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SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS FOR NORTH AMERICAN FUNDS
Dated March 1, 1999, as revised May 13, 1999
The following paragraph is added after the first paragraph appearing under
the heading "Class C Shares*" on page 45 of the Prospectus:
Class C shares purchased on or after July 1, 1999 will not convert into
Class A shares after ten years. Class C shares purchased before July 1,
1999 will continue to convert into Class A shares ten years after the end
of the calendar month in which a shareholder's order to purchase the shares
was accepted. After June 30, 1999, Class C shares will be redeemed or
exchanged in order of the date purchased, with the shares purchased
earliest being redeemed or exchanged first, unless a shareholder
specifically requests that specific shares be redeemed or exchanged.
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SUPPLEMENT TO STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FOR NORTH AMERICAN FUNDS
Dated March 1, 1999
The fourth paragraph under the heading "MULTIPLE PRICING SYSTEM" on page 49
of the SAI is replaced with the following:
Class C Shares. Class C shares are offered for purchases of less than $1
million, at net asset value without a front end sales charge. Class C shares are
subject to a CDSC of 1% of the dollar amount subject thereto during the first
year after purchase. Class C shares are subject to a distribution fee of up to
.75% of their respective average annual net assets and a service fee of up to
.25% of their respective average annual net assets (with the exception of Class
C shares of the Money Market Fund, which bear no such fees). Class C shares,
like Class B shares, enjoy the benefit of permitting all of the investor's
dollars to work from the time the investment is made. The higher ongoing
distribution and service fees paid by Class C shares will cause such shares to
have a higher expense ratio and to pay lower dividends than Class A shares.
Class C shares purchased on or after July 1, 1999 will not be converted to Class
A shares after ten years. Class C shares purchased before July 1, 1999 will
automatically convert to Class A shares ten years after the end of the calendar
month in which the shareholder's order to purchase was accepted.
The first two paragraphs under the heading "Conversion Feature" on page 50
of the SAI are replaced with the following:
Conversion Feature. Class B shares (purchased on or after October 1, 1997)
and Class C shares (purchased before July 1, 1999) of all Funds except the Money
Market Fund will automatically convert to Class A shares eight years and ten
years, respectively, after the end of the calendar month in which the
shareholder's order to purchase was accepted and will thereafter no longer be
subject to the higher distribution and service fees. Such conversion will be on
the basis of the relative net asset values per share, without the imposition of
any sales charge, fee or other charge. (For Class B shares purchased prior to
October 1, 1997 such conversion will take place six years after purchase.) Class
B and Class C shares of the Money Market Fund do not convert to Class A shares
of the Money Market Fund at any time, as shares of all classes of the Money
Market Fund do not bear any distribution or service fees. In addition, because
Class B and Class C shares of the Money Market Fund are not subject to any
distribution or service fees, the applicable conversion period is tolled for any
period of time in which Class B or Class C shares are held in that Fund. For
example, if Class B shares of a Fund other than the Money Market Fund are
exchanged for Class B shares of the Money Market Fund two years after purchase
and are subsequently exchanged one year later for Class B shares of a Fund other
than the Money Market Fund, the one year of ownership in the Money Market Fund
does not count in the determination of the time of conversion to Class A shares.
For purposes of the conversion of Class B and Class C shares to Class A
shares, shares purchased through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions
paid on those Class B shares or Class C shares that have a conversion feature
will be considered to be held in a separate sub-account. Each time any Class B
shares or Class C shares in the shareholder's Fund account (other than those in
the sub-account) convert to Class A shares, a pro rata portion of the Class B
shares or Class C shares, as the case may be, in the sub-account will also
convert to Class A shares.
