KIDDER PEABODY PREMIUM ACCOUNT FUND
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Prospectus                                                        August 1, 1995
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                PaineWebber/Kidder, Peabody Premium Account Fund
    1285 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS   NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019   (800) 647-1568
   
PaineWebber/Kidder,  Peabody Premium Account Fund  (the 'Fund') is a diversified
open-end management investment  company whose  investment objective  is to  seek
high  current income, preservation of  capital and liquidity through investments
in  short-term  money  market  instruments.  Shares  of  the  Fund  are  offered
exclusively    to    existing   shareholders    and   shareholders    of   other
PaineWebber/Kidder, Peabody money market funds who may exchange their shares for
shares of the Fund.
    
 
   
An investment  in  the  Fund is  neither  insured  nor guaranteed  by  the  U.S.
Government.  While the Fund seeks to maintain  a stable net asset value of $1.00
per share, there can be no assurance that it will be able to do so.
    
 
The Fund's Trustees have approved a Plan of Distribution pursuant to Rule  12b-1
(the  'Plan of Distribution') pursuant  to which the Fund  pays an annual fee of
 .12% of its daily  net assets to  PaineWebber Incorporated ('PaineWebber').  See
'The Distributor.'
 
   
The  Fund  is  offered primarily  to  participants in  the  PaineWebber Resource
Management Account ('RMA')'r' program. The Fund is also offered to  participants
in  the PaineWebber Business  Services Account ('BSA')'sm'  program. PaineWebber
currently charges an annual $85 account charge for the RMA program including the
Gold Visa card, and the Gold MasterCard without the Bank One Line of Credit. The
fee for RMA clients who choose the  Line of Credit for their Gold MasterCard  is
$125.  The annual account charge for the  BSA program is $125 including the Gold
Visa card, and the MasterCard Business Card without the Bank One Line of Credit.
The fee for  BSA clients  who choose  the Line  of Credit  for their  MasterCard
Business Card is $165.
    
 
This  Prospectus sets forth concisely the information that prospective investors
will find helpful in making an investment decision. Investors are encouraged  to
read this Prospectus and retain it for future reference.
 
Additional  information about  the Fund has  been filed with  the Securities and
Exchange Commission  ('SEC')  in a  Statement  of Additional  Information  dated
August  1,  1995, which  is hereby  incorporated by  reference and  is available
without charge by writing to the address or by calling the number listed  above.
Shareholder inquiries may be directed to the Fund at the above address.
 
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   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.

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                                   FEE TABLE
 
The  purpose of  the Fee Table  is to  assist the investor  in understanding the
various costs and expenses that  an investor in the  Fund will bear directly  or
indirectly.  For  more detailed  information on  these  costs and  expenses, see
'Management of the Fund' and 'The Distributor.'
 
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<S>                                                                                                         <C>
SHAREHOLDER TRANSACTION EXPENSES
Maximum Sales Load Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)..........................          0%
                                                                                                            ----
Maximum Sales Load Imposed on Reinvested Dividends (as a percentage of offering price)...............          0
                                                                                                            ----
Deferred Sales Load (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, as
  applicable)........................................................................................          0
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Redemption Fees (as a percentage of amount redeemed, if applicable)..................................          0
                                                                                                            ----
Exchange Fee.........................................................................................          0
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ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 1995
(as a percentage of average net assets)
Management Fees..................................................................                           0.50%
12b-1 Fees.......................................................................                           0.12
Other Expenses...................................................................                           0.08
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Total Fund Operating Expenses....................................................                           0.70%
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</TABLE>
 
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<CAPTION>
EXAMPLE                                                                    1 YEAR    3 YEARS    5 YEARS    10 YEARS
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<S>                                                                        <C>       <C>        <C>        <C>
A shareholder would pay the  following expenses on a $1,000  investment,
  assuming  (1) a  5% annual return,  (2) an operating  expense ratio of
  .70% and (3) redemption at the end of each time period................     $7        $22        $39         $87
</TABLE>
 
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The amounts  shown in  the  example assume  reinvestment  of all  dividends  and
distributions  and should not  be considered a representation  of past or future
expenses. Actual expenses may be greater  or less than those shown. The  assumed
5%  annual return is hypothetical and  should not be considered a representation
of past or future annual return. The actual return of the Fund may be greater or
less than the assumed return.
 
   
PaineWebber currently charges an annual $85  account charge for the RMA  program
including  the Gold Visa card, and the Gold MasterCard without the Bank One Line
of Credit. The fee for RMA clients who choose the Line of Credit for their  Gold
MasterCard  is  $125. The  annual account  charge  for the  BSA program  is $125
including the Gold Visa card, and the MasterCard Business Card without the  Bank
One  Line of Credit. The fee  for BSA clients who choose  the Line of Credit for
their MasterCard Business Card is $165. The account charges are not included  in
the  table because  certain non-RMA  and non-BSA  participants are  permitted to
purchase shares of the Fund.
    
 
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                                   HIGHLIGHTS
 
   
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<S>                         <C>
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The Fund                    The Fund is a diversified, open-end,  management investment company whose investment  objective
                            is  to seek high current  income, preservation of capital  and liquidity through investments in
                            short-term money market instruments, including securities issued or guaranteed as to  principal
                            and  interest  by  the  U.S.  Government,  its  agencies  or  instrumentalities,  high  quality
                            obligations of  U.S. and  foreign banks,  high  quality commercial  paper, other  high  quality
                            obligations  of corporations and repurchase agreements. PaineWebber currently charges an annual
                            $85 account charge for the  RMA program including the Gold  Visa card, and the Gold  MasterCard
                            without  the Bank One Line of Credit. The fee for RMA clients who choose the Line of Credit for
                            their Gold MasterCard is $125. The annual account charge for the BSA program is $125  including
                            the  Gold Visa card, and the MasterCard Business Card  without the Bank One Line of Credit. The
                            fee for BSA clients who choose the Line of Credit for their MasterCard Business Card is $165.
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Benefits of                 Mutual  funds,  such  as  the  Fund,  are  flexible  investment  tools  that  are  increasingly
Investment                  popular  -- one of four American households now owns  shares of at least one mutual fund -- for
in the                      very sound reasons. The Fund offers investors the following important benefits:
Fund                        Professional Management
                              By pooling the funds of many investors, the Fund enables shareholders to obtain the  benefits
                             of  full-time professional management  and a degree  of diversification of  investment that is
                             beyond the means  of most  investors. The Fund's  investment adviser  reviews the  fundamental
                             characteristics  of far more securities than can  a typical individual investor and may employ
                             portfolio management  techniques that  frequently  are not  used  by an  individual  investor.
                             Additionally,  the larger denominations of securities in  which the Fund invests may result in
                             better overall prices for the investments. See 'Investment Objective and Management Policies.'
                            Transaction Savings
                              By investing  in the  Fund, a  shareholder  is able  to acquire  ownership in  a  diversified
                             portfolio  of securities without paying the higher  transaction costs associated with a series
                             of small securities purchases.
                            Convenience
                              Fund  shareholders  are  relieved  of  the  administrative  and  recordkeeping  burdens   and
                             coordination of maturities normally associated with direct ownership of securities.
                            Quality
                               All securities  in which  the Fund invests  will be  determined to be  of high  quality by a
                             nationally recognized  statistical  rating organization  ('NRSRO'),  or determined  to  be  of
                             comparable  quality  by the  Fund's investment  adviser  acting under  the supervision  of the
                             Trustees if not so  rated, and will also  be determined to present  minimal credit risks.  Any
                             purchase  of unrated securities  or securities that are  rated only by  a single rating agency
                             must be approved or ratified by the Trustees.
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<S>                         <C>
                            Liquidity
                             The Fund's  convenient purchase  and  redemption procedures  provide shareholders  with  ready
                             access  to their money  and reduce the delays  frequently involved in  the direct purchase and
                             sale of securities. See 'Purchase of Shares' and 'Redemption of Shares.'
                            Exchange Privilege
                              Shareholders of the Fund may exchange  all or a portion of  their shares for shares of  other
                             PaineWebber/Kidder, Peabody money market funds. See 'Exchange Privilege.'
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Purchase of                 Shares  of the Fund are offered exclusively  to existing shareholders and shareholders of other
Shares                      PaineWebber/Kidder, Peabody money market funds who may exchange their shares for shares of  the
                            Fund.  The  purchase price  for  shares of  the Fund  is  the net  asset  value per  share next
                            determined after receipt by the  Fund of a purchase order  in proper form. Investors will  have
                            the  free credit cash balances  in the RMA or  BSA account invested in  shares of the Fund. The
                            Fund seeks to maintain  a constant net  asset value of  $1.00 per share,  although there is  no
                            assurance  it will be able to  do so. See 'Purchase of  Shares' and 'Determination of Net Asset
                            Value.'
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Redemption                  Shares of the Fund  may be redeemed  at the Fund's  net asset value  per share next  determined
of Shares                   after  receipt  by the  transfer  agent of  instructions  from PaineWebber  in  accordance with
                            automatic redemption procedures.  See 'Redemption of  Shares' for a  discussion of the  various
                            alternative methods of redeeming shares of the Fund and 'Determination of Net Asset Value.'
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Management                  PaineWebber  serves as investment adviser and administrator  of the Fund and receives an annual
Services                    fee of .50% of  the Fund's average  daily net assets. Mitchell  Hutchins Asset Management  Inc.
                            ('Mitchell  Hutchins') serves as the Fund's sub-adviser and sub-administrator and receives from
                            PaineWebber (not the Fund) 20% of the fee received by PaineWebber from the Fund.
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Distributor                 PaineWebber serves as distributor of the Fund's shares.
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Dividends                   The Fund declares dividends on each day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business of all
                            of its daily net income to shareholders of record. See 'Dividends, Distributions and Taxes.'
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Risk Factors                The Fund may invest in obligations of foreign branches of domestic banks and domestic  branches
                            of  foreign banks,  which may present  certain additional risks.  The Fund may  also enter into
                            repurchase agreements. In the  event the other  party to a  repurchase agreement defaults,  the
                            Fund  may  experience difficulties  and incur  certain costs  in exercising  its rights  to the
                            collateral and  may lose  the interest  it expected  to receive  in respect  of the  repurchase
                            agreement.
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                              FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 

    
   
The financial information for shares of the Fund has been presented in the table
below  for each of  the periods shown.  This information is  supplemented by the
financial statements  and  accompanying notes  appearing  in the  Fund's  Annual
Report  to Shareholders  for the  fiscal year  ended March  31, 1995,  which are
incorporated by  reference into  the Statement  of Additional  Information.  The
financial  statements  and  notes,  as  well as  the  information  in  the table
appearing below,  have  been  audited  by Deloitte  &  Touche  LLP,  independent
auditors, whose report thereon is included in the Annual Report to Shareholders.
    
 
SELECTED DATA FOR A SHARE OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST
  OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH PERIOD IS PRESENTED BELOW:
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<CAPTION>
                                                               FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31,
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                              1986       1987       1988       1989        1990         1991        1992       1993       1994
                            --------   --------   --------   --------   ----------   ----------   --------   --------   --------
 
<S>                         <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>          <C>          <C>        <C>        <C>
Net asset value, beginning
 of year................... $   1.00   $   1.00   $   1.00   $   1.00   $     1.00   $     1.00   $   1.00   $   1.00   $   1.00
 
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT
 OPERATIONS
Net investment income......     0.07       0.06       0.06       0.08         0.08         0.07       0.05       0.03       0.03
 
Distributions to
 Shareholders from
Net investment income......    (0.07)     (0.06)     (0.06)     (0.08)       (0.08)       (0.07)     (0.05)     (0.03)     (0.03)
                            --------   --------   --------   --------   ----------   ----------   --------   --------   --------
Net asset value, end of
 year...................... $   1.00   $   1.00   $   1.00   $   1.00   $     1.00   $     1.00   $   1.00   $   1.00   $   1.00
                            --------   --------   --------   --------   ----------   ----------   --------   --------   --------
                            --------   --------   --------   --------   ----------   ----------   --------   --------   --------
   Total return............     7.67%      5.86%      6.71%      7.68%        8.61%        7.48%      4.90%      2.94%      2.60%
                            --------   --------   --------   --------   ----------   ----------   --------   --------   --------
                            --------   --------   --------   --------   ----------   ----------   --------   --------   --------
 
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets, end of year (in
 thousands)................ $564,065   $833,173   $921,414   $962,911   $1,107,670   $1,198,164   $948,674   $840,354   $876,006
 
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET
 ASSETS
Expenses, including
 distribution fees.........     0.60%      0.58%      0.57%      0.60%        0.68%        0.68%      0.69%      0.70%      0.69%
Net investment income......     7.40%      5.73%      6.40%      7.50%        8.29%        7.24%      4.82%      2.86%      2.57%
 
<CAPTION>
 
                               1995
                             --------
<S>                          <C>
Net asset value, beginning
 of year...................  $   1.00
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT
 OPERATIONS
Net investment income......      0.04
Distributions to
 Shareholders from
Net investment income......     (0.04)
                             --------
Net asset value, end of
 year......................  $   1.00
                             --------
                             --------
   Total return............      4.31%
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RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets, end of year (in
 thousands)................  $645,523
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET
 ASSETS
Expenses, including
 distribution fees.........      0.70%
Net investment income......      4.16%
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                                     YIELD
 
   
The chart below shows the current and effective yields, calculated in accordance
with  rules of the  SEC, and the dollar-weighted  average portfolio maturity for
the seven-day periods ended March 31, 1995 and June 30, 1995.
    
