100 subsequent investment
requirement.
- - You may make four exchanges out of the Fund during a calendar year (exclusive
of Systematic Exchange). Exchanges in excess of this limit are considered
excessive trading and may be subject to an exchange fee or may result in
termination of the exchange privilege or the right to make future purchases of
Fund shares.
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- - The Fund reserves the right to reject any purchase order or exchange request
and to modify or terminate the exchange privilege at any time. For example,
the Fund may reject exchanges from accounts engaged in or known to engage in
trading in excess of the limit above (including market timing transactions) or
whose trading has been or may be disruptive to the Fund.
- - Exchanges between accounts will be accepted only if the registrations are
identical.
- - If the shares you are exchanging are held in certificate form, you must return
the certificate to Janus prior to making any exchanges. Effective June 4,
1999, shares are no longer available in certificate form.
- - An exchange represents the sale of shares from one fund and the purchase of
shares of another fund, which may produce a taxable gain or loss in a
non-retirement account.
- - If the balance in the account you are exchanging from falls below the
systematic exchange amount, all remaining shares will be exchanged
and the program will be discontinued.
PAYMENT OF REDEMPTION PROCEEDS
- - BY CHECK - Redemption proceeds will be sent to the shareholder(s) of record at
the address of record within seven days after receipt of a valid redemption
request. During the 10 days following an address change, checks sent to a new
address require a signature guarantee.
- - BY ELECTRONIC TRANSFER - If you have established the electronic redemption
option, your redemption proceeds can be electronically transferred to your
predesignated bank account on the next bank business day after receipt of your
redemption request (wire transfer) or the second bank business day after
receipt of your redemption request (ACH transfer).
Wire transfers will be charged an $8 fee per wire and your bank may charge an
additional fee to receive the wire. Wire redemptions are not available for
retirement accounts.
IF THE SHARES BEING REDEEMED WERE PURCHASED BY CHECK, TELEPHONE, ON OUR WEB
SITE, OR THROUGH THE AUTOMATIC MONTHLY INVESTMENT PROGRAM, THE FUND MAY DELAY
THE PAYMENT OF YOUR REDEMPTION PROCEEDS FOR UP TO 15 DAYS FROM THE DAY OF
PURCHASE TO ALLOW THE PURCHASE TO CLEAR. Unless you provide alternate
instructions, your proceeds will be invested in Janus Money Market
Fund - Investor Shares during the 15 day hold period.
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WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS
To redeem or exchange all or part of your shares in writing, your
request should be sent to one of the addresses listed on page 14
and must include the following information:
- the name of the Fund(s)
- the account number(s)
- the amount of money or number of shares being redeemed or
exchanged
- the name(s) on the account
- the signature(s) of all registered account owners (see account
application for signature requirements)
- your daytime telephone number
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
A SIGNATURE GUARANTEE IS REQUIRED if any of the following is
applicable:
- You request a redemption by check that exceeds $100,000.
- You would like a check made payable to anyone other than the
shareholder(s) of record.
- You would like a check mailed to an address which has been
changed within 10 days of the redemption request.
- You would like a check mailed to an address other than the
address of record.
THE FUND RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE A SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
UNDER OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES OR TO REJECT OR DELAY A REDEMPTION ON
CERTAIN LEGAL GROUNDS.
HOW TO OBTAIN A SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
A signature guarantee assures that a signature is genuine. The
signature guarantee protects shareholders from unauthorized
account transfers. The following financial institutions may
guaran-
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tee signatures: banks, savings and loan associations, trust
companies, credit unions, broker-dealers, and member firms of a
national securities exchange. Call your financial institution to
see if they have the ability to guarantee a signature. A
signature guarantee cannot be provided by a notary public.
If you live outside the United States, a foreign bank properly
authorized to do business in your country of residence or a U.S.
consulate may be able to authenticate your signature.
PRICING OF FUND SHARES
All purchases, redemptions and exchanges will be processed at the
NAV next calculated after your request is received and accepted
by the Fund (or the Fund's agent or authorized designee). The
Fund's NAV is calculated at the close of the regular trading
session of the NYSE (normally 4:00 p.m. New York time) each day
that the NYSE is open. The NAV of Fund shares is not determined
on days the NYSE is closed (generally New Year's Day, Martin
Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day,
Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas). In
order to receive a day's price, your order must be received by
the close of the regular trading session of the NYSE. Securities
are valued at market value or, if a market quotation is not
readily available, at their fair value determined in good faith
under procedures established by and under the supervision of the
Trustees. Short-term instruments maturing within 60 days are
valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. See
the SAI for more detailed information.
SHAREHOLDER SERVICES AND ACCOUNT POLICIES
ACCOUNT MINIMUMS
Due to the proportionately higher costs of maintaining small
accounts, Janus reserves the right to deduct a $10 minimum
balance fee (or the value of the account if less than $10) from
accounts with values below the minimums described on page 15 or
to close such accounts. This policy will apply to accounts
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participating in the Automatic Monthly Investment Program only if
your account balance does not reach the required minimum initial
investment or falls below such minimum and you have discontinued
monthly investments. This policy does not apply to accounts that
fall below the minimums solely as a result of market value
fluctuations. It is expected that, for purposes of this policy,
accounts will be valued in September, and the $10 fee will be
assessed on the second Friday of September of each year. You will
receive notice before we charge the $10 fee or close your account
so that you may increase your account balance to the required
minimum.
TRANSACTIONS THROUGH PROCESSING ORGANIZATIONS
You may purchase or sell Fund shares through a broker-dealer,
bank or other financial institution, or an organization that
provides recordkeeping and consulting services to 401(k) plans or
other employee benefit plans (a "Processing Organization").
Processing Organizations may charge you a fee for this service
and may require different minimum initial and subsequent
investments than the Fund. Processing Organizations may also
impose other charges or restrictions different from those
applicable to shareholders who invest in the Fund directly. A
Processing Organization, rather than its customers, may be the
shareholder of record of your shares. The Fund is not responsible
for the failure of any Processing Organization to carry out its
obligations to its customers. Certain Processing Organizations
may receive compensation from Janus Capital or its affiliates and
certain Processing Organizations may receive compensation from
the Fund for shareholder recordkeeping and similar services.
TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
On the application or other appropriate form, you will be asked
to certify that your Social Security or taxpayer identification
number is correct and that you are not subject to backup
withholding for failing to report income to the IRS. If you are
subject to the 31% backup withholding or you did not certify
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your taxpayer identification number, the IRS requires the Fund to
withhold 31% of any dividends paid and redemption or exchange
proceeds. In addition to the 31% backup withholding, you may be
subject to a $50 fee to reimburse the Fund for any penalty that
the IRS may impose.
INVOLUNTARY REDEMPTIONS
The Fund reserves the right to close an account if the
shareholder is deemed to engage in activities which are illegal
or otherwise believed to be detrimental to the Fund.
TELEPHONE TRANSACTIONS
You may initiate many transactions by telephone. The Fund and its
agents will not be responsible for any losses resulting from
unauthorized transactions when procedures designed to verify the
identity of the caller are followed.
Occasionally, we experience high call volumes due to unusual
market activity or other events that may make it difficult for
you to reach an Investor Service Representative by telephone. If
you are unable to reach a representative by telephone, please
consider sending written instructions, stopping by a Service
Center, calling the Janus XpressLine or visiting our Web site.
TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF SERVICES
The Fund or its agents may, in case of emergency, temporarily
suspend telephone transactions and other shareholder services.
ADDRESS CHANGES
To change the address on your account, call 1-800-525-3713 or
send a written request signed by the shareholder(s) of record.
Include the name of your Fund, the account number(s), the name(s)
on the account and both the old and new addresses. Certain
options may be suspended for 10 days following an address change
unless a signature guarantee is provided.
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REGISTRATION CHANGES
To change the name on an account, the shares are generally
transferred to a new account. In some cases, legal documentation
may be required. For further instructions, please call an
Investor Service Representative.
STATEMENTS AND REPORTS
Investors will receive quarterly confirmations of all
transactions. Quarterly statements for all investors are
available on our Web site. You may make an election on our Web
site to discontinue delivery of your paper statements. Dividend
information will be distributed annually. In addition, the Fund
will send you an immediate transaction confirmation statement
after every non-systematic transaction.
The Fund produces financial reports, which include a list of the
Fund's portfolio holdings, semiannually and updates its
prospectus annually. To reduce expenses, the Fund may choose to
mail only one report or prospectus to your household, even if
more than one person in the household has a Fund account. Please
call 1-800-525-3713 if you would like to receive additional
reports or prospectuses. The Fund reserves the right to charge a
fee for additional statement requests.
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MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND
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INVESTMENT ADVISER
Janus Capital Corporation, 100 Fillmore Street, Denver, Colorado
80206-4928, is the investment adviser to the Fund and is
responsible for the day-to-day management of its investment
portfolio and other business affairs.
Janus Capital began serving as investment adviser to Janus Fund
in 1970 and currently serves as investment adviser to all of the
Janus funds, acts as sub-adviser for a number of private-label
mutual funds and provides separate account advisory services for
institutional accounts.
Janus Capital furnishes continuous advice and recommendations
concerning the Fund's investments. Janus Capital also furnishes
certain administrative, compliance and accounting services for
the Fund, and may be reimbursed by the Fund for its costs in
providing those services. In addition, Janus Capital employees
serve as officers of the Trust and Janus Capital provides office
space for the Fund and pays the salaries, fees and expenses of
all Fund officers and those Trustees who are affiliated with
Janus Capital.
The Fund pays Janus Capital a management fee which is calculated
daily and paid monthly. The advisory agreement with the Fund
spells out the management fee and other expenses that the Fund
must pay.
The Fund incurs expenses not assumed by Janus Capital, including
transfer agent and custodian fees and expenses, legal and
auditing fees, printing and mailing costs of sending reports and
other information to existing shareholders, and independent
Trustees' fees and expenses. The Fund expects to pay Janus
Capital a management fee equal to 0.65% of average daily net
assets during its initial fiscal year.
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PORTFOLIO MANAGER
RON SACHS
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is Executive Vice President and portfolio manager of the
Fund, which he has managed since inception. Mr. Sachs is
also an assistant portfolio manager of Janus Enterprise
Fund. Mr. Sachs joined Janus Capital in 1996 as a research
analyst. Prior to coming to Janus, he worked as a
consultant for Bain & Company and as an attorney for
Willkie, Farr, & Gallagher. Mr. Sachs graduated from
Princeton cum laude with an undergraduate degree in
Economics. He obtained his law degree from the University
of Michigan. Mr. Sachs is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
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OTHER INFORMATION
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SIZE OF THE FUND
The Fund may discontinue sales of its shares if management and
the Trustees believe that continued sales may adversely affect
the Fund's ability to achieve its investment objective. If sales
of the Fund are discontinued, it is expected that existing
shareholders of the Fund would be permitted to continue to
purchase shares and to reinvest any dividends or capital gains
distributions, absent highly unusual circumstances.
DISTRIBUTION OF FUND
The Fund is distributed by Janus Distributors, Inc., a member of
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD"). To
obtain information about NASD member firms and their associated
persons, you may contact NASD Regulation, Inc. at www.nasdr.com
or the Public Disclosure Hotline at 800-289-9999. An investor
brochure containing information describing the Public Disclosure
Program is available from NASD Regulation, Inc.
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DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES
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DISTRIBUTIONS
To avoid taxation of the Fund, the Internal Revenue Code requires
the Fund to distribute net income and any net capital gains
realized on its investments annually. The Fund's income from
dividends and interest and any net realized short-term gains are
paid to shareholders as ordinary income dividends. Net realized
long-term gains are paid to shareholders as capital gains
distributions. Dividends and capital gains distributions are
normally declared and paid in December.
HOW DISTRIBUTIONS AFFECT THE FUND'S NAV
Distributions are paid to shareholders as of the record date of
the distribution of the Fund, regardless of how long the shares
have been held. Dividends and capital gains awaiting distribution
are included in the Fund's daily NAV. The share price of the Fund
drops by the amount of the distribution, net of any subsequent
market fluctuations. As an example, assume that on December 31,
the Fund declared a dividend in the amount of $0.25 per share. If
the Fund's share price was $10.00 on December 30, the Fund's
share price on December 31 would be $9.75, barring market
fluctuations. Shareholders should be aware that distributions
from a taxable mutual fund are not value-enhancing and may create
income tax obligations.
"BUYING A DIVIDEND"
If you purchase shares of the Fund just before the distribution,
you will pay the full price for the shares and receive a portion
of the purchase price back as a taxable distribution. This is
referred to as "buying a dividend." In the above example, if you
bought shares on December 30, you would have paid $10.00 per
share. On December 31, the Fund would pay you $0.25 per share as
a dividend and your shares would now be worth $9.75 per share.
Unless your account is set up as a tax-deferred account,
dividends paid to you would be included in your gross income for
tax purposes, even though you may not have participated in the
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increase in NAV of the Fund, whether or not you reinvested the
dividends.
DISTRIBUTION OPTIONS
When you open an account, you must specify on your application
how you want to receive your distributions. You may change your
distribution option at any time by writing the Fund at one of the
addresses on page 14 or calling 1-800-525-3713. The Fund offers
the following options:
1. REINVESTMENT OPTION. You may reinvest your income dividends
and capital gains distributions in additional shares. This
option is assigned automatically if no other choice is made.
2. CASH OPTION. You may receive your income dividends and capital
gains distributions in cash.
3. REINVEST AND CASH OPTION. You may receive either your income
dividends or capital gains distributions in cash and reinvest
the other in additional shares.
4. REDIRECT OPTION. You may direct your dividends or capital
gains to purchase shares of another Janus fund.
The Fund reserves the right to reinvest into your account
undeliverable and uncashed dividend and distribution checks that
remain outstanding for six months in shares of the Fund at the
NAV next computed after the check is cancelled. Subsequent
distributions may also be reinvested.
TAXES
As with any investment, you should consider the tax consequences
of investing in the Fund. Any time you sell or exchange shares of
a Fund in a taxable account, it is considered a taxable event.
Depending on the purchase price and the sale price, you may have
a gain or loss on the transaction. Any tax liabilities generated
by your transactions are your responsibility.
The following discussion does not apply to tax-deferred accounts,
nor is it a complete analysis of the federal tax implications of
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investing in the Fund. You may wish to consult your own tax
adviser. Additionally, state or local taxes may apply to your
investment, depending upon the laws of your state of residence.
TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS
Dividends and distributions by the Fund are subject to federal
income tax, regardless of whether the distribution is made in
cash or reinvested in additional shares of the Fund.
Distributions may be taxable at different rates depending on the
length of time the Fund holds a security. In certain states, a
portion of the dividends and distributions (depending on the
source of the Fund's income) may be exempt from state and local
taxes. Information regarding the tax status of income dividends
and capital gains distributions will be mailed to shareholders on
or before January 31st of each year. Account tax information will
also be sent to the IRS.
TAXATION OF THE FUND
Dividends, interest, and some capital gains received by the Fund
on foreign securities may be subject to tax withholding or other
foreign taxes. The Fund may from year to year make the election
permitted under section 853 of the Internal Revenue Code to pass
through such taxes to shareholders as a foreign tax credit. If
such an election is not made, any foreign taxes paid or accrued
will represent an expense to the Fund.
The Fund does not expect to pay federal income or excise taxes
because it intends to meet certain requirements of the Internal
Revenue Code. It is important that the Fund meet these
requirements so that any earnings on your investment will not be
taxed twice.
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GLOSSARY OF INVESTMENT TERMS
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This glossary provides a more detailed description of some of the
types of securities and other instruments in which the Fund may
invest. The Fund may invest in these instruments to the extent
permitted by its investment objective and policies. The Fund is
not limited by this discussion and may invest in any other types
of instruments not precluded by the policies discussed elsewhere
in this Prospectus. Please refer to the SAI for a more detailed
discussion of certain instruments.
I. EQUITY AND DEBT SECURITIES
BONDS are debt securities issued by a company, municipality,
government or government agency. The issuer of a bond is required
to pay the holder the amount of the loan (or par value of the
bond) at a specified maturity and to make scheduled interest
payments.
COMMERCIAL PAPER is a short-term debt obligation with a maturity
ranging from 1 to 270 days issued by banks, corporations and
other borrowers to investors seeking to invest idle cash. The
Fund may purchase commercial paper issued in private placements
under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.
COMMON STOCKS are equity securities representing shares of
ownership in a company, and usually carry voting rights and earns
dividends. Unlike preferred stock, dividends on common stocks are
not fixed but are declared at the discretion of the issuer's
board of directors.
CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES are preferred stocks or bonds that pay a
fixed dividend or interest payment and are convertible into
common stock at a specified price or conversion ratio.
DEBT SECURITIES are securities representing money borrowed that
must be repaid at a later date. Such securities have specific
maturities and usually a specific rate of interest or an original
purchase discount.
DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS are receipts for shares of a foreign-based
corporation that entitle the holder to dividends and capital
gains
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on the underlying security. Receipts include those issued by
domestic banks (American Depositary Receipts), foreign banks
(Global or European Depositary Receipts) and broker-dealers
(depositary shares).
FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES are securities that pay a specified rate
of return. The term generally includes short- and long-term
government, corporate and municipal obligations that pay a
specified rate of interest or coupons for a specified period of
time, and preferred stock, which pays fixed dividends. Coupon and
dividend rates may be fixed for the life of the issue or, in the
case of adjustable and floating rate securities, for a shorter
period.
HIGH-YIELD/HIGH-RISK BONDS are bonds that are rated below
investment grade by the primary rating agencies (e.g., BB or
lower by Standard & Poor's and Ba or lower by Moody's). Other
terms commonly used to describe such bonds include "lower rated
bonds," "noninvestment grade bonds" and "junk bonds."
MORTGAGE- AND ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES are shares in a pool of
mortgages or other debt. These securities are generally pass-
through securities, which means that principal and interest
payments on the underlying securities (less servicing fees) are
passed through to shareholders on a pro rata basis. These
securities involve prepayment risk, which is the risk that the
underlying mortgages or other debt may be refinanced or paid off
prior to their maturities during periods of declining interest
rates. In that case, the portfolio managers may have to reinvest
the proceeds from the securities at a lower rate. Potential
market gains on a security subject to prepayment risk may be more
limited than potential market gains on a comparable security that
is not subject to prepayment risk.
PASSIVE FOREIGN INVESTMENT COMPANIES (PFICS) are any foreign
corporations which generate certain amounts of passive income or
hold certain amounts of assets for the production of passive
income. Passive income includes dividends, interest, royalties,
rents and annuities. To avoid taxes and interest that the Fund
must pay if these investments are profitable, the Fund may make
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various elections permitted by the tax laws. These elections
could require that the Fund recognize taxable income, which in
turn must be distributed, before the securities are sold and
before cash is received to pay the distributions.
PREFERRED STOCKS are equity securities that generally pay
dividends at a specified rate and have preference over common
stock in the payment of dividends and liquidation. Preferred
stock generally does not carry voting rights.
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS involve the purchase of a security by the
Fund and a simultaneous agreement by the seller (generally a bank
or dealer) to repurchase the security from the Fund at a
specified date or upon demand. This technique offers a method of
earning income on idle cash. These securities involve the risk
that the seller will fail to repurchase the security, as agreed.
In that case, the Fund will bear the risk of market value
fluctuations until the security can be sold and may encounter
delays and incur costs in liquidating the security.
REVERSE REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS involve the sale of a security by
the Fund to another party (generally a bank or dealer) in return
for cash and an agreement by the Fund to buy the security back at
a specified price and time. This technique will be used primarily
to provide cash to satisfy unusually heavy redemption requests,
or for other temporary or emergency purposes.
U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES include direct obligations of the U.S.
government that are supported by its full faith and credit.
Treasury bills have initial maturities of less than one year,
Treasury notes have initial maturities of one to ten years and
Treasury bonds may be issued with any maturity but generally have
maturities of at least ten years. U.S. government securities also
include indirect obligations of the U.S. government that are
issued by federal agencies and government sponsored entities.
Unlike Treasury securities, agency securities generally are not
backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. Some
agency securities are supported by the right of the issuer to
borrow from the Treasury, others are supported by the
discretionary authority
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of the U.S. government to purchase the agency's obligations and
others are supported only by the credit of the sponsoring agency.
WARRANTS are securities, typically issued with preferred stocks
or bonds, that give the holder the right to buy a proportionate
amount of common stock at a specified price, usually at a price
that is higher than the market price at the time of issuance of
the warrant. The right may last for a period of years or
indefinitely.
WHEN-ISSUED, DELAYED DELIVERY AND FORWARD TRANSACTIONS generally
involve the purchase of a security with payment and delivery at
some time in the future - i.e., beyond normal settlement. The
Fund does not earn interest on such securities until settlement
and bears the risk of market value fluctuations in between the
purchase and settlement dates. New issues of stocks and bonds,
private placements and U.S. government securities may be sold in
this manner.
