MITCHELL HUTCHINS KIDDER PEABODY INVESTMENT TRUST III
497, 1995-12-11
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                       PAINEWEBBER SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND
                          1285 Avenue of the Americas
                            New York, New York 10019
 
  Professional Management
  Portfolio Diversification
  Dividend and Capital Gain
   Reinvestment
  Flexible Pricing'SM'
  Low Minimum Investment
  Automatic Investment Plan
  Systematic Withdrawal Plan
  Exchange Privileges
  Suitable for Retirement Plans
 
The  Fund is a series of  Mitchell Hutchins/Kidder, Peabody Investment Trust III
('Trust'). This  Prospectus  concisely  sets  forth  information  a  prospective
investor  should  know  about  the Fund  before  investing.  Please  retain this
Prospectus for future  reference. A  Statement of  Additional Information  dated
December 1, 1995 (which is incorporated by reference herein) has been filed with
the  Securities and Exchange Commission. The Statement of Additional Information
can be obtained without charge, and further inquiries can be made, by contacting
the Fund, your PaineWebber  investment executive or PaineWebber's  correspondent
firms or by calling toll-free 1-800-647-1568.
 
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THESE  SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
   EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS ANY  SUCH
     COMMISSION  PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS.
       ANY  REPRESENTATION  TO  THE  CONTRARY  IS  A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
 
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                The date of this Prospectus is December 1, 1995
                            PAINEWEBBER MUTUAL FUNDS

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NO   PERSON  HAS   BEEN  AUTHORIZED  TO   GIVE  ANY  INFORMATION   OR  MAKE  ANY
REPRESENTATIONS NOT CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERING
MADE  BY  THIS  PROSPECTUS   AND,  IF  GIVEN  OR   MADE,  SUCH  INFORMATION   OR
REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE FUND OR
ITS  DISTRIBUTOR. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFERING BY THE FUND OR
ITS  DISTRIBUTOR  IN   ANY  JURISDICTION   IN  WHICH  SUCH   OFFERING  MAY   NOT
                                                      LAWFULLY BE MADE.
 
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                               PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
 
     See the body of the Prospectus for more information on the topics discussed
in this summary.
 
   
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The Fund:                       PaineWebber  Small Cap Growth  Fund ('Fund') is a  diversified series of Mitchell
                                Hutchins/Kidder, Peabody Investment Trust  III ('Trust'), an open-end  management
                                investment company.
Investment Objective and        Long-term  capital appreciation; invests primarily  in equity securities of small
  Policies:                     capitalization companies.
Total Net Assets at October     $47.9 million
  31, 1995:
Investment Adviser and          Mitchell  Hutchins  Asset  Management   Inc.  ('Mitchell  Hutchins'),  an   asset
  Administrator:                management  subsidiary  of  PaineWebber  Incorporated  ('PaineWebber'  or  'PW'),
                                manages over $44.6 billion in assets. See 'Management.'
Sub-Adviser:                    George D. Bjurman & Associates ('Bjurman' or 'Sub-Adviser') manages approximately
                                $2.5 billion in assets. See 'Management.'
Purchases:                      Shares of beneficial interest are  available exclusively through PaineWebber  and
                                its  correspondent firms  for investors who  are clients of  PaineWebber or those
                                firms ('PaineWebber clients') and,  for other investors,  through PFPC Inc.,  the
                                Fund's transfer agent ('Transfer Agent').
Flexible Pricing System:        Investors  may select  Class A,  Class B or  Class C  shares, each  with a public
                                offering price  that reflects  different sales  charges and  expense levels.  See
                                'Flexible  Pricing System,' 'Purchases,' 'Redemptions' and 'Conversion of Class B
                                Shares.'
Class A Shares                  Offered at net asset value plus any  applicable sales charge (maximum is 4.5%  of
                                the public offering price).
Class B Shares                  Offered  at net asset value (a maximum  contingent deferred sales charge of 5% of
                                redemption proceeds is imposed  on certain redemptions made  within six years  of
                                date  of  purchase). Class  B shares  automatically convert  into Class  A shares
                                (which pay lower ongoing expenses)  approximately six years after purchase.  Such
                                Class B shares were not offered prior to December 1, 1995.
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Class C Shares                  Offered at net asset value without an initial or contingent deferred sales charge
                                (a  contingent deferred sales charge  of 1% of redemption  proceeds is imposed on
                                certain redemptions made within one year of purchase). Class C shares pay  higher
                                ongoing expenses than Class A shares and do not convert into another Class. Prior
                                to November 10, 1995, these Class C shares were called 'Class B' shares.
Exchanges:                      Shares may be exchanged for shares of the corresponding Class of most PaineWebber
                                mutual funds.
Redemptions:                    PaineWebber  clients  may  redeem through  PaineWebber;  other  shareholders must
                                redeem through the Transfer Agent.
Dividends:                      Declared and  paid  annually; net  capital  gain,  if any,  also  is  distributed
                                annually. See 'Dividends, Distributions and Taxes.'
Reinvestment:                   All  dividends and capital gain distributions are paid in Fund shares of the same
                                Class at net asset value unless the shareholder has requested cash.
Minimum Purchase:               $1,000 for first purchase; $100 for subsequent purchases.
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<S>                              <C>                          <C>
Other Features:
  Class A Shares                 Automatic investment plan    Quantity discounts on initial sales charge
                                 Systematic withdrawal plan   365-day reinstatement privilege
                                 Rights of accumulation
  Class B Shares                 Automatic investment plan    Systematic withdrawal plan
  Class C Shares                 Automatic investment plan    Systematic withdrawal plan
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     WHO SHOULD INVEST. The Fund invests primarily in equity securities of small
capitalization companies and is designed for investors who are seeking long-term
capital appreciation.  The Fund's  risk  factors are  summarized below  and  are
described  in  more  detail under  'Investment  Objective and  Policies  -- Risk
Factors and Special Considerations.' While the Fund is not intended to provide a
complete or balanced  investment program, it  can serve as  one component of  an
investor's long-term program to accumulate assets, for instance, for retirement,
college tuition or other major goals.
 
     RISK  FACTORS. There  can be  no assurance that  the Fund  will achieve its
investment objective, and the Fund's net  asset value will fluctuate based  upon
changes in the value of its portfolio securities. Small capitalization companies
typically  are subject to  a greater degree  of change in  earnings and business
prospects than are larger, more  established companies. In addition,  securities
of  small capitalization companies are traded  in lower volume than those issued
by larger companies  and are more  volatile than those  of larger companies.  In
light  of  these characteristics  of  small capitalization  companies  and their
securities, the Fund may be subject to greater investment risk than that assumed
by other investment companies. Certain investments made by the Fund, and certain
investment techniques and  strategies that the  Fund may use,  could expose  the
Fund  to risks and  special considerations. The  investments presenting the Fund
with risks  and  special  considerations are  warrants,  securities  of  foreign
issuers, non-publicly traded securities and illiquid
 
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securities.   Investment   practices  that   may   involve  risks   and  special
considerations to the Fund  are purchasing and selling  stock options and  stock
index  options,  lending portfolio  securities,  purchasing securities  of other
registered  investment  companies,  entering  into  repurchase  agreements   and
entering  into  securities  transactions on  a  when-issued  or delayed-delivery
basis. See  'Investment  Objective and  Policies  -- Risk  Factors  and  Special
Considerations' at page 14 of this Prospectus.
 
     EXPENSES  OF INVESTING  IN THE FUND.  The following tables  are intended to
assist investors in understanding the expenses associated with investing in  the
Fund.
 
                      SHAREHOLDER TRANSACTION EXPENSES(1)
 
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<CAPTION>
                                                                                    CLASS A     CLASS B     CLASS C
                                                                                    -------     -------     -------
 
<S>                                                                                 <C>         <C>         <C>
Maximum sales charge on purchases of shares (as a percentage of public offering
  price).........................................................................    4.5%         None        None
Sales charge on reinvested dividends.............................................     None        None        None
Maximum contingent deferred sales charge (as a percentage of redemption
  proceeds)......................................................................     None(2)     5%         1%(3)
</TABLE>
 
                       ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES(4)
                    (AS A PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE NET ASSETS)
 
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<CAPTION>
                                                                                CLASS A      CLASS B      CLASS C
                                                                                -------      -------      -------
<S>                                                                             <C>          <C>          <C>
Management fees..............................................................     1.00%        1.00%        1.00%
12b-1 fees(5)................................................................     0.25         1.00         1.00
Other expenses...............................................................     0.47         0.48         0.48
                                                                                -------      -------      -------
Total operating expenses.....................................................     1.72%        2.48%        2.48%
                                                                                -------      -------      -------
                                                                                -------      -------      -------
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     (1)  Sales charge waivers are available for  Class A and Class B shares and
reduced sales  charge purchase  plans  are available  for  Class A  shares.  The
maximum  5%  contingent  deferred sales  charge  on  Class B  shares  applies to
redemptions during the first year after purchase; the charge generally  declines
by 1% annually thereafter, reaching zero after six years. See 'Purchases.'
 
     (2)  Purchases of Class A shares of $1 million or more are not subject to a
sales charge. If shares are redeemed  within one year of purchase, a  contingent
deferred sales charge of 1% will be applied to the redemption. See 'Purchases.'
 
     (3)  If  Class  C  shares  are redeemed  within  one  year  of  purchase, a
contingent deferred sales charge  of 1% will be  applied to the redemption.  See
'Purchases.'
 
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     (4) See 'Management' for additional information. The management fee payable
to  Mitchell Hutchins is greater than the management fee paid by most funds. All
expenses, except for Class B shares, are those actually incurred for the  fiscal
year ended July 31, 1995. Class B shares 'other expenses' are based on estimates
for the Fund's current fiscal year.
 
     (5) 12b-1 fees have two components, as follows:
 
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<CAPTION>
                                                                                       CLASS A    CLASS B    CLASS C
                                                                                       -------    -------    -------
 
<S>                                                                                    <C>        <C>        <C>
12b-1 service fees..................................................................     0.25%      0.25%      0.25%
12b-1 distribution fees.............................................................     0.00       0.75       0.75
</TABLE>
 
     12b-1  distribution fees are  asset-based sales charges.  Long-term Class B
and Class  C shareholders  may pay  more in  direct and  indirect sales  charges
(including  distribution  fees)  than  the economic  equivalent  of  the maximum
front-end sales  charge  permitted by  the  National Association  of  Securities
Dealers, Inc.
 
