Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 23, 1997.
File No. 2-67219
File No. 811-3043
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Pre-Effective Amendment No.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 20
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 22
Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Two International Place, Boston, MA 02110-4103
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (6l7) 295-2567
Thomas F. McDonough
Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.
Two International Place, Boston, MA 02110
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective
immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
X on November 1, 1997 pursuant to paragraph (b)
60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)
on _______________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)
75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii)
on _______________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) of
Rule 485.
The Registrant has filed a declaration registering a indefinite amount of
securities pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended. The Registrant filed the notice required by Rule 24f-2 for its fiscal
year on August 29, 1997.
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SCUDDER U.S. TREASURY MONEY FUND
CROSS-REFERENCE SHEET
Items Required By Form N-1A
PART A
Item No. Item Caption Prospectus Caption
1. Cover Page COVER PAGE
2. Synopsis EXPENSE INFORMATION
3. Condensed FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Financial
Information
4. General INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES
Description of WHY INVEST IN THE FUND?
Registrant ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT POLICIES AND
INVESTMENTS
FUND ORGANIZATION
5. Management of A MESSAGE FROM SCUDDER'S CHAIRMAN
the Fund FUND ORGANIZATION-Investment adviser,
Transfer agent
SHAREHOLDER BENEFITS-A team approach to
investing
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
5A. Management's NOT APPLICABLE
Discussion of
Fund
Performance
6. Capital Stock DISTRIBUTION AND PERFORMANCE
and Other INFORMATION-Dividends and capital gains
Securities distributions
FUND ORGANIZATION
SHAREHOLDER BENEFITS-SAILT-(Scudder
Automated Information Line), Dividend
reinvestment plan, T.D.D. service for
the hearing impaired
HOW TO CONTACT SCUDDER
7. Purchase of FUND ORGANIZATION-Underwriter
Securities TRANSACTION INFORMATION-Purchasing shares
Being Offered PURCHASES
SHAREHOLDER BENEFITS-Dividend
reinvestment plan
SCUDDER TAX-ADVANTAGED RETIREMENT PLANS
INVESTMENT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
8. Redemption or TRANSACTION INFORMATION-Redeeming shares
Repurchase EXCHANGES AND REDEMPTIONS
9. Pending Legal NOT APPLICABLE
Proceedings
Cross Reference-Page 1
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PART B
Caption in Statement of
Item Item Caption Additional Information
No.
10. Cover Page COVER PAGE
11. Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS
12. General Information and ORGANIZATION OF THE FUNDS
History
13. Investment Objectives THE FUNDS' INVESTMENT
and Policies OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
14. Management of the Fund TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
REMUNERATION
15. Control Persons and TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
Principal Holders of
Securities
16. Investment Advisory and INVESTMENT ADVISER
Other Services ADDITIONAL INFORMATION-Experts,
Other Information
17. Brokerage Allocation PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS
and Other Practices
18. Capital Stock and Other ORGANIZATION OF THE FUNDS
Securities
19. Purchase, Redemption PURCHASES
and Pricing of EXCHANGES AND REDEMPTIONS
Securities Being FEATURES AND SERVICES OFFERED
Offered BY THE FUNDS-Dividend and
Capital Gain Distribution
Options
SPECIAL PLAN ACCOUNTS
DIVIDENDS
NET ASSET VALUE
20. Tax Status DIVIDENDS
TAXES
21. Underwriters DISTRIBUTOR
22. Calculation of PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Performance Data
23. Financial Statements FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Cross Reference-Page 2
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This prospectus sets forth concisely the information about Scudder U.S. Treasury
Money Fund, an open-end management investment company, that a prospective
investor should know before investing. Please retain it for future reference.
Shares of Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund are not insured or guaranteed by the
U.S. Government. Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund seeks to maintain a constant
net asset value of $1.00 per share but there can be no assurance that the stable
net asset value will be maintained.
If you require more detailed information, a Statement of Additional Information
dated November 1, 1997, as amended from time to time, may be obtained without
charge by writing Scudder Investor Services, Inc., Two International Place,
Boston, MA 02110-4103 or calling 1-800-225-2470. The Statement, which is
incorporated by reference into this prospectus, has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and is available along with other related
materials on the SEC's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov).
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
Contents--see page 4.
NOT FDIC INSURED
MAY LOSE VALUE
NO BANK GUARANTEE
Scudder
U.S. Treasury Money Fund
Prospectus
November 1, 1997
A pure no-load(TM) (no sales charges) money market fund seeking safety,
liquidity and stability of capital and, consistent therewith, current income.
The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing in short-term U.S.
Government securities and repurchase agreements.
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Expense information
How to compare a Scudder pure no-load(TM) fund
This information is designed to help you understand the various costs and
expenses of investing in Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund (the "Fund"). By
reviewing this table and those in other mutual funds' prospectuses, you can
compare the Fund's fees and expenses with those of other funds. With Scudder's
pure no-load(TM) funds, you pay no commissions to purchase or redeem shares, or
to exchange from one fund to another. As a result, all of your investment goes
to work for you.
1) Shareholder transaction expenses: Expenses charged directly to your
individual account in the Fund for various transactions.
Sales commissions to purchase shares (sales load) NONE
Commissions to reinvest dividends NONE
Redemption fees NONE*
Fees to exchange shares NONE
2) Annual Fund operating expenses: Expenses paid by the Fund before it
distributes its net investment income, expressed as a percentage of the
Fund's average daily net assets for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1997.
Investment management fee (after waiver) 0.21%
12b-1 fees NONE
Other expenses 0.44%
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Total Fund operating expenses (after waiver) 0.65%**
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Example
Based on the level of total Fund operating expenses listed above, the total
expenses relating to a $1,000 investment, assuming a 5% annual return and
redemption at the end of each period, are listed below. Investors do not pay
these expenses directly; they are paid by the Fund before it distributes its net
investment income to shareholders. (As noted above, the Fund has no redemption
fees of any kind.)
1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
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$7 $21 $36 $81
See "Fund organization--Investment adviser" for further information about the
investment management fee. This example assumes reinvestment of all dividends
and distributions and that the percentage amounts listed under "Annual Fund
operating expenses" remain the same each year. This example should not be
considered a representation of past or future expenses or return. Actual Fund
expenses and return vary from year to year and may be higher or lower than those
shown.
* You may redeem by writing or calling the Fund or by Write-A-Check. If you
wish to receive your redemption proceeds via wire, there is a $5 wire
service fee. For additional information, please refer to "Transaction
information--Redeeming shares."
** Until October 31, 1998, the Adviser has agreed to waive all or a portion of
its investment management fee payable by the Fund to the extent necessary so
that the total annualized expenses of the Fund do not exceed 0.65% of the
average daily net assets. If the Adviser had not agreed to do so, Fund
operating expenses would have been: investment management fee .50%, other
expenses .44% and total operating expenses .94% for the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1997.
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Financial highlights
The following table includes selected data for a share outstanding throughout
each year and other performance information derived from the audited financial
statements.
If you would like more detailed information concerning the Fund's performance,
a complete portfolio listing and audited financial statements are available in
the Fund's Annual Report dated June 30, 1997 and may be obtained without
charge by writing or calling Scudder Investor Services, Inc.
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Years Ended June 30,
1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988
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Net asset value, beginning ----------------------------------------------------------------------
of period .............. $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000
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Net investment income .... .045 .048 .046 .027 .027 .044 .065 .075 .074 .055
Less distributions from net
investment income and net
realized gains on
investment transactions (a) (.045) (.048) (.046) (.027) (.027) (.044) (.065) (.075) (.074) (.055)
Net asset value, end of ----------------------------------------------------------------------
period ................. $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000
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Total Return (%) ......... 4.58 4.91 4.70 2.74 2.74 4.48 6.71 7.74 7.66 5.69
Ratios and Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period
($ millions) ........... 399 396 383 383 305 299 272 198 167 154
Ratio of operating expenses,
net to daily net average
assets (%) ............. .65 .65 .65 .65 .65 .65 .82 .98 1.01 1.04
Ratio of operating expenses
before expense reductions,
to average daily
net assets (%) ........ .94 .92 .90 .90 .85 .85 .91 .98 1.01 1.04
Ratio of net investment
income to average net
assets (%) ............. 4.49 4.80 4.61 2.75 2.69 4.31 6.37 7.46 7.41 5.54
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(a) Net realized capital gains were less than 6/10 of 1 cents per share.
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A message from Scudder's chairman
Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc., investment adviser to the Scudder Family of
Funds, was founded in 1919. We offered America's first no-load mutual fund in
1928. Today, we manage in excess of $125 billion for many private accounts and
over 50 mutual fund portfolios. We manage the mutual funds in a special program
for the American Association of Retired Persons, as well as the fund options
available through Scudder Horizon Plan, a tax-advantaged variable annuity. We
also advise The Japan Fund and nine closed-end funds that invest in countries
around the world.
The Scudder Family of Funds is designed to make investing easy and less costly.
It includes money market, tax free, income and growth funds as well as IRAs,
401(k)s, Keoghs and other retirement plans.
Services available to all shareholders include toll-free access to the
professional service representatives of Scudder Investor Relations, easy
exchange among funds, shareholder reports, informative newsletters and the
walk-in convenience of Scudder Investor Centers.
All Scudder mutual funds are pure no-load(TM). This means you pay no commissions
to purchase or redeem your shares or to exchange from one fund to another. There
are no "12b-1" fees either, which many other funds now charge to support their
marketing efforts. All of your investment goes to work for you. We look forward
to welcoming you as a shareholder.
/s/Daniel Pierce
Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund
Investment objective
o safety, liquidity and stability of capital and, consistent therewith,
current income
o seeks to achieve its objective by investing in short-term U.S. Government
securities and repurchase agreements
Investment characteristics
o stable share price
o fluctuating yield
o daily liquidity and free check writing
o dividends declared daily and paid monthly
Contents
Investment objective and policies 5
Why invest in the Fund? 6
Additional information about policies
and investments 6
Distribution and performance information 7
Fund organization 7
Transaction information 9
Shareholder benefits 12
Purchases 15
Exchanges and redemptions 16
Investment products and services 18
How to contact Scudder 19
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Investment objective and
policies
Investment objective
Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund (the "Fund"), a diversified, open-end
management investment company, seeks to provide safety, liquidity and stability
of capital and, consistent therewith, to provide current income. The Fund seeks
to achieve its objective by investing in short-term U.S. Government securities
and repurchase agreements. The Fund also seeks to maintain a constant net asset
value of $1.00 and declares dividends daily.
Except as otherwise indicated, the Fund's investment objective and policies are
not fundamental and may be changed without a vote of shareholders. If there is a
change in investment objective, shareholders should consider whether the Fund
remains an appropriate investment in light of their then current financial
position and needs. There can be no assurance that the Fund's objective will be
met.
Investment characteristics
The Fund seeks to provide investors with current income and stability of capital
through a portfolio consisting primarily of short-term U.S. Treasury obligations
and similar investments. The Fund is a "fixed price" fund; that is, it seeks to
maintain a constant share price of $1.00, although under certain circumstances
this may not be possible. This price stability makes the Fund suitable for
investors who are seeking current income and who are unwilling to accept stock
or bond market risk.
The Fund is also designed to minimize credit risk. It invests exclusively in
short-term securities unconditionally guaranteed by the U.S. Government (as to
payment of both principal and interest) and repurchase agreements backed fully
by U.S. Treasury securities.
The Fund invests in U.S. Government securities whose interest is specifically
exempted from state and local income taxes under federal law; the interest is
not exempt from federal income tax. Most, but not all, states allow this
tax-exempt character of the Fund's income to pass through to its shareholders,
so that distributions from the Fund to the extent derived from interest that is
exempt from state and local income taxes, are exempt from such taxes when earned
by a shareholder of the Fund. Shareholders should, however, contact their own
tax advisers regarding the possible exclusion for state and local income tax
purposes of the portion of distributions received from the Fund which is
attributable to interest from U.S. Government securities. Income earned by the
Fund from U.S. Treasury-backed repurchase agreements generally is not exempt
from state and local tax.
Investments
The Fund invests without limitation in short-term securities consisting of U.S.
Treasury notes, bonds, bills and in other securities issued or guaranteed by the
U.S. Government and thus backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States. The Fund may invest its assets, when conditions are appropriate, in
repurchase agreements, but only if they are fully collateralized by U.S.
Treasury obligations. At least 80% of the Fund's assets will be invested in
either U.S. Treasury securities or in repurchase agreements collateralized by
U.S. Treasury obligations. All of the securities in which the Fund may invest
are U.S. dollar-denominated. The Fund's investments in U.S. Government
obligations provide a high degree of safety and liquidity. Amendments have been
proposed to the federal rules regulating quality, maturity and diversification
requirements of money market funds, like the Fund. If the amendments are adopted
the Fund intends to comply with such new requirements. The Fund may also invest
in when-issued securities, whose market value may involve an unrealized gain or
loss prior to settlement. In addition the Fund may invest, to a limited extent,
in illiquid or restricted securities.
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The Fund's investments in U.S. Government securities may have maturities of up
to 762 calendar days; all other portfolio securities will have maturities of up
to 397 calendar days. The dollar-weighted average maturity of the Fund's
portfolio investments varies with money market conditions, but is always 90 days
or less. As a money market fund with a short-term maturity, the Fund's income
fluctuates with changes in interest rates but its price is expected to remain
fixed at $1.00 per share.
Why invest in the Fund?
The Fund can be appropriate for investors who are concerned about stability of
principal. If investors are just starting out and want their assets to grow in a
stable investment, if they want to keep their nest egg safe and handy, or if
they are simply looking to "park" their investment capital for a short time, a
government money market fund may be a good choice. One appealing characteristic
of a money market fund is that it seeks to maintain a stable share price. Thus,
not only should investors have the value of their initial investment maintained,
they ordinarily will have earnings on that investment, plus earnings on those
earnings, if dividends are reinvested.
Another important feature of the Fund is daily liquidity. Investors can gain
access to their cash by toll-free telephone redemption or with our convenient
check writing option. Shareholders may write checks of at least $100.
The Fund is appropriate for investors who are seeking a high degree of credit
safety. U.S. Treasury bills, notes and bonds and other securities backed by the
full faith and credit of the U.S. Government are considered to be of the highest
quality and among the safest investments to own. Income derived from these
securities is exempt from state and local taxes in many regions of the country.
In addition, the Fund offers all the benefits of the Scudder Family of Funds.
Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc. manages a diverse family of pure no-load(TM)
funds and provides a wide range of services to help investors meet their
investment needs. Please refer to "Investment products and services" for
additional information.
Additional information about policies and investments
Investment restrictions
The Fund has adopted certain fundamental policies which may not be changed
without a vote of shareholders and which are designed to reduce the Fund's
investment risk. The Fund may not borrow money except as a temporary measure for
extraordinary or emergency purposes and may not make loans except through the
lending of portfolio securities, the purchase of debt obligations or through
repurchase agreements.
A complete description of these and other policies and restrictions is contained
under "Investment Restrictions" in the Fund's Statement of Additional
Information.
Repurchase agreements
As a means of earning income for periods as short as overnight, the Fund may
enter into repurchase agreements with selected banks and broker/ dealers. Under
a repurchase agreement, the Fund acquires securities, subject to the seller's
agreement to repurchase those securities at a specified time and price. If the
seller under a repurchase agreement becomes insolvent, the Fund's right to
dispose of the securities may be restricted, or the value of the securities may
decline before the Fund is able to dispose of them. In the event of the
commencement of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings with respect to the seller
of the securities before repurchase under a repurchase agreement, the Fund may
encounter delay and incur costs, including a decline in the value of the
securities, before being able to sell the securities.
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When-issued securities
The Fund may purchase securities on a when-issued or forward delivery basis, for
payment and delivery at a later date. The price and yield are generally fixed on
the date of commitment to purchase. During the period between purchase and
settlement, no interest accrues to the Fund. At the time of settlement, the
market value of the security may be more or less than the purchase price.
Distribution and performance information
Dividends and capital gains distributions
The Fund's dividends from net investment income are declared daily and
distributed monthly. The Fund takes into account realized gains and losses on
securities held for one year or less (short-term capital gain/loss) in its daily
dividend. The Fund generally intends to distribute any net realized long-term
capital gains after utilization of capital loss carryforwards, if any, in
November or December to prevent application of federal excise tax, although an
additional distribution may be made, if necessary. Any dividends or capital
gains distributions declared in October, November or December with a record date
in such a month and paid during the following January will be treated by
shareholders for federal income tax purposes as if received on December 31 of
the calendar year declared. According to preference, shareholders may receive
distributions in cash or have them reinvested in additional shares of the Fund.
If an investment is in the form of a retirement plan, all dividends and capital
gains distributions must be reinvested into the shareholder's account.
Dividends from net investment income are taxable to shareholders as ordinary
income whether received in cash or additional shares.
Long-term capital gains distributions, if any, are taxable as long-term capital
gains regardless of the length of time shareholders have owned their shares.
Short-term capital gains and any other taxable income distributions are taxable
as ordinary income. It is not expected that dividends will qualify for the
dividends-received deduction for corporations.
The Fund sends detailed tax information to shareholders about the amount and
type of its distributions by January 31 of the following year.
Performance information
From time to time, quotations of the Fund's performance may be included in
advertisements, sales literature or shareholder reports. All performance figures
are historical, show the performance of a hypothetical investment and are not
intended to indicate future performance. The "yield" of the Fund refers to
income generated by an investment in the Fund over a specified seven-day period.
Yield is expressed as an annualized percentage. The "effective yield" of the
Fund is expressed similarly but, when annualized, the income earned by an
investment in the Fund is assumed to be reinvested and will reflect the effects
of compounding. "Total return" is the change in value of an investment in the
Fund for a specified period. The "average annual total return" of the Fund is
the average annual compound rate of return of an investment in the Fund assuming
the investment has been held for one year, five years and ten years as of a
stated ending date. "Cumulative total return" represents the cumulative change
in value of an investment in the Fund for various periods. All types of total
return calculations assume that all dividends and capital gains distributions
during the period were reinvested in shares of the Fund. Performance will vary
based upon, among other things, changes in market conditions and the level of
the Fund's expenses.
Fund organization
Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund is a diversified, open-end management
investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the
"1940" Act). The Fund was organized as a Massachusetts business trust in April
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1980. The Fund changed its name from Scudder Government Money Fund on March 1,
1991.
The Fund's activities are supervised by its Board of Trustees. Shareholders have
one vote for each share held on matters on which they are entitled to vote. The
Fund is not required to and has no current intention of holding annual
shareholder meetings, although special meetings may be called for purposes such
as electing or removing Trustees, changing fundamental investment policies or
approving an investment management contract. Shareholders will be assisted in
communicating with other shareholders in connection with removing a Trustee as
if Section 16(c) of the 1940 Act were applicable.
Investment adviser
The Fund retains the investment management firm of Scudder, Stevens & Clark,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, to manage the Fund's daily investment and business
affairs subject to the policies established by the Board of Trustees. The
Trustees have overall responsibility for the management of the Fund under
Massachusetts law.
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1997, Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc. (the
"Adviser") received an investment management fee of 0.21% of the Fund's average
daily net assets on an annual basis.
The fee is payable monthly, provided that the Fund will make such interim
payments as may be requested by the Adviser not to exceed 75% of the amount of
the fee then accrued on the books of the Fund and unpaid.
Until October 31, 1998, the Fund's Adviser has agreed to continue to maintain
the total annualized expenses of the Fund at 0.65% of average daily net assets
of the Fund.
All of the Fund's expenses are paid out of gross investment income. Shareholders
pay no direct charges or fees for investment or administrative services.
Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc., is located at Two International Place, Boston,
Massachusetts.
Scudder has entered into an agreement with Zurich Insurance Company ("Zurich"),
an international insurance and financial services organization, pursuant to
which Scudder will form a new global investment organization by combining with
Zurich's subsidiary, Zurich Kemper Investments, Inc., and change its name to
Scudder Kemper Investments, Inc. After the transaction is completed, Zurich will
own approximately 70% of the new organization with the balance owned by the new
organization's officers and employees.
Consummation of the transaction is subject to a number of contingencies,
including regulatory approvals. The transaction is expected to close in the
fourth quarter of 1997. Upon consummation of the transaction the investment
management agreement with Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc., will terminate. The
Trustees have approved an investment management agreement with Scudder Kemper
Investments, Inc. which is substantially identical to the current investment
management agreement to become effective upon the termination of the current
investment management agreement.
Transfer agent
Scudder Service Corporation, P.O. Box 2291, Boston, Massachusetts 02107-2291, a
subsidiary of the Adviser, is the transfer, shareholder servicing and
dividend-paying agent for the Fund.
Underwriter
Scudder Investor Services, Inc., a subsidiary of the Adviser, is the Fund's
principal underwriter. Scudder Investor Services, Inc. confirms, as agent, all
purchases of shares of the Fund. Scudder Investor Relations is a telephone
information service provided by Scudder Investor Services, Inc.
Fund accounting agent
Scudder Fund Accounting Corporation, a subsidiary of the Adviser, is responsible
for determining the daily net asset value per share and maintaining the general
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accounting records of the Fund.
Custodian
State Street Bank and Trust Company is the Fund's custodian.
Transaction information
Purchasing shares
Purchases are executed at the next calculated net asset value per share after
the Fund's transfer agent receives the purchase request in good order. Purchases
are made in full and fractional shares. (See "Share price.")
By check. If you purchase shares with a check that does not clear, your purchase
will be canceled and you will be subject to any losses or fees incurred in the
transaction. Checks must be drawn on or payable through a U.S. bank. If you
purchase shares by check and redeem them within seven business days of purchase,
the Fund may hold redemption proceeds until the purchase check has cleared. If
you purchase shares by federal funds wire, you may avoid this delay. Redemption
requests by telephone or by "Write-A-Check" prior to the expiration of the
seven-day period will not be accepted.
By wire. To open a new account by wire, first call Scudder at 1-800-225-5163 to
obtain an account number. A representative will instruct you to send a
completed, signed application to the transfer agent. Accounts cannot be opened
without a completed, signed application and a Scudder fund account number.
Contact your bank to arrange a wire transfer to:
The Scudder Funds
State Street Bank and Trust Company
Boston, MA 02101
ABA Number 011000028
DDA Account 9903-5552
Your wire instructions must also include:
- -- the name of the fund in which the money is to be invested,
- -- the account number of the fund, and
- -- the name(s) of the account holder(s).
The account will be established once the application and money order are
received in good order.
You may also make additional investments of $100 or more to your existing
account by wire.
By exchange. The Fund may be exchanged for shares of other funds in the Scudder
Family of Funds unless otherwise determined by the Board of Trustees. Your new
account will have the same registration and address as your existing account.
The exchange requirements for corporations, other organizations, trusts,
fiduciaries, agents, institutional investors and retirement plans may be
different from those for regular accounts. Please call 1-800-225-5163 for more
information, including information about the transfer of special account
features.
You can also make exchanges among your Scudder fund accounts on SAIL, the
Scudder Automated Information Line, by calling 1-800-343-2890.
By "QuickBuy." If you elected "QuickBuy" for your account, you can call
toll-free to purchase shares. The money will be automatically transferred from
your predesignated bank checking account. Your bank must be a member of the
Automated Clearing House for you to use this service. If you did not elect
"QuickBuy," call 1-800-225-5163 for more information.
To purchase additional shares, call 1-800-225-5163. Purchases may not be for
more than $250,000. Proceeds in the amount of your purchase will be transferred
from your bank checking account in two or three business days following your
call. For requests received by the close of regular trading on the Exchange,
shares will be purchased at the net asset value per share calculated at the
close of trading on the day of your call. "QuickBuy" requests received after the
close of regular trading on the Exchange will begin their processing and be
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purchased at the net asset value calculated the following business day.
If you purchase shares by "QuickBuy" and redeem them within seven days of the
purchase, the Fund may hold the redemption proceeds for a period of up to seven
business days. If you purchase shares and there are insufficient funds in your
bank account, the purchase will be canceled and you will be subject to any
losses or fees incurred in the transaction. "QuickBuy" transactions are not
available for most retirement plan accounts. However, "QuickBuy" transactions
are available for Scudder IRA accounts.
Redeeming shares
The Fund allows you to redeem shares (i.e., sell them back to the Fund) without
redemption fees.
By telephone. This is the quickest and easiest way to sell Fund shares. If you
provided your banking information on your application, you can call to request
that federal funds be sent to your authorized bank account. If you did not
include your banking information on your application, call 1-800-225-5163 for
more information.
Redemption proceeds will be wired to your bank unless otherwise requested. If
your bank cannot receive federal reserve wires, redemption proceeds will be
mailed to your bank. There will be a $5 charge for all wire redemptions.
You can also make redemptions from your Scudder fund account on SAIL by calling
1-800-343-2890.
If you open an account by wire, you cannot redeem shares by telephone until the
Fund's transfer agent has received your completed and signed application.
Telephone redemption is not available for shares held in Scudder IRA accounts
and most other Scudder retirement plan accounts.
In the event that you are unable to reach the Fund by telephone, you should
write to the Fund; see "How to contact Scudder" for the address.
By "QuickSell." If you elected "QuickSell" for your account, you can call
toll-free to redeem shares. The money will be automatically transferred to your
predesignated bank checking account. Your bank must be a member of the Automated
Clearing House for you to use this service. If you did not elect "QuickSell,"
call 1-800-225-5163 for more information.
To redeem shares, call 1-800-225-5163. Redemptions must be for at least $250.
Proceeds in the amount of your redemption will be transferred to your bank
checking account in two or three business days following your call. For requests
received by the close of regular trading on the Exchange, shares will be
redeemed at the net asset value per share calculated at the close of trading on
the day of your call. "QuickSell" requests received after the close of regular
trading on the Exchange will begin their processing and be redeemed at the net
asset value calculated the following business day.
"QuickSell" transactions are not available for Scudder IRA accounts and most
other retirement plan accounts.
Signature guarantees. For your protection and to prevent fraudulent redemptions,
on written redemption requests in excess of $100,000 we require an original
signature and an original signature guarantee for each person in whose name the
account is registered. (The Fund reserves the right, however, to require a
signature guarantee for all redemptions.) You can obtain a signature guarantee
from most banks, credit unions or savings associations, or from broker/dealers,
municipal securities broker/dealers, government securities broker/dealers,
national securities exchanges, registered securities associations or clearing
agencies deemed eligible by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Signature
guarantees by notaries public are not acceptable. Redemption requirements for
corporations, other organizations, trusts, fiduciaries, agents, institutional
investors and retirement plans may be different from those for regular accounts.
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For more information, please call 1-800-225-5163.
By "Write-A-Check." You may redeem shares by writing checks against your account
balance for at least $100. Your Fund investments will continue to earn dividends
until your check is presented to the Fund for payment.
Checks will be returned by the Fund's transfer agent if there are insufficient
shares to meet the withdrawal amount. You should not attempt to close an account
by check because the exact balance at the time the check clears will not be
known when the check is written.
Telephone transactions
Shareholders automatically receive the ability to exchange by telephone and the
right to redeem by telephone up to $100,000 to their address of record.
Shareholders also may, by telephone, request that redemption proceeds be sent to
a predesignated bank account. The Fund uses procedures designed to give
reasonable assurance that telephone instructions are genuine, including
recording telephone calls, testing a caller's identity and sending written
confirmation of telephone transactions. If the Fund does not follow such
procedures, it may be liable for losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent
telephone instructions. The Fund will not be liable for acting upon instructions
communicated by telephone that it reasonably believes to be genuine.
Share Price
Purchases and redemptions, including exchanges, are made at net asset value.
Scudder Fund Accounting Corporation determines net asset value per share as of
twelve o'clock noon and as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock
Exchange (the "Exchange"), normally 4 p.m. eastern time, on each day the
Exchange is open for trading. Net asset value per share is calculated by
dividing the value of total Fund assets, less all liabilities, by the total
number of shares outstanding. In calculating the net asset value per share, the
Fund uses the current market value of the securities. However, for securities
with sixty days or less to maturity, the Fund uses the amortized cost value.
Processing time
Purchases made by wire and received by the Fund's transfer agent before noon on
any business day are executed at noon on that day and begin earning income the
same day. Those made by wire between noon and the close of regular trading on
the Exchange on any business day are executed at the close of trading the same
day and begin earning income the next business day. Purchases made by check are
executed on the day the check is received in good order by the Fund's transfer
agent and begin earning income on the next business day. Redemption requests
received in good order by the Fund's transfer agent between noon and the close
of regular trading on the Exchange are executed at the net asset value
calculated at the close of regular trading on that day and will earn a dividend
on the redeemed shares that day. If a redemption request is received by noon,
proceeds will normally be wired that day, if requested by the shareholder, but
no dividend will be earned on the redeemed shares on that day.
If you wish to make a purchase of $500,000 or more, you should notify Scudder
Investor Relations by calling 1-800-225-5163.
The Fund will normally send redemption proceeds within one business day
following the redemption request, but may take up to seven business days (or
longer in the case of shares recently purchased by check).
Purchase restrictions
The Fund and Scudder Investor Services, Inc. each reserves the right to reject
purchases of Fund shares (including exchanges) for any reason.
Tax identification number
Be sure to complete the Tax Identification Number section of the Fund's
application when you open an account. Federal tax law requires the Fund to
withhold 31% of taxable dividends and capital gains distributions from accounts
(other than those of certain exempt payees) without a correct certified Social
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Security or tax identification number and certain other certified information or
upon notification from the IRS or a broker that withholding is required. The
Fund reserves the right to reject new account applications without a correct
certified Social Security or tax identification number. The Fund also reserves
the right, following 30 days' notice, to redeem all shares in accounts without a
correct certified Social Security or tax identification number. A shareholder
may avoid involuntary redemption by providing the Fund with a tax identification
number during the 30-day notice period.
Minimum balances
Shareholders should maintain a share balance worth at least $2,500, which amount
may be changed by the Board of Trustees. Scudder retirement plans and certain
other accounts have similar or lower minimum share balance requirements. A
shareholder may open an account with at least $1,000, if an automatic investment
plan of $100/month is established.
Shareholders who maintain a non-fiduciary account balance of less than $2,500 in
the Fund, without establishing an automatic investment plan, will be assessed an
annual $10.00 per fund charge with the fee to be paid to the Fund. The $10.00
charge will not apply to shareholders with a combined household account balance
in any of the Scudder Funds of $25,000 or more. The Fund reserves the right,
following 60 days' written notice to shareholders, to redeem all shares in
accounts below $250, including accounts of new investors, where a reduction in
value has occurred due to a redemption or exchange out of the account. The Fund
will mail the proceeds of the redeemed account to the shareholder. Reductions in
value that result solely from market activity will not trigger an involuntary
redemption. Retirement accounts and certain other accounts will not be assessed
the $10.00 charge or be subject to automatic liquidation. Please refer to
"Exchanges and Redemptions--Other Information" in the Fund's Statement of
Additional Information for more information.
Third party transactions
If purchases and redemptions of Fund shares are arranged and settlement is made
at an investor's election through a member of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc., other than Scudder Investor Services, Inc., that
member may, at its discretion, charge a fee for that service.
Shareholder benefits
Experienced professional management
Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc., one of the nation's most experienced investment
management firms, actively manages your Scudder fund investment. Professional
management is an important advantage for investors who do not have the time or
expertise to invest directly in individual securities.
A team approach to investing
Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund is managed by a team of Scudder investment
professionals who each play an important role in the Fund's management process.
Team members work together to develop investment strategies and select
securities for the Fund's portfolio. They are supported by Scudder's large staff
of economists, research analysts, traders and other investment specialists.
Scudder believes its team approach benefits Fund investors by bringing together
many disciplines and leveraging Scudder's extensive resources.
Lead Portfolio Manager David B. Wines assumed responsibility for the Fund's
day-to-day management in 1996. Mr. Wines focuses on overall investment strategy
and has over 14 years of experience as a portfolio manager in the securities
business, including 8 years in the mutual fund business. Debra A. Hanson,
Portfolio Manager, who joined the team in 1995, develops and executes investment
strategy for the Fund. Ms. Hanson joined Scudder in 1983 and has over 14 years'
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experience trading and managing fixed-income portfolios. K. Sue Cote, Portfolio
Manager, joined Scudder in 1983 and has 14 years' experience working with
short-term fixed-income investments.
SAIL(TM)--Scudder Automated Information Line
For personalized account information including fund prices, yields and account
balances, to perform transactions in existing Scudder fund accounts, or to
obtain information on any Scudder fund, shareholders can call Scudder's
Automated Information Line (SAIL) at 1-800-343-2890, 24 hours a day. During
periods of extreme economic or market changes, or other conditions, it may be
difficult for you to effect telephone transactions in your account. In such an
event you should write to the Fund; please see "How to contact Scudder" for the
address.
Investment flexibility
Scudder offers toll-free telephone exchange between funds at current net asset
value. You can move your investments among money market, income, growth,
tax-free and growth and income funds with a simple toll-free call or, if you
prefer, by sending your instructions through the mail or by fax. (The exchange
privilege may not be available for certain Scudder funds. For more information,
please call 1-800-225-5163.) Telephone and fax redemptions and exchanges are
subject to termination and their terms are subject to change at any time by the
Fund or the transfer agent. In some cases, the transfer agent or Scudder
Investor Services, Inc. may impose additional conditions on telephone
transactions.
Personal CounselSM -- A Managed Fund Portfolio Program
If you would like to receive direct guidance and management of your overall
mutual fund portfolio to help you pursue your investment goals, you may be
interested in Personal Counsel from Scudder. Personal Counsel, a program of
Scudder Investor Services, Inc., a registered investment adviser and a
subsidiary of Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc., combines the benefits of a
customized portfolio of pure no-load Scudder Funds with ongoing portfolio
monitoring and individualized service, for an annual fee of generally 1% or less
of assets (with a $1,000 minimum). In addition, it draws upon Scudder's more
than 75-year heritage of providing investment counsel to large corporate and
private clients. If you have $100,000 or more to invest initially and would like
more information about Personal Counsel, please call 1-800-700-0183.
Dividend reinvestment plan
You may have dividends and distributions automatically reinvested in additional
Fund shares. Please call 1-800-225-5163 to request this feature.
Shareholder statements
You receive a detailed account statement every time you purchase or redeem
shares. All of your statements should be retained to help you keep track of
account activity and the cost of shares for tax purposes.
Shareholder reports
In addition to account statements, you receive periodic shareholder reports
highlighting relevant information, including investment results and a review of
portfolio changes.
To reduce the volume of mail you receive, only one copy of most Fund reports,
such as the Fund's Annual Report, may be mailed to your household (same surname,
same address). Please call 1-800-225-5163 if you wish to receive additional
shareholder reports.
Newsletters
Four times a year, Scudder sends you Perspectives, an informative newsletter
covering economic and investment developments, service enhancements and other
topics of interest to Scudder fund investors.
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Scudder Investor Centers
As a convenience to shareholders who like to conduct business in person, Scudder
Investor Services, Inc. maintains Investor Centers in Boca Raton, Boston,
Chicago, New York and San Francisco.
T.D.D. service for the hearing impaired
Scudder's full range of investor information and shareholder services is
available to hearing impaired investors through a toll-free T.D.D. (Telephone
Device for the Deaf) service. If you have access to a T.D.D., call
1-800-543-7916 for investment information or specific account questions and
transactions.
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Opening Minimum initial investment: $2,500; IRAs $1,000
an account Group retirement plans (401(k), 403(b), etc.) have similar or lower minimums.
See appropriate plan literature.
Make checks o By Mail Send your completed and signed application and check
payable to "The
Scudder Funds."
by regular mail to: or by express, registered,
or certified mail to:
The Scudder Funds Scudder Shareholder Service
P.O. Box 2291 Center
Boston, MA 42 Longwater Drive
02107-2291 Norwell, MA
02061-1612
o By Wire Please see Transaction information--Purchasing shares-- By
wire for details, including the ABA wire transfer number. Then call
1-800-225-5163 for instructions.
o In Person Visit one of our Investor Centers to complete your application with the
help of a Scudder representative. Investor Center locations are listed
under Shareholder benefits.
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Purchasing Minimum additional investment: $100; IRAs $50
additional shares Group retirement plans (401(k), 403(b), etc.) have similar or lower minimums.
See appropriate plan literature.
Make checks o By Mail Send a check with a Scudder investment slip, or with a letter of
payable to "The instruction including your account number and the
Scudder Funds." complete Fund name, to the appropriate address listed above.
o By Wire Please see Transaction information--Purchasing shares-- By
wire for details, including the ABA wire transfer number.
o In Person Visit one of our Investor Centers to make an additional
investment in your Scudder fund account. Investor Center locations
are listed under Shareholder benefits.
o By Telephone Please see Transaction information--Purchasing shares--
By QuickBuy for more details.
o By Automatic You may arrange to make investments on a regular basis through automatic
Investment Plan deductions from your bank checking account. Please call 1-800-225-5163
($50 minimum) for more information and an enrollment form.
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Exchanges and redemptions
Exchanging shares Minimum investments: $2,500 to establish a new account;
$100 to exchange among existing accounts
o By Telephone To speak with a service representative, call 1-800-225-5163 from
8 a.m. to 8 p.m. eastern time or to access SAIL(TM), Scudder's Automated
Information Line, call 1-800-343-2890 (24 hours a day).
o By Mail Print or type your instructions and include:
or Fax - the name of the Fund and the account number you are exchanging from;
- your name(s) and address as they appear on your account;
- the dollar amount or number of shares you wish to exchange;
- the name of the Fund you are exchanging into;
- your signature(s) as it appears on your account; and
- a daytime telephone number.
Send your instructions
by regular mail to: or by express, registered, or by fax to:
or certified mail to:
The Scudder Funds Scudder Shareholder 1-800-821-6234
P.O. Box 2291 Service Center
Boston, MA 02107-2291 42 Longwater Drive
Norwell, MA
02061-1612
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Redeeming shares o By Telephone To speak with a service representative, call 1-800-225-5163 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
eastern time or to access SAIL(TM), Scudder's Automated Information Line, call
1-800-343-2890 (24 hours a day). You may have redemption proceeds sent to your
predesignated bank account, or redemption proceeds of up to $100,000 sent to your
address of record.
o By "Write- You may redeem shares by writing checks against your account balance as often as
A-Check" you like for at least $100, but not more than $5,000,000.
o By Mail Send your instructions for redemption to the appropriate address or fax number
or Fax above and include:
- the name of the Fund and account number you are redeeming from;
- your name(s) and address as they appear on your account;
- the dollar amount or number of shares you wish to redeem;
- your signature(s) as it appears on your account; and
- a daytime telephone number.
A signature guarantee is required for redemptions over $100,000. See Transaction
information--Redeeming shares.
o By Automatic You may arrange to receive automatic cash payments periodically. Call
Withdrawal 1-800-225-5163 for more information and an enrollment form.
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Scudder tax-advantaged retirement plans
Scudder offers a variety of tax-advantaged retirement plans for individuals,
businesses and non-profit organizations. These flexible plans are designed for
use with the Scudder Family of Funds (except Scudder tax-free funds, which are
inappropriate for such plans). Scudder Funds offer a broad range of investment
objectives and can be used to seek almost any investment goal. Using Scudder's
retirement plans can help shareholders save on current taxes while building
their retirement savings.
o Scudder No-Fee IRAs. These retirement plans allow a maximum annual
contribution of up to $2,000 per person for anyone with earned income (up
to $2,000 per individual for married couples if only one spouse has earned
income). Many people can deduct all or part of their contributions from
their taxable income, and all investment earnings accrue on a tax-deferred
basis. The Scudder No-Fee IRA charges you no annual custodial fee.
o 401(k) Plans. 401(k) plans allow employers and employees to make
tax-deductible retirement contributions. Scudder offers a full service
program that includes recordkeeping, prototype plan, employee
communications and trustee services, as well as investment options.
o Profit Sharing and Money Purchase Pension Plans. These plans allow
corporations, partnerships and people who are self-employed to make annual,
tax-deductible contributions of up to $30,000 for each person covered by
the plans. Plans may be adopted individually or paired to maximize
contributions. These are sometimes known as Keogh plans. The Scudder Keogh
charges you no annual custodial fee.
o 403(b) Plans. Retirement plans for tax-exempt organizations and school
systems to which employers and employees may both contribute.
o SEP-IRAs. Easily administered retirement plans for small businesses and
self-employed individuals. The maximum annual contribution to SEP-IRA
accounts is adjusted each year for inflation. The Scudder SEP-IRA charges
you no annual custodial fee.
o Scudder Horizon Plan. A no-load variable annuity that lets you build assets
by deferring taxes on your investment earnings. You can start with $2,500
or more.
Scudder Trust Company (an affiliate of the Adviser) is Trustee or Custodian for
some of these plans and is paid an annual fee for some of the above retirement
plans. For information about establishing a Scudder No-Fee IRA, SEP-IRA, Profit
Sharing Plan, Money Purchase Pension Plan or a Scudder Horizon Plan, please call
1-800-225-2470. For information about 401(k)s or 403(b)s please call
1-800-323-6105. To effect transactions in existing IRA, SEP-IRA, Profit Sharing
or Pension Plan accounts, call 1-800-225-5163.
The variable annuity contract is provided by Charter National Life Insurance
Company (in New York State, Intramerica Life Insurance Company [S 1802]). The
contract is offered by Scudder Insurance Agency, Inc. (in New York State, Nevada
and Montana, Scudder Insurance Agency of New York, Inc.). CNL, Inc. is the
Principal Underwriter. Scudder Horizon Plan is not available in all states.
Scudder Investor Relations is a service provided through Scudder Investor
Services, Inc., Distributor.
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Investment products and services
The Scudder Family of Funds+++
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Money Market
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Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund
Scudder Cash Investment Trust
Scudder Money Market Series --
Premium Shares*
Managed Shares*
Scudder Government Money Market Series --
Managed Shares*
Tax Free Money Market+
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Scudder Tax Free Money Fund
Scudder Tax Free Money Market Series--
Managed Shares*
Scudder California Tax Free Money Fund**
Scudder New York Tax Free Money Fund**
Tax Free+
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Scudder Limited Term Tax Free Fund
Scudder Medium Term Tax Free Fund
Scudder Managed Municipal Bonds
Scudder High Yield Tax Free Fund
Scudder California Tax Free Fund**
Scudder Massachusetts Limited Term Tax Free Fund**
Scudder Massachusetts Tax Free Fund**
Scudder New York Tax Free Fund**
Scudder Ohio Tax Free Fund**
Scudder Pennsylvania Tax Free Fund**
U.S. Income
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Scudder Short Term Bond Fund
Scudder Zero Coupon 2000 Fund
Scudder GNMA Fund
Scudder Income Fund
Scudder High Yield Bond Fund
Global Income
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Scudder Global Bond Fund
Scudder International Bond Fund
Scudder Emerging Markets Income Fund
Asset Allocation
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Scudder Pathway Conservative Portfolio
Scudder Pathway Balanced Portfolio
Scudder Pathway Growth Portfolio
Scudder Pathway International Portfolio
U.S. Growth and Income
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Scudder Balanced Fund
Scudder Growth and Income Fund
Scudder S&P 500 Index Fund
U.S. Growth
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Value
Scudder Large Company Value Fund
Scudder Value Fund
Scudder Small Company Value Fund
Scudder Micro Cap Fund
Growth
Scudder Classic Growth Fund
Scudder Large Company Growth Fund
Scudder Development Fund
Scudder 21st Century Growth Fund
Global Growth
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Worldwide
Scudder Global Fund
Scudder International Growth and Income Fund
Scudder International Fund
Scudder Global Discovery Fund
Scudder Emerging Markets Growth Fund
Scudder Gold Fund
Regional
Scudder Greater Europe Growth Fund
Scudder Pacific Opportunities Fund
Scudder Latin America Fund
The Japan Fund, Inc.
Retirement Programs
IRA
SEP IRA
Keogh Plan
401(k), 403(b) Plans
Scudder Horizon Plan **+++ +++
(a variable annuity)
Closed-End Funds#
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The Argentina Fund, Inc.
The Brazil Fund, Inc.
The Korea Fund, Inc.
The Latin America Dollar Income Fund, Inc.
Montgomery Street Income Securities, Inc.
Scudder New Asia Fund, Inc.
Scudder New Europe Fund, Inc.
Scudder Spain and Portugal Fund, Inc.
Scudder World Income Opportunities
Fund, Inc.
For complete information on any of the above Scudder funds, including management
fees and expenses, call or write for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before
you invest or send money. +++Funds within categories are listed in order from
expected least risk to most risk. +A portion of the income from the tax-free
funds may be subject to federal, state, and local taxes. *A class of shares of
the Fund. **Not available in all states. +++ +++A no-load variable annuity
contract provided by Charter National Life Insurance Company and its affiliate,
offered by Scudder's insurance agencies, 1-800-225-2470. #These funds, advised
by Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc., are traded on various stock exchanges.
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How to contact Scudder
Account Service and Information:
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For existing account service and transactions
Scudder Investor Relations -- 1-800-225-5163
For 24 hour account information, fund information, exchanges, and an
overview of all the services available to you
Scudder Electronic Account Services -- http://funds.scudder.com
For personalized information about your Scudder accounts, exchanges and redemptions
Scudder Automated Information Line (SAIL) -- 1-800-343-2890
Investment Information:
For information about the Scudder funds, including additional
applications and prospectuses, or for answers to investment questions
Scudder Investor Relations -- 1-800-225-2470
[email protected]
Scudder's World Wide Web Site -- http://funds.scudder.com
For establishing 401(k) and 403(b) plans
Scudder Defined Contribution Services -- 1-800-323-6105
Scudder Brokerage Services:
To receive information about this discount brokerage service and to obtain an application
Scudder Brokerage Services* -- 1-800-700-0820
Personal Counsel(SM) -- A Managed Fund Portfolio Program:
To receive information about this mutual fund portfolio guidance and management program
Personal Counsel from Scudder -- 1-800-700-0183
Please address all correspondence to:
The Scudder Funds
P.O. Box 2291
Boston, Massachusetts
02107-2291
Or Stop by a Scudder Investor Center:
Many shareholders enjoy the personal, one-on-one service of the Scudder
Investor Centers. Check for an Investor Center near you--they can be
found in the following cities:
Boca Raton Chicago San Francisco
Boston New York
Scudder Investor Relations and Scudder Investor Centers are services provided
through Scudder Investor Services, Inc., Distributor.
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* Scudder Brokerage Services, Inc., 42 Longwater Drive, Norwell, MA
02061--Member NASD/SIPC.
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SCUDDER CASH INVESTMENT TRUST
A Pure No-load(TM) (No Sales Charges) Mutual Fund Seeking to
Maintain the Stability of Capital and, consistent therewith,
to Maintain the Liquidity of Capital and to Provide Current Income.
The Fund Seeks to Achieve Its Objective by
Investing in Money Market Securities.
and
SCUDDER U.S. TREASURY MONEY FUND
A Pure No-load(TM) (No Sales Charges) Money Market Fund Seeking Safety,
Liquidity and Stability of Capital and, consistent therewith, Current Income.
The Fund Seeks to Achieve Its Objective by Investing in
Short-Term U.S. Government Securities.
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STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
November 1, 1997
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This combined Statement of Additional Information is not a prospectus
and should be read in conjunction with the prospectuses of Scudder Cash
Investment Trust and Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund each dated November 1,
1997, as may be amended from time to time, copies of which may be obtained
without charge by writing to Scudder Investor Services, Inc., Two International
Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110-4103.
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THE FUNDS' INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES........................................................................1
General Investment Objectives and Policies of Scudder Cash Investment Trust.................................1
General Investment Objectives and Policies of Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund..............................3
Specialized Investment Techniques of the Funds..............................................................4
Investment Restrictions.....................................................................................6
PURCHASES...........................................................................................................10
Additional Information About Opening an Account............................................................10
Checks.....................................................................................................10
Wire Transfer of Federal Funds.............................................................................11
Additional Information About Making Subsequent Investments by QuickBuy.....................................11
Share Price................................................................................................11
Share Certificates.........................................................................................12
Other Information..........................................................................................12
EXCHANGES AND REDEMPTIONS...........................................................................................12
Exchanges..................................................................................................12
Redemption by Telephone....................................................................................13
Redemption By QuickSell....................................................................................14
Redemption by Mail or Fax..................................................................................14
Redemption by Write-a-Check................................................................................15
Other Information..........................................................................................15
FEATURES AND SERVICES OFFERED BY THE FUNDS..........................................................................16
The Pure No-Load(TM) Concept...............................................................................16
Internet Access............................................................................................17
Dividend and Capital Gain Distribution Options.............................................................18
Scudder Investor Centers...................................................................................18
Diversification............................................................................................18
Reports to Shareholders....................................................................................18
Transaction Summaries......................................................................................18
THE SCUDDER FAMILY OF FUNDS.........................................................................................18
SPECIAL PLAN ACCOUNTS...............................................................................................23
Scudder Retirement Plans: Profit-Sharing and Money Purchase Pension Plans for Corporations and
Self-Employed Individuals.............................................................................23
Scudder 401(k): Cash or Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan for Corporations and Self-Employed Individuals........23
Scudder IRA: Individual Retirement Account................................................................23
Scudder 403(b) Plan........................................................................................24
Automatic Withdrawal Plan..................................................................................24
Group or Salary Deduction Plan.............................................................................25
Automatic Investment Plan..................................................................................25
Uniform Transfers/Gifts to Minors Act......................................................................25
DIVIDENDS...........................................................................................................26
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION.............................................................................................27
Yield......................................................................................................27
Effective Yield............................................................................................27
Average Annual Total Return................................................................................27
Cumulative Total Return....................................................................................28
Total Return...............................................................................................29
Comparison of Fund Performance.............................................................................29
ORGANIZATION OF THE FUNDS...........................................................................................32
INVESTMENT ADVISER..................................................................................................33
Scudder Cash Investment Trust..............................................................................34
Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund...........................................................................35
SCIT and Treasury Fund.....................................................................................36
Personal Investments by Employees of the Adviser...........................................................37
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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS...............................................................................................37
Scudder Cash Investment Trust..............................................................................37
Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund...........................................................................39
REMUNERATION........................................................................................................40
Responsibilities of the Board--Board and Committee Meetings................................................40
Compensation of Officers and Trustees......................................................................40
DISTRIBUTOR.........................................................................................................41
Scudder Cash Investment Trust..............................................................................41
Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund...........................................................................42
TAXES...............................................................................................................42
PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS..............................................................................................44
NET ASSET VALUE.....................................................................................................45
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION..............................................................................................45
Experts....................................................................................................45
Shareholder Indemnification................................................................................46
Other Information..........................................................................................46
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS................................................................................................47
Scudder Cash Investment Trust..............................................................................47
Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund...........................................................................47
APPENDIX
Ratings of Municipal Obligations
Commercial Paper Ratings
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THE FUNDS' INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
(See "Investment objectives and policies" and
"Additional information about policies and
investments" in each Fund's prospectus.)
Scudder Cash Investment Trust sometimes is referred to herein as
"SCIT." Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund sometimes is referred to herein as
"Treasury Fund." SCIT and Treasury Fund sometimes are jointly referred to herein
as the "Funds" or "Scudder Money Market Funds."
Master/feeder structure. The Funds' Boards of Trustees may determine
that the objective of the Funds would be achieved more efficiently, while
retaining its current distribution arrangement, by investing in a master fund in
a master/feeder fund structure as described below, and in that case cause the
Funds to do so without prior approval by shareholders.
A master/feeder fund structure is one in which a fund (a "feeder
fund"), instead of investing directly in a portfolio of securities, invests all
of its investment assets in a separate registered investment company (the
"master fund") with substantially the same investment objective and policies as
the feeder fund. Such a structure permits the pooling of assets of two or more
feeder funds preserving separate identities, management or distribution channels
at the feeder fund level. Based on the premise that certain of the expenses of
operating an investment portfolio are relatively fixed, a larger investment
portfolio may eventually achieve a lower ratio of operating expenses to average
net assets. An existing investment company is able to convert to a feeder fund
by selling all of its investments, which involves brokerage and other
transaction costs and realization of a taxable gain or loss.
General Investment Objectives and Policies of Scudder Cash Investment Trust
Scudder Cash Investment Trust is a pure no-load(TM), open-end,
diversified management investment company. SCIT's investment objectives are to
maintain the stability of capital and, consistent therewith, to maintain the
liquidity of capital and to provide current income. SCIT seeks to maintain a
constant net asset value of $1.00 per share, although in certain circumstances
this may not be possible. SCIT's management seeks to improve investment income
by keeping money at work in what it considers to be the most attractive
short-term debt investments consistent with the objectives of maintaining the
stability and liquidity of capital. There is no assurance that SCIT's investment
objectives will be achieved. The investment objectives and policies of SCIT
stated under this caption may be changed by the Trustees without a vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund, as that term is
defined below in "Investment Restrictions." All of the securities in which SCIT
may invest are U.S. dollar-denominated. Shares of the Fund are not insured or
guaranteed by an agency of the U.S. Government.
SCIT may invest in short-term obligations issued or guaranteed by the
U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities; obligations of supranational
organizations such as those listed below; obligations of domestic banks and
foreign branches of domestic banks, including bankers' acceptances, certificates
of deposit, deposit notes and time deposits; and obligations of savings and loan
institutions.
SCIT may also invest in: instruments whose credit has been enhanced by
banks (letters of credit), insurance companies (surety bonds) or other corporate
entities (corporate guarantees); corporate obligations and obligations of
trusts, finance companies and other entities, including commercial paper, notes,
bonds, loans and loan participations; securities with variable or floating
interest rates; asset-backed securities, including certificates, participations
and notes; and municipal securities, including notes, bonds and participation
interests, either taxable or tax free; and illiquid or restricted securities.
Securities and instruments in which the Fund may invest may be issued by the
U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities, corporations, trusts,
banks, finance companies and other business entities.
In addition, SCIT may invest in repurchase agreements and securities
with put features. Obligations which are subject to repurchase agreements will
be limited to those of the type and quality described below. The Fund may also
hold cash.
Investments in municipal securities will be limited to those which are
rated at the time of purchase by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's")
within its two highest rating categories for municipal obligations--Aaa and Aa,
or within Moody's short-term municipal obligations top rating categories of MIG
1 and MIG 2--or are rated at the time of purchase by Standard & Poor's ("S&P")
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within S&P's two highest rating categories for municipal obligations AAA/AA and
SP-1+/SP-1 or are rated at the time of purchase by Fitch Investors Service, Inc.
("Fitch") within Fitch's two highest rating categories for municipal
obligations-- AAA/AA or within Fitch's highest short term rating categories of
F-1 and F-2, all in such proportions as management will determine. SCIT also may
invest in securities rated within the two highest rating categories by only one
of those rating agencies if no other rating agency has rated the security. In
some cases, short-term municipal obligations are rated using the same categories
as are used for corporate obligations. In addition, unrated municipal securities
will be considered as being within the foregoing quality ratings if the issuer,
or other equal or junior municipal securities of the same issuer, has a rating
within the foregoing ratings of Moody's, S&P or Fitch. SCIT may also invest in
municipal securities which are unrated if, in the opinion of Scudder, Stevens &
Clark, Inc. (the "Adviser"), such securities possess creditworthiness comparable
to those rated securities in which the Fund may invest.
Foreign Securities. Supranational entities are international
organizations designated or supported by governmental entities to promote
economic reconstruction or development and international banking institutions
and related government agencies. Examples include the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (the World Bank), the European Coal and Steel
Community, The Asian Development Bank and the InterAmerican Development Bank.
Obligations of supranational entities are backed by the guarantee of one or more
foreign governmental parties which sponsor the entity.
Municipal Securities. Municipal Securities are issued by or on behalf
of states, territories and possessions of the U.S. and their political
subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities to obtain funds for various public
purposes. The interest on these obligations is generally exempt from federal
income tax in the hands of most investors, except for the possible applicability
of the alternative minimum tax. The two principal classifications of municipal
securities are "Notes" and "Bonds." Municipal Notes are generally used to
provide for short-term capital needs and generally have maturities of one year
or less. Municipal Notes include: Tax Anticipation Notes; Revenue Anticipation
Notes; Bond Anticipation Notes; and Construction Loan Notes. Municipal Bonds,
which meet longer term capital needs and generally have maturities of more than
one year when issued, have two principal classifications: "General Obligation"
Bonds and "Revenue" Bonds.