II. FUTURES, OPTIONS AND OTHER DERIVATIVES
FORWARD CONTRACTS are contracts to purchase or sell a specified
amount of a financial instrument for an agreed upon price at a
specified time. Forward contracts are not currently exchange
traded and are typically negotiated on an individual basis. The
Fund may enter into forward currency contracts to hedge against
declines in the value of securities denominated in, or whose
value is tied to, a currency other than the U.S. dollar or to
reduce the impact of currency appreciation on purchases of such
securities. It may also enter into forward contracts to purchase
or sell securities or other financial indices.
FUTURES CONTRACTS are contracts that obligate the buyer to
receive and the seller to deliver an instrument or money at a
specified price on a specified date. The Fund may buy and sell
futures contracts on foreign currencies, securities and financial
indices including interest rates or an index of U.S. government,
foreign government, equity or fixed-income securities. The Fund
may also buy options on futures contracts. An option on a futures
contract gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to
buy or sell a
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futures contract at a specified price on or before a specified
date. Futures contracts and options on futures are standardized
and traded on designated exchanges.
INDEXED/STRUCTURED SECURITIES are typically short- to
intermediate-term debt securities whose value at maturity or
interest rate is linked to currencies, interest rates, equity
securities, indices, commodity prices or other financial
indicators. Such securities may be positively or negatively
indexed (i.e., their value may increase or decrease if the
reference index or instrument appreciates). Indexed/structured
securities may have return characteristics similar to direct
investments in the underlying instrument and may be more volatile
than the underlying instrument. The Fund bears the market risk of
an investment in the underlying instrument, as well as the credit
risk of the issuer.
OPTIONS are the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a
specified amount of securities or other assets on or before a
fixed date at a predetermined price. The Fund may purchase and
write put and call options on securities, securities indices and
foreign currencies.
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[JANUS LOGO]
You can request other information, including a Statement of
Additional Information, free of charge, by contacting Janus at
1-800-525-3713 or visiting our Web site at janus.com. Other
information is also available from financial intermediaries that
sell shares of the Fund.
The Statement of Additional Information provides detailed
information about the Fund and is incorporated into this
Prospectus by reference. You may review the Fund's Statement of
Additional Information at the Public Reference Room of the SEC
or get text only copies for a fee, by writing to or calling the
Public Reference Room, Washington, D.C. 20549-6009
(1-800-SEC-0330). You may obtain the Statement of Additional
Information for free from the SEC's Web site at
http://www.sec.gov.
Investment Company Act File No. 811-1879
1-800-525-3713
PO Box 173375 Denver, CO 80217-3375
janus.com
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[JANUS LOGO]
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND
JANUS ORION FUND
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
MAY 31, 2000
100 Fillmore Street
Denver, CO 80206-4928
(800) 525-3713
Janus Orion Fund is a no-load, nondiversified mutual fund
that seeks long-term growth of capital. It invests
primarily in common stocks selected for their growth
potential. The Fund may invest in companies of any size,
from larger, well-established companies to smaller,
emerging growth companies. The Fund normally concentrates
its investments in a core group of 20-30 stocks.
The Fund is a separate series of Janus Investment Fund, a
Massachusetts business trust.
This Statement of Additional Information is not a
Prospectus and should be read in conjunction with the
Fund's Prospectus dated May 31, 2000, which is
incorporated by reference into this SAI and may be
obtained from the Trust at the above phone number or
address. This SAI contains additional and more detailed
information about the Fund's operations and activities
than the Prospectus.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Classification, Investment Policies and
Restrictions, and Investment Strategies and
Risks........................................... 2
Investment Adviser.............................. 40
Custodian, Transfer Agent and Certain
Affiliations.................................... 44
Portfolio Transactions and Brokerage............ 46
Trustees and Officers........................... 49
Purchase of Shares.............................. 55
Net Asset Value Determination................ 55
Reinvestment of Dividends and Distributions.. 56
Redemption of Shares............................ 58
Shareholder Accounts............................ 59
Telephone and Web Site Transactions.......... 59
Systematic Redemptions....................... 59
Tax-Deferred Accounts........................... 60
Income Dividends, Capital Gains Distributions
and Tax Status.................................. 62
Miscellaneous Information....................... 63
Shares of the Trust.......................... 63
Shareholder Meetings......................... 64
Voting Rights................................ 64
Master/Feeder Option......................... 65
Independent Accountants...................... 65
Registration Statement....................... 65
Performance Information......................... 66
Appendix A...................................... 67
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CLASSIFICATION, INVESTMENT POLICIES
AND RESTRICTIONS, AND INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES AND RISKS
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CLASSIFICATION
The Fund is a series of the Trust, an open-end, management
investment company. The Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940
Act") classifies mutual funds as either diversified or
nondiversified, and the Fund is a nondiversified fund. The Fund
reserves the right to become a diversified fund by limiting the
investments in which more than 5% of its total assets are
invested.
INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RESTRICTIONS
The Fund is subject to certain fundamental policies and
restrictions that may not be changed without shareholder
approval. Shareholder approval means approval by the lesser of
(i) more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the
Trust (or the Fund if a matter affects just the Fund), or (ii)
67% or more of the voting securities present at a meeting if the
holders of more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of
the Trust (or the Fund) are present or represented by proxy. As
fundamental policies, the Fund may not:
(1) Own more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any
one issuer and, as to fifty percent (50%) of the value of its
total assets, purchase the securities of any one issuer (except
cash items and "government securities" as defined under the 1940
Act), if immediately after and as a result of such purchase, the
value of the holdings of the Fund in the securities of such
issuer exceeds 5% of the value of the Fund's total assets. With
respect to the other 50% of the value of its total assets, the
Fund may invest in the securities of as few as two issuers.
(2) Invest 25% or more of the value of its total assets in any
particular industry (other than U.S. government securities).
(3) Invest directly in real estate or interests in real estate;
however, the Fund may own debt or equity securities issued by
companies engaged in those businesses.
(4) Purchase or sell physical commodities other than foreign
currencies unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities
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(but this limitation shall not prevent the Fund from purchasing
or selling options, futures, swaps and forward contracts or from
investing in securities or other instruments backed by physical
commodities).
(5) Lend any security or make any other loan if, as a result,
more than 25% of its total assets would be lent to other parties
(but this limitation does not apply to purchases of commercial
paper, debt securities or repurchase agreements).
(6) Act as an underwriter of securities issued by others, except
to the extent that the Fund may be deemed an underwriter in
connection with the disposition of portfolio securities of the
Fund.
As a fundamental policy, the Fund may, notwithstanding any other
investment policy or limitation (whether or not fundamental),
invest all of its assets in the securities of a single open-end
management investment company with substantially the same
fundamental investment objective, policies and limitations as the
Fund.
The Trustees have adopted additional investment restrictions for
the Fund. These restrictions are operating policies of the Fund
and may be changed by the Trustees without shareholder approval.
The additional investment restrictions adopted by the Trustees to
date include the following:
(a) The Fund will not (i) enter into any futures contracts and
related options for purposes other than bona fide hedging
transactions within the meaning of Commodity Futures Trading
Commission ("CFTC") regulations if the aggregate initial margin
and premiums required to establish positions in futures contracts
and related options that do not fall within the definition of
bona fide hedging transactions will exceed 5% of the fair market
value of the Fund's net assets, after taking into account
unrealized profits and unrealized losses on any such contracts it
has entered into; and (ii) enter into any futures contracts if
the aggregate amount of the Fund's commitments under outstanding
futures
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contracts positions would exceed the market value of its total
assets.
(b) The Fund does not currently intend to sell securities short,
unless it owns or has the right to obtain securities equivalent
in kind and amount to the securities sold short without the
payment of any additional consideration therefor, and provided
that transactions in futures, options, swaps and forward
contracts are not deemed to constitute selling securities short.
(c) The Fund does not currently intend to purchase securities on
margin, except that the Fund may obtain such short-term credits
as are necessary for the clearance of transactions, and provided
that margin payments and other deposits in connection with
transactions in futures, options, swaps and forward contracts
shall not be deemed to constitute purchasing securities on
margin.
(d) The Fund may not mortgage or pledge any securities owned or
held by the Fund in amounts that exceed, in the aggregate, 15% of
the Fund's net asset value, provided that this limitation does
not apply to reverse repurchase agreements, deposits of assets to
margin, guarantee positions in futures, options, swaps or forward
contracts, or the segregation of assets in connection with such
contracts.
(e) The Fund may borrow money for temporary or emergency purposes
(not for leveraging or investment) in an amount not exceeding 25%
of the value of its total assets (including the amount borrowed)
less liabilities (other than borrowings). If borrowings exceed
25% of the value of the Fund's total assets by reason of a
decline in net assets, the Fund will reduce its borrowings within
three business days to the extent necessary to comply with the
25% limitation. This policy shall not prohibit reverse repurchase
agreements, deposits of assets to margin or guarantee positions
in futures, options, swaps or forward contracts, or the
segregation of assets in connection with such contracts.
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(f) The Fund does not currently intend to purchase any security
or enter into a repurchase agreement if, as a result, more than
15% of its net assets would be invested in repurchase agreements
not entitling the holder to payment of principal and interest
within seven days and in securities that are illiquid by virtue
of legal or contractual restrictions on resale or the absence of
a readily available market. The Trustees, or the Fund's
investment adviser acting pursuant to authority delegated by the
Trustees, may determine that a readily available market exists
for securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under
the Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 144A Securities"), or any
successor to such rule, Section 4(2) commercial paper and
municipal lease obligations. Accordingly, such securities may not
be subject to the foregoing limitation.
(g) The Fund may not invest in companies for the purpose of
exercising control of management.
Under the terms of an exemptive order received from the
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") the Fund may borrow
money from or lend money to other funds that permit such
transactions and for which Janus Capital serves as investment
adviser. All such borrowing and lending will be subject to the
above limits. The Fund will borrow money through the program only
when the costs are equal to or lower than the cost of bank loans.
Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight, but can
have maximum duration of seven days. The Fund will lend through
the program only when the returns are higher than those available
from other short-term instruments (such as repurchase
agreements). The Fund may have to borrow from a bank at a higher
interest rate if an interfund loan is called or not renewed. Any
delay in repayment to a lending Fund could result in a lost
investment opportunity or additional borrowing costs.
For the purposes of the Fund's policies on investing in
particular industries, the Fund will rely primarily on industry
or industry group classifications published by Bloomberg L.P. To
the extent that Bloomberg L.P. industry classifications are so
broad that the
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primary economic characteristics in a single industry are
materially different, the Fund may further classify issuers in
accordance with industry classifications as published by the SEC.
INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISKS
Cash Position
As discussed in the Prospectus, when the Fund's portfolio manager
believes that market conditions are unfavorable for profitable
investing, or when he is otherwise unable to locate attractive
investment opportunities, the Fund's investment in cash and
similar investments may increase. Securities that the Fund may
invest in as a means of receiving a return on idle cash include
commercial paper, certificates of deposit, repurchase agreements
or other short-term debt obligations. The Fund may also invest in
money market funds, including funds managed by Janus Capital.
(See "Investment Company Securities" on page 13).
Illiquid Investments
The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid
investments (i.e., securities that are not readily marketable).
The Trustees have authorized Janus Capital to make liquidity
determinations with respect to certain securities, including Rule
144A Securities, commercial paper and municipal lease obligations
purchased by the Fund. Under the guidelines established by the
Trustees, Janus Capital will consider the following factors: 1)
the frequency of trades and quoted prices for the obligation; 2)
the number of dealers willing to purchase or sell the security
and the number of other potential purchasers; 3) the willingness
of dealers to undertake to make a market in the security; and 4)
the nature of the security and the nature of marketplace trades,
including the time needed to dispose of the security, the method
of soliciting offers and the mechanics of the transfer. In the
case of commercial paper, Janus Capital will also consider
whether the paper is traded flat or in default as to principal
and interest and any ratings of the
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paper by a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization
("NRSRO"). A foreign security that may be freely traded on or
through the facilities of an offshore exchange or other
established offshore securities market is not deemed to be a
restricted security subject to these procedures.
If illiquid securities exceed 15% of the Fund's net assets after
the time of purchase the Fund will take steps to reduce in an
orderly fashion its holdings of illiquid securities. Because
illiquid securities may not be readily marketable, the portfolio
manager may not be able to dispose of them in a timely manner. As
a result, the Fund may be forced to hold illiquid securities
while their price depreciates. Depreciation in the price of
illiquid securities may cause the net asset value of the Fund to
decline.
Securities Lending
The Fund may lend securities to qualified parties (typically
brokers or other financial institutions) who need to borrow
securities in order to complete certain transactions such as
covering short sales, avoiding failures to deliver securities or
completing arbitrage activities. The Fund may seek to earn
additional income through securities lending. Since there is the
risk of delay in recovering a loaned security or the risk of loss
in collateral rights if the borrower fails financially,
securities lending will only be made to parties that Janus
Capital deems creditworthy and in good standing. In addition,
such loans will only be made if Janus Capital believes the
benefit from granting such loans justifies the risk. The Fund
will not have the right to vote on securities while they are
being lent, but it will call a loan in anticipation of any
important vote. All loans will be continuously secured by
collateral which consists of cash, U.S. government securities,
letters of credit and such other collateral permitted by the
Securities and Exchange Commission and policies approved by the
Trustees. Cash collateral may be invested in money market funds
advised by Janus to the extent consistent with exemptive relief
obtained from the SEC.
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Foreign Securities
The Fund may invest without limit in foreign securities either
indirectly (e.g., depositary receipts) or directly in foreign
markets. Investments in foreign securities, including those of
foreign governments, may involve greater risks than investing in
domestic securities, because the Fund's performance may depend on
issues other than the performance of a particular company. These
issues include:
- CURRENCY RISK. As long as the Fund holds a foreign security,
its value will be affected by the value of the local currency
relative to the U.S. dollar. When the Fund sells a foreign
denominated security, its value may be worth less in U.S.
dollars even if the security increases in value in its home
country. U.S. dollar denominated securities of foreign issuers
may also be affected by currency risk.
- POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC RISK. Foreign investments may be subject
to heightened political and economic risks, particularly in
emerging markets which may have relatively unstable
governments, immature economic structures, national policies
restricting investments by foreigners, different legal systems,
and economies based on only a few industries. In some
countries, there is the risk that the government may take over
the assets or operations of a company or that the government
may impose taxes or limits on the removal of a Fund's assets
from that country.
- REGULATORY RISK. There may be less government supervision of
foreign markets. As a result, foreign issuers may not be
subject to the uniform accounting, auditing and financial
reporting standards and practices applicable to domestic
issuers and there may be less publicly available information
about foreign issuers.
- MARKET RISK. Foreign securities markets, particularly those of
emerging market countries, may be less liquid and more volatile
than domestic markets. Certain markets may require payment for
securities before delivery and delays may be encountered in
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settling securities transactions. In some foreign markets,
there may not be protection against failure by other parties to
complete transactions.
- TRANSACTION COSTS. Costs of buying, selling and holding foreign
securities, including brokerage, tax and custody costs, may be
higher than those involved in domestic transactions.
Short Sales
The Fund may engage in "short sales against the box." This
technique involves selling either a security that the Fund owns,
or a security equivalent in kind and amount to the security sold
short that the Fund has the right to obtain, for delivery at a
specified date in the future. The Fund may enter into a short
sale against the box to hedge against anticipated declines in the
market price of portfolio securities. If the value of the
securities sold short increases prior to the scheduled delivery
date, the Fund loses the opportunity to participate in the gain.
Zero Coupon, Step Coupon and Pay-In-Kind Securities
The Fund may invest up to 10% of its assets in zero coupon, pay-
in-kind and step coupon securities. Zero coupon bonds are issued
and traded at a discount from their face value. They do not
entitle the holder to any periodic payment of interest prior to
maturity. Step coupon bonds trade at a discount from their face
value and pay coupon interest. The coupon rate is low for an
initial period and then increases to a higher coupon rate
thereafter. The discount from the face amount or par value
depends on the time remaining until cash payments begin,
prevailing interest rates, liquidity of the security and the
perceived credit quality of the issuer. Pay-in-kind bonds
normally give the issuer an option to pay cash at a coupon
payment date or give the holder of the security a similar bond
with the same coupon rate and a face value equal to the amount of
the coupon payment that would have been made.
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Current federal income tax law requires holders of zero coupon
and step coupon securities to report the portion of the original
issue discount on such securities that accrues during a given
year as interest income, even though the holders receive no cash
payments of interest during the year. In order to qualify as a
"regulated investment company" under the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 and the regulations thereunder (the "Code"), the Fund must
distribute its investment company taxable income, including the
original issue discount accrued on zero coupon or step coupon
bonds. Because the Fund will not receive cash payments on a
current basis in respect of accrued original issue discount on
zero coupon bonds or step coupon bonds during the period before
interest payments begin, in some years the Fund may have to
distribute cash obtained from other sources in order to satisfy
the distribution requirements under the Code. The Fund might
obtain such cash from selling other portfolio holdings which
might cause the Fund to incur capital gains or losses on the
sale. Additionally, these actions are likely to reduce the assets
to which Fund expenses could be allocated and to reduce the rate
of return for the Fund. In some circumstances, such sales might
be necessary in order to satisfy cash distribution requirements
even though investment considerations might otherwise make it
undesirable for the Fund to sell the securities at the time.
Generally, the market prices of zero coupon, step coupon and
pay-in-kind securities are more volatile than the prices of
securities that pay interest periodically and in cash and are
likely to respond to changes in interest rates to a greater
degree than other types of debt securities having similar
maturities and credit quality.
Pass-Through Securities
The Fund may invest in various types of pass-through securities,
such as mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities and
participation interests. A pass-through security is a share or
certificate of interest in a pool of debt obligations that have
been repackaged by an intermediary, such as a bank or
broker-dealer.
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The purchaser of a pass-through security receives an undivided
interest in the underlying pool of securities. The issuers of the
underlying securities make interest and principal payments to the
intermediary which are passed through to purchasers, such as the
Fund. The most common type of pass-through securities are
mortgage-backed securities. Government National Mortgage
Association ("GNMA") Certificates are mortgage-backed securities
that evidence an undivided interest in a pool of mortgage loans.
GNMA Certificates differ from bonds in that principal is paid
back monthly by the borrowers over the term of the loan rather
than returned in a lump sum at maturity. The Fund will generally
purchase "modified pass-through" GNMA Certificates, which entitle
the holder to receive a share of all interest and principal
payments paid and owned on the mortgage pool, net of fees paid to
the "issuer" and GNMA, regardless of whether or not the mortgagor
actually makes the payment. GNMA Certificates are backed as to
the timely payment of principal and interest by the full faith
and credit of the U.S. government.
The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("FHLMC") issues two
types of mortgage pass-through securities: mortgage participation
certificates ("PCs") and guaranteed mortgage certificates
("GMCs"). PCs resemble GNMA Certificates in that each PC
represents a pro rata share of all interest and principal
payments made and owned on the underlying pool. FHLMC guarantees
timely payments of interest on PCs and the full return of
principal. GMCs also represent a pro rata interest in a pool of
mortgages. However, these instruments pay interest semiannually
and return principal once a year in guaranteed minimum payments.
This type of security is guaranteed by FHLMC as to timely payment
of principal and interest but it is not guaranteed by the full
faith and credit of the U.S. government.
The Federal National Mortgage Association ("FNMA") issues
guaranteed mortgage pass-through certificates ("FNMA
Certificates"). FNMA Certificates resemble GNMA Certificates in
that each FNMA Certificate represents a pro rata share of all
interest
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and principal payments made and owned on the underlying pool.
This type of security is guaranteed by FNMA as to timely payment
of principal and interest but it is not guaranteed by the full
faith and credit of the U.S. government.
Except for GMCs, each of the mortgage-backed securities described
above is characterized by monthly payments to the holder,
reflecting the monthly payments made by the borrowers who
received the underlying mortgage loans. The payments to the
security holders (such as the Fund), like the payments on the
underlying loans, represent both principal and interest. Although
the underlying mortgage loans are for specified periods of time,
such as 20 or 30 years, the borrowers can, and typically do, pay
them off sooner. Thus, the security holders frequently receive
prepayments of principal in addition to the principal that is
part of the regular monthly payments. The Fund's portfolio
manager will consider estimated prepayment rates in calculating
the average weighted maturity of the Fund. A borrower is more
likely to prepay a mortgage that bears a relatively high rate of
interest. This means that in times of declining interest rates,
higher yielding mortgage-backed securities held by the Fund might
be converted to cash and the Fund will be forced to accept lower
interest rates when that cash is used to purchase additional
securities in the mortgage-backed securities sector or in other
investment sectors. Additionally, prepayments during such periods
will limit the Fund's ability to participate in as large a market
gain as may be experienced with a comparable security not subject
to prepayment.