 
   
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<CAPTION>
                                                              MARCH 31, 1995    JUNE 30, 1995
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<S>                                                           <C>               <C>
Current Yield..............................................         5.41%            5.32%
Effective Yield............................................         5.55%            5.47%
Dollar-Weighted Average Portfolio Maturity.................       34 days          46 days
</TABLE>
    
 
     From time to time  the Fund advertises its  'current yield' and  'effective
yield.' Both yield figures are based on historical earnings and are not intended
to  indicate future performance. The  'current yield' of the  Fund refers to the
income generated by  an investment in  the Fund over  a seven-day period  (which
period  will be stated in the  advertisement). This income is then 'annualized.'
That is, the amount of  income generated by the  investment during that week  is
assumed  to be  generated each  week over  a 52-week  period and  is shown  as a
percentage of the investment. The 'effective yield' is calculated similarly but,
when annualized, the income earned by an investment in the Fund is assumed to be
reinvested. The  'effective yield'  will be  slightly higher  than the  'current
yield'  because  of the  compounding effect  of  this assumed  reinvestment. The
Statement of Additional Information describes in more detail the methods used to
calculate the yields of the Fund.
 
     Performance data for the Fund  may, in reports and promotional  literature,
be  compared to:  (i) other  mutual funds  tracked by  IBC/Donoghue's Money Fund
Report and Lipper  Analytical Services, widely  used independent research  firms
which  rank  mutual funds  by  overall performance,  investment  objectives, and
assets, or tracked by  other services, companies,  publications, or persons  who
rank  mutual  funds on  overall performance  or  other criteria;  (ii) unmanaged
indices so that investors may compare the  Fund's results with those of a  group
of  unmanaged securities widely  regarded by investors  as representative of the
securities markets in  general; and  (iii) the Consumer  Price Index  (inflation
measure).  Promotional and advertising literature  also may refer to discussions
of the Fund and comparative mutual fund data and ratings reported in independent
periodicals.
 
                  INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND MANAGEMENT POLICIES
 
The investment objective  of the Fund  is high current  income, preservation  of
capital  and liquidity. The Fund seeks to  achieve its objective by investing in
the following money market instruments:
 
     U.S.  GOVERNMENT  SECURITIES.  Obligations  issued  or  guaranteed  as   to
principal  and interest  by the  U.S. Government  or its  agencies (such  as the
Export - Import Bank of the U.S., Federal Housing Administration and  Government
National  Mortgage Association)  or its  instrumentalities (such  as the Federal
Home Loan Bank, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, Federal Land Bank and Federal
National Mortgage  Association).  Except  for U.S.  Treasury  securities,  these
obligations  may or  may not  be backed by  the 'full  faith and  credit' of the
United States. In the case of securities not backed by the full faith and credit
of the  United  States,  the  Fund  must  look  principally  to  the  agency  or
instrumentality  issuing or guaranteeing the  obligation for ultimate repayment,
and may not be able  to assert a claim against  the United States itself in  the
event the agency or instrumentality does not meet its commitments.
 
     BANK  OBLIGATIONS.  Obligations (including  time deposits,  certificates of
deposit and bankers' acceptances) of domestic banks subject to regulation by the
U.S. Government (including the Board of
 
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Governors  of  the  Federal  Reserve  System,  the  Federal  Deposit   Insurance
Corporation ('FDIC') or the Comptroller of the Currency) and having total assets
of   $1,000,000,000  or  more,   and  repurchase  agreements   secured  by  such
obligations, including obligations of foreign branches of domestic banks.  Fixed
time  deposits, unlike negotiable certificates of deposit, generally do not have
a market and may be subject to penalties for early withdrawal of funds. However,
it is the present policy of the Fund not to invest in fixed time deposits with a
duration of over  seven calendar days.  The Fund  also will not  invest in  time
deposits  with a duration  of from two  business to seven  calendar days if more
than 10% of its assets would be invested in such deposits.
 
     OBLIGATIONS OF  SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS.  Certificates of  deposit of  savings
banks  and savings and loan associations,  having total assets of $1,000,000,000
or more.
 
     FULLY INSURED CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT. Certificates of deposit of  domestic
banks and savings institutions, having total assets of less than $1,000,000,000,
if  the principal amount of the obligation is insured by the FDIC or the Federal
Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation ('FSLIC'), limited to $100,000  principal
amount per certificate per bank and to 5% of the Fund's total assets in all such
obligations.
 
     COMMERCIAL  PAPER.  Commercial  paper  rated the  highest  grade  by either
Standard &  Poor's Ratings  Group  ('S&P') or  Moody's Investors  Service,  Inc.
('Moody's'),  or, if not rated,  issued by a company  having an outstanding debt
issue rated at least AA by S&P or Aa by Moody's.
 
     CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS. Corporate  obligations, including bonds,  debentures
and  notes, rated at least AA by S&P or Aa by Moody's, with remaining maturities
of 397 days or less.
 
     OBLIGATIONS OF FOREIGN BANKS AND INSTITUTIONS. Obligations of foreign banks
and institutions which have  the equivalent credit  ratings of domestic  issues,
including,  but not limited to, Yankee and foreign bank bankers' acceptances and
commercial paper.
 
     Since the Fund's portfolio may  contain obligations of foreign branches  of
domestic banks and domestic branches of foreign banks, an investment in the Fund
involves   certain  additional  risks.  Such  investment  risks  include  future
political and  economic developments,  the  possible imposition  of  withholding
taxes  on interest  income payable  on such  obligations held  by the  Fund, the
possible seizure  or  nationalization  of  foreign  deposits  and  the  possible
establishment  of  exchange  controls  or  other  foreign  governmental  laws or
restrictions which might affect adversely the payment of principal and  interest
on  such obligations held  by the Fund.  The Fund will  not purchase obligations
which Mitchell Hutchins believes,  at the time of  purchase, will be subject  to
exchange  controls or withholding taxes; however, there can be no assurance that
such laws may  not become applicable  to certain of  the Fund's investments.  In
addition,  there may  be less  publicly available  information about  a domestic
branch of a foreign bank than about a domestic bank and such branches may not be
subject to the same accounting,  auditing and financial recordkeeping  standards
and requirements as domestic banks.
 
     VARIABLE  AMOUNT MASTER DEMAND  NOTES. Variable amount  master demand notes
issued by domestic  corporations which, at  the date of  investment, either  (a)
have  an outstanding senior long-term debt issue rated at least Aa by Moody's or
AA by  S&P  or  (b) do  not  have  rated long-term  debt  outstanding  but  have
commercial  paper rated Prime-1 by Moody's or A-1 by S&P. Variable amount master
demand notes  are  obligations  that  permit  the  investment  by  the  Fund  of
fluctuating  amounts  as determined  by the  Fund at  varying rates  of interest
pursuant to direct arrangements  between the Fund  and the issuing  corporation.
Although callable on demand by the Fund, these obligations are not marketable to
third  parties.  Investment  in these  obligations  by  the Fund  is  subject to
continuous
 
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monitoring by  Mitchell Hutchins  of the  borrower's financial  ability to  meet
payment on demand, considering such factors as the borrower's earnings capacity,
cash  flow and  other liquidity ratios.  For purposes of  determining the Fund's
dollar-weighted average portfolio  maturity, the variable  amount master  demand
notes shall be deemed to have maturities of no more than one day.
 
   
     REPURCHASE  AGREEMENTS. The  Fund may  invest without  limit in  any of the
above securities subject  to repurchase  agreements with major  dealers in  U.S.
Government  securities, member banks  of the Federal  Reserve System and foreign
banks and  dealers that  are primary  dealers, which  are selected  by  Mitchell
Hutchins  in accordance with  procedures approved by  the Trustees. A repurchase
agreement is an instrument under which the purchaser (i.e., the Fund) acquires a
debt security and the seller agrees, at the time of the sale, to repurchase  the
obligation  at a  mutually agreed upon  time and price,  thereby determining the
yield during the  purchaser's holding period.  This results in  a fixed rate  of
return  insulated from market fluctuations during such period. The Fund monitors
and requires  that the  value of  such underlying  securities always  equals  or
exceeds  the amount  of the  repurchase obligations  of the  borrower. While the
maturities of the underlying securities in repurchase agreement transactions may
be more than one year, the term of each repurchase agreement will always be less
than one year. The Fund's  risk is limited to the  ability of the seller to  pay
the  agreed  upon  amount on  the  delivery  date. In  the  opinion  of Mitchell
Hutchins, the  risk is  not material;  if the  seller defaults,  the  underlying
security  constitutes collateral for the seller's obligation to pay although the
Fund may  experience difficulties  and  incur certain  costs in  exercising  its
rights  to the collateral  and may lose  the interest it  expected to receive in
respect of the repurchase agreement. Repurchase agreements usually are for short
periods, such as one week or less, but could be longer. The Fund will not  enter
into  repurchase agreements  of more than  one week duration  if, taken together
with illiquid securities  and other securities  for which there  are no  readily
available  quotations, more  than 10%  of its net  assets would  be so invested.
Repurchase agreements are considered to be  loans by the Fund collateralized  by
the underlying securities.
    
 
     ASSET-BACKED  SECURITIES. The Fund may  invest in high quality asset-backed
securities, including  interests  in  pools  of assets  such  as  motor  vehicle
installment purchase obligations and credit card receivables.
 
   
     PORTFOLIO  QUALITY  AND  MATURITY.  The  Fund  maintains  a dollar-weighted
average portfolio maturity of 90 days or less. All securities in which the  Fund
invests  have remaining maturities of 397 days  or less on the date of purchase,
are denominated in U.S. dollars and have  been determined to be of high  quality
by  NRSROs  or  determined  to be  of  comparable  quality if  not  so  rated. A
description of  these  ratings  is  provided  in  the  Statement  of  Additional
Information.  Mitchell Hutchins, acting under  the supervision of and procedures
adopted by the Trustees, will determine that unrated securities purchased by the
Fund are of high quality and will determine that all securities purchased by the
Fund present minimal  credit risks  and any  purchase of  unrated securities  or
securities that are rated only by a single NRSRO will be approved or ratified by
the  Trustees. Mitchell  Hutchins will, under  the supervision  of the Trustees,
cause the Fund to dispose of any security as soon as practicable if the security
is no longer  of high quality,  unless the Trustees  determine that this  action
would  not be in the best interest of the Fund. Purchases of high quality, short
term instruments  may result  in a  lower yield  than instruments  with a  lower
quality or a longer term.
    
 
     CERTAIN   INVESTMENT   RESTRICTIONS.  The   Fund  has   adopted  investment
restrictions which cannot be  changed without the approval  of the holders of  a
majority  of the outstanding  voting securities of  the Fund, as  defined in the
Investment  Company  Act   of  1940,   as  amended  (the   'Act').  Certain   of
 
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these  investment restrictions  are summarized  below. The  restrictions are set
forth in their entirety in the Statement of Additional Information.
 
     These restrictions provide that the Fund  may not (i) borrow money,  except
from  banks  for  temporary  or emergency  purposes,  including  the  meeting of
redemption requests which  might otherwise require  the untimely disposition  of
securities,  or (ii) invest more than 15% of its assets in the securities of any
one bank.  Notwithstanding  the second  of  these restrictions,  to  the  extent
required  by the rules of the SEC, the Fund  will not invest more than 5% of its
assets in the obligations of any one bank.
 
     The investment  objective and  policies  stated above  may not  be  changed
without  the approval  of the  holders of a  majority of  the outstanding voting
securities of the Fund, as  defined in the Act. There  can be no assurance  that
the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
 
     For  further information about  the investment policies of  the Fund and an
explanation of  Moody's  and  S&P  ratings,  see  the  Statement  of  Additional
Information.
 
                             MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND
 
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
 
Overall responsibility for management and supervision of the Fund rests with its
Trustees.  The day-to-day operations of the  Fund are conducted through or under
the direction of its  officers. There are  five members of  the Fund's Board  of
Trustees,  one of whom is employed by Mitchell Hutchins. No officer, director or
employee of Mitchell Hutchins or of any affiliate receives any compensation from
the Fund for  serving as  a Trustee  or officer of  the Fund.  The Statement  of
Additional  Information contains  general background  information regarding each
Trustee and officer of the Fund.
 
MANAGEMENT
 
   
At a special meeting of shareholders on April 13, 1995, shareholders approved  a
new  investment advisory and administration agreement with PaineWebber and a new
sub-advisory  and   sub-administration   agreement   with   Mitchell   Hutchins.
PaineWebber  and Mitchell Hutchins  are located at 1285  Avenue of the Americas,
New York, New  York 10019.  Mitchell Hutchins is  a wholly  owned subsidiary  of
PaineWebber,  which  in turn  is  wholly owned  by  Paine Webber  Group  Inc., a
publicly owned  financial  services  holding  company.  As  of  June  30,  1995,
PaineWebber  or Mitchell Hutchins served as investment adviser or sub-adviser to
41 investment  companies  with  an  aggregate  of  86  separate  portfolios  and
aggregate assets of over $27.9 billion.
    
