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WARBURG PINCUS FUNDS
SHAREHOLDER
GUIDE
COMMON CLASS
SEPTEMBER 16, 1999
AS REVISED DECEMBER 15, 1999
This SHAREHOLDER GUIDE is incorporated into and legally part of each
Warburg Pincus (Common Class) prospectus.
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Warburg Pincus Funds are advised by Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC
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BUYING SHARES
OPENING AN ACCOUNT
Your account application provides us with key information we need to set up
your account correctly. It also lets you authorize services that you may find
convenient in the future.
If you need an application, call our Shareholder Service Center to receive one
by mail or fax. Or you can download it from our Internet Web site:
www.warburg.com.
You can make your initial investment by check or wire. The "By Wire" method in
the table enables you to buy shares on a particular day at that day's closing
NAV.
ADDING TO AN ACCOUNT
You can add to your account in a variety of ways, as shown in the table. If
you want to use ACH transfer, be sure to complete the "ACH on Demand" section of
the account application.
INVESTMENT CHECKS
Please use either a personal or bank check payable in U.S. dollars to Warburg
Pincus Funds. Unfortunately, we cannot accept "starter" checks that do not have
your name preprinted on them. We also cannot accept checks payable to you or to
another party and endorsed to the order of Warburg Pincus Funds. These types of
checks may be returned to you and your purchase order may not be processed.
Limited exceptions include properly endorsed government checks.
MINIMUM INITIAL
INVESTMENT
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Cash Reserve Fund: $ 1,000
New York Tax Exempt Fund: $ 1,000
Balanced Fund: $ 1,000
Growth & Income Fund:* $ 1,000
WorldPerks-Registered Trademark- Funds: $ 5,000
Long-Short Fund: $25,000
All other funds: $ 2,500
IRAs: $ 500**
Transfers/Gifts to Minors: $ 500**
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* THE FUND WILL BE RENAMED "VALUE FUND" EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2000.
** $25,000 MINIMUM FOR LONG-SHORT FUND.
WIRE INSTRUCTIONS
State Street Bank and Trust Company
ABA# 0110 000 28
Attn: Mutual Funds/Custody Dept.
[WARBURG PINCUS FUND NAME]
DDA# 9904-649-2
F/F/C: [ACCOUNT NUMBER AND REGISTRATION]
HOW TO REACH US
SHAREHOLDER SERVICE CENTER
Toll free: 800-WARBURG
(800-927-2874)
Fax: 212-370-9833
MAIL
Warburg Pincus Funds
P.O. Box 9030
Boston, MA 02205-9030
OVERNIGHT/COURIER SERVICE
Boston Financial
Attn: Warburg Pincus Funds
66 Brooks Drive
Braintree, MA 02184
INTERNET WEB SITE
www.warburg.com
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OPENING AN ACCOUNT ADDING TO AN ACCOUNT
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BY CHECK
- - Complete the NEW ACCOUNT APPLICATION. - Make your check payable to Warburg Pincus Funds.
For IRAs use the UNIVERSAL IRA APPLICATION. - Write the account number and the fund name on
- - Make your check payable to Warburg Pincus Funds. your check.
- - Mail to Warburg Pincus Funds. - Mail to Warburg Pincus Funds.
- Minimum amount is $100.
BY EXCHANGE
- - Call our Shareholder Service Center to request - Call our Shareholder Service Center to request
an exchange. Be sure to read the current an exchange.
prospectus for the new fund. Also please - Minimum amount is $250.
observe the minimum initial investment. If you do not have telephone privileges, mail or
If you do not have telephone privileges, mail or fax a signed letter of instruction.
fax a signed letter of instruction.
BY WIRE
- - Complete and sign the NEW ACCOUNT APPLICATION. - Call our Shareholder Service Center by 4 p.m. ET
- - Call our Shareholder Service Center and fax the to inform us of the incoming wire. Please be
signed NEW ACCOUNT APPLICATION by 4 p.m. ET. sure to specify your name, the account number
- - Shareholder Services will telephone you with and the fund name on your wire advice.
your account number. Please be sure to specify - Wire the money for receipt that day.
your name, the account number and the fund name - Minimum amount is $500.
on your wire advice.
- - Wire your initial investment for receipt that
day.
- - Mail the original, signed application to Warburg
Pincus Funds.
This method is not available for IRAs.
BY AUTOMATED CLEARING HOUSE (ACH) TRANSFER
- - Cannot be used to open an account. - Call our Shareholder Service Center to request
an ACH transfer from your bank.
