SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A)
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The Rodney Square Fund
The Rodney Square Tax-Exempt Fund
The Rodney Square Strategic Fixed-Income Fund
The Rodney Square Strategic Equity Fund
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Supplement dated October 7, 1999 to
The Rodney Square Fund
The Rodney Square Tax-Exempt Fund
The Rodney Square Strategic Fixed-Income Fund
The Rodney Square Strategic Equity Fund
Proxy Statement dated September 20, 1999
The following information replaces and supersedes the disclosure concerning
"Principal Shareholders" on pages 23 and 24 of the Proxy Statement:
"National Financial Services Corp. (record owner) 147,252,564.94 8.15%
P.O. Box 3752
New York, NY 10008
TOTAL 1,778,642,665.03
RODNEY SQUARE TAX-EXEMPT FUND
Lack & Lindsay 395,742,103.43 88.50%
Rodney Square North
Wilmington, DE 19890
Rodney Square Management Corporation 40,500,559.02 9.06%
1100 N. Market St.
Wilmington, DE 19890
TOTAL 436,242,662.45
INTERMEDIATE BOND PORTFOLIO
Wilmington Trust Company, Trustee 2,007,799.82 22.51%
For Wilmington Trust Company Pension Trust
P.O. Box 8882
Wilmington, DE 19899
Wilmington Trust Company, Trustee 1,540,364.96 17.27%
For Paul Mellon Pension Plan
P.O. Box 8882
Wilmington, DE 19899
Wilmington Trust Company, Trustee 536,934.34 6.02%
For Milford Memorial Hospital
P.O. Box 8882
Wilmington, DE 19899
Wilmington Trust Company, Trustee 469,637.69 5.27%
For Wilmington Trust Company 401(k) Thrift Savings Plan
P.O. Box 8882
Wilmington, DE 19899
TOTAL 4,554,736.81
MUNICIPAL BOND PORTFOLIO
National Financial Service Corp. (record owner) 264,424.76 20.09%
P.O. Box 3908
New York, NY 10008
Rodney Square Management Corp. 515,430.80 39.15%
1100 N. Market St.
Wilmington, DE 19890
Wilmington Brokerage Services Company 206,173.57 15.66%
P.O. Box 8988
Wilmington, DE 19899
TOTAL 986,029.13
SMALL CAP EQUITY PORTFOLIO
Wilmington Trust Company, Trustee 1,322,250.65 16.88%
For Wilmington Trust Company Pension Trust
P.O. Box 8882
Wilmington, DE 19899
Wilmington Trust Company, Trustee 1,489,800.16 19.02%
For Wilmington Trust Company 401(k)Thrift Savings Plan
P.O. Box 8882
Wilmington, DE 19899
TOTAL 2,812,050.81
INTERNATIONAL EQUITY PORTFOLIO
Wilmington Trust Company, Trustee 1,730,776.27 25.32%
For Wilmington Trust Company Pension Trust
P.O. Box 8882
Wilmington, DE 19899
Wilmington Trust Company 374,399.17 5.48%
For U. of Virginia
P.O. Box 8882
Wilmington, DE 19899
Wilmington Trust Company, Trustee 724,228.98 10.60%
For Wilmington Trust Company 401(k)Thrift Savings Plan
P.O. Box 8882
Wilmington, DE 19899
TOTAL 2,829,404.42
As of the Record Date, the Trustees and officers of the RS Funds owned, in the
aggregate, less than 1% of each RS Portfolio's outstanding shares."
