March 16, 2000
DREYFUS PREMIER WORLDWIDE GROWTH FUND, INC.
SUPPLEMENT TO STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
DATED MARCH 1, 2000
1. The following information replaces all contrary information
contained in the sections of the Statement of Additional Information
("SAI") entitled "Description of the Fund", "Management of the Fund"
and "Management Arrangements":
Effective March 16, 2000, Dreyfus Service Corporation ("DSC")
became the distributor to the Fund. DSC is located at 200 Park Avenue,
New York, NY 10166.
2. The following information replaces the information contained in the
section of the Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") entitled
"Management of the Fund - Officers of the Fund":
Stephen E. Canter, President. President, Chief Operating Officer, and
Chief Investment Officer of Dreyfus, and an officer of other
investment companies advised and administered by Dreyfus. Mr.
Canter also is a Director or an Executive Committee Member of the
other investment management subsidiaries of Mellon Financial
Corporation, each of which is an affiliate of Dreyfus. He is 54
years old.
Mark N. Jacobs, Vice President. Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary to Dreyfus, and an officer of other investment
companies advised and administered by Dreyfus. He is 53 years
old.
JosephConnolly, Vice President and Treasurer. Director - Mutual Fund
Accounting of Dreyfus, and an officer of other investment
companies advised and administered by Dreyfus. He is 42 years
old.
Steven F. Newman, Secretary. Associate General Counsel and Assistant
Secretary of Dreyfus, and an officer of other investment
companies advised and administered by Dreyfus. He is 50 years
old.
Janette Farragher, Assistant Secretary. Assistant General Counsel of
Dreyfus, and an officer of other investment companies advised and
administered by Dreyfus. She is 37 years old.
Michael A. Rosenberg, Assistant Secretary. Associate General Counsel
of Dreyfus, and an officer of other investment companies advised
and administered by Dreyfus. He is 40 years old.
JamesWindels, Assistant Treasurer. Senior Treasury Manager of
Dreyfus, and an officer of other investment companies advised and
administered by Dreyfus. He is 41 years old.
The address of each Fund officer is 200 Park Avenue, New York,
NY 10166.
3. The following information supplements the information contained in
the section of the SAI entitled "Management Arrangements -
Distributor":
Disclosure of the amounts retained by "the distributor" on the
sale of shares of the Fund refers to amounts retained by Premier
Mutual Fund Services, Inc. ("Premier"), the Fund's distributor prior
to March 16, 2000. No information is provided for Dreyfus Service
Corporation, as it was not the Fund's distributor as of the Fund's
last fiscal year end.
Also, the fourth paragraph of this section hereby is deleted in
its entirety and replaced with the following:
"DSC makes commission payments to Service Agents in
connection with the sale of Fund shares, and receives CDSC
amounts and Distribution Plan fees to defray these
expenses."
4. The clause "Pursuant to an agreement with the Distributor" hereby
is deleted in the following sections of the SAI; (i) the last sentence
of the third paragraph of the section of the SAI entitled "How to Buy
Shares- Class A Shares"; (ii) the second sentence of the second
paragraph of the section entitled "How to Buy Shares- Class T Shares";
(iii) the first sentence of the section entitled "How to Buy Shares -
Class B and Class C Shares"; (iv) the last sentence of the third
paragraph of the section entitled "How to Redeem Shares - Contingent
Deferred Sales Charge--Class B Shares", and (v) the last sentence of
the section entitled "How to Redeem Shares - Contingent Deferred Sales
Charge--Class C Shares."