- Your purchase will be effective at the next NAV
calculated after we receive your order in proper
form.
- Minimum amount is $50.
Requires ACH on Demand privileges.
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800-WARBURG (800-927-2874)
MONDAY-FRIDAY, 8 A.M.-8 P.M. ET SATURDAY, 8 A.M.-4 P.M. ET
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SELLING SHARES*
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SELLING SOME OR ALL OF YOUR SHARES CAN BE USED FOR
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BY MAIL
Write us a letter of instruction that includes: - Accounts of any type.
- - your name(s) and signature(s) - Sales of any amount.
- - the fund name and account number For IRAs please use the IRA DISTRIBUTION REQUEST
- - the dollar amount you want to sell FORM.
- - how to send the proceeds
Obtain a signature guarantee or other
documentation, if required (see "Selling Shares in
Writing").
Mail the materials to Warburg Pincus Funds.
If only a letter of instruction is required, you
can fax it to the Shareholder Service Center.
BY EXCHANGE
- - Call our Shareholder Service Center to request - Accounts with telephone privileges.
an exchange. Be sure to read the current If you do not have telephone privileges, mail or
prospectus for the new fund. Also please observe fax a letter of instruction to exchange shares.
the minimum initial investment.
BY PHONE
Call our Shareholder Service Center to request a - Non-IRA accounts with telephone privileges.
redemption. You can receive the proceeds as:
- - a check mailed to the address of record
- - an ACH transfer to your bank ($50 minimum)
- - a wire to your bank ($500 minimum)
See "By Wire or ACH Transfer" for details.
BY WIRE OR ACH TRANSFER
- - Complete the "Wire Instructions" or "ACH on - Non-IRA accounts with wire-redemption or ACH on
Demand" section of your NEW ACCOUNT APPLICATION. Demand privileges.
- - For federal-funds wires, proceeds will be wired - Requests by phone or mail.
on the next business day. For ACH transfers,
proceeds will be delivered within two business
days.
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* For the Japan Small Company Fund only: The fund imposes a 1.00% redemption fee
(short-term trading fee) on fund shares redeemed or exchanged less than six
months from purchase. This fee is calculated based on the shares' net asset
value at redemption and deducted from the redemption proceeds. The fee is paid
to the fund to offset costs associated with short-term shareholder trading. It
does not apply to shares acquired through reinvestment of distributions. For
purposes of computing the redemption fee, any shares bought through reinvestment
of distributions will be redeemed first without charging the fee, followed by
the shares held longest. The redemption fee applies to fund shares purchased on
or after November 17, 1999.
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SELLING SHARES IN WRITING
Some circumstances require a written sell order, along with a signature
guarantee. These include:
- - accounts whose address of record has been changed within the past 30 days
- - redemption in certain large amounts (other than by exchange)
- - requests to send the proceeds to a different payee or address
- - shares represented by certificates, which must be returned with your sell
order
A signature guarantee helps protect against fraud. You can obtain one from
most banks or securities dealers, but not from a notary public.
RECENTLY PURCHASED
SHARES
If the fund has not yet collected payment for the shares you are selling, it
will delay sending you the proceeds until your purchase payment clears. This may
take up to 10 calendar days after the purchase. To avoid the collection period,
consider buying shares by bank wire, bank check, certified check or money order.
LOW-BALANCE ACCOUNTS
If your account balance falls below the minimum required to keep it open due
to redemptions or exchanges, the fund may ask you to increase your balance. If
it is still below the minimum after 60 days, the fund may close your account and
mail you the proceeds.
MINIMUM TO KEEP AN
ACCOUNT OPEN
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Cash Reserve Fund: $ 750
New York Tax Exempt Fund: $ 750
Balanced Fund: $ 500
Growth & Income Fund:* $ 500
WorldPerks Funds: $ 750
All other funds: $2,000
IRAs: $ 250
Transfers/Gifts to Minors: $ 250
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* THE FUND WILL BE RENAMED "VALUE FUND" ON JANUARY 1, 2000.
800-WARBURG (800-927-2874)
MONDAY-FRIDAY, 8 A.M.-8 P.M. ET SATURDAY, 8 A.M.-4 P.M. ET
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SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
AUTOMATIC SERVICES
Buying or selling shares automatically is easy with the services described
below. You can set up most of these services with your account application or by
calling our Shareholder Service Center.
