March 16, 2000
DREYFUS GLOBAL GROWTH FUND
Supplement to the Statement of Additional Information
Dated May 1, 1999
1. The following information replaces all contrary information contained in
the sections of the Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") entitled
"Description of the Fund", "Management of the Fund" and "Management
Arrangements":
Effective March 16, 2000, Dreyfus Service Corporation ("DSC") became the
distributor to the Fund. DSC is located at 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166.
2. The following information replaces the information contained in the
section of the Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") entitled "Management
of the Fund - Officers of the Fund":
Stephen E. Canter, President. President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief
Investment Officer of the Manager, and an officer of other investment
companies advised and administered by the Manager. Mr. Canter also is a
Director or an Executive Committee Member of the other investment
management subsidiaries of Mellon Financial Corporation, each of which is
an affiliate of the Manager. He is 54 years old.
Mark N. Jacobs, Vice President. Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary to
the Manager, and an officer of other investment companies advised and
administered by the Manager. He is 53 years old.
Joseph Connolly, Vice President and Treasurer. Director - Mutual Fund Accounting
of the Manager, and an officer of other investment companies advised and
administered by the Manager. He is 42 years old.
Michael A. Rosenberg, Secretary. Associate General Counsel of the Manager, and
an officer of other investment companies advised and administered by the
Manager. He is 40 years old.
Steven F. Newman, Assistant Secretary. Associate General Counsel and Assistant
Secretary of the Manager, and an officer of other investment companies
advised and administered by the Manager. He is 50 years old.
Mark Kornfeld, Assistant Secretary. Assistant General Counsel of the Manager,
and an officer of other investment companies advised and administered by
the Manager. From September 1993 to October 1998, Mr. Kornfeld was an
Associate Attorney in the Litigation Group of Clifford Chance Rogers &
Wells, LLP. He is 32 years old.
James Windels, Assistant Treasurer. Senior Treasury Manager of the Manager, and
an officer of other investment companies advised and administered by the
Manager. He is 41 years old.
The address of each Fund officer is 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166.