Industrial Development and Pollution Control Bonds (which are types of
private activity bonds), although nominally issued by municipal authorities, are
generally not secured by the taxing power of the municipality but are secured by
the revenues of the authority derived from payments by the industrial user.
Under Federal tax legislation, certain types of Industrial Development Bonds and
Pollution Control Bonds may no longer be issued on a tax-exempt basis, although
previously-issued bonds of these types and certain refundings of such bonds are
not affected.
Bank and Savings and Loan Obligations. These obligations include
negotiable certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances, deposit notes, fixed
time deposits or other short-term bank obligations. Certificates of deposit are
negotiable certificates evidencing the obligations of a bank to repay funds
deposited with it for a specified period of time. SCIT may invest in
certificates of deposit of large domestic banks (i.e., banks which at the time
of their most recent annual financial statements show total assets in excess of
$1 billion), and of smaller banks as described below. The Fund does not invest
in certificates of deposit of foreign banks. Although the Fund recognizes that
the size of a bank is important, this fact alone is not necessarily indicative
of its creditworthiness. Investment in certificates of deposit issued by foreign
branches of domestic banks involves investment risks that are different in some
respects from those associated with investment in certificates of deposit issued
by domestic branches of domestic banks, including the possible imposition of
withholding taxes on interest income, the possible adoption of foreign
governmental restrictions which might adversely affect the payment of principal
and interest on such certificates of deposit, or other adverse political or
economic developments. In addition, it might be more difficult to obtain and
enforce a judgment against a foreign branch of a domestic bank.
SCIT may also invest in certificates of deposit issued by banks and
savings and loan institutions which had, at the time of their most recent annual
financial statements, total assets of less than $1 billion, provided that (i)
the principal amounts of such certificates of deposit are insured by an agency
of the U.S. Government, (ii) at no time will the Fund hold more than $100,000
principal amount of certificates of deposit of any one such bank, and (iii) at
the time of acquisition, no more than 10% of the Fund's assets (taken at current
value) are invested in certificates of deposit of such banks having total assets
not in excess of $1 billion.
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Banker's acceptances are credit instruments evidencing the obligations
of a bank to pay a draft drawn on it by a customer. These instruments reflect
the obligation both of the bank and of the drawer to pay the face amount of the
instrument upon maturity.
Time deposits are non-negotiable deposits maintained in a banking
institution for a specified period of time at a stated interest rate. Time
deposits which may be held by SCIT will not benefit from insurance from the Bank
Insurance Fund or the Savings Association Insurance Fund administered by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Fixed time deposits may be withdrawn on
demand by the investor, but may be subject to early withdrawal penalties that
vary with market conditions and the remaining maturity of the obligation. Fixed
time deposits subject to withdrawal penalties maturing in more than seven
calendar days are subject to the Fund's limitation on investments in illiquid
securities.
Eurodollar Obligations. Eurodollar bank obligations are
dollar-denominated certificates of deposit and time deposits issued outside the
U.S. capital markets by foreign branches of U.S. banks and U.S. branches of
foreign banks. Eurodollar obligations are subject to the same risks that pertain
to domestic issues, notably credit risk, market risk and liquidity risk.
Additionally, Eurodollar obligations are subject to certain sovereign risks.
Commercial Paper. Commercial paper consists of short-term, unsecured
promissory notes issued to finance short-term credit needs. The commercial paper
purchased by SCIT will consist only of direct obligations issued by domestic and
foreign entities. The other corporate obligations in which the Fund may invest
consist of high quality short term bonds and notes (including variable amount
master demand notes) issued by domestic and foreign corporations, including
banks.
Participation Interests. SCIT may purchase from financial institutions
participation interests in securities in which the Fund may invest. A
participation interest gives the Fund an undivided interest in the security in
the proportion that the Fund's participation interest bears to the principal
amount of the security. These instruments may have fixed, floating or variable
interest rates, with remaining maturities of 397 days or less. If the
participation interest is unrated, or has been given a rating below that which
is permissible for purchase by the Fund, the participation interest will be
backed by an irrevocable letter of credit or guarantee of a bank, or the payment
obligation otherwise will be collateralized by U.S. Government securities, or,
in the case of unrated participation interest, determined by the Adviser to be
of comparable quality to those instruments in which the Fund may invest. For
certain participation interests, the Fund will have the right to demand payment,
on not more than seven days' notice, for all or any part of the Fund's
participation interests in the security, plus accrued interest. As to these
instruments, the Fund intends to exercise its right to demand payment only upon
a default under the terms of the security.
Asset-backed securities. Asset backed securities may include pools of
mortgages, loans, receivables or other assets. Payment of principal and interest
may be largely dependent upon the cash flows generated by the assets backing the
securities.
General Investment Objectives and Policies of Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund
Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund is a pure no-load(TM), open-end,
diversified management investment company. Treasury Fund's investment objectives
are to provide safety, liquidity and stability of capital, and consistent
therewith, to provide current income. The Fund seeks to maintain a constant net
asset value of $1.00 and declares dividends daily. There can be no assurance
that the Fund's objectives will be met.
The Fund provides investors with current income and stability of
capital through a portfolio consisting primarily of short-term U.S. Treasury
obligations and similar investments. The Fund is a "fixed-price" fund; that is,
it seeks to maintain a constant share price of $1.00, although under certain
circumstances this may not be possible. The Fund's price stability makes it
suitable for investors who are seeking current income and who are unwilling to
accept stock or bond market risk. The Fund is also designed to minimize credit
risk. It invests exclusively in short-term securities unconditionally guaranteed
by the U.S. Government (as to payment of both principal and interest) and
repurchase agreements backed fully by U.S. Treasury obligations. At least 80% of
the Fund's assets will be invested in either U.S. Treasury securities or in
repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. Treasury obligations. All of the
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securities in which the Fund may invest are U.S. dollar-denominated. The Fund
may also invest in when-issued securities and illiquid or restricted securities.
Specialized Investment Techniques of the Funds
Maintenance of $1.00 Net Asset Value and Credit Quality. Pursuant to a
Rule of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), each Fund effects
sales, redemptions and repurchases at the net asset value per share, normally
$1.00, rounded to the nearest whole cent. In fulfillment of their
responsibilities under that Rule, the Trustees of each Fund have approved
policies established by the Funds' Adviser reasonably calculated to prevent each
Fund's net asset value per share, as so rounded, from deviating from $1.00
except under unusual or extraordinary circumstances and the Trustees of each
Fund will periodically review the Adviser's operations under such policies at
regularly scheduled Trustees' meetings. Those policies include a weekly
monitoring by the Adviser of unrealized gains and losses in each Fund's
portfolio, and when necessary, in an effort to avoid deviation, taking
corrective action, such as adjusting the maturity of the portfolio, or, if
possible, realizing gains or losses to offset in part unrealized losses or
gains. The result of those policies may be that the yield on shares of each Fund
will be lower than would be the case if the policies were not in effect. Such
policies also provide for certain action to be taken with respect to portfolio
securities which experience a downgrade in rating or suffer a default.
Securities eligible for investment by the Funds are those securities
which are generally rated (or issued by an issuer with comparable securities
rated) in the highest rating category by at least two rating services (or by one
rating service, if no other rating agency has issued a rating with respect to
that security). These securities are known as "first tier securities."
Securities generally rated (or issued by an issuer with comparable securities
rated) in the top two categories by at least two rating agencies (or one, if
only one rating agency has rated the security) which do not qualify as first
tier securities are known as "second tier securities." To ensure diversity of a
Fund's investments, as a matter of non-fundamental policy, each Fund will not
invest more than 5% of its total assets in the securities of a single issuer,
other than the U.S. Government. Each Fund may, however, invest more than 5% of
its total assets in the first tier securities of a single issuer for a period of
up to three business days after purchase, although a Fund may not make more than
one such investment at any time. Each Fund may not invest more than 5% of its
total assets in securities which were second tier securities when acquired by
the Fund. Further, each Fund may not invest more than the greater of (1) 1% of
its total assets, or (2) one million dollars, in the securities of a single
issuer which were second tier securities when acquired by the Fund.
Portfolio Maturity. The assets of each Fund consist entirely of cash
items and investments having a stated maturity date of 397 calendar days or less
(except in the case of Government securities, 762 calendar days) from date of
purchase (including investment in repurchase agreements, in which case maturity
is measured by the repurchase date, without respect to the maturity of the
obligation). The term "Government securities," as used herein, means securities
issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the U.S. Government, its
agencies or instrumentalities. The portfolio of each Fund will be managed so
that the average maturity of all instruments (on a dollar-weighted basis) will
be 90 days or less. The average maturity of the two portfolios will vary
according to the management's appraisal of money market conditions. Each Fund
will invest only in securities determined by or under the direction of the
Trustees to be of high quality with minimal credit risks.
Portfolio Turnover. The Funds may sell portfolio securities to take
advantage of investment opportunities arising from changing market levels or
yield relationships. Although such transactions involve additional costs in the
form of spreads, they will be undertaken in an effort to improve a Fund's
overall investment return, consistent with its objectives.
U.S. Government Securities. U.S. Government Securities are securities
issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury, by federal agencies, or by
instrumentalities established or sponsored by the U.S. Government. Obligations
issued by the U.S. Treasury are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S.
Government. They include Treasury bills, notes and bonds, which differ in their
interest rates, maturities and times of issuance. Obligations guaranteed by the
U.S. Treasury include Government National Mortgage Association participation
certificates. Obligations of a federal agency or U.S. Government instrumentality
may be supported in various ways, including the limited authority of the issuer
to borrow from the U.S. Treasury, such as securities of the Federal Home Loan
Bank; the discretionary authority of the U.S. Government to purchase obligations
of the agency or instrumentality, such as Federal National Mortgage Association
bonds; or the credit only of the issuing agency or instrumentality, such as
Student Loan Marketing Association. In the case of obligations not backed by the
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full faith and credit of the U.S. Government, the Fund must look principally to
the agency issuing or guaranteeing the obligations for ultimate repayment, which
agency may be privately owned. These securities may bear fixed, floating or
variable rates of interest. Interest may fluctuate based on generally recognized
reference rates or the relationship of rates.
When-issued and Forward Delivery Securities. Government securities are
frequently offered on a "when-issued" or "forward delivery" basis. When so
offered, the price, which is generally expressed in yield terms, is fixed at the
time the commitment to purchase is made, but delivery and payment for the
when-issued or forward delivery securities take place at a later date normally
within 45 days after the date of the commitment to purchase. During the period
between purchase and settlement, no payment is made by the Funds to the issuer
and no interest accrues to the Funds. To the extent that assets of the Funds are
not invested prior to the settlement of a purchase of securities, the Funds will
earn no income; however, it is intended that both Funds will be fully invested
to the extent practicable and subject to the policies stated herein. When-issued
or forward delivery purchases are negotiated directly with the other party and
are not traded on an exchange. While when-issued or forward delivery securities
may be sold prior to the settlement date, it is intended that both Funds will
purchase such securities with the purpose of actually acquiring them unless a
sale appears desirable for investment reasons. At the time SCIT and Treasury
Fund make the commitment to purchase securities on a when-issued or forward
delivery basis, they will record the transaction and reflect the value of the
security in determining their respective net asset values. Neither Fund believes
that its net asset value or income will be adversely affected by its purchase of
securities on a when-issued or forward delivery basis. SCIT and Treasury Fund
will establish a segregated account in which to maintain cash or liquid assets
equal in value to commitments for when-issued or forward delivery securities.
Such segregated securities either will mature or, if necessary, be sold on or
before the settlement date. Neither SCIT nor Treasury Fund will enter into such
transactions for leverage purposes.
Repurchase Agreements. Each Fund may enter into repurchase agreements
with any member bank of the Federal Reserve System or any broker/dealer which is
recognized as a reporting government securities dealer if the creditworthiness
of the bank or broker/dealer has been determined by the Adviser to be at least
as high as that of other obligations the Funds may purchase or to be at least
equal to that of issuers of commercial paper rated within the two highest
ratings categories assigned by Moody's, S&P or Fitch.
A repurchase agreement provides a means for a Fund to earn income on
funds for periods as short as overnight. It is an arrangement under which the
purchaser (i.e., a Fund) acquires a security ("Obligation") and the seller
agrees, at the time of sale, to repurchase the Obligation at a specified time
and price. Securities subject to a repurchase agreement are held in a segregated
account and, as described in more detail below, the value of such securities is
kept at least equal to the repurchase price on a daily basis. The repurchase
price may be higher than the purchase price, the difference being income to a
Fund, or the purchase and repurchase prices may be the same, with interest at a
stated rate due to a Fund together with the repurchase price upon repurchase. In
either case, the income to a Fund is unrelated to the interest rate on the
Obligation itself. Obligations will be held by the custodian or in the Federal
Reserve Book Entry System.
For purposes of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"1940 Act"), a repurchase agreement is deemed to be a loan from a Fund to the
seller of the Obligation subject to the repurchase agreement and is therefore
subject to each Fund's investment restriction applicable to loans. It is not
clear whether a court would consider the Obligation purchased by a Fund subject
to a repurchase agreement as being owned by that Fund or as being collateral for
a loan by that Fund to the seller. In the event of the commencement of
bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings with respect to the seller of the
Obligation before repurchase of the Obligation under a repurchase agreement, a
Fund may encounter delay and incur costs before being able to sell the security.
Delays may involve loss of interest or decline in price of the Obligation. If
the court characterizes the transaction as a loan and a Fund has not perfected a
security interest in the Obligation, that Fund may be required to return the
Obligation to the seller's estate and be treated as an unsecured creditor of the
seller. As an unsecured creditor, a Fund would be at risk of losing some or all
of the principal and income involved in the transaction. As with any unsecured
debt Obligation purchased for a Fund, the Adviser seeks to minimize the risk of
loss through repurchase agreements by analyzing the creditworthiness of the
obligor, in this case the seller of the Obligation. Apart from the risk of
bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, there is also the risk that the seller may
fail to repurchase the Obligation, in which case a Fund may incur a loss if the
proceeds to that Fund of the sale to a third party are less than the repurchase
price. However, if the market value (including interest) of the Obligation
subject to the repurchase agreement becomes less than the repurchase price
(including interest), a Fund will direct the seller of the Obligation to deliver
additional securities so that the market value (including interest) of all
securities subject to the repurchase agreement will equal or exceed the
repurchase price.
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Illiquid and Restricted Securities. Each Fund may occasionally purchase
securities other than in the open market. While such purchases may often offer
attractive opportunities for investment not otherwise available on the open
market, the securities so purchased are often "restricted securities", i.e.,
securities which cannot be sold to the public without registration under the
Securities Act of 1933 or the availability of an exemption from registration
(such as Rules 144 or 144A), or which are "not readily marketable" because they
are subject to other legal or contractual delays in or restrictions on resale.
Generally speaking, restricted securities may be sold only to qualified
institutional buyers, or in a privately negotiated transaction to a limited
number of purchasers, or in limited quantities after they have been held for a
specified period of time and other conditions are met pursuant to an exemption
from registration, or in a public offering for which a registration statement is
in effect under the Securities Act of 1933. Each Fund may be deemed to be an
"underwriter" for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933 when selling restricted
securities to the public, and in such event each Fund may be liable to
purchasers of such securities if the registration statement prepared by the
issuer, or the prospectus forming a part of it, is materially inaccurate or
misleading.
The Adviser will monitor the liquidity of such restricted securities
subject to the supervision of each Fund's Board of Trustees. In reaching
liquidity decisions, the Adviser will consider the following factors: (1) the
frequency of trades and quotes for the security, (2) the number of dealers
wishing to purchase or sell the security and the number of their potential
purchasers, (3) dealer undertakings to make a market in the security; and (4)
the nature of the security and the nature of the marketplace trades (i.e. the
time needed to dispose of the security, the method of soliciting offers and the
mechanics of the transfer).
The conclusions and investment decisions of the Adviser with respect to
each Fund are based primarily on the analyses of its own research specialists.
While these specialists have the major responsibility for doing research on debt
securities, they receive the support of the Adviser's general economics
department for studies on interest rate trends and of the Adviser's stock
research analysts for consultation on the qualitative aspects of credit analysis
which enable the Adviser to establish its own credit ratings for issuers of
senior securities. The Adviser believes it is important to have this combination
of specialized skills available for developing the proper investment strategies
for the Funds. The Adviser subscribes to leading bond information services and
receives directly published reports and statistical compilations of the issuers
themselves, as well as analyses from brokers and dealers who may execute
portfolio transactions for the Adviser's clients. However, the Adviser regards
this information and material as an adjunct to its own research activities.
Investment Restrictions
Unless specified to the contrary, the following restrictions may not be
changed without the approval of a majority of the outstanding voting securities
of the Fund involved which, under the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder and as
used in this Statement of Additional Information, means the lesser of (1) 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 Fund are present or represented
by proxy; or (2) more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund.
Any investment restrictions herein which involve a maximum percentage of
securities or assets shall not be considered to be violated unless an excess
over the percentage occurs immediately after, and is caused by, an acquisition
or encumbrance of securities or assets of, or borrowings by, a Fund.
As a matter of fundamental policy, SCIT may not:
1. borrow money, except as a temporary measure for extraordinary
or emergency purposes or except in connection with reverse
repurchase agreements; provided that the Fund maintains asset
coverage of 300% for all borrowings;
2. act as an underwriter of securities issued by others, except
to the extent that it may be deemed an underwriter in
connection with the disposition of portfolio securities of the
Fund;
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3. make loans to other persons, except loans of portfolio
securities and except to the extent that the purchase of debt
obligations in accordance with its investment objective and
policies and the entry into repurchase agreements may be
deemed to be loans;
4. Issue senior securities, except as appropriate to evidence
indebtedness which it is permitted to incur, and except for
shares of the separate classes or series of the Trust,
provided that collateral arrangements with respect to
currency-related contracts, futures contracts, options or
other permitted investments, including deposits of initial and
variation margin, are not considered to be the issuance of
senior securities for purposes of this restriction;
5. with respect to 75% of the Fund's total assets, purchase more
than 10% of the voting securities of any one issuer or invest
more than 5% of the value of the total assets of the Fund in
the securities of any one issuer (except for investments in
obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or its
agencies or instrumentalities, cash and cash equivalents and
securities of other investment companies), provided that the
amount of the total assets of the Fund that may be invested in
the securities of any one issuer will, instead, be limited in
accordance with federal law, regulation and regulatory
interpretation applicable to money market funds, as amended
from time to time;
6. purchase or sell real estate (except that the Fund may invest
in (i) securities of companies which deal in real estate or
mortgages, and (ii) securities secured by real estate or
interests therein);
7. purchase any securities which would cause more than 25% of the
market value of its total assets at the time of such purchase
to be invested in the securities of one or more issuers having
their principal business activities in the same industry,
provided that there is no limitation with respect to
investments in obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S.
Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, or in
certificates of deposit or bankers' acceptances.
In addition, although not a matter of fundamental policy, SCIT may not:
(a) borrow money in excess of 5% of its total assets (taken at
market value) except for temporary or emergency purposes,
borrow other than from banks or in connection with reverse
repurchase agreements;
(b) purchase or sell interests in oil, gas or other mineral
leases, or exploration or development programs (although they
may invest in securities of issuers which own or invest in
such interests);
(c) pledge, mortgage or hypothecate its assets, except that, to
secure borrowings permitted by Investment Restriction (1), it
may pledge securities having a market value at the time of
pledge not exceeding 15% of the cost of the Fund's total
assets;
(d) purchase or sell any put or call options or any combination
thereof, not including warrants;
(e) purchase restricted securities (for these purposes restricted
security means a security with a legal or contractual
restriction on resale in the principal market in which the
security is traded), including repurchase agreements maturing
in more than seven days and securities which are not readily
marketable if as a result more than 10% of SCIT's net assets
(valued at market at purchase) would be invested in such
securities;
(f) purchase securities if, as a result thereof, more than 5% of
the value of SCIT's net assets would be invested in restricted
securities;
(g) invest in the securities of other investment companies, except
by purchase in the open market when no commission or profit to
a sponsor or dealer results from such purchase other than the
customary broker's commission, or except when such purchase,
though not made on the open market, is part of a plan of
merger or consolidation;
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(h) purchase or sell real estate limited partnership interests;
(i) invest more than 5% of its total assets in the securities of
any one issuer or subject to puts from any one issuer, except
U.S. Government securities, provided that the Fund may invest
more than 5% of its total assets in first tier securities of
any one issuer for a period of up to three business days or,
in unrated securities that have been determined to be of
comparable quality by the Fund's Adviser;
(j) invest more than 5% of its total assets in second tier
securities, or in unrated securities determined by the Adviser
to be of comparable quality;
(k) invest more than the greater of $1,000,000 or 1% of total
assets in second tier securities of any one issuer;
(l) invest more than 10% of its total assets in securities subject
to an unconditional put issued by any one institution;
(m) borrow money, including reverse repurchase agreements, in
excess of 5% of its total assets (taken at market value)
except for temporary or emergency purposes, or borrow other
than from banks;
(n) make loans unless all loans of portfolio securities are fully
collateralized and marked to market daily;
(o) purchase securities on margin or make short sales, unless, by
virtue of its ownership of other securities, it has the right
to obtain securities equivalent in kind and amount to the
securities sold and, if the right is conditional, the sale is
made upon the same conditions, except in connection with
arbitrage transactions and except that the Fund may obtain
such short-term credits as may be necessary for the clearance
of purchases and sales of securities;
(p) purchase or retain securities of an issuer any of whose
officers, directors, trustees or security holders is an
officer or director of the Trust or a member, officer,
director or trustee of the investment adviser of the Fund if
one or more of such individuals owns beneficially more than
one-half of one percent (1/2%) of the outstanding shares or
securities or both (taken at market value) of such issuer and
such individuals owning more than one-half of one percent
(1/2%) of such shares or securities together own beneficially
more than 5% of such shares or securities or both;
(q) invest more than 10% of its total assets in securities which
are not readily marketable, the disposition of which is
restricted under Federal securities laws or in repurchase
agreements not terminable within 7 days provided that the fund
will not invest more than 5% of its total assets in restricted
securities;
(r) purchase securities of any issuer with a record of less than
three years continuous operation, including predecessors,
except obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government
or its agencies, if such purchase would cause the Fund's
investments in all such issuers to exceed 5% of the Fund's
total assets taken at market value.
As a matter of fundamental policy, unless and to the extent permitted
by an exemptive order of the SEC, Treasury Fund may not:
1. borrow money, except as a temporary measure for extraordinary
or emergency purposes or except in connection with reverse
repurchase agreements, provided that the Fund maintains asset
coverage of 300% for all borrowings;
2. purchase or sell real estate (except that the Fund may invest
in (i) securities of companies which deal in real estate or
mortgages, and (ii) securities secured by real estate or
interests therein, and that the Fund reserves freedom of
action to hold and to sell real estate acquired as a result of
the Fund's ownership of securities); or purchase or sell
physical commodities or contracts relating to physical
commodities;
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3. act as an underwriter of securities issued by others, except
to the extent that it may be deemed an underwriter in
connection with the disposition of portfolio securities of the
Fund;
4. make loans to other persons, except (a) loans of portfolio
securities, and (b) to the extent the entry into repurchase
agreements and the purchase of debt securities in accordance
with its investment objective and investment policies may be
deemed to be loans; or
5. issue senior securities, except as appropriate to evidence
indebtedness which it is permitted to incur, and except for
shares of the separate classes or series of the Trust,
provided that collateral arrangements with respect to
currency-related contracts, futures contracts, options or
other permitted investments, including deposits of initial and
variation margin, are not considered to be the issuance of
senior securities for purposes of this restriction.
Treasury Fund has undertaken that if the Fund obtains an exemptive
order of the SEC which would permit the taking of action in contravention of any
policy which may not be changed without a shareholder vote, the Fund will not
take such action unless either (i) the applicable exemptive order permits the
taking of such action without a shareholder vote or (ii) the staff of the SEC
has issued to the Fund a "no action" or interpretive letter to the effect that
the Fund may proceed without a shareholder vote.
Although not a matter of fundamental policy Treasury Fund may not:
(a) purchase or retain securities of any open-end investment
company, or securities of closed-end investment companies
except by purchase in the open market where no commission or
profit to a sponsor or dealer results from such purchases, or
except when such purchase, though not made in the open market,
is part of a plan of merger, consolidation, reorganization or
acquisition of assets; in any event the Fund may not purchase
more than 3% of the outstanding voting securities of another
investment company, may not invest more than 5% of its assets
in another investment company, and may not invest more than
10% of its assets in other investment companies;
(b) pledge, mortgage or hypothecate its assets in excess, together
with permitted borrowings, of 1/3 of its total assets;
(c) purchase or retain securities of an issuer any of whose
officers, directors, trustees or security holders is an
officer, director or trustee of the Fund or a member, officer,
director or trustee of the investment adviser of the Fund if
one or more of such individuals owns beneficially more than
one-half of one percent (1/2%) of the outstanding shares or
securities or both (taken at market value) of such issuer and
such individuals owning more than one-half of one percent
(1/2%) of such shares or securities together own beneficially
more than 5% of such shares or securities or both;
(d) purchase securities on margin or make short sales, unless, by
virtue of its ownership of other securities, it has the right
to obtain securities equivalent in kind and amount to the
securities sold and, if the right is conditional, the sale is
made upon the same conditions, except that the Fund may obtain
such short-term credits as may be necessary for the clearance
of purchases and sales of securities;
(e) invest more than 10% of its net assets in securities which are
not readily marketable, the disposition of which is restricted
under Federal securities laws, or in repurchase agreements not
terminable within 7 days, and the Fund will not invest more
than 10% of its total assets in restricted securities;
(f) purchase securities of any issuer with a record of less than
three years continuous operations, including predecessors,
except U.S. Government securities and obligations issued or
guaranteed by any foreign government or its agencies or
instrumentalities, if such purchase would cause the
investments of the Fund in all such issuers to exceed 5% of
the total assets of the Fund taken at market value;
(g) purchase more than 10% of the voting securities of any one
issuer, except securities issued by the U.S. Government, its
agencies or instrumentalities;
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(h) invest in oil, gas or other mineral leases, or exploration or
development programs (although it may invest in issuers which
own or invest in such interests);
(i) borrow money, including reverse repurchase agreements, in
excess of 5% of its total assets (taken at market value)
except for temporary or emergency purposes, or borrow other
than from banks;
(j) purchase or sell any put or call options or any combination
thereof;
(k) purchase or sell real estate limited partnership interests;
(l) invest more than 5% of its total assets in the securities of
any one issuer or subject to puts from any one issuer, except
U.S. Government securities, provided that the Fund may invest
more than 5% of its total assets in first tier securities of
any one issuer for a period of up to three business days or,
in unrated securities that have been determined to be of
comparable quality by the Fund's Adviser;
(m) invest more than 5% of its total assets in second tier
securities, or in unrated securities determined by the Adviser
to be of comparable quality;
(n) invest more than the greater of $1,000,000 or 1% of total
assets in second tier securities of any one issuer;
(o) invest more than 10% of its total assets in securities subject
to an unconditional put issued by any one institution; or
(p) make loans unless all loans of portfolio securities are fully
collateralized and marked to market daily.
PURCHASES
(See "Purchases" and "Transaction information" in each Fund's prospectus.)
Additional Information About Opening an Account
Clients having a regular investment counsel account with the Adviser or
its affiliates and members of their immediate families, officers and employees
of the Adviser or of any affiliated organization and their immediate families,
members of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") and
banks may, if they prefer, subscribe initially for at least $2,500 of Fund
shares through Scudder Investor Services, Inc. (the "Distributor") by letter,
fax, TWX or telephone.
Shareholders of other Scudder funds who have submitted an account
application and have a certified tax identification number, clients having a
regular investment counsel account with Scudder or its affiliates and members of
their immediate families, officers and employees of the Adviser or of any
affiliated organization and their immediate families, members of the NASD and
banks may open an account by wire. These investors must call 1-800-225-5163 to
get an account number. During the call the investor will be asked to indicate
the Fund name, amount to be wired ($2,500 minimum), name of bank or trust
company from which the wire will be sent, the exact registration of the new
account, the tax identification number or Social Security number, address and
telephone number. The investor must then call the bank to arrange a wire
transfer to The Scudder Funds, Boston, MA 02110, ABA Number 011000028, Account
Number: 9903-5552. The investor must give the Scudder fund name, account name
and the new account number. Finally, the investor must send the completed and
signed application to the Fund promptly.
Checks
A certified check is not necessary, but checks are only accepted
subject to collection at full face value in U.S. funds and must be drawn on or
payable through a United States bank.
If shares of a Fund are purchased with a check which proves to be
uncollectible, that Fund reserves the right to cancel the purchase immediately
and the purchaser will be responsible for any loss incurred by that Fund or the
principal underwriter by reason of such cancellation. If the purchaser is a
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shareholder, such Fund will have the authority, as agent of the shareholder, to
redeem shares in the account in order to reimburse the Fund or the principal
underwriter for the loss incurred. Investors whose orders have been canceled may
be prohibited from or restricted in placing future orders in any of the Scudder
funds.
Wire Transfer of Federal Funds
To purchase shares of a Fund and obtain the same day's dividend you
must have your bank forward federal funds by wire transfer and provide the
required account information so as to be available to a Fund prior to twelve
o'clock noon eastern time on that day. If you wish to make a purchase of
$500,000 or more, you should notify the Fund's transfer agent, Scudder Service
Corporation (the "Transfer Agent") of such a purchase by calling 1-800-225-5163.
If either the federal funds or the account information is received after twelve
o'clock noon eastern time, but both the funds and the information are made
available before the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange
(the "Exchange") (normally 4 p.m. eastern time) on any business day, shares will
be purchased at net asset value determined on that day but will not receive the
dividend; in such cases, dividends commence on the next business day.
The bank sending an investor's federal funds by bank wire may charge
for the service. Presently, each Fund pays a fee for receipt by State Street
Bank and Trust Company (the "Custodian") of "wired funds," but the right to
charge investors for this service is reserved.
Boston banks are closed on certain holidays although the Exchange may
be open. These holidays include Martin Luther King Jr., Day (the 3rd Monday in
January), Columbus Day (the 2nd Monday in October) and Veterans' Day (November
11). Investors are not able to purchase shares by wiring federal funds on such
holidays because the Custodian is not open to receive such federal funds on
behalf of either Fund.
Additional Information About Making Subsequent Investments by QuickBuy
Shareholders, whose predesignated bank account of record is a member of
the Automated Clearing House Network (ACH) and who have elected to participate
in the QuickBuy program, may purchase shares of the Fund by telephone. Through
this service shareholders may purchase up to $250,000. To purchase shares by
QuickBuy, shareholders should call before 4 p.m. eastern time. Proceeds in the
amount of your purchase will be transferred from your bank checking account two
or three business days following your call. For requests received by the close
of regular trading on the Exchange, shares will be purchased at the net asset
value per share calculated at the close of trading on the day of your call.
QuickBuy requests received after the close of regular trading on the Exchange
will begin their processing and be purchased at the net asset value calculated
the following business day. If you purchase shares by QuickBuy and redeem them
within seven days of the purchase, the Fund may hold the redemption proceeds for
a period of up to seven business days. If you purchase shares and there are
insufficient funds in your bank account the purchase will be canceled and you
will be subject to any losses or fees incurred in the transaction. QuickBuy
transactions are not available for most retirement plan accounts. However,
QuickBuy transactions are available for Scudder IRA accounts.
In order to request purchases by QuickBuy, shareholders must have
completed and returned to the Transfer Agent the application, including the
designation of a bank account from which the purchase payment will be debited.
New investors wishing to establish QuickBuy may so indicate on the application.
Existing shareholders who wish to add QuickBuy to their account may do so by
completing an QuickBuy Enrollment Form. After sending in an enrollment form
shareholders should allow for 15 days for this service to be available.
The Funds employ procedures, including recording telephone calls,
testing a caller's identity, and sending written confirmation of telephone
transactions, designed to give reasonable assurance that instructions
communicated by telephone are genuine, and to discourage fraud. To the extent
that a Fund does not follow such procedures, it may be liable for losses due to
unauthorized or fraudulent telephone instructions. The Funds will not be liable
for acting upon instructions communicated by telephone that it reasonably
believes to be genuine.
Share Price
Purchases made by check will be filled without sales charge at the
close of regular trading on the Exchange on the day the check is received by the
Transfer Agent in good order. Net asset value of each Fund normally is computed
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twice a day, as of twelve o'clock noon and the close of regular trading on the
Exchange on each day when the Exchange is open for trading.
Share Certificates
Due to the desire of each Fund's management to afford ease of
redemption, certificates will not be issued to indicate ownership in either
Fund. Share certificates now in a shareholder's possession may be sent to the
Transfer Agent for cancellation and credit to such shareholder's account.
Shareholders who prefer may hold the certificates in their possession until they
wish to exchange or redeem such shares.
Other Information
If purchases and redemptions of shares of either Fund are arranged and
settlement is made at the investor's election through a member of the NASD,
other than Scudder Investor Services, Inc., that member may, at its discretion,
charge a fee for that service. The Trustees of each Fund and Scudder Investor
Services, Inc., the Funds' principal underwriter, each has the right to limit,
for any reason, the amount of purchases and to refuse to sell to any person. The
Board of Trustees of each Fund and Scudder Investor Services, Inc. may suspend
or terminate the offering of shares of their respective Fund at any time for any
reason.
The "Tax Identification Number" section of the application must be
completed when opening an account. Applications and purchase orders without a
correct certified tax identification number and certain other certified
information (e.g. from exempt investors a certification of exempt status) will
be returned to the investor.
The minimum initial purchase amount is less than $2,500 under certain
special plan accounts.
The Funds may issue shares at net asset value in connection with any
merger or consolidation with, or acquisition of the assets of, any investment
company (or series thereof) or personal holding company, subject to the
requirements of the 1940 Act.
EXCHANGES AND REDEMPTIONS
(See "Exchanges and redemptions" and
"Transaction information" in each Fund's prospectus.)
Exchanges
Exchanges are comprised of a redemption from one Scudder fund and a
purchase into another Scudder fund. The purchase side of the exchange either may
be an additional investment into an existing account or may involve opening a
new account in the other fund. When an exchange involves a new account, the new
account will be established with the same registration, tax identification
number, address, telephone redemption option, "Scudder Automated Information
Line" (SAIL(TM)) transaction authorization and dividend option as the existing
account. Other features will not carry over automatically to the new account.
Exchanges into a new fund account must be for a minimum of $2,500. When an
exchange represents an additional investment into an existing account, the
account receiving the exchange proceeds must have identical registration, tax
identification number, address, and account options/features as the account of
origin. Exchanges into an existing account must be for $100 or more. If the
account receiving the exchange proceeds is to be different in any respect, the
exchange request must be in writing and must contain an original signature
guarantee as described under "Transaction information--Redeeming
shares--Signature guarantees" in each Fund's prospectus.
Exchange orders received before the close of regular trading on the
Exchange on any business day ordinarily will be executed at the respective net
asset values determined on that day. Exchange orders received after the close of
regular trading on the Exchange will be executed on the following business day.
Investors may also request, at no extra charge, to have exchanges
automatically executed on a predetermined schedule from one Scudder fund to an
existing account in another Scudder fund, at current net asset value, through
Scudder's Automatic Exchange Program. Exchanges must be for a minimum of $50.
Shareholders may add this free feature over the telephone or in writing.
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Automatic Exchanges will continue until the shareholder requests by telephone or
in writing to have the feature removed, or until the originating account is
depleted. The Trusts and the Transfer Agent each reserve the right to suspend or
terminate the privilege of the Automatic Exchange Program at any time.
There is no charge to the shareholder for any exchange described above.
An exchange into another Scudder fund is a redemption of shares, and therefore
may result in tax consequences (gain or loss) to the shareholder, and the
proceeds of such an exchange may be subject to backup withholding. (See
"TAXES.")
Investors currently receive the exchange privilege, including exchange
by telephone, automatically without having to elect it. The Trusts employ
procedures, including recording telephone calls, testing a caller's identity,
and sending written confirmation of telephone transactions, designed to give
reasonable assurance that instructions communicated by telephone are genuine,
and to discourage fraud. To the extent that the Trusts do not follow such
procedures, they may be liable for losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent
telephone instructions. The Trusts will not be liable for acting upon
instructions communicated by telephone that they reasonably believe to be
genuine. The Trusts and the Transfer Agent each reserve the right to suspend or
terminate the privilege of exchanging by telephone or fax at any time.
The Scudder funds into which investors may make an exchange are listed
under "THE SCUDDER FAMILY OF FUNDS" herein. Before making an exchange,
shareholders should obtain from the Distributor a prospectus of the Scudder fund
into which the exchange is being contemplated. The exchange privilege may not be
available for certain Scudder funds. For more information, please call
1-800-225-5163.
Scudder retirement plans may have different exchange requirements.
Please refer to appropriate plan literature.
Redemption by Telephone
In order to request redemptions by telephone, shareholders must have
completed and returned to the Transfer Agent the application, including the
designation of a bank account to which the redemption proceeds are to be sent.
Shareholders currently receive the right to redeem up to $100,000 to their
address of record automatically, without having to elect it. Shareholders may
also request to have the proceeds mailed or wired to their pre-designated bank
account.
(a) NEW INVESTORS wishing to establish telephone redemption to a
pre-designated bank account must complete the appropriate
section on the application.
(b) EXISTING SHAREHOLDERS (except those who are Scudder IRA,
Scudder Pension and Profit-Sharing, Scudder 401(k) and Scudder
403(b) Planholders) who wish to establish telephone redemption
to a pre-designated bank account or who want to change the
bank account previously designated to receive redemption
payments should either return a Telephone Redemption Option
Form (available upon request) or send a letter identifying the
account and specifying the exact information to be changed.
The letter must be signed exactly as the shareholder's name(s)
appears on the account. A signature and a signature guarantee
are required for each person in whose name the account is
registered.
Telephone redemption is not available with respect to shares
represented by share certificates or shares held in certain retirement accounts.
If a request for redemption to a shareholder's bank account is made by
telephone or fax, payment will be by Federal Reserve bank wire to the bank
account designated on the application, unless a request is made that the
redemption check be mailed to the designated bank account. There will be a $5
charge for all wire redemptions.
Note: Investors designating a savings bank to receive their telephone
redemption proceeds are advised that if the savings bank is not a participant in
the Federal Reserve System, redemption proceeds must be wired through a
commercial bank which is a correspondent of the savings bank. As this may delay
receipt by the shareholder's account, it is suggested that investors wishing to
use a savings bank discuss wire procedures with their bank and submit any
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special wire transfer information with the telephone redemption authorization.
If appropriate wire information is not supplied, redemption proceeds will be
mailed to the designated bank.
The Funds employ procedures, including recording telephone calls,
testing a caller's identity, and sending written confirmation of telephone
transactions, designed to give reasonable assurance that instructions
communicated by telephone are genuine, and to discourage fraud. To the extent
that the Funds do not follow such procedures, they may be liable for losses due
to unauthorized or fraudulent telephone instructions. The Funds will not be
liable for acting upon instructions communicated by telephone that they
reasonably believe to be genuine.
Redemption requests by telephone (technically a repurchase by agreement
between the Fund and the shareholder) of shares purchased by check will not be
accepted until the purchase check has cleared which may take up to seven
business days.
Redemption By QuickSell
Shareholders, whose predesignated bank account of record is a member of
the Automated Clearing House Network (ACH) and have elected to participate in
the QuickSell program may sell shares of a Fund by telephone. To sell shares by
QuickSell, shareholders should call before 4 p.m. eastern time. Redemptions must
be for at least $250. Proceeds in the amount of your redemption will be
transferred to your bank checking account in two or three business days
following your call. For requests received by the close of regular trading on
the Exchange, shares will be redeemed at the net asset value per share
calculated at the close of trading on the day of your call. QuickSell requests
received after the close of regular trading on the Exchange will begin their
processing and be redeemed at the net asset value calculated the following
business day. QuickSell transactions are not available for Scudder IRA accounts
and most other retirement plan accounts.
In order to request redemptions by QuickSell, shareholders must have
completed and returned to the Transfer Agent the application, including the
designation of a bank account to which the redemption proceeds will be credited.
New investors wishing to establish QuickSell may so indicate on the application.
Existing shareholders who wish to add QuickSell to their account may do so by
completing a QuickSell Enrollment Form. After sending in an enrollment form,
shareholders should allow for 15 days for this service to be available.
The Funds employ procedures, including recording telephone calls,
testing a caller's identity, and sending written confirmation of telephone
transactions, designed to give reasonable assurance that instructions
communicated by telephone are genuine, and to discourage fraud. To the extent
that a Fund does not follow such procedures, it may be liable for losses due to
unauthorized or fraudulent telephone instructions. The Funds will not be liable
for acting upon instructions communicated by telephone that they reasonably
believe to be genuine.
Redemption by Mail or Fax
Any existing share certificates representing shares being redeemed must
accompany a request for redemption and be duly endorsed or accompanied by a
proper stock assignment form with signatures guaranteed as explained in each
Fund's prospectus.
In order to ensure proper authorization before redeeming shares, the
Transfer Agent may request additional documents such as, but not restricted to,
stock powers, trust instruments, certificates of death, appointments as
executor, certificates of corporate authority and waivers of tax (required in
some states when settling estates).
It is suggested that shareholders holding share certificates or shares
registered in other than individual names contact the Transfer Agent prior to
any redemptions to ensure that all necessary documents accompany the request.
When shares are held in the name of a corporation, trust, fiduciary, agent,
attorney or partnership, the Transfer Agent requires, in addition to the stock
power, certified evidence of authority to sign. These procedures are for the
protection of shareholders and should be followed to ensure prompt payment.
Redemption requests must not be conditional as to date or price of the
redemption. Proceeds of a redemption will be sent within five days after receipt
by the Transfer Agent of a request for redemption that complies with the above
requirements. Delays of more than seven business days of payment for shares
tendered for repurchase or redemption may result, but only until the purchase
check has cleared.
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The requirements for IRA redemptions are different from those for
regular accounts. For more information call 1-800-225-5163.
Redemption by Write-a-Check
All new investors and existing shareholders who apply to State Street
Bank and Trust Company for checks may use them to pay any person, provided that
each check is for at least $100 and not more than $5 million. By using the
checks, the shareholder will receive daily dividend credit on his or her shares
until the check has cleared the banking system. Investors who purchased shares
by check may write checks against those shares only after they have been on a
Fund's book for seven business days. Shareholders who use this service may also
use other redemption procedures. No shareholder may write checks against
certificated shares. The Funds pay the bank charges for this service. However,
each Fund will review the cost of operation periodically and reserve the right
to determine if direct charges to the persons who avail themselves of this
service would be appropriate. Each Fund, Scudder Service Corporation and State
Street Bank and Trust Company reserve the right at any time to suspend or
terminate the "Write-a-Check" procedure.
Other Information
If a shareholder redeems all shares in the account, the shareholder
will receive, in addition to the net asset value thereof, all declared but
unpaid dividends thereon. Neither Fund imposes a redemption or repurchase
charge, although a wire charge may be applicable for redemption proceeds wired
to an investor's bank account. Redemptions of shares, including redemptions
undertaken to effect an exchange for shares of another Scudder fund or
portfolio, and including exchanges and redemptions by Write-a-Check, may result
in tax consequences (gain or loss) to the shareholder and the proceeds of such
redemptions may be subject to backup withholding (see "TAXES").
Shareholders who wish to redeem shares from Special Plan Accounts
should contact the employer, trustee or custodian of the Plan for the
requirements.
The determination of net asset value may be suspended at times and a
shareholder's right to redeem shares and to receive payment may be suspended at
times during which (a) during which the Exchange is closed, other than customary
weekend and holiday closings, (b) during which trading on the Exchange is
restricted for any reason, (c) during which an emergency exists as a result of
which disposal by a Fund of securities owned by it is not reasonably practicable
or it is not reasonably practicable for a Fund fairly to determine the value of
its net assets, or (d) during which the SEC by order permits suspension of the
right of redemption or a postponement of the date of payment or of redemption;
provided that applicable rules and regulations of the SEC (or any succeeding
governmental authority) shall govern as to whether the conditions prescribed in
(b), (c) or (d) exist.
Shareholders should maintain a share balance worth at least $2,500
($1,000 for IRAs, Uniform Gift to Minor Act, and Uniform Trust to Minor Act
accounts), which amount may be changed by each Fund's Board of Trustees. Scudder
retirement plans have similar or lower minimum balance requirements. A
shareholder may open an account with at least $1,000 ($500 for an UGMA, UTMA,
IRA and other retirement accounts), if an automatic investment plan (AIP) of
$100/month ($50/month for an UGMA, UTMA, IRA and other retirement accounts) is
established.
SCIT reserves the right, with regard to those investors who maintain a
non-fiduciary account balance of less than $2,500 in the Fund, without
establishing an AIP, to assess an annual $10.00 per fund account charge with the
fee to be reinvested in the Fund. SCIT also reserves the right to waive this
fee. The $10.00 charge will not apply to accounts of shareholders with a
combined household account balance in any of the Scudder Funds of $25,000 or
more. The Fund also reserves the right, following 60 days' written notice to
shareholders, to redeem all shares in accounts with a value below $250,
including accounts of new investors, where a reduction in value has occurred due
to a redemption or exchange out of the account. The Fund will mail the proceeds
of the redeemed account to the shareholder at the address of record. Reductions
in value that result solely from market activity will not trigger an involuntary
redemption. UGMA, UTMA, IRA and other retirement accounts will not be assessed
the $10.00 charge or be subject to automatic liquidation.
Treasury Fund shareholders who maintain a non-fiduciary account balance
of less than $2,500 in the Fund, without establishing an AIP, will be assessed
an annual $10.00 per fund charge with the fee to be reinvested in the Fund. The
$10.00 charge will not apply to shareholders with a combined household account
balance in any of the Scudder Funds of $25,000 or more. The Fund reserves the
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right, following 60 days' written notice to shareholders, to redeem all shares
in accounts below $250, including accounts of new investors, where a reduction
in value has occurred due to a redemption or exchange out of the account. The
Fund will mail the proceeds of the redeemed account to the shareholder at the
address of record. Reductions in value that result solely from market activity
will not trigger an involuntary redemption. UGMA, UTMA, IRA and other retirement
accounts will not be assessed the $10.00 charge or be subject to automatic
liquidation.
FEATURES AND SERVICES OFFERED BY THE FUNDS
(See "Shareholder benefits" in each Fund's prospectus.)
The Pure No-Load(TM) Concept
Investors are encouraged to be aware of the full ramifications of
mutual fund fee structures, and of how Scudder distinguishes its funds from the
vast majority of mutual funds available today. The primary distinction is
between load and no-load funds.
Load funds generally are defined as mutual funds that charge a fee for
the sale and distribution of fund shares. There are three types of loads:
front-end loads, back-end loads, and asset-based 12b-1 fees. 12b-1 fees are
distribution-related fees charged against fund assets and are distinct from
service fees, which are charged for personal services and/or maintenance of
shareholder accounts. Asset-based sales charges and service fees are typically
paid pursuant to distribution plans adopted under 12b-1 under the 1940 Act.
A front-end load is a sales charge, which can be as high as 8.50% of
the amount invested. A back-end load is a contingent deferred sales charge,
which can be as high as 8.50% of either the amount invested or redeemed. The
maximum front-end or back-end load varies, and depends upon whether or not a
fund also charges a 12b-1 fee and/or a service fee or offers investors various
sales-related services such as dividend reinvestment. The maximum charge for a
12b-1 fee is 0.75% of a fund's average annual net assets, and the maximum charge
for a service fee is 0.25% of a fund's average annual net assets.
A no-load fund does not charge a front-end or back-end load, but can
charge a small 12b-1 fee and/or service fee against fund assets. Under the NASD
Rules of Fair Practice, a mutual fund can call itself a "no-load" fund only if
the 12b-1 fee and/or service fee does not exceed 0.25% of a fund's average
annual net assets.
Because Scudder funds do not pay any asset-based sales charges or
service fees, Scudder developed and trademarked the phrase pure no-load(TM) to
distinguish Scudder funds from other no-load mutual funds. Scudder pioneered the
no-load concept when it created the nation's first no-load fund in 1928, and
later developed the nation's first family of no-load mutual funds.
The following chart shows the potential long-term advantage of
investing $10,000 in a Scudder pure no-load fund over investing the same amount
in a load fund that collects an 8.50% front-end load, a load fund that collects
only a 0.75% 12b-1 and/or service fee, and a no-load fund charging only a 0.25%
12b-1 and/or service fee. The hypothetical figures in the chart show the value
of an account assuming a constant 10% rate of return over the time periods
indicated and reinvestment of dividends and distributions.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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Scudder No-Load Fund with
Pure No-Load(TM) Load Fund with 0.25% 12b-1
YEARS Fund 8.50% Load Fund 0.75% 12b-1 Fee Fee
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
10 $ 25,937 $ 23,733 $ 24,222 $ 25,354
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15 41,772 38,222 37,698 40,371
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20 67,275 61,557 58,672 64,282
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Investors are encouraged to review the fee tables on page 2 of each
Fund's prospectus for more specific information about the rates at which
management fees and other expenses are assessed.
Internet Access
World Wide Web Site -- The address of the Scudder Funds site is
http://funds.scudder.com. The site offers guidance on global investing and
developing strategies to help meet financial goals and provides access to the
Scudder investor relations department via e-mail. The site also enables users to
access or view fund prospectuses and profiles with links between summary
information in Profiles and details in the Prospectus. Users can fill out new
account forms on-line, order free software, and request literature on funds.
The site is designed for interactivity, simplicity and maneuverability.
A section entitled "Planning Resources" provides information on asset
allocation, tuition, and retirement planning to users who fill out interactive
"worksheets." Investors can easily establish a "Personal Page," that presents
price information, updated daily, on funds they're interested in following. The
"Personal Page" also offers easy navigation to other parts of the site. Fund
performance data from both Scudder and Lipper Analytical Services, Inc. are
available on the site. Also offered on the site is a news feature, which
provides timely and topical material on the Scudder Funds.
Scudder has communicated with shareholders and other interested parties
on Prodigy since 1988 and has participated since 1994 in GALT's Networth
"financial marketplace" site on the Internet. The firm made Scudder Funds
information available on America Online in early 1996.
Account Access -- Scudder is among the first mutual fund families to allow
shareholders to manage their fund accounts through the World Wide Web. Scudder
Fund shareholders can view a snapshot of current holdings, review account
activity and move assets between Scudder Fund accounts.
Scudder's personal portfolio capabilities -- known as SEAS (Scudder
Electronic Account Services) -- are accessible only by current Scudder Fund
shareholders who have set up a Personal Page on Scudder's Web site. Using a
secure Web browser, shareholders sign on to their account with their Social
Security number and their SAIL password. As an additional security measure,
users can change their current password or disable access to their portfolio
through the World Wide Web.
An Account Activity option reveals a financial history of transactions
for an account, with trade dates, type and amount of transaction, share price
and number of shares traded. For users who wish to trade shares between Scudder
Funds, the Fund Exchange option provides a step-by-step procedure to exchange
shares among existing fund accounts or to new Scudder Fund accounts.
A Call MeTM feature enables users to speak with a Scudder Investor
Relations telephone representative while viewing their account on the Web site.
In order to use the Call MeTM feature, an individual must have two phone lines
and enter on the screen the phone number that is not being used to connect to
the Internet. They are connected to the next available Scudder Investor
Relations representative from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. eastern time.
Dividend and Capital Gain Distribution Options
Investors have freedom to choose whether to receive cash or to reinvest
any dividends from net investment income or distributions from realized capital
gains in additional shares of a Fund. A change of instructions for the method of
payment must be given to the Transfer Agent at least five days prior to a
dividend record date. Shareholders may change their dividend option either by
calling 1-800-225-5163 or by sending written instructions to the Transfer Agent.
See "How to contact Scudder" in each Fund's prospectus for the address. Please
include your account number with your written request.
Reinvestment is usually made on the day following the record date.
Investors may leave standing instructions with the Transfer Agent designating
their option for either reinvestment or cash distribution of any income
dividends or capital gains distributions. If no election is made, dividends and
distributions will be invested in additional shares of the relevant Fund.
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Investors may also have dividends and distributions automatically
deposited to their predesignated bank account through Scudder's
DistributionsDirect Program. Shareholders who elect to participate in the
DistributionsDirect Program, and whose predesignated checking account of record
is with a member bank of the Automated Clearing House Network (ACH) can have
income and capital gain distributions automatically deposited to their personal
bank account usually within three business days after a Fund pays its
distribution. A DistributionsDirect request form can be obtained by calling
1-800-225-5163. Confirmation statements will be mailed to shareholders as
notification that distributions have been deposited.
Scudder Investor Centers
Investors may visit any of the Centers maintained by Scudder Investor
Services, Inc. The Centers are designed to provide individuals with services
during any business day. Investors may pick up literature or obtain assistance
with opening an account, adding monies or special options to existing accounts,
making exchanges within the Scudder Family of Funds, redeeming shares or opening
retirement plans. Checks should not be mailed to the Centers but should be
mailed to "The Scudder Funds" at the address listed under "How to contact
Scudder" in the Funds' prospectuses.
Diversification
Your investment represents an interest in a large, diversified
portfolio of carefully selected securities. Diversification helps protect you
against the risks associated with concentrating in fewer securities or in a
specific market sector.
Reports to Shareholders
Each Fund issues to their respective shareholders semiannual financial
statements (audited annually by independent accountants), including a list of
investments held and statements of assets and liabilities, operations, changes
in net assets, and financial highlights for each Fund.
Transaction Summaries
Annual summaries of all transactions in each Fund account are available
to shareholders. The summaries may be obtained by calling 1-800-225-5163.
THE SCUDDER FAMILY OF FUNDS
(See "Investment products and services" in the Funds' prospectuses.)
The Scudder Family of Funds is America's first family of mutual funds
and the nation's oldest family of no-load mutual funds. To assist investors in
choosing a Scudder fund, descriptions of the Scudder funds' objectives follow.
MONEY MARKET
Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund seeks to provide safety, liquidity and
stability of capital and, consistent therewith, to provide current
income. The Fund seeks to maintain a constant net asset value of $1.00
per share, although in certain circumstances this may not be possible,
and declares dividends daily.
Scudder Cash Investment Trust ("SCIT") seeks to maintain the stability
of capital and, consistent therewith, to maintain the liquidity of
capital and to provide current income. SCIT seeks to maintain a
constant net asset value of $1.00 per share, although in certain
circumstances this may not be possible, and declares dividends daily.
Scudder Money Market Series seeks to provide investors with as high a
level of current income as is consistent with its investment polices
and with preservation of capital and liquidity. The Fund seeks to
maintain a constant net asset value of $1.00 per share, but there is no
assurance that it will be able to do so. The institutional class of
shares of this Fund is not within the Scudder Family of Funds.
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Scudder Government Money Market Series seeks to provide investors with
as high a level of current income as is consistent with its investment
polices and with preservation of capital and liquidity. The Fund seeks
to maintain a constant net asset value of $1.00 per share, but there is
no assurance that it will be able to do so. The institutional class of
shares of this Fund is not within the Scudder Family of Funds.
TAX FREE MONEY MARKET
Scudder Tax Free Money Fund ("STFMF") seeks to provide income exempt
from regular federal income tax and stability of principal through
investments primarily in municipal securities. STFMF seeks to maintain
a constant net asset value of $1.00 per share, although in extreme
circumstances this may not be possible.
Scudder Tax Free Money Market Series seeks to provide investors with as
high a level of current income that cannot be subjected to federal
income tax by reason of federal law as is consistent with its
investment policies and with preservation of capital and liquidity. The
Fund seeks to maintain a constant net asset value of $1.00 per share,
but there is no assurance that it will be able to do so. The
institutional class of shares of this Fund is not within the Scudder
Family of Funds.
Scudder California Tax Free Money Fund* seeks stability of capital and
the maintenance of a constant net asset value of $1.00 per share while
providing California taxpayers income exempt from both California State
personal and regular federal income taxes. The Fund is a professionally
managed portfolio of high quality, short-term California municipal
securities. There can be no assurance that the stable net asset value
will be maintained.
Scudder New York Tax Free Money Fund* seeks stability of capital and
the maintenance of a constant net while providing New York taxpayers
income exempt from New York State and New York City personal income
taxes and regular federal income tax. There can be no assurance that
the stable net asset value will be maintained.
TAX FREE
Scudder Limited Term Tax Free Fund seeks to provide as high a level of
income exempt from regular federal income tax as is consistent with a
high degree of principal stability.
