August 13, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street NW
Washington DC 20549
RE: Rule 497(e) prospectus supplement filing for Fortis
Income Portfolios, Inc.
File No.: 811-2341 and 2-46686; and
Rule 497(e) prospectus supplement filing for Fortis
Advantage Portfolios, Inc.
File No.: 811-5355 and 33-17759
Enclosed for filing is a Rule 497(e) prospectus supplement
for the above
referenced investment companies. The purpose
of this supplement is to amend the portfolio management
disclosure for the
Strategic Income Fund and High Yield
Portfolio.
Please contact me at 651-738-5602 if you have questions.
Sincerely,
/s/ Scott R. Plummer
Scott R. Plummer
Vice President and Associate General Counsel
Fortis Income Portfolios, Inc.
Strategic Income Fund
Fortis Advantage Portfolios, Inc.
High Yield Portfolio
Supplement to Fortis Bond Funds' Prospectus
Dated December 1, 1998
The following information supersedes any contrary
information contained on page
18 of the Bond Funds'
prospectus in the section entitled "Portfolio Managers":
Kendall C. Peterson has replaced Ho Wang as a member of both
the Strategic
Income Fund and High Yield Portfolio
portfolio management teams. From July 1985 to July 1999 Mr.
Peterson was a
fixed income portfolio manager for
The Prudential Insurance Company of America in Newark, New
Jersey. Mr.
Peterson is located at One Chase
Manhattan Plaza, New York, New York 10005.
