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Filed Pursuant to Rule 497(e)
Registration File No.: 33-55218
SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROSPECTUS
OF TCW/DW INCOME AND GROWTH FUND
DATED MARCH 31, 1998
On February 25, 1999, the Board of Trustees of TCW/DW Income and Growth
Fund (the "Fund") approved an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization by and
between the Fund and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Income Builder Fund ("Income
Builder"), pursuant to which substantially all of the assets of the Fund would
be combined with those of Income Builder and shareholders of the Fund would
become shareholders of Income Builder receiving shares of Income Builder equal
to the value of their holdings in the Fund (the "Reorganization"). Each
shareholder of the Fund will receive the class of shares of Income Builder that
corresponds to the class of shares of the Fund currently held by that
shareholder. The Reorganization is subject to the approval of shareholders of
the Fund at a special meeting of shareholders scheduled to be held on June 8,
1999. A Proxy Statement formally detailing the proposal, the reasons for the
Trustees' actions and information concerning Income Builder will be distributed
to shareholders of the Fund.
February 25, 1999