Asset-backed securities represent interests in pools of consumer
loans and are backed by paper or accounts receivables originated
by banks, credit card companies or other providers of credit.
Generally, the originating bank or credit provider is neither the
obligor nor the guarantor of the security, and interest and
principal payments ultimately depend upon payment of the
underlying loans by individuals. Tax-exempt asset-backed
securities include units of beneficial interests in pools of
purchase
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contracts, financing leases, and sales agreements that may be
created when a municipality enters into an installment purchase
contract or lease with a vendor. Such securities may be secured
by the assets purchased or leased by the municipality; however,
if the municipality stops making payments, there generally will
be no recourse against the vendor. These obligations are likely
to involve unscheduled prepayments of principal.
Investment Company Securities
From time to time, the Fund may invest in securities of other
investment companies, subject to the provisions of Section
12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act. The Fund may invest in securities of
money market funds managed by Janus Capital in excess of the
limitations of Section 12(d)(1) under the terms of an SEC
exemptive order obtained by Janus Capital and the Janus funds.
Depositary Receipts
The Fund may invest in sponsored and unsponsored American
Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), which are receipts issued by an
American bank or trust company evidencing ownership of underlying
securities issued by a foreign issuer. ADRs, in registered form,
are designed for use in U.S. securities markets. Unsponsored ADRs
may be created without the participation of the foreign issuer.
Holders of these ADRs generally bear all the costs of the ADR
facility, whereas foreign issuers typically bear certain costs in
a sponsored ADR. The bank or trust company depositary of an
unsponsored ADR may be under no obligation to distribute
shareholder communications received from the foreign issuer or to
pass through voting rights. The Fund may also invest in European
Depositary Receipts ("EDRs"), Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs")
and in other similar instruments representing securities of
foreign companies. EDRs and GDRs are securities that are
typically issued by foreign banks or foreign trust companies,
although U.S. banks or U.S. trust companies may issue them. EDRs
and GDRs are similar to the arrangements of ADRs. EDRs,
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in bearer form, are designed for use in European securities
markets.
Depositary Receipts are generally subject to the same sort of
risks as direct investments in a foreign country, such as,
currency risk, political and economic risk, and market risk,
because their values depend on the performance of a foreign
security denominated in its home currency. The risks of foreign
investing are addressed in some detail in the Fund's prospectus.
Municipal Obligations
The Fund may invest in municipal obligations issued by states,
territories and possessions of the United States and the District
of Columbia. The value of municipal obligations can be affected
by changes in their actual or perceived credit quality. The
credit quality of municipal obligations can be affected by, among
other things the financial condition of the issuer or guarantor,
the issuer's future borrowing plans and sources of revenue, the
economic feasibility of the revenue bond project or general
borrowing purpose, political or economic developments in the
region where the security is issued, and the liquidity of the
security. Because municipal securities are generally traded over-
the-counter, the liquidity of a particular issue often depends on
the willingness of dealers to make a market in the security. The
liquidity of some municipal obligations may be enhanced by demand
features, which would enable the Fund to demand payment on short
notice from the issuer or a financial intermediary.
Other Income-Producing Securities
Other types of income producing securities that the Fund may
purchase include, but are not limited to, the following types of
securities:
VARIABLE AND FLOATING RATE OBLIGATIONS. These types of securities
have variable or floating rates of interest and, under certain
limited circumstances, may have varying principal amounts. These
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securities pay interest at rates that are adjusted periodically
according to a specified formula, usually with reference to some
interest rate index or market interest rate. The floating rate
tends to decrease the security's price sensitivity to changes in
interest rates. These types of securities have variable or
floating rates of interest and, under certain limited
circumstances, may have varying principal amounts. Variable and
floating rate securities pay interest at rates that are adjusted
periodically according to a specified formula, usually with
reference to some interest rate index or market interest rate
(the "underlying index"). See also "Inverse Floaters."
In order to most effectively use these investments, the portfolio
manager must correctly assess probable movements in interest
rates. This involves different skills than those used to select
most portfolio securities. If the portfolio manager incorrectly
forecasts such movements, the Fund could be adversely affected by
the use of variable or floating rate obligations.
STANDBY COMMITMENTS. These instruments, which are similar to a
put, give the Fund the option to obligate a broker, dealer or
bank to repurchase a security held by the Fund at a specified
price.
TENDER OPTION BONDS. Tender option bonds are generally long-term
securities that are coupled with the option to tender the
securities to a bank, broker-dealer or other financial
institution at periodic intervals and receive the face value of
the bond. This type of security is commonly used as a means of
enhancing the security's liquidity.
INVERSE FLOATERS. Inverse floaters are debt instruments whose
interest bears an inverse relationship to the interest rate on
another security. The Fund will not invest more than 5% of its
assets in inverse floaters. Similar to variable and floating rate
obligations, effective use of inverse floaters requires skills
different from those needed to select most portfolio securities.
If movements in interest rates are incorrectly anticipated, the
Fund could
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lose money or its NAV could decline by the use of inverse
floaters.
STRIP BONDS. Strip bonds are debt securities that are stripped of
their interest (usually by a financial intermediary) after the
securities are issued. The market value of these securities
generally fluctuates more in response to changes in interest
rates than interest-paying securities of comparable maturity.
The Fund will purchase standby commitments, tender option bonds
and instruments with demand features primarily for the purpose of
increasing the liquidity of its portfolio.
High-Yield/High-Risk Bonds
The Fund intends to invest less than 35% of its net assets in
bonds that are rated below investment grade (e.g., bonds rated BB
or lower by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services or Ba or lower by
Moody's Investors Service, Inc.). Lower rated bonds involve a
higher degree of credit risk, which is the risk that the issuer
will not make interest or principal payments when due. In the
event of an unanticipated default, the Fund would experience a
reduction in its income, and could expect a decline in the market
value of the bonds so affected.
The Fund may also invest in unrated debt bonds of foreign and
domestic issuers. Unrated bonds, while not necessarily of lower
quality than rated bonds, may not have as broad a market.
Sovereign debt of foreign governments is generally rated by
country. Because these ratings do not take into account
individual factors relevant to each issue and may not be updated
regularly, Janus Capital may treat such securities as unrated
debt. Because of the size and perceived demand of the issue,
among other factors, certain municipalities may not incur the
costs of obtaining a rating. The Fund's portfolio manager will
analyze the creditworthiness of the issuer, as well as any
financial institution or other party responsible for payments on
the bond, in determining whether to purchase unrated municipal
bonds. Unrated bonds will
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be included in the 35% limit unless the portfolio manager deems
such securities to be the equivalent of investment grade bonds.
Subject to the above limits, the Fund may purchase defaulted
securities only when its portfolio manager believes, based upon
his analysis of the financial condition, results of operations
and economic outlook of an issuer, that there is potential for
resumption of income payments and that the securities offer an
unusual opportunity for capital appreciation. Notwithstanding the
portfolio manager's belief about the resumption of income,
however, the purchase of any security on which payment of
interest or dividends is suspended involves a high degree of
risk. Such risk includes, among other things, the following:
FINANCIAL AND MARKET RISKS. Investments in securities that are in
default involve a high degree of financial and market risks that
can result in substantial or, at times, even total losses.
Issuers of defaulted securities may have substantial capital
needs and may become involved in bankruptcy or reorganization
proceedings. Among the problems involved in investments in such
issuers is the fact that it may be difficult to obtain
information about the condition of such issuers. The market
prices of such securities also are subject to abrupt and erratic
movements and above average price volatility, and the spread
between the bid and asked prices of such securities may be
greater than normally expected.
DISPOSITION OF PORTFOLIO SECURITIES. Although the Fund generally
will purchase securities for which its portfolio manager expects
an active market to be maintained, defaulted securities may be
less actively traded than other securities and it may be
difficult to dispose of substantial holdings of such securities
at prevailing market prices. The Fund will limit holdings of any
such securities to amounts that the portfolio manager believes
could be readily sold, and holdings of such securities would, in
any event, be limited so as not to limit the Fund's ability to
readily dispose of securities to meet redemptions.
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OTHER. Defaulted securities require active monitoring and may, at
times, require participation in bankruptcy or receivership
proceedings on behalf of the Fund.
Repurchase and Reverse Repurchase Agreements
In a repurchase agreement, the Fund purchases a security and
simultaneously commits to resell that security to the seller at
an agreed upon price on an agreed upon date within a number of
days (usually not more than seven) from the date of purchase. The
resale price consists of the purchase price plus an agreed upon
incremental amount that is unrelated to the coupon rate or
maturity of the purchased security. A repurchase agreement
involves the obligation of the seller to pay the agreed upon
price, which obligation is in effect secured by the value (at
least equal to the amount of the agreed upon resale price and
marked-to-market daily) of the underlying security or
"collateral." A risk associated with repurchase agreements is the
failure of the seller to repurchase the securities as agreed,
which may cause the Fund to suffer a loss if the market value of
such securities declines before they can be liquidated on the
open market. In the event of bankruptcy or insolvency of the
seller, the Fund may encounter delays and incur costs in
liquidating the underlying security. Repurchase agreements that
mature in more than seven days are subject to the 15% limit on
illiquid investments. While it is possible to eliminate all risks
from these transactions, it is the policy of the Fund to limit
repurchase agreements to those parties whose creditworthiness has
been reviewed and found satisfactory by Janus Capital.
The Fund may use reverse repurchase agreements to obtain cash to
satisfy unusually heavy redemption requests or for other
temporary or emergency purposes without the necessity of selling
portfolio securities or to earn additional income on portfolio
securities, such as Treasury bills or notes. In a reverse
repurchase agreement, the Fund sells a portfolio security to
another party, such as a bank or broker-dealer, in return for
cash and agrees to repurchase the instrument at a particular
price and time. While a
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reverse repurchase agreement is outstanding, the Fund will
maintain cash and appropriate liquid assets in a segregated
custodial account to cover its obligation under the agreement.
The Fund will enter into reverse repurchase agreements only with
parties that Janus Capital deems creditworthy. Using reverse
repurchase agreements to earn additional income involves the risk
that the interest earned on the invested proceeds is less than
the expense of the reverse repurchase agreement transaction. This
technique may also have a leveraging effect on the Fund's
portfolio, although the Fund's intent to segregate assets in the
amount of the reverse repurchase agreement minimizes this effect.
Futures, Options and Other Derivative Instruments
FUTURES CONTRACTS. The Fund may enter into contracts for the
purchase or sale for future delivery of fixed-income securities,
foreign currencies or contracts based on financial indices,
including indices of U.S. government securities, foreign
government securities, equity or fixed-income securities. U.S.
futures contracts are traded on exchanges which have been
designated "contract markets" by the CFTC and must be executed
through a futures commission merchant ("FCM"), or brokerage firm,
which is a member of the relevant contract market. Through their
clearing corporations, the exchanges guarantee performance of the
contracts as between the clearing members of the exchange.
The buyer or seller of a futures contract is not required to
deliver or pay for the underlying instrument unless the contract
is held until the delivery date. However, both the buyer and
seller are required to deposit "initial margin" for the benefit
of the FCM when the contract is entered into. Initial margin
deposits are equal to a percentage of the contract's value, as
set by the exchange on which the contract is traded, and may be
maintained in cash or certain other liquid assets by the Fund's
custodian for the benefit of the FCM. Initial margin payments are
similar to good faith deposits or performance bonds. Unlike
margin extended by a securities broker, initial margin payments
do not constitute purchasing securities on margin for purposes of
the Fund's
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investment limitations. If the value of either party's position
declines, that party will be required to make additional
"variation margin" payments for the benefit of the FCM to settle
the change in value on a daily basis. The party that has a gain
may be entitled to receive all or a portion of this amount. In
the event of the bankruptcy of the FCM that holds margin on
behalf of the Fund, the Fund may be entitled to a return of
margin owed to the Fund only in proportion to the amount received
by the FCM's other customers. Janus Capital will attempt to
minimize the risk by careful monitoring of the creditworthiness
of the FCMs with which the Fund does business and by depositing
margin payments in a segregated account with the Fund's
custodian.
The Fund intends to comply with guidelines of eligibility for
exclusion from the definition of the term "commodity pool
operator" adopted by the CFTC and the National Futures
Association, which regulate trading in the futures markets. The
Fund will use futures contracts and related options primarily for
bona fide hedging purposes within the meaning of CFTC
regulations. To the extent that the Fund holds positions in
futures contracts and related options that do not fall within the
definition of bona fide hedging transactions, the aggregate
initial margin and premiums required to establish such positions
will not exceed 5% of the fair market value of the Fund's net
assets, after taking into account unrealized profits and
unrealized losses on any such contracts it has entered into.
Although the Fund will segregate cash and liquid assets in an
amount sufficient to cover its open futures obligations, the
segregated assets would be available to the Fund immediately upon
closing out the futures position, while settlement of securities
transactions could take several days. However, because the Fund's
cash that may otherwise be invested would be held uninvested or
invested in other liquid assets so long as the futures position
remains open, the Fund's return could be diminished due to the
opportunity losses of foregoing other potential investments.
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The Fund's primary purpose in entering into futures contracts is
to protect the Fund from fluctuations in the value of securities
or interest rates without actually buying or selling the
underlying debt or equity security. For example, if the Fund
anticipates an increase in the price of stocks, and it intends to
purchase stocks at a later time, the Fund could enter into a
futures contract to purchase a stock index as a temporary
substitute for stock purchases. If an increase in the market
occurs that influences the stock index as anticipated, the value
of the futures contracts will increase, thereby serving as a
hedge against the Fund not participating in a market advance.
This technique is sometimes known as an anticipatory hedge. To
the extent the Fund enters into futures contracts for this
purpose, the segregated assets maintained to cover the Fund's
obligations with respect to the futures contracts will consist of
other liquid assets from its portfolio in an amount equal to the
difference between the contract price and the aggregate value of
the initial and variation margin payments made by the Fund with
respect to the futures contracts. Conversely, if the Fund holds
stocks and seeks to protect itself from a decrease in stock
prices, the Fund might sell stock index futures contracts,
thereby hoping to offset the potential decline in the value of
its portfolio securities by a corresponding increase in the value
of the futures contract position. The Fund could protect against
a decline in stock prices by selling portfolio securities and
investing in money market instruments, but the use of futures
contracts enables it to maintain a defensive position without
having to sell portfolio securities.
If the Fund owns bonds and the portfolio manager expects interest
rates to increase, the Fund may take a short position in interest
rate futures contracts. Taking such a position would have much
the same effect as the Fund selling bonds in its portfolio. If
interest rates increase as anticipated, the value of the bonds
would decline, but the value of the Fund's interest rate futures
contract will increase, thereby keeping the net asset value of
the Fund from declining as much as it may have otherwise. If, on
the other hand,
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the portfolio manager expects interest rates to decline, the Fund
may take a long position in interest rate futures contracts in
anticipation of later closing out the futures position and
purchasing bonds. Although the Fund can accomplish similar
results by buying securities with long maturities and selling
securities with short maturities, given the greater liquidity of
the futures market than the cash market, it may be possible to
accomplish the same result more easily and more quickly by using
futures contracts as an investment tool to reduce risk.
The ordinary spreads between prices in the cash and futures
markets, due to differences in the nature of those markets, are
subject to distortions. First, all participants in the futures
market are subject to initial margin and variation margin
requirements. Rather than meeting additional variation margin
requirements, investors may close out futures contracts through
offsetting transactions which could distort the normal price
relationship between the cash and futures markets. Second, the
liquidity of the futures market depends on participants entering
into offsetting transactions rather than making or taking
delivery of the instrument underlying a futures contract. To the
extent participants decide to make or take delivery, liquidity in
the futures market could be reduced and prices in the futures
market distorted. Third, from the point of view of speculators,
the margin deposit requirements in the futures market are less
onerous than margin requirements in the securities market.
Therefore, increased participation by speculators in the futures
market may cause temporary price distortions. Due to the
possibility of the foregoing distortions, a correct forecast of
general price trends by the portfolio manager still may not
result in a successful use of futures.
Futures contracts entail risks. Although the Fund believes that
use of such contracts will benefit the Fund, the Fund's overall
performance could be worse than if the Fund had not entered into
futures contracts if the portfolio manager's investment judgement
proves incorrect. For example, if the Fund has hedged
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against the effects of a possible decrease in prices of
securities held in its portfolio and prices increase instead, the
Fund will lose part or all of the benefit of the increased value
of these securities because of offsetting losses in its futures
positions. In addition, if the Fund has insufficient cash, it may
have to sell securities from its portfolio to meet daily
variation margin requirements. Those sales may be, but will not
necessarily be, at increased prices which reflect the rising
market and may occur at a time when the sales are disadvantageous
to the Fund.
The prices of futures contracts depend primarily on the value of
their underlying instruments. Because there are a limited number
of types of futures contracts, it is possible that the
standardized futures contracts available to the Fund will not
match exactly the Fund's current or potential investments. The
Fund may buy and sell futures contracts based on underlying
instruments with different characteristics from the securities in
which it typically invests - for example, by hedging investments
in portfolio securities with a futures contract based on a broad
index of securities - which involves a risk that the futures
position will not correlate precisely with the performance of the
Fund's investments.
Futures prices can also diverge from the prices of their
underlying instruments, even if the underlying instruments
closely correlate with the Fund's investments. Futures prices are
affected by factors such as current and anticipated short-term
interest rates, changes in volatility of the underlying
instruments and the time remaining until expiration of the
contract. Those factors may affect securities prices differently
from futures prices. Imperfect correlations between the Fund's
investments and its futures positions also may result from
differing levels of demand in the futures markets and the
securities markets, from structural differences in how futures
and securities are traded, and from imposition of daily price
fluctuation limits for futures contracts. The Fund may buy or
sell futures contracts with a greater or lesser value than the
securities it wishes to hedge or is considering purchasing in
order to attempt to compensate for differences in historical
volatility
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between the futures contract and the securities, although this
may not be successful in all cases. If price changes in the
Fund's futures positions are poorly correlated with its other
investments, its futures positions may fail to produce desired
gains or result in losses that are not offset by the gains in the
Fund's other investments.
Because futures contracts are generally settled within a day from
the date they are closed out, compared with a settlement period
of three days for some types of securities, the futures markets
can provide superior liquidity to the securities markets.
Nevertheless, there is no assurance that a liquid secondary
market will exist for any particular futures contract at any
particular time. In addition, futures exchanges may establish
daily price fluctuation limits for futures contracts and may halt
trading if a contract's price moves upward or downward more than
the limit in a given day. On volatile trading days when the price
fluctuation limit is reached, it may be impossible for the Fund
to enter into new positions or close out existing positions. If
the secondary market for a futures contract is not liquid because
of price fluctuation limits or otherwise, the Fund may not be
able to promptly liquidate unfavorable futures positions and
potentially could be required to continue to hold a futures
position until the delivery date, regardless of changes in its
value. As a result, the Fund's access to other assets held to
cover its futures positions also could be impaired.
OPTIONS ON FUTURES CONTRACTS. The Fund may buy and write put and
call options on futures contracts. An option on a future gives
the Fund the right (but not the obligation) to buy or sell a
futures contract at a specified price on or before a specified
date. The purchase of a call option on a futures contract is
similar in some respects to the purchase of a call option on an
individual security. Depending on the pricing of the option
compared to either the price of the futures contract upon which
it is based or the price of the underlying instrument, ownership
of the option may or may not be less risky than ownership of the
futures contract or the
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underlying instrument. As with the purchase of futures contracts,
when the Fund is not fully invested it may buy a call option on a
futures contract to hedge against a market advance.
The writing of a call option on a futures contract constitutes a
partial hedge against declining prices of the security or foreign
currency which is deliverable under, or of the index comprising,
the futures contract. If the future's price at the expiration of
the option is below the exercise price, the Fund will retain the
full amount of the option premium which provides a partial hedge
against any decline that may have occurred in the Fund's
portfolio holdings. The writing of a put option on a futures
contract constitutes a partial hedge against increasing prices of
the security or foreign currency which is deliverable under, or
of the index comprising, the futures contract. If the futures'
price at expiration of the option is higher than the exercise
price, the Fund will retain the full amount of the option premium
which provides a partial hedge against any increase in the price
of securities which the Fund is considering buying. If a call or
put option the Fund has written is exercised, the Fund will incur
a loss which will be reduced by the amount of the premium it
received. Depending on the degree of correlation between the
change in the value of its portfolio securities and changes in
the value of the futures positions, the Fund's losses from
existing options on futures may to some extent be reduced or
increased by changes in the value of portfolio securities.
The purchase of a put option on a futures contract is similar in
some respects to the purchase of protective put options on
portfolio securities. For example, the Fund may buy a put option
on a futures contract to hedge its portfolio against the risk of
falling prices or rising interest rates.