 
   
     The  Fund  pays the  same fee  for  investment advisory  and administration
services to PaineWebber as previously  paid to Kidder Peabody Asset  Management,
Inc.  ('KPAM'),  the Fund's  predecessor  investment adviser  and administrator.
PaineWebber (not the  Fund) pays Mitchell  Hutchins a fee  for sub-advisory  and
sub-administration  services at the  annual rate of  20% of the  fee received by
PaineWebber from the Fund.
    
 
     Mitchell Hutchins  manages  the Fund's  portfolio  in accordance  with  the
stated  policies of the Fund, makes investment decisions for the Fund and places
the purchase and sale orders  for portfolio transactions. In addition,  Mitchell
Hutchins  pays the salaries  of all officers  and employees who  are employed by
both it and the Fund.
 
     As compensation for PaineWebber's services,  the Fund pays a fee,  computed
daily  and paid monthly, at  an annual rate of .50%  of the Fund's average daily
net assets. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995, the Fund's total  expenses
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time, PaineWebber in its sole discretion may  waive all or a portion of its  fee
and/or reimburse all or a portion of the Fund's operating expenses.
 
     Although  investment  decisions for  the Fund  are made  independently from
those of the  other accounts managed  by Mitchell Hutchins,  investments of  the
type  the Fund may make may also be  made by those other accounts. When the Fund
and one or  more other  accounts managed by  Mitchell Hutchins  are prepared  to
invest  in, or desire to dispose of, the same security, available investments or
opportunities for sales are allocated in a manner believed by Mitchell  Hutchins
to  be equitable to each. In some cases, this procedure may adversely affect the
price paid or  received by  the Fund  or the size  of the  position obtained  or
disposed of by the Fund.
 
     Mitchell   Hutchins   investment   personnel  may   engage   in  securities
transactions  for  their  own  accounts  pursuant  to  a  code  of  ethics  that
establishes   procedures   for   personal   investing   and   restricts  certain
transactions.
 
                             PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS
 
Mitchell Hutchins is responsible  for decisions to buy  and sell securities  for
the  Fund and arranges  for the execution of  portfolio security transactions on
behalf of the  Fund. Purchases of  portfolio securities are  made from  dealers,
underwriters  and issuers; sales, if any, prior to maturity, are made to dealers
and issuers. The Fund does not  normally incur any brokerage commission  expense
on  such transactions. Money market instruments  are generally traded on a 'net'
basis with dealers acting as principal  for their own accounts without a  stated
commission,  although the price of the security usually includes a profit to the
dealer. Securities purchased in underwritten offerings include a fixed amount of
compensation to  the underwriter,  generally referred  to as  the  underwriter's
concession  or discount. When securities are  purchased or sold directly from or
to an issuer,  no commissions or  discounts are paid.  No brokerage  commissions
have been paid to date.
 
                               PURCHASE OF SHARES
 
GENERAL INFORMATION
 
   
The  purchase price for shares of the Fund is the net asset value per share next
determined after  receipt  by the  Fund  of a  purchase  order in  proper  form.
Purchase  orders received before 12:00 noon, Eastern time, for which payment has
been received by PaineWebber will be  executed at that time and the  shareholder
will  receive the dividend declared on  that day. Purchase orders received after
12:00 noon, Eastern time, and purchase  orders received earlier in the same  day
for  which payment has  not been received  by 12:00 noon,  Eastern time, will be
executed at 12:00  noon, Eastern  time, the following  day if  payment has  been
received  by  PaineWebber by  that time,  and the  shareholder will  receive the
dividend declared  on  the  following  day.  There  are  no  minimum  investment
requirements for the Fund.
    
 
AUTOMATIC SWEEP
 
   
Free  credit cash  balances arising  from the  sale of  securities which  do not
settle on the day of  the transaction (such as  most common and preferred  stock
transactions) will be invested in shares of the Fund at their net asset value on
the same business day of receipt of the proceeds in the RMA or BSA account. Free
credit  cash balances arising from the sale of securities settling on a same day
basis and free  credit cash balances  of $1.00  or more arising  from any  other
transactions, such as the placement of
    
 
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cash  or  the  receipt  of  dividends  or  interest  in  such  account,  will be
automatically invested in shares of the Fund on the next business day  following
the day the account is so credited.
 
                              REDEMPTION OF SHARES
 
   
The  Fund is required to  redeem for cash all full  and fractional shares of the
Fund. The redemption  price is  the net asset  value per  share next  determined
after  receipt by PFPC Inc. of  instructions from PaineWebber in accordance with
the  automatic  redemption  procedure  set  forth  below.  If  instructions  are
delivered  to PFPC Inc. prior  to the determination of  net asset value at 12:00
noon, Eastern time, on  any day that  the Fund determines  its net asset  value,
payment  of the redemption proceeds will be  made on the same day the redemption
becomes effective. Shares redeemed  in this manner will  not be entitled to  the
dividend  declared on the day of redemption. Payment for redemption orders, that
are received at  or after 12:00  noon, Eastern time,  will be made  on the  next
business  day  following  the redemption.  Shares  redeemed in  this  manner are
entitled to the dividend declared on the day of redemption.
    
 
   
     Redemptions will be automatically effected by PaineWebber to satisfy  debit
balances  in the RMA  or BSA account  created by activity  therein or to satisfy
debit balances created by  Visa card or MasterCard  purchases, cash advances  or
checks written. Each RMA or BSA account will be automatically scanned for debits
each  day that the New York Stock Exchange  is open for business as of the close
of business on that day, and, after application of any free credit cash balances
in the  account to  such debits,  a sufficient  number of  Fund shares  will  be
redeemed  at 12:00 noon, Eastern time, the following business day to satisfy any
remaining debits in the RMA or BSA account.
    
 
     The total value of a  shareholder's investment in the  Fund at the time  of
redemption  may be more or less than his  or her cost, depending on the value of
the securities held by the Fund at such time and income earned.
 
   
     If a shareholder wishes to redeem Fund shares, the shareholder should first
call the PaineWebber Financial Service Center at (800) 762-1000 to ascertain the
balance in the Fund. The  shareholder may then withdraw  an amount equal to  the
value of such shares, less any charges pending in the RMA or BSA account, in any
of the following ways:
    
 
   
          (a) by writing a check;
    
 
          (b)   by  obtaining  a   cash  advance  from   a  Visa  or  MasterCard
     participating bank or branch  thereof for such amount  (which the bank  may
     limit to $5,000 per account per day);
 
   
          (c) by using the Visa card or MasterCard to make purchases; or
    
 
   
          (d)  by electronic  cash advance  at a  participating automated teller
     machine ('ATM') for  an amount  of not  more than  $1,000 per  transaction,
     subject also to local bank ATM restrictions.
    
 
   
     In  any of the above methods, the Fund share balance at any time is subject
to reduction due to prior debits  against the shareholder's RMA or BSA  account.
Accordingly,  if  payment is  requested through  the check  or the  cash advance
methods and if any other debits are paid by automatic redemption of Fund  shares
prior  to the time  the check or  cash advance charge  is presented for payment,
then the Fund share balance will be reduced. If so, payment of the check or cash
advance may be paid in part from the margin loan value of the RMA or BSA account
or may result in an overdraft.
    
 
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     Both PaineWebber and  Bank One have  the right to  terminate a  PaineWebber
account for any reason. In such event, all Fund shares held in the shareholder's
RMA  or BSA account will  be redeemed and the  proceeds sent to the shareholders
within seven days.
    
 
CONFIRMATIONS
 
All purchases and redemptions of Fund shares and dividend reinvestments will  be
confirmed  to the shareholder in the  PaineWebber transaction statement which is
sent to all participants monthly.
 
                               EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE
 
   
Shares of  the  Fund  may  be  exchanged  for  shares  of  the  following  other
PaineWebber/Kidder,  Peabody money market  funds, to the  extent such shares are
offered for sale in the shareholder's state of residence:
    
 
   
           PaineWebber/Kidder, Peabody California Tax Exempt Money Fund
           PaineWebber/Kidder, Peabody Cash Reserve Fund, Inc.
           PaineWebber/Kidder, Peabody Government Money Fund, Inc.
           PaineWebber/Kidder, Peabody Municipal Money Market
            Series -- Connecticut Series
           PaineWebber/Kidder, Peabody  Municipal  Money Market  Series  --  New
            Jersey Series
           PaineWebber/Kidder, Peabody Municipal Money Market Series -- New York
            Series
           PaineWebber/Kidder, Peabody Tax Exempt Money Fund, Inc.
    
 
     Although  the Fund currently  imposes no limit  on the number  of times the
Exchange Privilege may be exercised by any shareholder, the Fund may impose such
limits in the future,  in accordance with applicable  provisions of the Act  and
rules  thereunder.  In addition,  the Exchange  Privilege  may be  terminated or
revised at any time upon 60 days' prior written notice to Fund shareholders, and
is available only to residents of states in which exchanges are permitted  under
state  law. The exchange of shares of one  fund for shares of another is treated
for federal income tax purposes as a sale of the shares given in exchange by the
shareholder, so that a shareholder  may recognize a taxable  gain or loss on  an
exchange,  although  a  shareholder's  losses may  be  limited.  See 'Dividends,
Distributions and Taxes.'
 
     Upon receipt of proper instructions and all necessary supporting documents,
Fund shares submitted for exchange are redeemed at their current net asset value
next determined  and  simultaneously  invested  in  shares  of  the  fund  being
acquired.  Settlement of  the exchange  would generally  occur one  business day
after the date on which  the request for exchange  was received in proper  form,
unless  the dollar amount of the transaction  exceeds 5% of the Fund's total net
assets on  any given  day, in  which case,  settlement would  occur within  five
business  days after the date on which  the request for exchange was received in
proper form. The proceeds of a redemption of Fund shares made to facilitate  the
exchange  of those shares for  shares of another fund must  be equal to at least
(1) the minimum initial  investment requirement imposed by  the fund into  which
the  exchange is being  sought if the  shareholder seeking the  exchange has not
previously invested  in  that fund  or  (2) the  minimum  subsequent  investment
requirement  imposed by the fund into which  the exchange is being sought if the
shareholder has previously made an investment in that fund.
 
     A shareholder of the Fund wishing to exercise the Exchange Privilege should
obtain from PaineWebber a copy of the current prospectus of the fund into  which
an  exchange is being sought and  review that prospectus carefully before making
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any exchange request at any time. Prior to or concurrently with the delivery  of
a confirmation of a shareholder's exchange transaction, PaineWebber will deliver
to that shareholder a copy of the prospectus of the fund into which the exchange
is being made.
 
                                THE DISTRIBUTOR
 
   
PaineWebber  acts as distributor of the Fund's shares pursuant to a Distribution
Agreement dated April  13, 1995. To  reimburse PaineWebber for  the services  it
provides  and for  the expenses it  bears under the  Distribution Agreement, the
Fund adopted a Plan of Distribution under the Act. The Plan of Distribution  was
most recently amended by the Board of Directors of the Fund on December 16, 1994
to  substitute therein  the name  of the  new distributor,  PaineWebber, for the
former distributor, Kidder, Peabody & Co. Incorporated ('Kidder Peabody').
    
 
   
     The Plan of Distribution provides  that the Fund reimburse PaineWebber  its
expenses for distribution of the Fund's shares a fee at the annual rate of up to
 .12% of the Fund's average daily net assets. The expenses that may be reimbursed
include,  but are  not limited  to, compensation  to and  expenses of Investment
Executives  and  other  employees  of  PaineWebber  who  engage  in  or  support
distribution  of the Fund's  shares or who service  shareholder accounts and the
preparation, printing  and  distribution  of sales  literature  and  advertising
materials.  PaineWebber anticipates that the  amount of expenses reimbursed will
not exceed the amount of expenses incurred by PaineWebber and that there will be
no carry  over of  expenses  from one  year  to the  next.  The expenses  to  be
reimbursed are for activities primarily intended to result in the sale of shares
of  the  Fund  and  the  maintenance  of  Fund  accounts  and  account balances.
PaineWebber currently intends that  approximately .10% per  annum of the  Fund's
average   daily  net   assets  will  be   paid  to   its  investment  executives
proportionately in respect of Fund share balances maintained by their respective
clients and the balance on other activities. For the fiscal year ended March 31,
1995, the Fund reimbursed  .12% of its average  daily net assets to  PaineWebber
and Kidder Peabody.
    