Scudder Medium Term Tax Free Fund seeks to provide a high level of
income free from regular federal income taxes and to limit principal
fluctuation. The Fund will invest primarily in high-grade,
intermediate-term bonds.
Scudder Managed Municipal Bonds seeks to provide income exempt from
regular federal income tax primarily through investments in high-grade,
long-term municipal securities.
Scudder High Yield Tax Free Fund seeks to provide a high level of
interest income, exempt from regular federal income tax, from an
actively managed portfolio consisting primarily of investment-grade
municipal securities.
Scudder California Tax Free Fund* seeks to provide California taxpayers
with income exempt from both California State personal income and
regular federal income tax. The Fund is a professionally managed
portfolio consisting primarily of California municipal securities.
Scudder Massachusetts Limited Term Tax Free Fund* seeks to provide
Massachusetts taxpayers with as high a level of income exempt from
Massachusetts personal income tax and regular federal income tax, as is
consistent with a high degree of price stability, through a
professionally managed portfolio consisting primarily of
investment-grade municipal securities.
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* These funds are not available for sale in all states. For information,
contact Scudder Investor Services, Inc.
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Scudder Massachusetts Tax Free Fund* seeks to provide Massachusetts
taxpayers with income exempt from both Massachusetts personal income
tax and regular federal income tax. The Fund is a professionally
managed portfolio consisting primarily of investment-grade municipal
securities.
Scudder New York Tax Free Fund* seeks to provide New York taxpayers
with income exempt from New York State and New York City personal
income taxes and regular federal income tax. The Fund is a
professionally managed portfolio consisting primarily of New York
municipal securities.
Scudder Ohio Tax Free Fund* seeks to provide Ohio taxpayers with income
exempt from both Ohio personal income tax and regular federal income
tax. The Fund is a professionally managed portfolio consisting
primarily of investment-grade municipal securities.
Scudder Pennsylvania Tax Free Fund* seeks to provide Pennsylvania
taxpayers with income exempt from both Pennsylvania personal income tax
and regular federal income tax. The Fund is a professionally managed
portfolio consisting primarily of investment-grade municipal
securities.
U.S. INCOME
Scudder Short Term Bond Fund seeks to provide a high level of income
consistent with a high degree of principal stability by investing
primarily in high quality short-term bonds.
Scudder Zero Coupon 2000 Fund seeks to provide as high an investment
return over a selected period as is consistent with investment in U.S.
Government securities and the minimization of reinvestment risk.
Scudder GNMA Fund seeks to provide high current income primarily from
U.S. Government guaranteed mortgage-backed (Ginnie Mae) securities.
Scudder Income Fund seeks a high level of income, consistent with the
prudent investment of capital, through a flexible investment program
emphasizing high-grade bonds.
Scudder High Yield Bond Fund seeks a high level of current income and,
secondarily, capital appreciation through investment primarily in below
investment-grade domestic debt securities.
GLOBAL INCOME
Scudder Global Bond Fund seeks to provide total return with an emphasis
on current income by investing primarily in high-grade bonds
denominated in foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar. As a secondary
objective, the Fund will seek capital appreciation.
Scudder International Bond Fund seeks to provide income primarily by
investing in a managed portfolio of high-grade international bonds. As
a secondary objective, the Fund seeks protection and possible
enhancement of principal value by actively managing currency, bond
market and maturity exposure and by security selection.
Scudder Emerging Markets Income Fund seeks to provide high current
income and, secondarily, long-term capital appreciation through
investments primarily in high-yielding debt securities issued by
governments and corporations in emerging markets.
ASSET ALLOCATION
Scudder Pathway Series: Conservative Portfolio seeks primarily current
income and secondarily long-term growth of capital. In pursuing these
objectives, the Portfolio, under normal market conditions, will invest
substantially in a select mix of Scudder bond mutual funds, but will
have some exposure to Scudder equity mutual funds.
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* These funds are not available for sale in all states. For information,
contact Scudder Investor Services, Inc.
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Scudder Pathway Series: Balanced Portfolio seeks to provide investors
with a balance of growth and income by investing in a select mix of
Scudder money market, bond and equity mutual funds.
Scudder Pathway Series: Growth Portfolio seeks to provide investors
with long-term growth of capital. In pursuing this objective, the
Portfolio will, under normal market conditions, invest predominantly in
a select mix of Scudder equity mutual funds designed to provide
long-term growth.
Scudder Pathway Series: International Portfolio seeks maximum total
return for investors. Total return consists of any capital appreciation
plus dividend income and interest. To achieve this objective, the
Portfolio invests in a select mix of established international and
global Scudder funds.
U.S. GROWTH AND INCOME
Scudder Balanced Fund seeks a balance of growth and income from a
diversified portfolio of equity and fixed-income securities. The Fund
also seeks long-term preservation of capital through a quality-oriented
approach that is designed to reduce risk.
Scudder Growth and Income Fund seeks long-term growth of capital,
current income, and growth of income.
Scudder S&P 500 Index Fund seeks to provide investment results that,
before expenses, correspond to the total return of common stocks
publicly traded in the United States, as represented by the Standard &
Poor's 500 Composite Stock Price Index.
U.S. GROWTH
Value
Scudder Large Company Value Fund seeks to maximize long-term capital
appreciation through a value-driven investment program.
Scudder Value Fund seeks long-term growth of capital through investment
in undervalued equity securities.
Scudder Small Company Value Fund invests for long-term growth of
capital by seeking out undervalued stocks of small U.S. companies.
Scudder Micro Cap Fund seeks long-term growth of capital by investing
primarily in a diversified portfolio of U.S. micro-capitalization
("micro-cap") common stocks.
Growth
Scudder Classic Growth Fund seeks to provide long-term growth of
capital and to keep the value of its shares more stable than other
growth mutual funds.
Scudder Large Company Growth Fund seeks to provide long-term growth of
capital through investment primarily in the equity securities of
seasoned, financially strong U.S. growth companies.
Scudder Development Fund seeks long-term growth of capital by investing
primarily in securities of small and medium-size growth companies.
Scudder 21st Century Growth Fund seeks long-term growth of capital by
investing primarily in the securities of emerging growth companies
poised to be leaders in the 21st century.
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GLOBAL GROWTH
Worldwide
Scudder Global Fund seeks long-term growth of capital through a
diversified portfolio of marketable securities, primarily equity
securities, including common stocks, preferred stocks and debt
securities convertible into common stocks.
Scudder International Growth and Income Fund seeks long-term growth of
capital and current income primarily from foreign equity securities.
Scudder International Fund seeks long-term growth of capital primarily
through a diversified portfolio of marketable foreign equity
securities.
Scudder Global Discovery Fund seeks above-average capital appreciation
over the long term by investing primarily in the equity securities of
small companies located throughout the world.
Scudder Emerging Markets Growth Fund seeks long-term growth of capital
primarily through equity investment in emerging markets around the
globe.
Scudder Gold Fund seeks maximum return (principal change and income)
consistent with investing in a portfolio of gold-related equity
securities and gold.
Regional
Scudder Greater Europe Growth Fund seeks long-term growth of capital
through investments primarily in the equity securities of European
companies.
Scudder Pacific Opportunities Fund seeks long-term growth of capital
through investment primarily in the equity securities of Pacific Basin
companies, excluding Japan.
Scudder Latin America Fund seeks to provide long-term capital
appreciation through investment primarily in the securities of Latin
American issuers.
The Japan Fund, Inc. seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing
primarily in equity securities (including American Depository Receipts)
of Japanese companies.
The net asset values of most Scudder funds can be found daily in the
"Mutual Funds" section of The Wall Street Journal under "Scudder Funds," and in
other leading newspapers throughout the country. Investors will notice the net
asset value and offering price are the same, reflecting the fact that no sales
commission or "load" is charged on the sale of shares of the Scudder funds. The
latest seven-day yields for the money-market funds can be found every Monday and
Thursday in the "Money-Market Funds" section of The Wall Street Journal. This
information also may be obtained by calling the Scudder Automated Information
Line (SAIL) at 1-800-343-2890.
The Scudder Family of Funds offers many conveniences and services,
including: active professional investment management; broad and diversified
investment portfolios; pure no-load funds with no commissions to purchase or
redeem shares or Rule 12b-1 distribution fees; individual attention from a
service representative of Scudder Investor Relations; and easy telephone
exchanges into other Scudder funds. Certain Scudder funds may not be available
for purchase or exchange. For more information, please call 1-800-225-5163.
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SPECIAL PLAN ACCOUNTS
(See "Scudder tax-advantaged retirement plans," "Purchases--By
Automatic Investment Plan" and "Exchanges and redemptions--By
Automatic Withdrawal Plan" in each Fund's prospectus.)
Detailed information on any Scudder investment plan, including the
applicable charges, minimum investment requirements and disclosures made
pursuant to Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") requirements, may be obtained
by contacting Scudder Investor Services, Inc., Two International Place, Boston,
Massachusetts 02110-4103 or by calling toll free, 1-800-225-2470. It is
advisable for an investor considering the funding of the investment plans
described below to consult with an attorney or other investment or tax adviser
with respect to the suitability requirements and tax aspects thereof.
Shares of the Funds may also be a permitted investment under profit
sharing and pension plans and IRA's other than those offered by the Funds'
distributor depending on the provisions of the relevant plan or IRA.
None of the plans assures a profit or guarantees protection against
depreciation, especially in declining markets.
Scudder Retirement Plans: Profit-Sharing and Money Purchase
Pension Plans for Corporations and Self-Employed Individuals
Shares of the Funds may be purchased as the investment medium under a
plan in the form of a Scudder Profit-Sharing Plan (including a version of the
Plan which includes a cash-or-deferred feature) or a Scudder Money Purchase
Pension Plan (jointly referred to as the Scudder Retirement Plans) adopted by a
corporation, a self-employed individual or a group of self-employed individuals
(including sole proprietorships and partnerships), or other qualifying
organization. Each of these forms was approved by the IRS as a prototype. The
IRS's approval of an employer's plan under Section 401(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code will be greatly facilitated if it is in such approved form. Under
certain circumstances, the IRS will assume that a plan, adopted in this form,
after special notice to any employees, meets the requirements of Section 401(a)
of the Internal Revenue Code.
Scudder 401(k): Cash or Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan
for Corporations and Self-Employed Individuals
Shares of the Funds may be purchased as the investment medium under a
plan in the form of a Scudder 401(k) Plan adopted by a corporation, a
self-employed individual or a group of self-employed individuals (including sole
proprietors and partnerships), or other qualifying organization. This plan has
been approved as a prototype by the IRS.
Scudder IRA: Individual Retirement Account
Shares of the Funds may be purchased as the underlying investment for
an Individual Retirement Account which meets the requirements of Section 408(a)
of the Internal Revenue Code.
A single individual who is not an active participant in an
employer-maintained retirement plan, a simplified employee pension plan, or a
tax-deferred annuity program (a "qualified plan"), and a married individual who
is not an active participant in a qualified plan and whose spouse is also not an
active participant in a qualified plan, are eligible to make tax deductible
contributions of up to $2,000 to an IRA prior to the year such individual
attains age 70 1/2. In addition, certain individuals who are active participants
in qualified plans (or who have spouses who are active participants) are also
eligible to make tax-deductible contributions to an IRA; the annual amount, if
any, of the contribution which such an individual will be eligible to deduct
will be determined by the amount of his, her, or their adjusted gross income for
the year. Whenever the adjusted gross income limitation prohibits an individual
from contributing what would otherwise be the maximum tax-deductible
contribution he or she could make, the individual will be eligible to contribute
the difference to an IRA in the form of nondeductible contributions.
An eligible individual may contribute as much as $2,000 of qualified
income (earned income or, under certain circumstances, alimony) to an IRA each
year (up to $2,000 per individual for married couples if only one spouse has
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earned income). All income and capital gains derived from IRA investments are
reinvested and compound tax-deferred until distributed. Such tax-deferred
compounding can lead to substantial retirement savings.
The table below shows how much individuals would accumulate in a fully
tax-deductible IRA by age 65 (before any distributions) if they contribute
$2,000 at the beginning of each year, assuming average annual returns of 5, 10,
and 15%. (At withdrawal, accumulations in this table will be taxable.)
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<CAPTION>
Value of IRA at Age 65
Assuming $2,000 Deductible Annual Contribution
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Starting Annual Rate of Return
Age of ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Contributions 5% 10% 15%
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
25 $253,680 $973,704 $4,091,908
35 139,522 361,887 999,914
45 69,439 126,005 235,620
55 26,414 35,062 46,699
</TABLE>
This next table shows how much individuals would accumulate in non-IRA
accounts by age 65 if they start with $2,000 in pretax earned income at the
beginning of each year (which is $1,380 after taxes are paid), assuming average
annual returns of 5, 10 and 15%. (At withdrawal, a portion of the accumulation
in this table will be taxable.)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Value of a Non-IRA Account at
Age 65 Assuming $1,380 Annual Contributions
(post tax, $2,000 pretax) and a 31% Tax Bracket
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Starting Annual Rate of Return
Age of ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Contributions 5% 10% 15%
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
25 $119,318 $287,021 $741,431
35 73,094 136,868 267,697
45 40,166 59,821 90,764
55 16,709 20,286 24,681
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Scudder 403(b) Plan
Shares of the Funds may also be purchased as the underlying investment
for tax sheltered annuity plans under the provisions of Section 403(b)(7) of the
Internal Revenue Code. In general, employees of tax-exempt organizations
described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (such as hospitals,
churches, religious, scientific, or literary organizations and educational
institutions) or a public school system are eligible to participate in a 403(b)
plan.
Automatic Withdrawal Plan
Non-retirement plan shareholders may establish an Automatic Withdrawal
Plan to receive monthly, quarterly or periodic redemptions from his or her
account for any designated amount of $50 or more. Shareholders may designate on
which day they want the automatic withdrawal to be processed. The check amounts
may be based on the redemption of a fixed dollar amount, fixed share amount,
percent of account value or declining balance. The Plan provides for income
dividends and capital gains distributions, if any, to be reinvested in
additional shares. Shares are then liquidated as necessary to provide for
withdrawal payments. Since the withdrawals are in amounts selected by the
investor and have no relationship to yield or income, payments received cannot
be considered as yield or income on the investment and the resulting
liquidations may deplete or possibly extinguish the initial investment and any
reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions. Requests for increases in
withdrawal amounts or to change the payee must be submitted in writing, signed
exactly as the account is registered, and contain signature guarantee(s) as
described under "Transaction information--Redeeming shares--Signature
guarantees" in each Fund's prospectus. Any such requests must be received by the
Funds' transfer agent ten days prior to the date of the first automatic
withdrawal. An Automatic Withdrawal Plan may be terminated at any time by the
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shareholder, the respective Trust, or its agent on written notice, and will be
terminated when all shares of a Fund under the Plan have been liquidated or upon
receipt by the respective Trust of notice of death of the shareholder.
An Automatic Withdrawal Plan request form can be obtained by calling
1-800-225-5163.
Group or Salary Deduction Plan
An investor may join a Group or Salary Deduction Plan where
satisfactory arrangements have been made with Scudder Investor Services, Inc.
for forwarding regular investments through a single source. The minimum annual
investment is $240 per investor which may be made in monthly, quarterly,
semiannual or annual payments. The minimum monthly deposit per investor is $20.
Except for trustees or custodian fees for certain retirement plans, at present
there is no separate charge for maintaining group or salary deduction plans;
however, each Trust and its agents reserve the right to establish a maintenance
charge in the future depending on the services required by the investor.
Each Trust reserves the right, after notice has been given to the
shareholder, to redeem and close a shareholder's account in the event that the
shareholder ceases participating in the group plan prior to investment of $1,000
per individual or in the event of a redemption which occurs prior to the
accumulation of that amount or which reduces the account value to less than
$1,000 and the account value is not increased to $1,000 within a reasonable time
after notification. An investor in a plan who has not purchased shares for six
months shall be presumed to have stopped making payments under the plan.
Automatic Investment Plan
Shareholders may arrange to make periodic investments through automatic
deductions from checking accounts by completing the appropriate form and
providing the necessary documentation to establish this service. The minimum
investment is $50.
The Automatic Investment Plan involves an investment strategy called
dollar cost averaging. Dollar cost averaging is a method of investing whereby a
specific dollar amount is invested at regular intervals. By investing the same
dollar amount each period, when shares are priced low the investor will purchase
more shares than when the share price is higher. Over a period of time this
investment approach may allow the investor to reduce the average price of the
shares purchased. However, this investment approach does not assure a profit or
protect against loss. This type of regular investment program may be suitable
for various investment goals such as, but not limited to, college planning or
saving for a home.
Uniform Transfers/Gifts to Minors Act
Grandparents, parents or other donors may set up custodian accounts for
minors. The minimum initial investment is $1,000 unless the donor agrees to
continue to make regular share purchases for the account through Scudder's
Automatic Investment Plan (AIP). In this case, the minimum initial investment is
$500.
Each Trust reserves the right, after notice has been given to the
shareholder and custodian, to redeem and close a shareholder's account in the
event that regular investments to the account cease before the $1,000 minimum is
reached.
DIVIDENDS
(See "Distribution and performance
information--Dividends and capital gains
distributions" in each Fund's prospectus.)
The net income of each Fund is determined as of the close of regular
trading on the Exchange, usually 4 p.m. eastern time on each day the Exchange is
open for trading.
All the net investment income and all net realized short-term capital
gains and net realized short and long-term capital losses of SCIT so determined
normally will be declared as a dividend to shareholders of record as of
determination of the net asset value at 12:00 noon after the purchase and
redemption of shares. Any losses may be included in the daily dividend for such
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number of days as is deemed appropriate in order to avoid a disproportionate
impact on holders of shares of beneficial interest of the Fund on any one day on
which a dividend is declared. All the net investment income and all realized
capital gains and losses on securities held for one year or less (short-term
capital gain/loss) of Treasury Fund so determined normally will be declared as a
dividend to shareholders of record as of determination of the net asset value at
twelve o'clock noon after the purchase and redemption of shares. Shares
purchased as of the determination of net asset value made as of the regular
close of the Exchange will not participate in that day's dividend; in such cases
dividends commence on the next business day. Checks will be mailed to
shareholders electing to take dividends in cash, and confirmations will be
mailed to shareholders electing to invest dividends in additional shares for the
month's dividends within four business days after the dividend is calculated.
Dividends will be invested at the net asset value per share, normally $l.00,
determined as of the close of regular trading on the Exchange on the last
business day of each month.
Dividends are declared daily on each day on which the Exchange is open
for business. The dividends for a business day immediately preceding a weekend
or holiday will normally include an amount equal to the net income for the
subsequent days on which dividends are not declared. However, no daily dividend
will include any amount of net investment income in respect of a subsequent
semiannual accounting period.
Net investment income (from the time of the immediately preceding
determination thereof) consists of all interest income accrued on the portfolio
assets of a Fund, less all actual and accrued expenses. Interest income included
in the daily computation of net investment income is comprised of original issue
discount earned on discount paper accrued to the date of maturity as well as
accrued interest. Expenses of each Fund, including the management fee payable to
the Adviser, are accrued each day.
Normally, each Fund will have a positive net investment income at the
time of each determination thereof. Net investment income may be negative if an
unexpected liability must be accrued or a loss realized. If the net investment
income of a Fund determined at any time is a negative amount, the net asset
value per share will be reduced below $l.00 unless one or more of the following
steps are taken: the Trustees have the authority (1) to reduce the number of
shares in each shareholder's account, (2) to offset each shareholder's pro rata
portion of negative net investment income from the shareholder's accrued
dividend account or from future dividends, or (3) to combine these methods in
order to seek to maintain the net asset value per share at $1.00. Each Fund may
endeavor to restore the net asset value per share to $l.00 by not declaring
dividends from net investment income on subsequent days until restoration, with
the result that the net asset value per share will increase to the extent of
positive net investment income which is not declared as a dividend.
Because the net investment income of each Fund is declared as a
dividend each time the net investment income of the Fund is determined, the net
asset value per share of each Fund (i.e., the fair value of the net assets of
the Fund divided by the number of shares of the Fund outstanding) will remain at
$l.00 per share immediately after each such determination and dividend
declaration, unless (i) there are unusual or extended fluctuations in short-term
interest rates or other factors, such as unfavorable changes in the
creditworthiness of issuers affecting the value of securities in the Fund's
portfolio, or (ii) net income is a negative amount.
Should a Fund incur or anticipate any unusual or unexpected significant
expense or loss which would affect disproportionately that Fund's income for a
particular period, the Trustees would at that time consider whether to adhere to
the dividend policy described above or to revise it in the light of the then
prevailing circumstances in order to ameliorate to the extent possible the
disproportionate effect of such expense, loss or depreciation on then existing
shareholders. Such expenses or losses may nevertheless result in a shareholder's
receiving no dividends for the period during which the shares are held and in
receiving upon redemption a price per share lower than that which was paid.
Neither Fund anticipates realizing any long-term capital gains.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
(See "Distribution and performance information--Performance
information" in each Fund's prospectus.)
From time to time, quotations of each Fund's performance may be
included in advertisements, sales literature or reports to shareholders or
prospective investors. These performance figures may be calculated in the
following manner:
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Yield
Yield is the net annualized yield based on a specified 7 calendar days
calculated at simple interest rates. Yield is calculated by determining the net
change, exclusive of capital changes, in the value of a hypothetical
pre-existing account having a balance of one share at the beginning of the
period, and dividing the difference by the value of the account at the beginning
of the base period to obtain the base period return. The yield is annualized by
multiplying the base period return by 365/7. The yield figure is stated to the
nearest hundredth of one percent. The yield for the seven-day period ended June
30, 1997 was 4.75% for SCIT and 4.50% for Treasury Fund. If Treasury Fund's
Adviser had not absorbed a portion of the Fund's expenses and had imposed a full
management fee, the Fund's yield for the seven-day period ended June 30, 1997
would have been 4.15%.
Effective Yield
Effective yield is the net annualized yield for a specified 7 calendar
days assuming a reinvestment of the income or compounding. Effective yield is
calculated by the same method as yield except the effective yield figure is
compounded by adding 1, raising the sum to a power equal to 365 divided by 7,
and subtracting 1 from the result, according to the following formula:
Effective yield = [(Base Period Return + 1)^365/7] - 1.
The effective yield for the seven-day period ended June 30, 1997 was
4.86% for SCIT and 4.60% for Treasury Fund. If SCIT's Adviser had not absorbed a
portion of the Fund's expenses and had imposed a full management fee, the Fund's
yield for the seven-day period ended June 30, 1997 would have been 4.60%. If
Treasury Fund's Adviser had not absorbed a portion of the Fund's expenses and
had imposed a full management fee, the Fund's yield for the seven-day period
ended June 30, 1997 would have been 4.25%.
Quotations of each Fund's performance are based on historical earnings
and are not intended to indicate future performance. An investor's shares when
redeemed may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance of the
Fund will vary based on changes in market conditions and the level of each
Fund's expenses.
Average Annual Total Return
Average annual total return is the average annual compound rate of
return for the periods of one year, five years and ten years, all ended on the
last day of a recent calendar quarter. Average annual total return quotations
reflect changes in the price of a Fund's shares, if any, and assume that all
dividends and capital gains distributions during the respective periods were
reinvested in Fund shares. Average annual total return is calculated by finding
the average annual compound rates of return of a hypothetical investment over
such periods, according to the following formula (average annual total return is
then expressed as a percentage):
T = (ERV/P)1/n - 1
Where:
P = a hypothetical initial investment of $1,000
T = Average Annual Total Return
n = number of years
ERV = ending redeemable value: ERV is the value,
at the end of the applicable period, of a
hypothetical $1,000 investment made at the
beginning of the applicable period.
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Average Annual Total Return for periods ended June 30, 1997
One Five Ten
Year Years Years
---- ----- -----
SCIT* 4.73% 4.00% 5.51%
Treasury Fund** 4.58% 3.93% 5.18%
* If the Adviser had not absorbed a portion of SCIT expenses and
had imposed a full management fee, the average annual total
return for the one year, five year and ten year periods ended
June 30, 1997, would have been lower.
** If the Adviser had not absorbed a portion of Treasury Fund
expenses and had imposed a full management fee, the average
annual total return for the one year, five year and ten year
periods ended June 30, 1997, would have been approximately
4.29%, 3.68% and 5.02%.
Cumulative Total Return
Cumulative Total Return is the cumulative rate of return on a
hypothetical initial investment of $1,000 for a specified period. Cumulative
total return quotations reflect the change in the price of a Fund's shares and
assume that all dividends and capital gains distributions during the period were
reinvested in Fund shares. Cumulative total return is calculated by finding the
cumulative rates of return of a hypothetical investment over such periods,
according to the following formula (cumulative total return is then expressed as
a percentage):
C = (ERV/P)-1
Where:
C = Cumulative Total Return
P = a hypothetical initial investment of $1,000
ERV = ending redeemable value: ERV is the value,
at the end of the applicable period, of a
hypothetical $1,000 investment made at the
beginning of the applicable period.
Cumulative Total Return for periods ended June 30, 1997
One Five Ten
Year Years Years
---- ----- -----
SCIT* 4.73% 21.69% 70.94%
Treasury Fund** 4.58% 21.25% 65.73%
* If the Adviser had not absorbed a portion of SCIT's expenses
and had imposed a full management fee, the cumulative total
return for the one year, five year and ten year periods ended
June 30, 1997, would have been lower.
** If the Adviser had not absorbed a portion of Treasury Fund's
expenses and had imposed a full management fee, the cumulative
total return for the one year, five year and ten year periods
ended June 30, 1997, would have been approximately 4.23%,
20.90% and 65.08%.
Total Return
Total return is the rate of return on an investment for a specified
period of time calculated in the manner as cumulative total return.
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Quotations of the Funds' performance are historical, show the
performance of a hypothetical investment and are not intended to indicate future
performance. Average annual total return, cumulative total return and yield for
a Fund will vary based on changes in market conditions and the level of each
Fund's expenses. An investor's shares when redeemed may be worth more or less
than their original cost.
Investors should be aware that the principal of each Fund is not
insured.
Comparison of Fund Performance
A comparison of the quoted non-standard performance offered for various
investments is valid only if performance is calculated in the same manner. Since
there are different methods of calculating performance, investors should
consider the effects of the methods used to calculate performance when comparing
performance of a Fund with performance quoted with respect to other investment
companies or types of investments.
In connection with communicating its performance to current or
prospective shareholders, a Fund also may compare these figures to the
performance of unmanaged indices which may assume reinvestment of dividends or
interest but generally do not reflect deductions for administrative and
management costs. Examples include, but are not limited to the Dow Jones
Industrial Average, the Consumer Price Index, Standard & Poor's 500 Composite
Stock Price Index (S&P 500), the Nasdaq OTC Composite Index, the Nasdaq
Industrials Index, the Russell 2000 Index, and statistics published by the Small
Business Administration.
From time to time, in advertising and marketing literature, a Fund's
performance may be compared to the performance of broad groups of mutual funds
with similar investment goals, as tracked by independent organizations such as,
Investment Company Data, Inc. ("ICD"), Lipper Analytical Services, Inc.
("Lipper"), CDA Investment Technologies, Inc. ("CDA"), Morningstar, Inc., Value
Line Mutual Fund Survey and other independent organizations. When these
organizations' tracking results are used, a Fund will be compared to the
appropriate fund category, that is, by fund objective and portfolio holdings, or
to the appropriate volatility grouping, where volatility is a measure of a
fund's risk. For instance, a Scudder growth fund will be compared to funds in
the growth fund category; a Scudder income fund will be compared to funds in the
income fund category; and so on. Scudder funds (except for money market funds)
may also be compared to funds with similar volatility, as measured statistically
by independent organizations.
From time to time, in marketing and other Fund literature, Trustees and
officers of the Funds, the Funds' portfolio managers, or members of the
portfolio management team may be depicted and quoted to give prospective and
current shareholders a better sense of the outlook and approach of those who
manage the Funds. In addition, the amount of assets that the Adviser has under
management in various geographical areas may be quoted in advertising and
marketing materials.
The Funds may be advertised as an investment choice in Scudder's
college planning program. The description may contain illustrations of projected
future college costs based on assumed rates of inflation and examples of
hypothetical fund performance, calculated as described above.
Statistical and other information, as provided by the Social Security
Administration, may be used in marketing materials pertaining to retirement
planning in order to estimate future payouts of social security benefits.
Estimates may be used on demographic and economic data.
Marketing and other Fund literature may include a description of the
potential risks and rewards associated with an investment in the Funds. The
description may include a "risk/return spectrum" which compares the Funds to
other Scudder funds or broad categories of funds, such as money market, bond or
equity funds, in terms of potential risks and returns. Money market funds are
designed to maintain a constant $1.00 share price and have a fluctuating yield.
Share price, yield and total return of a bond fund will fluctuate. The share
price and return of an equity fund also will fluctuate. The description may also
compare the Funds to bank products, such as certificates of deposit. Unlike
mutual funds, certificates of deposit are insured up to $100,000 by the U.S.
government and offer a fixed rate of return.
Because bank products guarantee the principal value of an investment
and money market funds seek stability of principal, these investments are
considered to be less risky than investments in either bond or equity funds,
which may involve the loss of principal. However, all long-term investments,
including investments in bank products, may be subject to inflation risk, which
is the risk of erosion of the value of an investment as prices increase over a
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long time period. The risks/returns associated with an investment in bond or
equity funds depend upon many factors. For bond funds these factors include, but
are not limited to, a fund's overall investment objective, the average portfolio
maturity, credit quality of the securities held, and interest rate movements.
For equity funds, factors include a fund's overall investment objective, the
types of equity securities held and the financial position of the issuers of the
securities. The risks/returns associated with an investment in international
bond or equity funds also will depend upon currency exchange rate fluctuation.
A risk/return spectrum generally will position the various investment
categories in the following order: bank products, money market funds, bond funds
and equity funds. Shorter-term bond funds generally are considered less risky
and offer the potential for less return than longer-term bond funds. The same is
true of domestic bond funds relative to international bond funds, and bond funds
that purchase higher quality securities relative to bond funds that purchase
lower quality securities. Growth and income equity funds are generally
considered to be less risky and offer the potential for less return than growth
funds. In addition, international equity funds usually are considered more risky
than domestic equity funds but generally offer the potential for greater return.
Risk/return spectrums also may depict funds that invest in both
domestic and foreign securities or a combination of bond and equity securities.
Evaluation of Fund performance or other relevant statistical
information made by independent sources may also be used in advertisements
concerning the Funds, including reprints of, or selections from, editorials or
articles about these Funds. Sources for Fund performance information and
articles about the Funds include the following:
American Association of Individual Investors' Journal, a monthly publication of
the AAII that includes articles on investment analysis techniques.
Asian Wall Street Journal, a weekly Asian newspaper that often reviews U.S.
mutual funds investing internationally.
Banxquote, an on-line source of national averages for leading money market and
bank CD interest rates, published on a weekly basis by Masterfund, Inc. of
Wilmington, Delaware.
Barron's, a Dow Jones and Company, Inc. business and financial weekly that
periodically reviews mutual fund performance data.
Business Week, a national business weekly that periodically reports the
performance rankings and ratings of a variety of mutual funds investing abroad.
CDA Investment Technologies, Inc., an organization which provides performance
and ranking information through examining the dollar results of hypothetical
mutual fund investments and comparing these results against appropriate market
indices.
Consumer Digest, a monthly business/financial magazine that includes a "Money
Watch" section featuring financial news.
Financial Times, Europe's business newspaper, which features from time to time
articles on international or country-specific funds.
Financial World, a general business/financial magazine that includes a "Market
Watch" department reporting on activities in the mutual fund industry.
Forbes, a national business publication that from time to time reports the
performance of specific investment companies in the mutual fund industry.
Fortune, a national business publication that periodically rates the performance
of a variety of mutual funds.
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The Frank Russell Company, a West-Coast investment management firm that
periodically evaluates international stock markets and compares foreign equity
market performance to U.S. stock market performance.
Global Investor, a European publication that periodically reviews the
performance of U.S. mutual funds investing internationally.
IBC Money Fund Report, a weekly publication of IBC Financial Data, Inc.,
reporting on the performance of the nation's money market funds, summarizing
money market fund activity and including certain averages as performance
benchmarks, specifically "IBC's Money Fund Average," and "IBC's Government Money
Fund Average."
Ibbotson Associates, Inc., a company specializing in investment research and
data.
Investment Company Data, Inc., an independent organization which provides
performance ranking information for broad classes of mutual funds.
Investor's Business Daily, a daily newspaper that features financial, economic,
and business news.
Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, a monthly investment advisory publication
that periodically features the performance of a variety of securities.
Lipper Analytical Services, Inc.'s Mutual Fund Performance Analysis, a weekly
publication of industry-wide mutual fund averages by type of fund.
Money, a monthly magazine that from time to time features both specific funds
and the mutual fund industry as a whole.
Morgan Stanley International, an integrated investment banking firm that
compiles statistical information.
Mutual Fund Values, a biweekly Morningstar, Inc. publication that provides
ratings of mutual funds based on fund performance, risk and portfolio
characteristics.
The New York Times, a nationally distributed newspaper which regularly covers
financial news.
The No-Load Fund Investor, a monthly newsletter, published by Sheldon Jacobs,
that includes mutual fund performance data and recommendations for the mutual
fund investor.
No-Load Fund*X, a monthly newsletter, published by DAL Investment Company, Inc.,
that reports on mutual fund performance, rates funds and discusses investment
strategies for the mutual fund investor.
Personal Investing News, a monthly news publication that often reports on
investment opportunities and market conditions.
Personal Investor, a monthly investment advisory publication that includes a
"Mutual Funds Outlook" section reporting on mutual fund performance measures,
yields, indices and portfolio holdings.
SmartMoney, a national personal finance magazine published monthly by Dow Jones
and Company, Inc. and The Hearst Corporation. Focus is placed on ideas for
investing, spending and saving.
Success, a monthly magazine targeted to the world of entrepreneurs and growing
business, often featuring mutual fund performance data.
United Mutual Fund Selector, a semi-monthly investment newsletter, published by
Babson United Investment Advisors, that includes mutual fund performance data
and reviews of mutual fund portfolios and investment strategies.
USA Today, a leading national daily newspaper.
U.S. News and World Report, a national news weekly that periodically reports
mutual fund performance data.
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Value Line Mutual Fund Survey, an independent organization that provides
biweekly performance and other information on mutual funds.
The Wall Street Journal, a Dow Jones and Company, Inc. newspaper which regularly
covers financial news.
Wiesenberger Investment Companies Services, an annual compendium of information
about mutual funds and other investment companies, including comparative data on
funds' backgrounds, management policies, salient features, management results,
income and dividend records and price ranges.
Working Woman, a monthly publication that features a "Financial Workshop"
section reporting on the mutual fund/financial industry.
Worth, a national publication issued 10 times per year by Capital Publishing
Company, a subsidiary of Fidelity Investments. Focus is placed on personal
financial journalism.
ORGANIZATION OF THE FUNDS
(See "Fund organization" in each Fund's prospectus.)
Scudder Cash Investment Trust is a Massachusetts business trust
established under a Declaration of Trust dated December 12, 1975. Treasury Fund
is a Massachusetts business trust established under a Declaration of Trust dated
April 4, 1980. On February 12, 1991, the Board of Trustees of Treasury Fund
approved the change in name from Scudder Government Money Fund to Scudder U.S.
Treasury Money Fund. Each Fund's authorized capital consists of an unlimited
number of shares of beneficial interest, par value $.01 per share, all of which
are one class and have equal rights as to voting, dividends and liquidation.
Shareholders have one vote for each share held. All shares issued and
outstanding will be fully paid and non-assessable by the Funds, and redeemable
as described in this combined Statement of Additional Information and in each
Fund's prospectus. The Trustees of both Funds have the authority to issue more
than one series of shares, but have no present intention to do so.
The Trustees of Treasury Fund, in their discretion, may authorize the
division of shares of the Fund (or shares of a series) into different classes,
permitting shares of different classes to be distributed by different methods.
Although shareholders of different classes would have an interest in the same
portfolio of assets, shareholders of different classes may bear different
expenses in connection with different methods of distribution. The Trustees have
no present intention of taking the action necessary to effect the division of
shares into separate classes, nor of changing the method of distribution of
shares of Treasury Fund.
Each Fund has a Declaration of Trust which provides that obligations of
the Fund involved are not binding upon the Trustees individually but only upon
the property of that Fund, that the Trustees and officers will not be liable for
errors of judgment or mistakes of fact or law, and that the Fund involved will
indemnify its Trustees and officers against liabilities and expenses incurred in
connection with litigation in which they may be involved because of their
offices with the Fund involved except if it is determined in the manner provided
in the Declarations of Trust that they have not acted in good faith in the
reasonable belief that their actions were in the best interests of the Fund
involved. However, nothing in the Declarations of Trust protects or indemnifies
a Trustee or officer against any liability to which he or she would otherwise be
subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or
reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office.
INVESTMENT ADVISER
(See "Fund organization--Investment adviser" in each Fund's prospectus.)
Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc., an investment counsel firm, acts as
investment adviser to the Funds. This organization is one of the most
experienced investment management firms in the United States. It was established
as a partnership in 1919 and pioneered the practice of providing investment
counsel to individual clients on a fee basis. In 1928, it introduced the first
no-load mutual fund to the public. In 1953, the Adviser introduced Scudder
International Fund, Inc., the first mutual fund registered with the SEC in the
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United States investing internationally in several foreign countries. The firm
reorganized from a partnership to a corporation on June 28, 1985.
The principal source of the Adviser's income is professional fees
received from providing continuous investment advice, and the firm derives no
income from brokerage or underwriting of securities. Today, it provides
investment counsel for many individuals and institutions, including insurance
companies, colleges, industrial corporations, and financial and banking
organizations. In addition, it manages Montgomery Street Income Securities,
Inc., Scudder California Tax Free Trust, Scudder Cash Investment Trust, Scudder
Equity Trust, Scudder Fund, Inc., Scudder Funds Trust, Scudder Global Fund,
Inc., Scudder GNMA Fund, Scudder Portfolio Trust, Scudder Institutional Fund,
Inc., Scudder International Fund, Inc., Scudder Investment Trust, Scudder
Municipal Trust, Scudder Mutual Funds, Inc., Scudder New Asia Fund, Inc.,
Scudder New Europe Fund, Inc., Scudder Pathway Series, Scudder Securities Trust,
Scudder State Tax Free Trust, Scudder Tax Free Money Fund, Scudder Tax Free
Trust, Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund, Scudder Variable Life Investment Fund,
Scudder World Income Opportunities Fund, Inc., The Argentina Fund, Inc., The
Brazil Fund, Inc., The Korea Fund, Inc., The Japan Fund, Inc., The Latin America
Dollar Income Fund, Inc. and Scudder Spain and Portugal Fund, Inc. Some of the
foregoing companies or trusts have two or more series.
The Adviser also provides investment advisory services to the mutual
funds which comprise the AARP Investment Program from Scudder. The AARP
Investment Program from Scudder has assets over $13 billion and includes the
AARP Growth Trust, AARP Income Trust, AARP Tax Free Income Trust, AARP Managed
Investment Portfolios Trust and AARP Cash Investment Funds.
Pursuant to an Agreement between Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc. and
AMA Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of the American Medical Association (the
"AMA"), dated May 9, 1997, Scudder has agreed, subject to applicable state
regulations, to pay AMA Solutions, Inc. royalties in an amount equal to 5% of
the management fee received by Scudder with respect to assets invested by AMA
members in Scudder funds in connection with the AMA InvestmentLinkSM Program.
Scudder will also pay AMA Solutions, Inc. a general monthly fee, currently in
the amount of $833. The AMA and AMA Solutions, Inc. are not engaged in the
business of providing investment advice and neither is registered as an
investment adviser or broker/dealer under federal securities laws. Any person
who participates in the AMA InvestmentLinkSM Program will be a customer of
Scudder (or of a subsidiary thereof) and not the AMA or AMA Solutions, Inc. AMA
InvestmentLinkSM is a service mark of AMA Solutions, Inc.
The Adviser maintains a large research department, which conducts
continuous studies of the factors that affect the position of various
industries, companies and individual securities. The Adviser receives published
reports and statistical compilations from issuers and other sources, as well as
analyses from brokers and dealers who may execute portfolio transactions for the
Adviser's clients. However, the Adviser regards this information and material as
an adjunct to its own research activities. In selecting the securities in which
the Fund may invest, the conclusions and investment decisions of the Adviser
with respect to the Fund are based primarily on the analyses of its own research
department.
Certain investments may be appropriate for both SCIT and Treasury Fund
as well as other clients advised by the Adviser. Investment decisions for the
Funds and other clients are made with a view to achieving their respective
investment objectives and after consideration of such factors as their current
holdings, availability of cash for investment and the size of their investments
generally. Frequently, a particular security may be bought or sold for only one
client or in different amounts and at different times for more than one but less
than all clients. Likewise, a particular security may be bought for one or more
clients when one or more other clients are selling the security. In addition,
purchases or sales of the same security may be made for two or more clients on
the same day. In such event, such transactions will be allocated among the
clients in a manner believed by the Adviser to be equitable to each. In some
cases, this procedure could have an adverse effect on the price or amount of the
securities purchased or sold by the Funds. Purchase and sales orders for each
Fund may be combined with those of other clients of the Adviser in the interest
of achieving the most favorable net results to the Funds.
Scudder has entered into an agreement with Zurich Insurance Company
("Zurich"), an international insurance and financial services organization,
pursuant to which Scudder will form a new global investment organization by
combining with Zurich's subsidiary, Zurich Kemper Investments, Inc., and change
its name to Scudder Kemper Investments, Inc. After the transaction is completed,
Zurich will own approximately 70% of the new organization with the balance owned
by the new organization's officers and employees.
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Consummation of the transaction is subject to a number of
contingencies, including regulatory approvals. The transaction is expected to
close in the fourth quarter of 1997. Upon consummation of the transaction the
investment management agreement with Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc., will
terminate. The Trustees have approved an investment management agreement with
Scudder Kemper Investments, Inc. which is substantially identical to the current
investment management agreement to become effective upon the termination of the
current investment management agreement.
Scudder Cash Investment Trust
The Investment Advisory Agreement between SCIT and the Adviser (the
"Agreement"), dated November 12, 1985, will remain in effect until September 30,
1998 and will continue in effect from year to year thereafter only if its
continuance is approved annually by the vote of a majority of those Trustees who
are not parties to such Agreement or "interested persons" of the Adviser or SCIT
cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval
and either by vote of a majority of the Trustees or a majority of the
outstanding voting securities of SCIT. The Agreement was last approved by the
Trustees (including a majority of the Trustees who are not such "interested
persons") on August 12, 1997 and by the shareholders of the Fund on November 3,
1987. The Agreement may be terminated at any time without payment of penalty by
either party on sixty days' written notice, and automatically terminates in the
event of its assignment.
Under the Agreement, the Adviser regularly provides SCIT investment
management of the assets of the Fund in accordance with the investment
objectives, policies and restrictions set forth, and determines what securities
shall be purchased for SCIT, what securities shall be held or sold by SCIT, and
what portion of SCIT's assets shall be held uninvested, subject always to the
provisions of SCIT's Declaration of Trust and By-Laws, and of the 1940 Act and
to SCIT's investment objectives, policies and restrictions, and subject further
to such policies and instructions as the Trustees of SCIT may from time to time
establish. The Adviser also advises and assists the officers of SCIT in taking
such steps as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the decisions of its
Trustees and the appropriate committees of the Trustees regarding the conduct of
the business of SCIT.
The Adviser furnishes the Trust's Board of Trustees periodic reports on
the investment performance of the Fund and on the performance of its obligations
regarding this agreement as well as additional reports and information as the
Trust's officers or Board of Trustees shall reasonably request.
The Adviser furnishes for the use of the Fund office space and
facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable
needs, and also renders significant administrative services (not otherwise
provided by third parties) necessary for the Fund's operations as an open-end
investment company including, but not limited to, preparing reports and notices
to the Trustees and shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual
arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring various third-party
service providers to the Fund (such as the Fund's transfer agent, pricing
agents, custodian, accountants and others); preparing and making filings with
the SEC and other regulatory agencies; assisting in the preparation and filing
of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the
Fund's federal excise tax returns; assisting with investor and public relations
matters; monitoring the valuation of securities and the calculation of net asset
value; monitoring the registration of shares of the Fund under applicable
federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for
the Fund all books, record and reports to the extent not otherwise maintained by
a third party; assisting in establishing accounting policies of the Fund;
assisting in the resolution of accounting and legal issues; establishing and
monitoring the Fund's operating budget; processing the payment of the Fund's
bills; assisting the Fund in, and otherwise arranging for, the payment of
distributions and dividends, and otherwise assisting the Fund in the conduct of
its business, subject to the direction and control of the Trustees.
The Agreement also provides that the Fund is granted a nonexclusive
right and sublicense to use the "Scudder" name and mark as part of the Trust's
name, and the Scudder Marks in connection with the Corporation's investment
product and services.
The Adviser pays the compensation and expenses of all affiliated
Trustees and executive employees of SCIT and makes available, without expense to
the Fund, the services of such Trustees, officers and employees as may duly be
elected Trustees, officers or employees of the Fund, subject to their individual
consent to serve and to any limitations imposed by law, and pays the Fund's
office rent and provides investment advisory, research and statistical
facilities and all clerical services relating to research, statistical and
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investment work. For these services SCIT pays a monthly fee at an annual rate of
0.50 of 1% of the first $250 million of the Fund's average daily net assets,
0.45 of 1% on the next $250 million of such net assets, 0.40 of 1% of the next
$500 million of such net assets and 0.35 of 1% on such net assets in excess of
$1 billion.
Until October 31, 1998, the Adviser and certain of its subsidiaries
have agreed to waive all or portions of their fees payable by the Fund to the
extent necessary so that the total annualized expenses of the Fund do not exceed
0.85% of average daily net assets of the Fund.
For the fiscal years ended June 30, 1995, 1996 and 1997 the investment
advisory fee was $6,372,462, $5,898,959 and $5,944,464, respectively.
The Agreement also provides that the Adviser shall not be liable for
any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Fund in
connection with matters to which the Agreement relates, provided that nothing in
the agreement shall be deemed to protect or purport to protect against any
liability to the Trust, the Fund or its shareholders to which it would otherwise
be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in
the performance of the duties, or by reason of reckless disregard of the
obligations and duties hereunder.
Any person, even though also employed by Scudder, who may be or become
an employee of and paid by the Fund shall be deemed, when acting within the
scope of his or her employment by the Fund, to be acting in such employment
solely for the Fund and not as an agent of Scudder.
Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund
The Investment Management Agreement between Treasury Fund and the
Adviser (the "Agreement") was last approved by the Trustees on August 12, 1997
and by the shareholders on November 13, 1990. The Agreement is dated November
14, 1990 and will continue in effect until September 30, 1998 and from year to
year thereafter only if its continuance is approved annually by the vote of a
majority of those Trustees who are not parties to such Agreement or interested
persons of the Adviser or the Fund, cast in person at a meeting called for the
purpose of voting on such approval, and either by vote of a majority of the
Trustees or of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund. The Agreement may
be terminated at any time without payment of penalty by either party on sixty
days' written notice, and automatically terminates in the event of its
assignment.
Under the Agreement, the Adviser regularly provides Treasury Fund with
continuing investment management for the Fund's portfolio consistent with the
Fund's investment objectives, policies and restrictions and determines what
securities shall be purchased for the portfolio of the Fund, what portfolio
securities shall be held or sold by the Fund, and what portion of the Fund's
assets shall be held uninvested, subject always to the provisions of the Fund's
Declaration of Trust and By-Laws, of the 1940 Act and the Code and to the Fund's
investment objectives, policies and restrictions, and subject, further, to such
policies and instructions as the Trustees of the Fund may from time to time
establish. The Adviser also advises and assists the officers of the Fund in
taking such steps as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the decisions of
its Trustees and the appropriate committees of the Trustees regarding the
conduct of the business of the Fund.
Under the Agreement, the Adviser also renders significant
administrative services (not otherwise provided by third parties) necessary for
Treasury Fund's operations as an open-end investment company including, but not
limited to, preparing reports and notices to the Trustees and shareholders;
supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, and monitoring various
third-party service providers to the Fund (such as the Fund's transfer agent,
pricing agents, custodian, accountants and others); preparing and making filings
with the SEC and other regulatory agencies; assisting in the preparation and
filing the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the
Fund's federal excise tax returns; assisting with investor and public relations
matters; monitoring the valuation of securities and the calculation of net asset
value; monitoring the registration of shares of the Fund under applicable
federal and state securities laws; maintaining the Fund's books and records to
the extent not otherwise maintained by a third party; assisting in establishing
accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting and
legal issues; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating budget;
processing the payment of the Fund's bills; assisting the Fund in, and otherwise
arranging for, the payment of distributions and dividends and otherwise
assisting the Fund in the conduct of its business, subject to the direction and
control of the Trustees.
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The Adviser pays the compensation and expenses of all Trustees,
officers and executive employees of Treasury Fund (except those of attending
Board and committee meetings outside New York, New York or Boston,
Massachusetts) who are affiliated persons of the Adviser and makes available,
without expense to Treasury Fund, the services of the directors, officers and
employees of the Adviser as may duly be elected officers of Treasury Fund,
subject to their individual consent to serve and to any limitations imposed by
law and provides the Fund's office space and facilities.
For these services, Treasury Fund pays the Adviser a fee equal to 0.50
of 1% of the Fund's average daily net assets. The fee is payable monthly,
provided the Fund will make such interim payments as may be requested by the
Adviser not to exceed 75% of the amount of the fee then accrued on the books of
the Fund and unpaid. For the fiscal years ended June 30, 1995, 1996 and 1997 the
investment advisory fee imposed was $939,421, $890,672 and $893,667,
respectively and the fees not imposed amounted to $967,383, $1,077,479 and
$1,202,181, respectively.
The Adviser has agreed until October 31, 1998 not to impose all or a
portion of its investment management fee and take other action, to the extent
necessary, to maintain the annualized expenses of Treasury Fund at not more than
0.65% of average daily net assets. The Adviser retains the ability to be repaid
by the Treasury Fund if expenses fall below the specified limit prior to the end
of the fiscal year. These expense limitation arrangements can decrease the
Treasury Fund's expenses and improve its performance.
Under the Agreement, Treasury Fund is responsible for all its other
expenses, including fees and expenses incurred in connection with membership in
investment company organizations; brokers' commissions; payments for portfolio
pricing services to a pricing agent, if any; legal, auditing and accounting
expenses; taxes and governmental fees; the fees and expenses of the Transfer
Agent; the cost of preparing share certificates or any other expenses, including
expenses of issuance, sale, redemption or repurchase of shares of beneficial
interest; the expenses of and fees for registering or qualifying securities for
sale; the fees and expenses of Trustees, officers and employees of the Fund who
are not affiliated with the Adviser; the cost of printing and distributing
reports and notices to shareholders; and the fees and disbursements of
custodians. Treasury Fund may arrange to have third parties assume all or part
of the expense of sale, underwriting and distribution of shares of the Fund.
(See "DISTRIBUTOR" for expenses paid by Scudder Investor Services, Inc.)
Treasury Fund is also responsible for expenses of shareholder meetings and
expenses incurred in connection with litigation, proceedings and claims and the
legal obligation it may have to indemnify its officers and Trustees with respect
thereto.
SCIT and Treasury Fund
The expense ratios for SCIT for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1995,
1996, and 1997 were 0.78%, 0.83% and 0.86%, respectively. The ratios of expenses
to annual investment income for SCIT for the same years were 13.89%, 14.75%, and
15.63%, respectively. The expense ratios for Treasury Fund for the fiscal years
ended June 30, 1995, 1996 and 1997 were 0.65%, 0.65% and 0.65%, respectively.
The ratios of expenses to annual investment income for the same periods were
12.36%, 11.94% and 12.65%, respectively. If reimbursement is required, it will
be made as promptly as practicable after the end of a Fund's fiscal year.
However, no fee payment will be made to the Adviser during any fiscal year which
will cause year-to-date expenses to exceed the cumulative pro rata expense
limitation at the time of such payment.
Each Agreement also provides a Fund may use any name derived from the
name "Scudder, Stevens & Clark" only as long as the Agreement or any extension,
renewal or amendment thereof remains in effect.
In reviewing the terms of the Agreements and in discussions with the
Adviser concerning the Agreements, Trustees of each Fund who are not "interested
persons" of the Fund or the Adviser are represented by independent counsel at
that Fund's expense. Dechert Price & Rhoads acts as general counsel for each
Fund.
Each Agreement provides that the Adviser shall not be liable for any
error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by a Fund in
connection with matters to which the Agreements relate, except a loss resulting
from willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the
Adviser in the performance of its duties or from reckless disregard by the
Adviser of its obligations and duties under the Agreement.
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Officers and employees of the Adviser from time to time may have
transactions with various banks, including the Funds' custodian bank. It is the
Adviser's opinion that the terms and conditions of those transactions were not
influenced by existing or potential custodial or other Fund relationships.
None of the Trustees or officers of a Fund may have dealings with that
Fund as principals in the purchase or sale of securities, except as individual
subscribers to or holders of shares of the Fund.
Personal Investments by Employees of the Adviser
Employees of the Adviser are permitted to make personal securities
transactions, subject to requirements and restrictions set forth in the
Adviser's Code of Ethics. The Code of Ethics contains provisions and
requirements designed to identify and address certain conflicts of interest
between personal investment activities and the interests of investment advisory
clients such as the Funds. Among other things, the Code of Ethics, which
generally complies with standards recommended by the Investment Company
Institute's Advisory Group on Personal Investing, prohibits certain types of
transactions absent prior approval, imposes time periods during which personal
transactions may not be made in certain securities, and requires the submission
of duplicate broker confirmations and monthly reporting of securities
transactions. Additional restrictions apply to portfolio managers, traders,
research analysts and others involved in the investment advisory process.
Exceptions to these and other provisions of the Code of Ethics may be granted in
particular circumstances after review by appropriate personnel.
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
Scudder Cash Investment Trust
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Principal Occupation** Position with Underwriter,
Name, Age and Address Position with Fund and Affiliations Scudder Investor Services, Inc.
- --------------------- ------------------ ------------------------ -------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Daniel Pierce (63)*@ President and Trustee Chairman of the Board and Vice President, Director and
Managing Director of Assistant Treasurer
Scudder, Stevens & Clark,
Inc.
Henry P. Becton, Jr. (53)# Trustee President and General --
WGBH Manager, WGBH Educational
125 Western Avenue Foundation
Allston, MA 02134
Dawn-Marie Driscoll (50) Trustee Executive Fellow, Center --
5760 Flamingo Drive for Business Ethics;
Cape Coral, FL 33904 President, Driscoll
Associates
Peter B. Freeman (65) Trustee Corporate Director and --
100 Alumni Avenue Trustee
Providence, RI 02906
George M. Lovejoy, Jr. (67)# Trustee President and Director, --
160 Federal Street Fifty Associates
Boston, MA 02110
Dr. Wesley W. Marple, Jr. (65) Trustee Professor of Business --
Northeastern University Administration,
360 Huntington Avenue Northeastern University
Boston, MA 02115
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Principal Occupation** Position with Underwriter,
Name, Age and Address Position with Fund and Affiliations Scudder Investor Services, Inc.
- --------------------- ------------------ ------------------------ -------------------------------
Jean C. Tempel (54) Trustee Managing Partner, --
Technology Equity Partners
Jerard K. Hartman (64)+ Vice President Managing Director of --
Scudder, Stevens & Clark,
Inc.
Thomas W. Joseph (58)@ Vice President Principal of Scudder, Vice President, Director,
Stevens & Clark, Inc. Treasurer & Assistant Clerk
Thomas F. McDonough (50)@ Vice President and Principal of Scudder, Clerk
Secretary Stevens & Clark, Inc.
Pamela A. McGrath (43)@ Vice President and Managing Director of --
Treasurer Scudder, Stevens & Clark,
Inc.
Edward J. O'Connell (52)+ Vice President and Principal of Scudder, Assistant Treasurer
Assistant Treasurer Stevens and Clark, Inc.
David Wines (41)++ Vice President Principal of Scudder, --
Stevens & Clark, Inc.
