Filed Pursuant to Rule 497(e)
1933 Act Registration No. 33-40496
SUPPLEMENT DATED JANUARY 31, 1997
TO THE PROSPECTUS DATED AUGUST 1, 1996
OF
IAI BALANCED FUND
(a portfolio of IAI Investment Funds VI, Inc.)
Supplement to page 4 (Investment Objectives and Policies)
As noted in the Prospectus, Balanced Fund may purchase securities issued by
the United States government. Such securities may include U.S. Treasury
inflation-protection securities. The value of such inflation-protection
securities is adjusted for inflation and periodic interest payments are in
amounts equal to a fixed percentage of the inflation-adjusted value of the
principal. For further information, see the Supplement dated January 24, 1997 to
the Statement of Additional Information dated August 1, 1996.
Also as noted in the Prospectus, Balanced Fund may invest in securities of
foreign issuers in accordance with its investment objectives and policies.
Currently, Balanced Fund intends to limit its investment in foreign securities
denominated in foreign currency and not publicly traded in the United States to
no more than 25% of its total assets.
Supplement to page 12 (Management)
Pursuant to a Subadvisory Agreement, IAI has delegated its investment
management responsibilities with respect to Balanced Fund's investments in
securities of foreign issuers to its affiliate, IAI International Ltd. Roy
Gillson has responsibility for Balanced Fund's investments in securities of
foreign issuers. Mr. Gillson is IAI International's Chief Investment Officer and
a member of its Board of Directors. Mr. Gillson has served as a portfolio
manager since joining IAI International in 1983. As an affiliate of IAI, IAI
International receives no compensation under the Subadvisory Agreement.
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Filed pursuant to Rule 497(e)
Registration No. 33-40496
SUPPLEMENT DATED JANUARY 31, 1997
TO THE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
DATED AUGUST 1, 1996
OF
IAI BALANCED FUND
(a portfolio of IAI Investment Funds VI, Inc.)
Supplement to page 3 (Investment Objectives and Policies)
The Balanced Fund may purchase securities issued by the United States
government, which include U.S. Treasury inflation-protection securities.
Inflation-protection securities are a new type of marketable book-entry
security issued by the United States Department of Treasury ("Treasury") with a
nominal return linked to the inflation rate in prices. Inflation-protection
securities will be auctioned and issued on a quarterly basis on the 15th of
January, April, July, and October, beginning on January 15, 1997. Initially,
they will be issued as 10-year notes, with other maturities added thereafter.
The index used to measure inflation will be non-seasonally adjusted U.S. City
Average All Items Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers ("CPI-U").
The value of the principal will be adjusted for inflation, and every six
months the security will pay interest, which will be an amount equal to a fixed
percentage of the inflation-adjusted value of the principal. The final payment
of principal of the security will not be less than the original par amount of
the security at issuance.
The principal of the inflation-protection security will be indexed to the
non-seasonally adjusted CPI-U. To calculate the inflation-adjusted principal
value for a particular valuation date, the value of the principal at issuance is
multiplied by the index ratio applicable to that valuation date. The index ratio
for any date is the ratio of the reference CPI applicable to such date to the
reference CPI applicable to the original issue date. Semiannual coupon interest
is determined by multiplying the inflation-adjusted principal amount by one-half
of the stated rate of interest on each interest payment date.
Inflation-adjusted principal or the original par amount, whichever is
larger, will be paid on the maturity date as specified in the applicable
offering announcement. If at maturity the inflation-adjusted principal is less
than the original principal value of the security an additional amount will be
paid at maturity so that the additional amount plus the inflation-adjusted
principal equals the original principal amount. Some inflation-protection
securities may be stripped into principal and interest components. In the case
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of a stripped security, the holder of the stripped principal would receive this
additional amount. The final interest payment, however, will be based on the
final inflation-adjusted principal value, not the original par amount.
The reference CPI for the first day of any calendar month is the CPI-U for
the third preceding calendar month. (For example, the reference CPI for December
1 is the CPI-U reported for September of the same year, which is released in
October.) The reference CPI for any other day of the month is calculated by a
linear interpolation between the reference CPI applicable to the first day of
the month and the reference CPI applicable to the first day of the following
month.
Any revisions the Bureau of Labor Statistics (or successor agency) makes to
any CPI-U number that has been previously released will not be used in
calculations of the value of outstanding inflation-protection securities. In the
case that the CPI-U for a particular month is not reported by the last day of
the following month, the Treasury will announce an index number based on the
last year-over-year CPI-U inflation rate available. Any calculations of the
Treasury's payment obligations on the inflation-protection security that need
that month's CPI-U number will be based on the index number that the Treasury
has announced. If the CPI-U is rebased to a different year, the Treasury will
continue to use the CPI-U series based on the base reference period in effect
when the security was first issued as long as that series continues to be
published. If the CPI-U is discontinued during the period the
inflation-protection security is outstanding, the Treasury will, in consultation
with the Bureau of Labor Statistics (or successor agency), determine an
appropriate substitute index and methodology for linking the discontinued series
with the new price index series. Determinations of the Secretary of the Treasury
in this regard are final.
Inflation-protection securities will be held and transferred in either of
two book-entry systems: the commercial book-entry system (TRADES) and TREASURY
DIRECT. The securities will be maintained and transferred at their original par
amount, i.e., not at their inflation-adjusted value. STRIPS components will be
maintained and transferred in TRADES at their value based on the original par
amount of the fully constituted security.
Supplement to "Tax Status" on page 28
If Balanced Fund invests in zero coupon obligations upon their issuance,
such obligations will have original issue discount in the hands of the Fund.
Generally, the original issue discount equals the difference between the "stated
redemption price at maturity" of the obligation and its "issue price" as those
terms are defined in the Code. If the Fund acquires an already issued zero
coupon bond from another holder, the bond will have original issue discount in
the Fund's hands, equal to the difference between the "adjusted issue price" of
the bond at the time the Fund acquires it (that is, the original issue price of
the bond plus the amount of original issue discount accrued to date) and its
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stated redemption price at maturity. In each case, the Fund is required to
accrue as ordinary interest income a portion of such original issue discount
even though it receives no cash currently as interest payment on the obligation.
If a Fund invests in U.S. Treasury inflation-protection securities, it will be
required to treat as original issue discount any increase in the principal
amount of the securities that occurs during the course of its taxable year. If a
Fund purchases such inflation-protection securities that are issued in stripped
form either as stripped bonds or coupons, it will be treated as if it had
purchased a newly issued debt instrument having original issue discount.
Because the Fund is required to distribute substantially all of its net
investment income in order to be taxed as regulated investment company, it may
be required to distribute an amount greater than the total cash income the Fund
actually receives. Accordingly, in order to make the required distribution, the
Fund may be required to borrow or to liquidate securities. The extent to which
the Fund may liquidate securities at a gain may be limited by the requirement
that generally less than 30% of such Fund's gross income (on an annual basis)
consists of gains from the sale of securities held for less than three months.