 
   
     Pursuant  to  the Plan  of  Distribution, PaineWebber  provides  the Fund's
Trustees, at least  quarterly, with  a written  report of  the amounts  expended
under  the  Plan of  Distribution.  The report  includes  an itemization  of the
distribution expenses incurred  by PaineWebber  on behalf  of the  Fund and  the
purpose  of  such  expenditures.  In  their  quarterly  review  of  the  Plan of
Distribution, the Trustees consider its continued appropriateness and the  level
of  compensation provided  therein. For  the fiscal  year ended  March 31, 1995,
PaineWebber and Kidder Peabody  incurred distribution expenses of  approximately
$2.6  million  of which  approximately  $948,000 was  recovered  in the  form of
reimbursements made by the  Fund to PaineWebber and  Kidder Peabody at the  rate
provided in the Plan of Distribution.
    
 
     The  Plan of Distribution remains in effect for as long as such continuance
is approved annually  by vote  of the Trustees,  including a  majority of  those
Trustees  who are  not interested  persons and  who have  no direct  or indirect
financial interest in the Plan of Distribution ('Rule 12b-1 Trustees'), cast  in
person at a meeting called for such purpose. The Plan of Distribution may not be
amended to increase materially the amount to be spent for the services described
therein  without  approval of  the shareholders  of the  Fund, and  all material
amendments of the Plan of Distribution must also be approved by the Trustees  in
the  manner described above. The  Plan of Distribution may  be terminated at any
time by vote of a majority of the  Rule 12b-1 Trustees as described above or  by
vote  by the holders of  a majority of the  outstanding voting securities of the
Fund, as defined in the Act. So long  as the Plan of Distribution is in  effect,
the  election and nomination of  Trustees who are not  interested persons of the
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persons. The  Trustees have  determined  that, in  their  judgment, there  is  a
reasonable  likelihood that the  Plan of Distribution benefits  the Fund and its
shareholders.
 
                       DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES
 
   
The Fund declares dividends on each day the New York Stock Exchange is open  for
business of all of its daily net income to shareholders of record. Dividends are
declared  daily and paid monthly and  automatically are reinvested in additional
shares of the Fund at the net asset value per share determined on that day.
    
 
     Net income, for dividend purposes, includes accrued interest and  accretion
of  original issue or  market discount, less amortization  of market premium and
the estimated expenses  of the Fund.  Net income is  calculated and  distributed
immediately prior to the determination of net asset value per share of the Fund.
Each  shareholder  receives from  PaineWebber a  monthly summary  of his  or her
account, including information as to dividends reinvested.
 
     The Trustees may revise the above dividend policy, or postpone the  payment
of  dividends,  if  the Fund  should  have  or anticipate  any  large unexpected
expense, loss or fluctuation in net assets which in the opinion of the  Trustees
might  have a significant adverse effect on shareholders. In order to maintain a
constant $1 per  share net asset  value, it  is possible that  the Trustees  may
direct  that the number  of outstanding shares be  reduced in each shareholder's
account. The adjustment may result in taxable income to a shareholder in  excess
of the dividends reflected in a shareholder's account as of the end of a period.
The shareholder's basis in the shares of the Fund may be adjusted to reflect the
difference  between taxable  income and  dividends reflected  in a shareholder's
account after such adjustment. Such difference may be realized as a capital loss
when the shares are liquidated.
 
     The Fund qualified as a 'regulated investment company' for the fiscal  year
ended  March 31, 1995 and intends to remain qualified under the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as  amended (the 'Code'). As  a regulated investment company,  the
Fund  pays no Federal income tax on its income and gains which it distributes to
shareholders, provided the Fund distributes at  least 90% of its net  investment
income and net short-term capital gains for each year.
 
     Dividends   of  net  investment  income  (i.e.,  interest  income,  net  of
expenses), and  distribution of  net  short-term capital  gains are  taxable  to
shareholders  as ordinary income, whether paid in cash or shares. Dividends paid
by  the  Fund  will  not  qualify  for  the  dividends  received  deduction  for
corporations  because the  Fund's income will  not consist of  dividends paid by
U.S. corporations. Distributions  of net  long-term capital gains,  if any,  are
taxable  to shareholders as long-term capital  gains regardless of the length of
time a shareholder has held his shares.
 
     Any gain or loss  realized upon a  sale or redemption of  Fund shares by  a
shareholder  who is  not a  dealer in  securities will  generally be  treated as
long-term capital gain or loss  if the shares have been  held for more than  one
year,  and otherwise as short-term capital gain  or loss. Any loss realized by a
shareholder on the sale or redemption of Fund shares held for six months or less
will be treated as a long-term capital  loss, however, to the extent of any  net
long-term capital gain distributions received by the shareholder with respect to
those  shares. Any loss realized on a  sale, redemption or exchange of shares of
the Fund  by a  shareholder will  be disallowed  to the  extent the  shares  are
replaced  within a  61-day period (beginning  30 days before  the disposition of
shares). Shares  purchased  pursuant to  the  reinvestment of  a  dividend  will
constitute a replacement of shares.
 
     The Fund may be required to withhold U.S. Federal income tax at the rate of
31%  ('backup withholding') of all taxable distributions payable to shareholders
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their correct taxpayer identification number or to make required certifications,
or who have been notified by the Internal Revenue Service that they are  subject
to  backup withholding. Corporate shareholders  and other shareholders specified
in the Code are exempt from  such backup withholding. Backup withholding is  not
an  additional tax. Any amounts withheld may be credited against a shareholder's
U.S. Federal income tax liability.
 
     Dividends of net investment income made to a non-resident alien individual,
a foreign  trust or  estate,  foreign corporation,  or foreign  partnership  not
engaged  in a  trade or business  in the United  States will be  subject to U.S.
withholding tax at the rate of 30% (or lower treaty rate) upon the gross  amount
of the dividend.
 
     Statements  as  to  the  tax status  of  each  shareholder's  dividends and
distributions are mailed  annually to  shareholders. Shareholders  are urged  to
consult their own tax advisors regarding specific questions as to Federal, state
or local taxes.
 
                        DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE
 
Net  asset value is determined daily at 12:00 noon, Eastern time, Monday through
Friday, except that net asset value is not computed on a day in which no  orders
to purchase, sell, exchange or redeem Fund shares have been received, any day on
which  there is not  sufficient trading in the  Fund's portfolio securities that
the Fund's net asset value per share might be materially affected by changes  in
the  value of such portfolio  securities or on days on  which the New York Stock
Exchange is not open for trading.
 
     The Fund's net asset value per share  is computed by dividing the value  of
the  net assets of the Fund (i.e., the  value of its assets less liabilities) by
the total number of shares outstanding. Expenses and fees of the Fund, including
PaineWebber's fee, are accrued daily and  taken into account for the purpose  of
determining net asset value. It is the policy of the Fund to attempt to maintain
a  net asset  value of $1.00  per share  for purposes of  sales and redemptions;
accordingly, the Fund employs the amortized cost method of valuing its portfolio
securities. The  Fund  anticipates  that  any  fluctuations  in  value  will  be
reflected  in the daily dividend  or in the number  of outstanding shares in the
shareholder's account rather than in the per share dollar value. There can be no
assurance that the Fund  will always be  able to maintain  a constant net  asset
value of $1.00 per share.
 
     The  amortized cost method of valuation  involves valuing a security at its
cost at the  time of purchase  and thereafter assuming  a constant accretion  or
amortization to maturity of any discount or premium, respectively, regardless of
the  impact of fluctuating interest rates on the market value of the instrument.
While this method  provides certainty  in valuation,  it may  result in  periods
during which value, as determined by amortized cost, is higher or lower than the
price  the Fund would receive if  it sold the instrument. Additional information
concerning the amortized cost method and certain conditions imposed upon its use
is contained in the Statement of Additional Information.
 
            CUSTODIAN AND DIVIDEND, TRANSFER AND RECORDKEEPING AGENT
 
Investors Fiduciary Trust Company ('IFTC'),  127 West 10th Street, Kansas  City,
Missouri  64105, serves as the Fund's custodian.  PFPC Inc., a subsidiary of PNC
Bank, National Association,  whose principal  address is  400 Bellevue  Parkway,
Wilmington,  Delaware  19809,  serves  as  the  Fund's  dividend,  transfer  and
recordkeeping agent. As custodian,  IFTC is responsible for  the custody of  all
Fund  securities.  As dividend  agent, PFPC  Inc.  is responsible  for crediting
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accounts; as  transfer  agent,  it  maintains  the  Fund's  official  record  of
shareholders;  and as recordkeeping  agent, it maintains  certain accounting and
financial records of the Fund.
 
                        COUNSEL AND INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
Sullivan & Cromwell, 125 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004, is counsel  for
the  Fund. Deloitte & Touche LLP, Two World Financial Center, New York, New York
10281, has been selected as independent auditors of the Fund.
 
                               SHARES OF THE FUND
 
The Fund was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on January 13, 1982.
 
     The Trustees may issue an unlimited number of full and fractional shares of
a single class  and to divide  or combine the  shares into a  greater or  lesser
number of shares without thereby changing the proportionate beneficial interests
in  the Fund. Upon liquidation  of the Fund, shareholders  are entitled to share
pro  rata  in  the  net  assets  of  the  Fund  available  for  distribution  to
shareholders.  Shares have no preemptive or conversion rights and are fully paid
and non-assessable.
 
   
     In the interest of economy  and convenience, certificates representing  the
Fund's  shares are not physically  issued. PFPC Inc. maintains  a record of each
shareholder's ownership.
    
 
     The shareholders of  the Fund are  entitled to  a full vote  for each  full
share  held. The Fund is  not required to hold  annual meetings of shareholders,
however, the Trustees may  call special meetings of  shareholders for action  by
shareholder  vote as may be required by the Act or the Declaration of Trust (the
'Declaration').
 
     The Declaration establishing the  Fund provides that the  name of the  Fund
refers  to the Trustees under the  Declaration collectively as Trustees, but not
as individuals or personally; and no Trustee, shareholder, officer, employee  or
agent  of such Fund shall be held to any personal liability, nor shall resort be
had to their private property for the satisfaction of any obligation or claim or
otherwise in connection with the affairs of  the Fund but the Trust Estate  only
shall be liable. For more information on the Fund's shares and organization as a
Massachusetts business trust, see the Statement of Additional Information.
 
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   No person has been authorized to give any information or to make any
   representations not contained in this Prospectus or in the Fund's
   Statement of Additional Information incorporated herein by reference
   in connection with the offering made by this Prospectus, and, if
   given or made, such other information or representations must not be
   relied upon as having been authorized by the Fund or its
   distributor. This Prospectus does not constitute an offering by the
   Fund or by its distributor in any jurisdiction in which such
   offering may not lawfully be made.
 
   
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Fee Table                                              2
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Highlights                                             3
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Financial Highlights                                   5
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Yield                                                  6
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Investment Objective and
  Management Policies                                  6
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Management of the Fund                                 9
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Portfolio Transactions                                10
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Purchase of Shares                                    10
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Redemption of Shares                                  11
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Exchange Privilege                                    12
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The Distributor                                       13
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Dividends, Distributions
  and Taxes                                           14
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Determination of Net Asset Value                      15
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Custodian and Dividend, Transfer
  and Recordkeeping Agent                             15
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Counsel and Independent Auditors                      16
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Shares of the Fund                                    16
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</TABLE>
    
 
   Although the Fund attempts to maintain a constant net asset value of
   $1.00 per share, as with any investment in securities, the value of
   a shareholder's investment in the Fund may fluctuate.
  
                                   PaineWebber/
                                        Kidder,
                                        Peabody
                                        Premium
                                        Account
                                           Fund
 
      Prospectus
      August 1, 1995


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Statement of Additional Information                               August 1, 1995
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                PaineWebber/Kidder, Peabody Premium Account Fund
    1285 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS   NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019   (800) 647-1568
PaineWebber/Kidder,  Peabody Premium Account Fund  (the 'Fund') is a diversified
open-end  management  investment  company   that  seeks  high  current   income,
preservation  of capital and liquidity. This Statement of Additional Information
relating to the Fund is not a prospectus and should be read in conjunction  with
the  Fund's prospectus. A copy of the Fund's prospectus can be obtained from the
Fund. The date of the  prospectus to which this  Statement relates is August  1,
1995.
 
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               INVESTMENT ADVISER, ADMINISTRATOR AND DISTRIBUTOR
                            PaineWebber Incorporated
                       SUB-ADVISER AND SUB-ADMINISTRATOR
                    Mitchell Hutchins Asset Management Inc.
 
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                       INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES
 
The following information supplements and should be read in conjunction with the
section  in the Fund's prospectus  entitled 'Investment Objective and Management
Policies.'
 
ASSET-BACKED AND RECEIVABLE-BACKED SECURITIES
 
The Fund may  invest in asset-backed  and receivable-backed securities.  Several
types  of  asset-backed and  receivable-backed securities  have been  offered to
investors, including 'Certificates for Automobile Receivables' ('CARs'sm'')  and
interests  in  pools  of  credit card  receivables. CARs'sm' represent undivided
fractional interests in a trust, the assets of which consist of a pool of  motor
vehicle  retail  installment  sales  contracts  and  security  interests  in the
vehicles securing the contracts.
 
