FIRST PRIORITY FAMILY OF FUNDS
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SUPPLEMENT TO THE COMBINED PROSPECTUS DATED JANUARY 31, 1997
Please be advised that effective June 1, 1997 First Priority Funds is
eliminating the Front-End Sales Charge imposed by the Funds and replacing it
with a Contingent Deferred Sales Charge as discussed below.
1. Please delete the last sentence on page 2 and replace it with the following:
"Shares of the other Funds are sold at net asset value and redeemed at net
asset value less an applicable contingent deferred sales charge (except as
otherwise noted in this prospectus). Net asset value will fluctuate."
2. Please delete the Summary of Fund Expenses table on pages 4 and 5 and
replace it with the following:
SUMMARY OF FUND EXPENSES
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SHAREHOLDER TRANSACTION EXPENSES
TREASURY MONEY LIMITED
MARKET FUND MATURITY
TRUST INVESTMENT GOVERNMENT
SHARES SHARES FUND
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchases
(as a percentage of offering price)..................................... None None None
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Reinvested Dividends
(as a percentage of offering price)..................................... None None None
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (as a percentage of original purchase
price or redemption proceeds, as applicable)(1)......................... 0.00% 0.00% 3.00%
Redemption Fees (as a percentage of amount redeemed, if applicable)....... None None None
Exchange Fee.............................................................. None None None
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES
(As a percentage of average net assets)
Management Fee (after waiver if applicable)............................... 0.25%(2) 0.25%(2) 0.70%
12b-1 Fees (4)............................................................ None 0.40% 0.00%
Other Expenses............................................................ 0.27% 0.27% 0.31%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.................................. 0.52%(3) 0.92%(3) 1.01%
SHAREHOLDER TRANSACTION EXPENSES
FIXED
INCOME BALANCED VALUE GROWTH
FUND FUND FUND FUND
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchases
(as a percentage of offering price)................................... None None None None
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Reinvested Dividends
(as a percentage of offering price)................................... None None None None
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (as a percentage of original purchase
price or redemption proceeds, as applicable)(1)....................... 3.00% 3.00% 3.00% 3.00%
Redemption Fees (as a percentage of amount redeemed, if applicable)..... None None None None
Exchange Fee............................................................ None None None None
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES
(As a percentage of average net assets)
Management Fee (after waiver if applicable)............................. 0.75% 0.80% 0.80% 0.80%
12b-1 Fee (4)........................................................... 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Other Expenses.......................................................... 0.27% 0.33% 0.31% 0.25%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses................................ 1.02% 1.13% 1.11% 1.05%
</TABLE>
(1) The contingent deferred sales charge is 3.00% in the first year
declining to 1.00% in the third year and 0.00% thereafter. (See "What
Shares Cost.") Shareholders who purchase shares of the Treasury Money
Market Fund through exchange of Shares of another First Priority Fund,
may be charged a contingent deferred sales charge by the Trust's
distributor.
No contingent deferred sales charge will be imposed on: (a) the portion
of redemption proceeds attributable to increases in the value of the
account due to increases in the net asset value per Share, (b) Shares
acquired through reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, (c) Shares
held for more than three years after the end of the calendar month of
acquisition, (d) accounts following the death or disability of a
shareholder, (e) minimum required distributions to a shareholder over
the age of 70-1/2 from an IRA or other retirement plan, (f) shares
purchased prior to June 1, 1997, or (g) involuntary redemptions by the
Funds of shares in shareholder accounts that do not comply with the
minimum balance requirements.
(2) The management fee has been reduced to reflect this voluntary waiver by
the investment adviser. The adviser can terminate this voluntary waiver
at any time at its sole discretion. The maximum management fee is 0.50%
for the Treasury Money Market Fund--Trust Shares and Investment Shares.
(3) Absent the voluntary waiver as described in footnote number two above,
the Total Annual Operating Expenses would be 0.77% for the Treasury
Money Market Fund--Trust Shares and 1.17% for the Treasury Money Market
Fund-- Investment Shares.
(4) Limited Maturity Government Fund, Fixed Income Fund, Balanced Fund,
Value Fund, and Growth Fund, have no intention of paying or accruing
12b-1 fees during the fiscal year ending November 30, 1997. If these
Funds were paying or accruing 12b-1 fees, Limited Maturity Government
Fund would be able to pay up to 0.25% of its daily net assets, and Fixed
Income Fund, Balanced Fund, Value Fund, and Growth Fund, would be able
to pay up to 0.30% of their daily net assets for 12b-1 fees.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS TABLE IS TO ASSIST AN INVESTOR IN UNDERSTANDING THE
VARIOUS COSTS AND EXPENSES THAT A SHAREHOLDER IN THE FUNDS WILL BEAR, EITHER
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY. FOR MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VARIOUS COSTS
AND EXPENSES, SEE "FIRST PRIORITY FUNDS INFORMATION", "INVESTING IN THE
FUNDS", AND THE SAI.
