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Filed Pursuant to Rule 497(e)
Registration File No.: 33-45450
SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROSPECTUS OF
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER GROWTH FUND
DATED JULY 27, 1999
The third paragraph under the section of the Prospectus entitled "FUND
MANAGEMENT" is hereby replaced by the following:
The Fund's portfolio is managed within the Sub-Advisor's Institutional
Equity Group. Philip Friedman, a Managing Director of the Sub-Advisor, and
William Auslander, a Principal of the Sub-Advisor, have been the primary
portfolio managers of the Fund since September 1998. Prior to joining the
Sub-Advisor in 1997, Mr. Friedman was the North American Director of Equity
Research at Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, and prior thereto, from 1990
to 1995, a member of the Equity Research team at Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated. Mr. Auslander joined the Sub-Advisor in 1995 as an equity
analyst in the Institutional Equity Group. Prior to joining the
Sub-Advisor, Mr. Auslander was an equity analyst at Icahn & Co. for nine
years.
April 13, 2000
