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Filed Pursuant to Rule 497(e)
Registration File No.: 33-48172
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SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROSPECTUS OF
DEAN WITTER RETIREMENT SERIES
DATED SEPTEMBER 28, 1994
The footnote to the "Summary of Fund Expenses" table appearing at
pages 6-7 of the Prospectus is hereby amended to read as follows:
The Investment Manager has undertaken to assume all expenses relating to
each Series' operations (except for brokerage fees and a portion of
organizational expenses) and to waive the compensation provided for in
its Management Agreement relating to the management of each Series until
such time as the Series has $50 million of net assets or until
December 31, 1995, whichever occurs first.
The sixth paragraph under the heading "The Fund and its Management"
appearing at page 9 of the Prospectus is hereby amended to read as follows:
The Fund's expenses include: the fee of the Investment Manager; taxes;
certain legal, transfer agent, custodian and auditing fees; and printing
and other expenses relating to the Fund's operations which are not
expressly assumed by the Investment Manager under its Management
Agreement with the Fund. The Investment Manager has undertaken to assume
all expenses relating to each Series' operations (except for brokerage
fees and a portion of organizational expenses) and to waive the
compensation provided for in its Management Agreement relating to the
management of each Series until such time as the pertinent Series has
$50 million of net assets or until December 31, 1995, whichever occurs
first. As of July 31, 1995, no Series has attained a size of $50 million.
The subsection entitled "Portfolio Management" under the heading
"Investment Objective and Policies" appearing at page 32 of the Prospectus is
hereby amended to provide that, commencing August 1, 1995, Mark Bavoso,
Senior Vice President of InterCapital and a portfolio manager at InterCapital
for over five years, will serve as the primary portfolio manager of the
Global Equity Series (as well as of the Strategist Series, for which Series
he has been the primary portfolio manager since January, 1994).
July 31, 1995
