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Hilliard Lyons Growth Fund, Inc.
Form N-1A Registration Statement
File No. 33-43177; 811-6423 Effective May 1, 1999
Supplement dated February 29, 2000
Page 9, paragraph 4 of the Hilliard Lyons Growth Fund, Inc. Registration
Statement Post-Effective Amendment 11 Filed May 1, 1999 is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Portfolio Management. Shawn Ridley is the portfolio manager of the
Fund. Mr. Ridley is a Chartered Financial Analyst, Vice President of Hilliard
Lyons, and a Senior Vice President of Hilliard Lyons Trust Company. Mr. Ridley
serves as Director of the Investment Management Group Stock Selection Committee
and as Chief Equity Officer. Mr. Ridley joined Hilliard Lyons in 1992 after four
years as an Investment Counselor with Bank of Boston.