</TABLE>
* Messrs. Findlay and Pierce are considered by the Fund and its counsel
to be Trustees who are "interested persons" of the Adviser of the Fund,
within the meaning of the 1940 Act, as amended.
** Unless otherwise stated, all officers and Trustees have been associated
with their respective companies for more than five years, but not
necessarily in the same capacity.
# Messrs. Becton, Lee and Lovejoy are members of the Executive Committee,
which has the power to declare dividends from ordinary income and
distributions of realized capital gains to the same extent as the Board
is so empowered.
@ Address: Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
+ Address: 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154
++ Address: 333 South Hope Street, 37th floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071
As of September 30, 1997 all Trustees and officers of SCIT as a group
owned beneficially (as that term is defined under Section 13(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) less than 1% of the shares of the Fund
outstanding on such date.
To the best of SCIT's knowledge as of September 30, 1997 no person
owned beneficially more than 5% of SCIT's outstanding shares.
The Trustees and officers of the Fund also serve in similar capacities
with other Scudder Funds.
Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Principal Occupation** Position with Underwriter,
Name, Age and Address Position with Fund and Affiliations Scudder Investor Services, Inc.
- --------------------- ------------------ ------------------------ -------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
David S. Lee (63)*#@ President and Trustee Managing Director of President, Assistant Treasurer
Scudder, Stevens & Clark, and Director
Inc.
E. Michael Brown (57)*@ Trustee Managing Director of Assistant Treasurer
Scudder, Stevens & Clark,
Inc.
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Principal Occupation** Position with Underwriter,
Name, Age and Address Position with Fund and Affiliations Scudder Investor Services, Inc.
- --------------------- ------------------ ------------------------ -------------------------------
Dawn-Marie Driscoll (50)# Trustee Executive Fellow, Center --
Driscoll Associates for Business Ethics;
4909 SW 9th Place President, Driscoll
Cape Coral, FL 33914 Associates
Peter B. Freeman (65) Trustee Corporate Director and --
100 Alumni Avenue Trustee
Providence, RI 02906
George M. Lovejoy, Jr. (67)# Trustee President and Director, --
50 Congress Street, Suite 543 Fifty Associates
Boston, MA 02110
Jean C. Tempel (54) Trustee General Partner, TL --
Ten Post Office Square Ventures
Suite 1325
Boston, MA 02109-4603
Jerard K. Hartman (64)+ Vice President Managing Director of --
Scudder, Stevens & Clark,
Inc.
Thomas W. Joseph (58)@ Vice President Principal of Scudder, Vice President, Director,
Stevens & Clark, Inc. Treasurer & Assistant Clerk
David B. Wines (41)++ Vice President Principal of Scudder, --
Stevens & Clark, Inc.
Thomas F. McDonough (50)@ Vice President and Principal of Scudder, Clerk
Secretary Stevens & Clark, Inc.
Pamela A. McGrath (44)@ Vice President and Managing Director of --
Treasurer Scudder, Stevens & Clark,
Inc.
Edward J. O'Connell (52)+ Vice President and Principal of Scudder, Assistant Treasurer
Assistant Treasurer Stevens & Clark, Inc.
</TABLE>
* Messrs. Brown and Lee are considered by the Fund and its counsel to be
Trustees who are "interested persons" of the Adviser of the Fund,
within the meaning of the 1940 Act.
** Unless otherwise stated, all officers and Trustees have been associated
with their respective companies for more than five years but not
necessarily in the same capacity.
# Messrs. Lee and Lovejoy and Ms. Driscoll are members of the Executive
Committee, which has the power to declare dividends from ordinary
income and distributions of realized capital gains to the same extent
as the Board is so empowered.
@ Address: Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
+ Address: 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154
++ Address: 333 South Hope Street, 37th floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071
To the best of the Trust's knowledge, as of September 30, 1997, all
Trustees and officers of the Treasury Fund as a group owned beneficially (as
that term is defined under Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
less than 1% of the shares of the Fund outstanding on such date.
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To the best of the Trust's knowledge, as of September 30, 1997, no
person owned beneficially more than 5% of the Fund's outstanding shares.
The Trustees and officers of Treasury Fund also serve in similar
capacities with other Scudder Funds.
REMUNERATION
Responsibilities of the Board--Board and Committee Meetings
Each Fund's Board of Trustees is responsible for the general oversight
of each Fund's business. A majority of each Board's members are not affiliated
with the Adviser. These "Independent Trustees" have primary responsibility for
assuring that each Fund is managed in the best interests of its shareholders.
The Board of Trustees for each Fund meets at least quarterly to review
the investment performance of each Fund and other operational matters, including
policies and procedures designated to assure compliance with various regulatory
requirements. At least annually, the Independent Trustees review the fees paid
to the Adviser and its affiliates for investment advisory services and other
administrative and shareholder services. In this regard, they evaluate, among
other things, each Fund's investment performance, the quality and efficiency of
the various other services provided, costs incurred by the Adviser and its
affiliates, and comparative information regarding fees and expenses of
competitive funds. They are assisted in this process by each Fund's independent
public accountants and by independent legal counsel selected by the Independent
Trustees.
All of the Independent Trustees serve on the Committee on Independent
Trustees, which nominates Independent Trustees and considers other related
matters, and the Audit Committee, which selects each Fund's independent public
accountants and reviews accounting policies and controls. In addition,
Independent Trustees from time to time have established and served on task
forces and subcommittees focusing on particular matters such as investment,
accounting and shareholder service issues.
The Independent Trustees for SCIT met nineteen times during 1996,
including Board and Committee meetings and meetings to review the Fund's
contractual arrangements as described above.
The Independent Trustees for Treasury Fund met nineteen times during
1996, including Board and Committee meetings and meetings to review the Fund's
contractual arrangements as described above.
Compensation of Officers and Trustees
The Independent Trustees receive the following compensation from each
Fund: as of July 1, 1997 a revised annual trustee's fee of $4,800; a revised fee
of $200 for attendance at each Board meeting, audit committee meeting, or other
meeting held for the purposes of considering arrangements between each Fund and
the Adviser or any affiliate of the Adviser; $100 for any other committee
meeting (although in some cases the Independent Trustees have waived committee
meeting fees); and reimbursement of expenses incurred for travel to and from
Board Meetings. No additional compensation is paid to any Independent Trustee
for travel time to meetings, attendance at trustees' educational seminars or
conferences, service on industry or association committees, participation as
speakers at trustees' conferences, service on special trustee task forces or
subcommittees or service as lead or liaison trustee. Independent Trustees do not
receive any employee benefits such as pension, retirement or health insurance.
For the year ended June 30, 1997, such fees aggregated $38,301 for SCIT and
$31,125 for Treasury Fund.
The Independent Trustees also serve in the same capacity for other
funds managed by the Adviser. These funds differ broadly in type an complexity
and in some cases have substantially different Trustee fee schedules. The
following table shows the aggregate compensation received by each Independent
Trustee during 1996 from each Trust and from all of Scudder funds as a group.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Scudder Cash Scudder U.S. Treasury
Name Investment Trust Money Fund All Scudder Funds
---- ---------------- ---------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Henry P. Becton, Jr.,** $8,900 -- $91,012 (16 funds)
Trustee
Dawn-Marie Driscoll, $9,500 $9,500 $103,000 (16 funds)
Trustee
Peter B. Freeman,* $9,500 -- $131,734 (33 funds)
Trustee
George M. Lovejoy, Jr., $9,500 $9,500 $124,512 (13 funds)
Trustee
Dr. Wesley W. Marple, Jr.#** -- -- $106,812 (16 funds)
Jean C. Tempel,# -- $9,200 $102,895 (16 funds)
Trustee
</TABLE>
* Mr. Freeman became a Trustee of Treasury Fund on July 1, 1997.
# Ms. Tempel and Dr. Marple became Trustees of the Investment Trust on
October 24, 1997.
** Mr. Becton and Dr. Marple become Trustees of the Treasury Fund on
October 24, 1997.
Members of the Board of Trustees who are employees of Scudder or its
affiliates receive no direct compensation from the Trust, although they are
compensated as employees of Scudder, or its affiliates, as a result of which
they may be deemed to participate in fees paid by each Fund.
DISTRIBUTOR
Both Funds have an underwriting agreement with Scudder Investor
Services, Inc. (the "Distributor"), a Massachusetts corporation, which is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Adviser, a Delaware corporation.
As agent, the Distributor currently offers shares of both Funds on a
continual basis to investors in all states in which the Funds may from time to
time be registered or where permitted by applicable law. The underwriting
agreement provides that the Distributor accept orders for shares at net asset
value as no sales commission or load is charged the investor. The Distributor
has made no firm commitment to acquire shares of either Fund.
Scudder Cash Investment Trust
SCIT's underwriting agreement dated July 20, 1976 will remain in effect
until September 30, 1998 and from year to year only if its continuance is
approved annually by a majority of the Board of Trustees who are not parties to
such agreement or "interested persons" of any such party and either by vote of a
majority of the Trustees or a majority of the outstanding voting securities of
the Fund. SCIT has agreed to pay all expenses in connection with registration of
its shares with the SEC and auditing and filing fees in connection with
registration of its shares under the various state "blue-sky" laws and to assume
the cost of preparation of prospectuses and other expenses. The Distributor pays
all expenses of printing prospectuses used in offering shares (other than
prospectuses used by SCIT for transmission to shareholders, for which the Fund
pays printing expenses), expenses, other than filing fees, of qualification of
SCIT's shares in various states, including registering SCIT as a dealer, and all
other expenses in connection with the offer and sale of shares which are not
specifically allocated to the Funds. The underwriting agreement was last
approved by the Trustees on August 12, 1997.
Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund
Treasury Fund's underwriting agreement dated September 10, 1985 will
remain in effect until September 30, 1998 and from year to year thereafter only
if its continuance is approved annually by a majority of the members of the
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Board of Trustees who are not parties to such agreement or "interested persons"
of any such party and either by vote of a majority of the Board of Trustees or a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of Treasury Fund. The underwriting
agreement was last approved by the Trustees on August 12, 1997.
Under the principal underwriting agreement, Treasury Fund is
responsible for: the payment of all fees and expenses in connection with the
preparation and filing with the SEC of its registration statement and prospectus
and any amendments and supplements thereto; the registration and qualification
of shares for sale in the various states, including registering Treasury Fund as
a broker or dealer; the fees and expenses of preparing, printing and mailing
prospectuses, notices, proxy statements, reports or other communications
(including newsletters) to shareholders of Treasury Fund; the cost of printing
and mailing confirmations of purchases of shares and the prospectuses
accompanying such confirmations; any issuance taxes or any initial transfer
taxes; a portion of shareholder toll-free telephone charges and expenses of
customer service representatives; the cost of wiring funds for share purchases
and redemptions (unless paid by the shareholder who initiates the transaction);
the cost of printing and postage of business reply envelopes; and a portion of
the cost of computer terminals used by both Treasury Fund and the Distributor.
Although Treasury Fund does not currently have a 12b-1 Plan and shareholder
approval would be required in order to adopt one, Treasury Fund will also pay
those fees and expenses permitted to be paid or assumed by Treasury Fund
pursuant to a 12b-1 Plan, if any, adopted by Treasury Fund, notwithstanding any
other provision to the contrary in the underwriting agreement and Treasury Fund
or a third party will pay those fees and expenses not specifically allocated to
the Distributor in the underwriting agreement.
The Distributor will pay for printing and distributing prospectuses or
reports prepared for its use in connection with the offering of the shares to
the public and preparing, printing and mailing any other literature or
advertising in connection with the offering of shares of Treasury Fund to the
public. The Distributor will pay all fees and expenses in connection with its
qualification and registration as a broker or dealer under federal and state
laws, a portion of the cost of toll-free telephone service and expenses of
customer service representatives, a portion of the cost of computer terminals,
and of any activity which is primarily intended to result in the sale of shares
issued by the Fund, unless a 12b-1 Plan is in effect which provides that the
Fund shall bear some or all of such expenses.
TAXES
(See "Transaction information--Tax identification
number" and "Distribution and performance information--Dividends
and capital gains distributions" in each Fund's prospectus.)
Each Fund has elected to be treated as a regulated investment company
under Subchapter M of the Code, or a predecessor statute and has qualified as
such since its inception. Each Fund intends to continue to qualify for such
treatment. Such qualification does not involve governmental supervision or
management of investment practices or policy.
A regulated investment company qualifying under Subchapter M of the
Code is required to distribute to its shareholders at least 90% of its
investment company taxable income (including net short-term capital gain) and
generally is not subject to federal income tax to the extent that it distributes
annually its investment company taxable income and net realized capital gains in
the manner required under the Code. Each Fund intends to distribute, at least
annually, all of its investment company taxable income and net realized capital
gains.
The Funds are subject to a 4% nondeductible excise tax on amounts
required to be but not distributed under a prescribed formula. The formula
requires payment to shareholders during a calendar year of distributions
representing at least 98% of a Fund's ordinary income for the calendar year, at
least 98% of the excess of its capital gains over capital losses (adjusted for
certain ordinary losses) realized during the one-year period ending October 31
during such year (although investment companies with taxable years ending on
November 30 or December 31 may make an irrevocable election to measure the
required capital gain distribution using their actual taxable year), and all
ordinary income and capital gains for prior years that were not previously
distributed.
Investment company taxable income generally includes interest and net
short-term capital gains in excess of net long-term capital losses, less
expenses. Net realized capital gains for a fiscal year are computed by taking
into account any capital loss carryforward of the Funds.
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Distributions of investment company taxable income are taxable to
shareholders as ordinary income.
Since no portion of the Funds' income is comprised of dividends from
domestic corporations, none of the income distributions of the Funds is eligible
for the deduction for dividends received by corporations.
Properly designated distributions of the excess of net long-term
capital gain over net short-term capital loss that are designated as capital
gain dividends are taxable to shareholders as long-term capital gain, regardless
of the length of time the shares of the Fund involved have been held by such
shareholders. Such distributions are not eligible for the dividends-received
deduction. Any loss realized upon the redemption of shares held at the time of
redemption for six months or less will be treated as a long-term capital loss to
the extent of any amounts treated as distributions of long-term capital gains
during such six-month period.
Distributions of investment company taxable income and net realized
capital gains will be taxable as described above, whether received in shares or
in cash. Shareholders electing to receive distributions in the form of
additional shares will have a cost basis for federal income tax purposes in each
share so received equal to the net asset value of a share on the reinvestment
date.
All distributions of investment company taxable income and net realized
capital gain, whether received in shares or in cash, must be reported by each
shareholder on his or her federal income tax return. Dividends declared in
October, November or December with a record date in such a month are deemed to
have been received by shareholders on December 31 if paid in January of the
following year. Redemptions of shares, including exchanges for shares of another
Scudder fund, may result in tax consequences (gain or loss) to the shareholder
and are also subject to these reporting requirements.
A portion of the difference between the issue price of zero coupon
securities and their face value ("original issue discount") is considered to be
income to a Fund each year, even though a Fund will not receive cash interest
payments from these securities. This original issue discount imputed income will
comprise a part of the investment company taxable income of the Funds which must
be distributed to shareholders in order to maintain the qualification of the
Funds as regulated investment companies and to avoid federal income tax at the
level of the Funds. In the event that a Fund acquires a debt instrument at a
market discount, it is possible that a portion of any gain recognized on the
disposition of such instrument may be treated as ordinary income.
A qualifying individual may make a deductible IRA contribution of up to
$2,000 or, if less, the amount of the individual's earned income (up to $2,000
per individual for married couples if only one spouse has earned income) for any
taxable year only if (i) neither the individual nor a spouse (unless filing
separate returns) is an active participant in an employer's retirement plan, or
(ii) the individual (and a spouse, if applicable) has an adjusted gross income
below a certain level ($40,050 for married individuals filing a joint return,
with a phase-out of the deduction for adjusted gross income between $40,050 and
$50,000; $25,050 for a single individual, with a phase-out for adjusted gross
income between $25,050 and $35,000). However, an individual not permitted to
make a deductible contribution to an IRA for any such taxable year may
nonetheless make nondeductible contributions up to $2,000 to an IRA for that
year. There are special rules for determining how withdrawals are to be taxed if
an IRA contains both deductible and nondeductible amounts. In general, a
proportionate amount of each withdrawal will be deemed to be made from
nondeductible contributions; amounts treated as a return of nondeductible
contributions will not be taxable. Also, annual contributions may be made to a
spousal IRA even if the spouse has earnings in a given year if the spouse elects
to be treated as having no earnings (for IRA contribution purposes) for the
year.
The Funds will be required to report to the IRS all distributions of
taxable income and capital gains as well as gross proceeds from the redemption
or exchange of Fund shares, except in the case of certain exempt shareholders.
Under the backup withholding provisions of Section 3406 of the Code,
distributions of taxable income and capital gains (and proceeds from the
redemption or exchange of the shares of a regulated investment company if the
funds fail to maintain a constant $1.00 NAV per share) may be subject to
withholding of federal income tax at the rate of 31% in the case of non-exempt
shareholders who fail to furnish the investment company with their taxpayer
identification numbers and with required certifications regarding their status
under the federal income tax law. Withholding may also be required if a Fund is
notified by the IRS or a broker that the taxpayer identification number
furnished by the shareholder is incorrect or that the shareholder has previously
failed to report interest or dividend income. If the withholding provisions are
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applicable, any such distributions and proceeds, whether taken in cash or
reinvested in additional shares, will be reduced by the amounts required to be
withheld.
Shareholders of the Funds may be subject to state and local taxes on
distributions received from the Funds and on redemptions of the Funds' shares.
Under the laws of certain states, distributions of investment company taxable
income are taxable to shareholders as dividends, even though a portion of such
distributions may be derived from interest on U.S. Government obligations which,
if received directly by such shareholders, would be exempt from state income
tax.
Each distribution is accompanied by a brief explanation of the form and
character of the distribution. In January of each year, the Funds issue to each
shareholder a statement of the federal income tax status of all distributions.
Each Fund is organized as a Massachusetts business trust and, provided
that it qualifies as a regulated investment company for federal income tax
purposes, is not liable for any income or franchise tax in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
The foregoing discussion of U.S. federal income tax law relates solely
to the application of that law to U.S. persons, i.e., U.S. citizens and
residents and U.S. corporations, partnerships, trusts and estates. Each
shareholder who is not a U.S. person should consider the U.S. and foreign tax
consequences of ownership of shares of a Fund, including the possibility that
such a shareholder may be subject to a U.S. withholding tax at a rate of 30% (or
at a lower rate under an applicable income tax treaty) on amounts constituting
ordinary income received by the shareholder, where such amounts are treated as
income from U.S. sources under the Code.
Shareholders should consult their tax advisers about the application of
the provisions of tax law described in this combined Statement of Additional
Information in light of their particular tax situations.
PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS
To the maximum extent feasible, the Adviser places orders for portfolio
transactions for the Funds through the Distributor, which in turn places orders
on behalf of the Funds with other brokers and dealers. The Distributor will
receive no commissions, fees or other remuneration for this service. Allocation
of brokerage is supervised by the Adviser.
A Fund's purchases and sales of portfolio securities are generally
placed by the Adviser with the issuer or a primary market maker for these
securities on a net basis, without any brokerage commission being paid by the
Funds. Trading does, however, involve transaction costs. Transactions with
dealers serving as primary market makers reflect the spread between the bid and
asked prices. Transaction costs may also include fees paid to third parties for
information as to potential purchasers or sellers of securities but only if a
Fund would obtain the most favorable net results, including such fee, on a
particular transaction. Purchases of underwritten issues may be made which will
include an underwriting fee paid to the underwriter. To date, no brokerage
commissions have been paid.
The primary objective of the Adviser in placing orders for the purchase
and sale of securities for the Funds' portfolios is to obtain the most favorable
net results taking into account such factors as price, commission (negotiable in
the case of national securities exchange transactions), if any, size of order,
difficulty of execution and skill required of the executing broker/dealer. The
Adviser seeks to evaluate the overall reasonableness of brokerage commissions
paid (to the extent applicable) through the familiarity of the Distributor with
commissions charged on comparable transactions, as well as by comparing
commissions paid by the Funds to reported commissions paid by others. The
Adviser reviews on a routine basis commission rates, execution and settlement
services performed, making internal and external comparisons.
When it can be done consistently with the policy of obtaining the most
favorable net results, it is the Adviser's practice to place such orders with
brokers and dealers, who supply research, market and statistical information to
the Adviser. The term "research, market and statistical information" includes
advice as to the value of securities, the advisability of investing in,
purchasing or selling securities; and the availability of securities or
purchasers or sellers of securities; and furnishing analyses and reports
concerning issuers, industries, securities, economic factors and trends,
portfolio strategy and the performance of accounts. The Adviser is authorized
when placing portfolio transactions for the Funds to pay a brokerage commission
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(to the extent applicable) in excess of that which another broker might have
charged for effecting the same transaction solely on account of the receipt of
research, market or statistical information. The Adviser does not place orders
with brokers or dealers on the basis that a broker or dealer has or has not sold
shares of the Funds. In effecting transactions in over-the-counter securities,
orders are placed with the principal market-makers for the security being traded
unless, after exercising care, it appears that more favorable results are
available otherwise.
Although certain research, market and statistical information from
brokers and dealers can be useful to the Funds and to the Adviser, it is the
opinion of the management of the Funds that such information is only
supplementary to the Adviser's own research effort, since the information must
still be analyzed, weighed, and reviewed by the Adviser's staff. Such
information may be useful to the Adviser in providing services to clients other
than the Funds, and not all such information is used by the Adviser in
connection with the Funds. Conversely, such information provided to the Adviser
by brokers and dealers through whom other clients of the Adviser effect
securities transactions may be useful to the Adviser in providing services to
the Funds.
The Trustees of each Fund review from time to time whether the
recapture for the benefit of each Fund of some portion of the brokerage
commissions or similar fees paid by each Fund on portfolio transactions is
legally permissible and advisable. To date, no such recapture has been effected.
NET ASSET VALUE
The net asset value per share of each Fund is computed twice daily as
of twelve o'clock noon and the close of regular trading on the Exchange,
normally 4 p.m. eastern time, on each day when the Exchange is open for trading.
The Exchange is normally closed on the following national holidays: New Year's
Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day,
Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Net asset value is determined by dividing the total
assets of a Fund, less all of its liabilities, by the total number of shares of
that Fund outstanding. The Funds use the penny-rounding method of security
valuation as permitted under Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. Under this method,
portfolio securities for which market quotations are readily available and which
have remaining maturities of more than 60 days from the date of valuation are
valued at market. Short-term securities purchased with remaining maturities of
60 days or less shall be valued by the amortized cost method; if acquired with
remaining maturities of 61 days or more, the cost thereof for purposes of
valuation is deemed to be the value on the 61st day prior to maturity. Other
securities are appraised at fair value as determined in good faith by or on
behalf of the Trustees of each Fund. For example, securities with remaining
maturities of more than 60 days for which market quotations are not readily
available are valued on the basis of market quotations for securities of
comparable maturity, quality and type. Determinations of net asset value per
share for each Fund made other than as of the close of the Exchange may employ
adjustments for changes in interest rates and other market factors.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Experts
The financial highlights of each Fund included in each Fund's
prospectus and the Financial Statements incorporated by reference in this
Statement of Additional Information have been so included or incorporated by
reference in reliance on the report of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., One Post Office
Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, independent accountants, and given on the
authority of that firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
Shareholder Indemnification
The Funds are organizations of the type commonly known as a
"Massachusetts business trust." Under Massachusetts law, shareholders of such a
trust may, under certain circumstances, be held personally liable as partners
for the obligations of that trust. The Declarations of Trust of each Fund
contain an express disclaimer of shareholder liability in connection with the
Funds' property or the acts, obligations or affairs of the Funds. The
Declarations of Trust also provide for indemnification out of the Funds'
property of any shareholder held personally liable for the claims and
liabilities to which a shareholder may become subject by reason of being or
having been a shareholder. Thus, the risk of a shareholder incurring financial
loss on account of shareholder liability is limited to circumstances in which a
Fund itself would be unable to meet its obligations.
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Other Information
Both Funds have a fiscal year ending on June 30.
Portfolio securities of each Fund are held separately, pursuant to
separate custodian agreements, by State Street Bank and Trust Company, 225
Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02101 as custodian.
The CUSIP number of Scudder Cash Investment Trust is 811118-10-8.
The CUSIP number of Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund is 81123P-10-6.
"Scudder Cash Investment Trust" is the designation of the Trustees for
the time being under a Declaration of Trust dated December 12, 1975, and the
name "Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund" is the designation of the Trustees for
the time being under a Declaration of Trust dated April 4, 1980, each as amended
from time to time, and all persons dealing with a Fund must look solely to the
property of that Fund for the enforcement of any claims against that Fund as
neither the Trustees, officers, agents or shareholders assume any personal
liability for obligations entered into on behalf of a Fund. Upon the initial
purchase of shares, the shareholder agrees to be bound by a Fund's Declaration
of Trust, as amended from time to time. No series is liable for the obligations
of any other series. The Declaration of Trust of each Fund is on file at the
Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office in Boston, Massachusetts.
Scudder Fund Accounting Corporation (SFAC), Two International Place,
Boston, Massachusetts, 02110-4103, a subsidiary of the Adviser, computes the
Funds' net asset value. Each Fund pays SFAC an annual fee equal to 0.02% of the
first $150 million of average daily net assets, 0.006% of such assets in excess
of $150 million, 0.0035% of such assets in excess of $1 billion, plus holding
and transaction charges for this service. For the fiscal years ended June 30,
1997, 1996 and 1995, SFAC charged SCIT aggregate fees of $105,874, of which
$8,818 was unpaid on June 30, 1997, $104,207 and $99,328. For the fiscal years
ended June 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995, SFAC charged Treasury Fund aggregate fees of
$ 50,134, $ 49,647 and $45,175.
Scudder Service Corporation ("Service Corporation"), P.O. Box 2291,
Boston, Massachusetts 02107-2291, a subsidiary of the Adviser, is the transfer
and dividend disbursing agent for both funds. Service Corporation also serves as
shareholder service agent for the Funds and provides subaccounting and
recordkeeping services for shareholder accounts in certain retirement and
employee benefit plans. The Funds each pay Service Corporation an annual fee of
$31.50 for each regular account and $34.50 for each retirement account
maintained for a participant. For the fiscal years ended June 30, 1997, 1996 and
1995, Service Corporation charged SCIT aggregate fees of $2,907,025, of which
$225,977 was unpaid on June 30, 1997, $2,884,988, and $4,218,266. For the fiscal
years ended June 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995, Service Corporation charged Treasury
Fund aggregate fees of $710,792, $682,565 and $988,611.
Scudder Trust Company, Two International Place, Boston, MA 02110-4103,
an affiliate of the Adviser provides services for certain retirement plan
accounts. The Funds each pay Scudder Trust Company an annual fee of $34.50 for
each account maintained for a participant. For the fiscal years ended June 30,
1997 and 1996, Scudder Trust Company's fees amounted to $1,699,834 of which
$155,350 was unpaid June 30, 1997 and $1,431,726 for SCIT and $525,821 and
$447,05 for Treasury Fund.
This Statement of Additional Information contains the information of
both Scudder Cash Investment Trust and Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund. Each
Fund, through its individual prospectus, offers only its own shares, yet it is
possible that one Fund might become liable for a misstatement regarding the
other Fund. The Trustees of each Fund have considered this, and have approved
the use of this Statement of Additional Information.
Each Fund's prospectus and this combined Statement of Additional
Information omit certain information contained in the Registration Statements
which the Funds have filed with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933 and
reference is hereby made to the Registration Statements for further information
with respect to the Funds and the securities offered hereby. These Registration
Statements are available for inspection by the public at the offices of the SEC
in Washington, D.C.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Scudder Cash Investment Trust
The financial statements, including the investment portfolio, of
Scudder Cash Investment Trust, together with the Report of Independent
Accountants, Financial Highlights and notes to financial statements are
incorporated by reference and attached hereto on pages 6 through 17, inclusive,
in the Annual Report to the Shareholders of the Fund dated June 30, 1997, and
are hereby deemed to be a part of this combined Statement of Additional
Information.
Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund
The financial statements, including the investment portfolio, of
Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund, together with the Report of Independent
Accountants, Financial Highlights and notes to financial statements are
incorporated by reference and attached hereto on pages 8 through 17, inclusive,
in the Annual Report to the Shareholders of the Fund dated June 30, 1997, and
are hereby deemed to be a part of this combined Statement of Additional
Information.
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APPENDIX
DESCRIPTION OF COMMERCIAL PAPER RATINGS
Ratings of Municipal Obligations
The six highest ratings of Moody's for municipal bonds are Aaa, Aa, A,
Baa, Ba and B. Bonds rated Aaa are judged by Moody's to be of the best quality.
Bonds rated Aa are judged to be of high quality by all standards. Together with
the Aaa group, they comprise what are generally known as high-quality bonds.
Moody's states that Aa bonds are rated lower than the best bonds because margins
of protection or other elements make long-term risks appear somewhat larger than
for Aaa municipal bonds. Municipal bonds which are rated A by Moody's possess
many favorable investment attributes and are considered "upper medium grade
obligations." Factors giving security to principal and interest of A rated
municipal bonds are considered adequate, but elements may be present which
suggest a susceptibility to impairment sometime in the future. Securities rated
Baa are considered medium grade, with factors giving security to principal and
interest adequate at present but may be unreliable over any period of time. Such
bonds have speculative elements as well as investment-grade characteristics.
Securities rated Ba or below by Moody's are considered below investment grade,
with factors giving security to principal and interest inadequate and
potentially unreliable over any period of time. Such securities are commonly
referred to as "junk" bonds and as such they carry a high margin of risk.
Moody's ratings for municipal notes and other short-term loans are
designated Moody's Investment Grade (MIG). This distinction is in recognition of
the differences between short-term and long-term credit risk. Loans bearing the
designation MIG1 are of the best quality, enjoying strong protection by
establishing cash flows of funds for their servicing or by established and
broad-based access to the market for refinancing, or both. Loans bearing the
designation MIG2 are of high quality, with margins of protection ample although
not as large as in the preceding group.
The six highest ratings of S&P for municipal bonds are AAA (Prime), AA
(High-grade), A (Good-grade), BBB (Investment-grade) and BB and B (Below
investment-grade). Bonds rated AAA have the highest rating assigned by S&P to a
municipal obligation. Capacity to pay interest and repay principal is extremely
strong. Bonds rated AA have a very strong capacity to pay interest and repay
principal and differ from the highest rated issues only in a small degree. Bonds
rated A have a strong capacity to pay principal and interest, although they are
somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and
economic conditions. Bonds rated BBB have an adequate capacity to pay principal
and interest. Adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are likely
to lead to a weakened capacity to pay interest and repay principal for bonds of
this category than for bonds of higher rated categories. Securities rated BB or
below by S&P are considered below investment grade, with factors giving security
to principal and interest inadequate and potentially unreliable over any period
of time. Such securities are commonly referred to as "junk" bonds and as such
they carry a high margin of risk.
S&P's top ratings for municipal notes issued after July 29, 1984 are
SP-1 and SP-2. The designation SP-1 indicates a very strong capacity to pay
principal and interest. A "+" is added for those issues determined to possess
overwhelming safety characteristics. An "SP-2" designation indicates a
satisfactory capacity to pay principal and interest.
The six highest ratings of Fitch for municipal bonds are AAA, AA, A,
BBB, BB and B. Bonds rated AAA are considered to be investment-grade and of the
highest credit quality. The obligor has an exceptionally strong ability to pay
interest and repay principal, which is unlikely to be affected by reasonably
foreseeable events. Bonds rated AA are considered to be investment grade and of
very high credit quality. The obligor's ability to pay interest and repay
principal is very strong, although not quite as strong as bonds rated 'AAA.'
Because bonds rated in the 'AAA' and 'AA' categories are not significantly
vulnerable to foreseeable future developments, short-term debt of these issuers
is generally rated 'f-1+.' Bonds rated A are considered to be investment grade
and of high credit quality. The obligor's ability to pay interest and repay
principal is considered to be strong, but may be more vulnerable to adverse
changes in economic conditions and circumstances than bonds with higher rates.
Bonds rated BBB are considered to be investment grade and of satisfactory credit
quality. The obligor's ability to pay interest and repay principal is considered
to be adequate. Adverse changes in economic conditions and circumstances,
however, are more likely to have adverse effects on these bonds, and therefore
impair timely payment. The likelihood that the ratings of these bonds will fall
below investment grade is higher than for bonds with greater ratings. Securities
rated BB or below by Fitch are considered below investment grade, with factors
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giving security to principal and interest inadequate and potentially unreliable
over any period of time. Such securities are commonly referred to as "junk"
bonds and as such they carry a high margin of risk.
Commercial Paper Ratings
Commercial paper rated A-1 or better by S&P has the following
characteristics: liquidity ratios are adequate to meet cash requirements;
long-term senior debt is rated "A" or better, although in some cases "BBB"
credits may be allowed; the issuer has access to at least two additional
channels of borrowing; and basic earnings and cash flow have an upward trend
with allowance made for unusual circumstances. Typically, the issuer's industry
is well established and the issuer has a strong position within the industry.
The reliability and quality of management are unquestioned.
The rating Prime-1 is the highest commercial paper rating assigned by
Moody's. Among the factors considered by Moody's in assigning ratings are the
following: (1) evaluation of the management of the issuer; (2) economic
evaluation of the issuer's industry or industries and an appraisal of
speculative-type risks which may be inherent in certain areas; (3) evaluation of
the issuer's products in relation to competition and customer acceptance; (4)
liquidity; (5) amount and quality of long-term debt; (6) trend of earnings over
a period of ten years; (7) financial strength of a parent company and the
relationship which exists with the issuer; and (8) recognition by the management
of obligations which may be present or may arise as a result of public interest
questions and preparations to meet such obligations.
The rating F-1+ is the highest rating assigned by Fitch. Among the
factors considered by Fitch in assigning this rating are: (1) the issuer's
liquidity; (2) its standing in the industry; (3) the size of its debt; (4) its
ability to service its debt; (5) its profitability; (6) its return on equity;
(7) its alternative sources of financing; and (8) its ability to access the
capital markets. Analysis of the relative strength or weakness of these factors
and others determines whether an issuer's commercial paper is rated F-1+.
Relative strength or weakness of the above factors determine how the
issuer's commercial paper is rated within the above categories.
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Scudder
U.S. Treasury
Money Fund
Annual Report
June 30, 1997
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investors seeking current income plus safety, liquidity and stability of
capital.
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Table of Contents
2 In Brief
3 Letter from the Fund's President
4 Portfolio Management Discussion
7 Investment Portfolio
8 Financial Statements
11 Financial Highlights
12 Notes to Financial Statements
14 Report of Independent Accountants
16 Officers and Trustees
17 Investment Products and Services
18 Scudder Solutions
In Brief
o Your Fund's investments in ultra short-term, high-quality securities
contributed to a total return of 4.58% for the year. The Fund's 30-day net
annualized yield at the end of June was 4.52%.
o The Fund recently adopted more flexible guidelines that allow it to average
out to 90 days in maturity and take advantage of the slightly higher yields on
longer-maturity investments in the money-market universe.
o As rates edged higher on evidence of stronger economic growth late last year,
we began to extend the Fund's average maturity. At the end of June, the Fund's
average maturity stood at 53 days.
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Letter From the Fund's President
Dear Shareholders,
Throughout Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund's most recent fiscal year ended
June 30, 1997, inflation remained dormant, yet investors responded to strong
economic growth as if higher prices were just around the corner. At the end of
March, the Federal Reserve Board engineered a small increase in short-term
interest rates, taking aim at inflation before many economists were aware it was
underway. The anticipation of this event in the financial markets affected all
types of fixed-income investments. However, those most sensitive to changes in
the level of interest rates -- longer-maturity bonds -- were the hardest hit.
In contrast, your Fund's focus on the shortest-maturity and highest-quality
securities permitted the Fund's share price to remain impervious to market
volatility, in keeping with its objective of maintaining a stable $1.00 share
price. As the Fund's portfolio managers explain in the following letter, steps
were also taken during the period to boost the Fund's yield.
We would like to take this opportunity to introduce a newcomer to Scudder's
mutual fund lineup: Scudder International Growth and Income Fund. The Fund
employs a yield-oriented approach to international investing and seeks to
provide long-term growth of capital plus current income. Investors who desire
international exposure but who wish to take a relatively conservative approach
may appreciate the Fund's emphasis on the dividend paying stocks of
well-established companies outside the United States. For a complete listing of
Scudder's mutual fund offerings, see page 17.
Despite near-term uncertainty, we believe the global economic landscape
provides an excellent long-term backdrop for fixed-income investors. In the
report that follows, your Fund's managers discuss the events of the past year as
well as their outlook for fiscal year 1998. Thank you for choosing Scudder U.S.
Treasury Money Fund to help meet your investment needs. Please do not hesitate
to call Investor Relations at 1-800-225-2470 with any questions, or visit our
Web site at http://funds.scudder.com.
Sincerely,
/s/David S. Lee
David S. Lee
President,
Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund
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Portfolio Management Discussion
Dear Shareholders,
Over the course of your Fund's most recent fiscal year ended June 30, 1997,
investors continued to grapple with an interesting paradox: growth without
inflation. As the economy began its sixth year of uninterrupted growth,
economists and other market pundits strained to see rising prices behind each
new release of positive economic data. But inflation was nowhere in sight. The
economy heated up in earnest in late 1996 and went on to deliver 5.9% GDP growth
in the first quarter of 1997. Unemployment dropped to its lowest level since
1973, and investors widely anticipated March's increase in the federal funds
rate. After much interim volatility, fixed-income investments rallied in the
remaining weeks through June 30, as data began to suggest that growth in the
second quarter would be slower.
Your Fund's investments in ultra short-term, high-quality securities helped it
successfully navigate the changing tides of investor sentiment that proved
detrimental to longer-maturity bonds during the period. Scudder U.S. Treasury
Money Fund maintained its $1.00 share price throughout the period and, as
interest rates edged higher, was able to provide a higher level of income,
contributing to a total return of 4.58% for the fiscal year. The Fund's 30-day
net annualized yield at the end of June was 4.52%.
Fund Loosens Investment
Restrictions, Seeks
Higher Yield
During the fiscal year, Scudder elected to discontinue having the Fund rated by
independent agencies such as Standard & Poor's. In the past, the Fund sought and
achieved the highest rating (AAA) in part by restricting the average maturity of
the portfolio.
By eliminating these stringent agency guidelines, the Fund has greater
flexibility to pursue a higher level of income. For example, in order to achieve
a AAA rating by Standard & Poor's, the Fund had to limit the average maturity of
its holdings to 60 days. The Fund can now average out to 90 days in maturity and
take advantage of the slightly higher yields on longer-maturity investments in
the money-market universe. However, we intend to take a conservative approach
when adding interest-rate risk to the Fund, in accordance with the strict
mandate we have established with our credit research group.
Another way we sought to increase the Fund's yield during the year was by taking
advantage of technical aberrations in the Treasury market. It is the nature of
financial instruments to be priced inefficiently. The most notable price
discrepancies are found in equities, which accounts for their greater return
potential over time. But even a market as highly liquid as the U.S. Treasury
market can experience temporary inefficiencies in pricing from time to time.
Throughout the period, we diligently monitored the trading patterns of
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short-term Treasuries and took advantage of opportunities to gain incremental
yield.
Maturity Management
Adds Value
Few tools are as important to the management of a money-market portfolio as its
average maturity. From the July start of the fiscal year through the end of
October 1996, the Fund's average maturity remained below 50 days. During this
time, we anticipated interest rates would rise and sought to avoid any potential
market volatility, confident that higher reinvestment rates were on the horizon.
As rates edged higher on evidence of stronger economic growth late last year, we
began to extend the Fund's average maturity. It wasn't until after the Federal
Reserve raised short-term rates in March, however, that the average maturity was
extended beyond 50 days. At the end of June, the Fund's average maturity stood
at 53 days.
A Cautionary Outlook
By the end of June, longer-maturity bonds had recovered from their late-March
selloff, and a host of crucial economic reports have suggested inflation is less
of a threat than many predicted. The six-year-old expansion may very well wind
down, paving the way for lower interest rates and a sustained bond market rally.
Importantly, profit expectations may be overly optimistic, given that many
companies are unable to raise prices. Also, at 5.5% the current federal funds
rate does not constitute "easy money" in our view.
But the timing of an economic downturn is difficult to predict. For now, growth
is strong and reported profits continue to exceed expectations. Although the Fed
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left interest rates unchanged at its May 20 and July 2 meetings, it may find
sufficient reason to raise rates later this year. Given this uncertain outlook
for investors in longer-dated fixed-income instruments, we believe Scudder U.S.
Treasury Money Fund will likely have another chance to demonstrate the value of
owning a short-term investment vehicle as part of a well-diversified portfolio.
However, with our newly broadened average maturity guidelines, we also intend to
take advantage of any future rate increases to increase the Fund's yield.
Sincerely,
Your Portfolio Management Team
/s/David B. Wines /s/Debra A. Hanson
David B. Wines Debra A. Hanson
/s/K. Sue Cote
K. Sue Cote
Scudder U.S. Treasury
Money Fund:
A Team Approach to Investing
Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund is managed by a team of investment
professionals who each play an important role in the Fund's management
process. Team members work together to develop investment strategies and
select securities for the Fund's portfolio. They are supported by Scudder's
large staff of economists, research analysts, traders, and other investment
specialists who work in Scudder's offices across the United States and abroad.
We believe our team approach benefits Fund investors by bringing together many
disciplines and leveraging Scudder's extensive resources.
Lead Portfolio Manager David B. Wines assumed responsibility for the Fund's
day-to-day management in 1996. David focuses on overall investment strategy
and has eight years of investment industry experience. Debra A. Hanson,
Portfolio Manager, assists with the development and execution of investment
strategy and has been with Scudder since 1983. K. Sue Cote, Portfolio Manager,
joined Scudder in 1983 and has 13 years' experience working with short-term
fixed-income investments.
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Investment Portfolio as of June 30, 1997
Principal Value ($)
Amount ($) (Note A)
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Repurchase Agreements 5.7%
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Repurchase Agreement with Donaldson, Lufkin &
Jenrette dated 6/30/97 at 5.9%, to be repurchased
at $17,544,874 on 7/1/97, collateralized by a
$11,799,000 U.S. Treasury Bond, 13.875%, 5/15/11 ... 17,542,000 17,542,000
Repurchase Agreement with State Street Bank and
Trust Company dated 6/30/97 at 5.6%, to be
repurchased at $4,945,769 on 7/1/97,
collateralized by a $5,010,000 U.S. Treasury Note,
6%, 5/31/98 ........................................ 4,945,000 4,945,000
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Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $22,487,000) 22,487,000
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U. S. Treasury Obligations 94.3%
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U.S. Treasury Bill, 4.75%, 7/3/97* .................. 20,000,000 19,992,083
U.S. Treasury Bill, 4.37%, 7/10/97* ................. 35,000,000 34,957,559
U.S. Treasury Bill, 4.71%, 7/17/97* ................. 30,000,000 29,933,431
U.S. Treasury Bill, 4.72%, 7/24/97* ................. 40,000,000 39,874,469
U.S. Treasury Note, 5.875%, 7/31/97 ................. 50,000,000 50,035,821
U.S. Treasury Bill, 4.70%, 8/7/97* .................. 30,000,000 29,851,800
U.S. Treasury Bill, 4.93%, 8/14/97* ................. 25,000,000 24,847,006
U.S. Treasury Bill, 4.96%, 8/21/97* ................. 20,000,000 19,857,677
U.S. Treasury Note, 5.625%, 8/31/97 ................. 10,000,000 10,000,000
U.S. Treasury Bill, 5.09%, 9/18/97* ................. 10,000,000 9,888,100
U.S. Treasury Note, 5.50%, 9/30/97 .................. 20,000,000 20,003,200
U.S. Treasury Note, 5.75%, 9/30/97 .................. 15,000,000 15,011,700
U.S. Treasury Bill, 5.16%, 10/16/97* ................ 19,000,000 18,710,250
U.S. Treasury Note, 5.625%, 10/31/97 ................ 30,000,000 30,009,300
U.S. Treasury Note, 6.00%, 12/31/97 ................. 20,000,000 20,050,000
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Total U.S.Treasury Obligations (Cost $372,995,560) 373,022,396
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Total Investment Portfolio -- 100.0% (Cost $395,482,560) (a) 395,509,396
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(a)The cost for federal income tax purposes was $395,482,560. At June 30, 1997,
net unrealized appreciation for all securities based on tax cost was
$26,836. This consisted of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all
securities in which there was an excess of market value over tax cost of
$41,411 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in
which there was an excess of tax cost over market value of $14,575.
* Bond equivalent yield to maturity; not a coupon rate. (Unaudited)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
as of June 30, 1997
Assets
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Investments, at value (identified cost $395,482,560) $ 395,509,396
Cash ................................................ 312
Receivable on Fund shares sold ...................... 4,076,806
Interest receivable ................................. 2,197,838
Other assets ........................................ 9,888
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Total assets ........................................ 401,794,240
Liabilities
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Payable for Fund shares redeemed .................... 2,841,657
Dividends payable ................................... 106,914
Accrued management fee .............................. 54,413
Other payables and accrued expenses ................. 194,202
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Total liabilities ................................... 3,197,186
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Net assets, at value $ 398,597,054
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Net Assets
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Net assets consist of:
Net unrealized appreciation on investments........... 26,836
Paid-in capital ..................................... 398,570,218
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Net assets, at value $ 398,597,054
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Net Asset Value
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Net Asset Value, offering and redemption
price per share ($398,597,054 /
398,570,345 outstanding shares of
beneficial interest, $.01 par value, -----
unlimited number of shares authorized) ............ $1.00
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Operations
year ended June 30, 1997
Investment Income
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Interest .......................................... $ 21,523,201
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Expenses:
Management fee .................................... 2,095,848
Services to shareholders .......................... 1,464,550
Custodian and accounting fees ..................... 110,878
Trustees' fees and expenses ....................... 31,125
Reports to shareholders ........................... 95,212
Registration fees ................................. 52,798
Auditing .......................................... 33,302
Legal ............................................. 18,988
Other ............................................. 23,069
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Total expenses before reductions .................. 3,925,770
Expense reductions ................................ (1,202,181)
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Expenses, net ..................................... 2,723,589
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Net investment income 18,799,612
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Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions
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Net unrealized appreciation on
investments during the period ..................... 38,151
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Net gain on investments 38,151
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Net increase in net assets resulting
from operations ................................... $ 18,837,763
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets
Years Ended June 30,
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets 1997 1996
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Operations:
Net investment income .............. $18,799,612 $18,888,366
Net realized gain from investment
transactions ....................... -- 2,458
Net unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) on investments
during the period .................. 38,151 (136,004)
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Net increase in net assets
resulting from operations .......... 18,837,763 18,754,820
Distributions to shareholders:
From net investment income ......... (18,799,612) (18,888,366)
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From net realized gains from
investment transactions ............ (2,458) --
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Fund share transactions at net asset
value of $1.00 per share:
Shares sold ........................ 846,157,354 641,265,052
Shares issued to shareholders in
reinvestment distributions ......... 16,784,285 17,575,662
Shares redeemed .................... (860,582,122) (645,982,556)
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Net increase in net assets from
Fund share transactions ............ 2,359,517 12,858,158
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Increase in net assets ............. 2,395,210 12,724,612
Net assets at beginning of period .. 396,201,844 383,477,232
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Net assets at end of period ........ $398,597,054 $396,201,844
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
The following table includes selected data for a share outstanding throughout
each period and other performance information derived from the financial
statements.
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Years Ended June 30,
1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988
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Net asset value, beginning ----------------------------------------------------------------------
of period .............. $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000
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Net investment income .... .045 .048 .046 .027 .027 .044 .065 .075 .074 .055
Less distributions from net
investment income and net
realized gains on
investment transactions (a) (.045) (.048) (.046) (.027) (.027) (.044) (.065) (.075) (.074) (.055)
Net asset value, end of ----------------------------------------------------------------------
period ................. $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000
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Total Return (%) ......... 4.58 4.91 4.70 2.74 2.74 4.48 6.71 7.74 7.66 5.69
Ratios and Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period
($ millions) ........... 399 396 383 383 305 299 272 198 167 154
Ratio of operating expenses,
net to daily net average
assets (%) ............. .65 .65 .65 .65 .65 .65 .82 .98 1.01 1.04
Ratio of operating expenses
before expense reductions,
to average daily
net assets (%) ........ .94 .92 .90 .90 .85 .85 .91 .98 1.01 1.04
Ratio of net investment
income to average net
assets (%) ............. 4.49 4.80 4.61 2.75 2.69 4.31 6.37 7.46 7.41 5.54
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(a) Net realized capital gains were less than 6/10 of 1 cents per share.
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Notes to Financial Statements
A. Significant Accounting Policies
Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund (the "Fund") is organized as a Massachusetts
business trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, as a diversified, open-end management investment company.
The Fund's financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles which require the use of management estimates.
The policies described below are followed consistently by the Fund in the
preparation of its financial statements.
Security Valuation. Portfolio securities which have remaining maturities of
sixty days or less are valued by the amortized cost method permitted in
accordance with Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Portfolio
securities for which market quotations are readily available and which have
remaining maturities of sixty-one days or more from the date of valuation are
valued at market. On the sixtieth day prior to maturity and thereafter until
maturity, securities originally purchased with more than sixty days remaining to
maturity are valued at amortized cost calculated daily, based upon the market
valuation of the securities on the sixty-first day prior to maturity. Other
securities are appraised at fair value as determined in good faith by or on
behalf of the Trustees of the Fund. Repurchase agreements are valued at cost
which, when combined with accrued interest receivable, approximates market.
Repurchase Agreements. The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with
certain banks and broker/dealers whereby the Fund, through its custodian,
receives delivery of the underlying securities, the amount of which at the time
of purchase and each subsequent business day is required to be maintained at
such a level that the market value, depending on the maturity of the repurchase
agreement, is equal to at least 100.5% of the repurchase price.
Federal Income Taxes. The Fund's policy is to comply with the requirements of
the Internal Revenue Code which are applicable to regulated investment companies
and to distribute all of its taxable income to its shareholders. The Fund
accordingly paid no federal income taxes and no provision for federal income
taxes was required.
Distribution of Income and Gains. All of the net investment income of the Fund
is declared as a dividend to shareholders of record as of twelve o'clock noon on
each business day and is paid to shareholders monthly. During any particular
year, net realized gains from investment transactions, in excess of available
capital loss carryforwards, would be taxable to the Fund if not distributed and,
therefore, will be distributed to shareholders. An additional distribution may
be made to the extent necessary to avoid the payment of a four percent federal
excise tax.
The Fund uses the identified cost method for determining realized gain or loss
on investments for both financial and federal income tax reporting purposes.
Other. Investment security transactions are accounted for on a trade-date basis
(which in most instances, is the same as the settlement date). Interest income
is accrued pro rata to maturity. All premiums and discounts are
amortized/accreted for both tax and financial reporting purposes.
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B. Related Parties
Under the Investment Management Agreement (the "Management Agreement") with
Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc. (the "Adviser"), the Fund agrees to pay the
Adviser a fee equal to an annual rate of 0.50% of its average daily net assets
computed and accrued daily and payable monthly. As manager of the assets of the
Fund, the Adviser directs the investments of the Fund in accordance with its
investment objectives, policies, and restrictions. The Adviser determines the
securities, instruments, and other contracts relating to investments to be
purchased, sold or entered into by the Fund. In addition to portfolio management
services, the Adviser provides certain administrative services in accordance
with the Management Agreement. The Management Agreement also provides that if
the Fund's expenses, exclusive of taxes, interest and extraordinary expenses,
exceed specified limits, such excess, up to the amount of the management fee,
will be paid by the Adviser. The Adviser has agreed not to impose all or a
portion of its management fee until October 31, 1997, and during such period to
maintain the annualized expenses of the Fund at not more than 0.65% of average
daily net assets. Accordingly, for the year ended June 30, 1997, the Adviser did
not impose a portion of its fees amounting to $1,202,181, and the portion
imposed amounted to $893,667, of which $54,413 is unpaid at June 30, 1997.
Scudder Service Corporation ("SSC"), a subsidiary of the Adviser, is the
transfer, dividend paying and shareholder service agent for the Fund. For the
year ended June 30, 1997, the amount charged to the Fund by SSC aggregated
$710,792, of which $59,184 is unpaid at June 30, 1997.
Scudder Trust Company ("STC"), a subsidiary of the Adviser, provides
recordkeeping and other services in connection with certain retirement and
employee benefit plans invested in the Fund. For the year ended June 30, 1997,
the amount charged to the Fund by STC aggregated $525,821, of which $48,656 is
unpaid at June 30, 1997.
Scudder Fund Accounting Corporation ("SFAC"), a subsidiary of the Adviser, is
responsible for determining the daily net asset value per share and maintaining
the portfolio and general accounting records of the Fund. For the year ended
June 30, 1997, the amount charged to the Fund by SFAC aggregated $50,134, of
which $4,150 is unpaid at June 30, 1997.
The Fund pays each Trustee not affiliated with the Adviser $4,000 annually plus
specified amounts for attended board and committee meetings. For the year ended
June 30, 1997, Trustees' fees and expenses aggregated $31,125.
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Report of Independent Accountants
To the Trustees and Shareholders of Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Scudder
U.S. Treasury Money Fund, including the investment portfolio, as of June 30,
1997, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the
statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then
ended, and the financial highlights for each of the ten years in the period then
ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the
responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our
audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial
highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of June
30, 1997, by correspondence with the custodian. An audit also includes assessing
the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as
well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that
our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to
above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund as of June 30, 1997, the results of its
operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of
the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of
the ten years in the period then ended, in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles.
Boston, Massachusetts COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
August 5, 1997
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Officers and Trustees
David S. Lee*
President and Trustee
E. Michael Brown*
Trustee
Dawn-Marie Driscoll
Trustee; Attorney and Corporate
Director
Peter B. Freeman
Trustee; Corporate Director and
Trustee
George M. Lovejoy, Jr.
Trustee; President and Director,
Fifty Associates
Jean C. Tempel
Trustee; General Partner,
TL Ventures
Stephen L. Akers*
Vice President
Jerard K. Hartman*
Vice President
Thomas W. Joseph*
Vice President
David B. Wines*
Vice President
Thomas F. McDonough*
Vice President and Secretary
Pamela A. McGrath*
Vice President and Treasurer
Edward J. O'Connell*
Vice President and Assistant
Treasurer
*Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.
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Investment Products and Services
The Scudder Family of Funds+++
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Money Market
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Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund
Scudder Cash Investment Trust
Scudder Money Market Series --
Premium Shares*
Managed Shares*
Scudder Government Money Market Series --
Managed Shares*
Tax Free Money Market+
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Scudder Tax Free Money Fund
Scudder Tax Free Money Market Series--
Managed Shares*
Scudder California Tax Free Money Fund**
Scudder New York Tax Free Money Fund**
Tax Free+
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Scudder Limited Term Tax Free Fund
Scudder Medium Term Tax Free Fund
Scudder Managed Municipal Bonds
Scudder High Yield Tax Free Fund
Scudder California Tax Free Fund**
Scudder Massachusetts Limited Term Tax Free Fund**
Scudder Massachusetts Tax Free Fund**
Scudder New York Tax Free Fund**
Scudder Ohio Tax Free Fund**
Scudder Pennsylvania Tax Free Fund**
U.S. Income
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Scudder Short Term Bond Fund
Scudder Zero Coupon 2000 Fund
Scudder GNMA Fund
Scudder Income Fund
Scudder High Yield Bond Fund
Global Income
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Scudder Global Bond Fund
Scudder International Bond Fund
Scudder Emerging Markets Income Fund
Asset Allocation
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Scudder Pathway Conservative Portfolio
Scudder Pathway Balanced Portfolio
Scudder Pathway Growth Portfolio
Scudder Pathway International Portfolio
U.S. Growth and Income
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Scudder Balanced Fund
Scudder Growth and Income Fund
U.S. Growth
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Value
Scudder Large Company Value Fund
Scudder Value Fund
Scudder Small Company Value Fund
Scudder Micro Cap Fund
Growth
Scudder Classic Growth Fund
Scudder Large Company Growth Fund
Scudder Development Fund
Scudder 21st Century Growth Fund
Global Growth
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Worldwide
Scudder Global Fund
Scudder International Growth and Income Fund
Scudder International Fund
Scudder Global Discovery Fund
Scudder Emerging Markets Growth Fund
Scudder Gold Fund
Regional
Scudder Greater Europe Growth Fund
Scudder Pacific Opportunities Fund
Scudder Latin America Fund
The Japan Fund, Inc.