The amount of risk the Fund assumes when it buys an option on a
futures contract is the premium paid for the option plus related
transaction costs. In addition to the correlation risks discussed
above, the purchase of an option also entails the risk that
changes
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in the value of the underlying futures contract will not be fully
reflected in the value of the options bought.
FORWARD CONTRACTS. A forward contract is an agreement between two
parties in which one party is obligated to deliver a stated
amount of a stated asset at a specified time in the future and
the other party is obligated to pay a specified amount for the
assets at the time of delivery. The Fund may enter into forward
contracts to purchase and sell government securities, equity or
income securities, foreign currencies or other financial
instruments. Forward contracts generally are traded in an
interbank market conducted directly between traders (usually
large commercial banks) and their customers. Unlike futures
contracts, which are standardized contracts, forward contracts
can be specifically drawn to meet the needs of the parties that
enter into them. The parties to a forward contract may agree to
offset or terminate the contract before its maturity, or may hold
the contract to maturity and complete the contemplated exchange.
The following discussion summarizes the Fund's principal uses of
forward foreign currency exchange contracts ("forward currency
contracts"). The Fund may enter into forward currency contracts
with stated contract values of up to the value of the Fund's
assets. A forward currency contract is an obligation to buy or
sell an amount of a specified currency for an agreed price (which
may be in U.S. dollars or a foreign currency). The Fund will
exchange foreign currencies for U.S. dollars and for other
foreign currencies in the normal course of business and may buy
and sell currencies through forward currency contracts in order
to fix a price for securities it has agreed to buy or sell
("transaction hedge"). The Fund also may hedge some or all of its
investments denominated in a foreign currency or exposed to
foreign currency fluctuations against a decline in the value of
that currency relative to the U.S. dollar by entering into
forward currency contracts to sell an amount of that currency (or
a proxy currency whose performance is expected to replicate or
exceed the performance of that currency relative to the U.S.
dollar) approximating the value of
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some or all of its portfolio securities denominated in that
currency ("position hedge") or by participating in options or
futures contracts with respect to the currency. The Fund also may
enter into a forward currency contract with respect to a currency
where the Fund is considering the purchase or sale of investments
denominated in that currency but has not yet selected the
specific investments ("anticipatory hedge"). In any of these
circumstances the Fund may, alternatively, enter into a forward
currency contract to purchase or sell one foreign currency for a
second currency that is expected to perform more favorably
relative to the U.S. dollar if the portfolio manager believes
there is a reasonable degree of correlation between movements in
the two currencies ("cross-hedge").
These types of hedging minimize the effect of currency
appreciation as well as depreciation, but do not eliminate
fluctuations in the underlying U.S. dollar equivalent value of
the proceeds of or rates of return on the Fund's foreign currency
denominated portfolio securities. The matching of the increase in
value of a forward contract and the decline in the U.S. dollar
equivalent value of the foreign currency denominated asset that
is the subject of the hedge generally will not be precise.
Shifting the Fund's currency exposure from one foreign currency
to another removes the Fund's opportunity to profit from
increases in the value of the original currency and involves a
risk of increased losses to the Fund if its portfolio manager's
projection of future exchange rates is inaccurate. Proxy hedges
and cross-hedges may result in losses if the currency used to
hedge does not perform similarly to the currency in which hedged
securities are denominated. Unforeseen changes in currency prices
may result in poorer overall performance for the Fund than if it
had not entered into such contracts.
The Fund will cover outstanding forward currency contracts by
maintaining liquid portfolio securities denominated in or whose
value its tied to, the currency underlying the forward contract
or the currency being hedged. To the extent that the Fund is not
able to cover its forward currency positions with underlying
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portfolio securities, the Fund's custodian will segregate cash or
other liquid assets having a value equal to the aggregate amount
of the Fund's commitments under forward contracts entered into
with respect to position hedges, cross-hedges and anticipatory
hedges. If the value of the securities used to cover a position
or the value of segregated assets declines, the Fund will find
alternative cover or segregate additional cash or liquid assets
on a daily basis so that the value of the covered and segregated
assets will be equal to the amount of the Fund's commitments with
respect to such contracts. As an alternative to segregating
assets, the Fund may buy call options permitting the Fund to buy
the amount of foreign currency being hedged by a forward sale
contract or the Fund may buy put options permitting it to sell
the amount of foreign currency subject to a forward buy contract.
While forward contracts are not currently regulated by the CFTC,
the CFTC may in the future assert authority to regulate forward
contacts. In such event, the Fund's ability to utilize forward
contracts may be restricted. In addition, the Fund may not always
be able to enter into forward contracts at attractive prices and
may be limited in its ability to use these contracts to hedge
Fund assets.
OPTIONS ON FOREIGN CURRENCIES. The Fund may buy and write options
on foreign currencies in a manner similar to that in which
futures or forward contracts on foreign currencies will be
utilized. For example, a decline in the U.S. dollar value of a
foreign currency in which portfolio securities are denominated
will reduce the U.S. dollar value of such securities, even if
their value in the foreign currency remains constant. In order to
protect against such diminutions in the value of portfolio
securities, the Fund may buy put options on the foreign currency.
If the value of the currency declines, the Fund will have the
right to sell such currency for a fixed amount in U.S. dollars,
thereby offsetting, in whole or in part, the adverse effect on
its portfolio.
Conversely, when a rise in the U.S. dollar value of a currency in
which securities to be acquired are denominated is projected,
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thereby increasing the cost of such securities, the Fund may buy
call options on the foreign currency. The purchase of such
options could offset, at least partially, the effects of the
adverse movements in exchange rates. As in the case of other
types of options, however, the benefit to the Fund from purchases
of foreign currency options will be reduced by the amount of the
premium and related transaction costs. In addition, if currency
exchange rates do not move in the direction or to the extent
projected, the Fund could sustain losses on transactions in
foreign currency options that would require the Fund to forego a
portion or all of the benefits of advantageous changes in those
rates.
The Fund may also write options on foreign currencies. For
example, to hedge against a potential decline in the U.S. dollar
value of foreign currency denominated securities due to adverse
fluctuations in exchange rates, the Fund could, instead of
purchasing a put option, write a call option on the relevant
currency. If the expected decline occurs, the option will most
likely not be exercised and the decline in value of portfolio
securities will be offset by the amount of the premium received.
Similarly, instead of purchasing a call option to hedge against a
potential increase in the U.S. dollar cost of securities to be
acquired, the Fund could write a put option on the relevant
currency which, if rates move in the manner projected, should
expire unexercised and allow the Fund to hedge the increased cost
up to the amount of the premium. As in the case of other types of
options, however, the writing of a foreign currency option will
constitute only a partial hedge up to the amount of the premium.
If exchange rates do not move in the expected direction, the
option may be exercised and the Fund would be required to buy or
sell the underlying currency at a loss which may not be offset by
the amount of the premium. Through the writing of options on
foreign currencies, the Fund also may lose all or a portion of
the benefits which might otherwise have been obtained from
favorable movements in exchange rates.
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The Fund may write covered call options on foreign currencies. A
call option written on a foreign currency by the Fund is
"covered" if the Fund owns the foreign currency underlying the
call or has an absolute and immediate right to acquire that
foreign currency without additional cash consideration (or for
additional cash consideration held in a segregated account by its
custodian) upon conversion or exchange of other foreign
currencies held in its portfolio. A call option is also covered
if the Fund has a call on the same foreign currency in the same
principal amount as the call written if the exercise price of the
call held (i) is equal to or less than the exercise price of the
call written or (ii) is greater than the exercise price of the
call written, if the difference is maintained by the Fund in cash
or other liquid assets in a segregated account with the Fund's
custodian.
The Fund also may write call options on foreign currencies for
cross-hedging purposes. A call option on a foreign currency is
for cross-hedging purposes if it is designed to provide a hedge
against a decline due to an adverse change in the exchange rate
in the U.S. dollar value of a security which the Fund owns or has
the right to acquire and which is denominated in the currency
underlying the option. Call options on foreign currencies which
are entered into for cross-hedging purposes are not covered.
However, in such circumstances, the Fund will collateralize the
option by segregating cash or other liquid assets in an amount
not less than the value of the underlying foreign currency in
U.S. dollars marked-to-market daily.
OPTIONS ON SECURITIES. In an effort to increase current income
and to reduce fluctuations in net asset value, the Fund may write
covered put and call options and buy put and call options on
securities that are traded on United States and foreign
securities exchanges and over-the-counter. The Fund may write and
buy options on the same types of securities that the Fund may
purchase directly.
A put option written by the Fund is "covered" if the Fund (i)
segregates cash not available for investment or other liquid
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assets with a value equal to the exercise price of the put with
the Fund's custodian or (ii) holds a put on the same security and
in the same principal amount as the put written and the exercise
price of the put held is equal to or greater than the exercise
price of the put written. The premium paid by the buyer of an
option will reflect, among other things, the relationship of the
exercise price to the market price and the volatility of the
underlying security, the remaining term of the option, supply and
demand and interest rates.
A call option written by the Fund is "covered" if the Fund owns
the underlying security covered by the call or has an absolute
and immediate right to acquire that security without additional
cash consideration (or for additional cash consideration held in
a segregated account by the Fund's custodian) upon conversion or
exchange of other securities held in its portfolio. A call option
is also deemed to be covered if the Fund holds a call on the same
security and in the same principal amount as the call written and
the exercise price of the call held (i) is equal to or less than
the exercise price of the call written or (ii) is greater than
the exercise price of the call written if the difference is
maintained by the Fund in cash and other liquid assets in a
segregated account with its custodian.
The Fund also may write call options that are not covered for
cross-hedging purposes. The Fund collateralizes its obligation
under a written call option for cross-hedging purposes by
segregating cash or other liquid assets in an amount not less
than the market value of the underlying security,
marked-to-market daily. The Fund would write a call option for
cross-hedging purposes, instead of writing a covered call option,
when the premium to be received from the cross-hedge transaction
would exceed that which would be received from writing a covered
call option and its portfolio manager believes that writing the
option would achieve the desired hedge.
The writer of an option may have no control over when the
underlying securities must be sold, in the case of a call option,
or
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bought, in the case of a put option, since with regard to certain
options, the writer may be assigned an exercise notice at any
time prior to the termination of the obligation. Whether or not
an option expires unexercised, the writer retains the amount of
the premium. This amount, of course, may, in the case of a
covered call option, be offset by a decline in the market value
of the underlying security during the option period. If a call
option is exercised, the writer experiences a profit or loss from
the sale of the underlying security. If a put option is
exercised, the writer must fulfill the obligation to buy the
underlying security at the exercise price, which will usually
exceed the then market value of the underlying security.
The writer of an option that wishes to terminate its obligation
may effect a "closing purchase transaction." This is accomplished
by buying an option of the same series as the option previously
written. The effect of the purchase is that the writer's position
will be canceled by the clearing corporation. However, a writer
may not effect a closing purchase transaction after being
notified of the exercise of an option. Likewise, an investor who
is the holder of an option may liquidate its position by
effecting a "closing sale transaction." This is accomplished by
selling an option of the same series as the option previously
bought. There is no guarantee that either a closing purchase or a
closing sale transaction can be effected.
In the case of a written call option, effecting a closing
transaction will permit the Fund to write another call option on
the underlying security with either a different exercise price or
expiration date or both. In the case of a written put option,
such transaction will permit the Fund to write another put option
to the extent that the exercise price is secured by other liquid
assets. Effecting a closing transaction also will permit the Fund
to use the cash or proceeds from the concurrent sale of any
securities subject to the option for other investments. If the
Fund desires to sell a particular security from its portfolio on
which it has written a call
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option, the Fund will effect a closing transaction prior to or
concurrent with the sale of the security.
The Fund will realize a profit from a closing transaction if the
price of the purchase transaction is less than the premium
received from writing the option or the price received from a
sale transaction is more than the premium paid to buy the option.
The Fund will realize a loss from a closing transaction if the
price of the purchase transaction is more than the premium
received from writing the option or the price received from a
sale transaction is less than the premium paid to buy the option.
Because increases in the market of a call option generally will
reflect increases in the market price of the underlying security,
any loss resulting from the repurchase of a call option is likely
to be offset in whole or in part by appreciation of the
underlying security owned by the Fund.
An option position may be closed out only where a secondary
market for an option of the same series exists. If a secondary
market does not exist, the Fund may not be able to effect closing
transactions in particular options and the Fund would have to
exercise the options in order to realize any profit. If the Fund
is unable to effect a closing purchase transaction in a secondary
market, it will not be able to sell the underlying security until
the option expires or it delivers the underlying security upon
exercise. The absence of a liquid secondary market may be due to
the following: (i) insufficient trading interest in certain
options, (ii) restrictions imposed by a national securities
exchange ("Exchange") on which the option is traded on opening or
closing transactions or both, (iii) trading halts, suspensions or
other restrictions imposed with respect to particular classes or
series of options or underlying securities, (iv) unusual or
unforeseen circumstances that interrupt normal operations on an
Exchange, (v) the facilities of an Exchange or of the Options
Clearing Corporation ("OCC") may not at all times be adequate to
handle current trading volume, or (vi) one or more Exchanges
could, for economic or other reasons, decide or be compelled at
some future
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date to discontinue the trading of options (or a particular class
or series of options), in which event the secondary market on
that Exchange (or in that class or series of options) would cease
to exist, although outstanding options on that Exchange that had
been issued by the OCC as a result of trades on that Exchange
would continue to be exercisable in accordance with their terms.
The Fund may write options in connection with buy-and-write
transactions. In other words, the Fund may buy a security and
then write a call option against that security. The exercise
price of such call will depend upon the expected price movement
of the underlying security. The exercise price of a call option
may be below ("in-the-money"), equal to ("at-the-money") or above
("out-of-the-money") the current value of the underlying security
at the time the option is written. Buy-and-write transactions
using in-the-money call options may be used when it is expected
that the price of the underlying security will remain flat or
decline moderately during the option period. Buy-and-write
transactions using at-the-money call options may be used when it
is expected that the price of the underlying security will remain
fixed or advance moderately during the option period.
Buy-and-write transactions using out-of-the-money call options
may be used when it is expected that the premiums received from
writing the call option plus the appreciation in the market price
of the underlying security up to the exercise price will be
greater than the appreciation in the price of the underlying
security alone. If the call options are exercised in such
transactions, the Fund's maximum gain will be the premium
received by it for writing the option, adjusted upwards or
downwards by the difference between the Fund's purchase price of
the security and the exercise price. If the options are not
exercised and the price of the underlying security declines, the
amount of such decline will be offset by the amount of premium
received.
The writing of covered put options is similar in terms of risk
and return characteristics to buy-and-write transactions. If the
market price of the underlying security rises or otherwise is
above the
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exercise price, the put option will expire worthless and the
Fund's gain will be limited to the premium received. If the
market price of the underlying security declines or otherwise is
below the exercise price, the Fund may elect to close the
position or take delivery of the security at the exercise price
and the Fund's return will be the premium received from the put
options minus the amount by which the market price of the
security is below the exercise price.
The Fund may buy put options to hedge against a decline in the
value of its portfolio. By using put options in this way, the
Fund will reduce any profit it might otherwise have realized in
the underlying security by the amount of the premium paid for the
put option and by transaction costs.
The Fund may buy call options to hedge against an increase in the
price of securities that it may buy in the future. The premium
paid for the call option plus any transaction costs will reduce
the benefit, if any, realized by the Fund upon exercise of the
option, and, unless the price of the underlying security rises
sufficiently, the option may expire worthless to the Fund.
EURODOLLAR INSTRUMENTS. The Fund may make investments in
Eurodollar instruments. Eurodollar instruments are U.S. dollar-
denominated futures contracts or options thereon which are linked
to the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR"), although foreign
currency-denominated instruments are available from time to time.
Eurodollar futures contracts enable purchasers to obtain a fixed
rate for the lending of funds and sellers to obtain a fixed rate
for borrowings. The Fund might use Eurodollar futures contracts
and options thereon to hedge against changes in LIBOR, to which
many interest rate swaps and fixed-income instruments are linked.
SWAPS AND SWAP-RELATED PRODUCTS. The Fund may enter into interest
rate swaps, caps and floors on either an asset-based or
liability-based basis, depending upon whether it is hedging its
assets or its liabilities, and will usually enter into interest
rate swaps on a net basis (i.e., the two payment streams are
netted
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out, with the Fund receiving or paying, as the case may be, only
the net amount of the two payments). The net amount of the
excess, if any, of the Fund's obligations over its entitlement
with respect to each interest rate swap will be calculated on a
daily basis and an amount of cash or other liquid assets having
an aggregate net asset value at least equal to the accrued excess
will be maintained in a segregated account by the Fund's
custodian. If the Fund enters into an interest rate swap on other
than a net basis, it would maintain a segregated account in the
full amount accrued on a daily basis of its obligations with
respect to the swap. The Fund will not enter into any interest
rate swap, cap or floor transaction unless the unsecured senior
debt or the claims-paying ability of the other party thereto is
rated in one of the three highest rating categories of at least
one NRSRO at the time of entering into such transaction. Janus
Capital will monitor the creditworthiness of all counterparties
on an ongoing basis. If there is a default by the other party to
such a transaction, the Fund will have contractual remedies
pursuant to the agreements related to the transaction.
The swap market has grown substantially in recent years with a
large number of banks and investment banking firms acting both as
principals and as agents utilizing standardized swap
documentation. Janus Capital has determined that, as a result,
the swap market has become relatively liquid. Caps and floors are
more recent innovations for which standardized documentation has
not yet been developed and, accordingly, they are less liquid
than swaps. To the extent the Fund sells (i.e., writes) caps and
floors, it will segregate cash or other liquid assets having an
aggregate net asset value at least equal to the full amount,
accrued on a daily basis, of its obligations with respect to any
caps or floors.
There is no limit on the amount of interest rate swap
transactions that may be entered into by the Fund. These
transactions may in some instances involve the delivery of
securities or other underlying assets by the Fund or its
counterparty to collateralize obligations under the swap. Under
the documentation currently
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used in those markets, the risk of loss with respect to interest
rate swaps is limited to the net amount of the payments that the
Fund is contractually obligated to make. If the other party to an
interest rate swap that is not collateralized defaults, the Fund
would risk the loss of the net amount of the payments that it
contractually is entitled to receive. The Fund may buy and sell
(i.e., write) caps and floors without limitation, subject to the
segregation requirement described above.
ADDITIONAL RISKS OF OPTIONS ON FOREIGN CURRENCIES, FORWARD
CONTRACTS AND FOREIGN INSTRUMENTS. Unlike transactions entered
into by the Fund in futures contracts, options on foreign
currencies and forward contracts are not traded on contract
markets regulated by the CFTC or (with the exception of certain
foreign currency options) by the SEC. To the contrary, such
instruments are traded through financial institutions acting as
market-makers, although foreign currency options are also traded
on certain Exchanges, such as the Philadelphia Stock Exchange and
the Chicago Board Options Exchange, subject to SEC regulation.
Similarly, options on currencies may be traded over the-counter.
In an over-the-counter trading environment, many of the
protections afforded to Exchange participants will not be
available. For example, there are no daily price fluctuation
limits, and adverse market movements could therefore continue to
an unlimited extent over a period of time. Although the buyer of
an option cannot lose more than the amount of the premium plus
related transaction costs, this entire amount could be lost.
Moreover, an option writer and a buyer or seller of futures or
forward contracts could lose amounts substantially in excess of
any premium received or initial margin or collateral posted due
to the potential additional margin and collateral requirements
associated with such positions.
Options on foreign currencies traded on Exchanges are within the
jurisdiction of the SEC, as are other securities traded on
Exchanges. As a result, many of the protections provided to
traders on organized Exchanges will be available with respect to
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such transactions. In particular, all foreign currency option
positions entered into on an Exchange are cleared and guaranteed
by the OCC, thereby reducing the risk of counterparty default.
Further, a liquid secondary market in options traded on an
Exchange may be more readily available than in the over-the-
counter market, potentially permitting the Fund to liquidate open
positions at a profit prior to exercise or expiration, or to
limit losses in the event of adverse market movements.
The purchase and sale of exchange-traded foreign currency
options, however, is subject to the risks of the availability of
a liquid secondary market described above, as well as the risks
regarding adverse market movements, margining of options written,
the nature of the foreign currency market, possible intervention
by governmental authorities and the effects of other political
and economic events. In addition, exchange-traded options on
foreign currencies involve certain risks not presented by the
over-the-counter market. For example, exercise and settlement of
such options must be made exclusively through the OCC, which has
established banking relationships in applicable foreign countries
for this purpose. As a result, the OCC may, if it determines that
foreign governmental restrictions or taxes would prevent the
orderly settlement of foreign currency option exercises, or would
result in undue burdens on the OCC or its clearing member, impose
special procedures on exercise and settlement, such as technical
changes in the mechanics of delivery of currency, the fixing of
dollar settlement prices or prohibitions on exercise.