     Payments of principal and interest on CARs'sm' are passed  through  monthly
to  certificate  holders  and are  guaranteed  up to certain  amounts  and for a
certain  time  period by a letter of credit  issued by a  financial  institution
unaffiliated  with the trustee or originator of the trust. An investor's  return
on CARs'sm' may be affected by early  prepayment of principal on the  underlying
vehicle sales contracts.  If the letter of credit is exhausted,  the Fund may be
prevented  from  realizing  the full amount due on a sales  contract  because of
state  law  requirements  and  restrictions  relating  to  foreclosure  sales of
vehicles and the  availability  of deficiency  judgments  following  such sales,
because of depreciation, damage or loss of a vehicle, because of the application
of federal and state  bankruptcy  and  insolvency  laws or other  factors.  As a
result,  certificate  holders may experience  delays in payment if the letter of
credit  is  exhausted.  Consistent  with the  Fund's  investment  objective  and
policies  and,  subject to the review and approval of the Fund's  Trustees,  the
Fund  also may  invest  in other  types of  asset-backed  and  receivable-backed
securities.
 
INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
 
The Fund  has  adopted the  following  investment restrictions  and  fundamental
policies  which  are not  described  in their  entirety  in the  prospectus, and
accordingly are set forth  below. These restrictions  cannot be changed  without
approval  by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund, as
defined in  the Investment  Company Act  of 1940,  as amended  (the 'Act').  See
'Additional Information.'
 
     The Fund may not:
 
          1. Purchase any common stocks or other equity securities.
 
          2.  Borrow  money,  except  from  banks  for  temporary  or  emergency
     purposes,  including  the  meeting  of  redemption  requests  which   might
     otherwise  require the untimely disposition of securities. Borrowing in the
     aggregate may not exceed 20%, and borrowing for purposes other than meeting
     redemptions may not  exceed 5%,  of the value  of the  Fund's total  assets
     (including the amount borrowed), less liabilities (not including the amount
     borrowed) at the time the borrowing is made; investment securities will not
     be purchased while borrowings are outstanding.
 
          3.  Make  loans  to  others,  except  through  the  purchase  of  debt
     obligations, loans of  portfolio securities referred  to below and  through
     repurchase   agreements  referred   to  under   'Investment  Objective  and
     Management Policies' in the Fund's prospectus, provided that the Fund  will
     not  enter into  repurchase agreements of  more than one  week duration if,
 
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     together with illiquid securities and other securities for which there  are
     no  readily available market quotations, more  than 10% of its assets would
     be so invested. Loans  of portfolio securities will  not exceed 10% of  the
     value of the Fund's total assets.
 
          4.  Purchase  or  sell real  estate;  however, the  Fund  may purchase
     marketable securities issued by  companies which invest  in real estate  or
     interests therein.
 
          5. Purchase securities on margin or sell short.
 
          6.  Purchase or  sell commodities  or commodity  futures contracts, or
     oil, gas or mineral exploration or development programs.
 
          7. Purchase any securities that are illiquid if, as a result  thereof,
     more than 10% of the Fund's net assets would be so invested.
 
          8. Underwrite securities of other issuers.
 
          9.  Purchase  warrants,  or  write,  purchase  or  sell  puts,  calls,
     straddles, spreads or combinations thereof.
 
          10. Participate  on  a  joint  or  joint  and  several  basis  in  any
     securities trading account.
 
          11.  Purchase  the  securities  of  any  other  registered  investment
     company, except in connection with a merger, consolidation,  reorganization
     or acquisition of assets.
 
          12.  Purchase securities of  any issuer for  the purpose of exercising
     control or management.
 
          13. Invest more than 15%  of its assets in  the securities of any  one
     bank  or purchase any  securities (other than  obligations or securities of
     (i) domestic banks and  savings institutions subject  to regulation of  the
     United  States  Government or  (ii) the  United  States Government,  or its
     agencies or instrumentalities)  if, immediately after  such purchase,  more
     than  5%  of the  value of  the Fund's  total assets  would be  invested in
     securities of  any  one  issuer,  or  more  than  10%  of  the  outstanding
     securities  of one issuer would be owned  by the Fund (for this purpose all
     indebtedness of an  issuer shall  be deemed  a single  class of  security).
     Notwithstanding  the foregoing, to the extent  required by the rules of the
     Securities and Exchange Commission  (the 'SEC'), the  Fund will not  invest
     more than 5% of its assets in the obligations of any one bank.
 
          14.  Purchase any securities, other than obligations of domestic banks
     and savings  institutions  subject  to  regulation  of  the  United  States
     Government  or  of  the  United  States  Government,  or  its  agencies  or
     instrumentalities, if, immediately  after such purchase,  more than 25%  of
     the value of the Fund's total assets would be invested in the securities of
     issuers  in  the  same industry;  however,  there  is no  limitation  as to
     investments in  the  obligations of  such  banks and  savings  institutions
     (excluding foreign branches thereof) or in obligations issued or guaranteed
     by the United States Government or its agencies or instrumentalities.
 
          15.  Invest in securities  of any issuer  if, to the  knowledge of the
     Fund, any officer,  Trustee or director  of the Fund  or of the  Investment
     Adviser  and  Administrator owns  more than  1/2 of  1% of  the outstanding
     securities of such issuer and such officers, Trustees and directors who own
     more than 1/2 of 1%  own in the aggregate more  than 5% of the  outstanding
     securities of such issuer.
 
     If  a percentage  restriction is  adhered to at  the time  of investment, a
later increase or decrease  in percentage resulting from  a change in values  of
portfolio  securities or amount of net assets will not be considered a violation
of any of the foregoing restrictions.
 
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                              PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
 
Although the Fund will generally not seek profits through short-term trading, it
may dispose of any portfolio security prior to its maturity if, on the basis  of
a   revised  credit  evaluation   of  the  issuer   or  other  circumstances  or
considerations, it believes such disposition advisable.
 
     The Fund may have a high portfolio turnover due to the short maturities  of
securities  purchased, but this should  not affect income or  net asset value as
brokerage commissions are not normally charged on the purchase or sale of  money
market instruments.
 
     Subject  to  investment  restriction  number 3  above,  the  Fund  may lend
portfolio securities  to brokers,  dealers and  financial institutions  provided
that  the borrower at all times maintains cash or equivalent collateral, secures
a letter of  credit in favor  of the Fund  or otherwise secures  the loan in  an
amount  equal to  at least 100%  of the  market value of  the securities loaned.
While such securities are  on loan, the  borrower will pay  the Fund any  income
accruing  thereon,  and the  Fund may  invest any  cash collateral  in portfolio
securities, thereby  earning  additional income.  The  Fund will  not  lend  its
portfolio  securities if such loans are not permitted by the laws or regulations
of any state in which its shares are  qualified for sale and will not lend  more
than  10% of the value of its total  assets. Loans are subject to termination by
the Fund  in the  normal settlement  time, currently  five business  days  after
notice,  or by  the borrower  on one day's  notice. Borrowed  securities must be
returned when the loan is  terminated. Any gain or loss  in the market price  of
the  borrowed securities which occurs during the  term of the loan inures to the
Fund and  its shareholders.  The  Fund may  pay reasonable  finders,  borrowers,
administrative,  and custodial fees  in connection with a  loan. In addition, in
connection  with  loans  of   portfolio  securities,  Mitchell  Hutchins   Asset
Management Inc. ('Mitchell Hutchins') will consider all facts and circumstances,
including  the creditworthiness of the  borrowing financial institution, and the
Fund will not make any loans in excess of one year.
 
     The Fund  attempts  to  balance  its  objective  of  high  current  income,
preservation  of capital  and liquidity  by investing  in securities  of varying
maturities and  risks. As  a result,  the  Fund may  not necessarily  invest  in
securities  with  the  highest available  yield.  The  Fund will  not  invest in
securities that mature  in more than  397 days  from the date  of purchase.  The
amounts  invested in obligations of various maturities  of 397 days or less will
depend on management's  evaluation of  the risks  involved. Longer-term  issues,
while   generally  paying  higher   interest  rates,  are   subject  to  greater
fluctuations in  value resulting  from general  changes in  interest rates  than
shorter-term issues. Thus, when rates on new debt securities increase, the value
of  outstanding securities  may decline, and  vice versa. Such  changes may also
occur, but  to  a lesser  degree,  with  short-term issues.  These  changes,  if
experienced,  may cause  fluctuations in the  amount of daily  dividends and, in
extreme cases, could cause the net asset value per share to decline. Longer-term
issues also  increase  the  risk  that  the issuer  may  be  unable  to  pay  an
installment  of  interest  or  principal  at maturity.  Also,  in  the  event of
unusually large redemption  demands, such securities  may have to  be sold at  a
loss  prior  to maturity,  or  the Fund  might have  to  borrow money  and incur
interest expenses. Either occurrence would adversely impact the amount of  daily
dividends  and could result in  a decline in daily net  asset value per share or
the reduction  by the  Fund of  the number  of shares  held in  a  shareholder's
account.  The  Fund  will  attempt  to  minimize  these  risks  by  investing in
longer-term securities (while  maintaining a dollar  weighted average  portfolio
maturity  of 90 days or less) when  it appears to management that interest rates
on such securities are not likely to increase substantially during the period of
expected holding, and then only in
 
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securities of high quality which are  readily marketable. However, there can  be
no  assurance  the Fund  will  be successful  in  achieving this  objective. See
'Determination of Net Asset Value.'
 
                             MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND
 
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
 
Trustees and  officers  of the  Fund,  together  with information  as  to  their
principal business occupations during the last five years, are shown below. Each
Trustee  who is an  'interested person' of the  Fund, as defined  in the Act, is
indicated by an asterisk.
 
     David J. Beaubien, 60, Trustee.  Chairman of Yankee Environmental  Systems,
Inc.,  manufacturer of  meteorological measuring  instruments. Director  of IEC,
Inc.,  manufacturer  of  electronic   assemblies,  Belfort  Instruments,   Inc.,
manufacturer  of  environmental instruments,  and  Oriel Corp.,  manufacturer of
optical instruments. Prior to January 1991, Senior Vice President of EG&G, Inc.,
a company  that makes  and  provides a  variety  of scientific  and  technically
oriented  products and  services. Mr.  Beaubien is a  director or  trustee of 13
other  investment  companies   for  which  Mitchell   Hutchins  or   PaineWebber
Incorporated ('PaineWebber') serves as investment adviser.
 
     William  W.  Hewitt,  Jr.,  66,  Trustee.  Trustee  of  The  Guardian Asset
Allocation Fund, The Guardian Baillie  Gifford International Fund, The  Guardian
Bond  Fund, Inc., The Guardian Cash Fund, Inc., The Guardian Park Ave. Fund, The
Guardian Stock Fund, Inc., The Guardian  Cash Management Trust and The  Guardian
U.S.  Government  Trust.  Mr.  Hewitt  is a  director  or  trustee  of  13 other
investment companies  for  which  Mitchell Hutchins  or  PaineWebber  serves  as
investment adviser.
 
     Thomas R. Jordan, 66, Trustee. Principal of The Dilenschneider Group, Inc.,
a  corporate communications and public policy  counseling firm. Prior to January
1992, Senior Vice President  of Hill & Knowlton,  a public relations and  public
affairs  firm. Prior to April 1991, President  of The Jordan Group, a management
consulting and strategies development firm. Mr. Jordan is a director or  trustee
of  12 other  investment companies  for which  Mitchell Hutchins  or PaineWebber
serves as investment adviser.
 
     *Frank P. L. Minard, 50,  Trustee. Chairman of Mitchell Hutchins,  chairman
of the board of Mitchell Hutchins Institutional Investors Inc. and a director of
PaineWebber. Prior to 1993, managing director of Oppenheimer Capital in New York
and  Director of Oppenheimer Capital Ltd. in London. Mr. Minard is a director or
trustee of  27  other  investment  companies  for  which  Mitchell  Hutchins  or
PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     Carl  W.  Schafer, 59,  Trustee. President  of  the Atlantic  Foundation, a
charitable foundation supporting mainly oceanographic exploration and  research.
Director  of International Agritech Resources,  Inc., an agribusiness investment
and consulting firm, Ardic Exploration and Development Ltd. and Hidden Lake Gold
Mines Ltd., gold mining companies, Electronic Clearing House, Inc., a  financial
transactions  processing  company,  Wainoco  Oil  Corporation  and BioTechniques
Laboratories, Inc.,  an agricultural  biotechnology  company. Prior  to  January
1993, chairman of the Investment Advisory Committee of the Howard Hughes Medical
Institute  and director of Ecova Corporation,  a toxic waste treatment firm. Mr.
Schafer is a  director or  trustee of 12  other investment  companies for  which
Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
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     Margo N. Alexander, 48, President. President, chief executive officer and a
director  of  Mitchell  Hutchins.  Prior  to  January  1995,  an  executive vice
president of  PaineWebber.  Ms.  Alexander  is  also  a  trustee  of  one  other
investment  company and  president of  38 other  investment companies  for which
Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.

     Teresa  M.   Boyle,  36,   Vice  President.   First  vice   president   and
manager -- advisory administration of Mitchell Hutchins. Prior to November 1993,
compliance  manager of Hyperion Capital Management, Inc., an investment advisory
firm. Prior to April 1993, a vice president and manager -- legal  administration
of  Mitchell Hutchins. Ms. Boyle is also a vice president of 38 other investment
companies for  which  Mitchell  Hutchins or  PaineWebber  serves  as  investment
adviser.
 