Retirement Programs
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IRA
SEP IRA
Keogh Plan
401(k), 403(b) Plans
Scudder Horizon Plan**+++ +++
(a variable annuity)
Closed-End Funds#
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The Argentina Fund, Inc.
The Brazil Fund, Inc.
The Korea Fund, Inc.
The Latin America Dollar Income Fund, Inc.
Montgomery Street Income Securities, Inc.
Scudder New Asia Fund, Inc.
Scudder New Europe Fund, Inc.
Scudder Spain and Portugal Fund, Inc.
Scudder World Income Opportunities
Fund, Inc.
For complete information on any of the above Scudder funds, including management
fees and expenses, call or write for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before
you invest or send money. +++Funds within categories are listed in order from
expected least risk to most risk. +A portion of the income from the tax-free
funds may be subject to federal, state, and local taxes. *A class of shares of
the Fund. **Not available in all states. +++ +++A no-load variable annuity
contract provided by Charter National Life Insurance Company and its affiliate,
offered by Scudder's insurance agencies, 1-800-225-2470. #These funds, advised
by Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc., are traded on various stock exchanges.
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Scudder Solutions
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Convenient ways to invest, quickly and reliably:
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Automatic Investment Plan QuickBuy
A convenient investment program in which you designate Lets you purchase Scudder fund shares
the purchase details and the bank account, and money is electronically, avoiding potential mailing delays;
electronically debited from that account monthly to designate a bank account and the transaction
regularly purchase fund shares and "dollar cost average" details, and money for each of your transactions is
-- buy more shares when the fund's price is lower and electronically debited from that account.
fewer when it's higher, which can reduce your average
purchase price over time.
Automatic Dividend Transfer Payroll Deduction and Direct Deposit
The most timely, reliable, and convenient way to Have all or part of your paycheck -- even government
purchase shares -- use distributions from one Scudder checks -- invested in up to four Scudder funds at
fund to purchase shares in another, automatically one time.
(accounts with identical registrations or the same
social security or tax identification number).
Dollar cost averaging involves continuous investment in securities regardless of price
fluctuations and does not assure a profit or protect against loss in declining markets.
Investors should consider their ability to continue such a plan through periods of low price
levels.
Around-the-clock electronic account service and information, including some transactions:
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Scudder Automated Information Line: SAIL(TM) -- Scudder's Web Site -- http://funds.scudder.com
1-800-343-2890
Scudder Electronic Account Services: Offering
Personalized account information, the ability to account information and transactions, interactive
exchange or redeem shares, and information on other worksheets, prospectuses and applications for all
Scudder funds and services via touchtone telephone. Scudder funds, plus your current asset allocation,
whenever you need them. Scudder's Site also
provides news about Scudder funds, retirement
planning information, and more.
Retirees and those who depend on investment proceeds for living expenses can enjoy these convenient,
timely, and reliable automated withdrawal programs:
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Automatic Withdrawal Plan QuickSell
You designate the bank account, determine the schedule Provides speedy access to your money by
(as frequently as once a month) and amount of the electronically crediting your redemption proceeds
redemptions, and Scudder does the rest. to the bank account you designate.
DistributionsDirect
Automatically deposits your fund distributions into the
bank account you designate within three business days
after each distribution is paid.
For more information about these services, call a Scudder representative at 1-800-225-5163
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Mutual Funds and More -- Brokerage and Guidance Services:
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Scudder Brokerage Services Scudder Portfolio Builder
Offers you access to a world of investments, A free service designed to help suggest ways investors like
including stocks, corporate bonds, Treasuries, plus you can diversify your portfolio among domestic and global,
over 6,000 mutual funds from at least 150 mutual as well as equity, fixed-income, and money market funds,
fund companies. And Scudder Fund Folio(SM) provides using Scudder funds.
investors with access to a marketplace of more than
500 no-load funds from well-known companies--with no Personal Counsel from Scudder(SM)
transaction fees or commissions. Scudder
shareholders can take advantage of a Scudder Developed for investors who prefer the benefits of no-load
Brokerage account already reserved for them, with Scudder funds but want ongoing professional assistance in
no minimum investment. For information about managing a portfolio. Personal Counsel(SM) is a highly
Scudder Brokerage Services, call 1-800-700-0820. customized, fee-based asset management service for
individuals investing $100,000 or more.
Fund Folio funds held less than six months will be charged a fee for redemptions. You can buy
shares directly from the fund itself or its principal underwriter or distributor without
paying this fee. Scudder Brokerage Services, Inc., 42 Longwater Drive, Norwell, MA 02061.
Member SIPC.
Personal Counsel From Scudder(SM) and Personal Counsel(SM) are service marks of and represent a
program offered by Scudder Investor Services, Inc., Adviser.
For more information about these services, call a Scudder representative at 1-800-225-5163
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Additional Information on How to Contact Scudder:
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For existing account services and transactions Please address all written correspondence to
Scudder Investor Relations -- 1-800-225-5163 The Scudder Funds
P.O. Box 2291
For establishing 401(k) and 403(b) plans Boston, Massachusetts
Scudder Defined Contribution Services -- 02107-2291
1-800-323-6105
Or Stop by a Scudder Investor Center
For information about The Scudder Funds, including Many shareholders enjoy the personal, one-on-one service of
additional applications and prospectuses, or for the Scudder Investor Centers. Check for an Investor Center near
answers to investment questions you -- they can be found in the following cities:
Scudder Investor Relations -- 1-800-225-2470 Boca Raton Chicago San Francisco
[email protected] Boston New York
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New From Scudder: Scudder International Growth and Income Fund
Scudder International Growth and Income Fund takes a yield-oriented approach to investing in international equities. The
Fund seeks to provide long-term growth of capital plus current income. Investors who desire international exposure but
who wish to take a more conservative approach may appreciate the Fund's emphasis on the dividend paying stocks of
well-established companies outside the United States.
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The share price of Scudder International Growth and Income Fund will fluctuate. International investing involves special
risks including currency fluctuation and political instability. Contact Scudder Investor Services, Inc., Distributor,
for a prospectus which contains more complete information, including management fees and other expenses. Please read it
carefully before you invest or send money.
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Celebrating Over 75 Years of Serving Investors
Established in 1919 by Theodore Scudder, Sidney Stevens, and F. Haven Clark,
Scudder, Stevens & Clark was the first independent investment counsel firm in
the United States. Since its birth, Scudder's pioneering spirit and commitment
to professional long-term investment management have helped shape the investment
industry. In 1928, we introduced the nation's first no-load mutual fund. Today
we offer over 40 pure no load(TM) funds, including the first international
mutual fund offered to U.S. investors.
Over the years, Scudder's global investment perspective and dedication to
research and fundamental investment disciplines have helped us become one of the
largest and most respected investment managers in the world. Though times have
changed since our beginnings, we remain committed to our long-standing
principles: managing money with integrity and distinction; keeping the interests
of our clients first; providing access to investments and markets that may not
be easily available to individuals; and making investing as simple and
convenient as possible through friendly, comprehensive service.
This information must be preceded or accompanied by a
current prospectus.
Portfolio changes should not be considered recommendations
for action by individual investors.
SCUDDER
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Scudder
Cash Investment Trust
Annual Report
June 30, 1997
Pure No-Load(TM) Funds
A money market fund for investors seeking stability and liquidity of capital and
current income.
A pure no-load(TM) fund with no commissions to buy, sell, or exchange shares.
SCUDDER [LOGO]
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Table of Contents
2 In Brief
3 Letter from the Fund's President
4 Portfolio Management Discussion
7 Investment Portfolio
11 Financial Statements
14 Financial Highlights
15 Notes to Financial Statements
17 Report of Independent Accountants
20 Officers and Trustees
21 Investment Products and Services
22 Scudder Solutions
In Brief
o Your Fund's investments in ultra short-term, high-quality securities
contributed to a total return of 4.73% for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1997.
The Fund's 30-day net annualized yield at the end of June was 4.73%.
o The Fund has recently adopted more flexible guidelines, and can now average
out to 90 days in maturity to take advantage of the slightly higher yields on
longer-maturity investments in the money-market universe.
o As rates edged higher on evidence of stronger economic growth late last year,
we began to extend the Fund's average maturity. At the end of June, the Fund's
average maturity stood at 73 days.
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Letter From the Fund's President
Dear Shareholders,
Throughout Scudder Cash Investment Trust's 1997 fiscal year, inflation
remained dormant, yet investors responded to strong economic growth as if higher
prices were just around the corner. At the end of March, the Federal Reserve
Board engineered a small increase in short-term interest rates, taking aim at
inflation before many economists were aware it was a serious threat. The
anticipation of this event in the financial markets affected all types of
fixed-income investments. However, those most sensitive to changes in the level
of interest rates -- longer-maturity bonds -- were the hardest hit.
In contrast, your Fund's focus on the shortest-maturity and highest-quality
money market securities permitted the Fund's share price to remain impervious to
market volatility in keeping with its objective of maintaining a stable $1.00
share price. As the Fund's portfolio managers explain in the following letter,
steps were also taken during the period to improve the Fund's yield.
We would like to take this opportunity to introduce a newcomer to Scudder's
mutual fund lineup: Scudder International Growth and Income Fund. The Fund
employs a yield-oriented approach to international investing and seeks to
provide long-term growth of capital plus current income. Investors who desire
international exposure but who wish to take a relatively conservative approach
may appreciate the Fund's emphasis on the dividend paying stocks of
well-established companies outside the United States. For a complete listing of
Scudder's mutual fund offerings, see page 21.
Despite near-term uncertainty, we believe the global economic landscape
provides an excellent long-term backdrop for fixed-income investors. In the
report that follows, your Fund's managers discuss the events of the past 12
months as well as their outlook for fiscal year 1998. Thank you for choosing
Scudder Cash Investment Trust to help meet your investment needs. Please do not
hesitate to call Investor Relations at 1-800-225-2470 with any questions, or
visit our Web site at http://funds.scudder.com.
Sincerely,
/s/ David S. Lee
David S. Lee
President,
Scudder Cash Investment Trust
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Portfolio Management Discussion
Dear Shareholders,
Over the course of your Fund's 1997 fiscal year, investors continued to grapple
with an interesting paradox: growth without inflation. As the economy began its
sixth year of uninterrupted growth, economists and other market pundits strained
to see rising prices behind each new release of positive economic data. But
inflation was nowhere in sight. The economy heated up in earnest in late 1996
and went on to deliver 5.9% GDP growth in the first quarter of 1997.
Unemployment dropped to its lowest level since 1973, and investors widely
anticipated March's increase in the federal funds rate. After much interim
volatility, fixed-income investments rallied in the remaining weeks through June
30, as data began to suggest that growth in the second quarter would be slower.
Your Fund's investments in ultra short-term, high-quality securities helped it
successfully navigate the changing tides of investor sentiment that proved
detrimental to longer-maturity bonds during the period. Scudder Cash Investment
Trust maintained its $1.00 share price throughout the period and, as interest
rates edged higher, was able to provide a high level of income, contributing to
a total return of 4.73% for the fiscal year. The Fund's 30-day net annualized
yield at the end of June was 4.73%.
Fund Loosens Investment
Restrictions, Seeks
Higher Yield
During the fiscal year, Scudder elected to discontinue having the Fund rated by
independent agencies such as Standard & Poor's. In the past, the Fund sought and
achieved the highest rating (AAA) in part by restricting the average maturity of
the portfolio and by investing only in the highest-rated securities.
By eliminating these stringent agency guidelines, the Fund has greater
flexibility to pursue a higher level of income. However, we intend to take a
conservative approach when adding credit risk to the Fund, in accordance with
the strict credit limitations mandate we have established with our credit
research group.
In order to achieve a AAA rating by Standard & Poor's, the Fund had to limit the
average maturity of its holdings to 60 days. The Fund can now extend to an
average maturity of 90 days and take advantage of the slightly higher yields on
longer-maturity investments in the money-market universe. Previously, the Fund
was also unable to own A2/P2 commercial paper if it wished to achieve its AAA
rating. A2/P2 commercial paper is generally issued by companies that pose a
slightly greater credit risk than those of the highest quality. Utilizing
Scudder's extensive corporate bond research talents, we believe we are able to
identify A2/P2 issuers that offer higher yielding paper with what we believe is
minimal added risk. That said, portfolio concentration in A2/P2 paper during the
year was below 5% at any given time.
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Maturity Management
Adds Value
Few tools are as important to the management of a money-market portfolio as its
average maturity. From the start of the fiscal year, the Fund's average maturity
remained below 50 days through the end of October. During this time, we
anticipated interest rates would rise and sought to avoid any potential price
volatility, confident that higher reinvestment rates were on the horizon. As
rates edged higher on evidence of stronger economic growth late last year, we
began to extend the Fund's average maturity. It wasn't until after the Federal
Reserve raised short-term rates in March, however, that the average maturity was
extended beyond 60 days. At the end of June, the Fund's average maturity stood
at 73 days.
A Cautionary Outlook
By the end of June, longer-maturity bonds had recovered from their late-March
selloff, and a host of crucial economic reports suggested that inflation is less
of a threat than many predicted. The six-year-old expansion may very well wind
down, paving the way for lower interest rates and a sustained bond market rally.
Importantly, profit expectations may be overly optimistic, given that many
companies are unable to raise prices. Also, at 5.5% the current federal funds
rate does not constitute "easy money" in our view.
But the timing of an economic downturn is difficult to predict. For now, growth
is strong and reported profits continue to exceed expectations. Although the Fed
left interest rates unchanged at its May 20
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and July 2 meetings, it may find sufficient reason to raise rates later this
year. Given this uncertain outlook for investors in longer-dated fixed-income
instruments, we believe Scudder Cash Investment Trust will likely have another
chance to demonstrate the value of owning a short-term investment vehicle as
part of a well-diversified portfolio. Plus, with our newly broadened average
maturity guidelines, we intend to take advantage of any future rate increases to
boost the Fund's yield.
Sincerely,
Your Portfolio Management Team
/s/David B. Wines /s/Stephen L. Akers
David B. Wines Stephen L. Akers
/s/Debra A. Hanson /s/K. Sue Cote
Debra A. Hanson K. Sue Cote
Scudder Cash Investment Trust:
A Team Approach to Investing
Scudder Cash Investment Trust is managed by a team of investment professionals
who each play an important role in the Fund's management process. Team members
work together to develop investment strategies and select securities for the
Fund's portfolio. They are supported by Scudder's large staff of economists,
research analysts, traders, and other investment specialists who work in
Scudder's offices across the United States and abroad. We believe our team
approach benefits Fund investors by bringing together many disciplines and
leveraging Scudder's extensive resources.
Lead Portfolio Manager David B. Wines assumed responsibility for the Fund's
day-to-day management in 1996. Mr. Wines focuses on overall investment strategy
and has eight years of investment industry experience. Stephen L. Akers,
Portfolio Manager, joined the Fund's team in 1994 and has managed several
fixed-income portfolios since joining Scudder in 1984. Debra A. Hanson,
Portfolio Manager, assists with the development and execution of investment
strategy and has been with Scudder since 1983. K. Sue Cote, Portfolio Manager,
joined Scudder in 1983 and has 13 years experience working with short-term
fixed-income investments.
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Investment Portfolio as of June 30, 1997
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Principal Value ($)
Amount ($) (Note A)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Repurchase Agreements 3.6%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Repurchase Agreement with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette dated 6/30/97 at 5.9%, to be
repurchased at $46,534,625 on 7/1/97, collateralized by a $40,843,000 U.S. Treasury
Note, 9.125%, 5/15/09 .................................................................... 46,527,000 46,527,000
Repurchase Agreement with State Street Bank and Trust Company dated 6/30/97 at 5.6%, to be
repurchased at $5,034,783 on 7/1/97, collateralized by a $5,100,000 U.S. Treasury
Bond, 6%, 5/31/98 ........................................................................ 5,034,000 5,034,000
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $51,561,000) 51,561,000
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Commercial Paper 56.9%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Health 1.7%
Pharmaceuticals
Schering Corp., 5.56%, 7/8/97* ............................................................. 24,625,000 24,594,692
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Communications 5.2%
Telephone/Communications
Ameritech Corp., 5.62%, 10/28/97* .......................................................... 20,000,000 19,628,000
Ameritech Corp., 5.535%, 12/22/97* ......................................................... 35,000,000 34,050,625
BellSouth Telecommunications Inc., 5.525%, 9/15/97* ........................................ 20,000,000 19,761,728
-----------
73,440,353
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Financial 41.7%
Banks 10.0%
Abbey National North America, 5.295%, 8/11/97* ............................................. 20,000,000 19,871,246
Abbey National North America, 5.5%, 11/26/97 ............................................... 40,000,000 39,957,262
Chase Bank USA, 5.55%, 11/13/97* ........................................................... 10,000,000 9,982,806
Chase Manhattan Bank, 5.53%, 7/31/97 ....................................................... 10,000,000 9,997,622
Private Export Funding Corp., 5.39%, 8/25/97* .............................................. 24,990,000 24,775,499
Private Export Funding Corp., 5.53%, 12/23/97* ............................................. 40,000,000 38,937,777
-----------
143,522,212
-----------
Insurance 5.2%
Prudential Funding Corp., 5.33%, 7/15/97* .................................................. 10,000,000 9,976,948
Prudential Funding Corp., 5.28%, 8/29/97* .................................................. 20,000,000 19,816,396
Prudential Funding Corp., 5.73%, 10/14/97* ................................................. 45,000,000 44,260,650
-----------
74,053,994
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Business Finance 3.5%
CIT Group Holdings Inc., 5.63%, 7/30/97* ................................................... 20,000,000 19,908,005
Corporate Asset Funding Corp., 5.52% 7/15/97* .............................................. 30,000,000 29,935,600
-----------
49,843,605
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</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Principal Value ($)
Amount ($) (Note A)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Consumer Finance 5.2%
FCar Owner Trust I, 5.58%, 9/8/97* ......................................................... 25,300,000 25,025,987
Ford Motor Credit Co., 5.66%, 10/9/97* ..................................................... 30,000,000 29,537,589
Household Finance Corp., 5.65%, 7/29/97* ................................................... 20,000,000 19,911,057
-----------
74,474,633
-----------
Other Financial Companies 17.8%
American General Finance Corp., 5.34%, 7/2/97* ............................................. 20,000,000 19,993,840
American General Finance Corp., 5.61%, 7/8/97* ............................................. 40,000,000 39,950,486
Associates Corp. of North America, 5.65%, 8/5/97* .......................................... 40,000,000 39,778,888
Avco Financial Services Inc., 5.57%, 7/15/97* .............................................. 25,000,000 24,942,370
Avco Financial Services, Inc., 5.53%, 9/11/97* ............................................. 30,000,000 29,661,158
Credit Suisse First Boston Corp., 5.527%, 4/15/98 .......................................... 9,617,941 9,617,941
General Electric Capital Corp., 5.55%, 8/12/97* ............................................ 40,000,000 39,734,828
General Electric Capital Corp., 5.42%, 8/13/97* ............................................ 20,000,000 19,865,356
Rincon Securities Inc., 5.57%, 9/9/97* ..................................................... 6,000,000 5,934,088
Transamerica Finance Corp., 5.275%, 8/14/97* ............................................... 24,000,000 23,834,756
-----------
253,313,711
-----------
Manufacturing 5.1%
Office Equipment/Supplies
Pitney Bowes Credit Corp., 5.52%, 7/28/97* ................................................. 25,000,000 24,896,500
Pitney Bowes Credit Corp., 5.64%, 10/7/97* ................................................. 10,000,000 9,848,869
Pitney Bowes Credit Corp., 5.64%, 10/8/97* ................................................. 22,000,000 21,664,205
Pitney Bowes Credit Corp., 5.63%, 11/17/97* ................................................ 16,000,000 15,652,800
-----------
72,062,374
-----------
Energy 1.7%
Oil & Gas Production
Atlantic Richfield Co., 5.65%, 10/7/97* .................................................... 25,000,000 24,622,173
-----------
Utilities 1.5%
Electric Utilities
Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 5.51%, 7/22/97* ................................................ 22,000,000 21,929,288
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Commercial Paper (Cost $811,949,892) 811,857,035
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Certificates Of Deposit 9.6%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chase Bank Delaware, 5.81%, 12/5/97 ........................................................ 15,000,000 14,998,495
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 5.6%, 11/3/97 .................................................... 10,000,000 10,001,600
LaSalle National Bank, 5.81%, 12/2/97 ...................................................... 10,000,000 9,999,015
Mellon Bank Corp., 6.13%, 9/9/97 ........................................................... 15,000,000 15,004,846
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Principal Value ($)
Amount ($) (Note A)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, 5.955%, 6/22/98 ............................................. 36,500,000 36,488,094
Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, 5.71%, 1/6/98 ............................................... 10,000,000 9,986,621
National Bank of Detroit, 5.76%, 2/3/98 .................................................... 10,000,000 9,989,081
NationsBank of South Carolina, N.A., 5.55%, 7/24/97 ........................................ 30,000,000 30,000,000
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Certificates of Deposit (Cost $136,484,761) 136,467,752
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
U. S. Government Agency Obligations 10.7%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Federal National Mortgage Association, 5.25%, 7/14/99** .................................... 56,000,000 55,921,600
Student Loan Marketing Association, 5.42%, 10/30/97** ...................................... 50,000,000 50,070,500
Student Loan Marketing Association, 5.25%, 7/12/99** ....................................... 46,500,000 46,379,100
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total U.S. Government Agency Obligations (Cost $152,500,000) 152,371,200
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Medium-Term and Short-Term Notes 18.5%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Consumer Discretionary 0.5%
Department & Chain Stores
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Note, 5.5%, 3/1/98 .................................................... 8,200,000 8,178,352
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Financial 18.0%
Banks 14.8%
Bank One, Columbus, N.A., Floating Rate Note, 5.69%, 6/10/98** ............................. 30,000,000 29,978,100
Bank of America NT&SA, 5.87%, 1/5/98 ....................................................... 35,000,000 35,006,476
Bankers Trust Co., Medium Term Note, 5.71%, 4/14/98** ...................................... 30,000,000 30,000,000
FCC National Bank Note, 5.725%, 1/7/98 ..................................................... 10,000,000 9,987,351
FCC National Bank Note, 5.73%, 8/21/97 ..................................................... 10,000,000 9,997,083
FCC National Bank Note, 5.59%, 11/7/97 ..................................................... 31,000,000 30,952,633
Fifth Third Bank, 5.45%, 7/11/97 ........................................................... 25,000,000 24,998,563
Huntington National Bank, 6.2%, 7/8/97 ..................................................... 5,000,000 5,000,196
Huntington National Bank, 5.85%, 9/30/97 ................................................... 15,000,000 14,991,775
Pittsburgh National Bank, 5.591%, 7/1/97** ................................................. 20,000,000 19,999,973
-----------
210,912,150
-----------
Other Financial Companies 3.2%
American Express Centurion, Floating Rate Bank Note, 5.658%, 4/24/98** ..................... 20,000,000 20,000,000
First Bank Minnesota Corp., Floating Rate Bank Note, 5.648%, 11/19/97** .................... 25,000,000 24,997,500
----------
44,997,500
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Medium-Term and Short-Term Notes (Cost $264,162,501) 264,088,002
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Principal Value ($)
Amount ($) (Note A)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Fixed Time Deposits 0.7%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Financial -------------
National Bank of Detroit, 5.74%, 1/22/98 (Cost $10,000,000) ................................ 10,000,000 9,987,966
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Investment Portfolio-- 100.0% (Cost $1,426,658,154) (a) 1,426,332,955
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>
(a) The cost for federal income tax purposes was $1,426,658,154. At June 30,
1997, net unrealized depreciation for all securities based on tax cost was
$325,199. This consisted of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for
all securities in which there was an excess of market value over tax cost
of $135,052 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all securities
in which there was an excess of tax cost over market value of $460,251.
* Bond equivalent yield to maturity; not a coupon rate. (Unaudited)
** Floating rate notes are securities whose yields vary with a designated
market index or market rate, such as the coupon-equivalent of the Treasury
bill rate. These securities are shown at their rate as of June 30, 1997.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
as of June 30, 1997
Assets
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C>
Investments, at value (identified cost $1,426,658,154) ............. $1,426,332,955
Cash ............................................................... 370
Receivable for Fund shares sold .................................... 10,244,030
Interest receivable ................................................ 11,058,021
Other assets ....................................................... 48,232
----------------
Total assets ....................................................... 1,447,683,608
Liabilities
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Payable for Fund shares redeemed ................................... 15,636,071
Dividends payable .................................................. 253,951
Accrued management fee ............................................. 492,255
Other payables and accrued expenses ................................ 677,814
----------------
Total liabilities .................................................. 17,060,091
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net assets, at value $1,430,623,517
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net Assets
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net assets consist of:
Unrealized depreciation on investments ............................. (325,199)
Accumulated net realized loss ...................................... (459,101)
Paid-in capital .................................................... 1,431,407,817
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net assets, at value $1,430,623,517
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net Asset Value
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share
($1,430,623,517/1,430,702,947 outstanding shares of
beneficial interest, $.01 par value, unlimited number ----------------
of shares authorized) ........................................... $1.00
----------------
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Statement of Operations
year ended June 30, 1997
Investment Income
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C>
Interest ........................................................... $ 79,522,543
----------------
Expenses:
Management fee ..................................................... 5,944,464
Services to shareholders ........................................... 5,587,530
Custodian and accounting fees ...................................... 253,722
Trustees' fees and expenses ........................................ 38,301
Reports to shareholders ............................................ 395,021
Registration fees .................................................. 70,388
Legal .............................................................. 33,783
Auditing ........................................................... 39,710
Other .............................................................. 66,989
----------------
Total expenses before reductions ................................... 12,429,908
Expense reductions ................................................. (2,420)
----------------
Expenses, net ...................................................... 12,427,488
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net investment income 67,095,055
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unrealized gain on investment transactions
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net unrealized appreciation during the period on investments ....... 911,613
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net gain on investments 911,613
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Net increase in net assets resulting from operations $ 68,006,668
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
Years Ended June 30,
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets 1997 1996
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Operations:
Net investment income ................................... $ 67,095,055 $ 68,809,419
Net unrealized appreciation on investment transactions
during the period .................................... 911,613 268,338
--------------- --------------
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations .... 68,006,668 69,077,757
--------------- --------------
Distributions to shareholders:
From net investment income .............................. (67,095,055) (68,809,419)
--------------- --------------
Fund share transactions in net asset value of
$1.00 per share: Shares sold ............................ 2,146,433,255 1,734,972,406
Net asset value of shares issued to shareholders in
reinvestment of distributions............................ 62,538,989 64,180,974
Shares redeemed ......................................... (2,166,626,217) (1,932,327,819)
--------------- --------------
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund share
transactions ............................................ 42,346,027 (133,174,439)
--------------- --------------
Increase (decrease) in net assets ....................... 43,257,640 (132,906,101)
Net assets at beginning of period ....................... 1,387,365,877 1,520,271,978
--------------- --------------
Net assets at end of period ............................. $1,430,623,517 $1,387,365,877
--------------- --------------
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
The following table includes selected data for a share outstanding throughout
each period and other performance information derived from the financial
statements.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Years Ended June 30,
1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net asset value, beginning of ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
period ............................. $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net investment income ................. .046 .048 .048 .027 .027 .047 .069 .080 .082 .064
Distributions from net investment
income and net realized capital
gains .............................. (.046) (.048) (.048) (.027) (.027) (.047) (.069) (.080) (.082) (.064)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net asset value, end of period ........ $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000 $1.000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Return (%) ...................... 4.73 4.89 4.90 2.77 2.75 4.76 7.13 8.23 8.49 6.59
Ratios and Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period ($ millions). 1,431 1,387 1,520 1,430 1,119 1,361 1,736 1,644 1,563 1,370
Ratio of operating expenses, net to
average daily net assets (%)........ .86 .83 .78 .82 .78 .70 .66 .67 .66 .68
Ratio of operating expenses before
expense reduction, to average
daily net assets (%)................ .86 .83 .78 .82 .78 .70 .66 .67 .66 .68
Ratio of net investment income
to average daily net assets (%)..... 4.63 4.79 4.84 2.78 2.72 4.58 6.91 7.93 8.21 6.44
</TABLE>
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Notes to Financial Statements
A. Significant Accounting Policies
Scudder Cash Investment Trust (the "Fund") is organized as a Massachusetts
business trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, as a diversified, open-end management investment company.
The Fund's financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles which require the use of management estimates.
The policies described below are followed consistently by the Fund in the
preparation of its financial statements.
Security Valuation. Portfolio securities which have remaining maturities of
sixty days or less are valued by the amortized cost method permitted in
accordance with Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Portfolio
securities for which market quotations are readily available and which have
remaining maturities of sixty-one days or more from the date of valuation are
valued at market. On the sixtieth day prior to maturity and thereafter until
maturity, securities originally purchased with more than sixty days remaining to
maturity are valued at amortized cost calculated daily, based upon the market
valuation of the securities on the sixty-first day prior to maturity. Other
securities are appraised at fair value as determined in good faith by or on
behalf of the Trustees of the Fund. Repurchase agreements are valued at cost
which, when combined with accrued interest receivable, approximates market.
Repurchase Agreements. The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with
certain banks and broker/dealers whereby the Fund, through its custodian,
receives delivery of the underlying securities, the amount of which at the time
of purchase and each subsequent business day is required to be maintained at
such a level that the market value, depending on the maturity of the repurchase
agreement, is equal to at least 100.5% of the repurchase price.
Federal Income Taxes. The Fund's policy is to comply with the requirements of
the Internal Revenue Code which are applicable to regulated investment companies
and to distribute all of its taxable income to its shareholders. The Fund
accordingly paid no federal income taxes and no provision for federal income
taxes was required. At June 30, 1997, the Fund had a net tax basis capital loss
carryforward of approximately $459,000, which may be applied against any
realized net taxable capital gains of each succeeding year until fully utilized
or until June 30, 2004, ($279,000) and June 30, 2005 ($180,000), the respective
expiration dates, whichever occurs first.
Distribution of Income and Gains. All of the net investment income of the Fund
is declared as a dividend to shareholders of record as of twelve o'clock noon on
each business day and is paid to shareholders monthly. During any particular
year, net realized gains from investment transactions, in excess of available
capital loss carryforwards, would be taxable to the Fund if not distributed and,
therefore, will be distributed to the shareholders. An additional distribution
may be made to the extent necessary to avoid the payment of a four percent
federal excise tax.
The Fund uses the specific identification method for determining realized gain
or loss on investments for both financial and federal income tax reporting
purposes.
Other. Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade-date basis (which in
most instances is the same as the settlement date). Interest income is accrued
pro rata to maturity. All premiums and discounts are amortized/accreted for both
tax and financial reporting purposes.
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B. Related Parties
Under the Fund's Investment Advisory Agreement (the "Agreement") with Scudder
Stevens & Clark, Inc. (the "Adviser"), the Fund agrees to pay the Adviser a fee
equal to an annual rate of 0.50% of the first $250,000,000 of the Fund's average
daily net assets, 0.45% of the next $250,000,000 of such net assets, 0.40% of
the next $500,000,000 of such net assets and 0.35% of such net assets in excess
of $1,000,000,000, computed and accrued daily and payable monthly. As manager of
the assets of the Fund, the Adviser directs the investments of the Fund in
accordance with its investment objectives, policies, and restrictions. The
Adviser determines the securities, instruments, and other contracts relating to
investments to be purchased, sold or entered into by the Fund. In addition to
portfolio management services, the Adviser provides certain administrative
services in accordance with the Management Agreement. The Agreement also
provides that if the Fund's expenses, exclusive of taxes, interest and
extraordinary expenses, exceed specified limits, such excess, up to the amount
of the management fee, will be paid by the Adviser. In addition, effective June
30, 1997, the Adviser has agreed to maintain the annualized expenses of the Fund
at not more than .85% of average daily net assets until October 31, 1998. For
the year ended June 30, 1997, the fee pursuant to the Agreement amounted to
$5,944,464 which was equivalent to an annual effective rate of .41% of the
Fund's average daily net assets.
On June 26, 1997, the Adviser entered into an agreement with The Zurich
Insurance Company ("Zurich"), an international insurance and financial services
organization, pursuant to which Zurich will acquire a majority interest in the
Adviser, and the Adviser will form a new global investment organization by
combining with Zurich's subsidiary, Zurich Kemper Investments, Inc. and change
its name to Scudder Kemper Investments, Inc. Subject to the receipt of the
required regulatory and shareholder approvals, the transaction is expected to
close in the fourth quarter of 1997.
Scudder Service Corporation ("SSC"), a subsidiary of the Adviser, is the
transfer, dividend paying and shareholder service agent for the Fund. For the
year ended June 30, 1997, the amount charged to the Fund by SSC aggregated
$2,907,025, of which $225,977 is unpaid at June 30, 1997.
Scudder Trust Company ("STC"), a subsidiary of the Adviser, provides
recordkeeping and other services in connection with certain retirement and
employee benefit plans invested in the Fund. For the year ended June 30, 1997,
the amount charged to the Fund by STC aggregated $1,699,834, of which $155,350
is unpaid at June 30, 1997.
Scudder Fund Accounting Corporation ("SFAC"), a subsidiary of the Adviser, is
responsible for determining the daily net asset value per share and maintaining
the portfolio and general accounting records of the Fund. For the year ended
June 30, 1997, the amount charged to the Fund by SFAC aggregated $105,874, of
which $8,818 is unpaid at June 30, 1997.
The Fund is one of several Scudder Funds (the "Underlying Funds") in which the
Scudder Pathway Series Portfolios (the "Portfolios") invest. In accordance with
the Special Servicing Agreement entered into by the Adviser, the Portfolios, the
Underlying Funds, SSC, SFAC, STC, and Scudder Investor Services, Inc., expenses
from the operation of the Portfolios are borne by the Underlying Funds based on
each Underlying Fund's proportionate share of assets owned by the Portfolios. No
Underlying Funds will be charged expenses that exceed the estimated savings to
each respective Underlying Fund. These estimated savings result from the
elimination of separate shareholder accounts which either currently are or have
potential to be invested in the Underlying Funds. At June 30, 1997, the Special
Servicing Agreement expense charged to the Fund amounted to $67,107.
The Fund pays each Trustee not affiliated with the Adviser $4,000 annually plus
specified amounts for attended board and committee meetings. For the year ended
June 30, 1997, Trustees' fees and expenses aggregated $38,301.
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Report of Independent Accountants
To the Board of Trustees and the Shareholders of Scudder Cash Investment Trust:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Scudder
Cash Investment Trust, including the investment portfolio, as of June 30, 1997,
and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements
of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and
the financial highlights for each of the ten years in the period then ended.
These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of
the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial
highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of June
30, 1997, by correspondence with the custodian. An audit also includes assessing
the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as
well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that
our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to
above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
Scudder Cash Investment Trust as of June 30, 1997, the results of its operations
for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years
in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the ten years
in the period then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
Boston, Massachusetts COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
August 5, 1997
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Officers and Trustees
David S. Lee*
President and Trustee
Dudley H. Ladd*
Vice President and Trustee
E. Michael Brown*
Trustee
Henry P. Becton, Jr.
Trustee; President and
General Manager, WGBH
Educational Foundation
Dawn-Marie Driscoll
Trustee; Executive Fellow,
Center for Business Ethics;
President, Driscoll Associates
Peter B. Freeman
Trustee; Corporate
Director and Trustee
George M. Lovejoy, Jr.
Trustee; President and
Director, Fifty Associates
Stephen L. Akers*
Vice President
Jerard K. Hartman*
Vice President
Thomas W. Joseph*
Vice President
Thomas F. McDonough*
Vice President and Secretary
Pamela A. McGrath*
Vice President and Treasurer
Edward J. O'Connell*
Vice President and Assistant Treasurer
David Wines*
Vice President
* Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.
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Investment Products and Services
The Scudder Family of Funds+++
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Money Market
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Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund
Scudder Cash Investment Trust
Scudder Money Market Series --
Premium Shares*
Managed Shares*
Scudder Government Money Market Series --
Managed Shares*
Tax Free Money Market+
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Scudder Tax Free Money Fund
Scudder Tax Free Money Market Series--
Managed Shares*
Scudder California Tax Free Money Fund**
Scudder New York Tax Free Money Fund**
Tax Free+
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Scudder Limited Term Tax Free Fund
Scudder Medium Term Tax Free Fund
Scudder Managed Municipal Bonds
Scudder High Yield Tax Free Fund
Scudder California Tax Free Fund**
Scudder Massachusetts Limited Term Tax Free Fund**
Scudder Massachusetts Tax Free Fund**
Scudder New York Tax Free Fund**
Scudder Ohio Tax Free Fund**
Scudder Pennsylvania Tax Free Fund**
U.S. Income
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Scudder Short Term Bond Fund
Scudder Zero Coupon 2000 Fund
Scudder GNMA Fund
Scudder Income Fund
Scudder High Yield Bond Fund
Global Income
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Scudder Global Bond Fund
Scudder International Bond Fund
Scudder Emerging Markets Income Fund
Asset Allocation
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Scudder Pathway Conservative Portfolio
Scudder Pathway Balanced Portfolio
Scudder Pathway Growth Portfolio
Scudder Pathway International Portfolio
U.S. Growth and Income
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Scudder Balanced Fund
Scudder Growth and Income Fund
U.S. Growth
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Value
Scudder Large Company Value Fund
Scudder Value Fund
Scudder Small Company Value Fund
Scudder Micro Cap Fund
Growth
Scudder Classic Growth Fund
Scudder Large Company Growth Fund
Scudder Development Fund
Scudder 21st Century Growth Fund
Global Growth
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Worldwide
Scudder Global Fund
Scudder International Growth and Income Fund
Scudder International Fund
Scudder Global Discovery Fund
Scudder Emerging Markets Growth Fund
Scudder Gold Fund
Regional
Scudder Greater Europe Growth Fund
Scudder Pacific Opportunities Fund
Scudder Latin America Fund
The Japan Fund, Inc.
Retirement Programs
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IRA
SEP IRA
Keogh Plan
401(k), 403(b) Plans
Scudder Horizon Plan**+++ +++
(a variable annuity)
Closed-End Funds#
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The Argentina Fund, Inc.
The Brazil Fund, Inc.
The Korea Fund, Inc.
The Latin America Dollar Income Fund, Inc.
Montgomery Street Income Securities, Inc.
Scudder New Asia Fund, Inc.
Scudder New Europe Fund, Inc.
Scudder Spain and Portugal Fund, Inc.
Scudder World Income Opportunities
Fund, Inc.
For complete information on any of the above Scudder funds, including management
fees and expenses, call or write for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before
you invest or send money. +++Funds within categories are listed in order from
expected least risk to most risk. +A portion of the income from the tax-free
funds may be subject to federal, state, and local taxes. *A class of shares of
the Fund. **Not available in all states. +++ +++A no-load variable annuity
contract provided by Charter National Life Insurance Company and its affiliate,
offered by Scudder's insurance agencies, 1-800-225-2470. #These funds, advised
by Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc., are traded on various stock exchanges.
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Scudder Solutions
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Convenient ways to invest, quickly and reliably:
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Automatic Investment Plan QuickBuy
A convenient investment program in which you designate Lets you purchase Scudder fund shares
the purchase details and the bank account, and money is electronically, avoiding potential mailing delays;
electronically debited from that account monthly to designate a bank account and the transaction
regularly purchase fund shares and "dollar cost average" details, and money for each of your transactions is
-- buy more shares when the fund's price is lower and electronically debited from that account.
fewer when it's higher, which can reduce your average
purchase price over time.
Automatic Dividend Transfer Payroll Deduction and Direct Deposit
The most timely, reliable, and convenient way to Have all or part of your paycheck -- even government
purchase shares -- use distributions from one Scudder checks -- invested in up to four Scudder funds at
fund to purchase shares in another, automatically one time.
(accounts with identical registrations or the same
social security or tax identification number).
Dollar cost averaging involves continuous investment in securities regardless of price
fluctuations and does not assure a profit or protect against loss in declining markets.
Investors should consider their ability to continue such a plan through periods of low price
levels.
Around-the-clock electronic account service and information, including some transactions:
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Scudder Automated Information Line: SAIL(TM) -- Scudder's Web Site -- http://funds.scudder.com
1-800-343-2890
Scudder Electronic Account Services: Offering
Personalized account information, the ability to account information and transactions, interactive
exchange or redeem shares, and information on other worksheets, prospectuses and applications for all
Scudder funds and services via touchtone telephone. Scudder funds, plus your current asset allocation,
whenever you need them. Scudder's Site also
provides news about Scudder funds, retirement
planning information, and more.
Retirees and those who depend on investment proceeds for living expenses can enjoy these convenient,
timely, and reliable automated withdrawal programs:
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Automatic Withdrawal Plan QuickSell
You designate the bank account, determine the schedule Provides speedy access to your money by
(as frequently as once a month) and amount of the electronically crediting your redemption proceeds
redemptions, and Scudder does the rest. to the bank account you designate.
DistributionsDirect
Automatically deposits your fund distributions into the
bank account you designate within three business days
after each distribution is paid.
For more information about these services, call a Scudder representative at 1-800-225-5163
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Mutual Funds and More -- Brokerage and Guidance Services:
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Scudder Brokerage Services Scudder Portfolio Builder
Offers you access to a world of investments, A free service designed to help suggest ways investors like
including stocks, corporate bonds, Treasuries, plus you can diversify your portfolio among domestic and global,
over 6,000 mutual funds from at least 150 mutual as well as equity, fixed-income, and money market funds,
fund companies. And Scudder Fund Folio(SM) provides using Scudder funds.
investors with access to a marketplace of more than
500 no-load funds from well-known companies--with no Personal Counsel from Scudder(SM)
transaction fees or commissions. Scudder
shareholders can take advantage of a Scudder Developed for investors who prefer the benefits of no-load
Brokerage account already reserved for them, with Scudder funds but want ongoing professional assistance in
no minimum investment. For information about managing a portfolio. Personal Counsel(SM) is a highly
Scudder Brokerage Services, call 1-800-700-0820. customized, fee-based asset management service for
individuals investing $100,000 or more.
Fund Folio funds held less than six months will be charged a fee for redemptions. You can buy
shares directly from the fund itself or its principal underwriter or distributor without
paying this fee. Scudder Brokerage Services, Inc., 42 Longwater Drive, Norwell, MA 02061.
Member SIPC.
Personal Counsel From Scudder(SM) and Personal Counsel(SM) are service marks of and represent a
program offered by Scudder Investor Services, Inc., Adviser.
For more information about these services, call a Scudder representative at 1-800-225-5163
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Additional Information on How to Contact Scudder:
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For existing account services and transactions Please address all written correspondence to
Scudder Investor Relations -- 1-800-225-5163 The Scudder Funds
P.O. Box 2291
For establishing 401(k) and 403(b) plans Boston, Massachusetts
Scudder Defined Contribution Services -- 02107-2291
1-800-323-6105
Or Stop by a Scudder Investor Center
For information about The Scudder Funds, including Many shareholders enjoy the personal, one-on-one service of
additional applications and prospectuses, or for the Scudder Investor Centers. Check for an Investor Center near
answers to investment questions you -- they can be found in the following cities:
Scudder Investor Relations -- 1-800-225-2470 Boca Raton Chicago San Francisco
[email protected] Boston New York
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New From Scudder: Scudder International Growth and Income Fund
Scudder International Growth and Income Fund takes a yield-oriented approach to investing in international equities. The
Fund seeks to provide long-term growth of capital plus current income. Investors who desire international exposure but
who wish to take a more conservative approach may appreciate the Fund's emphasis on the dividend paying stocks of
well-established companies outside the United States.
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The share price of Scudder International Growth and Income Fund will fluctuate. International investing involves special
risks including currency fluctuation and political instability. Contact Scudder Investor Services, Inc., Distributor,
for a prospectus which contains more complete information, including management fees and other expenses. Please read it
carefully before you invest or send money.
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Celebrating Over 75 Years of Serving Investors
Established in 1919 by Theodore Scudder, Sidney Stevens, and F. Haven Clark,
Scudder, Stevens & Clark was the first independent investment counsel firm in
the United States. Since its birth, Scudder's pioneering spirit and commitment
to professional long-term investment management have helped shape the investment
industry. In 1928, we introduced the nation's first no-load mutual fund. Today
we offer over 40 pure no load(TM) funds, including the first international
mutual fund offered to U.S. investors.
Over the years, Scudder's global investment perspective and dedication to
research and fundamental investment disciplines have helped us become one of the
largest and most respected investment managers in the world. Though times have
changed since our beginnings, we remain committed to our long-standing
principles: managing money with integrity and distinction; keeping the interests
of our clients first; providing access to investments and markets that may not
be easily available to individuals; and making investing as simple and
convenient as possible through friendly, comprehensive service.
This information must be preceded or accompanied by a
current prospectus.
Portfolio changes should not be considered recommendations
for action by individual investors.
SCUDDER
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SCUDDER U.S. TREASURY MONEY FUND
PART C. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 24 Financial Statements and Exhibits
a. Financial Statements
Included in Part A of this Registration Statement:
Financial Highlights for the ten fiscal years
ended June 30, 1997
Included in Part B of this Registration Statement:
Investment Portfolio as of June 30, 1997
Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of June 30,
1997
Statement of Operations for the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1997
Statements of Changes in Net Assets for the two
fiscal years ended
June 30, 1997
Financial Highlights for the ten fiscal years
ended June 30, 1997
Notes to Financial Statements
Report of Independent Accountants
Statements, schedules and historical information
other than
those listed above have been omitted since they
are either not applicable or are not required.
b. Exhibits:
All references are to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April 4, 1980. File Nos. 2-
67219 & 811-3043 (the "Registration Statement").
1. Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust
dated November 3, 1987, as amended February
12, 1991, is filed herein.
2.(a)(1) By-Laws as amended through September 14,
1981 is filed herein.
(a)(2) Amendment to the By-Laws dated August 13,
1991 is filed herein.
(a)(3) Amendment to the By-Laws dated November 12,
1991 is filed herein.
3. Inapplicable.
4. Specimen certificate representing shares of
beneficial interest of $.01 par value is
filed herein.
5. Investment Management Agreement with
Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc. dated
November 14, 1990 is filed herein.
6. Underwriting Agreement with Scudder Fund
Distributors, Inc. dated September 10,
1985, is filed herein.
7. Inapplicable.
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8.(a)(1) Custodian Contract with State Street Bank
and Trust Company dated May 21, 1980 is
filed herein.
(a)(2) Amendment to the Custodian Contract with
State Street Bank and Trust Company dated
August 9, 1988 is filed herein.
(a)(3) Amendment to the Custodian Contract with
State Street Bank and Trust Company dated
November 10, 1988 is filed herein.
(a)(4) Fee schedule for Exhibit 8(a)(1) is filed
herein.
(a)(5) Amendment to the Custodian Contract with
State Street Bank and Trust Company dated
November 13, 1990 is filed herein.
(a)(6) Fee schedule for Exhibit 8(a)(1).
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
8(a)(6) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 18
to the Registration Statement.)
(b)(1) Subcustodian Agreement between State Street
Bank and Trust Company and The Bank of New
York, London office, is filed
electronically herein.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
8(b)(1) to the Registration Statement.)
(b)(2) Fee schedule for Exhibit 8(b)(1), is filed
electronically herein.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
8(b)(2) to the Registration Statement.)
9.(a)(1) Transfer, Agency and Service Agreement
between the Registrant and Scudder Service
Corporation dated October 2, 1989 is filed
herein.
(a)(2) Fee schedule for Exhibit 9(a)(1) is filed
herein.
(a)(3) Fee schedule for Exhibit 9(a)(1).
(Incorporated by reference to Post-
Effective Amendment No. 19 to the
Registration Statement.)
(a)(4) Form of revised fee schedule for Exhibit
9(a)(1) dated October 1, 1996.
(Incorporated by reference to Post-
Effective Amendment No. 19 to the
Registration Statement.)
(b)(1) COMPASS Service Agreement with Scudder
Trust Company dated January 1, 1990 is
filed herein.
(b)(2) Fee schedule for Exhibit 9(b)(1) is filed
herein.
(b)(3) COMPASS Service Agreement with Scudder
Trust Company dated October 1, 1995.
(Incorporated by reference to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 to the
Registration Statement.)
(b)(4) Form of revised fee schedule for Exhibit
9(b)(3) dated October 1, 1996.
(Incorporated by reference to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 to the
Registration Statement.)
(c) Inapplicable.
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(d) Fund Accounting Services Agreement between
the Registrant and Scudder Fund Accounting
Corporation dated August 1, 1994.
(Incorporated by reference to Post-
Effective Amendment No. 18 to the
Registration Statement.)
10. Inapplicable.
11. Consent of Independent Accountants is filed
herein.
12. Inapplicable.
13. Inapplicable.
14. (a) Scudder Flexi-Plan for Corporations and
Self-Employed Individuals is filed herein.
(b) Scudder Individual Retirement Plan is filed
herein.
(c) Scudder Funds 403(b) Plan is filed herein.
(d) Scudder Employer-Select 403(b) Plan is
filed herein.
(e) Scudder Cash or Deferred Profit Sharing
Plan under Section 401(k) is filed herein.
15. Inapplicable.
16. Schedule for Computation of Performance
Quotation is filed electronically herein.
17. Financial Data Schedule is filed herein.
18. Inapplicable.
Power of Attorney
Filed as part of the signature page of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 14 to the Registration Statement filed
August 28, 1991, Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to
the Registration Statement filed November 1, 1995 and
in the signature page of this Post-Effective
Amendment filed October 13, 1997.
Item 25. Persons Controlled by or under Common Control with Registrant.
None.
Item 26. Number of Holders of Securities (as of October 17, 1997).
(1) (2)
Title of Class Number of Record
Shareholders
Share of 17,930
beneficial
interest
par value of
$.01 per share
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Item 27. Indemnification.
A policy of insurance covering Scudder, Stevens &
Clark, Inc., its subsidiaries including Scudder
Investor Services, Inc., and all of the registered
investment companies advised by Scudder, Stevens &
Clark, Inc. insures the Registrant's Trustees and
officers and others against liability arising by reason
of an alleged breach of duty caused by any negligent
act, error or accidental omission in the scope of their
duties.
Article IV of Registrant's Declaration of Trust states
as follows:
Section 4.1. No Personal Liability of Shareholders,
Trustees, Etc.
No Shareholder shall be subject to any personal
liability whatsoever to any Person in connection with
Trust Property or the acts, obligations or affairs of
the Trust. No Trustee, officer, employee or agent of
the Trust shall be subject to any personal liability
whatsoever to any Person, other than to the Trust or
its Shareholders, in connection with Trust Property or
the affairs of the Trust, save only that arising from
bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross negligence or
reckless disregard of his duties with respect to such
Person; and all such Persons shall look solely to the
Trust Property for satisfaction of claims of any nature
arising in connection with the affairs of the Trust.
If any Shareholder, Trustee, officer, employee, or
agent, as such, of the Trust, is made a party to any
suit or proceeding to enforce any such liability of the
Trust, he shall not, on account thereof, be held to any
personal liability. The Trust shall indemnify and hold
each Shareholder harmless from and against all claims
and liabilities, to which such Shareholder may become
subject by reason of his being or having been a
Shareholder, and shall reimburse such Shareholder for
all legal and other expenses reasonably incurred by him
in connection with any such claim or liability. The
indemnification and reimbursement required by the
preceding sentence shall be made only out of the assets
of the one or more Series of which the Shareholder who
is entitled to indemnification or reimbursement was a
Shareholder at the time the act or event occurred which
gave rise to the claim against or liability of said
Shareholder. The rights accruing to a Shareholder
under this Section 4.1 shall not impair any other right
to which such Shareholder may be lawfully entitled, nor
shall anything herein contained restrict the right of
the Trust to indemnify or reimburse a Shareholder in
any appropriate situation even though not specifically
provided herein.
Section 4.2. Non-Liability of Trustees, Etc.
No Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust
shall be liable to the Trust, its Shareholders, or to
any Shareholder, Trustee, officer, employee, or agent
thereof for any action or failure to act (including
without limitation the failure to compel in any way any
former or acting Trustee to redress any breach of
trust) except for his own bad faith, willful
misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard of
the duties involved in the conduct of his office.
Section 4.3 Mandatory Indemnification.
(a) Subject to the exceptions and limitations
contained in paragraph (b) below:
(i) every person who is, or has been, a Trustee
or officer of the Trust shall be indemnified
by the Trust to the fullest extent permitted
by law against all liability and against all
expenses reasonably incurred or paid by him
in connection with any claim, action, suit or
proceeding in which he becomes involved as a
party or otherwise by virtue of his being or
having been a Trustee or officer and against
amounts paid or incurred by him in the
settlement thereof;
(ii) the words "claim," "action," "suit," or
"proceeding" shall apply to all claims,
actions, suits or proceedings (civil,
criminal, administrative, or other, including
appeals), actual or threatened; and the words
"liability" and "expenses" shall include,
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without limitation, attorneys' fees, costs,
judgments, amounts paid in settlement, fines,
penalties and other liabilities.
(b) No indemnification shall be provided hereunder to
a Trustee or officer:
(i) against any liability to the Trust, a Series
thereof, or the Shareholders by reason of a
final adjudication by a court or other body
before which a proceeding was brought that he
engaged in willful misfeasance, bad faith,
gross negligence or reckless disregard of the
duties involved in the conduct of his office;
(ii) with respect to any matter as to which he
shall have been finally adjudicated not to
have acted in good faith in the reasonable
belief that his action was in the best
interest of the Trust;
(iii)in the event of a settlement or other
disposition not involving a final
adjudication as provided in paragraph (b)(i)
or (b) (ii) resulting in a payment by a
Trustee or officer, unless there has been a
determination that such Trustee or officer
did not engage in willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard
of the duties involved in the conduct of his
office:
(A) by the court or other body approving the
settlement or other disposition; or
(B) based upon a review of readily available
facts (as opposed to a full trial-type
inquiry) by (x) vote of a majority of
the Disinterested Trustees acting on the
matter (provided that a majority of the
Disinterested Trustees then in office
act on the matter) or (y) written
opinion of independent legal counsel.
(c) The rights of indemnification herein provided may
be insured against by policies maintained by the
Trust, shall be severable, shall not affect any
other rights to which any Trustee or officer may
now or hereafter be entitled, shall continue as to
a person who has ceased to be such Trustee or
officer and shall inure to the benefit of the
heirs, executors, administrators and assigns of
such a person. Nothing contained herein shall
affect any rights to indemnification to which
personnel of the Trust other than Trustees and
officers may be entitled by contract or otherwise
under law.
(d) Expenses of preparation and presentation of a
defense to any claim, action, suit, or proceeding
of the character described in paragraph (a) of
this Section 4.3 may be advanced by the Trust
prior to final disposition thereof upon receipt of
an undertaking by or on behalf of the recipient,
to repay such amount if it is ultimately
determined that he is not entitled to
indemnification under this Section 4.3, provided
that either:
(i) such undertaking is secured by a surety bond
or some other appropriate security provided
by the recipient, or the Trust shall be
insured against losses arising out of any
such advances; or
(ii) a majority of the Disinterested Trustees
acting on the matter (provided that a
majority of the Disinterested Trustees act on
the matter) or an independent legal counsel
in a written opinion shall determine, based
upon a review of readily available facts (as
opposed to a full trial-type inquiry), that
there is reason to believe that the recipient
ultimately will be found entitled to
indemnification.
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As used in this Section 4.3, a "Disinterested Trustee"
is one who is not (i) an Interested Person of the Trust
(including anyone who has been exempted from being an
Interested Person by any rule, regulation or order of
the Commission), or (ii) involved in the claim, action,
suit or proceeding.
Item 28. Business or Other Connections of Investment Adviser
The Adviser has stockholders and employees who are
denominated officers but do not as such have
corporation-wide responsibilities. Such persons are
not considered officers for the purpose of this Item
28.
Business and Other Connections of Board
Name of Directors of Registrant's Adviser
Stephen R. Director, Vice President, Treasurer, Chief
Beckwith Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer,
Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc. (investment
adviser)**
Lynn S. Director, Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.