In addition, options on U.S. government securities, futures
contracts, options on futures contracts, forward contracts and
options on foreign currencies may be traded on foreign exchanges
and over-the-counter in foreign countries. Such transactions are
subject to the risk of governmental actions affecting trading in
or the prices of foreign currencies or securities. The value of
such positions also could be adversely affected by (i) other
complex foreign political and economic factors, (ii) lesser
availability than
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in the United States of data on which to make trading decisions,
(iii) delays in the Fund's ability to act upon economic events
occurring in foreign markets during non-business hours in the
United States, (iv) the imposition of different exercise and
settlement terms and procedures and margin requirements than in
the United States, and (v) low trading volume.
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INVESTMENT ADVISER
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As stated in the Prospectus, the Fund has an Investment Advisory
Agreement with Janus Capital, 100 Fillmore Street, Denver,
Colorado 80206-4928. The Advisory Agreement provides that Janus
Capital will furnish continuous advice and recommendations
concerning the Fund's investments, provide office space for the
Fund, and pay the salaries, fees and expenses of all Fund
officers and of those Trustees who are affiliated with Janus
Capital. Janus Capital also may make payments to selected
broker-dealer firms or institutions which perform recordkeeping
or other services with respect to shareholder accounts. The
minimum aggregate size required for eligibility for such
payments, and the factors in selecting the broker-dealer firms
and institutions to which they will be made, are determined from
time to time by Janus Capital. Janus Capital is also authorized
to perform the management and administrative services necessary
for the operation of the Fund.
The Fund pays custodian and transfer agent fees and expenses,
brokerage commissions and dealer spreads and other expenses in
connection with the execution of portfolio transactions, legal
and accounting expenses, interest and taxes, registration fees,
expenses of shareholders' meetings and reports to shareholders,
fees and expenses of Trustees who are not affiliated with Janus
Capital, costs of preparing, printing and mailing the Fund's
Prospectus and SAI to current shareholders, and other costs of
complying with applicable laws regulating the sale of Fund
shares. Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, Janus Capital
furnishes certain other services, including net asset value
determination and Fund accounting, recordkeeping, and blue sky
registration and monitoring services, for which the Fund may
reimburse Janus Capital for its costs.
The Fund has agreed to compensate Janus Capital for its services
by the monthly payment of a fee at the annual rate of 0.65% of
the Fund's average daily net assets.
The Advisory Agreement is dated April 3, 2000, and it will
continue in effect until July 1, 2001, and thereafter from year
to year so long as such continuance is approved annually by a
majority of the Fund's Trustees who are not parties to the
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Advisory Agreement or interested persons of any such party, and
by either a majority of the outstanding voting shares or the
Trustees of the Fund. The Advisory Agreement i) may be terminated
without the payment of any penalty by the Fund or Janus Capital
on 60 days' written notice; ii) terminates automatically in the
event of its assignment; and iii) generally, may not be amended
without the approval by vote of a majority of the Trustees of the
Fund, including the Trustees who are not interested persons of
the Fund or Janus Capital and, to the extent required by the 1940
Act, the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities
of the Fund.
Janus Capital also acts as sub-adviser for a number of
private-label mutual funds and provides separate account advisory
services for institutional accounts. Investment decisions for
each account managed by Janus Capital, including the Fund, are
made independently from those for any other account that is or
may in the future become managed by Janus Capital or its
affiliates. If, however, a number of accounts managed by Janus
Capital are contemporaneously engaged in the purchase or sale of
the same security, the orders may be aggregated and/or the
transactions may be averaged as to price and allocated equitably
to each account. In some cases, this policy might adversely
affect the price paid or received by an account or the size of
the position obtained or liquidated for an account. Pursuant to
an exemptive order granted by the SEC, the Fund and other funds
advised by Janus Capital may also transfer daily uninvested cash
balances into one or more joint trading accounts. Assets in the
joint trading accounts are invested in money market instruments
and the proceeds are allocated to the participating Funds on a
pro rata basis.
Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc. ("KCSI"), indirectly
through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Stilwell Financial Inc. owns
approximately 82% of the outstanding voting stock of Janus
Capital. KCSI is a publicly traded holding company whose primary
subsidiaries are engaged in transportation, information
processing and financial services. Thomas H. Bailey, President
and Chairman of the Board
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of Janus Capital, owns approximately 12% of its voting stock and,
by agreement with KCSI, selects a majority of Janus Capital's
Board.
[TO BE UPDATED]
KCSI has announced its intention to separate its transportation
and financial services businesses. KCSI anticipates the
separation to be completed in the first half of 2000.
Each account managed by Janus Capital has its own investment
objective and policies and is managed accordingly by a particular
portfolio manager or team of portfolio managers. As a result,
from time to time two or more different managed accounts may
pursue divergent investment strategies with respect to
investments or categories of investments.
The Fund's portfolio manager is not permitted to purchase and
sell securities for his own accounts except under the limited
exceptions contained in the Fund's Code of Ethics ("Code"). The
Fund's Code of Ethics is on file with and available from the SEC
through the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. The Code applies to
Directors/Trustees of Janus Capital and the Fund, and employees
of Janus Capital and the Trust and requires investment personnel
and officers of Janus Capital, inside Directors/Trustees of Janus
Capital and the Fund and certain other designated employees
deemed to have access to current trading information to pre-clear
all transactions in securities not otherwise exempt under the
Code. Requests for trading authorization will be denied when,
among other reasons, the proposed personal transaction would be
contrary to the provisions of the Code or would be deemed to
adversely affect any transaction known to be under consideration
for or to have been effected on behalf of any client account,
including the Fund.
In addition to the pre-clearance requirement described above, the
Code subjects such personnel to various trading restrictions and
reporting obligations. All reportable transactions are required
to be reviewed for compliance with the Code. Those persons also
may
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be required under certain circumstances to forfeit their profits
made from personal trading.
The provisions of the Code are administered by and subject to
exceptions authorized by Janus Capital.
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CUSTODIAN, TRANSFER AGENT AND
CERTAIN AFFILIATIONS
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State Street Bank and Trust Company, P.O. Box 0351, Boston,
Massachusetts 02117-0351 is the custodian of the domestic
securities and cash of the Fund. State Street and the foreign
subcustodians selected by it and approved by the Trustees have
custody of the assets of the Fund held outside the U.S. and cash
incidental thereto. The custodian and subcustodians hold the
Fund's assets in safekeeping and collect and remit the income
thereon, subject to the instructions of the Fund.
Janus Service Corporation, P.O. Box 173375, Denver, Colorado
80217-3375, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Janus Capital, is the
Fund's transfer agent. In addition, Janus Service provides
certain other administrative, recordkeeping and shareholder
relations services to the Fund. For transfer agency and other
services, Janus Service receives a fee calculated at an annual
rate of 0.16% of average net assets of the Fund and, in addition
$4 per open shareholder account. In addition, the Fund pays DST
Systems, Inc. ("DST"), a subsidiary of KCSI, license fees at the
annual rate of $3.06 per shareholder account for the use of DST's
shareholder accounting system. The Fund also pays DST $1.10 per
closed shareholder account. The Fund pays DST for the use of its
portfolio and fund accounting system a monthly base fee of $265
to $1,323 based on the number of Janus funds using the system and
an asset charge of $1 per million dollars of net assets (not to
exceed $500 per month). In addition, the Fund pays DST postage
and forms costs of a DST affiliate incurred in mailing Fund
shareholder transaction confirmations.
The Trustees have authorized the Fund to use another affiliate of
DST as introducing broker for certain Fund portfolio transactions
as a means to reduce Fund expenses through credits against the
charges of DST and its affiliates with regard to commissions
earned by such affiliate. See "Portfolio Transactions and
Brokerage."
Janus Distributors, Inc., 100 Fillmore Street, Denver, Colorado
80206-4928, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Janus Capital, is a
distributor of the Fund. Janus Distributors is registered as a
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broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is a
member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Janus Distributors acts as the agent of the Fund in connection
with the sale of its shares in all states in which the shares are
registered and in which Janus Distributors is qualified as a
broker-dealer. Under the Distribution Agreement, Janus
Distributors continuously offers the Fund's shares and accepts
orders at net asset value. No sales charges are paid by
investors. Promotional expenses in connection with offers and
sales of shares are paid by Janus Capital.
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PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS AND BROKERAGE
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Decisions as to the assignment of portfolio business for the Fund
and negotiation of its commission rates are made by Janus
Capital, whose policy is to obtain the "best execution" (prompt
and reliable execution at the most favorable security price) of
all portfolio transactions. The Fund may trade foreign securities
in foreign countries because the best available market for these
securities is often on foreign exchanges. In transactions on
foreign stock exchanges, brokers' commissions are frequently
fixed and are often higher than in the United States, where
commissions are negotiated.
In selecting brokers and dealers and in negotiating commissions,
Janus Capital considers a number of factors, including but not
limited to: Janus Capital's knowledge of currently available
negotiated commission rates or prices of securities currently
available and other current transaction costs; the nature of the
security being traded; the size and type of the transaction; the
nature and character of the markets for the security to be
purchased or sold; the desired timing of the trade; the activity
existing and expected in the market for the particular security;
confidentiality; the quality of the execution, clearance and
settlement services; financial stability of the broker or dealer;
the existence of actual or apparent operational problems of any
broker or dealer; rebates of commissions by a broker to the Fund
or to a third party service provider to the Fund to pay Fund
expenses; and research products or services provided. In
recognition of the value of the foregoing factors, Janus Capital
may place portfolio transactions with a broker or dealer with
whom it has negotiated a commission that is in excess of the
commission another broker or dealer would have charged for
effecting that transaction if Janus Capital determines in good
faith that such amount of commission was reasonable in relation
to the value of the brokerage and research provided by such
broker or dealer viewed in terms of either that particular
transaction or of the overall responsibilities of Janus Capital.
Research may include furnishing advice, either directly or
through publications or writings, as to the value of
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securities, the advisability of purchasing or selling specific
securities and the availability of securities or purchasers or
sellers of securities; furnishing seminars, information, analyses
and reports concerning issuers, industries, securities, trading
markets and methods, legislative developments, changes in
accounting practices, economic factors and trends and portfolio
strategy; access to research analysts, corporate management
personnel, industry experts, economists and government officials;
comparative performance evaluation and technical measurement
services and quotation services, and products and other services
(such as third party publications, reports and analyses, and
computer and electronic access, equipment, software, information
and accessories that deliver, process or otherwise utilize
information, including the research described above) that assist
Janus Capital in carrying out its responsibilities. Most brokers
and dealers used by Janus Capital provide research and other
services described above.
Janus Capital may use research products and services in servicing
other accounts in addition to the Fund. If Janus Capital
determines that any research product or service has a mixed use,
such that it also serves functions that do not assist in the
investment decision-making process, Janus Capital may allocate
the costs of such service or product accordingly. Only that
portion of the product or service that Janus Capital determines
will assist it in the investment decision-making process may be
paid for in brokerage commission dollars. Such allocation may
create a conflict of interest for Janus Capital.
Janus Capital does not enter into agreements with any brokers
regarding the placement of securities transactions because of the
research services they provide. It does, however, have an
internal procedure for allocating transactions in a manner
consistent with its execution policy to brokers that it has
identified as providing superior execution and research,
research-related products or services which benefit its advisory
clients, including the Fund. Research products and services
incidental to effecting securities transactions furnished by
brokers or dealers may be used in
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servicing any or all of Janus Capital's clients and such research
may not necessarily be used by Janus Capital in connection with
the accounts which paid commissions to the broker-dealer
providing such research products and services.
Janus Capital may consider sales of Fund shares by a broker-
dealer or the recommendation of a broker-dealer to its customers
that they purchase Fund shares as a factor in the selection of
broker-dealers to execute Fund portfolio transactions. Janus
Capital may also consider payments made by brokers effecting
transactions for the Fund i) to the Fund or ii) to other persons
on behalf of the Fund for services provided to the Fund for which
it would be obligated to pay. In placing portfolio business with
such broker-dealers, Janus Capital will seek the best execution
of each transaction.
When the Fund purchases or sells a security in the over-the-
counter market, the transaction takes place directly with a
principal market-maker, without the use of a broker, except in
those circumstances where in the opinion of Janus Capital better
prices and executions will be achieved through the use of a
broker.
The Fund's Trustees have authorized Janus Capital to place
transactions with DST Securities, Inc. ("DSTS"), a wholly-owned
broker-dealer subsidiary of DST. Janus Capital may do so if it
reasonably believes that the quality of the transaction and the
associated commission are fair and reasonable and if, overall,
the associated transaction costs, net of any credits described
above under "Custodian, Transfer Agent and Certain Affiliations,"
are lower than those that would otherwise be incurred.
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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
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The following are the names of the Trustees and officers of the
Trust, together with a brief description of their principal
occupations during the last five years.
Thomas H. Bailey, Age 62 - Trustee, Chairman and President*#
100 Fillmore Street
Denver, CO 80206-4928
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Trustee, Chairman and President of Janus Aspen Series. Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer, Director and President of Janus Capital.
Director of Janus Distributors, Inc.
James P. Craig, III, Age 43 - Trustee and Vice President*#
100 Fillmore Street
Denver, CO 80206-4928
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Trustee and Vice President of Janus Aspen Series. Chief
Investment Officer, Director of Research, Vice Chairman and
Director of Janus Capital. Formerly (June 1986 - December 1999),
Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager of Janus Fund.
Formerly (February 1997 - December 1999), Executive Vice
President and Co-Manager of Janus Venture Fund. Formerly
(December 1993 - December 1995), Executive Vice President and
Portfolio Manager of Janus Balanced Fund.
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*Interested person of the Trust and of Janus Capital.
#Member of the Trust's Executive Committee.
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Gary O. Loo, Age 59 - Trustee#
102 N. Cascade, Suite 500
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
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Trustee of Janus Aspen Series. President and Director of High
Valley Group, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO (investments).
Dennis B. Mullen, Age 56 - Trustee
7500 E. McCormick Parkway, #24
Scottsdale, AZ 85258
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Trustee of Janus Aspen Series. Private Investor. Formerly
(1997-1998), Chief Financial Officer-Boston Market Concepts,
Boston Chicken, Inc., Golden, CO (restaurant chain); (1993-1997),
President and Chief Executive Officer of BC Northwest, L.P., a
franchise of Boston Chicken, Inc., Bellevue, WA (restaurant
chain).
James T. Rothe, Age 56 - Trustee
102 South Tejon Street, Suite 1100
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
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Trustee of Janus Aspen Series. Professor of Business, University
of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO. Principal, Phillips-Smith
Retail Group, Colorado Springs, CO (a venture capital firm).
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#Member of the Trust's Executive Committee.
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William D. Stewart, Age 55 - Trustee
5330 Sterling Drive
Boulder, CO 80302
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Trustee of Janus Aspen Series. President of HPS Division of MKS
Instruments, Boulder, CO (manufacturer of vacuum fittings and
valves).
Martin H. Waldinger, Age 61 - Trustee
4940 Sandshore Court
San Diego, CA 92130
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Trustee of Janus Aspen Series. Private Consultant. Formerly
(1993-1996), Director of Run Technologies, Inc., a software
development firm, San Carlos, CA.
Ron Sachs, Age 32 - Executive Vice President*
100 Fillmore Street
Denver, CO 80206-4928
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Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager of Janus Orion
Fund. Assistant Portfolio Manager of Janus Enterprise Fund.
Formerly (1996-2000), research analyst at Janus Capital. Formerly
(1993-1995), consultant at Bain and Company, Chicago, IL (a
management strategy consulting firm).
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*Interested person of the Trust and of Janus Capital.
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Thomas A. Early, Age 45 - Vice President and General Counsel*
100 Fillmore Street
Denver, CO 80206-4928
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Vice President and General Counsel of Janus Aspen Series. Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary of Janus Capital. Vice
President and General Counsel of Janus Service Corporation, Janus
Distributors, Inc., Janus Capital International, Ltd. and Janus
International (UK) Limited. Director of Janus World Funds Plc.
Formerly (1997-1998), Executive Vice President and General
Counsel of Prudential Investments Fund Management LLC, Newark,
NJ. Formerly (1994-1997), Vice President and General Counsel of
Prudential Retirement Services, Newark, NJ.
Steven R. Goodbarn, Age 42 - Vice President and Chief Financial Officer*
100 Fillmore Street
Denver, CO 80206-4928
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Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Janus Aspen Series.
Vice President of Finance, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
of Janus Capital, Janus Service Corporation and Janus
Distributors, Inc. Director of Janus Service Corporation, Janus
Distributors, Inc. and Janus World Funds Plc. Director, Treasurer
and Vice President of Finance of Janus Capital International Ltd.
and Janus International (UK) Limited. Formerly (May 1992-January
1996), Treasurer of Janus Investment Fund and Janus Aspen Series.
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*Interested person of the Trust and of Janus Capital.
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Kelley Abbott Howes, Age 34 - Vice President and Secretary*
100 Fillmore Street
Denver, CO 80206-4928
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Vice President and Secretary of Janus Aspen Series. Vice
President and Assistant General Counsel of Janus Capital. Vice
President of Janus Distributors, Inc. Assistant Vice President of
Janus Service Corporation.
Glenn P. O'Flaherty, Age 41 - Treasurer and Chief Accounting Officer*
100 Fillmore Street
Denver, CO 80206-4928
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Treasurer and Chief Accounting Officer of Janus Aspen Series.
Vice President of Janus Capital. Formerly (1991 to 1997),
Director of Fund Accounting, Janus Capital.
The Trustees are responsible for major decisions relating to the
Fund's objective, policies and techniques. The Trustees also
supervise the operation of the Fund by its officers and review
the investment decisions of the officers, although they do not
actively participate on a regular basis in making such decisions.
The Trust's Executive Committee shall have and may exercise all
the powers and authority of the Trustees except for matters
requiring action by all Trustees pursuant to the Trust's Bylaws
or Agreement and Declaration of Trust, Massachusetts law or the
1940 Act.
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The following table shows the aggregate compensation earned by
and paid to each Trustee by the Fund described in this SAI and
all funds advised and sponsored by Janus Capital (collectively,
the "Janus Funds") for the periods indicated. None of the
Trustees receives any pension or retirement benefits from the
Fund or the Janus Funds.
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Aggregate Compensation Total Compensation
from the Fund for from the Janus Funds for
fiscal year ended calendar year ended
Name of Person, Position October 31, 1999** December 31, 1999***
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Thomas H. Bailey, Chairman and Trustee* $0 $0
James P. Craig, Trustee* $0 $0
William D. Stewart, Trustee $0 $107,333
Gary O. Loo, Trustee $0 $107,333
Dennis B. Mullen, Trustee $0 $107,333
Martin H. Waldinger, Trustee $0 $107,333
James T. Rothe, Trustee $0 $107,333
</TABLE>
*An interested person of the Fund and of Janus Capital. Compensated by Janus
Capital and not the Fund.
**The Fund had not commenced operations as of October 31, 1999.
***As of December 31, 1999, Janus Funds consisted of two registered investment
companies comprised of a total of 32 funds.
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PURCHASE OF SHARES
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Shares of the Fund are sold at the net asset value per share as
determined at the close of the regular trading session of the New
York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") next occurring after a purchase
order is received and accepted by the Fund. The Shareholder's
Manual Section of the Prospectus contains detailed information
about the purchase of shares.
NET ASSET VALUE DETERMINATION
As stated in the Prospectus, the net asset value ("NAV") of Fund
shares is determined once each day on which the New York Stock
Exchange ("NYSE") is open, at the close of its regular trading
session (normally 4:00 p.m., New York time, Monday through
Friday). As stated in the Prospectus, the NAV of Fund shares is
not determined on days the NYSE is closed (generally, New Year's
Day, Presidents' Day, Martin Luther King Day, Good Friday,
Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and
Christmas). The per share NAV of the Fund is determined by
dividing the total value of the Fund's securities and other
assets, less liabilities, by the total number of shares
outstanding. In determining NAV, securities listed on an
Exchange, the NASDAQ National Market and foreign markets are
valued at the closing prices on such markets, or if such price is
lacking for the trading period immediately preceding the time of
determination, such securities are valued at their current bid
price. Municipal securities held by the Fund are traded primarily
in the over-the-counter market. Valuations of such securities are
furnished by one or more pricing services employed by the Fund
and are based upon a computerized matrix system or appraisals
obtained by a pricing service, in each case in reliance upon
information concerning market transactions and quotations from
recognized municipal securities dealers. Other securities that
are traded on the over-the-counter market are valued at their
closing bid prices. Foreign securities and currencies are
converted to U.S. dollars using the exchange rate in effect at
the close of the NYSE. The Fund will determine the market value
of individual securities held by it, by using prices provided by
one or more professional pricing services
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which may provide market prices to other funds, or, as needed, by
obtaining market quotations from independent broker-dealers.