     Scott  H. Griff, 29, Vice President and Assistant Secretary. Vice president
and attorney of Mitchell  Hutchins. Prior to January  1995, an associate at  the
law  firm  of Cleary,  Gottlieb,  Steen &  Hamilton. Mr.  Griff  is also  a vice
president and assistant  secretary of  12 other investment  companies for  which
Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
   
     C.  William Maher, 34, Vice President and Assistant Treasurer. Mr. Maher is
a first  vice  president and  the  senior  manager of  the  Fund  Administration
Division  of Mitchell Hutchins. Mr. Maher is also a vice president and assistant
treasurer of  38  other investment  companies  for which  Mitchell  Hutchins  or
PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
    
 
 
     Dennis  L.  McCauley,  48,  Vice  President.  Managing  Director  and Chief
Investment Officer -- Fixed Income of Mitchell Hutchins. Prior to December 1994,
Director of Fixed Income Investments of IBM Corporation. Mr. McCauley is also  a
vice  president of six other investment companies for which Mitchell Hutchins or
PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.

 
     Susan P. Messina, 35, Vice  President. Senior vice president and  portfolio
manager  for Mitchell Hutchins.  Ms. Messina is  also a vice  president of three
other investment companies for which Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves  as
investment adviser.
 
     Anne  E. Moran, 38, Vice President  and Assistant Treasurer. Vice president
of Mitchell Hutchins. Ms. Moran is also a vice president and assistant treasurer
of 38  other investment  companies for  which Mitchell  Hutchins or  PaineWebber
serves as investment adviser.

     Dianne  E.  O'Donnell,  43,  Vice  President  and  Secretary.  Senior  vice
president and deputy general counsel of Mitchell Hutchins. Ms. O'Donnell is also
a vice  president and  secretary  of 38  other  investment companies  for  which
Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     Victoria  E. Schonfeld, 44,  Vice President. Managing  director and general
counsel of Mitchell Hutchins. From April 1990 to May 1994, a partner in the  law
firm  of Arnold & Porter.  Ms. Schonfeld is also  a vice president and assistant
secretary of  38  other investment  companies  for which  Mitchell  Hutchins  or
PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     Paul  H.  Schubert,  32,  Vice  President  and  Assistant  Treasurer.  Vice
president of Mitchell Hutchins. From August 1992 to August 1994, vice  president
at  BlackRock Financial Management  L.P. Prior to August  1992, an audit manager
with Ernst &  Young LLP. Mr.  Schubert is  also a vice  president and  assistant
treasurer  of  38  other investment  companies  for which  Mitchell  Hutchins or
PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.


     Martha  J.  Slezak,  33,  Vice  President  and  Assistant  Treasurer.  Vice
president of Mitchell Hutchins. From September 1991 to April 1992, a fundraising
director for a U.S. Senate campaign. Prior to September 1991, a tax manager with
Arthur  Andersen & Co.  LLP. Ms. Slezak  is also a  vice president and assistant
treasurer of  38  other investment  companies  for which  Mitchell  Hutchins  or
PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.

 
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     Julian F. Sluyters, 35, Vice President and Treasurer. Senior vice president
and the director of the mutual fund finance division of Mitchell Hutchins. Prior
to  1991, an audit senior manager with Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Sluyters is also a
vice president and treasurer of 38 other investment companies for which Mitchell
Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.

     Gregory K. Todd,  38, Vice  President and Assistant  Secretary. First  vice
president  and associate general counsel of  Mitchell Hutchins. Prior to 1993, a
partner with the law firm of Shereff,  Friedman, Hoffman & Goodman. Mr. Todd  is
also  a vice president and assistant  secretary of 38 other investment companies
for which Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     Certain of  the Trustees  and officers  of the  Fund are  directors  and/or
trustees  and officers of other mutual  funds managed by PaineWebber or Mitchell
Hutchins. The address of each of  the non-interested Trustees is: Mr.  Beaubien,
Montague   Industrial  Park,  101  Industrial  Road,  Box  746,  Turners  Falls,
Massachusetts  01376;  Mr.  Hewitt,  P.O.   Box  2359,  Princeton,  New   Jersey
08543-2359;  Mr. Jordan,  200 Park  Avenue, New  York, New  York 10166;  and Mr.
Schafer, P.O. Box 1164, Princeton, New  Jersey 08542. The address of Mr.  Minard
and  each of  the officers is  1285 Avenue of  the Americas, New  York, New York
10019.
 
     By  virtue  of  the  responsibilities  assumed  by  PaineWebber  under  the
Investment  Advisory and  Administration Agreement  (the 'Agreement'),  the Fund
requires no executive employees  other than its officers,  none of whom  devotes
full  time to  the affairs  of the  Fund. See  'Investment Management  and Other
Services -- Investment Adviser and  Administrator.' Trustees and officers, as  a
group,  owned less than 1% of the Fund's  outstanding shares as of July 1, 1995.
No officer, director or employee of  PaineWebber or Mitchell Hutchins or of  any
affiliate  receives any compensation from the Fund  for serving as an officer or
Trustee of the Fund. The Fund pays each Trustee who is not an officer,  director
or  employee of  PaineWebber or  Mitchell Hutchins or  any of  its affiliates an
annual retainer of  $2,500 and  $750 for  each Trustees'  meeting attended,  and
reimburses  the Trustee for out-of-pocket expenses associated with attendance at
Trustees' meetings. The Chairman  of the Trustees'  audit committee receives  an
annual  fee of $250. No  officer, director or employee  of Mitchell Hutchins, or
any of its affiliates, receives any compensation from the Fund for serving as an
officer or Trustee of the Fund. The  amount of compensation paid by the Fund  to
each  Trustee for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995, and the aggregate amount
of compensation paid to each such Trustee  for the year ended December 31,  1994
by  all funds in  the former Kidder Family  of Funds for which  such person is a
Board member were as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                        (5)
                                                              (3)                                TOTAL COMPENSATION
                                        (2)                PENSION OR               (4)           FROM FUND AND 12
             (1)                     AGGREGATE        RETIREMENT BENEFITS    ESTIMATED ANNUAL     OTHER INVESTMENT
        NAME OF BOARD            COMPENSATION FROM     ACCRUED AS PART OF      BENEFITS UPON      COMPANIES IN THE
            MEMBER                     FUND*            FUND'S EXPENSES         RETIREMENT         FUND COMPLEX**
------------------------------   -----------------    --------------------   -----------------   ------------------
 
<S>                              <C>                  <C>                    <C>                 <C>
David J. Beaubien                     $ 8,250                 None                 None               $ 80,700
William W. Hewitt, Jr.                $ 8,000                 None                 None               $ 74,425
Thomas R. Jordan                      $ 8,000                 None                 None               $ 83,125
Frank P.L. Minard                        None                 None                 None                   None
Carl W. Schafer                       $ 8,000                 None                 None               $ 84,575
</TABLE>
 
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*  Amount does not  include reimbursed  expenses for  attending Board  meetings,
   which amounted to approximately $12,000 for all Trustees as a group.
 
** Represents  total compensation paid to each  Trustee during the calendar year
   ended December 31, 1994.
 
                    INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND OTHER SERVICES
 
INVESTMENT ADVISER AND ADMINISTRATOR
 
PaineWebber, the  Fund's  investment  adviser and  administrator,  and  Mitchell
Hutchins,  the  Fund's sub-adviser  and sub-administrator,  are located  at 1285
Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019.
 
     Mitchell Hutchins manages the  Fund's portfolio and  places the orders  for
the  purchase and  sale of portfolio  securities. Mitchell  Hutchins obtains and
evaluates such  information  and  advice relating  to  the  economy,  securities
markets,  and securities  as it  considers necessary  or useful  to continuously
manage the  assets  of the  Fund  in a  manner  consistent with  its  investment
objective  and policies. Mitchell Hutchins maintains certain of the Fund's books
and records and furnishes,  at its own expense,  such office space,  facilities,
equipment,  clerical help, and  bookkeeping services as  the Fund may reasonably
require in the conduct of business and  which are not provided by the  custodian
and  transfer, dividend and recordkeeping  agent. In addition, Mitchell Hutchins
pays the salaries of all officers and employees of the Fund who are employees of
Mitchell Hutchins.
 
     Expenses not expressly  assumed by  PaineWebber  are paid by the Fund.  The
expenses borne by the Fund include, but are not limited to: charges and expenses
of  any  registrar,   custodian,   stock  transfer,   dividend   disbursing  and
recordkeeping agents; brokerage commissions; taxes; engraving and printing stock
certificates,  if any;  registration  costs  of the Fund  and its  shares  under
Federal and state securities  laws; the cost and expense of printing,  including
typesetting,   and  distributing   prospectuses  and  statements  of  additional
information  of the Fund and  supplements  thereto  to the Fund's  then  current
shareholders;  all expenses of  shareholders'  and  Trustees'  meetings,  and of
preparing,  printing and mailing proxy  statements and reports to  shareholders;
fees and  travel  expenses  of  Trustees  or members  of any  advisory  board or
committee who are not employees of PaineWebber  or any  affiliate;  all expenses
incident to any dividend, withdrawal or redemption options; charges and expenses
of any outside service used for pricing of the Fund's  portfolio  securities and
calculating  net asset  value;  fees and  expenses of legal  counsel,  including
counsel  to the  Trustees  who  are not  interested  persons  of the  Fund or of
PaineWebber, and independent auditors; membership dues of industry associations;
interest  on  Fund  borrowings;  postage;  insurance  premiums  on  property  or
personnel  (including  officers  and  Trustees) of the Fund which inure to their
benefit; extraordinary expenses (including, but not limited to, legal claims and
liabilities and litigation costs and any indemnification  relating thereto); and
all other costs of the Fund's operations.
 
     As  compensation for the services and facilities furnished to the Fund, the
Fund pays PaineWebber a fee, computed daily and paid monthly, at an annual  rate
of  .50% of the  Fund's average daily  net assets. The  Fund paid PaineWebber or
Kidder Peabody Asset Management, Inc., the Fund's predecessor investment adviser
and administrator, fees of $4,332,418, $4,080,292
 
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and $3,949,481  for  the fiscal  years  ended March  31,  1993, 1994  and  1995,
respectively.  PaineWebber has agreed  that if in any  fiscal year the aggregate
expenses of the  Fund (including  advisory fees but  excluding taxes,  interest,
brokerage  fees and extraordinary expenses) exceed the expense limitation of any
state having jurisdiction over the Fund, PaineWebber will reimburse the Fund for
such excess expenses. The Fund believes that currently the most stringent  state
expense  limitations are 2 1/2% of the first $30 million of the average value of
the Fund's net assets, 2%  of the next $70 million  and 1 1/2% of the  remaining
net  assets  of the  Fund.  Such amount,  if any,  will  be estimated  daily and
credited on a  monthly basis.  For the  fiscal year  ended March  31, 1995,  the
Fund's expenses did not exceed such limitations.
 
     Under  its terms, the Agreement shall continue automatically for successive
annual periods,  provided continuance  of  the Agreement  is approved  at  least
annually  by the vote of  a majority, as defined in  the Act, of the outstanding
voting securities of the Fund or by  the Trustees of the Fund, provided that  in
either  event such continuance is approved annually by the vote of a majority of
the Trustees who are  not parties to the  Agreement or 'interested persons,'  as
defined  in the Act, of any  such party, which vote must  be cast in person at a
meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. The Agreement may  be
terminated  at any  time, without  penalty, on  60 days'  written notice  by the
Trustees of the Fund, by  the holders of a majority,  as defined in the Act,  of
the  outstanding voting securities of the Fund, or by PaineWebber. The Agreement
will automatically terminate in the event  of its assignment, as defined in  the
Act.
 
     PaineWebber shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law
or for any loss suffered by the Fund in connection with the matters to which the
Agreement  relates, except  for a loss  resulting from  willful misfeasance, bad
faith or gross negligence on its part  in the performance of its duties or  from
reckless disregard by it of its obligations and duties under the Agreement.
 
     Mitchell Hutchins personnel may invest in securities for their own accounts
pursuant  to  a  code  of  ethics that  describes  the  fiduciary  duty  owed to
shareholders of  the  PaineWebber,  PaineWebber/Kidder,  Peabody  ('PW/KP')  and
Mitchell  Hutchins/Kidder,  Peabody ('MH/KP')  mutual  funds and  other Mitchell
Hutchins' advisory accounts  by all Mitchell  Hutchins' directors, officers  and
employees,  establishes procedures for personal  investing and restricts certain
transactions. For example,  employee accounts  generally must  be maintained  at
PaineWebber,  personal  trades  in  most  securities  require  pre-clearance and
short-term trading and participation in  initial public offerings generally  are
prohibited.  In addition, the code of ethics  puts restrictions on the timing of
personal investing in relation to trades by PaineWebber, PW/KP and MH/KP  mutual
funds and other Mitchell Hutchins advisory clients.
 
