Filed pursuant to Rule 497(e)under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
File No. 33-47287
File No. 811-6637
THE BRINSON FUNDS
SUPPLEMENT TO
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Dated February 11, 1998
The following information supplements and supersedes any contrary information
contained in the Trust's Statement of Additional Information. Delete the third
complete paragraph in the section entitled "Investment Restrictions," and
replace it with the following:
(i) As to 75% of the total assets of each Series, purchase the
securities of any one issuer, other than securities issued by the
U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities, if immediately
after such purchase more than 5% of the value of the total assets of
a Series would be invested in securities of such issuer (this does
not apply to the Global Bond Fund or the U.S.
Large Capitalization Equity Fund).
The date of this supplement is April 7, 1998.
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