Short-term securities maturing within 60 days are valued on an
amortized cost basis. Securities for which quotations are not
readily available, and other assets, are valued at fair values
determined in good faith under procedures established by and
under the supervision of the Trustees.
Trading in securities on European and Far Eastern securities
exchanges and over-the-counter markets is normally completed well
before the close of business on each business day in New York
(i.e., a day on which the NYSE is open). In addition, European or
Far Eastern securities trading generally or in a particular
country or countries may not take place on all business days in
New York. Furthermore, trading takes place in Japanese markets on
certain Saturdays and in various foreign markets on days which
are not business days in New York and on which the Fund's NAV is
not calculated. The Fund calculates its NAV per share, and
therefore effects sales, redemptions and repurchases of its
shares, as of the close of the NYSE once on each day on which the
NYSE is open. Such calculation may not take place
contemporaneously with the determination of the prices of the
foreign portfolio securities used in such calculation.
REINVESTMENT OF DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
If investors do not elect in writing or by phone to receive their
dividends and distributions in cash, all income dividends and
capital gains distributions, if any, on the Fund's shares are
reinvested automatically in additional shares of the Fund at the
NAV determined on the payment date. Checks for cash dividends and
distributions and confirmations of reinvestments are usually
mailed to shareholders within ten days after the record date. Any
election of the manner in which a shareholder wishes to receive
dividends and distributions (which may be made on the New Account
Application form or by phone) will apply to dividends and
distributions the record dates of which fall on or after the date
that the Fund receives such notice. Changes to distribution
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options must be received at least three days prior to the record
date to be effective for such date. Investors receiving cash
distributions and dividends may elect in writing or by phone to
change back to automatic reinvestment at any time.
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REDEMPTION OF SHARES
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Procedures for redemption of shares are set forth in the
Shareholder's Manual section of the Prospectus. Shares normally
will be redeemed for cash, although the Fund retains the right to
redeem some or all of its shares in kind under unusual
circumstances, in order to protect the interests of remaining
shareholders, or to accommodate a request by a particular
shareholder that does not adversely affect the interest of
remaining shareholders, by delivery of securities selected from
its assets at its discretion. However, the Fund is governed by
Rule 18f-1 under the 1940 Act, which requires the Fund to redeem
shares solely in cash up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the
NAV of the Fund during any 90-day period for any one shareholder.
Should redemptions by any shareholder exceed such limitation, the
Fund will have the option of redeeming the excess in cash or in
kind. If shares are redeemed in kind, the redeeming shareholder
might incur brokerage costs in converting the assets to cash. The
method of valuing securities used to make redemptions in kind
will be the same as the method of valuing portfolio securities
described under "Purchase of Shares - Net Asset Value
Determination" and such valuation will be made as of the same
time the redemption price is determined.
The right to require the Fund to redeem its shares may be
suspended, or the date of payment may be postponed, whenever (1)
trading on the NYSE is restricted, as determined by the SEC, or
the NYSE is closed except for holidays and weekends, (2) the SEC
permits such suspension and so orders, or (3) an emergency exists
as determined by the SEC so that disposal of securities or
determination of NAV is not reasonably practicable.
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SHAREHOLDER ACCOUNTS
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Detailed information about the general procedures for shareholder
accounts and specific types of accounts is set forth in the
Prospectus and on our Web site. Applications for specific types
of accounts may be obtained by calling the Fund at
1-800-525-3713, writing to the Fund at P.O. Box 173375, Denver,
Colorado 80217-3375 or by visiting our Web site at janus.com.
TELEPHONE AND WEB SITE TRANSACTIONS
As stated in the Prospectus, shareholders may initiate a number
of transactions by telephone and via our Web site. The Fund, its
transfer agent and its distributor disclaim responsibility for
the authenticity of instructions received by telephone and the
Web site. Such entities will employ reasonable procedures to
confirm that instructions communicated by telephone and the Web
site are genuine. Such procedures may include, among others,
requiring personal identification prior to acting upon telephone
and Web site instructions, providing written confirmation of
telephone and Web site transactions and tape recording telephone
conversations.
SYSTEMATIC REDEMPTIONS
As stated in the Shareholder's Manual section of the Prospectus,
if you have a regular account or are eligible for distributions
from a retirement plan, you may establish a systematic redemption
option. The payments will be made from the proceeds of periodic
redemptions of shares in the account at the NAV. Depending on the
size or frequency of the disbursements requested, and the
fluctuation in value of the Fund's portfolio, redemptions for the
purpose of making such disbursements may reduce or even exhaust
the shareholder's account. Either an investor or the Fund, by
written notice to the other, may terminate the investor's
systematic redemption option without penalty at any time.
Information about requirements to establish a systematic
redemption option may be obtained by writing or calling the Fund
at the address or phone number shown above or by visiting our Web
site at janus.com.
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TAX-DEFERRED ACCOUNTS
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The Fund offers several different types of tax-deferred accounts
that an investor may establish to invest in Fund shares,
depending on rules prescribed by the Code. Traditional and Roth
Individual Retirement Accounts may be used by most individuals
who have taxable compensation. Simplified Employee Pensions and
Defined Contribution Plans (Profit Sharing or Money Purchase
Pension Plans) may be used by most employers, including
corporations, partnerships and sole proprietors, for the benefit
of business owners and their employees. Education IRAs allow
individuals, subject to certain income limitations, to contribute
up to $500 annually on behalf of any child under the age of 18.
In addition, the Fund offers a Section 403(b)(7) Plan for
employees of educational organizations and other qualifying
tax-exempt organizations. Investors should consult their tax
adviser or legal counsel before selecting a tax-deferred account.
Contributions under Traditional and Roth IRAs, Education IRAs,
SEPs, Defined Contribution Plans and Section 403(b)(7) Plans are
subject to specific contribution limitations. Generally, such
contributions may be invested at the direction of the
participant. The investment is then held by Investors Fiduciary
Trust Company as custodian. Each participant's account is charged
an annual fee of $12 per taxpayer identification number no matter
how many tax-deferred accounts the participant has with Janus.
The custodian reserves the right to change the amount of this fee
or to waive it in whole or in part for certain types of accounts.
Distributions from tax-deferred accounts may be subject to
ordinary income tax and may be subject to an additional 10% tax
if withdrawn prior to age 59 1/2 or used for a nonqualifying
purpose. Additionally, shareholders generally must start
withdrawing retirement plan assets no later than April 1 of the
year after they reach age 70 1/2. Several exceptions to these
general rules may apply and several methods exist to determine
the amount and timing of the minimum annual distribution (if
any). Shareholders should consult with their tax adviser or legal
counsel prior to
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receiving any distribution from any tax-deferred account, in
order to determine the income tax impact of any such
distribution.
To receive additional information about Traditional and Roth
IRAs, SEPs, Defined Contribution Plans and Section 403(b)(7)
Plans along with the necessary materials to establish an account,
please call the Fund at 1-800-525-3713, write to the Fund at P.O.
Box 173375, Denver, Colorado 80217-3375 or visit our Web site at
janus.com. No contribution to a Traditional or Roth IRA, SEP,
Defined Contribution Plan or Section 403(b)(7) Plan can be made
until the appropriate forms to establish any such plan have been
completed.
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INCOME DIVIDENDS, CAPITAL GAINS
DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAX STATUS
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It is a policy of the Fund to make distributions of substantially
all of its investment income and any net realized capital gains.
Any capital gains realized during each fiscal year of the Fund
ended October 31, as defined by the Code, are normally declared
and payable to shareholders in December. The Fund declares and
makes annual distributions of income (if any). The Fund intends
to qualify as a regulated investment company by satisfying
certain requirements prescribed by Subchapter M of the Code.
Accordingly, the Fund will invest no more than 25% of its total
assets in a single issuer (other than U.S. government
securities).
The Fund may purchase securities of certain foreign corporations
considered to be passive foreign investment companies by the IRS.
In order to avoid taxes and interest that must be paid by the
Fund, if these instruments are profitable, the Fund may make
various elections permitted by the tax laws. However, these
elections could require that the Fund recognize taxable income,
which in turn must be distributed.
Some foreign securities purchased by the Fund may be subject to
foreign taxes which could reduce the yield on such securities.
The amount of such foreign taxes is expected to be insignificant.
The Fund may from year to year make the election permitted under
Section 853 of the Code to pass through such taxes to
shareholders, who will each decide whether to deduct such taxes
or claim a foreign tax credit. If such election is not made,
foreign taxes paid or accrued will represent an expense to the
Fund which will reduce its investment company taxable income.
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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
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The Fund is a series of the Trust, a Massachusetts business trust
that was created on February 11, 1986. The Trust is an open-end
management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. As
of the date of this SAI, the Trust offers 23 separate series,
three of which currently offer three classes of shares.
Janus Capital reserves the right to the name "Janus." In the
event that Janus Capital does not continue to provide investment
advice to the Fund, the Fund must cease to use the name "Janus"
as soon as reasonably practicable.
Under Massachusetts law, shareholders of the Fund could, under
certain circumstances, be held liable for the obligations of the
Fund. However, the Declaration of Trust disclaims shareholder
liability for acts or obligations of the Fund and requires that
notice of this disclaimer be given in each agreement, obligation
or instrument entered into or executed by the Fund or the
Trustees. The Declaration of Trust also provides for
indemnification from the assets of the Fund for all losses and
expenses of any Fund shareholder held liable for the obligations
of the Fund. Thus, the risk of a shareholder incurring a
financial loss on account of its liability as a shareholder of
the Fund is limited to circumstances in which the Fund would be
unable to meet its obligations. The possibility that these
circumstances would occur is remote. The Trustees intend to
conduct the operations of the Fund to avoid, to the extent
possible, liability of shareholders for liabilities of the Fund.
SHARES OF THE TRUST
The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of
beneficial interest with a par value of one cent per share for
each series of the Trust. Shares of the Fund are fully paid and
nonassessable when issued. All shares of the Fund participate
equally in dividends and other distributions by the Fund, and in
residual assets of the Fund in the event of liquidation. Shares
of the Fund have no preemptive, conversion or subscription
rights. Shares of the Fund may be transferred by endorsement or
stock
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power as is customary, but the Fund is not bound to recognize any
transfer until it is recorded on its books.
SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS
The Trust does not intend to hold annual shareholder meetings.
However, special meetings may be called for a specific Fund or
for the Trust as a whole for purposes such as electing or
removing Trustees, terminating or reorganizing the Trust,
changing fundamental policies, or for any other purpose requiring
a shareholder vote under the 1940 Act. Separate votes are taken
by the Fund only if a matter affects or requires the vote of only
the Fund or the Fund's interest in the matter differs from the
interest of other portfolios of the Trust. As a shareholder, you
are entitled to one vote for each share that you own.
VOTING RIGHTS
The present Trustees were elected at a meeting of shareholders
held on July 10, 1992, with the exception of Mr. Craig and Mr.
Rothe who were appointed by the Trustees as of June 30, 1995 and
January 1, 1997, respectively. Under the Declaration of Trust,
each Trustee will continue in office until the termination of the
Trust or his earlier death, retirement, resignation, bankruptcy,
incapacity or removal. Vacancies will be filled by a majority of
the remaining Trustees, subject to the 1940 Act. Therefore, no
annual or regular meetings of shareholders normally will be held,
unless otherwise required by the Declaration of Trust or the 1940
Act. Subject to the foregoing, shareholders have the power to
vote to elect or remove Trustees, to terminate or reorganize the
Fund, to amend the Declaration of Trust, to bring certain
derivative actions and on any other matters on which a
shareholder vote is required by the 1940 Act, the Declaration of
Trust, the Trust's Bylaws or the Trustees.
As mentioned above in "Shareholder Meetings," each share of the
Fund and of each other series of the Trust has one vote (and
fractional votes for fractional shares). Shares of all series of
the Trust have noncumulative voting rights, which means that the
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holders of more than 50% of the shares of all series of the Trust
voting for the election of Trustees can elect 100% of the
Trustees if they choose to do so and, in such event, the holders
of the remaining shares will not be able to elect any Trustees.
MASTER/FEEDER OPTION
The Trust may in the future seek to achieve the Fund's objective
by investing all of the Fund's assets in another investment
company having the same investment objective and substantially
the same investment policies and restrictions as those applicable
to the Fund. Unless otherwise required by law, this policy may be
implemented by the Trustees without shareholder approval.
INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 950 Seventeenth Street, Suite 2500,
Denver, Colorado 80202, independent accountants for the Fund,
audit the Fund's annual financial statements and prepare its tax
returns.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
The Trust has filed with the SEC, Washington, D.C., a
Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, with respect to the securities to which this SAI
relates. If further information is desired with respect to the
Fund or such securities, reference is made to the Registration
Statement and the exhibits filed as a part thereof.
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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
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Quotations of average annual total return for the Fund will be
expressed in terms of the average annual compounded rate of
return of a hypothetical investment in the Fund over periods of
1, 5, and 10 years (up to the life of the Fund). These are the
annual total rates of return that would equate the initial amount
invested to the ending redeemable value. These rates of return
are calculated pursuant to the following formula: P(1 + T)n = ERV
(where P = a hypothetical initial payment of $1,000, T = the
average annual total return, n = the number of years and
ERV = the ending redeemable value of a hypothetical $1,000
payment made at the beginning of the period). All total return
figures reflect the deduction of a proportional share of Fund
expenses on an annual basis, and assume that all dividends and
distributions are reinvested when paid.
From time to time in advertisements or sales material, the Fund
may discuss its performance ratings or other information as
published by recognized mutual fund statistical rating services,
including, but not limited to, Lipper Analytical Services, Inc.,
("Lipper") Ibbotson Associates, Micropal or Morningstar, Inc.
("Morningstar") or by publications of general interest such as
Forbes, Money, The Wall Street Journal, Mutual Funds Magazine,
Kiplinger's or Smart Money. The Fund may also compare its
performance to that of other selected mutual funds (for example,
peer groups created by Lipper or Morningstar), mutual fund
averages or recognized stock market indicators, including, but
not limited to, the S&P 500 Index, the Dow Jones Industrial
Average and the NASDAQ composite. In addition, the Fund may
compare its total return to the yield on U.S. Treasury
obligations and to the percentage change in the Consumer Price
Index. Such performance ratings or comparisons may be made with
funds that may have different investment restrictions,
objectives, policies or techniques than the Fund and such other
funds or market indicators may be comprised of securities that
differ significantly from the Fund's investments.
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APPENDIX A
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EXPLANATION OF RATING CATEGORIES
The following is a description of credit ratings issued by two of
the major credit ratings agencies. Credit ratings evaluate only
the safety of principal and interest payments, not the market
value risk of lower quality securities. Credit rating agencies
may fail to change credit ratings to reflect subsequent events on
a timely basis. Although Janus Capital considers security ratings
when making investment decisions, it also performs its own
investment analysis and does not rely solely on the ratings
assigned by credit agencies.
STANDARD & POOR'S
RATINGS SERVICES
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BOND RATING EXPLANATION
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Investment Grade
AAA......................... Highest rating; extremely strong
capacity to pay principal and
interest.
AA.......................... High quality; very strong capacity
to pay principal and interest.
A........................... Strong capacity to pay principal
and interest; somewhat more
susceptible to the adverse effects
of changing circumstances and
economic conditions.
BBB......................... Adequate capacity to pay principal
and interest; normally exhibit
adequate protection parameters, but
adverse economic conditions or
changing circumstances more likely
to lead to a weakened capacity to
pay principal and interest than for
higher rated bonds.
Non-Investment Grade
BB, B, CCC, CC, C........... Predominantly speculative with
respect to the issuer's capacity to
meet required interest and
principal payments. BB - lowest
degree of speculation; C - the
highest degree of speculation.
Quality and protective
characteristics outweighed by large
uncertainties or major risk
exposure to adverse conditions.
D........................... In default.
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BOND RATING EXPLANATION
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Investment Grade
Aaa......................... Highest quality, smallest degree of
investment risk.
Aa.......................... High quality; together with Aaa
bonds, they compose the high-grade
bond group.
A........................... Upper-medium grade obligations;
many favorable investment
attributes.
Baa......................... Medium-grade obligations; neither
highly protected nor poorly
secured. Interest and principal
appear adequate for the present but
certain protective elements may be
lacking or may be unreliable over
any great length of time.
Non-Investment Grade
Ba.......................... More uncertain, with speculative
elements. Protection of interest
and principal payments not well
safeguarded during good and bad
times.
B........................... Lack characteristics of desirable
investment; potentially low
assurance of timely interest and
principal payments or maintenance
of other contract terms over time.
Caa......................... Poor standing, may be in default;
elements of danger with respect to
principal or interest payments.
Ca.......................... Speculative in a high degree; could
be in default or have other marked
shortcomings.
C........................... Lowest-rated; extremely poor
prospects of ever attaining
investment standing.
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Unrated securities will be treated as noninvestment grade
securities unless the portfolio manager determines that such
securities are the equivalent of investment grade securities.
Securities that have received ratings from more than one agency
are considered investment grade if at least one agency has rated
the security investment grade.
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[JANUS LOGO]
1-800-525-3713
PO Box 173375 Denver, CO 80217-3375
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JANUS INVESTMENT FUND
PART C - OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 23. EXHIBITS
Exhibit 1 (a) Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated February
11, 1986, is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 1(a) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 79.
(b) Certificate of Designation for Janus Growth and
Income Fund is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 1(b) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 79.
(c) Certificate of Designation for Janus Worldwide
Fund is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 1(c) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 79.
(d) Certificate of Designation for Janus Twenty Fund
is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
1(d) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 80.
(e) Certificate of Designation for Janus Flexible
Income Fund is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 1(e) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 80.
(f) Certificate of Designation for Janus Intermediate
Government Securities Fund filed as Exhibit 1(f)
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 46 has been
withdrawn.
(g) Certificate of Designation for Janus Venture Fund
is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit )
1(g) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 80.
(h) Certificate of Designation for Janus Enterprise
Fund is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 1(h) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 80.
(i) Certificate of Designation for Janus Balanced Fund
is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
1(i) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 80.
(j) Certificate of Designation for Janus Short-Term
Bond Fund is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 1(j) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 80.
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(k) Certificate of Designation for Janus Federal Tax-
Exempt Fund is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 1(k) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 81.
(l) Certificate of Designation for Janus Mercury Fund
is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
1(l) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 81.
(m) Certificate of Designation for Janus Overseas Fund
is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
1(m) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 81.
(n) Form of Amendment to the Registrant's Agreement
and Declaration of Trust is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 1(n) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 81.
(o) Form of Certificate of Designation for Janus Money
Market Fund, Janus Government Money Market Fund
and Janus Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1(o)
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 81.
(p) Form of Certificate of Designation for Janus High-
Yield Fund and Janus Olympus Fund is incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 1(p) to Post-
Effective Amendment No. 68.
(q) Certificate of Designation for Janus Equity Income
Fund is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 1(q) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 72.
(r) Form of Certificate of Establishment and
Designation for Janus Special Situations Fund is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1(r)
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 75.
(s) Form of Amendment to Registrant's Agreement and
Declaration of Trust is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 1(s) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 75.
(t) Certificate of Establishment and Designation for
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund filed as Exhibit
1(t) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 has been
withdrawn.
(u) Certificate of Establishment and Designation for
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund is incorporated
herein by
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reference to Exhibit 1(u) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 85.
(v) Form of Certificate of Establishment and
Designation for Janus Global Technology Fund is
incorporated herein by referenced to Exhibit 1(v)
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 85.
(w) Certificate of Establishment and Designation for
Janus Strategic Value Fund is incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 1(w) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 88.
(x) Form of Certificate of Establishment and
Designation for Janus Orion Fund is filed herein
as Exhibit 1(x).
Exhibit 2 (a) Restated Bylaws are incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 2(a) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 71.
(b) First Amendment to the Bylaws is incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 2(b) to Post-
Effective Amendment No. 71.
Exhibit 3 (a) Specimen Stock Certificate for Janus Fund(1) is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4(b)
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 79.
(b) Specimen Stock Certificate for Janus Growth and
Income Fund is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 4(b) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 79.
(c) Specimen Stock Certificate for Janus Worldwide
Fund is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 4(c) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 79.
(d) Specimen Stock Certificate for Janus Twenty
Fund(1) is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 4(d) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 80.
(e) Specimen Stock Certificate for Janus Flexible
Income Fund(1) is incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 4(e) to Post-Effective Amendment No.
80.
(f) Specimen Stock Certificate for Janus Intermediate
Government Securities Fund(1) filed as Exhibit
4(f) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 46 has been
withdrawn.