LONG-TERM INVESTORS IN INVESTMENT SHARES OF TREASURY MONEY MARKET FUND
MAY PAY MORE THAN THE ECONOMIC EQUIVALENT OF THE MAXIMUM FRONT-END SALES
CHARGE PERMITTED UNDER THE RULES OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECURITIES
DEALERS, INC. ("NASD"). HOWEVER, IN ORDER FOR A FUND INVESTOR TO EXCEED THE
NASD'S MAXIMUM FRONT-END SALES CHARGE OF 6.25%, A CONTINUOUS INVESTMENT IN
THE FUND FOR 42 YEARS WOULD BE REQUIRED.
EXAMPLE
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You would pay the following expenses on a $1,000 investment assuming (1) 5%
annual return and (2) redemption at the end of each time period:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Treasury Money Market Fund--Trust Shares................................... $ 5 $ 17 $ 9 $ 29
Treasury Money Market Fund--Investment Shares.............................. $ 9 $ 29 $ 51 $ 113
Limited Maturity Government Fund........................................... $ 41 $ 43 $ 56 $ 124
Fixed Income Fund.......................................................... $ 42 $ 44 $ 56 $ 125
Balanced Fund.............................................................. $ 43 $ 47 $ 62 $ 137
Value Fund................................................................. $ 42 $ 47 $ 61 $ 135
Growth Fund................................................................ $ 42 $ 45 $ 58 $ 128
</TABLE>
The above example assumes no exchange of shares. The amounts listed
under the 1 year and 3 years columns for Treasury Money Market Fund--Trust
Shares and Investment Shares would be higher if there had been an exchange.
You would pay the following expenses on the same investment, assuming no
redemptions:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Treasury Money Market Fund--Trust Shares................................... $ 5 $ 17 $ 29 $ 65
Treasury Money Market Fund--Investment Shares.............................. $ 9 $ 29 $ 51 $ 113
Limited Maturity Government Fund........................................... $ 10 $ 32 $ 56 $ 124
Fixed Income Fund.......................................................... $ 10 $ 32 $ 56 $ 125
Balanced Fund.............................................................. $ 12 $ 36 $ 62 $ 137
Value Fund................................................................. $ 11 $ 35 $ 61 $ 135
Growth Fund................................................................ $ 11 $ 33 $ 58 $ 128
</TABLE>
THE ABOVE EXAMPLE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A REPRESENTATION OF PAST OR
FUTURE EXPENSES. ACTUAL EXPENSES MAY BE GREATER OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN.
3. Please delete the third paragraph under the section entitled "Minimum
Investment Required" on page 31 and replace it with the following:
"Investors may open an IRA account of any Fund (except for Trust Shares of
Treasury Money Market Fund) with a minimum initial investment of $500.
Officers, directors, employees, and retired employees of Regions Bank, or
its affiliates, and their spouses and their dependent children may purchase
shares of any Fund (except for Trust Shares of Treasury Money Market Fund)
with a minimum initial investment of $500, unless they choose to participate
in the systematic investment plan, in which case the minimum initial
investment is $100."
4. Please delete the second paragraph of the section entitled "What Shares
Cost" (including the two tables in that paragraph) and the sub-section
entitled "Purchases at Net Asset Value" from page 32 and replace them with
the following:
"Shares of the other Funds are sold without an initial sales charge, but are
subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of up to 3.00% if redeemed
within three full years following the purchase date. Shares of these Funds
provide an investor the benefit of putting all of the investor's dollars to
work from the time the investment is made.
Shares redeemed within three years of their purchase will be subject to a
contingent deferred sales charge. Any applicable contingent deferred sales
charge will be imposed on the lesser of the net asset value of the redeemed
shares at the time of purchase or the net asset value of the redeemed shares
at the time of redemption according to the following schedule:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR OF REDEMPTION CONTINGENT DEFERRED
AFTER PURCHASE SALES CHARGE
<S> <C>
First 3.00%
Second 2.00%
Third 1.00%
Fourth and thereafter 0.00%
</TABLE>
Redemptions will be processed in a manner intended to maximize the amount of
redemption which will not be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge.
In computing the amount of the applicable contingent deferred sales charge,
redemptions are deemed to have occurred in the following order: (1) shares
acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and long-term capital
gains; (2) shares held for more than three full years from the date of
purchase; and (3) shares held for fewer than three years on a first-in,
first-out basis.
