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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.