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(g) Specimen Stock Certificate for Janus Venture
Fund(1) is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 4(g) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 80.
(h) Specimen Stock Certificate for Janus Enterprise
Fund is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 4(h) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 80.
(i) Specimen Stock Certificate for Janus Balanced Fund
is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit )
4(i) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 80.
(j) Specimen Stock Certificate for Janus Short-Term
Bond Fund is incorporatedherein by reference to
Exhibit 4(j) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 80.
(k) Specimen Stock Certificate for Janus Federal Tax-
Exempt Fund is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 4(k) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 81.
(l) Specimen Stock Certificate for Janus Mercury Fund
is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4(l) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 81.
(m) Specimen Stock Certificate for Janus Overseas Fund
is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4(m) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 81.
(n) Revised Specimen Stock Certificates for Janus
High-Yield Fund and Janus Olympus Fund are
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4(n)
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 79.
(o) Revised Specimen Stock Certificate for Janus
Equity Income Fund is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4(o) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 79.
(p) Revised Specimen Stock Certificate for Janus
Special Situations Fund is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4(p) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 79.
(q) Specimen Stock Certificate for Janus Global Life
Sciences Fund filed as Exhibit 4(q) to Post-
Effective Amendment No. 82 has been withdrawn.
(r) Form of Specimen Stock Certificate for Janus
Global Life
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Sciences Fund is incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 3(r) to Post-Effective Amendment No.
85.
(s) Form of Specimen Stock Certificate for Janus
Global Technology Fund is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3(s) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 85.
Exhibit 4 (a) Investment Advisory Agreement for Janus Fund dated
July 1, 1997, is incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 5(a) to Post-Effective Amendment No.
4(l)
(b) Investment Advisory Agreements for Janus Growth
and Income Fund and Janus Worldwide Fund dated
July 1, 1997, are incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 5(b) to Post-Effective Amendment No.
83.
(c) Investment Advisory Agreements for Janus Twenty
Fund and Janus Venture Fund dated July 1, 1997,
are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
5(c) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 83.
(d) Investment Advisory Agreement for Janus Flexible
Income Fund dated July 1, 1997, is incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 5(d) to Post-
Effective Amendment No. 83.
(e) Investment Advisory Agreements for Janus
Enterprise Fund, Janus Balanced Fund, and Janus
Short-Term Bond Fund dated July 1, 1997, are
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 5(e)
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 83.
(f) Investment Advisory Agreements for Janus Federal
Tax-Exempt Fund and Janus Mercury Fund dated July
1, 1997, are incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 5(f) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 83.
(g) Investment Advisory Agreement for Janus Overseas
Fund dated July 1, 1997, is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 5(g) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 83.
(h) Investment Advisory Agreements for Janus Money
Market Fund, Janus Government Money Market Fund,
and Janus Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund dated July
1, 1997, are incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 5(h) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 83.
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(i) Investment Advisory Agreement for Janus High-Yield
Fund dated July 1, 1997, is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 5(i) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 83.
(j) Investment Advisory Agreement for Janus Olympus
Fund dated July 1, 1997, is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 5(j) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 83.
(k) Investment Advisory Agreement for Janus Equity
Income Fund dated July 1, 1997, is incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 5(k) to Post-
Effective Amendment No. 83.
(l) Investment Advisory Agreement for Janus Special
Situations Fund dated July 1, 1997, is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 5(l)
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 83.
(m) Investment Advisory Agreement for Janus Global
Life Sciences Fund filed as Exhibit 5(m) to Post-
Effective Amendment No. 82 has been withdrawn.
(n) Form of Investment Advisory Agreement for Janus
Global Life Sciences Fund is incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 4(n) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 85.
(o) Form of Investment Advisory Agreement for Janus
Global Technology Fund is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4(o) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 85.
(p) Investment Advisory Agreement for Janus Strategic
Value Fund is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 4(p) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 88.
(q) Amendment dated January 31, 2000 to the Investment
Advisory Agreement for Janus Fund dated July 1,
1997, is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 4(q) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 90.
(r) Amendment dated January 31, 2000 to the Investment
Advisory Agreement for Janus Growth and Income
Fund dated July 1, 1997, is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4(r) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 90.
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(s) Amendment dated January 31, 2000 to the Investment
Advisory Agreement for Janus Twenty Fund dated
July 1, 1997, is incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 4(s) to Post-Effective Amendment No.
90.
(t) Amendment dated January 31, 2000 to the Investment
Advisory Agreement for Janus Enterprise Fund dated
July 1, 1997, is incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 4(t) to Post-Effective Amendment No.
90.
(u) Amendment dated January 31, 2000 to the Investment
Advisory Agreement for Janus Balanced Fund dated
July 1, 1997, is incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 4(u) to Post-Effective Amendment No.
90.
(v) Amendment dated January 31, 2000 to the Investment
Advisory Agreement for Janus Overseas Fund dated
July 1, 1997, is incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 4(v) to Post-Effective Amendment No.
90.
(w) Amendment dated January 31, 2000 to the Investment
Advisory Agreement for Janus Equity Income Fund
dated July 1, 1997, is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4(w) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 90.
(x) Amendment dated January 31, 2000 to the Investment
Advisory Agreement for Janus Global Life Sciences
Fund dated September 14, 1998, is incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4(x) to Post-
Effective Amendment No. 90.
(y) Amendment dated January 31, 2000 to the Investment
Advisory Agreement for Janus Global Technology
Fund dated September 14, 1998, is incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4(y) to Post-
Effective Amendment No. 90.
(z) Amendment dated January 31, 2000 to the Investment
Advisory Agreement for Janus Mercury Fund dated
July 1, 1997, is incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 4(z) of Post-Effective Amendment No.
90.
(aa) Amendment dated January 31, 2000 to the Investment
Advisory Agreement for Janus Olympus Fund dated
July 1, 1997, is incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 4(aa) to Post-Effective Amendment No.
90.
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(bb) Amendment dated January 31, 2000 to the Investment
Advisory Agreement for Janus Special Situations
Fund dated July 1, 1997, is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4(bb) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 90.
(cc) Amendment dated January 31, 2000 to the Investment
Advisory Agreement for Janus Strategic Value Fund
dated September 14, 1999, is incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 4(cc) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 90.
(dd) Amendment dated January 31, 2000 to the Investment
Advisory Agreement for Janus Venture Fund dated
July 1, 1997, is incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 4(dd) to Post-Effective Amendment No.
90.
(ee) Amendment dated January 31, 2000 to the Investment
Advisory Agreement for Janus Worldwide Fund dated
July 1, 1997, is incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 4(ee) to Post-Effective Amendment No.
90.
(ff) Form of Investment Advisory Agreement for Janus
Orion Fund is filed herein as Exhibit 4(ff).
Exhibit 5 Distribution Agreement between Janus Investment
Fund and Janus Distributors, Inc., dated July 1,
1997, is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 6 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 83.
Exhibit 6 Not Applicable.
Exhibit 7 (a) Custodian Contract between Janus Investment Fund
and State Street Bank and Trust Company is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 8(a)
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 79.
(b) Amendment dated April 25, 1990, of State Street
Custodian Contract is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 8(b) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 79.
(c) Letter Agreement dated February 1, 1991, regarding
State Street Custodian Contract is incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 8(c) to Post-
Effective Amendment No. 79.
(d) Custodian Contract between Janus Investment Fund
and
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Investors Fiduciary Trust Company filed as
Exhibit 8(d) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 79
has been withdrawn.
(e) Letter Agreement dated October 9, 1992, regarding
State Street Custodian Agreement is incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 8(e) to Post-
Effective Amendment No. 81.
(f) Letter Agreement dated April 28, 1993, regarding
State Street Custodian Agreement is incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 8(f) to Post-
Effective Amendment No. 81.
(g) Letter Agreement dated April 4, 1994, regarding
State Street Custodian Agreement is incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 8(g) to Post-
Effective Amendment No. 81.
(h) Form of Custody Agreement between Janus Investment
Fund, on behalf ofJanus Money Market Fund, Janus
Government Money Market Fund and Janus Tax-Exempt
Money Market Fund, and United Missouri Bank, N.A.
filed as Exhibit 8(h) to Post-Effective Amendment
No. 81 has been withdrawn.
(i) Letter Agreement dated December 12, 1995,
regarding State Street Custodian Contract is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 8(i)
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 72.
(j) Amendment dated October 11, 1995, of State Street
Custodian Contract is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 8(j) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 71.
(k) Form of Amendment dated September 10, 1996, of
State Street Custodian Contract is incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 8(k) to Post-
Effective Amendment No. 75.
(l) Letter Agreement dated September 10, 1996,
regarding State Street Custodian Contract is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 8(l)
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 75.
(m) Form of Subcustodian Contract between United
Missouri Bank, N.A., and State Street Bank and
Trust Company is
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incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 8(m)
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 75.
(n) Form of Letter Agreement dated September 9, 1997,
regarding State Street Custodian Contract is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 8(n)
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 82.
(o) Form of Letter Agreement dated September 14, 1998,
regarding State Street Custodian Contract is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 7(o)
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 85.
(p) Letter Agreement dated September 14, 1999,
regarding State Street Custodian Contract is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 7(p)
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 88.
(q) Global Custody Services Agreement between Janus
Investment Fund, on behalf of Janus Money Market
Fund, Janus Government Money Market Fund and Janus
Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund, and Citibank, N.A.
dated March 15, 1999 is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 7(q) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 88.
(r) Form of Letter Agreement dated April 3, 2000,
regarding State Street Custodian Contract is filed
herein as Exhibit 7(r).
Exhibit 8 (a) Transfer Agency Agreement with Investors Fiduciary
Trust Company filed as Exhibit 9(a) to Post-
Effective Amendment No. 79 has been withdrawn.
(b) Subagency Agreement between Janus Service
Corporation and Investors Fiduciary Trust Company
filed as Exhibit 9(b) to Post-Effective Amendment
No. 79 has been withdrawn.
(c) Form of Administration Agreement with Janus
Capital Corporation for Janus Money Market Fund,
Janus Government Money Market Fund and Janus Tax-
Exempt Money Market Fund is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 9(c) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 81.
(d) Transfer Agency Agreement dated December 9, 1994,
with Janus Service Corporation for Janus Money
Market Fund,
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Janus Government Money Market Fund and Janus Tax-
Exempt Money Market Fund filed as Exhibit 9(d) to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 64 has been
withdrawn.
(e) Transfer Agency Agreement dated September 27,
1995, with Janus Service Corporation for Janus
Money Market Fund, Janus Government Money Market
Fund, Janus Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund, Janus
High-Yield Fund and Janus Olympus Fund is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 9(e)
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 70.
(f) Letter Agreement dated December 21, 1995,
regarding Janus Service Corporation Transfer
Agency Agreement is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 9(f) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 72.
(g) Letter Agreement dated May 21, 1996, regarding
Janus Service Corporation Transfer Agency
Agreement is incorporated by reference to Exhibit
9(g) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 73.
(h) Form of Amended Administration Agreement with
Janus Capital Corporation for Janus Money Market
Fund, Janus Government Money Market Fund, and
Janus Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund is incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 9(h) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 77.
(i) Letter Agreement dated September 10, 1996,
regarding Janus Service Corporation Transfer
Agency Agreement is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 9(i) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 76.
(j) Letter Agreement dated September 9, 1997,
regarding Janus Service Corporation Transfer
Agency Agreement is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 9(j) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 82.
(k) Form of Letter Agreement dated September 14, 1998,
regarding Janus Service Corporation Transfer
Agency Agreement is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 8(k) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 85.
(l) Letter agreement dated September 14, 1999,
regarding Janus Service Corporation Transfer
Agency Agreement is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 8(l) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 88.
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(m) Form of Letter Agreement dated April 3, 2000,
regarding Janus Service Corporation Transfer
Agency Agreement is filed herein as Exhibit 8(m).
Exhibit 9 (a) Opinion and Consent of Messrs. Davis, Graham &
Stubbs with respect to shares of Janus Fund is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 (a)
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 79.
(b) Opinion and Consent of Fund Counsel with respect
to shares of Janus Growth and Income Fund and
Janus Worldwide Fund is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10(b) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 79.
(c) Opinion and Consent of Fund Counsel with respect
to shares of Janus Enterprise Fund, Janus Balanced
Fund and Janus Short-Term Bond Fund is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10(c)
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 80.
(d) Opinion and Consent of Messrs. Sullivan and
Worcester with respect to shares of Janus Twenty
Fund is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10(d) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 81.
(e) Opinion and Consent of Messrs. Sullivan and
Worcester with respect to shares of Janus Venture
Fund is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10(e) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 81.
(f) Opinion and Consent of Messrs. Sullivan and
Worcester with respect to shares of Janus Flexible
Income Fund is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10(f) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 81.
(g) Opinion and Consent of Messrs. Sullivan and
Worcester with respect to shares of Janus
Intermediate Government Securities Fund filed as
Exhibit 10(g) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 46
has been withdrawn.
(h) Opinion and Consent of Fund Counsel with respect
to shares of Janus Federal Tax-Exempt Fund and
Janus Mercury Fund is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10(h) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 81.
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(i) Opinion and Consent of Fund Counsel with respect
to shares of Janus Overseas Fund is incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10(i) to Post-
Effective Amendment No. 81.
(j) Opinion and Consent of Fund Counsel with respect
to shares of Janus Money Market Fund, Janus
Government Money Market Fund and Janus Tax-Exempt
Money Market Fund is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10(j) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 81.
(k) Opinion and Consent of Fund Counsel with respect
to Institutional Shares of Janus Money Market
Fund, Janus Government Money Market Fund and
Janus Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund is incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10(k) to Post-
Effective Amendment No. 81.
(l) Opinion and Consent of Fund Counsel with respect
to shares of Janus High-Yield Fund and Janus
Olympus Fund is incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 10(l) to Post-Effective Amendment No.
68.
(m) Opinion and Consent of Fund Counsel with respect
to shares of Janus Equity Income Fund is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10(m)
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 72.
(n) Opinion and Consent of Fund Counsel with respect
to shares of Janus Special Situations Fund is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10(n)
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 75.
(o) Opinion and Consent of Fund Counsel with respect
to shares of Janus Money Market Fund, Janus
Government Money Market Fund, and Janus Tax-Exempt
Money Market Fund is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10(o) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 76.
(p) Opinion and Consent of Fund Counsel with respect
to shares of Janus Global Life Sciences Fund filed
as Exhibit 10(p) to Post-Effective Amendment No.
82 has been withdrawn.
(q) Opinion and Consent of Fund Counsel with respect
to shares of Janus Global Life Sciences Fund and
Janus Global Technology Fund is incorporated
herein by
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reference to Exhibit 9(q) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 85.
(r) Opinion and Consent of Fund Counsel with respect
to shares of Janus Strategic Value Fund is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 9(r)
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 85.
(s) Opinion and Consent of Fund Counsel with respect
to shares of Janus Orion Fund is filed herein as
Exhibit 9(s).
Exhibit 10 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is filed
herein as Exhibit 10.
Exhibit 11 Not Applicable.
Exhibit 12 Not Applicable.
Exhibit 13 Not Applicable.
Exhibit 14 Not Applicable.
Exhibit 15 (a) Form of plan entered into by Janus Money Market
Fund, Janus Government Money Market Fund and
Janus Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund pursuant to
Rule 18f-3 setting forth the separate arrangement
and expense allocation of each class of such
Funds filed as Exhibit 18 to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 66 has been withdrawn.
(b) Restated form of Rule 18f-3 Plan entered into by
Janus Money Market Fund, Janus Government Money
Market Fund and Janus Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund
is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
18(b) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 69.
(c) Amended and Restated form of Rule 18f-3 Plan
entered into by Janus Money Market Fund, Janus
Government Money Market Fund, and Janus Tax-Exempt
Money Market Fund is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 18(c) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 78.
Exhibit 16 Powers of Attorney dated as of May 20, 1997 are
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 16 to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 81.
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ITEM 24. PERSONS CONTROLLED BY OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH FUND
None
ITEM 25. INDEMNIFICATION
Article VIII of Janus Investment Fund's Agreement and Declaration of
Trust provides for indemnification of certain persons acting on behalf of the
Funds. In general, Trustees and officers will be indemnified against liability
and against all expenses of litigation incurred by them in connection with any
claim, action, suit or proceeding (or settlement of the same) in which they
become involved by virtue of their Fund office, unless their conduct is
determined to constitute willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or
reckless disregard of their duties, or unless it has been determined that they
have not acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that their actions were in
or not opposed to the best interests of the Funds. A determination that a person
covered by the indemnification provisions is entitled to indemnification may be
made by the court or other body before which the proceeding is brought, or by
either a vote of a majority of a quorum of Trustees who are neither "interested
persons" of the Trust nor parties to the proceeding or by an independent legal
counsel in a written opinion. The Funds also may advance money for these
expenses, provided that the Trustee or officer undertakes to repay the Funds if
his conduct is later determined to preclude indemnification, and that either he
provide security for the undertaking, the Trust be insured against losses
resulting from lawful advances or a majority of a quorum of disinterested
Trustees, or independent counsel in a written opinion, determines that he
ultimately will be found to be entitled to indemnification. The Trust also
maintains a liability insurance policy covering its Trustees and officers.
ITEM 26. BUSINESS AND OTHER CONNECTIONS OF INVESTMENT ADVISER
The only business of Janus Capital Corporation is to serve as the
investment adviser of the Fund and as investment adviser or subadviser to
several other mutual funds and private and retirement accounts. Business
backgrounds of the principal executive officers and directors of the adviser
that also hold positions with the Registrant are included under "Officers and
Trustees" in the currently effective Statements of Additional Information of the
Registrant. The remaining principal executive officers of the investment adviser
and their positions with the adviser and affiliated entities are: Mark B.
Whiston, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Janus Capital
Corporation, Director and President of Janus Capital International Ltd.,
Director of Janus World Funds Plc; Marjorie G. Hurd, Vice President and Chief
Operations Officer of Janus Capital Corporation, Director and President of Janus
Service Corporation; and Stephen L. Stieneker, Vice President, Public Affairs
and Vice President of Compliance of Janus Capital Corporation. Mr. Michael E.
Herman, a director of Janus Capital Corporation, is Chairman of the Finance
Committee (1990 to present) of Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, 4900 Oak,
Kansas City, Missouri 64112. Mr. Michael N. Stolper, a director of Janus Capital
Corporation, is President of Stolper & Company, Inc., 600 West Broadway, Suite
1010, San Diego, California 92101, an investment performance consultant. Mr.
Thomas A. McDonnell, a director of Janus Capital Corporation, is President,
Chief Executive Officer and A DIRECTOR OF DST SYSTEMS, INC., 333 WEST 11TH
STREET, 5TH Floor, Kansas City, Missouri 64105, provider of data processing and
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recordkeeping services for various mutual funds, and is Executive Vice President
and a director of Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc., 114 W. 11th Street,
Kansas City, Missouri 64105, a publicly traded holding company whose primary
subsidiaries are engaged in transportation, information processing and financial
services. Mr. Landon H. Rowland, a director of Janus Capital Corporation, is
President and Chief Executive Officer of Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc.
ITEM 27. PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITERS
(a) Janus Distributors, Inc. ("Janus Distributors") serves
as a principal underwriter for the Fund and Janus
Aspen Series.
(b) The principal business address, positions with Janus
Distributors and positions with Registrant of Thomas
E. Early, Kelley Abbott Howes, and Steven R. Goodbarn,
officers and directors of Janus Distributors, are
described under "Officers and Trustees" in the
Statements of Additional Information included in this
Registration Statement. The remaining principal
executive officer of Janus Distributors is Marjorie G.
Hurd, Director and President. Ms. Hurd does not hold
any positions with the Registrant. Ms. Hurd's principal
business address is 100 Fillmore Street, Denver,
Colorado 80206-4928.
(c) Not applicable.
ITEM 28. LOCATION OF ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS
The accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by
Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules promulgated
thereunder are maintained by Janus Capital Corporation and Janus Service
Corporation, both of which are located at 100 Fillmore Street, Denver, Colorado
80206-4928, and by State Street Bank and Trust Company, P.O. Box 351, Boston,
Massachusetts 02101, and Citibank, N.A., 111 Wall Street, New York, New York
10043.
ITEM 29. MANAGEMENT SERVICES
The Fund has no management-related service contract which is not
discussed in Part A or Part B of this form.
ITEM 30. UNDERTAKINGS
Not applicable.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Fund has duly caused this Amendment to its
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto
duly authorized, in the City of Denver, and State of Colorado, on the 17th day
of March, 2000.
