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Numeric Investors L.P.
n/i numeric investors Micro Cap Fund
n/i numeric investors Growth Fund
n/i numeric investors Growth & Value Fund
n/i numeric investors Larger Cap Value Fund
n/i numeric investors Small Cap Value Fund
(Investment Portfolios of The RBB Fund, Inc.)
Supplement dated February 16, 1999
to Prospectus dated December 28, 1998
The description of the investment adviser on page 14 of the
Prospectus is amended as follows:
All investment decisions with respect to the Funds are made by a team of
Numeric's Portfolio Management Department, which is subject to the supervision
of Mark F. Engerman, CFA. No one person is responsible for making
recommendations to that team. Mr. Engerman received a BS in Applied Mathematics
and Economics from Brown University, and has been employed by Numeric since
January 1994.
Supplement dated April 16, 1999
to Prospectus dated December 28, 1998
Reopening of Funds
The paragraphs on page 19 of the prospectus with respect to the
closing of the n/i numeric investors Micro Cap and Growth Funds are revised as
follows:
As of April 19, 1999, the n/i numeric investors Micro Cap Fund
and the n/i numeric investors Growth Fund shall reopen to new investment from
any then existing shareholder of any of the n/i numeric investors family of
funds. As of May 17, 1999, the n/i numeric investors Micro Cap Fund and the n/i
numeric investors Growth Fund shall reopen to new investment from the general
public. Beginning April 19, 1999, no maximum purchase amounts shall apply to any
purchaser. Numeric currently intends to close each of the n/i numeric investors
Micro Cap Fund and the n/i numeric investors Growth Fund if such Fund reaches
$125 million in total assets. Current total assets are $96 million in the n/i
numeric investors Micro Cap Fund and $62 million in the n/i numeric investors
Growth Fund, respectively.
