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FIFTH THIRD FUNDS
INVESTMENT A SHARES
INVESTMENT C SHARES
INSTITUTIONAL SHARES
Fifth Third Mid Cap Fund
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Supplement dated December 31, 1998
to the prospectus dated November 2, 1998
The first bullet point in the section titled "Mid Cap Fund - Acceptable
Investments" is hereby replaced with the following statement:
- - common stocks of U.S. companies that, at the time of purchase, are
comparable to the stocks of companies in the Standard & Poor's MidCap 400
Index (which at this time generally have market capitalizations of between
$500 million and $10 billion), as well as preferred stocks of such
companies, and preferred stocks convertible into common stocks of such
companies. The Fund intends to invest in industries and companies which,
is the opinion of Fifth Third Bank, have potential primarily for capital
growth and secondarily for income. The fund may continue to hold or buy
stock in a company that has outgrown that index if the stock appears to be
an attractive investment;
INVESTORS SHOULD RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT
WITH THEIR PROSPECTUS FOR FUTURE REFERENCE