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND
BY: /S/ THOMAS H. BAILEY
Thomas H. Bailey, President
Janus Investment Fund is organized under an Agreement and Declaration
of Trust dated February 11, 1986, a copy of which is on file with the Secretary
of State of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The obligations of the Registrant
hereunder are not binding upon any of the Trustees, shareholders, nominees,
officers, agents or employees of the Registrant personally, but bind only the
trust property of the Registrant, as provided in the Agreement and Declaration
of Trust of the Registrant. The execution of this Amendment to the Registration
Statement has been authorized by the Trustees of the Registrant and this
Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by an authorized officer
of the Registrant, acting as such, and neither such authorization by such
Trustees nor such execution by such officer shall be deemed to have been made by
any of them personally, but shall bind only the trust property of the Registrant
as provided in its Declaration of Trust.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
/s/ Thomas H. Bailey President March 17, 2000
Thomas H. Bailey (Principal Executive
Officer) and Trustee
/s/ Steven R. Goodbarn Vice President and March 17, 2000
Steven R. Goodbarn Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial
Officer)
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/s/ Glenn P. O'Flaherty Treasurer and Chief March 17, 2000
Glenn P. O'Flaherty Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting
Officer)
/s/ James P. Craig, III Trustee March 17, 2000
James P. Craig, III
Gary O. Loo* Trustee March 17, 2000
Gary O. Loo
Dennis B. Mullen* Trustee March 17, 2000
Dennis B. Mullen
James T. Rothe* Trustee March 17, 2000
James T. Rothe
William D. Stewart* Trustee March 17, 2000
William D. Stewart
Martin H. Waldinger* Trustee March 17, 2000
Martin H. Waldinger
/s/ Steven R. Goodbarn
*By Steven R. Goodbarn
Attorney-in-Fact
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INDEX OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit 1(x) Form of Certificate of Establishment and Designation
for Janus Orion Fund
Exhibit 4(ff) Form of Investment Advisory Agreement for Janus Orion
Fund
Exhibit 7(r) Form of Letter Agreement regarding State Street
Custodian Contract
Exhibit 8(m) Form of Letter Agreement regarding Janus Service
Corporation Transfer Agency Agreement
Exhibit 9(s) Opinion and Consent of Fund Counsel with respect to
Janus Orion Fund
Exhibit 10 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
EXHIBIT 1(X)
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND
CERTIFICATE OF ESTABLISHMENT AND
DESIGNATION OF JANUS ORION FUND
The undersigned, being the Secretary of Janus Investment Fund, a
Massachusetts business trust with transferable shares (the "Trust"), being duly
authorized by vote of a Majority of the Trustees of the Trust acting pursuant to
Section 6.1(b) and Section 9.3 of the Trust's Agreement and Declaration of Trust
dated February 11, 1986, as now in effect (the "Declaration"), does hereby
establish and designate the Janus Orion Fund (in addition to the Funds now
existing) into which the assets of the Trust shall be divided (the "Orion
Fund"), having the relative rights and preferences as follows:
1. The beneficial interest in the Orion Fund shall be represented by a
separate series of shares of beneficial interest, par value one cent ($.01) per
share (the "Shares"), which series shall bear the name of the Orion Fund to
which it relates and shall represent the beneficial interest only in such Orion
Fund. An unlimited number of Shares of such series may be issued.
2. The Orion Fund shall be authorized to invest in cash, securities,
instruments and other property as from time to time described in the Trust's
then effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
3. The Shares of the Orion Fund shall have the additional relative
rights and preferences, shall be subject to the liabilities, shall have the
other characteristics, and shall be subject to other powers of the Trustees, all
as set forth in paragraphs (a) through (l) of Section 6.2 of the Declaration.
Without limitation of the foregoing sentence, each Share of such series shall be
redeemable, shall be entitled to one vote, or a ratable fraction of one vote in
respect of a fractional share, as to matters on which Shares of such series
shall be entitled to vote, and shall represent a share of the beneficial
interest in the assets of the Orion Fund, all as provided in the Declaration.
4. Subject to the provisions and limitations of Section 9.3 of the
Declaration and applicable law, this Certificate of Designation may be amended
by an instrument in writing signed by a Majority of the Trustees (OR BY AN
OFFICER OF THE TRUST PURSUANT TO THE VOTE OF A MAJORITY OF THE TRUSTEES),
PROVIDED THAT, if any amendment adversely affects the rights of the Shareholders
of the Orion Fund, such amendment may be adopted by an instrument in writing
signed by a Majority of the Trustees (or by an officer of the Trust pursuant to
the vote of a Majority of the Trustees) when authorized to do so by the vote in
accordance with Section 7.1 of the Declaration of the holders of a majority of
all the Shares of the Orion Fund outstanding and entitled to vote.
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5. All capitalized terms which are not defined herein shall have the
same meanings as are assigned to those terms in the Declaration filed with the
Secretary of State of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand as of the day and year
set forth opposite my signature below.
DATED: APRIL 3, 2000
Kelley Abbott Howes, Secretary
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
STATE OF COLORADO )
) ss.
CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER )
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared
Kelley Abbott Howes, Secretary of Janus Investment Fund, a Massachusetts
business trust, who, after being first duly sworn, stated that she executed the
foregoing document for the consideration therein expressed and in the capacity
therein stated.
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO THIS 3RD day of April, 2000.
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES:
Notary Public
EXHIBIT 4(FF)
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
JANUS ORION FUND
THIS INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made this 3rd
day of April, 2000, between JANUS INVESTMENT FUND, a Massachusetts business
trust (the "Trust"), and JANUS CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Colorado corporation
("JCC").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Trust is registered as an open-end management investment
company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"),
and has registered its shares for public offering under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"); and
WHEREAS, the Trust is authorized to create separate funds, each with
its own separate investment portfolio of which the beneficial interests are
represented by a separate series of shares; one of such funds CREATED BY THE
TRUST BEING DESIGNATED AS THE JANUS ORION Fund (the "Fund"); and
WHEREAS, the Trust and JCC deem it mutually advantageous that JCC
should assist the Trustees and officers of the Trust in the management of the
securities portfolio of the Fund.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
1. INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES. JCC shall furnish continuous advice
and recommendations to the Fund as to the acquisition, holding, or disposition
of any or all of the securities or other assets which the Fund may own or
contemplate acquiring from time to time. JCC shall give due consideration to the
investment policies and restrictions and the other statements concerning the
Fund in the Trust Instrument, bylaws, and registration statements under the 1940
Act and the 1933 Act, and to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, as
amended from time to time, applicable to the Fund as a regulated investment
company and as a funding vehicle for variable insurance contracts. In addition,
JCC shall cause its officers to attend meetings and furnish oral or written
reports, as the Trust may reasonably require, in order to keep the Trustees and
appropriate officers of the Trust fully informed as to the condition of the
investment portfolio of the Fund, the investment recommendations of JCC, and the
investment considerations which have given rise to those recommendations. JCC
shall supervise the purchase and sale of securities as directed by the
appropriate officers of the Trust.
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2. OTHER SERVICES. JCC is hereby authorized (to the extent the Trust
has not otherwise contracted) but not obligated (to the extent it so notifies
the Trustees at least 60 days in advance), to perform (or arrange for the
performance by affiliates of) the management and administrative services
necessary for the operation of the Fund. JCC is specifically authorized, on
behalf of the Trust, to conduct relations with custodians, depositories,
transfer and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, underwriters, brokers and
dealers, corporate fiduciaries, insurance company separate accounts, insurers,
banks and such other persons in any such other capacity deemed by JCC to be
necessary or desirable. JCC shall generally monitor and report to Fund officers
the Fund's compliance with investment policies and restrictions as set forth in
the currently effective prospectus and statement of additional information
relating to the shares of the Fund under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
JCC shall make reports to the Trustees of its performance of services hereunder
upon request therefor and furnish advice and recommendations with respect to
such other aspects of the business and affairs of the Fund as it shall determine
to be desirable. JCC is also authorized, subject to review by the Trustees, to
furnish such other services as JCC shall from time to time determine to be
necessary or useful to perform the services contemplated by this Agreement.
3. OBLIGATIONS OF TRUST. The Trust shall have the following obligations
under this Agreement:
(a) to keep JCC continuously and fully informed as to the composition
of its investment portfolio and the nature of all of its assets
and liabilities from time to time;
(b) to furnish JCC with a certified copy of any financial statement
or report prepared for it by certified or independent public
accountants and with copies of any financial statements or
reports made to its shareholders or to any governmental body or
securities exchange;
(c) to furnish JCC with any further materials or information which
JCC may reasonably request to enable it to perform its function
under this Agreement; and
(d) to compensate JCC for its services and reimburse JCC for its
expenses incurred hereunder in accordance with the provisions
hereof.
4. COMPENSATION. The Trust shall pay to JCC for its investment advisory
services a fee, calculated and payable for each day that this Agreement is in
effect, of 1/365 of 0.65% of the daily closing net asset value of the Fund
(1/366 of 0.65% of the daily closing net asset value of the Fund in a leap
year). The fee shall be paid monthly.
5. EXPENSES BORNE BY JCC. In addition to the expenses which JCC may
incur in the performance of its investment advisory functions under this
Agreement, and the expenses which it may expressly undertake to incur and pay
under other agreements with the Trust or otherwise,
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JCC shall incur and pay the following expenses relating to the Fund's operations
without reimbursement from the Fund:
(a) Reasonable compensation, fees and related expenses of the Trust's
officers and its Trustees, except for such Trustees who are not
interested persons of JCC; and
(b) Rental of offices of the Trust.
6. EXPENSES BORNE BY THE TRUST. The Trust assumes and shall pay all
expenses incidental to its organization, operations and business not
specifically assumed or agreed to be paid by JCC pursuant to Sections 2 and 5
hereof, including, but not limited to, investment adviser fees; any
compensation, fees, or reimbursements which the Trust pays to its Trustees who
are not interested persons of JCC; compensation of the Fund's custodian,
transfer agent, registrar and dividend disbursing agent; legal, accounting,
audit and printing expenses; administrative, clerical, recordkeeping and
bookkeeping expenses; brokerage commissions and all other expenses in connection
with execution of portfolio transactions (including any appropriate commissions
paid to JCC or its affiliates for effecting exchange listed, over-the-counter or
other securities transactions); interest; all federal, state and local taxes
(including stamp, excise, income and franchise taxes); costs of stock
certificates and expenses of delivering such certificates to purchasers thereof;
expenses of local representation in Massachusetts; expenses of shareholders'
meetings and of preparing, printing and distributing proxy statements, notices,
and reports to shareholders; expenses of preparing and filing reports and tax
returns with federal and state regulatory authorities; all expenses incurred in
complying with all federal and state laws and the laws of any foreign country
applicable to the issue, offer, or sale of shares of the Fund, including, but
not limited to, all costs involved in the registration or qualification of
shares of the Fund for sale in any jurisdiction, the costs of portfolio pricing
services and compliance systems, and all costs involved in preparing, printing
and mailing prospectuses and statements of additional information to fund
shareholders; and all fees, dues and other expenses incurred by the Trust in
connection with the membership of the Trust in any trade association or other
investment company organization.
7. TREATMENT OF INVESTMENT ADVICE. The Trust shall treat the investment
advice and recommendations of JCC as being advisory only, and shall retain full
control over its own investment policies. However, the Trustees may delegate to
the appropriate officers of the Trust, or to a committee of the Trustees, the
power to authorize purchases, sales or other actions affecting the portfolio of
the Fund in the interim between meetings of the Trustees.
8. TERMINATION. This Agreement may be terminated at any time, without
penalty, by the Trustees of the Trust, or by the shareholders of the Trust
acting by vote of at least a majority of its outstanding voting securities,
provided in either case that sixty (60) days advance written notice of
termination be given to JCC at its principal place of business. This Agreement
may be terminated by JCC at any time, without penalty, by giving sixty (60) days
advance written notice of termination to the Trust, addressed to its principal
place of business. The Trust agrees that, consistent with the terms of the Trust
Instrument, the Trust shall cease to use the name "Janus" in
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connection with the Fund as soon as reasonably practicable following any
termination of this Agreement if JCC does not continue to provide investment
advice to the Fund after such termination.
9. ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall terminate automatically in the
event of any assignment of this Agreement.
10. TERM. This Agreement shall continue in effect until July 1, 2001,
unless sooner terminated in accordance with its terms, and shall continue in
effect from year to year thereafter only so long as such continuance is
specifically approved at least annually by the vote of a majority of the
Trustees of the Trust who are not parties hereto or interested persons of any
such party, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on the
approval of the terms of such renewal, and by either the Trustees of the Trust
or the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of
the Trust. The annual approvals provided for herein shall be effective to
continue this Agreement from year to year if given within a period beginning not
more than ninety (90) days prior to July 1 of each applicable year,
notwithstanding the fact that more than three hundred sixty-five (365) days may
have elapsed since the date on which such approval was last given.
11. AMENDMENTS. This Agreement may be amended by the parties only if
such amendment is specifically approved (i) by a majority of the Trustees,
including a majority of the Trustees who are not interested persons (as that
phrase is defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of JCC and, if required
by applicable law, (ii) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding
voting securities of the Fund (as that phrase is defined in Section 2(a)(42) of
the 1940 Act).
12. OTHER SERIES. The Trustees shall determine the basis for making an
appropriate allocation of the Trust's expenses (other than those directly
attributable to the Fund) between the Fund and the other series of the Trust.
13. LIMITATION OF PERSONAL LIABILITY. All the parties hereto
acknowledge and agree that all liabilities of the Trust arising, directly or
indirectly, under this Agreement, of any and every nature whatsoever, shall be
satisfied solely out of the assets of the Fund and that no Trustee, officer or
holder of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust shall be personally liable
for any of the foregoing liabilities. The Trust Instrument describes in detail
the respective responsibilities and limitations on liability of the Trustees,
officers and holders of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust.
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14. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF JCC. JCC shall not be liable for any
error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss arising out of any
investment or for any act or omission taken with respect to the Trust, except
for willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its
duties, or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties
hereunder and except to the extent otherwise provided by law. As used in this
Section 14, "JCC" shall include any affiliate of JCC performing services for the
Trust contemplated hereunder and directors, officers and employees of JCC and
such affiliates.
15. ACTIVITIES OF JCC. The services of JCC to the Trust hereunder are
not to be deemed to be exclusive, and JCC and its affiliates are free to render
services to other parties. It is understood that trustees, officers and
shareholders of the Trust are or may become interested in JCC as directors,
officers and shareholders of JCC, that directors, officers, employees and
shareholders of JCC are or may become similarly interested in the Trust, and
that JCC may become interested in the Trust as a shareholder or otherwise.
16. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. The terms "vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities," "assignment" and "interested persons" when used
herein, shall have the respective meanings specified in the 1940 Act, as now in
effect or hereafter amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, subject
to such orders, exemptions and interpretations as may be issued by the
Securities and Exchange Commission under said Act and as may be then in effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused their duly authorized
officers to execute this Investment Advisory Agreement as of the date and year
first above written.
JANUS CAPITAL CORPORATION
BY:
Steven R. Goodbarn, Vice President
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND
BY:
Thomas H. Bailey, President
EXHIBIT 7(R)
LETTER AGREEMENT
April 3, 2000
Mr. Donald DeMarco
Vice President
State Street Bank and Trust Company
One Heritage Drive
Mutual Fund Services, P2N
North Quincy, Massachusetts 02171
Dear Mr. DeMarco:
Please be advised that Janus Investment Fund (the "Trust") has established Janus
Orion Fund as a new series of the Trust. Pursuant to Section 16 of the Custodian
Contract dated July 31, 1986, as amended, between the Trust and State Street
Bank and Trust Company ("State Street"), the Trust requests confirmation that
State Street will act as custodian for the new series under the terms of the
contract.
Please indicate your acceptance of the foregoing by executing two copies of this
Letter Agreement, returning one copy to the Trust and retaining one copy for
your records.
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND
BY:
Kelley Abbott Howes
Vice President
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
BY:
Agreed to this 3rd day of April, 2000
cc: Glenn O'Flaherty
Suzanne Olczak
EXHIBIT 8(M)
April 3, 2000
Ms. Marjorie G. Hurd
Janus Service Corporation
100 Fillmore Street
Denver, Colorado 80206
Dear Ms. Hurd:
Attached are revised Appendix A and Appendix B to the Transfer Agency Agreement
dated as of September 27, 1995 (the "Agreement"), between Janus Investment Fund
(the "Trust") and Janus Service Corporation ("JSC"). The revised Appendices will
be effective as of April 3, 2000. The purpose of the revisions is to add Janus
Orion Fund as an additional portfolio of the Trust. Pursuant to Section 9 of the
Agreement, the Fund hereby requests that JSC acknowledge its acceptance of the
terms contained in each of the revised Appendices.
Please indicate your acceptance of the foregoing by executing two copies of this
letter, returning one copy to the Trust and retaining one copy for your records.
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND
BY:
Kelley Abbott Howes
Vice President
JANUS SERVICE CORPORATION
BY:
Marjorie G. Hurd
President
Agreed to this 3rd day of April, 2000
cc: Suzanne F. Olczak
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Revised as of April 3, 2000
APPENDIX A
Janus Money Market Fund
Janus Government Money Market Fund
Janus Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund
Janus High-Yield Fund
Janus Olympus Fund
Janus Venture Fund
Janus Fund
Janus Twenty Fund
Janus Enterprise Fund
Janus Mercury Fund
Janus Overseas Fund
Janus Worldwide Fund
Janus Growth and Income Fund
Janus Balanced Fund
Janus Flexible Income Fund
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
Janus Federal Tax-Exempt Fund
Janus Equity Income Fund
Janus Special Situations Fund
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund
Janus Global Technology Fund
Janus Strategic Value Fund
Janus Orion Fund
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Revised as of April 3, 2000
APPENDIX B
I. NON-MONEY MARKET PORTFOLIOS
Each non-money market portfolio of the Trust shall pay JSC for its transfer
agency services a fee, calculated and payable for each day that this Agreement
is in effect, of 1/365 of 0.16% of the daily closing net asset value of such
portfolio, plus reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with
JSC's services as transfer agent. In addition, each of the non-money market
portfolios listed below shall pay a monthly fee at the annual rate of $4.00 per
open shareholder account per year:
Janus Balanced Fund
Janus Enterprise Fund
Janus Equity Income Fund
Janus Federal Tax-Exempt Fund
Janus Flexible Income Fund
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund
Janus Global Technology Fund
Janus Growth and Income Fund
Janus High-Yield Fund
Janus Mercury Fund
Janus Olympus Fund
Janus Orion Fund
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
Janus Special Situations Fund
Janus Strategic Value Fund
Janus Twenty Fund
Janus Worldwide Fund
All such fees shall be subject to reduction as set forth in section 5.c. of this
Agreement. If an account is open on any day of a month, the per account fee (if
applicable) shall be payable for that month.
II. MONEY MARKET PORTFOLIOS
Notwithstanding the above, however, JSC agrees that it shall not look to the
Funds or the Trust for compensation for its services provided under this
Agreement to Janus Money Market Fund, Janus Government Money Market Fund or
Janus Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund (collectively, the "Money Funds"). JSC shall
be compensated for its services to the Money Funds entirely by Janus Capital
Corporation, the administrator to the Money Funds, pursuant to an Administration
Agreement between Janus Capital Corporation and each of the Money Funds.
EXHIBIT 9(S)
March 16, 2000
Janus Investment Fund
100 Fillmore Street
Denver, Colorado 80206-4928
Re: Public Offering of Janus Orion Fund
Gentlemen:
I have acted as counsel for Janus Investment Fund, a Massachusetts business
trust (the "Trust"), in connection with the filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission of a post-effective amendment to the Trust's registration
statement with respect to the proposed sale of shares of beneficial interest,
$0.01 par value, of Janus Orion Fund (the "Shares").
I have examined the Trust's Agreement and Declaration of Trust and Bylaws, as
amended, the proceedings of its trustees relating to the authorization, issuance
and proposed sale of the Shares, and such other records and documents as I have
deemed relevant. Based upon such examination, it is my opinion that upon the
issuance and sale of the Shares in the manner contemplated by the aforesaid
post-effective amendment to the Trust's registration statement, such Shares will
be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
above-referenced registration statement. This opinion is for the exclusive use
of the Trust in connection with the filing of such post-effective amendment to
the Trust's registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(and certain state securities commissions) and is not to be used, circulated,
quoted, relied upon or otherwise referred to by any other person or for any
other purpose. This opinion is given as of the date hereof and I render no
opinion and disclaim any obligation to revise or supplement this opinion based
upon any change in applicable law or any factual matter that occurs or comes to
my attention after the date hereof.
Very truly yours,
Thomas A. Early
Vice President and General Counsel
/djw
Exhibit 10
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the reference to us under the heading "Independent
Accountants" in the Statement of Additional Information constituting part of
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 92 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A
of Janus Investment Fund.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Denver, Colorado
March 16, 2000
