PHOENIX CALIFORNIA TAX EXEMPT BONDS, INC.
Supplement dated July 12, 1999 to
Prospectus dated August 28, 1998
The disclosure contained in the Prospectus dated August 28, 1998 is hereby
supplemented as described below.
Page 14, in the second paragraph under the subheading "Qualified Purchasers,"
renumber as (4) the current category (3), and insert a new category (3) as
follows: "(3) 401(k) participants in the Merrill Lynch Daily K Plan (the "Plan")
if the Plan has at least $3 million in assets or 500 or more eligible
employees;".
Page 15, in the second paragraph under the subheading "Contingent Deferred Sales
Charges," insert the following after the first sentence: "This sales commission
will not be paid to dealers for sales of Class B Shares purchased by 401(k)
participants of the Merrill Lynch Daily K Plan due to a waiver of the CDSC for
these Plan participants' purchases."
Page 16, in the sixth paragraph under the subheading "Contingent Deferred Sales
Charges," insert a new category (e) as follows and rename the categories
following the insert as (f), (g) and (h): "(e) from the Merrill Lynch Daily K
Plan ("Plan") invested in Class B Shares, on which such shares the Distributor
has not paid the dealer the Class B sales commission;".
Page 16, prior to the section "Investor Account Services," add a subsection as
follows:
ADDITIONAL DEALER CONCESSSIONS
From its own resources, the Distributor intends to pay the
following additional compensation to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &
Smith, Incorporated: 0.25% on sales of Class A and B Shares, 0.10% on
sales of Class A shares sold at net asset value, and 0.10% annually on
the average daily net asset value of fund shares on which Merrill Lynch
is broker of record and which such shares exceed the amount of assets
on which Merrill Lynch is broker of record as of July 1, 1999.
Page 17, after the subsection "Tax Sheltered Retirement Plans," add a subsection
as follows:
MERRILL LYNCH DAILY K PLAN. Class A Shares of a Fund are made
available to Merrill Lynch Daily K Plan (the "Plan") participants at
NAV without an initial sales charge if: (i) the Plan is recordkept on a
daily valuation basis by Merrill Lynch and, on the date the Plan
Sponsor signs the Merrill Lynch Recordkeeping Service Agreement, the
Plan has $3 million or more in assets invested in broker/dealer funds
not advised or managed by Merrill Lynch Asset Management L.P. ("MLAM")
that are made available pursuant to a Service Agreement between Merrill
Lynch and the fund's principal underwriter or distributor and in funds
advised or managed by MLAM (collectively, the "Applicable
Investments"); (ii) the Plan is recordkept on a daily valuation basis
by an independent recordkeeper whose services are provided through a
contract or alliance arrangement with Merrill Lynch, and, on the date
the Plan Sponsor signs the Merrill Lynch Recordkeeping Service
Agreement, the Plan has $3 million or more in assets, excluding money
market funds, invested in Applicable Investments; or (iii) the Plan has
500 or more eligible employees, as determined by a Merrill Lynch plan
conversion manager, on the date the Plan Sponsor signs the Merrill
Lynch Recordkeeping Service Agreement.
Alternatively, Class B Shares of a Fund are made available to
Plan participants at NAV without a CDSC if the Plan conforms with the
requirements for eligibility set for in (i) through (iii) above but
either does not meet the $3 million asset threshold or does not have
500 or more eligible employees.
Plans recordkept on a daily basis by Merrill Lynch or an
independent recordkeeper under a contract with Merrill Lynch that are
currently investing in Class B Shares of a Fund convert to Class A
Shares once the Plan has reached $5 million invested in Applicable
Investments, or after the normal holding period of seven years from the
initial date of purchase.
INVESTORS SHOULD RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT WITH THE PROSPECTUS FOR
FUTURE REFERENCE.
PXP 692/ML (7/99)