Birdsong (investment adviser)**
President & Director, The Latin America Dollar
Income Fund, Inc. (investment company)**
President & Director, Scudder World Income
Opportunities Fund, Inc. (investment
company)**
President, The Japan Fund, Inc. (investment
company)**
Supervisory Director, The Latin America Income
and Appreciation Fund N.V. (investment
company) +
Supervisory Director, The Venezuela High Income
Fund N.V. (investment company) xx
Supervisory Director, Scudder Mortgage Fund
(investment company)+
Supervisory Director, Scudder Floating Rate
Funds for Fannie Mae Mortgage Securities I &
II (investment company) +
Director, Canadian High Income Fund (investment
company)#
Director, Hot Growth Companies Fund (investment
company)#
Director, Sovereign High Yield Investment
Company (investment company)+
Director, Scudder, Stevens & Clark (Luxembourg)
S.A. (investment manager) #
Nicholas Bratt Director, Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.
(investment adviser)**
President & Director, Scudder New Europe Fund,
Inc. (investment company)**
President & Director, The Brazil Fund, Inc.
(investment company)**
President & Director, The First Iberian Fund,
Inc. (investment company)**
President & Director, Scudder International
Fund, Inc. (investment company)**
President & Director, Scudder Global Fund, Inc.
(President on all series except Scudder
Global Fund) (investment company)**
President & Director, The Korea Fund, Inc.
(investment company)**
President & Director, Scudder New Asia Fund,
Inc. (investment company)**
President, The Argentina Fund, Inc. (investment
company)**
Vice President, Scudder, Stevens & Clark
Corporation (Delaware) (investment adviser)**
Vice President, Scudder, Stevens & Clark Japan,
Inc. (investment adviser)###
Vice President, Scudder, Stevens & Clark of
Canada Ltd. (Canadian investment adviser)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Vice President, Scudder, Stevens & Clark
Overseas Corporationoo
E. Michael Director, Chief Administrative Officer, Scudder,
Brown Stevens & Clark, Inc. (investment adviser)**
Trustee, Scudder GNMA Fund (investment company)*
Trustee, Scudder Portfolio Trust (investment
company)*
Trustee, Scudder U.S. Treasury Fund (investment
company)*
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<PAGE>
Trustee, Scudder Tax Free Money Fund (investment
company)*
Trustee, Scudder State Tax Free Trust
(investment company)*
Trustee, Scudder Cash Investment Trust
(investment company)*
Assistant Treasurer, Scudder Investor Services,
Inc. (broker/dealer)*
Director & President, Scudder Realty Holding
Corporation (a real estate holding company)*
Director & President, Scudder Trust Company (a
trust company)+++
Director, Scudder Trust (Cayman) Ltd.
Mark S. Casady Director, Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.
(investment adviser)**
Director & Vice President, Scudder Investor
Services, Inc. (broker/dealer)*
Director & Vice President, Scudder Service
Corporation (in-house transfer agent)*
Director, SFA, Inc. (advertising agency)*
Linda C. Director, Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.
Coughlin (investment adviser)**
Chairman & Trustee, AARP Cash Investment Funds
(investment company)**
Chairman & Trustee, AARP Growth Trust
(investment company)**
Chairman & Trustee, AARP Income Trust
(investment company)**
Chairman & Trustee, AARP Tax Free Income Trust
(investment company)**
Chairman & Trustee, AARP Managed Investment
Portfolios Trust (investment company)**
Director & Senior Vice President, Scudder
Investor Services, Inc. (broker/dealer)*
Director, SFA, Inc. (advertising agency)*
Margaret D. Director, Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.
Hadzima (investment adviser)**
Assistant Treasurer, Scudder Investor Services,
Inc. (broker/dealer)*
Jerard K. Director, Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.
Hartman (investment adviser)**
Vice President, Scudder California Tax Free
Trust (investment company)*
Vice President, Scudder Equity Trust (investment
company)**
Vice President, Scudder Cash Investment Trust
(investment company)*
Vice President, Scudder Fund, Inc. (investment
company)**
Vice President, Scudder Global Fund, Inc.
(investment company)**
Vice President, Scudder GNMA Fund (investment
company)*
Vice President, Scudder Portfolio Trust
(investment company)*
Vice President, Scudder Institutional Fund, Inc.
(investment company)**
Vice President, Scudder International Fund, Inc.
(investment company)**
Vice President, Scudder Investment Trust
(investment company)*
Vice President, Scudder Municipal Trust
(investment company)*
Vice President, Scudder Mutual Funds, Inc.
(investment company)**
Vice President, Scudder New Asia Fund, Inc.
(investment company)**
Vice President, Scudder New Europe Fund, Inc.
(investment company)**
Vice President, Scudder Securities Trust
(investment company)*
Vice President, Scudder State Tax Free Trust
(investment company)*
Vice President, Scudder Funds Trust (investment
company)**
Vice President, Scudder Tax Free Money Fund
(investment company)*
Vice President, Scudder Tax Free Trust
(investment company)*
Vice President, Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund
(investment company)*
Vice President, Scudder Pathway Series
(investment company)*
Vice President, Scudder Variable Life Investment
Fund (investment company)*
Vice President, The Brazil Fund, Inc.
(investment company)**
Vice President, The Korea Fund, Inc. (investment
company)**
Vice President, The Argentina Fund, Inc.
(investment company)**
Vice President & Director, Scudder, Stevens &
Clark of Canada, Ltd. (Canadian investment
adviser) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Part C - Page 7
<PAGE>
Vice President, Scudder Spain & Portugal Fund,
Inc. (investment company)**
Vice President, The Latin America Dollar Income
Fund, Inc. (investment company)**
Vice President, Scudder World Income
Opportunities Fund, Inc. (investment
company)**
Richard A. Director, Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.
Holt (investment adviser)**
Vice President, Scudder Variable Life Investment
Fund (investment company)*
John T. Director, Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.
Packard (investment adviser)**
President, Montgomery Street Income Securities,
Inc. (investment company) o
Chairman, Scudder Realty Advisors, Inc. (realty
investment adviser) x
Daniel Pierce Chairman & Director, Scudder, Stevens & Clark,
Inc. (investment adviser)**
Chairman, Vice President & Director, Scudder
Global Fund, Inc. (investment company)**
Chairman & Director, Scudder New Europe Fund,
Inc. (investment company)**
Chairman & Director, Scudder Spain & Portugal
Fund, Inc. (investment company)**
Chairman & Director, Scudder International Fund,
Inc. (investment company)**
Chairman & Director, Scudder New Asia Fund, Inc.
(investment company)**
President & Trustee, Scudder Equity Trust
(investment company)**
President & Trustee, Scudder GNMA Fund
(investment company)*
President & Trustee, Scudder Portfolio Trust
(investment company)*
President & Trustee, Scudder Funds Trust
(investment company)**
President & Trustee, Scudder Securities Trust
(investment company)*
President & Trustee, Scudder Investment Trust
(investment company)*
President & Director, Scudder Institutional
Fund, Inc. (investment company)**
President & Director, Scudder Fund, Inc.
(investment company)**
President & Director, Scudder Mutual Funds, Inc.
(investment company)**
Vice President & Trustee, Scudder Municipal
Trust (investment company)*
Vice President & Trustee, Scudder Variable Life
Investment Fund (investment company)*
Vice President & Trustee, Scudder Pathway Series
(investment company)*
Trustee, Scudder California Tax Free Trust
(investment company)*
Trustee, Scudder State Tax Free Trust
(investment company)*
Vice President, Montgomery Street Income
Securities, Inc. (investment company)o
Chairman & President, Scudder, Stevens & Clark
of Canada, Ltd. (Canadian investment
adviser), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Chairman & Director, Scudder Global
Opportunities Funds (investment company)
Luxembourg
Chairman, Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Ltd.
(investment adviser) London, England
President & Director, Scudder Precious Metals,
Inc. xxx
Vice President, Director & Assistant Secretary,
Scudder Realty Holdings Corporation
(a real estate holding company)*
Vice President, Director & Assistant Treasurer,
Scudder Investor Services, Inc.
(broker/dealer)*
Director, Scudder Latin America Investment Trust
PLC (investment company)@
Director, Fiduciary Trust Company (banking &
trust company) Boston, MA
Director, Fiduciary Company Incorporated
(banking & trust company) Boston, MA
Trustee, New England Aquarium, Boston, MA
Incorporator, Scudder Trust Company (a trust
company)+++
Kathryn L. Director, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance
Quirk Officer and Secretary, Scudder, Stevens &
Clark, Inc. (investment adviser)**
Director, Vice President & Assistant Secretary,
The Argentina Fund, Inc. (investment
company)**
Part C - Page 8
<PAGE>
Director, Vice President & Assistant Secretary,
Scudder International Fund, Inc. (investment
company)**
Director, Vice President & Assistant Secretary,
Scudder New Asia Fund (investment company)**
Director, Vice President & Assistant Secretary,
Scudder Global Fund, Inc. (investment
company)**
Trustee, Vice President & Assistant Secretary,
Scudder Equity Trust (investment company)**
Trustee, Vice President & Assistant Secretary,
Scudder Securities Trust (investment
company)*
Trustee, Vice President & Assistant Secretary,
Scudder Funds Trust (investment company)**
Trustee, Scudder Investment Trust (investment
company)*
Trustee, Scudder Municipal Trust (investment
company)*
Vice President & Trustee, Scudder Cash
Investment Trust (investment company)*
Vice President & Trustee, Scudder Tax Free Money
Fund (investment company)*
Vice President & Trustee, Scudder Tax Free Trust
(investment company)*
Vice President & Secretary, AARP Growth Trust
(investment company)**
Vice President & Secretary, AARP Income Trust
(investment company)**
Vice President & Secretary, AARP Tax Free Income
Trust (investment company)**
Vice President & Secretary, AARP Cash Investment
Funds (investment company)**
Vice President & Secretary, AARP Managed
Investment Portfolios Trust (investment
company)**
Vice President & Secretary, The Japan Fund, Inc.
(investment company)**
Vice President & Assistant Secretary, Scudder
World Income Opportunities Fund, Inc.
(investment company)**
Vice President & Assistant Secretary, The Korea
Fund, Inc. (investment company)**
Vice President & Assistant Secretary, The Brazil
Fund, Inc. (investment company)**
Vice President & Assistant Secretary, Montgomery
Street Income Securities, Inc. (investment
company)o
Vice President & Assistant Secretary, Scudder
Mutual Funds, Inc. (investment company)**
Vice President & Assistant Secretary, Scudder
Pathway Series (investment company)*
Vice President & Assistant Secretary, Scudder
New Europe Fund, Inc. (investment company)**
Vice President & Assistant Secretary, Scudder
Variable Life Investment Fund (investment
company)*
Vice President & Assistant Secretary, Scudder
Spain & Portugal Fund, Inc. (investment
company)**
Vice President & Assistant Secretary, The Latin
America Dollar Income Fund, Inc. (investment
company)**
Vice President, Scudder Fund, Inc. (investment
company)**
Vice President, Scudder Institutional Fund, Inc.
(investment company)**
Vice President, Scudder GNMA Fund (investment
company)*
Director, Senior Vice President & Clerk, Scudder
Investor Services, Inc. (broker/dealer)*
Director, Vice President & Secretary, Scudder
Fund Accounting Corporation (in-house fund
accounting agent)*
Director, Vice President & Secretary, Scudder
Realty Holdings Corporation (a real estate
holding company)*
Director & Clerk, Scudder Service Corporation
(in-house transfer agent)*
Director, SFA, Inc. (advertising agency)*
Vice President, Director & Assistant Secretary,
Scudder Precious Metals, Inc. xxx
Part C - Page 9
<PAGE>
Cornelia M. Director, Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.
Small (investment adviser)**
President, AARP Cash Investment Funds
(investment company)**
President, AARP Growth Trust (investment
company)**
President, AARP Income Trust (investment
company)**
President, AARP Tax Free Income Trust
(investment company)**
President, AARP Managed Investment Portfolio
Trust (investment company)**
Edmond D. Director, President & Chief Executive Officer,
Villani Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc. (investment
adviser)**
Chairman & Director, The Argentina Fund, Inc.
(investment company)**
Chairman & Director, The Latin America Dollar
Income Fund, Inc. (investment company)**
Chairman & Director, Scudder World Income
Opportunities Fund, Inc. (investment
company)**
Supervisory Director, Scudder Mortgage Fund
(investment company) +
Supervisory Director, Scudder Floating Rate
Funds for Fannie Mae Mortgage Securities I &
II (investment company)+
Director, Scudder, Stevens & Clark Japan, Inc.
(investment adviser)###
Director, The Brazil Fund, Inc. (investment
company)**
Director, Indosuez High Yield Bond Fund
(investment company) Luxembourg
President & Director, Scudder, Stevens & Clark
Overseas Corporationoo
President & Director, Scudder, Stevens & Clark
Corporation (Delaware) (investment adviser)**
Director, Scudder Realty Advisors, Inc. (realty
investment adviser) x
Director, IBJ Global Investment Management S.A.,
(Luxembourg investment management company)
Luxembourg, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
Stephen A. Director, Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.
Wohler (investment adviser)**
Vice President, Montgomery Street Income
Securities, Inc. (investment company)o
* Two International Place, Boston, MA
x 333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA
** 345 Park Avenue, New York, NY
++ Two Prudential Plaza, 180 N. Stetson Avenue,
Chicago, IL
+++ 5 Industrial Way, Salem, NH
o 101 California Street, San Francisco, CA
# Socite Anonyme, 47, Boulevard Royal, L-2449
Luxembourg, R.C. Luxembourg B 34.564
+ John B. Gorsiraweg 6, Willemstad Curacao,
Netherlands Antilles
xx De Ruyterkade 62, P.O. Box 812, Willemstad
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
## 2 Boulevard Royal, Luxembourg
*** B1 2F3F 248 Section 3, Nan King East Road, Taipei,
Taiwan
xxx Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies
oo 20-5, Ichibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
### 1-7, Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
@ c/o Sinclair Hendersen Limited, 23 Cathedral Yard,
Exeter, Devon, U.K.
Item 29. Principal Underwriters.
(a) Scudder California Tax Free Trust
Scudder Cash Investment Trust
Scudder Equity Trust
Scudder Fund, Inc.
Scudder Funds Trust
Scudder Global Fund, Inc.
Scudder GNMA Fund
Part C - Page 10
<PAGE>
Scudder Institutional Fund, Inc.
Scudder International Fund, Inc.
Scudder Investment Trust
Scudder Municipal Trust
Scudder Mutual Funds, Inc.
Scudder Pathway Series
Scudder Portfolio Trust
Scudder Securities Trust
Scudder State Tax Free Trust
Scudder Tax Free Money Fund
Scudder Tax Free Trust
Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund
Scudder Variable Life Investment
Fund
AARP Cash Investment Funds
AARP Growth Trust
AARP Income Trust
AARP Tax Free Income Trust
AARP Managed Investment Portfolios
Trust
The Japan Fund, Inc.
(b)
(1) (2) (3)
Name and Position and Offices
Principal with Positions and
Business Scudder Investor Offices with
Address Services, Inc. Registrant
--------------- ------------------- --------------
Lynn S. Birdsong Senior Vice President None
345 Park Avenue
New York, NY
10154
E. Michael Brown Assistant Treasurer Trustee
Two International
Place
Boston, MA 02110
Mark S. Casady Director and Vice None
Two International President
Place
Boston, MA 02110
Linda Coughlin Director and Senior None
Two International Vice President
Place
Boston, MA 02110
Richard W. Vice President None
Desmond
345 Park Avenue
New York, NY
10154
Paul J. Elmlinger Senior Vice President None
345 Park Avenue and Assistant Clerk
New York, NY
10154
Margaret D. Assistant Treasurer None
Hadzima
Two International
Place
Boston, MA 02110
Part C - Page 11
<PAGE>
Name and Position and Offices
Principal with Positions and
Business Scudder Investor Offices with
Address Services, Inc. Registrant
--------------- ------------------- --------------
Thomas W. Joseph Director, Vice Vice
Two International President, President
Place Treasurer and
Boston, MA 02110 Assistant Clerk
David S. Lee Director, President President and
Two International and Assistant Trustee
Place Treasurer
Boston, MA 02110
Thomas F. Clerk Vice
McDonough President and
Two International Secretary
Place
Boston, MA 02110
Thomas H. O'Brien Assistant Treasurer None
345 Park Avenue
New York, NY
10154
Edward J. Assistant Treasurer Vice
O'Connell President and
345 Park Avenue Assistant
New York, NY Treasurer
10154
Daniel Pierce Director, Vice None
Two International President
Place and Assistant
Boston, MA 02110 Treasurer
Kathryn L. Quirk Director, Senior Vice None
345 Park Avenue President and
New York, NY Assistant Clerk
10154
Robert A. Rudell Vice President None
Two International
Place
Boston, MA 02110
Edmund J. Thimme Vice President None
345 Park Avenue
New York, NY
10154
Benjamin Vice President None
Thorndike
Two International
Place
Boston, MA 02110
Sydney S. Tucker Vice President None
Two International
Place
Boston, MA 02110
David B. Watts Assistant Treasurer None
Two International
Place
Boston, MA 02110
Linda J. Wondrack Vice President None
Two International
Place
Boston, MA 02110
Part C - Page 12
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The Underwriter has employees who are denominated officers
of an operational area. Such persons do not have
corporation-wide responsibilities and are not considered
officers for the purpose of this Item 29.
(c)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Net Compensation
Name of Underwriting on Brokerage Other
Principal Discounts and Redemptions Commissions Compensation
Underwriter and Commissions and Purchases
Scudder None None None None
Investor
Services, Inc.
Item 30. Location of Accounts and Records.
Certain accounts, books and other documents required to
be maintained by Section 31(a) of the 1940 Act and the
Rules promulgated thereunder are maintained by Scudder,
Stevens & Clark, Inc., Two International Place, Boston,
MA 02110. Records relating to the duties of the
Registrant's custodian and transfer agent are
maintained by State Street Bank and Trust Company,
Heritage Drive, North Quincy, Massachusetts.
Item 31. Management Services.
Inapplicable.
Item 32. Undertakings.
Inapplicable.
Part C - Page 13
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of
the requirements for effectiveness of this amendment to its Registration
Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly
caused this amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Boston, and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the ____ day of October, 1997.
SCUDDER U.S. TREASURY MONEY FUND
By/s/Thomas F. McDonough
---------------------------
Thomas F. McDonough,
Vice President and Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment
to its Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated. By so signing, the undersigned in her
capacity as trustee or officer, or both, as the case may be of the Registrant,
does hereby appoint David S. Lee, Thomas F. McDonough and Sheldon A. Jones and
each of them, severally, or if more than one acts, a majority of them, her true
and lawful attorney and agent to execute in her name, place and stead (in such
capacity) any and all amendments to the Registration Statement and any
post-effective amendments thereto and all instruments necessary or desirable in
connection therewith, to attest the seal of the Registrant thereon and to file
the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Each of said attorneys and
agents shall have power to act with or without the other and have full power and
authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any
and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or advisable to be done in
the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys
and agents and each of them.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
Peter B. Freeman Trustee October ___, 1997
<PAGE>
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of
the requirements for effectiveness of this amendment to its Registration
Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly
caused this amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boston, and the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the ____ day of October, 1997.
SCUDDER U.S. TREASURY MONEY FUND
By/s/Thomas F. McDonough
-------------------------------
Thomas F. McDonough, Vice President
and Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment
to its Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capabilities and on the dates indicated.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C>
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
/s/David S. Lee
- -------------------------
David S. Lee* President (Principal October , 1997
Executive Officer)
and Trustee
/s/E. Michael Brown
- --------------------------
E. Michael Brown* Trustee October , 1997
/s/Dawn-Marie Driscoll
- --------------------------
Dawn-Marie Driscoll* Trustee October , 1997
/s/Peter B. Freeman
- --------------------------
Peter B. Freeman* Trustee October , 1997
/s/George M. Lovejoy, Jr.
- --------------------------
George M. Lovejoy, Jr.* Trustee October , 1997
/s/Pamela A. McGrath
- -------------------------
Pamela A. McGrath Vice President and October , 1997
Treasurer (Principal
Financial and
Accounting Officer)
/s/Jean C. Tempel
- -------------------------
Jean C. Tempel* Trustee October , 1997
</TABLE>
*By:/s/Thomas F. McDonough
--------------------------
Thomas F. McDonough,
Attorney-in-fact pursuant to
powers of attorney contained
in the signature pages of Post-
Effective Amendment No. 14 to
the Registration Statement
filed August 28, 1991, Post-
Effective Amendment No. 18 to
the Registration Statement
filed November 1, 1995 and in
the signature page of this
Post-Effective Amendment filed
October , 1997.
<PAGE>
SIGNATURES
----------
Pursuant to Rule 438 of the Securities Act, the undersigned, a nominee for
Trustee of the Trust, hereby consents to being named in this amendment to the
Registration Statement of Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund which will become
effective November 1, 1997.
SIGNATURE DATE
- --------- ----
/s/Daniel Pierce
- ------------------------------------------------------
Daniel Pierce October 7, 1997
/s/Henry P. Becton, Jr.
- ------------------------------------------------------
Henry P. Becton, Jr. October 7, 1997
/s/Wesley W. Marple, Jr.
- ------------------------------------------------------
Wesley W. Marple, Jr. October 7, 1997
/s/Kathryn L. Quirk
- ------------------------------------------------------
Kathryn L. Quirk October 7, 1997
<PAGE>
File No.2-67219
File No. 811-3043
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
EXHIBITS
TO
FORM N-1A
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 20
TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AND
AMENDMENT NO. 22
TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
SCUDDER U.S. TREASURY MONEY FUND
<PAGE>
SCUDDER U.S. TREASURY MONEY FUND
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit 1
Exhibit 2(a)(1)
Exhibit 2(a)(2)
Exhibit 2(a)(3)
Exhibit 4
Exhibit 5
Exhibit 6
Exhibit 8(a)(1)
Exhibit 8(a)(2)
Exhibit 8(a)(3)
Exhibit 8(a)(4)
Exhibit 8(a)(5)
Exhibit 9(a)(1)
Exhibit 9(a)(2)
Exhibit 9(b)(1)
Exhibit 9(b)(2)
Exhibit 11
Exhibit 14(a)
Exhibit 14(b)
Exhibit 14(c)
Exhibit 14(d)
Exhibit 14(e)
Exhibit 16
Exhibit 17
SCUDDER GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND
Certificate of Amendment of Declaration of Trust
The undersigned, being at least a majority of the duly elected and
qualified Trustees of Scudder Government Money Fund, a Massachusetts business
trust, (the "Trust") acting pursuant to Article VIII, Section 8.3 of the Amended
and Restated Declaration of Trust dated November 3, 1987, as amended, (the
"Declaration of Trust") do hereby certify that the following amendment to the
Declaration of Trust was adopted by the favorable vote on February 12, 1991 of
the majority of Trustees, to wit,
RESOLVED that upon the filing of a supplement to the Trust's currently
effective Prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Act of 1933, Sections 1.1 and 1.2(o) of the Amended and
Restated Declaration of Trust dated November 3, 1987, as amended, are
amended to change the name of the Trust from "Scudder Government Money
Fund" and "Scudder Cash Investment Trust II", respectively, to "Scudder
U.S. Treasury Money Fund" so that said Sections read in their entirety as
follows:
"Section 1.1. Name. The name of the trust created hereby is the "Scudder
U.S. Treasury Money Fund."
"Section 1.2(o). The "Trust" means the Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund."
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have this day signed this Certificate
of Amendment of Declaration of Trust.
Dated February 12, 1991
/s/ Henry P Becton /s/ Dawn-Marie Driscoll
- -------------------------------- --------------------------------
Henry P Becton, Jr., as Trustee Dawn-Marie Driscoll, as Trustee
/s/ Karl A. Deavers /s/ David S. Lee
- -------------------------------- --------------------------------
Karl A. Deavers, as Trustee David S. Lee, as Trustee
/s/ Amey S. DeFriez
- --------------------------------
Amey S. DeFriez, as Trustee
Exhibit 2(a)1
BY-LAWS
OF
SCUDDER GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND
-----------------------
September 14, 1981
<PAGE>
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
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ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS 1
ARTICLE II - OFFICES 1
Section 1. Principal Office 1
Section 2. Other Offices 1
ARTICLE III - SHAREHOLDERS 1
Section 1. Meetings 1
Section 2. Notice of Meetings 2
Section 3. Record Date for Meetings and Other Purposes 2
Section 4. Proxies 3
Section 5. Inspection of Records 4
Section 6. Action without Meeting 4
ARTICLE IV. - TRUSTEES 4
Section 1. Meetings of the Trustees 4
Section 2. Meetings, Quorum and Manner of Acting 5
ARTICLE V - COMMITTEES 6
Section 1. Executive and Other Committees 6
Section 2. Meetings, Quorum and Manner Of Acting 7
ARTICLE VI - OFFICERS 7
Section 1. General Provisions 7
Section 2. Term of Office and Qualifications 8
Section 3. Removal 8
Section 4. Powers and Duties of the President 8
Section 5. Powers and Duties of Vice Presidents 9
Section 6. Powers and Duties of the Treasurer 9
Section 7. Powers and Duties of the Secretary 10
Section 8. Powers and Duties of Assistant
Treasurers 10
Section 9. Powers and Duties of Assistant
Secretaries 11
Section 10. Compensation of Officers and Trustees
and Members of Advisory Board 11
ARTICLE VII - FISCAL YEAR 11
ARTICLE VIII - SEAL 12
ARTICLE IX - WAIVERS OF NOTICE 12
ARTICLE X - CUSTODY OF SECURITIES 12
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued)
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Section 1. Employment of A Custodian 12
Section 2. Action Upon Termination of
Custodian Agreement 13
Section 3. Provisions of Custodian Contract 13
Section 4. Central Certificate System 14
Section 5. Acceptance of Receipts in Lieu of
Certificate 14
ARTICLE XI - AMENDMENTS 15
ARTICLE XII - MISCELLANEOUS 15
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BY-LAWS
OF
SCUDDER GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
The terms "Commission", "Custodian", "Declaration", "Distributor",
"Investment Adviser", "1940 Act", "Shareholder", "Shares , Transfer Agent",
"Trust", "Trust Property", "Trustees", and "vote of a majority of the Shares
outstanding and entitled to vote", have the respective meanings given them in
the Declaration of Trust of Scudder Government Money Fund dated ___________
_______, as amended from time to time.
ARTICLE II
OFFICES
Section 1. Principal Office. Until changed by the Trustees, the principal
office of the Trust in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall be in the City of
Boston, County of Suffolk.
Section 2. Other Offices. The Trust may have offices in such other places
without as well as within the Commonwealth as the Trustees may from time to time
determine.
ARTICLE III
SHAREHOLDERS
Section 1. Meetings. Meetings of the Shareholders shall be held as
provided in the Declaration at such place within or
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without the Commonwealth of Massahusetts as the Trustees shall designate. The
holders of a majority of outstanding Shares present in person or by proxy shall
constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Shareholders.
Section 2. Notice of Meetings. Notice of all meetings of the Shareholders,
stating the time, place and purposes of the meeting, shall be given by the
Trustees by mail to each Shareholder at his address as recorded on the register
of the Trust mailed at least (10) days and not more than sixty (60) days before
the meeting. Only the business stated in the notice of the meeting shall be
considered at such meeting. Any adjourned meeting may be held as adjourned
without further notice. No notice need be given to any Shareholder who shall
have failed to inform the Trust of his current address or if a written waiver of
notice, executed before or after the meeting by the Shareholder or his attorney
thereunto authorized, is filed with the records of the meeting.
Section 3. Record Date for Meetings and Other Purposes. For the purpose of
determining the Shareholders who are entitled to notice of and to vote at any
meeting, or to participate in any distribution, or for the purpose of any other
action, the Trustees may from time to time close the transfer books for such
period, not exceeding thirty (30) days, as the Trustees may determine; or
without closing the transfer books the Trustees may fix a date not more than
sixty (60) days prior to the date of any meeting of Shareholders or
distribution or other action
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as a record date for the determinations of the persons to be treated as
Shareholders of record for such purposes, except for dividend payments which
shall be governed by the Declaration.
Section 4. Proxies. At any meeting of Shareholders, any holder of Shares
entitled to vote thereat may vote by proxy, provided that no proxy shall be
voted at any meeting unless it shall have been placed on file with the
Secretary, or with such other officer or agent of the Trust as the Secretary may
direct, for verification prior to the time at which such vote shall be taken.
Proxies may be solicited in the name of one or more Trustees or one or more of
the officers of the Trust. Only Shareholders of record shall be entitled to
vote. Each whole Share shall be entitled to one vote as to any matter on which
it is entitled by the Declaration to vote, and each fractional Share shall be
entitled to a proportionate fractional vote. When any Share is held jointly by
several persons, any one of them may vote at any meeting in person or by proxy
in respect of such Share, but if more than one of them shall be present at such
meeting in person or by proxy, and such joint owners or their proxies so present
disagree as to any vote to be cast, such vote shall not be received in respect
of such Share. A proxy purporting to be executed by or on behalf of a
Shareholder shall be deemed valid unless challenged at or prior to its exercise,
and the burden of proving invalidity shall rest on the challenger. If the holder
of any such share is a minor or a person of unsound mind, and subject to
guardianship or the the
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legal control of any other person as regards the charge or management of such
Share, he may vote by his guardian or such other person appointed or having such
control, and such vote may be given in person or by proxy.
Section 5. Inspection of Records. The records of the Trust shall be open
to inspection by Shareholders to the same extent as is permitted shareholders of
a Massachusetts business corporation.
Section 6. Action without Meeting. Any action which may be taken by
Shareholders may be taken without a meeting if a majority of Shareholders
entitled to vote on the matter (or such larger proportion thereof as shall be
required by law, the Declaration or these By-Laws for approval of such matter)
consent to the action in writing and the written consents are filed with the
records of the meetings of Shareholders. Such consents shall be treated for all
purposes as a vote taken at a meeting of shareholders.
ARTICLE IV
TRUSTEES
Section 1. Meetings of the Trustees. The Trustees may in their discretion
provide for regular or stated meetings of the Trustees. Notice of regular or
stated meetings need not be given. Meetings of the Trustees other than regular
or stated meetings shall be held whenever called by the President, or by any one
of the Trustees, at the time being in office. Notice of
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the time and place of each meeting other than regular or stated meetings shall
be given by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or by the officer or Trustee
calling the meeting and shall be mailed to each Trustee at least two days before
the meeting, or shall be telegraphed, cabled, or wirelessed to each Trustee at
his business address, or personally delivered to him at least one day before the
meeting. Such notice may, however, be waived by any Trustee. Notice of a meeting
need not be given to any Trustee if a written waiver of notice, executed by him
before or after the meeting, is filed with the records of the meeting, or to any
Trustee who attends the meeting without protesting prior thereto or at its
commencement the lack of notice to him. A notice or waiver of notice need not
specify the purpose of any meeting. The Trustees may meet by means of a
telephone conference circuit or similar communications equipment by means of
which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, which
telephone conference meeting shall be deemed to have been held at a place
designated by the Trustees at the meeting. Participation in a telephone
conference meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. Any
action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Trustees may be
taken by the Trustees without a meeting if all the Trustees consent to the
action in writing and the written consents are filed with the records of the
Trustees' meetings. Such consents shall be treated as a vote for all purposes.
Section 2. Quorum and Manner of Acting. A majority of the Trustees shall
be present in person at any regular or special
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meeting of the Trustees in order to constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business at such meeting and (except as otherwise required by law, the
Declaration of these By-Laws) the act of a majority of the Trustees present at
any such meeting, at which a quorum is present, shall be the act of the
Trustees. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the Trustees present may
adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present. Notice of
an adjourned meeting need not be given.
ARTICLE V
COMMITTEES
Section 1. Executive and Other Committees. The Trustees by vote of a
majority of all the Trustees may elect from their own number an Executive
Committee to consist of not less than three (3) to hold office at the pleasure
of the Trustees, which shall have the power to conduct the current and ordinary
business of the Trust while the Trustees are not in session, including the
purchase and sale of securities and the designation of securities to be
delivered upon redemption of Shares of the Trust, and such other powers of the
Trustees as the Trustees may, from time to time, delegate to them except those
powers which by law, the Declaration or these By-Laws they are prohibited from
delegating. The Trustees may also elect from their own number other Committees
from time to time, the number composing such Committees, the powers conferred
upon the same (subject to the same limitations as with respect to the Executive
Committee) and the term of
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membership on such Committees to be determined by the Trustees. The Trustees may
designate a chairman of any such Committee. In the absence of such designation
the Committee may elect its own Chairman.
Section 2. Meetings, Quorum and Manner of Acting. The Trustees may (1)
provide for stated meetings of any Committee (2) specify the manner of calling
and notice required for special meetings of any Committee, (3) specify the
number of members of a Committee required to constitute a quorum and the number
of members of a Committee required to exercise specified powers delegated to
such Committee, (4) authorize the making of decisions to exercise specified
powers by written assent of the requisite number of members of a Committee
without a meeting, and (5) authorize the members of a Committee to meet by
means of a telephone conference circuit.
The Executive Committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and
records of decisions taken without a meeting and cause them to be recorded in a
book designated for that purpose and kept in the Office of the Trust.
ARTICLE VI
OFFICERS
Section 1. General Provisions. The officers of the Trust shall be a
President, a Treasurer and a Secretary, who shall be elected by the Trustees.
The Trustees may elect or appoint such other officers or agents as the business
of the Trust may require,
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including one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Secretaries, and one or more
Assistant Treasurers. The Trustees may delegate to any officer or committee the
power to appoint any subordinate officers or agents.
Section 2. Term of Office and Qualifications. Except as otherwise provided
by law, the Declaration or these ByLaws, the President, the Treasurer and the
Secretary shall each hold office until his successor shall have been duly
elected and qualified, and all other officers shall hold office at the pleasure
of the Trustees. The Secretary and Treasurer may be the same person. A Vice
President and the Treasurer or a Vice President and the Secretary may be the
same person, but the offices of Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer shall
not be held by the same person. The President shall hold no other office. Except
as above provided, any two offices may be held by the same person. Any officer
may be but none need be a Trustee or Shareholder.
Section 3. Removal. The Trustees, at any regular or special meeting of the
Trustees, may remove any officer without cause, by a vote of a majority of the
Trustees then in office. Any officer or agent appointed by an officer or
committee may be removed with or without cause by such appointing officer or
committee.
Section 4. Powers and Duties of the President. The President may call
meetings of the Trustees and of any Committee thereof when he deems it necessary
and shall preside at all meetings of
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the Shareholders. Subject to the control of the Trustees and to the control of
any Committees of the Trustees, within their respective spheres, as provided by
the Trustees, he shall at all times exercise a general supervision and direction
over the affairs of the Trust. He shall have the power to employ attorneys and
counsel for the Trust and to employ such subordinate officers, agents, clerks
and employees as he may find necessary to transact the business of the Trust. He
shall also have the power to grant, issue, execute or sign such powers of
attorney, proxies or other documents as may be deemed advisable or necessary in
furtherance of the interests of the Trust. The President shall have such other
powers and duties as, from time to time, may be conferred upon or assigned to
him by the Trustees.
Section 5. Powers and Duties of Vice Presidents. In the absence or
disability of the President, the Vice President or, if there be more than one
Vice President, any Vice President designated by the Trustees shall perform all
the duties and may exercise any of the powers of the President, subject to the
control of the Trustees. Each Vice President shall perform such other duties as
may be assigned to him from time to time by the Trustees and the President.
Section 6. Powers and Duties of the Treasurer. The Treasurer shall be the
principal financial and accounting officer of the Trust. He shall deliver all
funds of the Trust which may come into his hands to such Custodian as the
Trustees may employ pursuant to Article X of these By-Laws. He shall render a
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statement of condition of the finances of the Trust to the Trustees as often as
they shall require the same and he shall in general perform all the duties
incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to time
may be assigned to him by the Trustees. The Treasurer shall give a bond for the
faithful discharge of his duties, if required so to do by the Trustees, in such
sum and with such surety or sureties as the Trustees shall require.
Section 7. Powers and Duties of the Secretary. The Secretary shall keep
the minutes of all meetings of the Trustees and of the Shareholders in proper
books provided for that purpose; he shall have custody of the seal of the Trust;
he shall have charge of the Share transfer books, lists and records unless the
same are in the charge of the Transfer Agent. He shall attend to the giving and
serving of all notices by the Trust in accordance with the provisions of these
By-Laws and as required by law; and subject to these By-Laws, he shall in
general perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other
duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Trustees.
Section 8. Powers and Duties of Assistant Treasurers. In the absence or
disability of the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer designated by the Trustees
shall perform all the duties, and may exercise any of the powers, of the
Treasurer. The Assistant Treasurers shall perform such other duties as from time
to time may be assigned to them by the Trustees. Each Assistant Treasurer shall
give a bond for the faithful discharge of his
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duties, if required so to do by the Trustees, in such sum and with such surety
or sureties as the Trustees shall require.
Section 9. Powers and Duties of Assistant Secretaries. In the absence or
disability of the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary designated by the Trustees
shall perform all the duties, and may exercise any of the powers, of the
Secretary. Each Assistant Secretary shall perform such other duties as from time
to time may be assigned to him by the Trustees.
Section 10. Compensation of Officers and Trustees and Members of the
Advisory Board. Subject to any applicable provisions of the Declaration, the
compensation of the officers and Trustees and members of the Advisory Board
shall be fixed from time to time by the Trustees or, in the case of officers, by
any Committee or officer upon whom such power may be conferred by the Trustees.
No officer shall be prevented from receiving such compensation as such officer
by reason of the fact that he is also a Trustee.
ARTICLE VII
FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the Trust shall begin on the first day of July in each
year and shall end on the thirtieth day of June in each year, provided, however,
that the Trustees may from time to time change the fiscal year.
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ARTICLE VIII
SEAL
The Trustees may adopt a seal which shall be in such form and shall have
such inscription thereon as the Trustees may from time to time prescribe.
ARTICLE IX
WAIVERS OF NOTICE
Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given by law, the
Declaration or these By-Laws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person
or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated
therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. A notice shall be deemed to have
been telegraphed, cabled or wirelessed for the purposes of these By-Laws when it
has been delivered to a representative of any telegraph, cable or wireless
company with instructions that it be telegraphed, cabled or wirelessed. Any
notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be mailed,
telegraphed, cabled or wirelessed
ARTICLE X
CUSTODY OF SECURITIES
Section 1. Employment of a Custodian. The Trust shall place and at all
times maintain in the custody of a Custodian (including any sub-custodian for
the Custodian) all funds, securities and similar investments included in the
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erty. The Custodian (and any sub-custodian) shall be a bank having not less than
$2,000,000 aggregate capital, surplus and undivided profits and shall be
appointed from time to time by the Trustees, who shall fix its remuneration.
Section 2. Action Upon Termination of Custodian Agreement. Upon
termination of a Custodian Agreement or inability of the Custodian to continue
to serve, the Trustees shall promptly appoint a successor custodian, but in the
event that no successor custodian can be found who has the required
qualifications and is willing to serve, the Trustees shall call as promptly as
possible a special meeting of the Shareholders to determine whether the Trust
shall function without a custodian or shall be liquidated. If so directed by
vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding voting securities, the
Custodian shall deliver and pay over all Trust Property held by it as specified
in such vote.
Section 3. Provisions of Custodian Contract. The following provisions
shall apply to the employment of a Custodian and to any contract entered into
with the Custodian so employed:
The Trustees shall cause to be delivered to the Custodian all securities
included in the Trust Property or to which the Trust may become entitled,
and shall order the same to be delivered by the Custodian only in
completion of a sale, exchange, transfer, pledge, or other disposition
thereof, all as the Trustees may generally or from time to time require or
approve or to a successor Custodian; and the Trustees shall cause all
funds included in the Trust Property or to which it may become entitled to
be paid to the Custodian, and shall order the same disbursed only for
investment against delivery of the securities acquired, or in payment of
expenses, including management compensation, and liabilities of the Trust,
including distributions to shareholders, or to a successor Custodian.
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Section 4. Central Certificate System. Subject to such rules, regulations
and orders as the Commission may adopt, the Trustees may direct the Custodian to
deposit all or any part of the securities owned by the Trust in a system for the
central handling of securities established by a national securities exchange or
a national securities association registered with the Commission under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or such other person as may be permitted by the
Commission, or otherwise in accordance with the 1940 Act, pursuant to which
system all securities of any particular class or series of any issuer deposited
within the system are treated as fungible and may be transferred or pledged by
bookkeeping entry without physical delivery of such securities, provided that
all such deposits shall be subject to withdrawal only upon the order of the
Trust.
Section 5. Acceptance of Receipts in Lieu of Certificates. Subject to such
rules, regulations and orders as the Commission may adopt, the Trustees may
direct the Custodian to accept written receipts or other written evidences
indicating purchases of securities held in book-entry form in the Federal
Reserve System in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the local Federal Reserve Banks in
lieu of receipt of certificates representing such securities.
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ARTICLE XI
AMENDMENTS
These By-Laws, or any of them, may be altered, amended or repealed, or new
By-Laws may be adopted by (a) vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities or (b) by the Trustees, provided, however, that no By-Law may be
amended, adopted or repealed by the Trustees if such amendment, adoption or
repeal requires, pursuant to law, the Declaration or these By-Laws, a vote of
the Shareholders.
ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS
(A) Except as hereinafter provided; no officer or Trustees of the Trust
and no partner, officer, director or shareholder of the Investment Adviser of
the Trust (as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940) or of
the underwriter of the Trust, and no Investment Adviser or underwriter of the
Trust, shall take long or short positions in the securities issued by the Trust.
(1) The foregoing provisions shall not prevent the underwriter from
purchasing Shares from the Trust if such purchases are limited (except for
reasonable allowances for clerical errors, delays and errors of
transmission and cancellation of orders) to purchases for the purpose of
filling orders for such Shares received by the underwriter, and provided
that orders to purchase from the Trust are
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entered with the Trust or the Custodian promptly upon receipt by the
underwriter of purchase orders for such Shares, unless the underwriter is
otherwise instructed by its customer.
(2) The foregoing provision shall not prevent the underwriter from
purchasing Shares of the Trust as agent for the account of the Trust.
(3) The foregoing provisions shall not prevent the purchase from the
Trust or from the underwriter of Shares issued by the Trust, by any
officer, or Trustee of the Trust or by any partner, officer, director or
shareholder of the Investment Adviser of the Trust or of the underwriter
of the Trust at the price available to the public generally at the moment
of such purchase or, to the extent that any such person is a Shareholder,
at the price available to Shareholders of the Trust generally at the
moment of such purchase, or as described in the then currently effective
Prospectus of the Trust.
(4) The foregoing shall not prevent the Investment Adviser, or any
affiliate thereof, of the Trust from purchasing Shares prior to the
effectiveness of the first registration statement relating to the Shares
under the Securities Act of 1933.
(B) The Trust shall not lend assets of the Trust to any officer or Trustee
of the Trust, or to any partner, officer, director or shareholder of, or person
financially interested in,
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the Investment Adviser of the Trust, or the underwriter of the Trust, or to the
Investment Adviser of the Trust or to the underwriter of the Trust.
(C) The Trust shall not impose any restrictions upon the transfer of the
Shares of the Trust except as provided in the Declaration, but this requirement
shall not prevent the charging of customary transfer agent fees.
(D) The Trust shall not permit any officer or Trustee of the Trust, or any
partner, officer or director of the Investment Adviser or underwriter of the
Trust to deal for or on behalf of the Trust with himself as principal or agent,
or with any partnership, association or corporation in which he has a financial
interest; provided that the foregoing provisions shall not prevent (a) officers
and Trustees of the Trust or partners, officers or directors of the Investment
Adviser or underwriter of the Trust from buying, holding or selling shares in
the Trust, or from being partners, officers or directors or otherwise
financially interested in the Investment Adviser or underwriter of the Trust;
(b) purchases or sales of securities or other property by the Trust from or to
an affiliated person or to the Investment Advisers or underwriters of the Trust
if such transaction is exempt from the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act;
(c) purchases of investments for the portfolio of the Trust or sales of
investments owned by the Trust through a security dealer who is, or one or more
of whose partners, shareholders, officers or directors is, an officer or Trustee
of the Trust, or
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a partner, officer or director of the Investment Adviser or underwriter of the
Trust, if such transactions are handled in the capacity of broker only and
commissions charged do not exceed customary brokerage charges for such services;
(d) employment of legal counsel, registrar, Transfer Agent, dividend disbursing
agent or Custodian who is, or has a partner, shareholder, officer, or director
who is, an officer or Trustee of the Trust, or a partner, officer or director of
the Investment Adviser or underwriter of the Trust, if only customary fees are
charged for services to the Trust; (e) sharing statistical research, legal and
management expenses and office hire and expenses with any other investment
company in which an officer or Trustee of the Trust, or a partner, officer or
director of the Investment Adviser or underwriter of the Trust; is an officer or
director or otherwise financially interested.
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Exhibit 2(a)(2)
SCUDDER CASH INVESTMENT TRUST
SCUDDER GNMA FUND
SCUDDER INCOME FUND
SCUDDER INVESTMENT TRUST
SCUDDER U.S. TREASURY MONEY FUND
SCUDDER CALIFORNIA TAX FREE TRUST
SCUDDER MUNICIPAL TRUST
SCUDDER STATE TAX FREE TRUST
SCUDDER TAX FREE MONEY FUND
SCUDDER TAX FREE TARGET FUND
On August 13, 1991, the Trustees of each of the aforementioned Funds
adopted the following resolution amending the By-Laws of each Fund:
ARTICLE IV
TRUSTEES
Section 1. Meetings of the Trustees. The Trustees may in their
discretion provide for regular or stated meetings of the Trustees.
Notice of regular or stated meetings need not be given. Meetings of
the Trustees other than regular or stated meetings shall be held
whenever called by the President, or by any one of the Trustees, at
the time being in office. Notice of the time and place of each
meeting other than regular or stated meetings shall be given by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or by the officer or Trustee
calling the meeting and shall be mailed to each Trustee at least two
days before the meeting, or shall be telegraphed, cabled, or
wirelessed to each Trustee at his business address, or personally
delivered to him at least one day before the meeting. Such notice
may, however, be waived by any Trustee. Notice of a meeting need not
be given to any Trustee if a written waiver of notice, executed by
him before or after the meeting, is filed with the records of the
meeting, or to any Trustee who attends the meeting without
protesting prior thereto or at its commencement the lack of notice
to him. A notice or waiver of notice need not specify the purpose of
any meeting. Meetings can be held in conjunction with investment
companies having the same investment adviser or an affiliated
investment adviser. The Trustees may meet by means of a telephone
conference circuit or similar communications equipment;
participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at
such meeting and shall be deemed to have occurred at a place
designated by the Trustees at the meeting. Any action required or
permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Trustees may be taken by
the Trustees without a meeting if all the Trustees consent to the
action in writing and the written consents are filed with the
records of the Trustees' meetings. Such consents shall be treated as
a vote for all purposes.
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EXHIBIT 2(a)(3)
SCUDDER CASH INVESTMENT TRUST
SCUDDER GNMA FUND
SCUDDER INCOME FUND
SCUDDER INVESTMENT TRUST
SCUDDER U.S. TREASURY MONEY FUND
On November 12, 1991, the Trustees of each of the aforementioned Funds
adopted the following resolution amending the By-Laws of each Fund:
ARTICLE IV
TRUSTEES
Section 1. Meetings of the Trustees. The Trustees may in their
discretion provide for regular or stated meetings of the Trustees.
Notice of regular or stated meetings need not be given. Meetings of
the Trustees other than regular or stated meetings shall be held
whenever called by the President, or by any one of the Trustees, at
the time being in office. Notice of the time and place of each
meeting other than regular or stated meetings shall be given by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or by the officer or Trustee
calling the meeting and shall be mailed to each Trustee at least two
days before the meeting, or delivered to him personally or
transmitted by telegraph, cable or other communication leaving a
visual record at least one day before the meeting. Such notice may,
however, be waived by any Trustee, Notice of a meeting need not be
given to any Trustee if a written waiver of notice, executed by him
before or after the meeting, is filed with the records of the
meeting, or to any Trustee who attends the meeting without
protesting prior thereto or at its commencement the lack of notice
to him. A notice or waiver of notice need not specify the purpose of
any meeting. Meetings can be held in conjunction with investment
companies having the same investment adviser or an affiliated
investment adviser. The Trustees may meet by means of a telephone
conference circuit or similar communications equipment;
participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at
such meeting and shall be deemed to have occurred at a place
designated by the Trustees at the meeting. Any action required or
permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Trustees may be taken by
the Trustees without a meeting if all the Trustees consent to the
action in writing and the written consents are filed with the
records of the Trustees' meetings. Such consents shall be treated as
a vote for all purposes.
Exhibit 4
CERTIFICATE FOR SHARES OF
BENEFICIAL INTEREST
$.O1 PAR VALUE
SCUDDER GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND
ACCOUNT NO. ALPHA CODE SEE REVERSE FOR
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
THIS CERTIFIES THAT CUSIP
SPECIMEN
is the registered holder of
fully paid and non-assessable shares of beneficial interest $.01 par value of
the series designated above under, in accordance with, and subject to all the
provisions of, a Declaration of Trust dated April 4, 1980, as amended, a copy of
which has been filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to
all of which provisions every shareholder agrees by the acceptance of a share
certificate.
This certificate is not valid until countersigned by the Transfer Agent.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustees under said Declaration of Trust, acting
not individually, but as such Trustee, have caused to be affixed to this
certificate the facsimile Seal of the Trust and the facsimile signatures of
duly authorized officers of the Trust, acting not individually but as such
officers.
Dated
/s/ David S. Lee
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PRESIDENT
/s/ Edward J. O' [illegible]
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TREASURER
[Scudder Seal}
COUNTERSIGNED
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
(BOSTON)
BY TRANSFER AGENT
AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE
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EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations when used in the form of ownership on the face
of this certificate shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations. Abbreviations in addition to those
appearing below, may be used.
Abbreviation Equivalent
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JT TEN As joint tenants, with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in
common
Abbreviation Equivalent
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TEN IN COM As tenants in common
TEN BY ENT As tenants by the entireties
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
Abbre-
viation Equivalent
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ADM Administrator(s)
Administratrix
AGMT Agreement
CUST Custodian for
EST Estate, Of estate of
EX Executor(s), Executrix
FBO For the benefit of
Abbre-
viation Equivalent
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FDN Foundation
PL Public Law
TR (As) trustee(s), for, of
UA Under agreement
UW Under will of, Of will of,
Under last will & Testament
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SCUDDER GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND (SGMF)
The registered holder of this certificate is entitled to all the rights,
interests and privileges of a shareholder as provided by said Declaration of
Trust, as amended, which is incorporated by reference herein. In particular the
shares represented by this certificate are transferable on the records of the
Trust (other than by operation of law) only by the record holder thereof or by
his agent thereunto duly authorized in writing, upon surrender of the
certificate therefor properly endorsed or accompanied by a duly executed
instrument or instruments of transfer.
The name Scudder Government Money Fund is the designation of the Trustees
for the time being under a Declaration of Trust dated April 4, 1980, as amended
and all persons dealing with Scudder Government Money Fund must look solely to
the Trust property for the enforcement of any claims against Scudder Government
Money Fund as neither the Trustees, officers, agents, or shareholders assume any
personal liability for obligations entered into on behalf of Scudder Government
Money Fund.
TRANSFER FORM
FOR VALUE RECEIVED ______________ hereby sell, assign and transfer unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
|___________|___________________________________________________________________
Please print or typewrite name and address
including postal zip code of assignee
_________________________________ shares of the beneficial interest of the
designated series in SGMF represented by this Certificate and
_____________________________________ shares held in non-certificated form in
account no._____________________________________________ and do hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint
______________________________________________________________________ Attorney,
to transfer the said shares on the books of the said Trust with full power of
substitution in the premises.
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SIGNATURE Signature(s) ---------------------------
GUARANTEED BY (The signature to this assignment must
correspond with the name as written upon
the face of this Certificate in every
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(Signature must be guaranteed by a enlargement or any change whatsoever. If
commercial bank or trust company, a more than one owner, all must sign.)
savings bank in Massachusetts or in
New York, or member firm of the New
York Stock Exchange. A notary public
or a savings and loan association is
not an acceptable guarantor.)
IMPORTANT NOTICE
When you sign your name to the Transfer Form without filling in the name
of your "Assignee" this certificate becomes fully negotiable, similar to a check
endorsed in blank. Therefore, to safeguard a signed certificate, it is
recommended that you fill in the name of the new owner in the "Assignee" space.
Alternatively, instead of using this Transfer Form, you may sign a
separate "stock power" form and then mail the unsigned certificate and the
signed "stock power" in separate envelopes. For added protection, use registered
mail for a certificate.
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REDEMPTION FORM
The undersigned hereby tenders to the Trust the within Certificate properly
endorsed with any requisite guarantee of signature and supporting papers and
requests the redemption of
______________________ shares of beneficial interest of the designated series in
SGMF represented by this Certificate (Indicate the number of shares to be
redeemed. A new certificate will be issued for any unredeemed balance if so
requested.)
and _____________________________________________________________ shares held in
non-certificated form in account no. ___________________________________________
in accordance with the terms of the Declaration of Trust of the Trust.
Dated: _________________________ --------------------------------------
SIGNATURE Signatures(s) --------------------------
GUARANTEED BY (The signature to this request for
redemption must correspond with the name
as written upon the face of this
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(Signature must be guaranteed by a alteration or enlargement or any change
commercial bank or trust company, a whatsoever. If more than one owner, all
savings bank in Massachusetts or in must sign.)
New York, or member firm of the New
York Stock Exchange. A notary public -----------------------------------------
or a savings and loan association is Address
not an acceptable guarantor.) -----------------------------------------
Exhibit 5
Scudder Government Money Fund
175 Federal Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
November 14, 1990
Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.
345 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10154
Investment Management Agreement
Dear Sirs:
Scudder Government Money Fund (the "Trust") has been established as a
Massachusetts business trust to engage in the business of an investment company.
The Trust has selected you to act as the sole investment manager of the
Trust and to provide certain other services, as more fully set forth below, and
you have indicated that you are willing to act as such investment manager and to
perform such services under the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
Accordingly, the Trust agrees with you as follows:
1. Delivery of Documents. The Trust engages in the business of investing
and reinvesting the assets of the Trust in the manner and in accordance with the
investment objectives, policies and restrictions specified in the currently
effective Prospectus (the "Prospectus") and Statement of Additional Information
(the "SAI") included in the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, as
amended from time to time, (the "Registration Statement") filed by the Trust
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (the "1940 Act") and the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Copies of the documents referred to in the
preceding sentence have been furnished to you by the Trust. The Trust has also
furnished you with copies properly certified or authenticated of each of the
following additional documents related to the Trust:
(a) Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated November 3, 1987, as amended
to date (the "Declaration").
(b) By-Laws of the Trust as in effect on the date hereof (the
"By-Laws").
(c) Resolutions of the Trustees and the shareholders of the Trust
selecting you as investment manager and approving the form of this
Agreement.
The Trust will furnish you from time to time with copies, properly
certified or authenticated, of all amendments of or supplements, if any, to the
foregoing, including the Prospectus, the SAI and the Registration Statement.
2. Name of Trust. The Trust may use any name derived from the name
"Scudder, Stevens & Clark", if the Trust elects to do so, only for so long as
this Agreement, any other investment management agreement between you and the
Trust or any extension, renewal or amendment hereof or thereof remains in
effect, including any similar agreement with any organization which shall have
succeeded to your business as investment manager. At such time as such an
agreement shall no longer be in effect, the Trust shall (to the extent the Trust
has the legal power to cause it to be done) cease to use such a name or any
other name indicating that it is managed by or otherwise connected with you or
any organization which shall have so succeeded to your business.
3. Portfolio Management Services. As manager of the assets of the Trust,
you shall provide continuing investment management of the assets of the Trust in
accordance with the investment objectives, policies and restrictions set forth
in the Prospectus and SAI; the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act and the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the "Code") relating to regulated
investment companies and all rules and regulations thereunder; and all other
applicable federal and state laws and regulations of which you have knowledge;
subject always to policies and instructions adopted by the Trust's Board of
Trustees. In connection therewith, you shall use reasonable efforts to manage
the Trust so that it will qualify as a regulated investment company under
Subchapter M of the Code and regulations issued thereunder. The Trust shall have
the benefit of the investment analysis and research, the review of current
economic conditions and trends and the consideration of long-range investment
policy generally available to your investment advisory clients. In managing the
Trust in accordance with the requirements set forth in this section 3, you shall
be entitled to receive and act upon advice of counsel to the Trust or counsel to
you. You shall also make available to the Trust promptly upon request all of the
Trust's investment records and ledgers as are necessary to assist the
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Trust to comply with the requirements of the 1940 Act and other applicable laws.