DISTRIBUTOR
 
PaineWebber, as distributor, conducts a continuous offering of the Fund's shares
and  is acting  on a  best efforts  basis. See  'The Distributor'  in the Fund's
prospectus.
 
     The Trustees believe that the Fund's expenditures under the Fund's Plan  of
Distribution  pursuant to  Rule 12b-1 benefit  the Fund and  its shareholders by
providing better shareholder services. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995,
PaineWebber and  Kidder,  Peabody &  Co.  Incorporated, the  Fund's  predecessor
distributor,  received $948,000  from the Fund,  of which $374,000  was spent on
payments to  Investment  Executives  and  $574,000 was  spent  on  printing  and
overhead-related expenses.
 
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
Deloitte  & Touche LLP,  Two World Financial  Center, New York,  New York 10281,
acts as independent auditors for the  Fund. In such capacity, Deloitte &  Touche
LLP audits the Fund's annual financial statements.
 
CUSTODIAN AND TRANSFER, DIVIDEND DISBURSING AND RECORDKEEPING AGENT
 
Investors  Fiduciary Trust Company ('IFTC'), 127  West 10th Street, Kansas City,
Missouri 64105, acts  as the Fund's  custodian. PFPC Inc.,  a subsidiary of  PNC
Bank,  National Association,  whose principal  address is  400 Bellevue Parkway,
Wilmington, Delaware 19809, acts as  transfer, dividend and recordkeeping  agent
of  the  Fund. As  custodian,  IFTC maintains  custody  of the  Fund's portfolio
securities. As transfer agent, PFPC Inc. maintains the Fund's official record of
shareholders, as dividend agent,  it is responsible  for crediting dividends  to
shareholders'  accounts,  and  as  recordkeeping  agent,  it  maintains  certain
accounting and financial records of the Fund.
 
COUNSEL
 
Sullivan & Cromwell, 125 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004, acts as counsel
for the Fund.
 
                       PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION OF SHARES
 
PURCHASE OF SHARES

   
 
Purchases of shares of the Fund may  be made only by existing  shareholders  and
shares  of other PaineWebber/Kidder, Peabody money market funds who may exchange
their  shares  for  shares  of  the Fund. See 'Purchase of Shares' in the Fund's
prospectus.
    
 
REDEMPTION OF SHARES
 
The right  of redemption may be suspended or the  date of payment postponed  for
any  period during  which the  New York  Stock Exchange  (the 'NYSE')  is closed
(other than for customary weekend or holiday closings), when trading in  markets
the  Fund normally utilizes is restricted,  or an emergency exists as determined
by the SEC so that  disposal of the Fund's  investments or determination of  net
asset  value is not reasonably practicable, or for such other periods as the SEC
by order may permit for protection  of the Fund's shareholders. See  'Redemption
of Shares' in the Fund's prospectus.
 
                               EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE
 
The right of exchange may be suspended or postponed if (a) there is a suspension
of the redemption of Fund shares under Section 22(e) of the Act, or (b) the Fund
temporarily  delays or  ceases the sale  of its  shares because it  is unable to
invest amounts effectively in accordance with its investment objective, policies
and restrictions.
 
   
     Shares of  the Fund  may be  exchanged for  shares of  the following  other
PaineWebber/Kidder, Peabody funds:
    
 
      PaineWebber/Kidder, Peabody California Tax Exempt Money Fund
 
      PaineWebber/Kidder, Peabody Cash Reserve Fund, Inc.
 
      PaineWebber/Kidder, Peabody Government Money Fund, Inc.
 
      PaineWebber/Kidder,  Peabody  Municipal  Money  Market  Series-Connecticut
       Series
 
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      PaineWebber/Kidder,  Peabody  Municipal  Money  Market  Series-New  Jersey
       Series
 
      PaineWebberKidder, Peabody Municipal Money Market Series-New York Series
 
      PaineWebberKidder, Peabody Tax Exempt Money Fund, Inc.
 
                             PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS
 
Mitchell  Hutchins is responsible  for decisions to buy  and sell securities for
the Fund and arranges  for the execution of  portfolio security transactions  on
its   behalf.  Purchases  of   portfolio  securities  are   made  from  dealers,
underwriters and issuers; sales, if any, prior to maturity, are made to  dealers
and  issuers. The Fund does not  normally incur any brokerage commission expense
on such transactions. Money market instruments  are generally traded on a  'net'
basis  with dealers acting as principal for  their own accounts without a stated
commission, although the price of the security usually includes a profit to  the
dealer. Securities purchased in underwritten offerings include a fixed amount of
compensation  to  the underwriter,  generally referred  to as  the underwriter's
concession or discount. When securities are  purchased or sold directly from  or
to  an issuer,  no commissions or  discounts are paid.  No brokerage commissions
have been paid to date.
 
     The policy of the Fund regarding purchases and sales of securities for  its
portfolio is that primary consideration is given to obtaining the most favorable
price  and  efficient execution  of transactions.  In  seeking to  implement the
Fund's policy, Mitchell Hutchins effects  transactions with those dealers  which
Mitchell  Hutchins believes provide the most favorable prices and are capable of
providing efficient executions.  If Mitchell  Hutchins believes  such price  and
execution  can be obtained from more than  one dealer, it may give consideration
to placing portfolio transactions with  those dealers who also furnish  research
or  other services to the Fund or  Mitchell Hutchins. Such services include, but
are not limited  to, any one  or more of  the following: information  as to  the
availability  of  securities  for  purchase  or  sale;  statistical  or  factual
information or opinions pertaining to investments; wire services; and appraisals
or evaluations of portfolio securities.
 
     The services received by Mitchell Hutchins  from dealers may be of  benefit
to  Mitchell Hutchins in the management of accounts  of some or all of its other
clients and may not in all cases benefit the Fund directly. While such  services
are  useful  and important  in supplementing  its  own research  and facilities,
Mitchell Hutchins believes the  value of such services  is not determinable  and
does  not  significantly  reduce its  expenses.  The  Fund does  not  reduce the
management fee it pays to PaineWebber by any amount that may be attributable  to
the value of such services. The Fund does not effect any securities transactions
with or through PaineWebber.
 
                        DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE
 
The  net  asset value  per  share of  the  Fund will  not  be calculated  on the
observance of the following NYSE holidays: New Year's Day, Presidents' Day, Good
Friday,  Memorial  Day,  Independence  Day,  Labor  Day,  Thanksgiving  Day  and
Christmas  Day. The days on  which net asset value  is determined are the Fund's
business days.
 
     Determination of net asset value is  made by subtracting from the value  of
the assets of the Fund the amount of its liabilities, and dividing the remainder
by  the number of outstanding shares of  the Fund. The Fund determines the value
of its  portfolio securities  by the  amortized cost  method of  valuation.  The
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its cost at the time of purchase and thereafter assuming a constant amortization
to maturity of any discount or premium, regardless of the impact of  fluctuating
interest rates on the market value of the instrument. While this method provides
certainty  in  valuation,  it  may  result in  periods  during  which  value, as
determined by amortized cost, is higher or  lower than the price the Fund  would
receive if it sold the instrument. During such periods the yield to shareholders
in  the Fund may differ  somewhat from that obtained  in a similar company which
uses marked to market values for  all its portfolio securities. For example,  if
the use of amortized cost resulted in a lower (higher) aggregate portfolio value
on  a particular day, a prospective investor in the Fund would be able to obtain
a somewhat higher  (lower) yield  than would result  from investment  in such  a
similar  company and shareholders  would receive less  (more) investment income.
The purpose of this method of calculation  is to attempt to maintain a  constant
net asset value per share of $1.00.
 
     The  Fund's  use  of  the  amortized cost  method  to  value  its portfolio
securities is permitted upon its  compliance with the following conditions:  (a)
the  Trustees are obligated,  as a particular  responsibility within the overall
duty of care owed to the Fund's shareholders, to establish procedures reasonably
designed,  taking  into  account  current  market  conditions  and  the   Fund's
investment objective, to stabilize net asset value per share as computed for the
purposes  of purchase and redemption at $1.00 per share; (b) the procedures will
include periodic review by  the Trustees, as they  deem appropriate and at  such
intervals  as  are reasonable  in  light of  current  market conditions,  of the
relationship between net  asset value  per share  using amortized  cost and  net
asset  value per  share based  upon available  indications of  market value with
respect to such portfolio securities; (c) the Trustees will consider what steps,
if any, should be  taken in the  event of a  difference of more  than 1/2 of  1%
between  the two methods of valuation; and (d) the Trustees will take such steps
as they consider appropriate (such as shortening the average portfolio maturity,
realizing gains or losses, withholding dividends  or reducing the number of  its
outstanding  shares) to minimize  any material dilution  or other unfair results
which might arise  from differences between  the two methods  of valuation.  Any
reduction  of outstanding  shares will  be effected  by having  each shareholder
proportionately contribute  to  the Fund's  capital  the necessary  shares  that
represent the amount of excess upon such determination. Each shareholder will be
deemed  to  have  agreed to  such  contribution  in these  circumstances  by his
investment in the Fund.
 
     The Fund  also limits  its investments  to instruments  which the  Trustees
determine  present  minimal  credit  risks  and which  are  of  high  quality as
determined by any major rating agency, or in the case of any instrument that  is
not  so rated, of comparable quality as determined by the Trustees. In addition,
the Fund maintains a dollar weighted  average portfolio maturity (not more  than
90 days) appropriate to its objective of maintaining a stable net asset value of
$1.00  per share and does not purchase  any instrument with a remaining maturity
of more than 397 days (other than securities underlying repurchase agreements of
less than 397 days). Should the disposition of a portfolio security result in  a
dollar  weighted average portfolio  maturity of more  than 90 days,  the Fund is
required to  invest its  available  cash in  such a  manner  as to  reduce  such
maturity to 90 days or less as soon as reasonably practicable.
 
     If  in the view of the Trustees  it is inadvisable to continue the practice
of maintaining net asset value at $1.00  per share, the Trustees have the  right
to  alter  the  procedure.  The  Fund  will  notify  shareholders  of  any  such
alteration.
 
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                       DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES
 
The Fund declares dividends on each day the NYSE is open for business. Dividends
are declared  daily  but  paid  monthly  and  automatically  are  reinvested  in
additional  shares of the  Fund at the  net asset value  per share determined at
12:00 noon, Eastern time, on that day.
 
     Each shareholder  receives, from  PaineWebber, on  the monthly  transaction
statement,  a monthly summary of his or her account, including information as to
dividends reinvested.
 
     Net income, for dividend purposes, includes accrued interest and  accretion
of  original issue or  market discount, less amortization  of market premium and
the estimated expenses  of the Fund.  Net income is  calculated and  distributed
immediately prior to the determination of net asset value per share of the Fund.
 
     The  Trustees may revise the above dividend policy, or postpone the payment
of dividends,  if  the Fund  should  have  or anticipate  any  large  unexpected
expense,  loss or fluctuation in net assets which in the opinion of the Trustees
might have a significant adverse effect on shareholders.
 
     The Fund qualified as a 'regulated investment company' for the fiscal  year
ended  March 31, 1995 and intends to remain qualified under the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as  amended (the 'Code'). As  a regulated investment company,  the
Fund  pays no Federal income tax on its income and gains which it distributes to
shareholders, provided it distributes at least 90% of its net investment  income
for  each year.  To qualify  as a regulated  investment company,  the Fund must,
among other things,  (a) derive at  least 90%  of its annual  gross income  from
dividends,  interest, payments with respect to  securities loans, gains from the
sale or other disposition of stock or securities, and other income derived  with
respect  to the Fund's  business of investing  in such stock  or securities; (b)
derive less  than  30%  of its  annual  gross  income from  the  sale  or  other
disposition  of stock  or securities  held for less  than three  months; and (c)
diversify its holdings so that, at the end of each quarter of its taxable  year,
(i)  at least 50% of the value of the Fund's assets is represented by cash, U.S.
Government securities  and  other securities  limited,  in respect  of  any  one
issuer,  to an amount not greater than 5%  of the value of the Fund's assets and
10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer, and (ii) not more  than
25%  of the value of the assets is  invested in the securities of any one issuer
(other than U.S. Government  securities). The requirement  that the Fund  derive
less  than  30%  of its  gross  income from  the  sale or  other  disposition of
securities held  for  less than  three  months  may impose  limitations  on  the
investment activity of the Fund.
 
     The  Fund will be subject to a nondeductible 4% excise tax to the extent it
fails to distribute by  the end of  any calendar year  substantially all of  its
ordinary  income for  that year  and capital  gain net  income for  the one-year
period ending on October 31 of that year, plus certain other amounts.
 
     The Code provides that dividends declared in October, November or  December
payable in January of the following year will be treated as having been received
by  shareholders on December 31 of the  year in which declared. Under this rule,
therefore, a shareholder may  be taxed in a  year on dividends or  distributions
actually received in the following year.
 
     The Fund may be subject to state or local tax in certain states where it is
deemed to be doing business. Furthermore, in those states which have such income
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Fund  and shareholders with respect to distributions by the Fund may differ from
Federal tax treatment.
 
