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Dykema Gossett PLLC
1577 N. Woodward Ave. Suite 300
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48304
(248) 203-0700
October 4, 1999
Via EDGAR
EDGAR Operations Branch
Division of Investment Management
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: The Huntington Funds
1933 Act File No. 33-11905
1940 Act File No. 811-5010
Greetings:
Pursuant to Rule 497(e) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a
Supplement dated October 4, 1999 to each of the Investment Shares Prospectus and
the Trust Shares Prospectus for the Huntington Florida Tax-Free Money Fund dated
December 10, 1998, as supplemented January 1, 1999, are hereby electronically
transmitted.
If you have any questions regarding this filing, please call the
undersigned at (248) 203-0801.
VERY TRULY YOURS,
DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC
/s/ MELANIE MAYO WEST
MELANIE MAYO WEST
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HUNTINGTON FUNDS
FLORIDA TAX-FREE MONEY FUND
SUPPLEMENT DATED OCTOBER 4, 1999
TO
INVESTMENT SHARES PROSPECTUS
DATED DECEMBER 10, 1998, AS SUPPLEMENTED JANUARY 1, 1999
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Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc. ("Fort Washington"), 420 East
Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, has entered into an agreement with
Countrywide Credit Industries, Inc. to purchase Countrywide Financial
Services, Inc. ("CFS"), the parent company of Countrywide Investments, Inc.
Countrywide Investments, Inc. (the "Sub-Adviser") currently serves as sub-
adviser to the Fund.
On October 1, 1999, the Board of Trustees of The Huntington Funds approved a
new sub-advisory agreement for the Fund between the Sub-Adviser and The
Huntington National Bank (the "Adviser"). If the new sub-advisory agreement is
approved by Fund shareholders at a meeting scheduled to be held on October 27,
1999, or at any adjournment of such meeting, upon consummation of the CFS
acquisition by Fort Washington, the Sub-Adviser, under the ownership of Fort
Washington, will act as sub-adviser for the Fund. The new sub-advisory
agreement for the Fund will become effective upon the closing of the proposed
acquisition of CFS by Fort Washington, which is expected to be on or about
November 4, 1999.
Following the acquisition, CFS will be operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Fort Washington. Fort Washington is part of Western-Southern Enterprise, a
dynamic group of financial services companies owned by The Western and
Southern Life Insurance Company located in Cincinnati, Ohio.
INVESTORS SHOULD RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT
WITH THEIR PROSPECTUS FOR FUTURE REFERENCE
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HUNTINGTON FUNDS
FLORIDA TAX-FREE MONEY FUND
SUPPLEMENT DATED OCTOBER 4, 1999
TO
TRUST SHARES PROSPECTUS
DATED DECEMBER 10, 1998, AS SUPPLEMENTED JANUARY 1, 1999
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Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc. ("Fort Washington"), 420 East
Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, has entered into an agreement with
Countrywide Credit Industries, Inc. to purchase Countrywide Financial
Services, Inc. ("CFS"), the parent company of Countrywide Investments, Inc.
Countrywide Investments, Inc. (the "Sub-Adviser") currently serves as sub-
adviser to the Fund.
On October 1, 1999, the Board of Trustees of The Huntington Funds approved a
new sub-advisory agreement for the Fund between the Sub-Adviser and The
Huntington National Bank (the "Adviser"). If the new sub-advisory agreement is
approved by Fund shareholders at a meeting scheduled to be held on October 27,
1999, or at any adjournment of such meeting, upon consummation of the CFS
acquisition by Fort Washington, the Sub-Adviser, under the ownership of Fort
Washington, will act as sub-adviser for the Fund. The new sub-advisory
agreement for the Fund will become effective upon the closing of the proposed
acquisition of CFS by Fort Washington, which is expected to be on or about
November 4, 1999.
Following the acquisition, CFS will be operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Fort Washington. Fort Washington is part of Western-Southern Enterprise, a
dynamic group of financial services companies owned by The Western and
Southern Life Insurance Company located in Cincinnati, Ohio.
INVESTORS SHOULD RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT
WITH THEIR PROSPECTUS FOR FUTURE REFERENCE