To the extent required by law, you shall furnish to regulatory authorities
having the requisite authority any information or reports in connection with the
services provided pursuant to this Agreement which may be requested in order to
ascertain whether the operations of the Trust are being conducted in a manner
consistent with applicable laws and regulations.
You shall determine the securities, instruments, investments, currencies,
repurchase agreements, futures, options and other contracts relating to
investments to be purchased, sold or entered into by the Trust and place orders
with broker-dealers, foreign currency dealers, futures commission merchants or
others pursuant to your determinations and all in accordance with Trust policies
as expressed in the Registration Statement. You shall determine what portion of
the Trust's portfolio shall be invested in securities and other assets and what
portion, if any, should be held uninvested.
You shall furnish to the Trust's Board of Trustees periodic reports on the
investment performance of the Trust and on the performance of your obligations
pursuant to this Agreement, and you shall supply such additional reports and
information as the Trust's officers or Board of Trustees shall reasonably
request.
4. Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management
services specified above in section 3, you shall furnish at your expense for the
use of the Trust such office space and facilities in the United States as the
Trust may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your
affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services
necessary for operating as an open-end investment company and not provided by
persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing
reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports
and notices to Trust shareholders: supervising, negotiating contractual
arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of,
custodians, depositories, transfer and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys,
printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any
capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Trust operations; preparing and
making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other
regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to,
preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the
Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant
to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the
Trust's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Trust's
federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Trust's federal
excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance
with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of
portfolio securities, the calculation of net asset value and the calculation and
payment of distributions to Trust shareholders; monitoring the registration of
the Trust's shares of beneficial interest, par value $.01 per share, ("shares")
under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be
maintained for the Trust all books, records and reports and any other
information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records
and reports and other information are not maintained by the Trust's custodian or
other agents of the Trust; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of
the Trust; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with
respect to the Trust's operations and consulting with the Trust's independent
accountants, legal counsel and the Trust's other agents as necessary in
connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Trust's operating expense
budgets; reviewing the Trust's bills; processing the payment of bills that have
been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Trust in determining the
amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Trust to its
shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to
shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent and the
custodian with such information as is required for such parties to effect the
payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it
may reasonably request in the conduct of the Trust's business, subject to the
direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this
Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any
agent of the Trust or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is
obligated to provide services to the Trust.
5. Allocation of Charges and Expenses. Except as otherwise specifically
provided in this section 5, you shall pay the compensation and expenses of all
Trustees, officers and executive employees of the Trust (including the Trust's
share of payroll taxes) who are affiliated persons of you, and you shall make
available, without expense to the Trust, the services of such of your directors,
officers and employees as may duly be elected officers of the Trust, subject to
their individual consent to serve and to any limitations imposed by law. You
shall provide at your expense the portfolio management services described in
section 3 hereof and the administrative services described in section 4 hereof.
You shall not be required to pay any expenses of the Trust other than
those specifically allocated to you in this section 5. In particular, but
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you shall not be responsible,
except to the extent of the reasonable compensation of such of the Trust's
Trustees and officers as are
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directors, officers or employees of you whose services may be involved, for the
following expenses of the Trust: organization expenses of the Trust (including
out-of-pocket expenses, but not including your overhead or employee costs); fees
payable to you and to any other Trust advisors or consultants; legal expenses;
auditing and accounting expenses; maintenance of books and records which are
required to be maintained by the Trust's custodian or other agents of the Trust;
telephone, telex, facsimile, postage and other communications expenses: taxes
and governmental fees; fees, dues and expenses incurred by the Trust in
connection with membership in investment company trade organizations; fees and
expenses of the Trust's custodians, subcustodians, transfer agents, dividend
disbursing agents and registrars; payment for portfolio pricing or valuation
services to pricing agents, accountants, bankers and other specialists, if any;
expenses of preparing share certificates and, except as provided below in this
section 5, other expenses in connection with the issuance, offering,
distribution, sale, redemption or repurchase of securities issued by the Trust;
expenses relating to investor and public relations; expenses and fees of
registering or qualifying Shares of the Trust for sale; interest charges, bond
premiums and other insurance expense; freight, insurance and other charges in
connection with the shipment of the Trust's portfolio securities; the
compensation and all expenses (specifically including travel expenses relating
to Trust business) of Trustees, officers and employees of the Trust who are not
affiliated persons of you; brokerage commissions or other costs of acquiring or
disposing of any portfolio securities of the Trust; expenses of printing and
distributing reports, notices and dividends to shareholders; expenses of
printing and mailing Prospectuses and SAIs of the Trust and supplements thereto;
costs of stationery; any litigation expenses; indemnification of Trustees and
officers of the Trust; costs of shareholders' and other meetings; and travel
expenses (or an appropriate portion thereof) of Trustees and officers of the
Trust who are directors, officers or employees of you to the extent that such
expenses relate to attendance at meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Trust
or any committees thereof or advisors thereto held outside of Boston,
Massachusetts or New York, New York.
You shall not be required to pay expenses of any activity which is
primarily intended to result in sales of Shares of the Trust if and to the
extent that (i) such expenses are required to be borne by a principal
underwriter which acts as the distributor of the Trust's Shares pursuant to an
underwriting agreement which provides that the underwriter shall assume some or
all of such expenses, or (ii) the Trust shall have adopted a plan in conformity
with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act providing that the Trust (or some other
party) shall assumed some or all of such expenses. You shall be required to pay
such of the foregoing sales expenses as are not required to be paid by the
principal underwriter pursuant to the underwriting agreement or are not
permitted to be paid by the Trust (or some other party) pursuant to such a plan.
6. Management Fee. For all services to be rendered, payments to be made
and costs to be assumed by you as provided in sections 3, 4 and 5 hereof, the
Trust shall pay you on the last day of each month the unpaid balance of a fee
equal to the excess of (a) 1/12 of .50 of 1% of the average daily net assets as
defined below of the Trust for such month over (b) the greater of (i) the amount
by which the Trust's expenses exceed the lowest applicable expense limitation
(as more fully described below) or (ii) any compensation waived by you from time
to time (as more fully described below). You shall be entitled to receive during
any month such interim payments of your fee hereunder as you shall request,
provided that no such payment shall exceed 75% of the amount of your fee then
accrued on the books of the Trust and unpaid.
The "average daily net assets" of the Trust shall mean the average of the
values placed on the Trust's net assets as of 4:00 p.m. (New York time) on each
day on which the net asset value of the Trust is determined consistent with the
provisions of Rule 22c-1 under the 1940 Act or, if the Trust lawfully determines
the value of its net assets as of some other time on each business day, as of
such time. The value of the net assets of the Trust shall always be determined
pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Declaration and the Registration
Statement. If the determination of net asset value does not take place for any
particular day, then for the purposes of this section 6, the value of the net
assets of the Trust as last determined shall be deemed to be the value of its
net assets as of 4:00 p.m. (New York time), or as of such other time as the
value of the net assets of the Trust's portfolio may be lawfully determined on
that day. If the Trust determines the value of the net assets of its portfolio
more than once on any day, then the last such determination thereof on that day
shall be deemed to be the sole determination thereof on that day for the
purposes of this section 6.
You agree that your gross compensation for any fiscal year shall not be
greater than an amount which, when added to the other expenses of the Trust,
shall cause the aggregate expenses of the Trust to equal the maximum expenses
under the lowest applicable expense limitation established pursuant to the
statutes or regulations of any jurisdiction in which the Shares of the Trust may
be qualified for offer and sale. Except to the extent that such amount has been
reflected in reduced payments to you, you shall refund to the Trust the amount
of any payment received in excess of the limitation pursuant to this section 6
as promptly as practicable after the end of such fiscal year, provided that you
shall not be required to pay the Trust an amount greater than the fee paid to
you in respect of such year pursuant to this Agreement. As used in this section
6,
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"expenses" shall mean those expenses included in the applicable expense
limitation having the broadest specifications thereof, and "expense limitation"
means a limit on the maximum annual expenses which may be incurred by an
investment company determined (i) by multiplying a fixed percentage by the
average, or by multiplying more than one such percentage by different specified
amounts of the average, of the values of an investment company's net assets for
a fiscal year or (ii) by multiplying a fixed percentage by an investment
company's net investment income for a fiscal year. The words "lowest applicable
expense limitation" shall be construed to result in the largest reduction of
your compensation for any fiscal year of the Trust; provided, however, that
nothing in this Agreement shall limit your fees if not required by an applicable
statute or regulation referred to above in this section 6.
You may waive all or a portion of your fees provided for hereunder and
such waiver shall be treated as a reduction in purchase price of your services.
You shall be contractually bound hereunder by the terms of any publicly
announced waiver of your fee, or any limitation of the Trust's expenses, as if
such waiver or limitation were fully set forth herein.
7. Avoidance of Inconsistent Position; Services Not Exclusive. In
connection with purchases or sales of portfolio securities and other investments
for the account of the Trust, neither you nor any of your directors, officers or
employees shall act as a principal or agent or receive any commission. You or
your agent shall arrange for the placing of all orders for the purchase and sale
of portfolio securities and other investments for the Trust's account with
brokers or dealers selected by you in accordance with Trust policies as
expressed in the Registration Statement. If any occasion should arise in which
you give any advice to clients of yours concerning the Shares of the Trust, you
shall act solely as investment counsel for such clients and not in any way on
behalf of the Trust.
Your services to the Trust pursuant to this Agreement are not to be deemed
to be exclusive and it is understood that you may render investment advice,
management and services to others. In acting under this Agreement, you shall be
an independent contractor and not an agent of the Trust
8. Limitation of Liability of Manager. As an inducement to your
undertaking to render services pursuant to this Agreement, the Trust agrees that
you shall not be liable under this Agreement for any error of judgment or
mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Trust in connection with the
matters to which this Agreement relates, provided that nothing in this Agreement
shall be deemed to protect or purport to protect you against any liability to
the Trust, or its shareholders to which you would otherwise be subject by reason
of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of your
duties, or by reason of your reckless disregard of your obligations and duties
hereunder. Any person, even though also employed by you, who may be or become an
employee of and paid by the Trust shall be deemed, when acting within the scope
of his or her employment by the Trust, to be acting in such employment solely
for the Trust and not as your employee or agent.
9. Duration and Termination of This Agreement. This Agreement shall remain
in force until September 30, 1992 and continue in force from year to year
thereafter, but only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at
least annually (a) by the vote of a majority of the Trustees who are not parties
to this Agreement or interested persons of any party to this Agreement, cast in
person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval and (b) by
the Trustees of the Trust, or by the vote of a majority of the outstanding
voting securities of the Trust. The aforesaid requirement that continuance of
this Agreement be "specifically approved at least annually" shall be construed
in a manner consistent with the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
This Agreement may be terminated with respect to the Trust at any time,
without the payment of any penalty, by the vote of a majority of the outstanding
voting securities of the Trust or by the Trust's Board of Trustees on 60 days'
written notice to you, or by you on 60 days' written notice to the Trust. This
Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its assignment.
10. Amendment of this Agreement. No provision of this Agreement may be
changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in
writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the change, waiver,
discharge or termination is sought, and no amendment of this Agreement shall be
effective until approved by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of the Trust and by the Trust's Board of Trustees, including a
majority of the Trustees who are not parties to this Agreement or interested
persons of any party to this Agreement, cast in person at a meeting called for
the purpose of voting on such approval.
11. Limitation of Liability for Claims. The Declaration, a copy of which,
together with all amendments thereto, is on file in the Office of the Secretary
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, provides that the name "Scudder Government
Money Trust" refers to the Trustees under the Declaration collectively as
trustees and
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not as individuals or personally, and that no shareholder, Trustee, officer,
employee or agent of the Trust, shall be subject to claims against or
obligations of the Trust to any extent whatsoever, but that the Trust estate
only shall be liable.
You are hereby expressly put on notice of the limitation of liability as
set forth in the Declaration and you agree that the obligations assumed by the
Trust pursuant to this Agreement shall be limited in all cases to the Trust and
its assets, and you shall not seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the
shareholders or any shareholder of the Trust or any other series of the Trust,
or from any Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust. You understand
that the rights and obligations of each series, under the Declaration are
separate and distinct from those of any and all other series.
12. Miscellaneous. The captions in this Agreement are included for
convenience of reference only and in no way define or limit any of the
provisions hereof or otherwise affect their construction or effect. This
Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument.
This Agreement shall not apply to the management of assets allocated to
any series of the Trust's shares hereafter established by the Trust's Board of
Trustees.
In interpreting the provisions of this Agreement, the definitions
contained in Section 2(a) of the 1940 Act (particularly the definitions of
"affiliated person," "assignment" and "majority of the outstanding voting
securities"), as from time to time amended, shall be applied, subject, however,
to such exemptions as may be granted by the SEC by any rule, regulation or
order.
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, provided that nothing herein shall be construed
in a manner inconsistent with the 1940 Act, or in a manner which would cause the
Trust to fail to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Code.
This Agreement shall supersede all prior investment advisory or management
agreements entered into between you and the Trust.
If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please execute the form of
acceptance on the accompanying counterpart of this letter and return such
counterpart to the Trust, whereupon this letter shall become a binding contract
effective as of the date of this Agreement.
Yours very truly,
SCUDDER GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND
By /s/ David S. Lee
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President
The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted as of the date thereof.
SCUDDER, STEVENS & CLARK, INC.
By /s/ Daniel Pierce
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Managing Director
EXHIBIT 6
SCUDDER GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND
175 Federal Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
September 10, 1985
Scudder Fund Distributors, Inc.
175 Federal Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Underwriting Agreement
Dear Sirs:
Scudder Government Money Fund (hereinafter called the "Fund") is a
business trust organized under the laws of Massachusetts and is engaged in the
business of an investment company. The authorized capital of the Fund consists
of shares of beneficial interest, without par value ("Shares"), of one series.
The Fund has selected you to act as principal underwriter (as such term is
defined in Section 2(a)(29) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
(the "1940 Act")) of the Shares and you are willing to act as such principal
underwriter and to perform the duties and functions of underwriter in the manner
and on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. Accordingly, the Fund
hereby agrees with you as follows:
1. Delivery of Documents. The Fund has furnished you with copies properly
certified or authenticated of each of the following:
(a) Declaration of Trust of the Fund, dated April 4, 1980, as amended to
date.
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(b) By-Laws of the Fund as in effect on the date hereof.
(c) Resolutions of the Board of Trustees of the Fund selecting you as
principal underwriter and approving this form of Agreement.
The Fund will furnish you from time to time with copies, properly
certified or authenticated, of all amendments of or supplements to the
foregoing, if any.
The Fund will furnish you promptly with properly certified or
authenticated copies of any registration statement filed by it with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
(the "1933 Act") or the 1940 Act, together with any financial statements and
exhibits included therein, and all amendments or supplements thereto hereafter
filed.
2. Registration and Sale of Additional Shares. The Fund will from time to
time use its best efforts to register under the 1933 Act such number of Shares
not already so registered as you may reasonably be expected to sell on behalf of
the Fund. You and the Fund will cooperate in taking such action as may be
necessary from time to time to qualify Shares so registered for sale by you or
the Fund in any states mutually agreeable to you and the Fund, and to maintain
such qualification. This Agreement relates to the issue and sale of Shares that
are duly authorized and registered and available for sale by the Fund, including
redeemed or repurchased Shares if and to the extent that they may be legally
sold and if, but only if, the Fund sees fit to sell them.
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3. Sale of Shares. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 5 and 7 hereof
and to such minimum purchase requirements as may from time to time be currently
indicated in the Fund's prospectus or statement of additional information, you
are authorized to sell as agent on behalf of the Fund Shares authorized for
issue and registered under the 1933 Act. You may also purchase as principal
Shares for resale to the public. Such sales will be made by you on behalf of the
Fund by accepting unconditional orders to purchase Shares placed with you by
investors and such purchases will be made by you only after acceptance by you of
such orders. The sales price to the public of Shares shall be the public
offering price as defined in paragraph 6 hereof.
4. Solicitation of Orders. You will use your best efforts (but only in
states in which you may lawfully do so) to obtain from investors unconditional
orders for Shares authorized for issue by the Fund and registered under the 1933
Act, provided that you may in your discretion refuse to accept orders for Shares
from any particular applicant.
5. Sale of Shares by the Fund. Unless you are otherwise notified by the
Fund, any right granted to you to accept orders for Shares or to make sales on
behalf of the Fund or to purchase Shares for resale will not apply to (i) Shares
issued in connection with the merger or consolidation of any other investment
company with the Fund or its acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, of all or
substantially all of the assets
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of any investment company or substantially all the outstanding shares of any
such company, and (ii) to Shares that may be offered by the Fund to shareholders
of the Fund by virtue of their being such shareholders.
6. Public Offering Price. All Shares sold to investors by you will be sold
at the public offering price. The public offering price for all accepted
subscriptions will be the net asset value per Share, determined, in the manner
provided in the Fund's registration statements as from time to time in effect
under the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act, next after the order is accepted by you.
7. Suspension of Sales. If and whenever the determination of net asset
value is suspended and until such suspension is terminated, no further orders
for Shares shall be accepted by you except unconditional orders placed with you
before you had knowledge of the suspension. In addition, the Fund reserves the
right to suspend sales and your authority to accept orders for Shares on behalf
of the Fund and if, in the judgment of a majority of the Board of Trustees or a
majority of the Executive Committee of such Board, if such body exists, it is in
the best interests of the Fund to do so, such suspension to continue for such
period as may be determined by such majority; and in that event, no Shares will
be sold by you on behalf of the Fund while such suspension remains in effect
except for Shares necessary to cover unconditional orders accepted by you before
you had knowledge of the suspension.
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8. Portfolio Securities. Portfolio securities of the Fund may be bought or
sold by or through you and you may participate directly or indirectly in
brokerage commissions or "spread" in respect of transactions in portfolio
securities of the Fund; provided, however, that all sums of money received by
you as a result of such purchases and sales or as a result of such participation
must, after reimbursement of your actual expenses in connection with such
activity, be paid over by you to or for the benefit of the Fund.
9. Expenses. (a) The Fund will pay (or will enter into arrangements
providing that other than you will pay) all fees and expenses:
(1) in connection with the preparation, setting in type and
filing of any registration statement (including a
prospectus and statement of additional information)
under the 1933 Act or the 1940 Act, or both, and any
amendments or supplements thereto that may be made from
time to time;
(2) in connection with the registration and qualification of
Shares for sale in the various jurisdictions in which
the Fund shall determine it advisable to qualify such
Shares for sale (including registering the Fund as a
broker or dealer or any officer of the Fund or other
person as agent or salesman of the Fund in any such
jurisdictions);
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(3) of preparing, setting in type, printing and mailing any
notice, proxy statement, report, prospectus or other
communication to shareholders of the Fund in their
capacity as such;
(4) of preparing, setting in type, printing and mailing
prospectuses annually, and any supplements thereto, to
existing shareholders;
(5) in connection with the issue and transfer of Shares
resulting from the acceptance by you of orders to
purchase Shares placed with you by investors, including
the expenses of printing and mailing confirmations of
such purchase orders and the expenses of printing and
mailing a prospectus included with the confirmation of
such orders;
(6) of any issue taxes or any initial transfer taxes;
(7) of WATS (or equivalent) telephone lines other than the
portion allocated to you in this paragraph 9;
(8) of wiring funds in payment of Share purchases or in
satisfaction of redemption or repurchase requests,
unless such expenses are paid for by the investor or
shareholder who initiates the transaction;
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(9) of the cost of printing and postage of business reply
envelopes sent to Fund shareholders;
(10) of one or more CRT terminals connected with the computer
facilities of the transfer agent other than the portion
allocated to you in this paragraph 9;
(11) permitted to be paid or assumed by the Fund pursuant to
a plan ("12b-1 Plan"), if any, adopted by the Fund in
conformity with the requirements of Rule 12b-1 under the
1940 Act ("Rule 12b-1") or any successor rule,
notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary
herein;
(12) of the expense of setting in type, printing and postage
of the periodic newsletter to shareholders other than
the portion allocated to you in this paragraph 9; and
(13) of the salaries and overhead of persons employed by you
as shareholder representatives other than the portion
allocated to you in this paragraph 9.
(b) You shall pay or arrange for the payment of all fees and
expenses:
(1) of printing and distributing any prospectuses or reports
prepared for your
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use in connection with the offering of Shares to the
public;
(2) of preparing, setting in type, printing and mailing any
other literature used by you in connection with the
offering of Shares to the public;
(3) of advertising in connection with the offering of Shares
to the public; (4) incurred in connection with your
registration as a broker or dealer or the registration
or qualification of your officers, directors, agents or
representatives under Federal and state laws;
(5) of that portion of WATS (or equivalent) telephone lines,
allocated to you on the basis of use by investors (but
not shareholders) who request information or
prospectuses;
(6) of that portion of the expense of setting in type,
printing and postage of the periodic newsletter to
shareholders attributable to promotional material
included in such newsletter at your request concerning
investment companies other than the Fund or concerning
the Fund to the extent you are required to assume the
expense thereof pursuant to para-
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graph 9(b)(8), except such material which is limited to
information, such as listings of other investment
companies and their investment objectives, given in
connection with the exchange privilege as from time to
time described in the Fund's prospectus;
(7) of that portion of the salaries and overhead of persons
employed by you as shareholder representatives
attributable to the time spent by such persons in
responding to requests from investors, but not
shareholders, for information about the Fund; and
(8) of any activity which is primarily intended to result in
the sale of Shares, unless a 12b-1 Plan shall be in
effect which provides that the Fund shall bear some or
all of such expenses, in which case the Fund shall bear
such expenses in accordance with such Plan;
(9) of that portion of one or more CRT terminals connected
with the computer facilities of the transfer agent
attributable to your use of such terminal(s) to gain
access to such of the transfer agent's records as also
serve as your records.
Expenses which are to be allocated between you and the Fund shall
be allocated pursuant to reasonable procedures or
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formulae mutually agreed upon from time to time, which procedures or formulae
shall to the extent practicable reflect studies of relevant empirical data.
10. Conformity with Law. You agree that in selling Shares you will duly
conform in all respects with the laws of the United States and any state in
which Shares may be offered for sale by you pursuant to this Agreement and to
the rules and regulations of the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc., of which you are a member.
11. Independent Contractor. You shall be an independent contractor and
neither you nor any of your officers or employees is or shall be an employee of
the Fund in the performance of your duties hereunder. You shall be responsible
for your own conduct and the employment, control and conduct of your agents and
employees and for injury to such agents or employees or to others through your
agents or employees. You assume full responsibility for your agents and
employees under applicable statutes and agree to pay all employee taxes
thereunder.
12. Indemnification. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Fund and
each of its Trustees and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Fund
within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act, against any and all losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or litigation (including legal and other expenses)
to which the Fund or such Trustees, officers, or controlling person may become
subject under such Act, under any other statute, at common law or otherwise,
arising out of
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the acquisition of any Shares by any person which (i) may be based upon any
wrongful act by you or any of your employees or representatives, or (ii) may be
based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in a registration statement (including a prospectus or statement of
additional information) covering Shares or any amendment thereof or supplement
thereto or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein not
misleading if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon information
furnished to the Fund by you, or (iii) may be incurred or arise by reason of
your acting as the Fund's agent instead of purchasing and reselling Shares as
principal in distributing the Shares to the public, provided, however, that in
no case (i) is your indemnity in favor of a Trustee or officer or any other
person deemed to protect such Trustee or officer or other person against any
liability to which any such person would otherwise be subject by reason of
willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence in the performance of his
duties or by reason of his reckless disregard of obligations and duties under
this Agreement or (ii) are you to be liable under your indemnity agreement
contained in this paragraph with respect to any claim made against the Fund or
any person indemnified unless the Fund or such person, as the case may be, shall
have notified you in writing within a reasonable time after the summons or,
other first legal process giving information of the nature of the
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claims shall have been served upon the Fund or upon such person (or after the
Fund or such person shall have received notice of such service on any designated
agent), but failure to notify you of any such claim shall not relieve you from
any liability which you may have to the Fund or any person against whom such
action is brought otherwise than on account of your indemnity agreement
contained in this paragraph. You shall be entitled to participate, at your own
expense, in the defense, or, if you so elect, to assume the defense of any suit
brought to enforce any such liability, but if you elect to assume the defense,
such defense shall be conducted by counsel chosen by you and satisfactory to the
Fund, to its officers and Trustees, or to any controlling person or persons,
defendant or defendants in the suit. In the event that you elect to assume the
defense of any such suit and retain such counsel, the Fund, such officers and
Trustees or controlling person or persons, defendant or defendants in the suit
shall bear the fees and expenses of any additional counsel retained by them,
but, in case you do not elect to assume the defense of any such suit, you will
reimburse the Fund, such officers and Trustees or controlling person or persons,
defendant or defendants in such suit for the reasonable fees and expenses of any
counsel retained by them. You agree promptly to notify the Fund of the
commencement of any litigation or proceedings against it in connection with the
issue and sale of any of Shares.
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The Fund agrees to indemnify and hold harmless you and each of your
directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls you within the
meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act, against any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or litigation (including legal and other expenses) to which
you or such directors, officers or controlling person may become subject under
such Act, under any other statute, at common law or otherwise, arising out of
the acquisition of any Shares by any person which (i) may be based upon any
wrongful act by the Fund or any of its employees or representatives, or (ii) may
be based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in a registration statement (including a prospectus or statement
of additional information) covering Shares or any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon
information furnished to you by the Fund; provided, however, that in no case (i)
is the Fund's indemnity in favor of a director or officer or any other person
deemed to protect such director or officer or other person against any liability
to which any such person would otherwise be subject by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence in the performance of his duties or
by reason of his reckless disregard of obligations and duties under this
Agreement or (ii) is the Fund to be liable under its indemnity
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agreement contained in this paragraph with respect to any claims made against
you or any such director, officer or controlling person unless you or such
director, officer or controlling person, as the case may be, shall have notified
the Fund in writing within a reasonable time after the summons or other first
legal process giving information of the nature of the claim shall have been
served upon you or upon such director, officer or controlling person (or after
you or such director, officer or controlling person shall have received notice
of such service on any designated agent), but failure to notify the Fund of any
such claim shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to the
person against whom such action is brought otherwise than on account of its
indemnity agreement contained in this paragraph. The Fund will be entitled to
participate at its own expense in the defense, or, if it so elects, to assume
the defense of any suit brought to enforce any such liability, but if the Fund
elects to assume the defense, such defense shall be conducted by counsel chosen
by it and satisfactory to you, your directors, officers or controlling persons
or persons, defendant or defendants in the suit. In the event that the Fund
elects to assume the defense of any such suit and retain such counsel, you, your
directors, officers or controlling person or persons, defendant or defendants in
the suit, shall bear the fees and expenses of any additional counsel retained by
them, but, in case the Fund does not elect to assume the defense of any such
suit, it will
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reimburse you or such directors, officers or controlling person or persons,
defendant or defendants in the suit, for the reasonable fees and expenses of any
counsel retained by them. The Fund agrees promptly to notify you of the
commencement of any litigation or proceedings against it or any of its officers
or Trustees in connection with the issuance or sale of any Shares.
13. Authorized Representations. The Fund is not authorized to give any
information or to make any representations on behalf of you other than the
information and representations contained in a registration statement (including
a prospectus or statement of additional information) covering Shares, as such
registration statement and prospectus may be amended or supplemented from time
to time.
You are not authorized to give any information or to make any
representations on behalf of the Fund or in connection with the sale of Shares
other that the information and representations contained in a registration
statement (including a prospectus or statement of additional information)
covering Shares, as such registration statement may be amended or supplemented
from time to time. No person other than you is authorized to act as principal
underwriter (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act) for the Fund.
14. Duration and Termination of this Agreement. This Agreement shall
become effective upon the date first Written above and will remain in effect for
a period of two years from
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the date hereof and from year to year thereafter, but only so long as such
continuance is specifically approved at least annually by the vote of a majority
of the Trustees who are not interested persons of you or of the Fund, cast in
person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval, and by
vote of the Board of Trustees or of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of the Fund. This Agreement may, on 60 days' written notice, be
terminated at any time without the payment of any penalty, by the Board of
Trustees of the Fund, by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of the Fund, or by you. This Agreement will automatically terminate
in the event of its assignment. In interpreting the provisions of this paragraph
14, the definitions contained in Section 2(a) of the 1940 Act (particularly the
definitions of "interested person", "assignment" and "majority of the
outstanding voting securities"), as modified by any applicable order of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, shall be applied.
15.Amendment of this Agreement. No provisions of this Agreement may be
changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in
writing signed by the party against which enforcement of the change, waiver,
discharge or termination is sought. If the Fund should at any time deem it
necessary or advisable in the best interests of the Fund that any amendment of
this Agreement be made in order to comply with the recommendations or
requirements of the
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Securities and Exchange Commission or other governmental authority or to obtain
any advantage under state or federal tax laws and should notify you of the form
of such amendment, and the reasons therefor, and if you should decline to assent
to such amendment, the Fund may terminate this Agreement forthwith. If you
should at any time request that a change be made in the Fund's Declaration of
Trust or By-laws or in its methods of doing business, in order to comply with
any requirements of federal law or regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission or of a national securities association of which you ate or may be a
member relating to the sale of shares of the Fund, and the Fund should not make
such necessary change within a reasonable time, you may terminate this Agreement
forthwith.
16. Termination of Prior Agreements. This Agreement upon its effectiveness
terminates and supersedes all prior underwriting contracts between the parties.
17. Miscellaneous. The captions in this Agreement are included for
convenience of reference only and in no way define or delimit any of the
provisions hereof or otherwise affect their construction or effect. This
Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument.
The name "Scudder Government Money Fund" is the designation of the
Trustees for the time being under a Declaration of Trust dated April 4, 1980, as
amended from time to time, and all
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persons dealing with the Fund must look solely to the property of the Fund for
the enforcement of any claims against the Fund as neither the Trustees,
officers, agents or shareholders assume any personal liability for obligations
entered into on behalf of the Fund.
If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the form of
acceptance on the accompanying counterpart of this letter and return such
counterpart to the Fund, whereupon this letter shall become a binding contract.
Very truly yours,
SCUDDER GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND
BY: /s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
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The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted as of the date thereof.
SCUDDER FUND DISTRIBUTORS,. INC.
BY: /s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
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Exhibit 8(a)(1)
CUSTODIAN CONTRACT
This Contract between Scudder Cash Investment Trust II, a trust existing
under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereinafter called the
"Fund", and State Street Bank and Trust Company, hereinafter called the
"Custodian",
WITNESSETH: That in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements
hereinafter contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
I. Employment of Custodian and Property to be Held by It
The Fund hereby employs the Custodian as the Custodian of its assets
pursuant to the provisions of the Declaration of Trust. The Fund agrees to
deliver to the Custodian all securities and cash owned by it, and all payments
of income, payments of principal or capital distributions received by it with
respect to all securities owned by the Fund from time to time, and the cash
consideration received by it for such new or treasury shares of beneficial
interest, without par value, ("Shares") of the Fund as may be issued or sold
from time to time. The Custodian shall not be responsible for any property of
the Fund held or received by the Fund and not delivered to the Custodian.
The Custodian may from time to time employ one or more sub-custodians, but
only in accordance with an applicable vote by the Trustees of the Fund, and
provided that the Custodian shall have no more or less responsibility or
liability to the Fund on account of any actions or omissions of any
sub-custodian so employed than any such sub-custodian has to the Custodian.
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II. Duties of the Custodian with Respect to Property of the Fund Held by the
Custodian
A. Holding Securities. The Custodian shall hold and physically segregate for
the account of the Fund all non-cash property, including all securities
owned by the Fund, other than securities which are maintained pursuant to
Section L of Article II in a clearing agency which acts as a securities
depository or in a book-entry system authorized by the U.S. Department of
the Treasury, collectively referred to herein as "Securities Systems".
B. Delivery of Securities. The Custodian shall release and deliver securities
owned by the Fund held by the Custodian or in a Securities System account
of the Custodian only upon receipt of proper instructions, which may be
continuing instructions when deemed appropriate by the parties, and only
in the following cases:
1) Upon sale of such securities for the account of the Fund and receipt
of payment therefor;
2) Upon the receipt of payment in connection with any repurchase
agreement related to such securities entered into by the Fund.
3) In the case of a sale effected through a Securities System, in
accordance with the provisions of Section L hereof.
4) To the depository agent in connection with tender or other similar
offers for portfolio securities of the Fund.
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5) To the Issuer thereof or its agent when such securities are called,
redeemed, retired or otherwise become payable; provided that, in any
such case, the cash or other consideration is to be delivered to the
Custodian;
6) To the Issuer thereof, or its agent, for transfer into the name of
the Fund or into the name of any nominee or nominees of the
Custodian or into the name or nominee name of any agent appointed
pursuant to Section K of Article II or into the name or nominee name
of any sub-custodian appointed pursuant to Article I; or for
exchange for a different number of bonds, certificates or other
evidence representing the same aggregate face amount or number of
units; provided that, in any such case, the new securities are to be
delivered to the Custodian;
7) To the broker selling the same for examination in accordance with
the "street delivery" custom; provided that the Custodian shall
adopt such procedures, as the Fund from time to time shall approve,
to ensure their prompt return to the Custodian by the broker in the
event the broker elects not to accept them;
8) For exchange or conversion pursuant to any plan of merger,
consolidation, recapitalization, reorganization or readjustment of
the securities of the
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Issuer of such securities, or pursuant to provisions for conversion
contained in such securities, or pursuant to any deposit agreement;
provided that, in any such case, the new securities and cash, if
any, are to be delivered to the Custodian;
9) In the case of warrants, rights or similar securities, the surrender
thereof in the exercise of such warrants, rights or similar
securities or the surrender of interim receipts or temporary
securities for definitive securities; provided that, in any such
case, the new securities and cash, if any, are to be delivered to
the Custodian;
10) For delivery in connection with any loans of securities made by the
Fund, but only against receipt of adequate collateral as agreed upon
from time to time by the Custodian and the Fund, which may be in the
form of cash or obligations issued by the United States government,
its agencies or instrumentalities;
11) For delivery as security in connection with any borrowings by the
Fund requiring a pledge of assets by the Fund, but only against
receipt of amounts borrowed;
12) Upon receipt of instructions from the transfer agent ("Transfer
Agent") for the Fund, for delivery to such Transfer agent or to
holders of shares in
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connection with distributions in kind, as may be described from time
to time in the Fund's currently effective prospectus, in
satisfaction of requests by holders of Shares for repurchase or
redemption; and
13) For any other proper corporate purposes, but only upon receipt of,
in addition to proper instructions, a certified copy of a resolution
of the Trustees or of the Executive Committee signed by an officer
of the Fund and certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, specifying the securities to be delivered, setting forth
the purpose for which such delivery is to be made, declaring such
purposes to be proper corporate purposes, and naming the person or
persons to whom delivery of such securities shall be made.
C. Registration of Securities. Securities held by the Custodian (other than
bearer securities) shall be registered in the name of the Fund or in the
name of any nominee of the Fund or of any nominee of the Custodian which
nominee shall be assigned exclusively to the Fund, unless the Fund has
authorized in writing the appointment of a nominee to be used in common
with other registered investment companies having the same investment
adviser as the Fund, or in the name or nominee name of any agent appointed
pursuant to Section K of Article II or in the name or nominee name of any
sub-custodian
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appointed pursuant to Article I. All securities accepted by the Custodian
on behalf of the Fund under the terms of this Contract shall be in
"street" or other good delivery form.
D. Bank Accounts. The Custodian shall open and maintain a separate bank
account or accounts in the name of the Fund, subject only to draft or
order by the Custodian acting pursuant to the terms of this Contract, and
shall hold in such account or accounts, subject to the provisions hereof,
all cash received by it from or for the account of the Fund, other than
cash maintained by the Fund in a bank account established and used in
accordance with Rule 17f-3 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Funds
held by the Custodian for the Fund may be deposited by it to its credit as
Custodian in the Banking Department of the Custodian or in such other
banks or trust companies as it may in its discretion deem necessary or
desirable; provided, however, that every such bank or trust company shall
be qualified to act as a custodian under the Investment Company Act of
1940 and that each such bank or trust company and the funds to be
deposited with each such bank or trust company shall be approved by vote
of a majority of the Trustees of the Fund. Such funds shall be deposited
by the Custodian in its capacity as Custodian and shall be withdrawable by
the Custodian only in that capacity.
E. Payments for Shares. The Custodian shall receive from the distributor of
the Fund's Shares or from the Transfer Agent of the Fund and deposit into
the Fund's account such payments
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as are received for Shares of the Fund issued or sold from time to time by
the Fund. The Custodian will provide timely notification to the Fund and
the Transfer Agent of any receipt by it of payments for Shares of the
Fund.
F. Investment and Availability of Federal Funds. Upon mutual agreement
between the Fund and the Custodian, the Custodian shall, upon the receipt
of proper instructions, which may be continuing instructions when deemed
appropriate by the parties,
1) invest in such instruments as may be set forth in such instructions
on the same day as received all federal funds received after a time
agreed upon between the Custodian and the Fund; and
2) make federal funds available to the Fund as of specified times
agreed upon from time to time by the Fund and the Custodian in the
amount of checks received in payment for Shares of the Fund which
are deposited into the Fund's account.
G. Collection of Income. The Custodian shall collect on a timely basis all
income and other payments with respect to registered securities held
hereunder to which the Fund shall be entitled either by law or pursuant to
custom in the securities business, and shall collect on a timely basis all
income and other payments with respect to bearer securities if, on the
date of payment by the Issuer, such securities are held by the Custodian
or agent thereof and shall credit such income, as collected, to the
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Fund's custodian account. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Custodian shall detach and present for payment all coupons
and other income items requiring presentation as and when they become due
and shall collect interest when due on securities held hereunder.
H. Payment of Fund Moneys. Upon receipt of proper instructions, which may be
continuing instructions when deemed appropriate by the parties, the
Custodian shall pay out moneys of the Fund in the following cases only:
1) Upon the purchase of securities for the account of the Fund but only
(a) against the delivery of such securities to the Custodian (or any
bank, banking firm or trust company doing business in the United
States or abroad which is qualified under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended, to act as a custodian and has been designated
by the Custodian as its agent for this purpose) registered in the
name of the Fund or in the name of a nominee of the Custodian
referred to in Section C of Article II hereof or in proper form for
transfer; (b) in the case of a purchase effected through a
Securities System, in accordance with the conditions set forth in
Section L of Article II hereof or (c) in the case of repurchase
agreements entered into between the Fund and the Custodian, or
another bank, (i) against delivery of the securities either in
certificate form or through an entry crediting
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the Custodian's account at the Federal Reserve Bank with such
securities or (ii) against delivery of the receipt evidencing
purchase by the Fund of securities owned by the Custodian or other
bank along with written evidence of the agreement by the Custodian
or other bank to repurchase such securities from the Fund;
2) In connection with conversion, exchange or surrender of securities
owned by the Fund as set forth in Section B of Article II hereof;
3) For the redemption or repurchase of Shares issued by the Fund as set
forth in Section J of Article II hereof;
4) For the payment of any expense or liability incurred by the Fund,
including but not limited to the following payments for the account
of the Fund: interest, taxes, management, accounting, transfer agent
and legal fees, and operating expenses of the Fund whether or not
such expenses are to be in whole or part capitalized or treated as
deferred expenses;
5) For the payment of any dividends declared pursuant to the governing
documents of the Fund;
6) For any other proper purposes, but only upon receipt of, in addition
to proper instructions, a certified copy of a resolution of the
Trustees or of the Executive Committee of the Fund signed by an
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officer of the Fund and certified by its Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, specifying the amount of such payment, setting forth the
purpose for which such payment is to be made, declaring such purpose
to be a proper purpose, and naming the person or persons to whom
such payment is to be made.
I. Liability for Payment in Advance of Receipt of Securities Purchased. In
any and every case where payment for purchase of securities for the
account of the Fund is made by the Custodian in advance of receipt of the
securities purchased in the absence of specific written instructions from
the Fund to so pay in advance, the Custodian shall be absolutely liable to
the Fund for such securities to the same extent as if the securities had
been received by the Custodian, except that in the case of repurchase
agreements entered into by the Fund with a bank which is a member of the
Federal Reserve System, the Custodian may transfer funds to the account of
such bank prior to the receipt of written evidence that the securities
subject to such repurchase agreement have been transferred by book-entry
into a segregated non-proprietary account of the Custodian maintained with
the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston or of the safe-keeping receipt,
provided that such securities have in fact been so transferred by
book-entry.
J. Payments for Repurchases or Redemptions of Shares of the Fund. From such
funds as may be available for the purpose but sub-
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ject to the limitations of the Declaration of Trust and any applicable
votes of the Trustees of the Fund pursuant thereto, the Custodian shall,
upon receipt of instructions from the Transfer Agent, make funds available
for payment to holders of Shares who have delivered to the Transfer Agent
a request for redemption or repurchase of their Shares. In connection with
the redemption or repurchase of Shares of the Fund, the Custodian is
authorized upon receipt of instructions from the Transfer Agent to wire
funds to or through a commercial bank designated by the redeeming
shareholders. In connection with the redemption or repurchase of Shares of
the Fund, the Custodian shall honor checks drawn on the Custodian by a
holder of Shares, which checks have been furnished by the Fund to the
holder of Shares, when presented to the Custodian in accordance with such
procedures and controls as are mutually agreed upon from time to time
between the Fund and the Custodian.
K. Appointment of Agents. The Custodian may at any time or times in its
discretion appoint (and may at any time remove) any other bank or trust
company which is itself qualified under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, to act as a custodian, as its agent to carry out such of
the provisions of this Article II as the Custodian may from time to time
direct; provided, however, that the appointment of any agent shall not
relieve the Custodian of any of its responsibilities or liabilities
hereunder.
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L. Deposit of Fund Assets in Securities Systems. The Custodian may deposit
and/or maintain securities owned by the Fund in a clearing agency
registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 17A
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which acts as a securities
depository, or in the book-entry system authorized by the U.S. Department
of the Treasury and certain federal agencies, collectively referred to
herein as "Securities Systems" in accordance with applicable Federal
Reserve Board and Securities and Exchange Commission rules and
regulations, if any, and subject to the following provisions:
1) The Custodian may keep securities of the Fund in a Securities System
provided that such securities are represented in an account
("Account") of the Custodian in the Securities System which shall
not include any assets of the Custodian other than assets held as a
fiduciary, custodian, or otherwise for customers.
2) The records of the Custodian with respect to securities of the Fund
which are maintained in a Securities System shall identify by
book-entry those securities belonging to the Fund.
3) The Custodian shall pay for securities purchased for the account of
the Fund upon (i) receipt of advice from the Securities System that
such securities have been transferred to the Account, and (ii) the
making of an entry on the records of the
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Custodian to reflect such payment and transfer for the account of
the Fund. The Custodian shall transfer securities sold for the
account of the Fund upon (i) receipt of advice from the Securities
System that payment for such securities has been transferred to the
Account, and (ii) the making of an entry on the records of the
Custodian to reflect such transfer and payment for the account of
the Fund. Copies of all advices from the Securities System of
transfers of securities for the account of the Fund shall identify
the Fund, be maintained for the Fund by the Custodian and be
provided to the Fund at its request. The Custodian shall furnish the
Fund confirmation of each transfer to or from the account of the
Fund in the form of a written advice or notice and shall furnish to
the Fund copies of daily transaction sheets reflecting each day's
transactions in the Securities System for the account of the Fund on
the next business day.
4) The Custodian shall provide the Fund with any report obtained by the
Custodian on the Securities System's accounting system, internal
accounting control and procedures for safeguarding securities
deposited in the Securities System.
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5) The Custodian shall have received the initial or annual certificate,
as the case may be, required by Article IX hereof.
6) Anything to the contrary in this Contract notwithstanding, the
Custodian shall be liable to the Fund for any loss or damage to the
Fund resulting from use of the Securities System by reason of any
negligence, misfeasance or misconduct of the Custodian or any of its
agents or of any of its or their employees or from any failure of
the Custodian or any such agent to enforce effectively such rights
as it may have against the Securities System; at the election of the
Fund, it shall be entitled to be subrogated to the rights of the
Custodian with respect to any claim against the Securities System or
any other person which the Custodian may have as a consequence of
any such loss or damage if and to the extent that the Fund has not
been made whole for any such loss or damage.
M. Ownership Certificates for Tax Purposes. The Custodian shall execute
ownership and other certificates and affidavits for all federal and state
tax purposes in connection with receipt of income or other payments with
respect to securities of the Fund held by it and in connection with
transfers of securities.
N. Proxies. The Custodian shall, with respect to the securities held
hereunder, cause to be promptly executed by the regis-
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tered holder of such securities, if the securities are registered
otherwise than in the name of the Fund or a nominee of the Fund, all
proxies, without indication of the manner in which such proxies are to be
voted, and shall promptly deliver to the Fund such proxies, all proxy
soliciting materials and all notices relating to such securities.
O. Communications Relating to Fund Portfolio Securities. The Custodian shall
transmit promptly to the Fund all written information (including, without
limitation, pendency of calls and maturities of securities and expirations
of rights in connection therewith) received by the Custodian from issuers
of the securities being held for the Fund. With respect to tender or
exchange offers, the Custodian shall transmit promptly to the Fund all
written information received by the Custodian from issuers of the
securities whose tender or exchange is sought and from the party (or his
agents) making the tender or exchange offer. If the Fund desires to take
action with respect to any tender offer, exchange offer or any other
similar transaction, the Fund shall notify the Custodian at least three
business days prior to the date on which the Custodian is to take such
action.
P. Proper Instructions. "Proper instructions" as used throughout this Article
II means a writing signed or initialled by one or more person or persons
as the Trustees shall have from time to time authorized. Each such writing
shall set forth the specific transaction or type of transaction in-
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volved, including a specific statement of the purpose for which such
action is requested. Oral instructions will be considered proper
instructions if the Custodian reasonably believes them to have been given
by a person authorized to give such instructions with respect to the
transaction involved. The Fund shall cause all oral instructions to be
confirmed in writing. Upon receipt of a certificate of the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary as to the authorization by the Trustees of the Fund
accompanied by a detailed description of procedures approved by the
Trustees, "proper instructions" may include communications effected
directly between electro-mechanical or electronic devices provided that
the Trustees and the Custodian are satisfied that such procedures afford
adequate safeguards for the Fund's assets.
Q. Actions Permitted without Express Authority. The Custodian may in its
discretion, without express authority from the Fund:
1) make payments to itself or others for minor expenses of handling
securities or other similar items relating to its duties under this
contract, provided that all such payments shall be accounted for to
the Fund;
2) surrender securities in temporary form for securities in definitive
form;
3) endorse for collection, in the name of the Fund, checks, drafts and
other negotiable instruments; and
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4) in general, attend to all non-discretionary details in connection
with the sale, exchange, substitution, purchase, transfer and other
dealings with the securities and property of the Fund except as
otherwise directed by the Trustees of the Fund.
R. Evidence of Authority. The Custodian shall be protected in acting upon any
instructions, notice, request, consent, certificate or other instrument or
paper believed by it to be genuine and to have been properly executed by
or on behalf of the Fund. The Custodian may receive and accept a certified
copy of a vote of the Trustees of the Fund as conclusive evidence (a) of
the authority of any person to act in accordance with such vote or (b) of
any determination or of any action by the Trustees pursuant to the
Declaration of Trust as described in such vote, and such vote may be
considered as in full force and effect until receipt by the Custodian of
written notice to the contrary.
III. Duties of Custodian with Respect to Books of Account and Calculation of
Net Asset Value and Net Income
The Custodian shall cooperate with and supply necessary information to the
entity or entities appointed by the Trustees of the Fund to keep the books of
account of the Fund and/or compute the net asset value per share of the
outstanding shares of the Fund or, if directed in writing to do so by the Fund,
shall itself keep such books of account and/or compute such net asset value per
share. The Custodian shall also calculate daily the
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"net income" of the Fund as defined in the Declaration of Trust and shall advise
the Fund and the Transfer Agent daily of the total amounts of such net income
and, if instructed in writing by an officer of the Fund to do so, shall advise
the Transfer Agent periodically of the division of such net income among its
various components. The calculations of the net asset value per share and the
daily income of the Fund shall be made at the time or times described from time
to time in the Fund's currently effective prospectus.
IV. Records
The Custodian shall create and maintain all records relating to its
activities and obligations under this Contract in such manner as will meet the
obligations of the Fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940, with
particular attention to Section 31 thereof and Rules 31a-l and 31a-2 thereunder,
applicable federal and state tax laws and any other law or administrative rules
or procedures which may be applicable to the Fund. All such records shall be the
property of the Fund and shall at all times during the regular business hours of
the Custodian be open for inspection by duly authorized officers, employees or
agents of the Fund and employees and agents of the Securities and Exchange
Commission. The Custodian shall, at the Fund's request, supply the Fund with a
tabulation of securities owned by the Fund and held by the Custodian and shall,
when requested to do so by the Fund and for such compensation as shall be agreed
upon between the Fund and the Custodian, include certificate numbers in such
tabulations.
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V. Opinion of Fund's Independent Accountant
The Custodian shall take all reasonable action, as the Fund may from time
to time request, to obtain from year to year favorable opinions from the Fund's
independent accountants with respect to its activities hereunder in connection
with the preparation of the Fund's Form N-1, and Form N-1R or other annual
reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission and with respect to any other
requirements of such Commission.
VI. Reports to Fund by Independent Public Accountants
The Custodian shall provide the Fund, at such times as the Fund may
reasonably require, with reports by independent public accountants on the
accounting system, internal accounting control and procedures for safeguarding
securities, including securities deposited and/or maintained in a Securities
System, relating to the services provided by the Custodian under this Contract;
such reports, which shall be of sufficient scope and in sufficient detail, as
may reasonably be required by the Fund, to provide reasonable assurance that any
material inadequacies would be disclosed, shall state in detail material
inadequacies disclosed by such examination, and, if there are no such
inadequacies, shall so state.
VII. Compensation of Custodian
The Custodian shall be entitled to reasonable compensation for its
services and expenses as Custodian, as agreed upon from time to time between the
Fund and the Custodian.
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VIII. Responsibility of Custodian
So long as and to the extent that it is in the exercise of reasonable
care, the Custodian shall not be responsible for the title, validity or
genuineness of any property or evidence of title thereto received by it or
delivered by it pursuant to this Contract and shall be held harmless in acting
upon any notice, request, consent, certificate or other instrument reasonably
believed by it to be genuine and to be signed by the proper party or parties.
The Custodian shall be held to the exercise of reasonable care in carrying out
the provisions of this Contract, but shall be kept indemnified by and shall be
without liability to the Fund for any action taken or omitted by it in good
faith without negligence. It shall be entitled to rely on and may act upon
advice of counsel (who may be counsel for the Fund) on all matters, and shall be
without liability for any action reasonably taken or omitted pursuant to such
advice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the responsibility of the Custodian with
respect to redemptions effected by check shall be in accordance with a separate
Agreement entered into between the Custodian and the Fund.
If the Fund requires the Custodian to take any action with respect to
securities, which action involves the payment of money or which action may, in
the opinion of the Custodian, result in the Custodian or its nominee assigned to
the Fund being liable for the payment of money or incurring liability of some
other form, the Fund, as a prerequisite to requiring the Custodian to take such
action, shall provide indemnity to the Custodian in an amount and form
satisfactory to it.
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IX. Effective Period, Termination and Amendment
This Contract shall become effective as of its execution, shall continue
in full force and effect until terminated as hereinafter provided, may be
amended at any time by mutual agreement of the parties hereto and may be
terminated by either party by an instrument in writing delivered or mailed,
postage prepaid to the other party, such termination to take effect not sooner
than thirty (30) days after the date of such delivery or mailing; provided,
however that the Custodian shall not act under Section L of Article II hereof in
the absence of receipt of an initial certificate of the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary that the Trustees of the Fund have approved the initial use
of a particular Securities System and the receipt of an annual certificate of
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary that the Trustees have reviewed the use
by the Fund of such Securities System, as required in each case by Rule 17f-4
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; provided further, however,
that the Fund shall not amend or terminate this Contract in contravention of any
applicable federal or state regulations, or any provision of the Declaration of
Trust, and further provided, that the Fund may at any time by action of its
Trustees (i) substitute another bank or trust company for the Custodian by
giving notice as described above to the Custodian, or (ii) immediately terminate
this Contract in the event of the appointment of a conservator or receiver for
the Custodian by the Comptroller of the Currency or upon the happening of a like
event at the direction of an appropriate regulatory agency or court of competent
jurisdiction.
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Upon termination of the Contract, the Fund shall pay to the Custodian such
compensation as may be due as of the date of such termination and shall
likewise reimburse the Custodian for its costs, expenses and disbursements.
X. Successor Custodian
If a successor custodian shall be appointed by the Trustees of the Fund,
the Custodian shall, upon termination, deliver to such successor custodian at
the office of the Custodian, duly endorsed and in the form for transfer, all
securities then held by it hereunder.
If no such successor custodian shall be appointed, the Custodian shall, in
like manner, upon receipt of a certified copy of a vote of the Trustees of the
Fund, deliver at the office of the Custodian such securities, funds and other
properties in accordance with such vote.
In the event that no written order designating a successor custodian or
certified copy of a vote of the Trustees shall have been delivered to the
Custodian on or before the date when such termination shall become effective,
then the Custodian shall have the right to deliver to a bank or trust company,
which is a "bank" as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, doing
business in Boston, Massachusetts, of its own selection, having an aggregate
capital, surplus, and undivided profits, as shown by its last published report,
of not less than $25,000,000, all securities, funds and other properties held by
the Custodian and all instruments held by the Custodian relative thereto and all
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other property held by it under this Contract. Thereafter, such bank or trust
company shall be the successor of the Custodian under this Contract.
In the event that securities, funds and other properties remain in the
possession of the Custodian after the date of termination hereof owing to
failure of the Fund to procure the certified copy of vote referred to or of the
Trustees to appoint a successor custodian, the Custodian shall be entitled to
fair compensation for its services during such period as the Custodian retains
possession of such securities, funds and other properties and the provisions of
this Contract relating to the duties and obligations of the Custodian shall
remain in full force and effect.
XI. Interpretive and Additional Provisions
In connection with the operation of this Contract, the Custodian and the
Fund may from time to time agree on such provisions interpretive of or in
addition to the provisions of this Contract as may in their joint opinion be
consistent with the general tenor of this Contract. Any such interpretive or
additional provisions shall be in a writing signed by both parties and shall be
annexed hereto, provided that no such interpretive or additional provisions
shall contravene any applicable federal or state regulations or any provision of
the Declaration of Trust of the Fund. No interpretive or additional provisions
made as provided in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be an amendment of
this Contract.
XII. Trustees
All references to actions of or by Trustees herein shall
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require action by such Trustees acting as a board or formally constituted group
and not individually.
XIII. Massachusetts Law to Apply
This Contract shall be construed and the provisions thereof interpreted
under and in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
XIV. Prior Contracts
This Contract supersedes and terminates, as of the date hereof, all prior
contracts between the Fund and the Custodian relating to the custody of the
Fund's assets.
The name "Scudder Cash Investment Trust II" is the designation of the
Trustees for the time being under a Declaration of Trust dated April 4, 1980,
and all persons dealing with the Trust must look solely to the Trust property
for the enforcement of any claims against the Trust as neither the Trustees,
officers, agents or shareholders assume any personal liability for obligations
entered into on behalf of the Trust.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this instrument to be
executed in its name and behalf by its duly authorized representative and its
seal to be hereunder affixed as of the 21st day of May, 1980.
SEAL SCUDDER CASH INVESTMENT TRUST II
By /s/ David S. Lee
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SEAL STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
By /s/ [Illegible]
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Exhibit 8(a)(2)
AMENDMENT TO THE
CUSTODIAN CONTRACT
AGREEMENT made this 9th day of August 1988 by and between STATE STREET
BANK AND TRUST COMPANY ("Custodian") and SCUDDER GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND (the
"Fund").