                       EXAMPLE OF EFFECT OF FUND EXPENSES
 
     An  investor would directly  or indirectly pay the  following expenses on a
$1,000 investment in the Fund, assuming a 5% annual return:
 
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<CAPTION>
                                                                                     ONE     THREE    FIVE      TEN
                                                                                     YEAR    YEARS    YEARS    YEARS
                                                                                     ----    -----    -----    -----
 
<S>                                                                                  <C>     <C>      <C>      <C>
Class A Shares(1).................................................................   $ 62    $ 97     $ 134    $ 239
Class B Shares:
     Assuming a complete redemption at end of period(2)(3)........................   $ 75    $107     $ 152    $ 246
     Assuming no redemption(3)....................................................   $ 25    $ 77     $ 132    $ 246
Class C Shares:
     Assuming a complete redemption at end of period(2)...........................   $ 35    $ 77     $ 132    $ 282
     Assuming no redemption.......................................................   $ 25    $ 77     $ 132    $ 282
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(1) Assumes deduction at the time of purchase of the maximum 4.5% initial  sales
    charge.
 
(2) Assumes  deduction  at  the time  of  redemption of  the  maximum applicable
    contingent deferred sales charge.
 
(3) Ten-year figures assume conversion  of Class B shares  to Class A shares  at
    end of sixth year.
 
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     This  Example  assumes  that  all  dividends  and  other  distributions are
reinvested and that the  percentage amounts listed  under Annual Fund  Operating
Expenses remain the same in the years shown. The above tables and the assumption
in  the  Example  of a  5%  annual return  are  required by  regulations  of the
Securities and Exchange Commission ('SEC')  applicable to all mutual funds;  the
assumed  5% annual return  is not a  prediction of, and  does not represent, the
projected or actual performance of any Class of the Fund's shares.
 
     THE EXAMPLE SHOULD  NOT BE CONSIDERED  A REPRESENTATION OF  PAST OR  FUTURE
EXPENSES,  AND THE FUND'S ACTUAL EXPENSES MAY  BE MORE OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN.
The actual expenses attributable to each Class of the Fund's shares will  depend
upon,  among other  things, the level  of average  net assets and  the extent to
which the Fund incurs variable expenses, such as transfer agency costs.
 
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                              FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 
The  table below  provides selected per  share data  and ratios for  one Class A
share and one Class  C share (prior  to November 10, 1995,  Class C shares  were
called 'Class B' shares) of the Fund for each of the periods shown. No new Class
B  shares were outstanding during such periods. This information is supplemented
by the  financial statements  and  accompanying notes  appearing in  the  Fund's
Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended July 31, 1995, which are
incorporated  by  reference into  the Statement  of Additional  Information. The
financial statements and  notes, and  the financial information  for the  fiscal
year  ended July  31, 1995 appearing  in the  table below, have  been audited by
Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, whose report thereon is included in the
Annual Report to Shareholders.  The financial information  for the period  ended
July   31,  1994  was  audited  by  other  auditors  whose  report  thereon  was
unqualified. Further information about the  Fund's performance is also  included
in the Annual Report to Shareholders, which may be obtained without charge.
 
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                                                                         Class A                      Class C
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                                                                  For the       For the        For the       For the
                                                                 Year ended   Period ended    Year ended   Period ended
                                                                  July 31,      July 31,       July 31,      July 31,
                                                                   1995**       1994`D'         1995**       1994`D'
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<S>                                                               <C>           <C>            <C>           <C>
Net asset value, beginning of period...........................   $   9.79      $  12.00       $   9.74      $  12.00
                                                                  --------      --------       --------      --------
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment loss............................................      (0.20)        (0.10)         (0.28)        (0.13)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) from investment
  transactions.................................................       4.17         (2.11)          4.12         (2.13)
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Total increase (decrease) from investment operations...........       3.97         (2.21)          3.84         (2.26)
                                                                  --------      --------       --------      --------
Net asset value, end of period.................................   $  13.76      $   9.79       $  13.58      $   9.74
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Total investment return(1).....................................      40.55 %      (18.42)%        39.43 %      (18.83) %
                                                                ------------    --------       --------      --------
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Ratios/Supplemental Data:
Net assets, end of period (000's)..............................   $ 30,927      $ 29,528       $ 15,139      $ 15,159
Ratios of expenses to average net assets.......................       1.72 %        1.68 %*        2.48 %        2.43 %*
Ratios of net investment loss to average net assets............      (1.24)%       (1.06)%*       (2.00)%       (1.80)%*
Portfolio turnover rate........................................        101 %          56 %          101 %          56 %
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 * Annualized.
 
 ** On  February  13,  1995,  Mitchell Hutchins  became  investment  adviser and
    administrator of the Fund. Bjurman remains responsible for the management of
    the Fund's portfolio.
 
 `D' For the period November 4, 1993 (commencement of investment operations)  to
July 31, 1994.
 
(1) Total  investment return is  calculated assuming a  $1,000 investment on the
    first day of each period reported, reinvestment of all dividends and capital
    gain distributions, if any,  at net asset  value on the  payable date and  a
    sale at net asset value on the last day of each period reported. The figures
    do  not include sales charges; results would  be lower if sales charges were
    included. Total investment returns  for periods of less  than one year  have
    not been annualized.
 
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                            FLEXIBLE PRICING SYSTEM
 
DIFFERENCES AMONG THE CLASSES
 
      The  primary distinctions  among the Classes  of the Fund's  shares lie in
their initial  and contingent  deferred  sales charge  structures and  in  their
ongoing   expenses,  including  asset-based   sales  charges  in   the  form  of
distribution fees. These  differences are  summarized in the  table below.  Each
Class  has distinct  advantages and  disadvantages for  different investors, and
investors  may  choose  the  Class  that  best  suits  their  circumstances  and
objectives.
 
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                                                   ANNUAL 12b-1 FEES
                                                (AS A % OF AVERAGE DAILY
                    SALES CHARGE                      NET ASSETS)                    OTHER INFORMATION
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<S>       <C>                               <C>                               <C>
CLASS A   Maximum initial sales charge of   Service fee of 0.25%              Initial sales charge waived or
          4.5% of the public offering                                         reduced for certain purchases
          price
CLASS B   Maximum contingent deferred       Service fee of 0.25%;             Shares convert to Class A shares
          sales charge of 5% of redemption  distribution fee of 0.75%         approximately six years after
          proceeds; declines to zero after                                    issuance
          six years
CLASS C   Contingent deferred sales charge  Service fee of 0.25%;                            --
          of 1% of redemption proceeds if   distribution fee of 0.75%
          redeem within first year after
          purchase
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FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN CHOOSING A CLASS OF SHARES
 
      In  deciding which Class of shares  to purchase, investors should consider
the cost of sales charges together with the cost of the ongoing annual  expenses
described below, as well as any other relevant facts and circumstances:
 
      SALES  CHARGES. Class A shares are sold at net asset value plus an initial
sales charge of up to 4.5% of the public offering price. Because of this initial
sales charge, not all of a Class  A shareholder's purchase price is invested  in
the Fund. Class B shares are sold with no initial sales charge, but a contingent
deferred  sales  charge  of up  to  5%  of the  redemption  proceeds  applies to
redemptions made  within six  years of  purchase. Class  C shareholders  pay  no
initial  sales charges,  although a  contingent deferred  sales charge  of 1.00%
applies to certain  redemptions of  Class C shares  made within  the first  year
after  purchase. Thus, the entire  amount of a Class  B or Class C shareholder's
purchase price is immediately invested in the Fund.
 
      WAIVERS AND REDUCTIONS OF CLASS A  SALES CHARGES. Class A share  purchases
over  $50,000 and Class  A share purchases  made under the  Fund's reduced sales
charge schedule  may be  made at  a  reduced sales  charge. In  considering  the
combined  cost of  sales charges and  ongoing annual  expenses, investors should
take into account any reduced sales charges on Class A shares for which they may
be eligible.
 
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      The entire initial sales  charge on Class A  shares is waived for  certain
eligible  purchasers. Because Class A shares  bear lower ongoing annual expenses
than Class B shares or Class  C shares, investors eligible for complete  waivers
should purchase Class A shares.
 
      ONGOING  ANNUAL EXPENSES. All  three Classes of Fund  shares pay an annual
12b-1 service fee  of 0.25% of  average daily net  assets. Class B  and Class  C
shares  pay  an annual  12b-1 distribution  fee  of 0.75%  of average  daily net
assets. Annual 12b-1 distribution fees are a form of asset-based sales  charges.
An  investor  should  consider  both  ongoing  annual  expenses  and  initial or
contingent deferred sales charges  in estimating the costs  of investing in  the
respective Classes of Fund shares over various time periods.
 
      For   example,  assuming  a  constant  net  asset  value,  the  cumulative
distribution fees on the Class B or Class C shares and the 4.5% maximum  initial
sales  charge on  the Class  A shares  would all  be approximately  equal if the
shares were held for six years. Because Class B shares convert to Class A shares
(which do not bear the expense  of ongoing distribution fees) approximately  six
years  after purchase,  an investor  expecting to  hold shares  of the  Fund for
longer  than  six  years  would  generally  pay  lower  cumulative  expenses  by
purchasing  Class A  or Class  B shares  than by  purchasing Class  C shares. An
investor expecting to  hold shares of  the Fund  for less than  six years  would
generally  pay lower  cumulative expenses by  purchasing Class C  shares than by
purchasing Class A  shares, and, due  to the contingent  deferred sales  charges
that  would become  payable on  redemption of Class  B shares,  such an investor
would generally pay lower cumulative expenses by purchasing Class C shares  than
Class B shares.
 
      The  foregoing examples do not reflect, among other variables, the cost or
benefit of bearing sales charges or  distribution fees at the time of  purchase,
upon redemption or over time, nor can they reflect fluctuations in the net asset
value  of Fund  shares, which  will affect the  actual amount  of expenses paid.
Expenses borne by Classes may differ slightly because of the allocation of other
Class-specific  expenses.  The  'Example  of  Effect  of  Fund  Expenses'  under
'Prospectus  Summary' shows the  cumulative expenses an  investor would pay over
time on a  hypothetical investment  in each Class  of Fund  shares, assuming  an
annual return of 5%.
 
