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ALLMERICA INVESTMENT TRUST (THE "TRUST")
SUPPLEMENT EFFECTIVE AUGUST 20, 1997 TO PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 1, 1997
The second sentence of the cover page of the Trust's Prospectus dated May
1, 1997 is amended to read as follows:
The ten separate portfolios of the Trust (collectively, the "Funds" and
individually, the "Fund") currently offered by this Prospectus are as follows:
SELECT AGGRESSIVE GROWTH FUND
SELECT CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND
SELECT INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND
SELECT GROWTH FUND
GROWTH FUND
EQUITY INDEX FUND
SELECT INCOME FUND
INVESTMENT GRADE INCOME FUND
GOVERNMENT BOND FUND
MONEY MARKET FUND
Dated: August 20, 1997