WITNESSETH THAT:
WHEREAS, the Custodian and the Fund are parties to a Custodian Contract
dated May 21, 1980 (as amended to date, the "Contract") which governs the terms
and conditions under which the Custodian maintains custody of the securities and
other assets of the Fund:
NOW THEREFORE, the Custodian and the Fund hereby amend the terms of the
Custodian Contract and mutually agree to the following:
Replace subsection 7) of Section II.B Delivery of Securities with the
following new subsection 7):
7) Upon the sale of such securities for the account of the Fund, to
the broker or its clearing agent, against a receipt, for examination
in accordance with "street delivery" custom; provided that in any
such case, the Custodian shall have no responsibility or liability
for any loss arising from the delivery of such securities prior to
receiving payment for such securities except as may arise from the
Custodian's own negligence or willful misconduct;
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Amendment to be
executed in its name and on its behalf by a duly authorized officer as of the
day and year first above written.
ATTEST SCUDDER GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND
/s/ Marilyn G. Hayes /s/ David S. Lee
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ATTEST STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
/s/ [Illegible] /s/ [Illegible]
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Assistant Secretary Vice President
FC0825C/ll
Exhibit 8(a)(3)
AMENDMENT
The Custodian Contract dated May 21, 1980 between Scudder Government Money
Fund (the "Fund") and State Street Bank and Trust Company (the "Custodian") is
hereby amended as follows:
I. Section II.A is amended to read as follows:
"Holding Securities. The Custodian shall hold and physically segregate in
a separate account for the Fund all non-cash property, including all securities
owned by the Fund except that (a) securities which are maintained pursuant to
Section II.L. in a clearing agency which acts as a securities depository or in a
book-entry system authorized by the U.S. Department of Treasury, collectively
referred to herein as "Securities System", shall be identified as belonging to
the Fund and (b) commercial paper of an issuer for which State Street Bank and
Trust Company acts as issuing and paying agent ("Direct Paper") which is
deposited and/or maintained in the Direct Paper System of the Custodian pursuant
to Section II.L.1., shall be identified as belonging to a specified Fund".
II. Section II.B is amended to read, in relevant part as follows:
"Delivery of Securities. The Custodian shall release and deliver
securities owned by the Fund held by the Custodian or in a Securities System
account of the Custodian or in the Custodian's Direct Paper book entry system
account ("Direct Paper System Account") only upon receipt of Proper
Instructions, which may be continuing instructions when deemed appropriate by
the parties, and only in the following cases:
1) . . . .
..
..
..
13) . . . ."
III. Section II.B. 4) through 13) are renumbered 5) through 14) and the
following is added as subparagraph 4):
"4) In the case of a sale effected through the Direct Paper System, in
accordance with the provisions of Section L.1 hereof."
IV. Section II.H(1) is amended to read in relevant part as follows:
"Payment of Fund Monies. Upon receipt of Proper Instructions, which may be
continuing instructions when deemed appropriate by the parties, the Custodian
shall pay out monies of the Fund in the following cases only:
1) Upon the purchase of securities, options, futures contracts or
options on futures contracts for the account of the Fund but only
(a) against the delivery of such securities or evidence of title to
such
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options, futures contracts or options on futures contracts, to the
Custodian (or any bank, banking firm or trust company doing business
in the United States or abroad which is qualified under the
Investment Act of 1940, as amended, to as as a custodian and has
been designated by the Custodian as its agent for this purpose)
registered in the name of the Fund or in the name of a nominee of
the Custodian referred to in Section II.C hereof or in proper form
for transfer; (b) in the case of a purchase effected through a
Securities System, in accordance with the conditions set forth in
Section II.L. hereof;
(c) in the case of a purchase involving the Direct Paper System, in
accordance with the conditions set forth in Section II.L.1.; or (d)
in the case of repurchase agreements entered into between the Fund
and the Custodian, or another bank, or a broker-dealer which is a
member of NASD, (i) against delivery of the securities either in
certificate form or thorugh an entry crediting the Custodian's
account in which it holds securities as a fiduciary, custodian or
otherwise for customers at the Federal Reserve Bank with such
securities or (ii) in the case of purchase by the Fund of securities
owned by State Street Bank and Trust Company ("State Street") for
its own account, against (A) delivery of the receipt evidencing
purchase by the Fund, (B) earmarking certificates for such
securities to show ownership by the Fund or transfer of such
securities from State Street's proprietary account at the Federal
Reserve Bank to its account described in (i) above, unless the
securities are already held in the latter account, (C) the entry on
the records of State Street showing that such securities are held by
the Fund, and (D) delivery of written evidence of the agreement of
State Street to repurchase such securities from the Fund; provided
that, upon receipt of Proper Instructions, the Custodian shall
transfer to another bank or trust company qualified to act as a
custodian under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
securities held in a Securities System and purchased from State
Street subject to State Street's agreement to repurchase such
securities;"
V. Following Section II.L., there is inserted a new Section II.L.1 to read
as follows:
L.1 "Fund Assets Held in the Custodian's Direct Paper System. The Custodian may
deposit and/or maintain securities owned by the Fund for which the Custodian
acts as issuing and paying agent for the direct issue of commercial paper by and
for issuers through the Custodian's book-entry system, referred to herein as the
"Direct Paper System", subject to the following provisions:
1) No transaction relating to securities in the Direct Paper
System will be effected in the absence of Proper Instructions;
2) The Custodian may keep securities of the Fund in the Direct
Paper System only if such securities are represented in an
account ("Account") of the Custodian in the Direct Paper
System which shall not include any assets of the Custodian
other than assets held as a fiduciary, custodian or otherwise
for customers;
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3) The records of the Custodian with respect to securities of the
Fund which are maintained in the Direct Paper System shall
identify by Fund by book-entry those securities belonging to
the Fund;
4) The Custodian shall pay for securities purchased for the
account of the Fund upon the making of an entry on the records
of the Custodian to reflect such payment and transfer of
securities to the account of the Fund. The Custodian shall
transfer securities sold for the account of the Fund upon the
making of an entry on the records of the Custodian to reflect
such transfer and receipt of payment for the account of the
Fund;
5) The Custodian shall furnish the Fund confirmation of each
transfer to or from the account of the Fund, in the form of a
written advice or notice, of Direct Paper on the next business
day following such transfer and shall furnish to the Fund
copies of daily transaction sheets reflecting each day's
transactions in the Direct Paper System for the account of the
Fund; and
6) The Custodian shall provide the Fund with any report on its
system of internal accounting control regarding the Direct
Paper System as the Fund may reasonably request from time to
time."
VI. Section IX is hereby amended to read as follows:
Effective Period, Termination and Amendment
This Contract shall become effective as of its execution, shall continue
in full force and effect until terminated as hereinafter provided, may be
amended at any time by mutual agreement to the parties hereto and may be
terminated by either party by an instrument in writing delivered or mailed,
postage prepaid to the other party, such termination to take effect not sooner
than thirty (30) days after the date of such delivery or mailing; provided,
however that the Custodian shall not act under Section II.L. hereof in the
absence of receipt of an initial certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary that the Board of Trustees of the Fund has approved the initial use of
a particular Securities System and the receipt of an annual certificate of the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary that the Board of Trustees has reviewed the
use by the Fund of such Securities System, as required in each case by Rule
17f-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended and that the
Custodian shall not act under Section II.L.1 hereof in the absence of receipt of
an initial certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary that the Board
of Trustees has approved the initial use of the Direct Paper System and the
receipt of an annual certificate of the Secretar or an Assistant Secretary that
the Board of Trustees has reviewed the use by the Fund of the Direct Paper
System; provided further, however, that the Fund shall not amend or terminate
this Contract in contravention of any applicable federal or state regulations,
or any provision of the Declaration of Trust, and further provided, that the
Fund may at any time by action of its Board of Trustees (i) substitute another
bank or trust company for the Custodian by giving notice as described above to
the Custodian, or (ii) immediately terminate this Contract in the event of the
appointment of a conservator or receiver for the Custodian by the Comptroller of
the Currency, the Federal
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Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Commissioner of Banks for the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts or upon the happening of a like event at the direction of an
appropriate regulatory agency or court of competent jurisdiction.
Upon termination of the Contract, the Fund shall pay to the Custodian such
compensation as may be due as of the date of such termination and shall likewise
reimburse the Custodian for its costs, expenses and disbursements".
Except as otherwise expressly amended and modified herein, the provisions
of the Custodian Contract shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Amendment
be executed in its name on its behalf by its duly authorized representatives and
its Seal to be hereto affixed as of the 10th day of November, 1988.
ATTEST: SCUDDER GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND
/s/ Marilyn G. Hayes /s/ David S. Lee
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Assistant Secretary President
ATTEST STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
/s/ [Illegible] /s/ [Illegible]
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Assistant Secretary Vice President
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Exhibit 8(a)(4)
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
Custodian Fee Schedule
SCUDDER, STEVENS & CLARK FUNDS
(See Attachment "A")
Effective October 1, 1986
I. Administration
Custody, Portfolio and Fund Accounting Service - Maintain custody of fund
assets. Settle portfolio purchases and sales. Report buy and sell fails.
Determine and collect portfolio income. Make cash disbursements and report
cash transactions. Maintain investment ledgers, provide selected portfolio
transactions, position and income reports. Maintain general ledger and
capital stock accounts. Prepare daily trial balance. Calculate net asset
value daily. Provide selected general ledger reports. Securities yield or
market value quotations will be provided to State Street by the fund.
The administration fee shown below is an annual charge, billed and payable
monthly, based on average monthly net assets.
ANNUAL FEES PER PORTFOLIO
Custody, Portfolio
Fund Net Assets and Fund Accounting
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First $20 Million 1/ 10 of 1%
Next $80 Million 1/ 25 of 1%
Excess 1/100 of 1%
Minimum Monthly Charges As stated in attachment "A"
and $2,000 for all new funds
II. Portfolio Trades - For each line item processed
State Street Bank Repos $ 7.00
DTC or Fed Book Entry $12.00
New York Physical Settlements $25.00
All other trades $16.00
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[LOGO] State Street
III. Options
Option charge for each option written or
closing contract, per issue, per broker $25.00
Option expiration charge, per issue, per broker $15.00
Option exercised charge, per issue, per broker $15.00
IV. Interest Rate Futures
Transactions -- no security movement $ 8.00
V. Coupon Bonds
Monitoring for calls and processing coupons --
for each coupon issue held -- monthly charge $ 5.00
VI. Holdings Charge
For each issue maintained -- monthly charge $ 5.00
VII. Principal Reduction Payments
Per paydown $ 3.00
VIII. Dividend Charges (For items held at the Request
of Traders over record date in street form) $50.00
IX. Earnings Credit
A balance credit equal to 75% of the 90 day CD rate in effect the last
business day of each month will be applied to the Custodian Demand Deposit
Account balance of each fund, net of check redemption service overdrafts,
on a pro-rated basis against the fund's custodian fee, excluding
out-of-pocket expenses. The balance credit will be cumulative and carried
forward each month. Any excess credit remaining at year-end (December 31)
will not be carried forward.
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[LOGO] State Street
X. Automated Pricing
Monthly Base Fee $175.00*
Monthly Quote Charge -
- Municipal Bonds via Muller Data $ 21.00
- Municipal Bonds via Kenny Information
Systems $ 16.00
- Government, Corporate and Convertible
Bonds via Merrill Lynch $ 11.00
- Corporate and Government Bonds via
Muller Data $ 11.00
- Options, Futures and Private Placements $ 6.00
- Foreign Equities and Ponds via Extel Ltd. $ 6.00
- Listed Equities, OTC Equities, and Bonds $ 6.00
- Corporate, Municipal, Convertible and
Government Bonds, Adjustable Rate Preferred
Stocks via IDSI $ 6.00
For billing purposes, the monthly quote charge will be based on the
average number of positions in the portfolio.
XI. Special Services
Fees for activities of a non-recurring nature such as fund consolidations
or reorganizations, extraordinary security shipments and the preparation
of special reports will be subject to negotiation. Fees for tax
accounting/recordkeeping for options, financial futures, and other special
items will be negotiated separately.
* Does not apply to Variable Life Series
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XII. Out-of-Pocket Expenses
A billing for the recovery of applicable out-of-pocket expenses will be
made as of the end of each month. Out-of-pocket expenses include, but are
not limited to the following:
Telephone
Wire Charges ($4.70 per wire in and $4.55 out)
Postage and Insurance
Courier Service
Duplicating
Legal Fees
Supplies Related to Fund Records
Rush Transfer -- $8.00 Each
Transfer Fees
Sub-custodian Charges
Price Waterhouse Audit Letter
Federal Reserve Fee for Return Check items over $2,500 - $4.25
GNMA Transfer - $15 each
XIII. Payment
The above fees will be charged against the fund's custodian checking
account five (5) days after the invoice is mailed to the fund's offices.
SCUDDER, STEVENS & CLARK FUNDS STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO.
By /s/ David S. Lee By /s/ [Illegible]
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Title President Title Vice President
Date October 7, 1986 Date October 7, 1986
100786/0082q
Exhibit 8(a)(5)
AMENDMENT TO THE CUSTODIAN CONTRACT
AGREEMENT made this l3th day of November 1990 by and between STATE STREET
BANK AND TRUST COMPANY (the "Custodian") and SCUDDER GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND (the
"Fund").
WITNESSETH THAT:
WHEREAS, the Custodian and the Fund are parties to a Custodian Contract
dated May 21, 1980 (as amended to date, the "Contract") which governs the terms
and conditions under which the Custodian maintains custody of the securities and
other assets of the Fund:
NOW THEREFORE, the Custodian and the Fund hereby amend the terms of the
Custodian Contract and mutually agree to the following:
Insert as the final paragraph under Responsibility of Custodian:
If the Fund requires the Custodian to advance cash or securities for any
purpose or in the event that the Custodian or its nominee shall incur or
be assessed any taxes, charges, expenses, assessments, claims or
liabilities in connection with the performance of this Contract, except
such as may arise from its or its nominee's own negligent action,
negligent failure to act or willful misconduct, any property at any time
held for the account of the Fund shall be security therefor and should the
Fund fail to repay the Custodian promptly, the Custodian shall be entitled
to utilize available cash and to dispose of Fund assets to the extent
necessary to obtain reimbursement; provided, however, that (a) such
reimbursement shall only occur after written demand has been made upon the
Fund, and (b) the amount of each reimbursement shall not exceed any
applicable investment restriction of the Fund in effect at the time of
reimbursement, including the Fund's ability to pledge its assets (such
pledges currently being limited to one-third of the Fund's total assets).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Amendment to be
executed in its name and on its behalf by a duly authorized officer as of the
day and year first above written.
ATTEST: SCUDDER GOVERNMENT MONEY TRUST
/s/ [ILLEGIBLE] /s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
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ATTEST: STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
/s/ [ILLEGIBLE] /s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
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Exhibit
9(a)(1)
TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT
between
SCUDDER GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND
and
SCUDDER SERVICE CORPORATION
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TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made as of October 2, 1989, by and between SCUDDER GOVERNMENT
MONEY MARKET FUND, a Massachusetts business trust, having its principal office
and place of business at 175 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 (the
"Company") and SCUDDER SERVICE CORPORATION, a Massachusetts corporation, having
its principal office and place of business at 160 Federal Street, Boston,
Massachusetts 02110 (the "Agent").
WHEREAS, the Company desires to appoint the Agent as a transfer agent,
dividend disbursing agent and agent in connection with certain other activities
and the Agent desires to accept such appointment;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained,
the parties hereto agree as follows:
Article 1. Terms of Appointment: Duties of the Agent.
1.01. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the
Company hereby employs and appoints the Agent to act as, and the Agent agrees to
act as, transfer agent for the Company's authorized and issued shares of
beneficial interest ("Shares"), dividend disbursing agent and agent in
connection with any accumulation, open-account or similar plans provided to the
shareholders of the Company ("Shareholders") and set out in a currently
effective prospectus ("Prospectus") or currently effective statement of
additional information ("Statement of Additional Information") of the Company,
including without limitation any periodic investment plan or periodic withdrawal
program. If the Company offers two or more series of Shares as of the date
hereof, the term "Company shall be to apply to each series of Shares, unless the
context otherwise requires.
1.02. The Agent agrees that it will perform the following services:
(a) In accordance with procedures established from time to time by
agreement between the Company and the Agent, the Agent shall:
(i) Receive for acceptance orders for the purchase of
Shares and promptly deliver payment and appropriate
documentation thereof to the duly authorized custodian
of the Company (the "Custodian").
(ii) Pursuant to orders for the purchase of Shares, record
the purchase of the appropriate number of Shares in the
Shareholder's account and, if requested by the
Shareholder, and if the Trustees of the Company have
authorized the issuance of stock certificates, issue a
certificate for the appropriate number of Shares;
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(iii) Pursuant to instructions provided by Shareholders,
reinvest income dividends and capital gain
distributions;
(iv) Receive for acceptance redemption requests and
redemption directions and deliver the appropriate
documentation thereof to the Custodian;
(v) Provide an appropriate response to Shareholders with
respect to all correspondence and rejected trades;
(vi) At the appropriate time as and when it receives monies
paid to it by the Custodian with respect to any
redemption, pay over or cause to be paid over in the
appropriate manner such monies as instructed by the
redeeming Shareholders;
(vii) Effect transfers of Shares by the registered owners
thereof upon receipt of appropriate instructions;
(viii) Prepare and transmit payments for dividends and
distributions declared by Company the Company;
(ix) Report abandoned property to the various states as
authorized by the Company in accordinace with policies
and principles agreed upon by the Company and Agent;
(x) Maintain records of account for and advise the Company
and its Shareholders as to the foregoing;
(xi) Record the issuance of Shares of the Company and
maintain an accurate control book with respect to
Shares pursuant to SEC Rule 17Ad-10(e) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Agent shall also
provide the Company on a regular basis with the total
number of shares which are issued and outstanding and
shall have no obligation, when recording the issuance
of Shares, to monitor the issuance of such Shares or to
take cognizance of any laws relating to the issue or
sale of such Shares, which functions shall be the sole
responsibility of the Company;
(xii) Respond to all telephone inquiries from shareholders or
their authorized representatives regarding the status
of Shareholder accounts;
(xiii) Respond to correspondence from Shareholders or their
authorized representatives regarding the status of
Shareholder accounts or information related to
Shareholder accounts; and
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(xiv) Perform all Shareholder account maintenance updates.
(b) In addition to and neither in lieu nor in contravention of the
services set forth in the above paragraph (a), the Agent shall: (i) perform the
customary services of a transfer agent, dividend disbursing agent and, as
relevant, agent in connection with accumulation, open-account or similar plans
(including without limitation any periodic investment plan or periodic
withdrawal program). The detailed definition, frequency, limitations and
associated costs (if any) set out in the attached fee schedule, include but are
not limited to: maintaining all Shareholder accounts, preparing Shareholder
meeting lists, mailing proxy statements and proxies, receiving and tabulating
proxies, mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses to current Shareholders,
and withholding all applicable taxes (including but not limited to all
withholding taxes imposed under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and Treasury
regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state and local laws to the
extent consistent with good industry practice), preparing and filing U.S.
Treasury Department Forms 1099, Form 941 when applicable and other appropriate
forms required with respect to dividends, distributions and taxes withheld on
Shareholder accounts by federal authorities for all registered Shareholders,
preparing and mailing confirmation forms and statements of account to
Shareholders for all purchases and redemptions of Shares and other confirmable
transactions in Shareholder accounts, preparing and mailing activity statements
for Shareholders, and providing Shareholder account information, (ii) provide
daily and monthly a written report and access to information which will enable
the Company to monitor the total number of Shares sold and the aggregate public
offering price thereof in each State by the Company, added by sales in each
State of the registered Shareholder or dealer branch office, as defined by the
Company, and (iii) if directed by the Company, (A) each confirmation of the
purchase which establishes a new account will be accompanied by a Prospectus and
any amendment or supplement thereto, and (B) a Prospectus, and any amendment or
supplement thereto, will be mailed to each Shareholder at the time a
confirmation of the first purchase by such Shareholder, subsequent to the
effective date of a Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, is mailed
to such Shareholders.
(c) In addition, the Company shall (i) identify to the Agent in
writing those transactions and assets to be treated as exempt from blue sky
reporting to the Company for each state and (ii) approve those transactions to
be included for each state on the blue sky system prior to activation and
thereafter monitor the daily activity for each state. The responsibility of the
Agent for the Company's blue sky State registration status is solely limited to
the initial establishment of transactions subject to blue sky compliance by the
Company and the reporting of such transactions as provided above.
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(d) The Agent shall utilize a system to identify all share
transactions which involve purchase and redemption orders that are processed at
a time other than the time of the computation of net asset value per share next
computed after receipt of such orders, and shall compute the net effect upon the
Company of such transactions so identified on a daily and cumulative basis.
(e) The Agent shall supply to the Company from time to time, as
mutually agreed upon, reports summarizing the transactions identified pursuant
to paragraph (d) above, and the daily and cumulative net effects of such
transactions, and shall advise the Company at the end of each month of the net
cumulative effect at such time. The Agent shall promptly advise the Company if
at any time the cumulative net effect exceeds a dollar amount equivalent to 1/2
of 1 cent per outstanding Share.
(f) The Agent shall make appropriate arrangements with banking
institutions in connection with effecting timely redemptions of shares by the
Write-a-Check redemption feature described in the Company's Prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information.
1.03. The Agent's offices, personnel and computer and other equipment
shall be adequate to perform the services contemplated by this Agreement for the
Company and for other investment companies advised by Scudder, Stevens & Clark,
Inc. and its affiliates. The Agent shall notify the Company in the event that
it proposes to provide such services for any investment companies or other
entities other than those managed by Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc. and its
affiliates.
Article 2. Fees and Expenses
2.01. For the performance by the Agent pursuant to this Agreement, the
Company agrees to pay the Agent an annual maintenance fee for each Shareholder
account as set but in a fee schedule agreed to by both parties in writing. Such
fees and out-of-pocket expenses and advances identified under Section 2.02 below
may be changed from time to time subject to mutual written agreement between the
Company and the Agent, as approved by a majority of the Trustees who are not
"interested persons" (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940) of the
Company.
2.02. In addition to the fee paid under Section 2.01 above, the Company
agrees to reimburse the Agent for out-of-pocket expenses or advances incurred by
the Agent for the items set out in the fee schedule agreed to by both parties in
writing. In addition, any other expenses incurred by the Agent at the request or
with the consent of the Company will be reimbursed by the Company.
2.03. The Company agrees to pay all fees and reimbursable expenses
promptly, the terms, method and procedures for which are detailed on the fee
schedule to by both parties in writing. Postage for mailing of dividends, proxy
statements, Company reports and other mailings to all Shareholders accounts
shall be advanced to
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the Agent by the Company at least two (2) days prior to the mailing date of such
materials.
2.04. The Company may engage accounting firms or other consultants to
evaluate the fees paid by the Company and quality of services rendered by the
Servicing Company hereunder, and such firms or other consultants shall be
provided access by the Servicing Company to such information as may be
reasonably required in connection with such engagement. The Servicing Company
will give due consideration and regard to the recommendations to the Company in
connection with such engagement, but shall not be bound thereby.
Article 3. Representations and Warranties of the Agent.
The Agent represents and warrants to the Company that:
3.01. It is a corporation duly organized and existing and in good standing
under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
3.02. It has the legal power and authority to carry on its business in The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
3.03. It is empowered under applicable laws and by its charter and by-laws
to enter into and perform this Agreement.
3.04. All requisite proceedings have been taken to authorize it to enter
into and perform this Agreement.
3.05. It is duly registered as a transfer agent under Section 17A of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
3.06. It has and will continue to have access to the necessary facilities,
equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations under this
Agreement.
Article 4. Representations and Warranties of the Company.
The Company represents and warrants to the Agent that:
4.01. It is a business trust duly organized and existing and in good
standing under the laws of Massachusetts.
4.02. It is empowered under applicable laws and by its Declaration of
Trust and By-Laws to enter into and perform this Agreement.
4.03. All proceedings required by said Declaration of Trust and By-Laws
have been taken to authorize it to enter into and perform this Agreement.
4.04. It is an investment company registered under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended.
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4.05. A registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 is
currently effective (or will be effective prior to commencement by the Agent of
performance of services hereunder) and will remain effective, and appropriate
state securities law filings have been made and/or will continue to be made,
with respect to all Shares of the Company being offered for sale.
Article 5. Indemnification
5.01. To the extent that the Agent acts in good faith and without
negligence or willful misconduct, the Agent shall not be responsible for, and
the Company shall indemnify and hold the Agent harmless from and against, any
and all losses, damages, costs, charges, counsel fees, payments, expenses and
liabilities arising out of or attributable to:
(a) All actions of the Agent or its agents or subcontractors
required to be taken and correctly executed pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) The Company's lack of good faith, negligence or willful
misconduct or which arise out of the breach of any representation or warranty of
the Company hereunder.
(c) The reasonable reliance on or use by the Agent or its agents or
subcontractors of information, records and documents or services which are
received or relied upon by the Agent or its agents or subcontractors and
furnished to it or performed by or on behalf of the Company.
(d) The reasonable reliance on, or the carrying out by its Agent or
its Agents or subcontractors of, any written instructions or written requests of
the Company.
(e) The offer or sale of Shares in violation of any requirement
under the federal securities laws or regulations, or the securities laws or
regulations of any state that such Shares be registered in such state, or in
violation of any stop order or other determination or ruling by any federal
agency or any state with respect to the offer or sale of such Shares in such
state, unless such violation is the result of the Agent's negligent or willful
failure to comply with the provisions of Section 1.02(b) of this Agreement.
5.02. The Agent shall indemnify and hold the Company harmless from and
against any and all loses, damages, costs, charges, counsel fees, payments,
expenses and liabilities arising out of or attributable to the Agent's refusal
or failure to comply with the terms of this Agreement (whether as a result of
the acts or omissions of the Agent or of its agents or subcontractors) or
arising out of the lack of good faith, negligence or willful misconduct of the
Agent, or its agents or subcontractors, or arising out of the breach of any
representation or warranty of the Agent hereunder.
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5.03. At any time the Agent may apply to any officer of the Company for
instructions, and may consult with outside legal counsel with respect to any
matter arising in connection with the services to be performed by the Agent
under this Agreement, and the Agent and its agents or subcontractors shall not
be liable and shall be indemnified by the Company for any action reasonably
taken or omitted by it in reliance upon such instructions or upon the opinion of
such counsel. The Agent, its agents and subcontractors shall be protected and
indemnified in acting upon any paper or document furnished by or on behalf of
the Company, reasonably believed to be genuine and to have been signed by the
proper person or persons, or upon any instruction, information, data, records or
documents provided to the Agent or its agents or subcontractors by
machine-readable input, telex, CRT data entry or other similar means authorized
by the Company, and shall not be held to have notice of any change of authority
of any person, until receipt by the Agent of written notice thereof from the
Company. The Agent, its agents and subcontractors shall also be protected and
indemnified in recognizing stock certificates which are reasonably believed to
bear the proper manual or facsimile signatures of the officers of the Company,
and the proper countersignature of any former transfer agent or registrar, or of
a co-transfer agent or co-registrar.
5.04. In the event either party is unable to perform its obligations under
the terms of this Agreement because of acts of God, strikes, equipment or
transmission failure or damage reasonably beyond its control, or other causes
reasonably beyond its control, such party shall not be liable to the other for
any damages resulting from such failure to perform or otherwise from such
causes.
5.05. Neither party to this Agreement shall be liable to the other party
for consequential damages under any provision of this Agreement, but each shall
be liable for general damages resulting from breach of this Agreement. For the
purposes of this Agreement, the term "general damages" shall include but shall
not be limited to:
(a) All costs of correcting errors made by the Agent or its agents
or subcontractors in Company shareholder accounts, including
the expense of computer time, computer programming and
personnel;
(b) Amounts which the Company is liable to pay to a person (or his
representative) who has purchased or redeemed, or caused to be
repurchased, Shares at a price which is higher, in the case of
a purchase or lower, in the case of a redemption or
repurchase, than correct net asset value per Share, but only
to the extent that the price at which such Shares were
purchased, redeemed or repurchased was incorrect as a result
of either (i) one or more errors caused by the Agent or its
agents or subcontractors in processing shareholder accounts of
the Company or (ii) the posing by the Agent of the purchase,
redemption or repurchase of Shares subsequent to the time such
purchase, redemption or repurchase
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should have been posted pursuant to laws and regulations
applicable to open-end investment companies, if the delay is
caused by the Agent, its agents or subcontractors;
(c) The value of dividends and distributions which were not
credited on Shares because of the failure of the Agent or its
agents or subcontractors to timely post the purchase of such
Shares;
(d) The value of dividends and distributions which were
incorrectly credited on Shares because of the failure of the
Agent or its agents or subcontractors to timely post the
redemption or repurchase of such Shares;
(e) The value of dividends and distributions, some portion of
which was incorrectly credited, or was not credited, on Shares
because of the application by the Agent or its agents or
subcontractor of an incorrect dividend or distribution factor
or otherwise;
(f) Penalties and interest which the Company is required to pay
because of the failure of the Agent or its agents or
subcontractors to comply with the information reporting and
withholding (including backup withholding) requirements of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and applicable
Treasury regulations thereunder, applicable to Company
Shareholder accounts; and
(g) Interest in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts on any damages from the date of the breach of
this Agreement.
5.06. In order that the indemnification provisions contained in this
Article 5 shall apply, upon the assertion of a claim or loss for which either
party may be required to indemnify the other, the party seeking indemnification
shall promptly notify the other party of such assertion or loss, and shall keep
the other party advised with respect to all developments concerning such claim.
The party who may be required to indemnify shall have the option to participate
at its expense with the party seeking indemnification in the defense of such
claim. The party seeking indemnification shall in no case confess any claim or
make any compromise in any case in which the other party may be required to
indemnify it except with the other party's prior written consent.
5.07. Losses incurred by the Company arising from the Agent effecting a
share transaction at a trade (pricing) date prior to the processing date shall
be governed by a separate agreement between the Agent and the Company.
The obligations of the parties hereto under this Article 5 shall survive
the termination of this Agreement.
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Article 6. Covenants of the Company and the Agent.
6.01. The Company shall promptly furnish to the Agent the following:
(a) A certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Trustees of
the Company authorizing the appointment of the Agent and the execution and
delivery of this, Agreement.
(b) A copy of the Declaration of Trust and By-laws of the Company
and all amendments thereto.
6.02. The Agent hereby agrees to establish and maintain facilities and
procedures reasonably acceptable to the Company for safekeeping of stock
certificates, check forms and facsimile signature imprinting devices, if any;
and for the preparation or use, and for keeping account, of such certificates,
forms and devices.
6.03. The Agent shall at all times maintain insurance coverage which is
reasonable and customary in light of its duties hereunder and its other
obligations and activities.
6.04. The Agent shall keep records relating to the services to be
performed hereunder, in the form and manner as it may deem advisable. To the
extent required by Section 31 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
(the "Act") and the Rules thereunder, the Agent agrees that all such records
prepared or maintained by the Agent relating to the services to be performed by
the Agent hereunder and those records that the Company and the Agent agree from
time to time to be the records of the Company are the property of the Company
and will be preserved, maintained and made available in accordance with such
Section and Rules, and will be surrendered promptly to the Company on and in
accordance with its request. Records surrendered hereunder shall be in machine
readable form, except to the extent that the Agent has maintained such a record
only in paper form.
6.05. The Agent and the Company agree that all books, records, information
and data pertaining to the business of the other party which are exchanged or
received pursuant to the negotiation or the carrying out of this Agreement shall
remain confidential and shall not be voluntarily disclosed to any other person,
except as may be required by law.
6.06. In case of any requests or demands for the inspection of the
Shareholders records of the Company, the Agent will endeavor to notify the
Company and to secure instructions from an authorized officer of the Company as
to such inspection. The Agent reserves the right, however, to exhibit the
Shareholders records to any Person whenever it is reasonably advised by its
counsel that it may be held liable for the failure to exhibit the Shareholders
records to such person.
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6.07. The Agent agrees to maintain or provide for redundant facilities or
a compatible configuration and to maintain or provide for backup of the
Company's master and input files and to store such files in a secure
off-premises location so that in the event of a power failure or other
interruption of whatever cause at the location of such files the Company's
records are maintained intact and transactions can be processed at another
location.
6.08. The Agent acknowledges that the Company, as a registered investment
company under the Act, is subject to the provisions of the Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder, and that the offer and sale of the Company's Shares are
subject to the provisions of federal and state laws and regulations applicable
to the offer and sale of securities. The Company acknowledges that the Agent
is not responsible for the Company's compliance with such laws and regulations.
If the Company advises the Agent that a procedure of the Agent related to the
discharge of its obligations hereunder has or may have the effect of causing the
Company to violate any of such laws or regulations, the Agent shall use its best
efforts to develop a mutually agreeable alternative procedure which does not
have such effect.
Article 7. Termination of Agreement.
7.01. This Agreement may be terminated by either party upon one hundred
twenty (120) days written notice to the other.
7.02. Should the Company exercise its right to terminate, all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses of the Agent associated with the movement of records and
materials required by this Agreement will be borne by the Company. Additionally,
the Agent reserves the right to charge for any other reasonable expenses
associated with such termination.
Article 8. Additional Series.
8.01. In the event that the Company establishes one or more series of
Shares with respect to which it desires to have the Agent render services as
transfer agent under the terms hereof, it shall so notify the Agent in writing,
and unless the Agent objects in writing to providing such services, the term
"Company" hereunder, unless the context otherwise requires, shall be deemed to
include each such series of Shares. All recordkeeping and reporting shall be
done separately for each series. Unless the Company and the Agent agree to an
amended fee schedule, the fee schedule attached hereto shall apply to each
series separately.
Article 9. Assignment.
9.01. Except as provided in Section 9.03 below, neither this Agreement nor
any rights or obligations hereunder may be assigned by either party without the
written consent of the other party.
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9.02. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns.
9.03. The Agent may, with notice to and consent on the part of the
Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, subcontract for the
performance of certain services under this Agreement to qualified service
providers, which shall be registered as transfer agents under Section 17A of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 if such registration is required; provided,
however, that the Agent shall be as fully responsible to the Company for the
acts and omissions of any subcontractor as it is for its own acts and omissions.
Article 10. Amendment.
10.01. This Agreement may be amended or modified by a written agreement
executed by both parties and authorized or approved by a resolution of the Board
of Directors or Trustees of each party.
Article 11. Massachusetts Law to Apply.
11.01. This Agreement shall be construed and the provisions thereof
interpreted under and in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
Article 12. Form N-SAR.
12.01. The Agent shall maintain such records as shall enable the Company
to fulfill the requirements of Form N-SAR or any successor report which must be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Article 13. Merger of Agreement.
13.01. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties
hereto and supersedes any prior agreement with respect to the subject hereof
whether oral or written.
Article 14. Counterparts.
14.01. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in any number
of counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to
constitute one and the same instrument.
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Article 15. Limitation of Liability of the Trustees and the Shareholders.
It is understood and expressly stipulated that none of the Trustees,
officers, agents, or shareholders of the Company shall be personally liable
hereunder. The name of the Company is the designation of the Trustees for the
time being under the Company's Declaration of Trust, as the same is now stated
or may hereafter be amended, and all persons dealing with the trust must look
solely to the property of the trust for the enforcement of any claims against
the trust as neither the Trustees, officers, agents or shareholders assume any
personal liability for obligations entered into on behalf of the trust. No
series of the Company, if any, shall be liable for the obligations of any other
series.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed in their names and on their behalf under their seals by and through
their duly authorized officers, as of the day and year first above written.
ATTEST: SCUDDER GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND
/s/ [ILLEGIBLE] By: /s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
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Title: President
ATTEST: SCUDDER SERVICE CORPORATION
/s/ [ILLEGIBLE] By: /s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
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Title: Vice President
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Exhibit 9(a)(2)
SCUDDER SERVICE CORPORATION
FEE INFORMATION FOR SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER
TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT
Scudder Family of Funds
Annual maintenance fee for each account
1/12th of the annual maintenance fee shall be charged and payable each month. It
will be charged for any account which at any time during the month had a share
balance in the fund. The minimum monthly charge to any portfolio is $1,000.
Money Market Funds * $28.90
Monthly Income Funds 25.00
Quarterly Distribution Funds 20.40
Annual Distribution Funds 17.55
Other fees
New Account Set Up $ 3.15 each
Disaster Recovery 0.25 per year
Closed Accounts 1.20 per year
TIN Certificates 0.15 each
TIN Maintenance 0.25 each
Check Writing:
Set Up 5.00 per account
Retail Check Clearance 0.96 per check
Corporate Check Clearance 0.46 per check
Payroll Deduction Processing System (PDPS):
Annual Base Fee 240,000.00
Annual Maintenance:
IRA 6.00 per account
403B 7.00 per account
401K 8.00 per account
Out of pocket expenses shall be reimbursed by the fund to Scudder Service
Corporation or paid directly by the fund. Such expenses include but are not
limited to the following:
Telephone (portion allocable to servicing accounts)
Postage, overnight service or similar services
Stationery and envelopes
Shareholder Statements - printing and postage
Checks - stock supply, printing and postage
Data circuits
Lease and maintenance of S.A.I.L and Easy Access
Forms
Microfilm and microfiche
Expenses incurred at the specific direction of the fund
Payment
The above will be billed within the first five (5) business days of each month
and will be paid by wire within five (5) business days of receipt.
On behalf of the Funds
listed in Attachment A: Scudder Service Corporation:
By /s/ David S. Lee By /s/[ILLEGIBLE]
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Date October 2, 1989 Date October 2, 1989
* SCIT per account change is $25.78
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ATTACHMENT A
TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT
Money Market Accounts
Scudder California Tax Free Money Fund
Scudder Cash Investment Trust
Scudder Government Money Fund
Scudder New York Tax Free Money Fund
Scudder Tax Free Money Fund
Monthly Income Funds
Scudder California Tax Free Fund
Scudder GNMA Fund
Scudder High Yield Tax Free Fund
Scudder International Bond Fund
Scudder Managed Municipal Bonds
Scudder Massachusetts Tax Free Fund
Scudder New York Tax Free Fund
Scudder Ohio Tax Free Fund
Scudder Pennsylvania Tax Free Fund
Scudder Short Term Bond Fund
Scudder Tax Free Target Fund - 1990 Portfolio
Scudder Tax Free Target Fund - 1993 Portfolio
Scudder Tax Free Target Fund - 1996 Portfolio
Quarterly Distribution Funds
Scudder Equity Income Fund
Scudder Growth and Income Fund
Scudder Income Fund
Annual Distribution Funds
Scudder Capital Growth Fund
Scudder Development Fund
Scudder Global Fund
Scudder Gold Fund
Scudder International Fund
Scudder U.S. Government Zero Coupon Target 1990 Portfolio
Scudder U.S. Government Zero Coupon Target 1995 Portfolio
Scudder U.S. Government Zero Coupon Target 2000 Portfolio
October 2, 1989
Exhibit 9(b)1
COMPASS SERVICE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT made as of this 1st day of January, 1990, by and between
SCUDDER TRUST COMPANY, a New Hampshire banking corporation ("Trust Company") and
SCUDDER GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND, a Massachusetts business trust ("the Fund").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Trust Company is engaged in the business of providing certain
recordkeeping and other services; and
WHEREAS, the Fund is engaged in business as an open-end investment company
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; and
WHEREAS, Trust Company is willing to provide to the Fund certain
recordkeeping and other services in connection with certain omnibus accounts
maintained with the Fund on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements of
the parties hereto as herein set forth, the parties covenant and agree as
follows:
Article 1. Terms of Appointment: Duties of the Service.
1.01. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the
Fund hereby employs and appoints Trust Company to act as, and Trust Company
agrees to act as, recordkeeping agent with respect to the authorized and issued
shares of beneficial interest of the Fund ("Shares") or units representing such
Shares ("Units") which are held in plan-level omnibus accounts (individually an
"Account" or collectively the "Accounts") in connection with certain retirement
and employee benefit plans established under the Internal Revenue Service of
1986 including but not limited to defined contribution plans, Section 403(b)
plans, individual retirement accounts and deferred compensation plans (each a
"Plan" or collectively the "Plans"), utilizing the Comprehensive Participant
Accounting Services ("COMPASS"), and established by plan administrators,
employers, trustees, custodians and other persons (each individually an
"Administrator" or collectively the "Administrators") on behalf of employers
(each individually an "Employer" or collectively the "Employers") and
individuals for certain participants in such Plans (each individually a
"Participant" or collectively the "Participants").
1.02. Trust Company agrees that it will perform the following services in
accordance with procedures established from time to time by agreement between
the Fund and Trust Company. Subject to instructions from the Administrators,
Trust Company shall:
(i) receive from Administrators instructions for the purchase of
Shares of the Fund, confirm compliance with such instructions and, as agent of
the respective Administrators, deliver
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within a reasonable time such instructions and any appropriate documentation
therefor to the Transfer Agent of the Fund duly appointed by the Trustees of the
Fund (the "Transfer Agent");
(ii) record the purchase by Plans of the appropriate number of
Shares or Units and within a reasonable time allocate such Shares or Units among
the Participants' Accounts;
(iii) record dividends and capital gains distributions on behalf of
Participants;
(iv) receive from Administrators instructions for redemption and
repurchase request and directions, confirm compliance with such instructions and
as agent of the respective Administrators deliver within a reasonable time such
instructions and any appropriate documentation therefor to the Transfer Agent;
(v) record the redemption or repurchase by Plans of the appropriate
number of Shares or Units and within a reasonable time make the appropriate
adjustments among the Participants' accounts;
(vi) certify to the Fund no less frequently than annually the number
of Participants accounts for which records are maintained hereunder;
(vii) maintain records of account for and advise the Fund and
Administrators and Participants, when appropriate, as to the foregoing;
(viii) maintain all Plan and Participant accounts other than
accounts maintained by the Transfer Agent; and
(ix) maintain and mail administrative reports and Participant
statements.
Procedures applicable to certain of these services may be established from
time to time by agreement between the Fund and Trust Company.
Article 2. Fees and Expenses
2.01. For performance by Trust Company of services pursuant to this
Agreement, the Fund agrees to pay Trust Company an annual maintenance fee for
each Participant account as set out in the fee schedule, as amended from time to
time. Such fee schedule and out-of-pocket expenses and advances identified under
Section 2.02 below may be changed from time to time by mutual agreement between
the Fund and Trust Company.
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2.02. In addition to the fee paid under Section 2.01 above, the Fund
agrees to reimburse Trust Company for out-of-pocket expenses or advances
incurred by Trust Company for the items set out in the fee schedule. In
addition, any other expenses incurred by Trust Company, at the request or with
the consent of the Fund, will be reimbursed by the Fund.
2.03. The Fund agrees to pay all fees and reimbursable expenses promptly.
Postage and the cost of materials for mailing of administrative reports,
Participant statements and other mailings to all Employer accounts or
Participants shall be advanced to Trust Company by the Fund at least two (2)
days prior to the mailing date of such materials or paid within two (2) days of
the receipt by the Fund of a bill therefor.
Article 3. Representations and Warranties of Trust Company.
Trust Company represents and warrants to the Fund that:
3.01. It is a banking corporation duly organized and existing and in good
standing under the laws of The State of New Hampshire.
3.02. It has the legal power and authority to carry on its business in any
jurisdiction where it does business.
3.03. It is empowered under applicable laws and by its charter and by-laws
to enter into and perform this Agreement.
3.04. All requisite corporate proceedings have been taken to authorize it
to enter into and perform this Agreement.
3.05. It has and will continue to have access to the necessary facilities,
equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations under this
Agreement.
Article 4. Representations and Warranties of the Fund.
The Fund represents and warrants to Trust Company that:
4.01. It is a business trust duly organized and existing and in good
standing under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
4.02. It is empowered under applicable laws and by its Declaration of
Trust and By-Laws to enter into and perform this Agreement.
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4.03. All proceedings required by said Declaration of Trust and By-Laws
have been taken to authorize it to enter into and perform this Agreement.
4.04. It is an investment company registered under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended (the "Act").
4.05. It makes available its Shares in connection with certain Plans.
4.06. A majority of the Trustees of the Fund who are not interested
persons have made findings to the effect that:
(a) the Agreement is in the best interest of the Fund and its
shareholders;
(b) the services to be performed pursuant to the Agreement are
services required for the operation of the Fund;
(c) Trust Company can provide services the nature and quality of
which are at least equal to those provided by others offering the same or
similar services; and
(d) the fees charged by Trust Company for such services are fair and
reasonable in the light of the usual and customary charges made by others for
services of the same nature and quality.
4.07. A registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, has been filed and has become effective, and appropriate state
securities law filings have been made with respect to all Shares of the Fund
being offered for sale. The Fund shall notify Trust Company (i) if such
registration statement or any state securities registration or qualification has
been terminated or a stop order has been entered with respect to the Shares or
(ii) if such registration statement shall have been amended to cover Shares of
any additional Series (as thereafter defined in Section 8.01).
Article 5. Indemnification
5.01. Trust Company shall not be responsible for, and the Fund shall
indemnify and hold Trust Company harmless from and against, any and all losses,
damages, costs, charges, counsel fees, payments, expenses and liabilities
arising out of or attributable to:
(a) All actions of Trust Company or its agents required to be taken
pursuant to this Agreement, provided that such actions are taken in good faith
and without negligence or willful misconduct.
(b) The Fund's refusal or failure to comply with the terms of this
Agreement, or which arise out of the Fund's lack of good faith, negligence or
willful misconduct or which arise out of the breach of any representation or
warranty of the Fund hereunder.
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(c) The reliance on or use by Trust Company or its agents of
information, records and documents which (i) are received by Trust Company or
its agents and furnished to it by or on behalf of the Fund, and (ii) have been
prepared and/or maintained by the Fund or any other person or firm (except Trust
Company) on behalf of the Fund.
(d) The reliance on or the carrying out by Trust Company or its
agents of any written instructions or requests of the Fund or any person acting
on behalf of the Fund.
(e) The offer or sale of Shares in violation of any requirement
under the federal securities laws or regulations, or the securities laws or
regulations of any state that such Shares be registered in such state, or in
violation of any stop order or other determination or ruling by any federal
agency or any state with respect to the offer or sale of such Shares in such
state.
5.02. Trust Company shall indemnify and hold the Fund harmless from and
against any and all losses, damages, costs, charges, counsel fees, payments,
expenses and liabilities arising out of or attributable to Trust Company's
refusal or failure to comply with the terms of this Agreement, or which arise
out of Trust Company's lack of good faith, negligence or willful misconduct or
which arise out of the breach of any representation or warranty of Trust Company
hereunder.
5.03. At any time Trust Company may apply to any officer of the Fund for
instructions, and may consult with legal counsel (which may also be legal
counsel for the Fund) with respect to any matter arising in connection with the
services to be performed by Trust Company under this Agreement, and Trust
Company shall not be liable and shall be indemnified by the Fund for any action
taken or omitted by it in reliance upon such instructions or upon the opinion of
such counsel. Trust Company and its agents shall be protected and indemnified in
acting upon any paper or document furnished by or on behalf of the Fund,
reasonably believed to be genuine and to have been signed by the proper person
or persons, or upon any instruction, information, data, records or documents
provided Trust Company or its agents by telephone, in person, machine-readable
input, telex, CRT data entry or other similar means authorized by the Fund, and
shall not be held to have notice of any change of authority of any person, until
receipt of written notice thereof from the Fund.
5.04. Trust Company may at any time or times in its discretion appoint
(and may at any time remove) another individual, corporation, partnership, trust
or company as its agent to carry out such of the provisions of this Agreement as
Trust Company shall from time to time direct.
5.05. In the event either party is unable to perform its obligations under
the terms of this Agreement because of acts of God, strikes, equipment or
transmission failure or damage reasonably
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beyond its control, or other causes reasonably beyond its control, such party
shall not be liable to the other for any damages resulting from such failure to
perform or otherwise from such causes.
5.06. In order that the indemnification provisions contained in this
Article 5 shall apply, upon the assertion of a claim for which either party may
be required to indemnify the other, the party seeking indemnification shall
promptly notify the other party of such assertion, and shall keep the other
party advised with respect to all developments concerning such claim. The party
who may be required to indemnify shall have the option to participate with the
party seeking indemnification in the defense of such claim. The party seeking
indemnification shall in no case confess any claim or make any compromise in any
case in which the other party may be required to indemnify it except with the
other party's prior written consent.
Article 6. Covenants of the Fund and Trust Company.
6.01. Trust Company hereby agrees to establish and maintain facilities and
procedures reasonably acceptable to the Fund for safekeeping of records and for
the preparation or use, and for keeping account of, such records.
6.02. Trust Company shall at all times maintain insurance coverage which
is reasonable and customary in light of its duties hereunder and its other
obligations and activities, and shall notify the Fund of any changes in its
insurance coverage unless the Fund is covered by the same policy and such change
is also applicable to the Fund.
6.03. Trust Company shall keep records relating to the services to be
performed hereunder, in the form and manner as it may deem advisable.
6.04. Trust Company and the Fund agree that all books, records,
information and data pertaining to the business of the other party which are
exchanged or received pursuant to the negotiation or the carrying out of this
Agreement shall remain confidential, and shall not be voluntarily disclosed to
any other person, except as may be required by law.
6.05. In case of any requests or demands for the inspection of the records
relating to Plan Accounts and Participant accounts with the Fund, Trust Company
will endeavor to notify the Fund and to secure instructions from an authorized
officer of the Fund as to such inspection. Trust Company reserves the right,
however, to exhibit such records to any person whenever it is reasonably advised
by counsel to the Fund that it may be held liable for the failure to exhibit
such records to such person.
6.06. Trust Company acknowledges that the Fund, as a registered investment
company under the Act, is subject to the provisions of the Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder, and
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that the offer and sale of the Fund's Shares are subject to the provisions of
federal and state laws and regulations applicable to the offer and sale of
securities. The Fund acknowledges that Trust Company is not responsible for the
Fund's compliance with such laws, rules and regulations. If the Fund advises
Trust Company that a procedure of Trust Company related to the discharge of its
obligations hereunder has or may have the effect of causing the Fund to violate
any of such laws or regulations, Trust Company shall use its best efforts to
develop an alternative procedure which does not have such effect.
6.07. Trust Company acknowledges to the Fund that, as the offeror of
COMPASS, Trust Company does not act as a plan administrator or as a fiduciary
under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time
to time, with respect to any Plan. Trust Company shall not be responsible for
determining whether the terms of a particular Plan or the Shares of the Fund are
appropriate for the Plan or Participant and does not guarantee the performance
of the Fund.
Article 7. Termination of Agreement.
7.01. This Agreement may be terminated by either party on the last day of
the month next commencing after thirty (30) days written notice to the other
party.
7.02. Upon termination of this Agreement, the Fund shall pay to Trust
Company such fees and expenses as may be due as of the date of such termination.
7.03. Should the Fund exercise its right to terminate this Agreement,
Trust Company reserves the right to charge for any other reasonable expenses
associated with such termination.
Article 8. Additional Series of the Fund.
8.01. Shares of the Fund are of a single class; however, Shares may be
divided into additional series ("Series") that may be established from time to
time by action of the Trustees of the Fund. If the context requires and unless
otherwise specifically provided herein, the term "Fund" as used in this
Agreement shall mean in addition each separate Series currently existing or
subsequently created, and the term "Shares" shall mean all shares of beneficial
interest of the Fund, whether of a single class or divided into separate Series
of the Fund currently existing or hereinafter created.
8.02. In the event that the Fund establishes one or more or additional
Series of Shares in addition to the original Series with respect to which it
desires to have Trust Company render services as recordkeeping agent under the
terms hereof, it shall so notify Trust
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Company in writing, and upon the effectiveness of a registration statement under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to such Series of Shares and
unless Trust Company objects in writing to providing such services, such Series
shall be subject to this Agreement.
8.03. In the event that the Fund suspends the offering of Shares of any
one or more Series, it shall so notify Trust Company in writing to such effect.
Article 9. Assignment.
9.01. Neither this Agreement nor any rights or obligations hereunder may
be assigned by either party without the written consent of the other party.
9.02. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns.
Article 10. Amendment.
10.01. This Agreement may be amended or modified by a written agreement
executed by both parties.
Article 11. Massachusetts Law to Apply.
11.01. This Agreement shall be construed and the provisions thereof
interpreted under and in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
Article 12. Entire Agreement.
12.01. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties
hereto.
Article 13. Correspondence.
13.01. Trust Company will answer correspondence from Administrators
relating to Accounts and such other correspondence as may from time to time be
mutually agreed upon and notify the Fund of any correspondence which may require
an answer from the Fund.
Article 14. Further Actions.
14.01. Each party agrees to perform such further acts and execute such
further documents as are necessary to effectuate the purposes hereof.
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Article 15. Interpretive Provisions.
15.01. In connection with the operation of this Agreement, Trust Company
and the Fund may agree from time to time on such provisions interpretive of or
in addition to the provisions of this Agreement as may in their joint opinion be
consistent with the general tenor of this Agreement. Any such interpretive or
additional provisions are to be signed by the parties and annexed hereto, but no
such provisions shall contravene any applicable federal or state law or
regulation and no such interpretive or additional provision shall be deemed to
be an amendment of this Agreement.
Article 16. Miscellaneous.
16.01. The name Scudder Government Money Fund is the designation of the
Trustees for the time being under a Declaration of Trust dated November 3, 1987,
as amended, and all persons dealing with the Fund must look solely to the Fund
property for the enforcement of any claims against the Fund as neither the
Trustees, officers, agents nor shareholders assume any personal liability for
obligations entered into on behalf of the Fund. No Series of the Fund shall be
liable for any claims against any other Series of the Fund.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed by their officers designated below as of the day and year first above
written.
SCUDDER TRUST COMPANY
BY: /s/ Dennis M. Cronin Jr.
Title: Vice President/Treasurer
SCUDDER GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND
BY: /s/ David S. Lee
Title: President/Trustee
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Exhibit 9(b)(2)
SCUDDER TRUST COMPANY
FEE INFORMATION FOR SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER
COMPASS SERVICE AGREEMENT
Annual maintenance fee for each participant in a retirement and employee benefit
plan:
First Each
Participant Additional
Account Account
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Money Market Funds $28.90 $14.45
Monthly Income Funds 25.00 12.50
Quarterly Distribution Funds 20.40 10.20
Annual Distribution Funds 17.55 8.78
1/12th of the annual maintenance fee shall be charged and payable each month. It
will be charged for any participant who at any time during the month had a
share or unit account balance in the fund.
Out of pocket expense shall be reimbursed by the fund to Scudder Trust Company.
Such expenses include but are not limited to the following:
Supplies:
Paper and envelopes in connection with participant statements and
administrative reports
Telephone (portion allocable to servicing accounts)
Postage, overnight service or similar services
Microfilm
Microfiche
On behalf of the Funds
listed in Attachment A: Scudder Trust Company:
By: /s/ [ILLEGIBLE] By: /s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
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Date January 1, 1990 Date January 1, 1990
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ATTACHMENT A
COMPASS SERVICE AGREEMENT
Money Market Accounts
Scudder Cash Investment Trust
Scudder Government Money Fund
Monthly Income Funds
Scudder GNMA Fund
Scudder International Bond Fund
Scudder short Term Bond Fund
Scudder U.S. Government Zero Coupon Target Portfolios
Quarterly Distribution Funds
Scudder Equity Income Fund
Scudder Growth and Income Fund
Scudder Income Fund
Annual Distribution Funds
Scudder Capital Growth Fund
Scudder Development Fund
Scudder Global Fund
Scudder Gold Fund
Scudder International Fund
January 1, 1990
Coopers & Lybrand
Consent of Independent Accountants
To the Trustees and Shareholders of Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund:
We consent to the incorporation by referecne in Post-Effective Amendment No. 20
to the Registration Statement of Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund on Form N-1A,
of our report dated August 5, 1997 on our audit of the financial statements and
financial highlights of the Scudder U.S. Treasury Money Fund, which report is
included in the Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended June 30, 1997,
which is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
We also consent to the reference to our Firm under the caption, "Experts."
/s/Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
Boston, Massachusetts Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
October 16, 1997