OTHER INFORMATION
 
      PaineWebber   investment  executives  may   receive  different  levels  of
compensation for  selling  one  particular  Class of  Fund  shares  rather  than
another.  Investors  should understand  that distribution  fees and  initial and
contingent deferred  sales  charges  all are  intended  to  compensate  Mitchell
Hutchins for distribution services.
 
      See  'Purchases,'  'Redemptions'  and  'Management'  for  a  more complete
description of the initial and  contingent deferred sales charges, service  fees
and  distribution fees for the three Classes  of shares. See also 'Conversion of
Class B Shares,' 'Dividends, Distributions and Taxes,' 'Valuation of Shares' and
'General Information' for other differences among the three Classes.
 
                       INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES
 
OBJECTIVE
 
      The Fund's  investment objective  is long-term  capital appreciation.  The
Fund  seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily in equity securities
of small capitalization companies.
 
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      There can  be no  assurance  that the  Fund  will achieve  its  investment
objective.  The Fund's net asset value will  fluctuate based upon changes in the
value of its portfolio securities.  The Fund's investment objective and  certain
investment limitations, as described in the Statement of Additional Information,
are  fundamental policies and  may not be  changed without shareholder approval.
All other investment policies  may be changed by  the Trust's board of  trustees
without shareholder approval.
 
INVESTMENT POLICIES
 
      The  Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily
in equity securities of small capitalization companies, which are U.S. companies
with stock market capitalizations of up to $1 billion. A company's stock  market
capitalization  is calculated by  multiplying the total number  of shares of its
common stock outstanding by the market price per share of its common stock.
 
      The Fund has been designed  to provide investors with potentially  greater
long-term  rewards than provided by  an investment in a  fund that seeks capital
appreciation from  common  stocks  of larger,  better-known  companies.  Several
statistical  studies have been published recently indicating that the historical
long-term returns  on  investments  in common  stocks  of  small  capitalization
companies  have  been  higher  than returns  on  those  of  large capitalization
companies. In addition, small capitalization companies generally are not as well
known to the investing public and have less of an investor following than larger
companies and, therefore, may  provide opportunities for  investment gains as  a
result of relative inefficiencies in the marketplace.
 
      In  seeking  its  objective,  the Fund  invests  in  equity  securities of
companies Bjurman believes to be undervalued and to have the potential for  high
earnings  growth. Companies in which the Fund invests generally meet one or more
of the following  criteria: high historical  earnings-per-share ('EPS')  growth;
high  projected  future EPS  growth; an  increase  in research  analyst earnings
estimates;  attractive  relative  price  earnings  ratios;  and  high   relative
discounted cost flows. In selecting the Fund's investments, Bjurman also focuses
on  companies with  capable management  teams, strong  industry positions, sound
capital  structures,  high  returns  on  equity,  high  reinvestment  rates  and
conservative financial accounting policies. The Fund emphasizes those industries
and economic sectors Bjurman believes to have the best growth prospects.
 
      In  pursuing its objective, the Fund  invests substantially all, and under
normal conditions not less than 65%,  of its assets in common stocks,  preferred
stocks,   convertible   bonds,   convertible   debentures,   convertible  notes,
convertible preferred stocks and warrants or rights. To the extent that the Fund
invests in convertible debt  securities, those securities  will be purchased  on
the  basis of their equity characteristics  and ratings of those securities will
not be an important  factor in their selection.  The equity securities in  which
the Fund invests typically are traded in the over-the-counter market or are non-
publicly traded.
 
      The  Fund's investments  in non-publicly traded  securities (also commonly
referred to as 'restricted securities'),  which are securities that are  subject
to  contractual or  legal restrictions  on transfer, may  not exceed  10% of the
Fund's assets. Restricted securities include securities that are not  registered
under  the Securities Act of 1933, as amended  (the '1933 Act'), but that can be
sold to 'qualified institutional buyers' in accordance with
 
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Rule 144A under the 1933 Act ('Rule 144A Securities'). The Fund is authorized to
invest up to 15% of its assets in illiquid securities, which are securities that
cannot be disposed of by  the Fund within seven days  in the ordinary course  of
business  at  approximately  the  amount  at  which  the  Fund  has  valued  the
securities. Illiquid  securities that  are held  by the  Fund take  the form  of
repurchase  agreements maturing  in more  than seven  days and  other securities
subject to restrictions  on resale that  Bjurman has determined  are not  liquid
under guidelines established by the Trust's Board of Trustees.
 
      Up  to 10% of the Fund's assets may be invested in foreign securities. The
Fund may also invest in  securities of foreign issuers  in the form of  American
Depositary   Receipts  ('ADRs'),  which  are  U.S.  dollar-denominated  receipts
typically issued by domestic banks or trust companies that represent the deposit
with those entities of securities of  a foreign issuer, and European  Depositary
Receipts  ('EDRs'),  sometimes referred  to  as Continental  Depositary Receipts
('CDRs'), which generally are issued by foreign banks and evidence ownership  of
either  foreign or domestic securities. ADRs are publicly traded on exchanges or
over-the-counter in  the United  States and  are issued  through 'sponsored'  or
'unsponsored'  arrangements. In a sponsored  ADR arrangement, the foreign issuer
assumes the obligation to pay some or all of the depositary's transaction  fees,
whereas  under  an  unsponsored  arrangement,  the  foreign  issuer  assumes  no
obligations and the depositary's transaction fees  are paid directly by the  ADR
holders.  In addition, less information is  available in the United States about
an unsponsored ADR  than about  a sponsored  ADR. The  Fund may  invest in  ADRs
through both sponsored and unsponsored arrangements.
 
      During  normal market conditions, less than 10% of the Fund's total assets
may be  held  in cash  and/or  invested in  money  market instruments  for  cash
management purposes, pending investment in accordance with the Fund's investment
objective  and  policies,  and  to meet  anticipated  redemptions  and operating
expenses. During periods in which Bjurman believes that investment opportunities
in the equity markets are diminished (due to either fundamental changes in those
markets or an anticipated general decline in the value of equity securities) and
Bjurman determines that adoption of a temporary defensive investment posture  is
therefore  warranted,  the Fund  may  hold cash  and/or  invest in  money market
instruments without limitation. To the extent  that it holds cash or invests  in
money  market instruments, the Fund may  not achieve its investment objective of
long-term capital appreciation.
 
      The  Fund  may  invest  only  in  the  following  types  of  money  market
instruments:  securities  issued or  guaranteed by  the  U.S. Government  or its
agencies or instrumentalities ('Government  Securities'); obligations issued  or
guaranteed  by foreign  governments or by  any of  their political subdivisions,
authorities,  agencies   or  instrumentalities;   bank  obligations   (including
certificates  of deposit, time  deposits and bankers'  acceptances of foreign or
domestic banks,  domestic  savings  and  loan  associations  and  other  banking
institutions  having total assets in excess  of $500 million); commercial paper;
and repurchase agreements. Government Securities held by the Fund will take  the
form  of: direct  obligations of  the U.S.  Treasury, and  obligations issued or
guaranteed by the U.S. Government or its agencies or instrumentalities.  Certain
of  the Government Securities that may be  held by the Fund are instruments that
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the United States, whereas other Government  Securities that may be held by  the
Fund  are supported by the right of the  issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury
or are supported solely by the credit of the instrumentality.
 
      The Fund may invest  in money market instruments  issued or guaranteed  by
foreign  governments  or by  any of  their political  subdivisions, authorities,
agencies or instrumentalities, only if those instruments are rated AAA or AA  by
Standard  &  Poor's ('S&P')  or Aaa  or  Aa by  Moody's Investors  Service, Inc.
('Moody's') or  have  received  an equivalent  rating  from  another  nationally
recognized  statistical rating organization ('NRSRO'), or if unrated, are deemed
by Bjurman to be of equivalent quality. Commercial paper held by the Fund may be
rated no lower  than A-1 by  S&P or Prime-1  by Moody's or  the equivalent  from
another  NRSRO, or if unrated, must be issued by an issuer having an outstanding
unsecured debt issue then rated within the three highest categories. At no  time
will  the investments of the Fund  in bank obligations, including time deposits,
exceed 25% of the value of the Fund's assets.
 
      Although the Fund has no current intention of doing so in the  foreseeable
future,  the Fund  may engage  in transactions  involving futures  contracts and
options on futures contracts, which are described in the Statement of Additional
Information.
 
INVESTMENT TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES
 
      The Fund may engage in a  number of investment techniques and  strategies,
including  those described below. The Fund is  under no obligation to use any of
the techniques or strategies at any given time or under any particular  economic
condition.  In addition, no assurance can be  given that the use of any practice
will have its intended result  or that the use of  any practice is, or will  be,
available to the Fund.
 
      STOCK  OPTIONS.  To  hedge against  adverse  market shifts,  the  Fund may
purchase put and call options on securities held in its portfolio. In  addition,
the Fund may seek to increase its income in an amount designed to meet operating
expenses  or may  hedge a portion  of its portfolio  investments through writing
(that is, selling) 'covered' call options.  A put option provides its  purchaser
with  the right to compel  the writer of the option  to purchase from the option
holder an underlying security at a specified price at any time during or at  the
end  of the option  period. In contrast,  a call option  gives the purchaser the
right to buy the underlying  security covered by the  option from the writer  of
the  option at  the stated  exercise price.  A covered  call option contemplates
that, for so long as the Fund is obligated as the writer of the option, it  will
own  (1)  the underlying  securities  subject to  the  option or  (2) securities
convertible into, or exchangeable without the payment of any consideration  for,
the  securities subject to the option. The value of the underlying securities on
which covered call options will be written at any one time by the Fund will  not
exceed 5% of the Fund's total assets.
 
      The  Fund may purchase options on securities that are listed on securities
exchanges or that are  traded over-the-counter. As the  holder of a put  option,
the  Fund has the right to sell the  securities underlying the option and as the
holder of a  call option,  the Fund  has the  right to  purchase the  securities
underlying  the option, in each case at  the option's exercise price at any time
prior to, or on, the option's expiration  date. The Fund may choose to  exercise
the  options it holds,  permit them to  expire or terminate  them prior to their
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sale transactions. In entering into a  closing sale transaction, the Fund  would
sell an option of the same series as the one it has purchased.
 