No contingent deferred sales charge will be imposed on the redemption of
shares by officers, directors, employees and retired employees of Regions
Bank, or its affiliates, and their spouses and dependent children and by
First Priority Management Account customers. Additionally, no contingent
deferred sales charge will be imposed upon trust customers redeeming through
the Trust departments of Regions Bank, or its affiliates. The Trust
departments, however, may charge fees for services provided, which may be
related to the ownership of Fund shares. This prospectus should, therefore,
be read together with any agreement between the Trust customer and the Trust
department with regard to services provided and fees charged for these
services.
In addition, no contingent deferred sales charge will be imposed on (i) the
portion of redemption proceeds attributable to increases in the value of the
account due to increases in the net asset value per share, (ii) shares
acquired through reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, (iii) shares
held for more than three years after the end of the calendar month of
acquisition, (iv) accounts following the death or disability of any
shareholder in the account, (v) minimum required distributions to a
shareholder over the age of 70-1/2 from an IRA or other retirement plan,
(vi) shares purchased prior to June 1, 1997, or (vii) involuntary
redemptions by the Funds of shares in shareholder accounts that do not
comply with the minimum balance requirements."
5. Please delete the section entitled "Dealer Concessions" which begins on page
32 and replace it with the following:
"DEALER CONCESSIONS. For the redemption of shares of Funds, other than
Treasury Money Market Fund, a dealer may receive up to 100% of the
contingent deferred sales charge. A portion of this charge may be advanced
to the dealer at the time of purchase. Any portion of the contingent
deferred sales charge which is not paid to a dealer will be retained by the
distributor. However, from time to time, and at the sole discretion of the
distributor, all or part of that portion may be paid to a dealer. If
accepted by the dealer, such additional payments will be predicated upon the
amount of Fund shares sold. Such payments may take the form of cash or
promotional incentives, such as payment of certain expenses of qualified
employees and their spouses to attend informational meetings about a Fund or
other special events at recreational facilities, or items of material value.
In some instances, these incentives will be made available only to dealers
whose employees have sold or may sell significant amounts of shares of a
Fund."
6. Please delete the section entitled "Reducing the Sales Charge" on pages 34
and 35.
7. Please delete the third and fourth paragraphs of the section entitled
"Exchange Privilege" which begins on page 36 and replace them with the
following:
"Shares of any Fund, including the Treasury Money Market Fund, may be
exchanged for shares of another fund without the imposition of a contingent
deferred sales charge. However, if the shareholder redeems the exchanged-for
shares within three years of the original purchase of exchanged shares, a
contingent deferred sales charge will be imposed. For purposes of computing
the contingent deferred sales charge, the length of time the shareholder has
owned shares will be measured from the date of original purchase and will
not be affected by the exchange. However, if shares of the Treasury Money
Market Fund are exchanged for any other Fund, the time for which
the Treasury Money Market Fund shares were held will not be added to the
time the exchanged-for shares are held."
8. Please delete the first sentence of the section entitled "Redeeming Shares"
which begins on page 37 and replace it with the following:
"Each Fund redeems shares at net asset value, less any applicable contingent
deferred sales charge, next determined after the Fund receives the
redemption request."
9. Please insert the following as the fifth sentence of the section entitled
"Checkwriting" on page 38:
"If the check exceeds the value of the shares in your account, your check
will be returned and a $10 fee will be deducted from your account."
10. Please delete the last sentence from the section entitled "Systematic
Withdrawal Program" on page 38 and replace it with the following:
"A contingent deferred sales charge may be imposed on shares of the Funds,
with the exception of Treasury Money Market Fund."
May 28, 1997
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FIRST PRIORITY FAMILY OF FUNDS
SUPPLEMENT TO THE COMBINED STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DATED
JANUARY 31, 1997
Please be advised that effective June 1, 1997 First Priority Funds is
eliminating the Front-End Sales Charge imposed by the Funds and replacing
it with a Contingent Deferred Sales Charge as described in the Combined
Prospectus.
1. Please delete the first sentence of the section entitled `Purchasing
Shares''on page 16 and replace it with the following:
`Shares of the Funds are sold at net asset value and redeemed at net
asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge on
days on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for business.''
2. Please insert the following as the second sentence of the first
paragraph under the heading `Redeeming Shares'' on page 19:
`Shareholder redemptions for the Funds may be subject to a contingent
deferred sales charge.''
3. Please delete the last sentence of the first paragraph of the section
entitled `Total Return'' on page 20 and replace it with the following:
`The number of shares owned at the end of the period is based on the
number of shares purchased at the beginning of the period with $1,000
adjusted over the period by any additional shares, assuming the
quarterly or monthly reinvestment of all dividends and distributions.
Any applicable contingent deferred sales charge is deducted from the
ending value of the investment based on the lesser of the original
purchase price or the net asset value of shares redeemed.''
4. Please delete the second full paragraph following the bullet points on
page 24 and replace it with the following:
`Advertisements may quote performance information which does not
reflect the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.''
May 28, 1997
