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Allmerica Investment Trust
Supplement effective July 1, 2000
to
Statement of Additional Information ("SAI")
dated May 1, 2000
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On July 1, 2000, shares of the Allmerica Investment Trust ("AIT") Select
Investment Grade Income Fund were substituted at the separate account level for
shares of the AIT Select Income Fund and shares of the Select Income Fund are
no longer available. Therefore, effective immediately, all references to the
Select Income Fund in the SAI are deleted.