      STOCK  INDEX  OPTIONS.  In  seeking  to hedge  all  or  a  portion  of its
investments, the  Fund may  purchase and  write put  and call  options on  stock
indexes listed on securities exchanges, which indexes include securities held in
the Fund's portfolio.
 
      A  stock  index measures  the movement  of  a certain  group of  stocks by
assigning relative values to the common stocks included in the index. Options on
stock indexes are generally  similar to options  on specific securities.  Unlike
those  on  securities, however,  options  on stock  indexes  do not  involve the
delivery of an underlying  security; the option  in the case of  an option on  a
stock  index represents the holder's  right to obtain from  the writer in cash a
fixed multiple of the amount by which the exercise price exceeds (in the case of
a put)  or is  less than  (in the  case  of a  call) the  closing value  of  the
underlying stock index on the exercise date.
 
      When  the Fund  writes an  option on  a stock  index, it  will establish a
segregated account with its custodian,  or a designated sub-custodian, in  which
the Fund will deposit cash, money market instruments or a combination of both in
an amount equal to the market value of the option, and will maintain the account
while  the option is open. If the Fund  has written a stock index option, it may
terminate its obligation by effecting  a closing purchase transaction, which  is
accomplished by purchasing an option of the same series as the option previously
written.
 
      INVESTMENTS  IN OTHER INVESTMENT  COMPANIES. As a  means of regulating the
Fund's exposure to the equity markets, the Fund may invest in securities  issued
by  other registered investment companies,  including those traded on securities
exchanges, that invest principally in securities in which the Fund is authorized
to invest. Under the 1940 Act, the Fund may invest a maximum of 10% of its total
assets in the securities of other  investment companies. In addition, under  the
1940  Act, not more  than 5% of the  Fund's total assets may  be invested in the
securities of any one investment company, and the Fund may not own more than  3%
of the securities of any investment company.
 
      LENDING  PORTFOLIO  SECURITIES.  To  generate income  for  the  purpose of
helping to  meet  its  operating  expenses, the  Fund  may  lend  securities  to
well-known  and recognized  U.S. and foreign  brokers, dealers  and banks. These
loans, if and when made, may not exceed 30% of the Fund's assets taken at market
value. The Fund's loans of securities will be collateralized by cash, letters of
credit or Government  Securities. The  cash or  instruments collateralizing  the
Fund's  loans of securities are maintained at  all times in a segregated account
with the Fund's custodian, or with  a designated sub-custodian, in an amount  at
least equal to the current market value of the loaned securities.
 
      REPURCHASE  AGREEMENTS.  The  Fund  may  engage  in  repurchase  agreement
transactions with respect  to instruments  in which  the Fund  is authorized  to
invest.  Although  the amount  of  the Fund's  assets  that may  be  invested in
repurchase agreements  terminable  in  less  than seven  days  is  not  limited,
repurchase  agreements maturing  in more  than seven  days, together  with other
illiquid securities, may not exceed 15% of  the Fund's net assets. The Fund  may
engage  in repurchase agreement transactions, which are in the nature of secured
loans by the Fund to certain member banks of the Federal Reserve System and with
certain dealers  listed  on the  Federal  Reserve Bank  of  New York's  list  of
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dealers.  Under  the terms  of a  typical repurchase  agreement, the  Fund would
acquire an underlying debt obligation for a relatively short period (usually not
more than seven days) subject to an obligation of the seller to repurchase,  and
the  Fund to resell,  the obligation at  an agreed-upon price  and time, thereby
determining the yield during the Fund's holding period. This arrangement results
in a fixed rate of return that is not subject to market fluctuations during  the
Fund's  holding  period. The  value of  the  securities underlying  a repurchase
agreement of the Fund is monitored on an ongoing basis by Bjurman to ensure that
the value is at least equal at all  times to the total amount of the  repurchase
obligation,  including interest. Bjurman  also monitors, on  an ongoing basis to
evaluate potential risks, the creditworthiness  of those banks and dealers  with
which the Fund enters into repurchase agreements.
 
      WHEN-ISSUED  AND  DELAYED-DELIVERY  SECURITIES.  To  secure  prices deemed
advantageous at  a  particular time,  the  Fund  may purchase  securities  on  a
when-issued  or delayed-delivery basis, in which case delivery of the securities
occurs beyond  the normal  settlement period;  payment for  or delivery  of  the
securities  would be  made prior  to the reciprocal  delivery or  payment by the
other party  to  the  transaction.  The  Fund  may  enter  into  when-issued  or
delayed-delivery  transactions for the  purpose of acquiring  securities and not
for the purpose of  leverage. When-issued securities purchased  by the Fund  may
include securities purchased on a 'when, as and if issued' basis under which the
issuance of the securities depends on the occurrence of a subsequent event, such
as  approval of  a merger, corporate  reorganization or  debt restructuring. The
Fund will establish with  its custodian, or with  a designated sub-custodian,  a
segregated  account consisting  of cash,  Government Securities  or other liquid
high-grade debt obligations in an amount equal to the amount of its  when-issued
or delayed-delivery purchase commitments.
 
      SHORT  SALES AGAINST THE BOX. The  Fund may sell securities 'short against
the box.' Whereas a short sale is the sale of a security the Fund does not  own,
a  short  sale is  'against the  box' if  at  all times  during which  the short
position is open, the Fund  owns at least an equal  amount of the securities  or
securities  convertible into, or exchangeable without further consideration for,
securities of the same issue as  the securities sold short. Short sales  against
the  box are typically  used by sophisticated investors  to defer recognition of
capital gains or losses.
 
RISK FACTORS AND SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
 
      Investing in the Fund involves  risks and special considerations, such  as
those described below:
 
      GENERAL.  An investment in shares of the  Fund should not be considered to
be a complete investment program. The value of the Fund's investments, and as  a
result  the net  asset values  of the Fund's  shares, fluctuates  in response to
changes in the market and economic conditions as well as the financial condition
and prospects  of  issuers  in  which the  Fund  invests.  Small  capitalization
companies  typically are subject to  a greater degree of  change in earnings and
business prospects than  are larger,  more established  companies. In  addition,
securities  of small  capitalization companies are  traded in  lower volume than
those issued by  larger companies  and are more  volatile than  those of  larger
companies.  In light of these  characteristics of small capitalization companies
and their securities, the  Fund may be subject  to greater investment risk  than
that   assumed   by   other   investment  companies.   Because   of   the  risks
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ated with  the Fund's  investments,  the Fund  is intended  to  be a  long  term
investment  vehicle and  is not  designed to provide  investors with  a means of
speculating on short-term stock market movements.
 
      WARRANTS. Because  a warrant,  which  is a  security permitting,  but  not
obligating, its holder to subscribe for another security, does not carry with it
the  right to dividends or voting rights with respect to the securities that the
warrant holder is entitled to purchase, and because a warrant does not represent
any rights  to the  assets  of the  issuer, a  warrant  may be  considered  more
speculative than certain other types of investments. In addition, the value of a
warrant  does not necessarily  change with the value  of the underlying security
and a  warrant  ceases to  have  value  if it  is  not exercised  prior  to  its
expiration  date. The investment by the Fund in warrants, valued at the lower of
cost or  market, may  not exceed  5%  of the  value of  the Fund's  net  assets.
Included within that amount, but not to exceed 2% of the value of the Fund's net
assets,  may be  warrants that  are not  listed on  the New  York Stock Exchange
('NYSE') or the American Stock Exchange. Warrants acquired by the Fund in  units
or attached to securities may be deemed to be without value.
 
      NON-PUBLICLY   TRADED   AND  ILLIQUID   SECURITIES.   Non-publicly  traded
securities may be less  liquid than publicly  traded securities. Although  these
securities  may  be  resold  in privately  negotiated  transactions,  the prices
realized from these sales could be less than those originally paid by the  Fund.
In  addition, companies whose securities are not publicly traded are not subject
to the  disclosure  and  other  investor protection  requirements  that  may  be
applicable  if their securities were publicly  traded. The Fund's investments in
illiquid securities are subject to the risk that should the Fund desire to  sell
any  of these  securities when a  ready buyer is  not available at  a price that
Bjurman deems representative of their value, the value of the Fund's net  assets
could be adversely affected.
 
      RULE  144A  SECURITIES. Certain  Rule  144A Securities  may  be considered
illiquid and, therefore,  subject to the  Fund's limitation on  the purchase  of
illiquid securities, unless the Board of Trustees determines on an ongoing basis
that  an adequate trading market exists for the Rule 144A Securities. The Fund's
purchase of Rule 144A Securities could  have the effect of increasing the  level
of  illiquidity in  the Fund to  the extent that  qualified institutional buyers
become uninterested for a  time in purchasing Rule  144A Securities held by  the
Fund.  The  Board  of  Trustees has  established  standards  and  procedures for
determining the  liquidity  of  a  Rule 144A  Security  and  monitors  Bjurman's
implementation of the standards and procedures. The ability to sell to qualified
institutional buyers under Rule 144A is a recent development and Bjurman can not
predict how this market will develop.
 
      STOCK  OPTIONS. The Fund  receives a premium when  it writes call options,
which increases the Fund's  return on the underlying  security in the event  the
option  expires unexercised or is closed out at a profit. By writing a call, the
Fund limits its opportunity to  profit from an increase  in the market value  of
the  underlying security above the  exercise price of the  option for as long as
the Fund's obligation as writer of the option continues. Thus, in some  periods,
the  Fund will  receive less  total return  and in  other periods  greater total
return from its hedged positions than it would have received from its underlying
securities if unhedged.
 
      In purchasing a put option,  the Fund seeks to  benefit from a decline  in
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price  of the underlying security, whereas in purchasing a call option, the Fund
seeks to  benefit  from  an increase  in  the  market price  of  the  underlying
security.  If an option purchased is not sold or exercised when it has remaining
value, or if the  market price of  the underlying security  remains equal to  or
greater  than the exercise price, in  the case of a put,  or remains equal to or
below the exercise price, in the case of a call, during the life of the  option,
the  Fund will lose its investment in the  option. For the purchase of an option
to be  profitable, the  market price  of the  underlying security  must  decline
sufficiently  below the exercise price, in the  case of a put, and must increase
sufficiently above the  exercise price,  in the  case of  a call,  to cover  the
premium  and transaction  costs. Because  option premiums  paid by  the Fund are
small in relation to the market value of the investments underlying the options,
buying options can result in large amounts of leverage. The leverage offered  by
trading  in options could cause the Fund's net asset value to be subject to more
frequent and wider  fluctuations than  would be  the case  if the  Fund did  not
invest in options.
 