MASSACHUSETTS INCOME TAX
 
Under present Massachusetts  law, the Fund  is not subject  to any state  income
taxation  during any  fiscal year  in which  the Fund  qualifies as  a regulated
investment company. The Fund might be subject to Massachusetts income taxes  for
any  taxable  year in  which it  did not  so qualify  as a  regulated investment
company.
 
CALCULATION OF YIELDS
 
The Fund provides  current and  effective yield  quotations based  on its  daily
dividends.  See 'Dividends, Distributions  and Taxes' in  the Fund's prospectus.
Such quotations  may be  made in  reports, sales  literature and  advertisements
published by the Fund.
 
     Current  yield  is  computed 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 a seven-day calendar period, dividing
the net change in account value by the value of the account at the beginning  of
the  period, and multiplying the return over  the seven-day period by 365/7. For
purposes of the calculation, net change  in account value reflects the value  of
additional shares purchased with dividends from the original share and dividends
declared on both the original share and any such additional shares, but does not
reflect  realized gains  or losses  or unrealized  appreciation or depreciation.
Effective yield  is  computed  by  annualizing the  seven-day  return  with  all
dividends reinvested in additional shares of the Fund.
 
     Current   and   effective  yields   fluctuate   and  are   not  necessarily
representative of future results. The shareholder should remember that yield  is
a  function  of  the type  and  quality  of the  instruments  in  the portfolio,
portfolio  maturity  and  operating  expenses.  See  'Investment  Objective  and
Policies'  and 'Investment Management and  Other Services' above and 'Investment
Objective and  Management  Policies'  in  the  Fund's  prospectus.  Current  and
effective  yield information is useful in  reviewing the Fund's performance, but
because current and  effective yields fluctuate  such information under  certain
conditions  may not  provide a  basis for  comparison with  bank deposits, other
investments which  pay a  fixed  yield for  a stated  period  of time  or  other
investment companies which may use a different method of calculating yield.
 
     A shareholder's principal in the Fund is not guaranteed. See 'Determination
of Net Asset Value' for a discussion of the manner in which the Fund's price per
share is determined.
 
     Historical and comparative yield information may be presented by the Fund.
 
                              GENERAL INFORMATION
 
THE FUND
 
The Fund is a trust fund of the type commonly known as a 'Massachusetts business
trust.'  The Declaration of  Trust and the  By-Laws of the  Fund are designed to
make the Fund similar in most respects to a Massachusetts business  corporation.
The principal distinction between the two forms relates to shareholder liability
described  below. Under  Massachusetts law,  shareholders of  such a  trust may,
under certain  circumstances, be  held  personally liable  as partners  for  the
obligations  of  the  Fund,  which  is not  the  case  with  a  corporation. The
Declaration of Trust
 
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provides that shareholders shall  not be subject to  any personal liability  for
the  acts  or  obligations  of  the  Fund  and  that  every  written  agreement,
obligation, instrument or undertaking made by the Fund shall contain a provision
to the effect that the shareholders are not personally liable thereunder.
 
     Special counsel for the Fund is  of the opinion that no personal  liability
will  attach to the shareholders under any undertaking containing such provision
when adequate  notice of  such provision  is  given, except  possibly in  a  few
jurisdictions.  With respect to all types  of claims in the latter jurisdictions
and with respect to tort claims, contract claims where the provision referred to
is omitted  from  the  undertaking,  claims  for  taxes  and  certain  statutory
liabilities  in other jurisdictions, a shareholder may be held personally liable
to the extent that claims are not  satisfied by the Fund. However, upon  payment
of any such liability the shareholder will be entitled to reimbursement from the
general assets of the Fund. The Trustees intend to conduct the operations of the
Fund,  with the  advice of  counsel, in  such a way  so as  to avoid,  as far as
possible, ultimate liability of the shareholders for liabilities of the Fund.
 
     The Declaration of Trust establishing the Fund, a copy of which is on  file
in  the office of  the Secretary of the  Commonwealth of Massachusetts, provides
that the name of the Fund refers to the Trustees under the Declaration of  Trust
collectively  as Trustees, but not as individuals or personally; and no Trustee,
shareholder, officer,  employee or  agent of  such  Fund shall  be held  to  any
personal  liability, nor shall resort  be had to their  private property for the
satisfaction of any  obligation or  claim or  otherwise in  connection with  the
affairs of the Fund but the Trust Estate only shall be liable.
 
     The  Declaration  of  Trust  further  provides  that  no  Trustee, officer,
employee or agent of the Fund is liable to the Fund or to a shareholder, nor  is
any  Trustee,  officer,  employee  or  agent  liable  to  any  third  persons in
connection with the affairs of the Fund, except as such liability may arise from
his or its  own bad faith,  willful misfeasance, gross  negligence, or  reckless
disregard  of his or its  duties. It also provides  that all third persons shall
look solely  to  the  Fund  property  for  satisfaction  of  claims  arising  in
connection  with  the  affairs of  the  Fund.  With the  exceptions  stated, the
Declaration of Trust  provides that  a Trustee,  officer, employee  or agent  is
entitled  to be indemnified against all liability in connection with the affairs
of the Fund.
 
     Other distinctions between a corporation and a Massachusetts business trust
include  the  fact  that  business  trusts  are  not  required  to  issue  share
certificates. The Fund will not issue share certificates.
 
     The  Fund  shall  continue  without  limitation  of  time  subject  to  the
provisions in the Declaration of Trust  concerning termination by action of  the
shareholders or by the Trustees by written notice to the shareholders.
 
DESCRIPTION OF SHARES
 
The  Declaration of Trust of the Fund permits the Trustees to issue an unlimited
number of full and fractional shares of a single class and to divide or  combine
the  shares into a greater  or lesser number of  shares without thereby changing
the proportionate beneficial  interests in  the Fund. Each  share represents  an
equal  proportional interest in the Fund with each other share. Upon liquidation
of the Fund, shareholders are  entitled to share pro rata  in the net assets  of
the  Fund available for distribution to  shareholders. Shares have no preemptive
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rights of redemption are described elsewhere  herein. Shares are fully paid  and
non-assessable by the Fund. See 'The Fund' above.
 
VOTING RIGHTS
 
The  shareholders of the  Fund are entitled to  a full vote  for each full share
held (and fractional votes for fractional shares). The Trustees themselves  have
the  power to alter the number and the terms of office of the Trustees, and they
may at  any time  lengthen their  own terms  or make  their terms  of  unlimited
duration   (subject  to  certain  removal  procedures)  and  appoint  their  own
successors, provided that always at least  a majority of the Trustees have  been
elected  by the shareholders of the Fund.  The voting rights of shareholders are
not cumulative, so that holders  of more than 50% of  the shares voting can,  if
they  choose,  elect  all Trustees  being  selected,  while the  holders  of the
remaining shares would be unable to elect any Trustees. The Fund is not required
to hold Annual Meetings of Shareholders. The Trustees may call Special  Meetings
of  Shareholders for action by shareholder vote as may be required by the Act or
the Declaration of Trust.
 
     As set  forth  under 'Determination  of  Net Asset  Value,'  under  certain
circumstances  the Fund may reduce the number of its outstanding shares in order
to maintain a constant net asset value  of $1.00 per share. The shareholders  of
the  Fund will be  deemed to have  agreed to a  proportionate reduction of their
shares by their investment in the Fund.
 
     As defined in the Act, the term 'majority' of the outstanding shares of the
Fund means the vote of (a) 67% or more of the Fund's shares present at a meeting
if the  holders of  more  than 50%  of the  outstanding  shares are  present  or
represented  by proxy, or  (b) more than  50% of the  Fund's outstanding shares,
whichever is less.
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
The prospectus and this Statement of  Additional Information do not contain  all
the  information  set  forth  in the  Registration  Statement  and  the exhibits
relating thereto, which the Fund has filed with the SEC under the Securities Act
of 1933 and the Act, to which reference is hereby made.
 
                              FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
The Fund's Annual  Report to Shareholders  for the fiscal  year ended March  31,
1995  is  a  separate  document  supplied  with  this  Statement  of  Additional
Information and  the  financial statements,  accompanying  notes and  report  of
independent  auditors appearing  therein are  incorporated by  reference in this
Statement of Additional Information.
 
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                                    APPENDIX
               INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO RATINGS OF SECURITIES
 
CORPORATE BOND RATINGS
 
The  four highest  ratings of  Moody's Investors  Service, Inc.  ('Moody's') for
corporate bonds are Aaa, Aa, A and Baa. Bonds rated Aaa are judged to be of  the
'best quality.' The rating of Aa is assigned to bonds which are of 'high quality
by  all standards,' but as to which margins of protection or other elements make
long-term risks appear  somewhat greater than  Aaa rated bonds.  The Aaa and  Aa
rated bonds comprise what are generally known as 'high grade bonds.' 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 bonds are  considered adequate, but elements
may be present  which suggest  a susceptibility  to impairment  sometime in  the
future.  Bonds rated Baa are considered  as 'medium grade' obligations. They are
neither highly protected  nor poorly  secured. Interest  payments and  principal
security  appear adequate for the present but certain protective elements may be
lacking or may be characteristically unreliable  over any great length of  time.
Such  bonds  lack  outstanding  investment  characteristics  and  in  fact  have
speculative characteristics  as  well.  The  foregoing  ratings  for  bonds  are
sometimes  presented in parentheses  preceded with a  'con' indicating the Bonds
are  rated  conditionally.  Bonds  for  which  the  security  depends  upon  the
completion  of  some  act  or  the  fulfillment  of  some  condition  are  rated
conditionally. These  are  bonds  secured  by (a)  earnings  of  projects  under
construction,  (b) earnings of projects  unseasoned in operation experience, (c)
rentals which begin when facilities are completed, or (d) payments to which some
other  limiting  condition  attaches.  Such  parenthetical  rating  denotes  the
probable  credit stature upon  completion of construction  or elimination of the
basis of the condition.
 
     The four highest ratings of Standard &  Poor's Ratings Group ('S & P')  for
corporate bonds are AAA, AA, A, and BBB. Bonds rated AAA bear the highest rating
assigned  by  S &  P  to a  debt obligation  and  indicates an  extremely strong
capacity to  pay  principal  and  interest.  Bonds  rated  AA  also  qualify  as
high-quality  debt obligations. Capacity  to pay principal  and interest is very
strong, and in the  majority of instances  they differ from  AAA issues only  in
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.  The BBB rating, which is the
lowest 'investment  grade' security  rating  by S  &  P, indicates  an  adequate
capacity  to pay principal and interest.  Whereas they normally exhibit adequate
protection parameters, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are
more likely to lead  to a weakened  capacity to pay  principal and interest  for
bonds  in this category than for bonds  in the A category. The foregoing ratings
are sometimes followed  by a 'p'  indicating that the  rating is provisional.  A
provisional  rating  assumes  the  successful completion  of  the  project being
financed by the  bonds being rated  and indicates that  payment of debt  service
requirements  is largely  or entirely dependent  upon the  successful and timely
completion of the project. This rating, however, while addressing credit quality
subsequent to completion of the project, makes no comment on the likehood of, or
the risk of default upon failure of, such completion.
 
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CORPORATE COMMERCIAL PAPER RATINGS
 
Moody's commercial paper ratings are opinions of the ability of issuers to repay
punctually promissory obligations not having  an original maturity in excess  of
nine  months. Moody's employs the following three designations, all judged to be
investment grade, to indicate the relative repayment capacity of rated  issuers:
Prime-1, Highest Quality and Prime-2, Higher Quality.
 
     S  & P commercial paper rating is a current assessment of the likelihood of
timely payment of debt  having an original  maturity of no  more than 397  days.
Ratings  are  graded into  four  categories, ranging  from  'A' for  the highest
quality obligations  to  'D' for  the  lowest.  Issues assigned  A  ratings  are
regarded  as having  the greatest  capacity for  timely payment.  Issues in this
category are further refined with the designation 1+, 1, 2 and 3 to indicate the
relative degree of  safety. The 'A-1+'  designation indicates that  there is  an
overwhelming  degree of safety. The 'A-1'  designation indicates that the degree
of safety  regarding  timely  payment  is very  strong.  The  'A-2'  designation
indicates  that capacity  for timely  payment is  strong. However,  the relative
degree of safety is not as overwhelming as for issues designated 'A-1.'
 
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Investment Objective and Policies                      2
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Portfolio Management                                   4
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Management of the Fund                                 5
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Investment Management and Other Services               8
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Purchase and Redemption of Shares                     10
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Exchange Privilege                                    10
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Portfolio Transactions                                11
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Determination of Net Asset Value                      11
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Dividends, Distributions and Taxes                    13
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General Information                                   14
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Financial Statements                                  16
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Appendix -- Information with Respect to
  Ratings of Securities                               17
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Although  the Fund attempts  to maintain a constant  net asset value of
$1.00 per share, as with any  investment in securities, the value of  a
shareholder's investment in the Fund may fluctuate.
                                 PaineWebber/
                                     Kidder,
                                     Peabody
                                     Premium
                                     Account
                                        Fund
 
   Statement of
   Additional
   Information
 
   August 1, 1995


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