SAVEMYMONEY PROGRAM
SaveMyMoney is a low minimum, automatic investing program that makes it easy
to build a mutual fund portfolio. For an initial investment of $250 along with a
minimum $50 monthly investment, you can invest in certain Warburg Pincus funds.
The SaveMyMoney Program will automatically transfer the monthly investment
amount you designate from your bank account.
AUTOMATIC MONTHLY INVESTMENT PLAN
For making automatic investments ($50 minimum) from a designated bank account.
AUTOMATIC WITHDRAWAL PLAN
For making automatic monthly, quarterly, semiannual or annual withdrawals of
$250 or more.
DISTRIBUTION SWEEP
For automatically reinvesting your dividend and capital-gain distributions
into another identically registered Warburg Pincus fund. Not available for IRAs.
RETIREMENT PLANS
Warburg Pincus offers a range of tax-advantaged retirement accounts,
including:
- - Traditional IRAs
- - Roth IRAs
- - Roth Conversion IRAs
- - Spousal IRAs
- - Rollover IRAs
- - SEP IRAs
To transfer your IRA to Warburg Pincus, use the IRA TRANSFER/DIRECT ROLLOVER
FORM. If you are opening a new IRA, you will also need to complete the UNIVERSAL
IRA APPLICATION. Please consult your tax professional concerning your IRA
eligibility and tax situation.
TRANSFERS/GIFTS TO MINORS
Depending on state laws, you can set up a custodial account under the Uniform
Transfers-to-Minors Act (UTMA) or the Uniform Gifts-to-Minors Act (UGMA). Please
consult your tax professional about these types of accounts.
ACCOUNT CHANGES
Call our Shareholder Service Center to update your account records whenever
you change your address. Shareholder Services can also help you change your
account information or privileges.
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OTHER POLICIES
TRANSACTION DETAILS
You are entitled to capital-gain and earned dividend distributions as soon as
your purchase order is executed. For the Intermediate Maturity Government, New
York Intermediate Municipal and Fixed Income Funds and the Money Market Funds,
you begin to earn dividend distributions the business day after your purchase
order is executed. However, if we receive your purchase order and payment to
purchase shares of a Money Market Fund before 12 p.m. (noon), you begin to earn
dividend distributions on that day.
Your purchase order will be canceled and you may be liable for losses or fees
incurred by the fund if:
- your investment check or ACH transfer does not clear
- you place a telephone order by 4 p.m. ET and we do not receive your wire that
day
If you wire money without first calling Shareholder Services to place an
order, and your wire arrives after the close of regular trading on the NYSE,
then your order will not be executed until the end of the next business day. In
the meantime, your payment will be held uninvested. Your bank or other
financial-services firm may charge a fee to send or receive wire transfers.
While we monitor telephone servicing resources carefully, during periods of
significant economic or market change it may be difficult to place orders by
telephone.
Uncashed redemption or distribution checks do not earn interest.
SPECIAL SITUATIONS
A fund reserves the right to:
- refuse any purchase or exchange request, including those from any person or
group who, in the fund's view, is likely to engage in excessive trading
- change or discontinue its exchange privilege after 30 days' notice to current
investors, or temporarily suspend this privilege during unusual market
conditions
- change its minimum investment amounts after 15 days' notice to current
investors of any increases
- charge a wire-redemption fee
- make a "redemption in kind" --payment in portfolio securities rather than
cash--for certain large redemption amounts that could hurt fund operations
- suspend redemptions or postpone payment dates as permitted by the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (such as during periods other than weekends or holidays
when the NYSE is closed or trading on the NYSE is restricted, or any other
time that the SEC permits)
- modify or waive its minimum investment requirements for investments through
certain financial-services firms and for employees and clients of its
adviser, sub-adviser, distributor and their affiliates and, for the
Long-Short Funds, investments through certain financial-services firms
($10,000 minimum) and through retirement plan programs (no minimum)
- stop offering its shares for a period of time (such as when management
believes that a substantial increase in assets could adversely affect it)
800-WARBURG (800-927-2874)
MONDAY-FRIDAY, 8 A.M.-8 P.M. ET SATURDAY, 8 A.M.-4 P.M. ET
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P.O. BOX 9030, BOSTON, MA 02205-9030
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CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MANAGEMENT SECURITIES, INC., DISTRIBUTOR. WPCOM-31-0999
(EFFECTIVE JANUARY 3, 2000, PROVIDENT DISTRIBUTORS, INC. WILL BE THE FUND
DISTRIBUTOR)