      STOCK  INDEX  OPTIONS. Stock  index options  are  subject to  position and
exercise limits and other regulations imposed by the exchange on which they  are
traded. If the Fund writes a stock index option, it may terminate its obligation
by effecting a closing purchase transaction, which is accomplished by purchasing
an  option of the same  series as the option  previously written. The ability of
the Fund to engage in closing purchase transactions with respect to stock  index
options depends on the existence of a liquid secondary market. Although the Fund
generally  purchases or  writes stock index  options only if  a liquid secondary
market for the  options purchased or  sold appears to  exist, no such  secondary
market may exist, or the market may cease to exist at some future date, for some
options.  No assurance can be  given that a closing  purchase transaction can be
effected when the Fund desires to engage in such a transaction.
 
      INVESTMENTS IN OTHER INVESTMENT COMPANIES. To the extent the Fund  invests
in  other  investment  companies,  the Fund's  shareholders  will  incur certain
duplicative fees  and expenses,  including  investment advisory  fees.  Exchange
traded  investment company securities typically trade at prices that differ from
the company's net asset  value per share  and often trade at  a discount to  net
asset   value.  The  Fund  will  purchase  exchange  traded  investment  company
securities only in the secondary market and not in an initial offering.
 
      INVESTMENT IN  FOREIGN  SECURITIES.  Investing  in  securities  issued  by
foreign  companies and  governments involves considerations  and potential risks
not typically  associated  with investing  in  obligations issued  by  the  U.S.
Government  and  U.S.  corporations.  Less information  may  be  available about
foreign companies than about U.S. companies, and foreign companies generally are
not subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards or
to other regulatory practices and requirements comparable to those applicable to
domestic companies. The values of foreign investments are affected by changes in
currency rates or exchange control regulations, restrictions or prohibitions  on
the  repatriation  of  foreign  currencies,  application  of  foreign  tax laws,
including withholding taxes, changes in governmental administration or  economic
or  monetary policy (in the United States or abroad) or changed circumstances in
dealings between nations. Costs are also incurred in connection with conversions
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commissions are generally higher  than those charged in  the United States,  and
foreign securities markets may be less liquid, more volatile and subject to less
governmental  supervision  than in  the  United States.  Investments  in foreign
countries could be affected by other  factors not present in the United  States,
including  expropriation, confiscatory taxation, lack  of uniform accounting and
auditing  standards  and   potential  difficulties   in  enforcing   contractual
obligations, and could be subject to extended clearance and settlement periods.
 
      CURRENCY  EXCHANGE RATES. The Fund's  share value may change significantly
when the currencies, other than the  U.S. dollar, in which the Fund's  portfolio
investments  are  denominated  strengthen  or weaken  against  the  U.S. dollar.
Currency exchange rates  generally are determined  by the forces  of supply  and
demand in the foreign exchange markets and the relative merits of investments in
different countries as seen from an international perspective. Currency exchange
rates  can  also be  affected  unpredictably by:  the  intervention of  the U.S.
Government, foreign governments  or central  banks, the  imposition of  currency
controls or other political developments in the United States or abroad.
 
      LENDING  PORTFOLIO SECURITIES. In  lending securities to  U.S. and foreign
brokers, dealers and  banks, the  Fund is subject  to risks,  which, like  those
associated  with other extensions of credit,  include possible loss of rights in
the collateral should the borrower fail financially.
 
      REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. In entering into  a repurchase agreement, the  Fund
bears  a risk  of loss  in the  event that  the other  party to  the transaction
defaults on its obligations and the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising
its rights to  dispose of  the underlying securities,  including the  risk of  a
possible  decline in the value of the underlying securities during the period in
which the  Fund seeks  to  assert its  rights to  them,  the risk  of  incurring
expenses  associated with asserting those rights and the risk of losing all or a
part of the income from the agreement.
 
      WHEN-ISSUED AND  DELAYED-DELIVERY SECURITIES.  Securities purchased  on  a
when-issued  or delayed-delivery basis  may expose the Fund  to risk because the
securities may experience fluctuations in value prior to their actual  delivery.
Purchasing securities on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis can involve the
additional  risk that the return available in the market when the delivery takes
place may be  higher than  that applicable  at the  time of  the purchase.  This
characteristic  of when-issued  and delayed-delivery securities  could result in
exaggerated movements in the Fund's net asset value.
 
PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS AND TURNOVER
 
      Decisions to  buy  and  sell securities  for  the  Fund are  made  by  the
Sub-Adviser,  subject to review by the  Board of Trustees and Mitchell Hutchins,
and are placed with brokers or dealers selected by the Sub-Adviser. The Trustees
have determined that, to the extent consistent with applicable provisions of the
1940 Act and rules and exemptions adopted thereunder, transactions for the  Fund
may  be executed through PaineWebber if, in the judgment of the Sub-Adviser, the
use of  PaineWebber is  likely to  result in  price and  execution at  least  as
favorable   to   the  Fund   as   those  obtainable   through   other  qualified
broker-dealers, and if, in the transaction, PaineWebber charges the Fund a  fair
and  reasonable  rate consistent  with that  charged to  comparable unaffiliated
customers in similar transactions.
 
      The Fund's portfolio  is actively managed.  The Fund's portfolio  turnover
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a limiting factor when the  Sub-Adviser deems portfolio changes appropriate.  An
annual  turnover rate of 100%  would occur if all of  the securities held by the
Fund are replaced once  during a period of  one year. Higher portfolio  turnover
rates  (100%  or more)  will result  in  corresponding increases  in transaction
costs, which will be borne directly by the Fund, may make it more difficult  for
the  Fund to qualify  as a regulated  investment company for  federal income tax
purposes and may cause shareholders of the Fund to recognize short-term  capital
gains  for  federal  income  tax  purposes.  See  'Dividends,  Distributions and
Taxes -- Taxes.'
 
                                   PURCHASES
 
      GENERAL. Class A shares are sold to investors subject to an initial  sales
charge.  Class B shares are sold without an initial sales charge but are subject
to higher ongoing expenses than Class  A shares and a contingent deferred  sales
charge payable upon certain redemptions. Class B shares automatically convert to
Class  A shares approximately six years after  issuance. Class C shares are sold
without an initial  sales charge  but are subject  to a  1% contingent  deferred
sales charge for redemptions made within one year and to higher ongoing expenses
than Class A shares and do not convert into another Class. See 'Flexible Pricing
System' and 'Conversion of Class B Shares.'
 
      Shares of the Fund are available through PaineWebber and its correspondent
firms or, for shareholders who are not PaineWebber clients, through the Transfer
Agent.  Investors may contact a local PaineWebber office to open an account. The
minimum initial investment is $1,000,  and the minimum for additional  purchases
is $100. These minimums may be waived or reduced for investments by employees of
PaineWebber or its affiliates, certain pension plans and retirement accounts and
participants  in the Fund's  automatic investment plan.  Purchase orders will be
priced at  the net  asset value  per share  next determined  (see 'Valuation  of
Shares')  after the order is received by  PaineWebber's New York City offices or
by the Transfer Agent, plus any applicable sales charge for Class A shares.  The
Fund and Mitchell Hutchins reserve the right to reject any purchase order and to
suspend the offering of Fund shares for a period of time.
 
      When  placing purchase orders, investors  should specify whether the order
is for Class A, Class B or Class  C shares. All share purchase orders that  fail
to specify a Class will automatically be invested in Class A shares.
 
      PURCHASES  THROUGH PAINEWEBBER  OR CORRESPONDENT  FIRMS. Purchases through
PaineWebber investment executives or correspondent  firms may be made in  person
or  by  mail,  telephone or  wire;  the  minimum wire  purchase  is  $1 million.
Investment executives and correspondent  firms are responsible for  transmitting
purchase  orders to PaineWebber's New York  City offices promptly. Investors may
pay for  purchases  with checks  drawn  on U.S.  banks  or with  funds  held  in
brokerage  accounts at PaineWebber or its correspondent firms. Payment is due on
the third Business  Day after the  order is received  at PaineWebber's New  York
City  offices. A 'Business Day' is any  day, Monday through Friday, on which the
New York Stock Exchange, Inc. ('NYSE') is open for business.
 
      PURCHASES THROUGH THE  TRANSFER AGENT. Investors  who are not  PaineWebber
clients  may purchase shares of  the Fund through the  Transfer Agent. Shares of
the Fund  may  be  purchased, and  an  account  with the  Fund  established,  by
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this Prospectus and mailing it, together with a check to cover the purchase,  to
the  Transfer Agent: PFPC  Inc., Attn: PaineWebber Mutual  Funds, P.O. Box 8950,
Wilmington, Delaware 19899. Subsequent investments need not be accompanied by an
application.
 
      INITIAL SALES CHARGE  -- CLASS  A SHARES.   The public  offering price  of
Class A shares is the next determined net asset value, plus any applicable sales
charge,  which will  vary with the  size of the  purchase as shown  in the table
below.
      Mitchell Hutchins  may  at times  agree  to reallow  higher  discounts  to
PaineWebber,  as exclusive dealer for the Fund's shares, than those shown in the
table below. To the extent PaineWebber or any dealer receives 90% or more of the
sales charge, it may be deemed an 'underwriter' under the 1933 Act.
 
                INITIAL SALES CHARGE SCHEDULE -- CLASS A SHARES
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                         SALES CHARGE AS A PERCENTAGE OF
                                         -------------------------------         DISCOUNT TO SELECTED
                                         OFFERING    NET AMOUNT INVESTED      DEALERS AS A PERCENTAGE OF
       AMOUNT OF PURCHASE                 PRICE       (NET ASSET VALUE)             OFFERING PRICE
- --------------------------------         --------    -------------------      --------------------------
 
<S>                                        <C>               <C>                         <C>
Less than $50,000                          4.50%             4.71%                       4.25%
$50,000 to  $99,999                        4.00              4.17                        3.75
$100,000 to $249,999                       3.50              3.63                        3.25
$250,000 to $499,999                       2.50              2.56                        2.25
$500,000 to $999,999                       1.75              1.78                        1.50
$1,000,000 and over (1)                    None              None                        1.00
</TABLE>
 
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(1) Mitchell Hutchins pays compensation to PaineWebber out of its own resources.
 
