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December 20, 1996
VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Portico Funds, Inc.
(1933 Act Registration No. 33-18255)
(1940 Act Registration No. 811-5380)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Portico Funds, Inc. (the "Company")
and pursuant to Rule 497(e) of the Securities Act of 1933, filed
herewith are (1) the Supplement dated December 20, 1996 to the
prospectus dated February 20, 1996 for Retail Shares of the Balanced
Fund, Growth and Income Fund, Equity Index Fund, MidCore Growth Fund,
Special Growth Fund and International Equity Fund and (2) the
Supplement dated December 20, 1996 to the prospectus dated
February 20, 1996 for Institutional Shares of the Money Market
Fund, Institutional Money Market Fund, U.S. Treasury Money
Market Fund, U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Tax-Exempt Money
Market Fund, Short-Term Bond Market Fund, Intermediate Bond
Market Fund, Tax-Exempt Intermediate Bond Fund, Bond IMMDEX
Fund, Balanced Fund, Growth and Income Fund, Equity Index Fund,
MidCore Growth Fund, Special Growth Fund and International
Equity Fund.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this
filing, do not hesitate to contact me at (215) 988-1152.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Kenneth L. Greenberg, Esq.
Portico MidCore Growth Fund
December 20, 1996
Supplement to the Prospectus
Dated February 20, 1996
We are pleased to inform you about the following changes in
Portico MidCore Growth Fund management and to provide you with
some background on the new managers. Federal securities
regulations require us to notify you whenever a portfolio
manager of a fund changes.
Effective December, 1996 -
Marian Zentmyer, Maya Bittar, and Matthew D'Attilio co-manage
Portico MidCore Growth Fund. Ms. Bittar is a Vice President and
Portfolio Manager of FIRMCO and has been with Firstar since
1993. She has three years of investment management experience.
In addition, Ms. Bittar co-manages Portico Growth and Income
Fund. Mr. D'Attilio has been with Firstar since 1993 and has
three years of investment management experience. He is an
Assistant Vice President and Portfolio Manager of FIRMCO.
