COLONIAL NEWPORT JAPAN FUND
CLASS Z SHARES
Supplement to Prospectus dated June 3, 1996
The eighth paragraph under the caption BEFORE YOU INVEST on page 1 is revised in
its entirety as follows:
Class Z shares may be purchased only by (i) certain institutions (including
certain insurance companies and banks investing for their own account, trusts,
endowment funds, foundations and investment companies) and defined benefit
retirement plans investing a minimum of $5 million in the Fund and (ii) the
Adviser and its affiliates.
JF-657C-0996 September 12, 1996