      SALES CHARGE WAIVERS --  CLASS A SHARES.  Class A shares  of the Fund  are
available  without a sales charge  through exchanges for Class  A shares of most
other PaineWebber mutual funds. See 'Exchanges.' In addition, Class A shares may
be purchased without  a sales  charge by  employees, directors  and officers  of
PaineWebber  or  its  affiliates,  directors or  trustees  and  officers  of any
PaineWebber mutual  fund,  their  spouses, parents  and  children  and  advisory
clients of Mitchell Hutchins.
 
      Class  A  shares also  may  be purchased  without  a sales  charge  if the
purchase is made  through a  PaineWebber investment executive  who formerly  was
employed  as a broker with  another firm registered as  a broker-dealer with the
SEC, provided (1)  the purchaser was  the investment executive's  client at  the
competing  brokerage firm, (2) within 90 days  of the purchase of Class A shares
the purchaser  redeemed  shares of  one  or more  mutual  funds for  which  that
competing  firm  or  its  affiliates  was  principal  underwriter,  provided the
purchaser either paid a sales charge to invest in those funds, paid a contingent
deferred sales charge  upon redemption  or held shares  of those  funds for  the
period  required not to  pay the otherwise  applicable contingent deferred sales
charge and  (3) the  total amount  of  shares of  all PaineWebber  mutual  funds
purchased  under this  sales charge  waiver does  not exceed  the amount  of the
purchaser's redemption  proceeds  from  the  competing  firm's  funds.  To  take
advantage  of this waiver,  an investor must  provide satisfactory evidence that
all   the    above-noted    conditions    are    met.    Qualifying    investors
 
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should contact their PaineWebber investment executives for more information.
 
      Certificate  holders  of  unit  investment  trusts  ('UITs')  sponsored by
PaineWebber may acquire  Class A shares  of the Fund  without regard to  minimum
investment  requirements and without sales charges by electing to have dividends
and other  distributions from  their UIT  investment automatically  invested  in
Class A shares.
 
      CONTINGENT  DEFERRED SALES CHARGE -- CLASS  A SHARES. Purchases of Class A
shares of $1 million or  more may be made without  a sales charge. Purchases  of
Class  A shares of two or more PaineWebber  mutual funds may be combined for the
purpose, and  the right  of accumulation  also applies  to such  purchases.  See
'Reduced  Sales Charge Plans -- Class A  Shares' below. If a shareholder redeems
any Class A shares  that were purchased  without a sales charge  by reason of  a
purchase  of $1 million  or more within one  year after the  date of purchase, a
contingent deferred sales charge will be applied to the redemption. The Class  A
contingent deferred sales charge will be equal to 1% of the lower of (a) the net
asset  value of the shares at the time of purchase or (b) the net asset value of
the shares at the time of redemption. Class  A shares of the Fund held one  year
or  longer, and  Class A  shares of  the Fund  acquired through  reinvestment of
dividends or capital gains distributions will not be subject to this  contingent
deferred  sales charge. The contingent deferred  sales charge for Class A shares
of the Fund  will be waived  for redemptions in  connection with the  systematic
withdrawal  plan,  subject  to  the  limitations  described  below  under 'Other
Services  and  Information  --  Systematic  Withdrawal  Plan.'  This  contingent
deferred  sales charge does not apply to redemptions of Class A shares purchased
prior to November 10, 1995.
 
      Class A shares of the Fund that  are purchased without a sales charge  may
be  exchanged for Class A shares of  another PaineWebber mutual fund without the
imposition of a contingent deferred  sales charge, although contingent  deferred
sales  charges may apply to the Class A shares acquired through an exchange. For
federal income tax purposes, the amount of the contingent deferred sales  charge
will  reduce the gain  or increase the loss,  as the case may  be, on the amount
realized on the redemption. The amount  of any contingent deferred sales  charge
will be paid to Mitchell Hutchins.
 
      REDUCED  SALES CHARGE PLANS -- CLASS A  SHARES. If an investor or eligible
group  of  related  Fund  investors  purchases  Class  A  shares  of  the   Fund
concurrently  with  Class  A  shares  of  other  PaineWebber  mutual  funds, the
purchases may  be  combined  to  take advantage  of  the  reduced  sales  charge
applicable to larger purchases. In addition, the right of accumulation permits a
Fund investor or eligible group of related Fund investors to pay the lower sales
charge  applicable to larger purchases by basing  the sales charge on the dollar
amount of Class A shares currently being purchased, plus the net asset value  of
the  investor's  or  group's  total  existing  Class  A  shareholdings  in other
PaineWebber mutual funds.
 
      An 'eligible group of related Fund investors' includes an individual,  the
individual's   spouse,  parents   and  children,   the  individual's  individual
retirement account ('IRA'), certain companies  controlled by the individual  and
employee benefit plans of those companies, and trusts or Uniform Gifts to Minors
Act/Uniform  Transfers  to  Minors Act  accounts  created by  the  individual or
eligible group  of individuals  for the  benefit of  the individual  and/or  the
individual's spouse, parents or children. The term also
 
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includes a group of related employers and one or more qualified retirement plans
of  such  employers.  For  more  information,  an  investor  should  consult the
Statement  of  Additional  Information  or  contact  a  PaineWebber   investment
executive or correspondent firm or the Transfer Agent.
 
      CONTINGENT  DEFERRED SALES CHARGE  -- CLASS B  SHARES. The public offering
price of the Class B shares of the Fund is the next determined net asset  value,
and  no initial  sales charge  is imposed.  A contingent  deferred sales charge,
however, is imposed upon certain redemptions of Class B shares.
 
      Class B  shares that  are redeemed  will not  be subject  to a  contingent
deferred sales charge to the extent that the value of such shares represents (1)
reinvestment  of dividends or capital gain  distributions or (2) shares redeemed
more than six  years after  their purchase.  Otherwise, redemptions  of Class  B
shares  will be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge. The amount of any
applicable contingent deferred  sales charge will  be calculated by  multiplying
the  lower of (a) the net  asset value of the shares  at the time of purchase or
(b) the  net  asset value  of  the  shares at  the  time of  redemption  by  the
applicable percentage shown in the table below:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                   CONTINGENT DEFERRED
                                       SALES CHARGE
       REDEMPTION DURING                APPLICABLE
- --------------------------------   --------------------
 
<S>                                        <C>
1st Year Since Purchase.........            5%
2nd Year Since Purchase.........            4
3rd Year Since Purchase.........            3
4th Year Since Purchase.........            2
5th Year Since Purchase.........            2
6th Year Since Purchase.........            1
7th Year Since Purchase.........           None
</TABLE>
 
      In determining the applicability and rate of any contingent deferred sales
charge,  it will be  assumed that a redemption  is made first  of Class B shares
representing capital appreciation, next of shares representing the  reinvestment
of  dividends and capital gain distributions and finally of other shares held by
the shareholder for the longest  period of time. The  holding period of Class  B
shares acquired through an exchange with another PaineWebber mutual fund will be
calculated  from the date that the Class B shares were initially acquired in one
of the  other PaineWebber  funds, and  Class  B shares  being redeemed  will  be
considered  to represent,  as applicable,  capital appreciation  or dividend and
capital gain distribution reinvestments in such other funds. This will result in
any contingent deferred sales charge being imposed at the lowest possible  rate.
For  federal income  tax purposes, the  amount of the  contingent deferred sales
charge will reduce the gain or increase  the loss, as the case may be,  realized
on  the redemption. The amount  of any contingent deferred  sales charge will be
paid to Mitchell Hutchins.
 
      SALES CHARGE  WAIVERS --  CLASS B  SHARES. The  contingent deferred  sales
charge  will be waived for exchanges, as described below, and for redemptions in
connection  with  the  Fund's  systematic  withdrawal  plan;  In  addition,  the
contingent  deferred  sales  charge  will  be  waived  for  a  total  or partial
redemption made within one year of the death of the shareholder. The  contingent
deferred  sales charge waiver is available where the decedent is either the sole
shareholder or owns the  shares with his  or her spouse as  a joint tenant  with
right  of survivorship. This waiver applies only to redemption of shares held at
the time of death. The contingent deferred  sales charge will also be waived  in
connection  with a lump-sum or other distribution in the case of an IRA, a self-
employed individual  retirement plan  (so-called 'Keogh  Plan') or  a  custodial
account  under Section 403(b) of the  Internal Revenue Code following attainment
of  age   59  1/2;   any  total   or  partial   redemption  resulting   from   a
 
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distribution  following  retirement in  the case  of a  tax-qualified retirement
plan;  and  a  redemption  resulting  from  a  tax-free  return  of  an   excess
contribution to an IRA.
 
      Contingent  deferred  sales  charge  waivers will  be  granted  subject to
confirmation (by PaineWebber  in the  case of shareholders  who are  PaineWebber
clients  or by the Transfer Agent in the  case of all other shareholders) of the
shareholder's status or holdings, as the case may be.
 
      PURCHASES OF CLASS  C SHARES.  The public offering  price of  the Class  C
shares is the next determined net asset value. No initial or contingent deferred
sales charge is imposed.
 
      CONTINGENT  DEFERRED  SALES CHARGE  -- CLASS  C  SHARES. If  a shareholder
redeems Class  C  shares  within a  year  after  the date  of  the  purchase,  a
contingent  deferred  sales  charge  will  be  applied  to  the  redemption. The
contingent deferred sales charge on Class C shares will be equal to 1.00% of the
lower of: (a) the net asset value of  the shares at the time of purchase or  (b)
the  net asset value of the shares at  the time of redemption. Class C shares of
the Fund held one year or longer and Class C shares of the Fund acquired through
reinvestment of dividends or capital gains distributions will not be subject  to
the  contingent deferred sales charge. The  contingent deferred sales charge for
Class C shares of the Fund will be waived for redemptions in connection with the
systematic withdrawal plan,  subject to  the limitations  described below  under
'Other  Services and Information -- Systematic Withdrawal Plan.' This contingent
deferred sales charge does not apply to redemptions of Class C shares  purchased
prior to November 10, 1995.
 
