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SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS FOR
NORTH AMERICAN FUNDS
DATED MARCH 1, 1999, AS REVISED MAY 13, 1999
Effective July 26, 1999, Tracy P. Stouffer has been appointed portfolio manager
for the International Small Cap Fund. Accordingly, the description of Founders
Asset Management, LLC on page 40 is amended by replacing the first two sentences
of the third paragraph with the following:
Tracy P. Stouffer, Vice President of Investments, has been the lead fund
manager for the International Small Cap Fund since July 1999. Previously,
Ms. Stouffer was a vice president and portfolio manager with Federated
Global Incorporated from 1995 to July 1999 and a vice president and
portfolio manager with Clariden Asset Management from 1988 to 1995.
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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, including shares
purchased through reinvestment of dividends and distributions, 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.
91389 July 26, 1999
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SUPPLEMEMT TO STATEMENT OF ADDITONAL INFORMATION
FOR NORTH AMERICAN FUNDS
DATED MARCH 1, 1999, AS REVISED MAY 13, 1999
The second paragraph under the heading "Conversion Feature" on page 50 of the
SAI is replaced with the following:
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 Class B shares, or purchased prior to July 1, 1999
through the reinvestment of dividends or distributions or paid on Class C
shares, as the case may be, 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.
