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GT GLOBAL VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUNDS
SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS DATED APRIL 29, 1996, AS REVISED OCTOBER 31, 1996
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EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2, 1997, THE FOLLOWING REVISES AND SUPERSEDES, AS APPLICABLE,
THE DISCUSSION UNDER "INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES" WITH RESPECT TO GT
GLOBAL VARIABLE AMERICA FUND ("AMERICA FUND"):
America Fund seeks its objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at
least 65% of its total assets in equity securities of mid cap companies
domiciled in its Primary Investment Area. "Mid cap" companies are companies
that, at the time of purchase of their securities by the America Fund, have
market capitalizations of $1 billion to $5 billion.
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WITH RESPECT TO AMERICA FUND, GT GLOBAL VARIABLE INTERNATIONAL FUND, GT GLOBAL
VARIABLE U.S. GOVERNMENT INCOME FUND, GT GLOBAL VARIABLE GLOBAL GOVERNMENT
INCOME FUND, GT GLOBAL VARIABLE STRATEGIC INCOME FUND AND GT GLOBAL MONEY MARKET
FUND, THE FOLLOWING REVISES AND SUPERSEDES THE DISCUSSION UNDER "MANAGEMENT":
Ellen H. Adams will be named a Portfolio Manager for America Fund on January 2,
1997. Ms. Adams has been the Head of North American Equity for Chancellor LGT
Asset Management, Inc. (the "Manager") since 1995, Director of Equity Research
for the Manager from May 1993 until 1995, and a Portfolio Manager and Analyst
for the Manager from 1992 until May 1993. Prior thereto, Ms. Adams was a
Portfolio Manager for Neuberger & Berman from 1987 until 1992. Ann B. Hutchins
will be named the other Portfolio Manager for America Fund on January 2, 1997.
Ms. Hutchins has been a Portfolio Manager for the Manager since 1994. Prior
thereto, Ms. Hutchins was Equity Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst for
Cadence Capital Management from 1988 until 1994.
Roger Yates has been named a Portfolio Manager for GT Global Variable
International Fund as of December 1996. Mr. Yates has been International Chief
Investment Officer for the Manager since September 1996. From 1994 to 1996, Mr.
Yates was the Chief Investment Officer for Europe and the United Kingdom for the
Manager. From 1988 to 1994, Mr. Yates was an Investment Manager for Morgan
Grenfell Asset Management.
Cheng-Hock Lau has been named a Portfolio Manager for GT Global Variable
Strategic Income Fund ("Strategic Income Fund") as of December 1996. Mr. Lau has
been Chief Investment Officer for Developed Market Debt for the Manager since
November 1996, and was a Senior Portfolio Manager for global/international fixed
income for the Manager from July 1995 to November 1996. Prior thereto, Mr. Lau
was a Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager for Fiduciary Trust
Company International from 1993 to 1995, and Vice President at Bankers Trust
Company from 1991 to 1993. Simon Nocera remains the other Portfolio Manager of
the Strategic Income Fund.
John W. Geissinger will be named Portfolio Manager for GT Global Variable U.S.
Government Income Fund on January 2, 1997. Mr. Geissinger has been a Senior
Portfolio Manager and Head of the Investment Grade Fixed Income Group for the
Manager since 1993. Prior thereto, Mr. Geissinger was a Portfolio Manager at the
Putnam Companies from 1987 until 1993.
Cheng-Hock Lau has been named a Portfolio Manager for the GT Global Variable
Global Government Income Fund ("Global Government Income Fund") as of December
1996. Robert Allen remains the other Portfolio Manager of the Global Government
Income Fund. John W. Geissinger and David B. Hughes will be named additional
Portfolio Managers for the Global Government Income Fund on January 2, 1997. Mr.
Hughes has been an Assistant Portfolio Manager of the Manager since 1995. Prior
thereto, Mr. Hughes was an Assistant Vice President at Fiduciary Trust Company
International from 1994 to 1995, and a member of the Global Fixed Income
Division of Bankers Trust Company from 1991 to 1994.
John W. Geissinger will be named a Portfolio Manager for GT Global Money Market
Fund on January 2, 1997. Heidi Koch will be named the other Portfolio Manager
for GT Global Money Market Fund on January 2, 1997. Ms. Koch has been a
Portfolio Manager for the Manager since 1991.
On October 31, 1996, Chancellor Capital Management, Inc. ("Chancellor Capital")
merged with LGT Asset Management, Inc., and the resulting entity was renamed
Chancellor LGT Asset Management, Inc. Prior to October 31, 1996, Messrs. Lau,
Geissinger and Hughes, Ms. Adams, Ms. Hutchins and Ms. Koch were employees only
of Chancellor Capital.
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