      Class  C shares of the Fund that  are purchased without a sales charge may
be exchanged for Class C shares  of another PaineWebber mutual fund without  the
imposition  of a contingent deferred  sales charge, although contingent deferred
sales charges may apply to the Class C shares acquired through an exchange.  For
federal  income tax purposes, the amount of the contingent deferred sales charge
will reduce the gain  or increase the loss,  as the case may  be, on the  amount
realized  on the redemption. The amount  of any contingent deferred sales charge
will be paid to Mitchell Hutchins.
 
                                   EXCHANGES
 
      Shares of the Fund may be exchanged for shares of the corresponding  Class
of  the PaineWebber  mutual funds  listed below, or  may be  acquired through an
exchange of shares of the corresponding  Class of those funds. No initial  sales
charge is imposed on the shares being acquired, and no contingent deferred sales
charge is imposed on the shares being disposed of, through an exchange. However,
contingent  deferred sales charges may apply to redemptions of Class B shares of
PaineWebber mutual funds acquired through an exchange. Exchanges may be  subject
to minimum investment requirements of the fund into which exchanges are made.
 
      Exchanges  are  permitted between  the Fund  and other  PaineWebber mutual
funds, including:
 
Income Funds
 
      PW GLOBAL INCOME FUND
 
      PW HIGH INCOME FUND
 
      PW INVESTMENT GRADE INCOME FUND
 
      PW LOW DURATION U.S. GOVERNMENT
          INCOME FUND
 
      PW STRATEGIC INCOME FUND
 
      PW U.S. GOVERNMENT INCOME FUND
 
Tax-Free Income Funds
 
      PW CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE INCOME FUND
 
      PW MUNICIPAL HIGH INCOME FUND
 
      PW NATIONAL TAX-FREE INCOME FUND
 
      PW NEW YORK TAX-FREE INCOME FUND
 
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Growth Funds
 
      PW CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND
 
      PW EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY FUND
 
      PW GLOBAL EQUITY FUND
 
      PW GROWTH FUND
 
      PW REGIONAL FINANCIAL GROWTH FUND
 
      PW SMALL CAP VALUE FUND
 
Growth and Income Funds
 
      PW BALANCED FUND
 
      PW GROWTH AND INCOME FUND
 
      PW TACTICAL ALLOCATION FUND
 
      PW UTILITY INCOME FUND
 
PaineWebber Money Market Fund
 
      PaineWebber clients must place  exchange orders through their  PaineWebber
investment  executives or correspondent firms unless  the shares to be exchanged
are held in certificated form. Shareholders  who are not PaineWebber clients  or
who hold their shares in certificated form must place exchange orders in writing
with  the Transfer  Agent: PFPC Inc.,  Attn: PaineWebber Mutual  Funds, P.O. Box
8950, Wilmington, Delaware 19899.  All exchanges will be  effected based on  the
relative  net asset values per share next determined after the exchange order is
received at PaineWebber's New  York City offices or  by the Transfer Agent.  See
'Valuation  of Shares.' Shares of the  Fund purchased through PaineWebber or its
correspondent firms may be exchanged only  after the settlement date has  passed
and payment for such shares has been made.
 
      OTHER  EXCHANGE INFORMATION.  This exchange  privilege may  be modified or
terminated at  any time,  upon at  least 60  days' notice  when such  notice  is
required  by SEC rules. See the  Statement of Additional Information for further
details. This exchange privilege is available only in those jurisdictions  where
the  sale of the  PaineWebber mutual fund  shares to be  acquired may be legally
made. Before making any exchange, shareholders should contact their  PaineWebber
investment  executives or  correspondent firms or  the Transfer  Agent to obtain
more information and prospectuses of the PaineWebber mutual funds to be acquired
through the exchange.
 
                                  REDEMPTIONS
 
      As described below, Fund shares may  be redeemed at their net asset  value
(subject  to  any applicable  contingent deferred  sales charge)  and redemption
proceeds will be paid after receipt of a redemption request as described  below.
PaineWebber  clients may  redeem non-certificated shares  through PaineWebber or
its correspondent firms; all other shareholders must redeem through the Transfer
Agent. If a redeeming shareholder owns shares of more than one Class, the shares
will be  redeemed in  the following  order unless  the shareholder  specifically
requests  otherwise: Class C  shares, then Class  A shares, and  finally Class B
shares.
 
      REDEMPTION THROUGH PAINEWEBBER OR CORRESPONDENT FIRMS. PaineWebber clients
may submit redemption requests to  their investment executives or  correspondent
firms  in person or by telephone, mail or wire. As the Fund's agent, PaineWebber
may honor a  redemption request  by repurchasing  Fund shares  from a  redeeming
shareholder  at the shares' net asset value next determined after receipt of the
request by PaineWebber's New York City offices. Within three Business Days after
receipt of  the request,  repurchase proceeds  (less any  applicable  contingent
deferred  sales charge) will be  paid by check or  credited to the shareholder's
brokerage account at  the election  of the  shareholder. PaineWebber  investment
executives  and  correspondent  firms are  responsible  for  promptly forwarding
redemption requests to PaineWebber's New York City offices.
 
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      PaineWebber reserves the  right not  to honor any  redemption request,  in
which  case PaineWebber promptly will forward  the request to the Transfer Agent
for treatment as described below.
 
      REDEMPTION THROUGH  THE  TRANSFER AGENT.  Fund  shareholders who  are  not
PaineWebber  clients or who wish to redeem certificated shares must redeem their
shares through the Transfer  Agent by mail; other  shareholders also may  redeem
Fund  shares  through the  Transfer Agent.  Shareholders should  mail redemption
requests directly to  the Transfer  Agent: PFPC Inc.,  Attn: PaineWebber  Mutual
Funds,  P.O. Box 8950, Wilmington, Delaware  19899. A redemption request will be
executed at the  net asset value  next computed  after it is  received in  'good
order'  and redemption proceeds will be paid within seven days of the receipt of
the request. 'Good  order' means  that the request  must be  accompanied by  the
following:  (1) a  letter of  instruction or  a stock  assignment specifying the
number of shares  or amount of  investment to  be redeemed (or  that all  shares
credited  to a Fund account be redeemed), signed by all registered owners of the
shares in the exact names in which  they are registered, (2) a guarantee of  the
signature  of each registered owner by an eligible institution acceptable to the
Transfer Agent and  in accordance  with SEC rules,  such as  a commercial  bank,
trust  company or  member of a  recognized stock exchange,  (3) other supporting
legal documents for estates, trusts, guardianships, custodianships, partnerships
and corporations and (4) duly endorsed share certificates, if any.  Shareholders
are  responsible for ensuring that a request for redemption is received in 'good
order.'
 
      ADDITIONAL  INFORMATION   ON   REDEMPTIONS.  A   shareholder   who   holds
non-certificated  Fund shares may have redemption proceeds of $1 million or more
wired to the shareholder's  PaineWebber brokerage account  or a commercial  bank
account   designated  by  the  shareholder.  Questions  about  this  option,  or
redemption requirements  generally,  should  be referred  to  the  shareholder's
PaineWebber investment executive or correspondent firm, or to the Transfer Agent
if  the shares are not held in a PaineWebber brokerage account. If a shareholder
requests redemption of shares which were purchased recently, the Fund may  delay
payment  until it is assured that good payment has been received. In the case of
purchases by check, this can take up to 15 days.
 
      Because the Fund  incurs certain  fixed costs  in maintaining  shareholder
accounts,  the  Fund  reserves  the  right to  redeem  all  Fund  shares  in any
shareholder account of less than $500 net asset value. If the Fund elects to  do
so,  it will notify the shareholder  and provide the shareholder the opportunity
to increase the amount invested  to $500 or more within  60 days of the  notice.
The  Fund will not redeem accounts that fall  below $500 solely as a result of a
reduction in net asset value per share.
 
      Shareholders who have  redeemed Class  A shares may  reinstate their  Fund
account  without a sales charge  up to the dollar  amount redeemed by purchasing
Class A Fund shares within 365 days of the redemption. To take advantage of this
reinstatement privilege, shareholders must  notify their PaineWebber  investment
executive or correspondent firm at the time the privilege is exercised.
 
                          CONVERSION OF CLASS B SHARES
 
      A  shareholder's  Class B  shares will  automatically  convert to  Class A
shares approximately six years after the  date of issuance, together with a  pro
rata   portion  of  all   Class  B  shares   representing  dividends  and  other
distributions paid in additional Class B shares. The Class B shares so converted
will no longer be subject to the higher expenses
 
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borne by Class B  shares. The conversion  will be effected  at the relative  net
asset values per share of the two Classes on the first Business Day of the month
in which the sixth anniversary of the issuance of the Class B shares occurs. See
'Valuation  of Shares.'  If a  shareholder effects  one or  more exchanges among
Class B shares of the PaineWebber  mutual funds during the six-year period,  the
holding  periods for the shares so exchanged will be counted toward the six-year
period.
 
                         OTHER SERVICES AND INFORMATION
 
      Investors interested in the services described below should consult  their
PaineWebber  investment executives or  correspondent firms or  call the Transfer
Agent toll-free at 1-800-647-1568.
 
      AUTOMATIC INVESTMENT PLAN.  Shareholders may purchase  shares of the  Fund
through  an automatic  investment plan, under  which an amount  specified by the
shareholder of $50 or more  each month will be sent  to the Transfer Agent  from
the  shareholder's bank for investment  in the Fund. In  addition to providing a
convenient and disciplined manner of  investing, participation in the  automatic
investment  plan  enables the  investor  to use  the  technique of  'dollar cost
averaging.' When under  the plan a  shareholder invests the  same dollar  amount
each  month, the shareholder will purchase more shares when the Fund's net asset
value per share is low  and fewer shares when the  net asset value per share  is
high.  Using this  technique, a shareholder's  average purchase  price per share
over any given period will  be lower than if  the shareholder purchased a  fixed
number  of shares  on a  monthly basis during  the period.  Of course, investing
through the  automatic investment  plan  does not  assure  a profit  or  protect
against  loss in declining markets. Additionally, since the automatic investment
plan involves  continuous  investing regardless  of  price levels,  an  investor
should  consider  his or  her financial  ability  to continue  purchases through
periods of low price levels.
 
      SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PLAN. Shareholders who own Class A or Class C shares
with a value of $5,000 or more  or non-certificated Class B shares with a  value
of  $20,000  or more  may  have PaineWebber  redeem  a portion  of  their shares
monthly, quarterly or  semi-annually under  the systematic  withdrawal plan.  No
contingent deferred sales charge will be imposed on such withdrawals for Class B
shares.  The minimum amount for all withdrawals of  Class A or Class C shares is
$100, and  minimum monthly,  quarterly and  semi-annual withdrawal  amounts  for
Class  B shares are $200, $400 and $600, respectively. Quarterly withdrawals are
made in March,  June, September  and December, and  semi-annual withdrawals  are
made  in June  and December. A  Class B  shareholder may not  withdraw an amount
exceeding 12% annually  of his  or her 'Initial  Account Balance,'  a term  that
means  the  value of  the Fund  account at  the time  the shareholder  elects to
participate in the systematic withdrawal plan. A shareholder's participation  in
the  systematic  withdrawal plan  will  terminate automatically  if  the Initial
Account Balance (plus the net asset value on the date of purchase of Fund shares
acquired after the election to  participate in the systematic withdrawal  plan),
less aggregate redemptions made other than pursuant to the systematic withdrawal
plan,  is less than $20,000 in the case of Class B shares and $5,000 in the case
of Class  A or  Class C  shares. No  contingent deferred  sales charge  will  be
imposed  on such withdrawals  within the first  year after purchase  for Class A
shares purchased pursuant to the sales charge waiver for purchases of $1 million
or more or Class C shares, provided that the Class A or Class C shareholder does
not withdraw an amount exceeding 12% in the first year after purchase of his  or
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holders who receive dividends or other distributions in cash may not participate
in   the  systematic  withdrawal  plan.  Purchases  of  additional  Fund  shares
concurrently with  withdrawals are  ordinarily disadvantageous  to  shareholders
because of tax liabilities and, for Class A shares, sales charges.
 
      INDIVIDUAL  RETIREMENT  ACCOUNTS.  Shares  of the  Fund  may  be purchased
through IRAs available  through the Fund.  In addition, a  Self-Directed IRA  is
available  through Paine-Webber under which investments  may be made in the Fund
as well  as  in  other  investments  available  through  PaineWebber.  Investors
considering  establishing an  IRA should review  applicable tax  laws and should
consult their tax advisers.
 
      TRANSFER OF ACCOUNTS.  If a shareholder  holding shares of  the Fund in  a
PaineWebber  brokerage account transfers his  brokerage account to another firm,
the Fund shares  normally will be  transferred to an  account with the  Transfer
Agent.  However, if the other firm has  entered into a selected dealer agreement
with Mitchell Hutchins relating to the Fund, the shareholder may be able to hold
Fund shares in an account with the other firm.
 
                       DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES
 
DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
 
      Dividends from net  investment income  and distributions  of net  realized
capital  gains  of  the  Fund,  if  any,  are  distributed  annually.  Unless  a
shareholder instructs the Fund that dividends and capital gains distributions on
shares of any Class  should be paid  in cash and  credited to the  shareholder's
Account,  dividends and capital gains distributions are reinvested automatically
at net asset value in additional shares  of the same Class. The Fund is  subject
to  a 4% nondeductible excise tax measured with respect to certain undistributed
amounts of net investment  income and capital gains.  If necessary to avoid  the
imposition  of this tax, and  if in the best  interests of its shareholders, the
Fund  will  declare  and  pay  dividends  of  its  net  investment  income   and
distributions  of its net  capital gains more frequently  than stated above. The
per share dividends and distributions on Class A shares are higher than those on
Class B and Class C shares, as a result of the distribution fees borne by  Class
B and Class C shares. Dividends on each Class also might be affected differently
by  the allocation of other Class-specific  expenses. See 'Fee Table,' 'Purchase
of Shares,' 'Distributor' and 'General Information.'
 
TAXES
 
      The Fund  has qualified  for the  fiscal year  ended July  31, 1995  as  a
regulated  investment  company within  the meaning  of the  Code and  intends to
qualify for this treatment  in each year. To  qualify as a regulated  investment
company  for  federal  income  tax  purposes, the  Fund  limits  its  income and
investments so  that (1)  at  least 90%  of its  gross  income is  derived  from
dividends,  interest payments with  respect to securities  loans, gains from the
sale or other disposition of stock,  securities or foreign currencies, or  other
income  (including, but not  limited to, gains from  options, futures or forward
contracts)  derived  with  respect  to  its  business  of  investing  in  stock,
securities  or currencies, (2) less than 30% of its gross income is derived from
the  sale  or  disposition  of  stocks  or  securities  and  certain   financial
instruments (including certain options, futures and forward contracts) that were
held  for less than  three months and  (3) at the  close of each  quarter of the
taxable  year   (a)  not   more  than   25%   of  the   market  value   of   the
 
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Fund's  total  assets  is  invested in  the  securities  (other  than Government
Securities or  the securities  of  other regulated  investment companies)  of  a
single  issuer or of two or more issuers controlled by the Fund that are engaged
in the same or similar trades or  businesses or in related trades or  businesses
and  (b)  at  least 50%  of  the market  value  of  the Fund's  total  assets is
represented  by  (i)  cash  and  cash  items,  (ii)  Government  Securities  and
securities  of other regulated  investment companies and  (iii) other securities
limited in respect of any one issuer to  an amount not greater in value than  5%
of  the market value of the Fund's total assets  and to not more than 10% of the
outstanding voting securities of the issuer. The requirements for  qualification
may  cause  the Fund  to  restrict the  degree to  which  it sells  or otherwise
disposes of stocks, other securities and certain financial instruments held  for
less  than three months. If the Fund qualifies as a regulated investment company
and meets certain  distribution requirements, the  Fund will not  be subject  to
federal  income tax on its net investment  income and net realized capital gains
that it distributes to its shareholders.
 
      Dividends paid by the Fund out of net investment income and  distributions
of net realized short-term capital gains are taxable to shareholders as ordinary
income,  whether  received  in cash  or  reinvested in  additional  Fund shares.
Distributions  of  net   realized  long-term  capital   gains  are  taxable   to
shareholders as long-term capital gain, regardless of how long shareholders have
held  their  shares  and  whether  the distributions  are  received  in  cash or
reinvested in additional shares.  Generally, a shareholder's gain  or loss on  a
sale  or redemption of Fund  shares will be a long-term  capital gain or loss if
the shares have been held for more than  one year and a short-term gain or  loss
if the shares are held for one year or less. Dividends and distributions paid by
the  Fund generally do not qualify  for the federal dividends received deduction
for corporate shareholders.
 
      Income received by the Fund from  sources within foreign countries may  be
subject  to  withholding and  other foreign  taxes. The  payment of  these taxes
reduces  the  amount  of  dividends   and  distributions  paid  to  the   Fund's
shareholders.  It  is not  expected that  the Fund  will be  able to  elect, for
federal income tax purposes,  to treat certain foreign  income taxes it pays  as
having been paid by its shareholders.
 
      Statements  as to the tax status  of each Fund shareholder's dividends and
distributions are mailed  annually. Shareholders also  receive, as  appropriate,
various written notices after the close of the Fund's taxable year regarding the
tax  status of certain dividends  and distributions that were  paid (or that are
treated as  having  been  paid) by  the  Fund  to its  shareholders  during  the
preceding  taxable  year,  including  the  amount  of  dividends  that represent
interest derived from Government Securities.
 
      Shareholders are  urged  to  consult  their  tax  advisors  regarding  the
application  of federal,  state, local  and foreign  tax laws  to their specific
situations before investing in the Fund.
 
                              VALUATION OF SHARES
 
      Each Class' net asset value per  share is calculated by State Street,  the
Fund's  custodian, on  each day,  Monday through  Friday, except  that net asset
value is not computed on days on which the NYSE is closed. The NYSE is currently
scheduled to be  closed on the  observance of New  Year's Day, Presidents'  Day,
Good  Friday, Memorial  Day, Independence Day,  Labor Day,  Thanksgiving Day and
Christmas Day.
 
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      Net asset value  per share of  a Class is  determined as of  the close  of
regular trading on the NYSE (currently 4:00 p.m., Eastern time), and is computed
by dividing the value of the Fund's net assets attributable to that Class by the
total  number  of  shares  outstanding  of  that  Class.  Generally,  the Fund's
investments are valued at market value or, in the absence of a market value,  at
fair value as determined by or under the direction of the Trustees.
 
      Securities that are primarily traded on foreign exchanges that close prior
to  the close of regular trading on the NYSE (currently 4:00 p.m., Eastern time)
are generally valued for purposes of calculating the Fund's net asset values  at
the  preceding closing values  of the securities  on their respective exchanges,
except that,  when  an  occurrence  subsequent  to  the  time  a  value  was  so
established is likely to have changed that value, the fair market value of those
securities  will be determined by consideration of other factors by or under the
direction of the  board of  trustees. Securities  that are  primarily traded  on
foreign  exchanges that close after the close of regular trading on the NYSE are
generally valued at sale prices as of  a time reasonably proximate to the  close
of  regular trading on the NYSE or,  if no sales occurred previously during that
day, at the then-current bid price.
 
      A security that is primarily traded on a domestic stock exchange is valued
at the last sale price on that exchange or, if no sales occurred during the day,
at the  current quoted  bid price.  An option  that is  written by  the Fund  is
generally  valued at  the last sale  price or, in  the absence of  the last sale
price, the  last  offer price.  An  option that  is  purchased by  the  Fund  is
generally  valued at  the last sale  price or, in  the absence of  the last sale
price, the last  bid price.  The value  of a futures  contract is  equal to  the
unrealized  gain  or loss  on the  contract  that is  determined by  marking the
contract to the current  settlement price for a  like contract on the  valuation
date  of the futures contract. A settlement price  may not be used if the market
makes a limit  move with  respect to  a particular  futures contract  or if  the
securities   underlying  the  futures   contract  experience  significant  price
fluctuations after the determination of the settlement price. When a  settlement
price  cannot be  used, futures  contracts will be  valued at  their fair market
value as determined by or under the direction of the Board of Trustees.
 
      For purposes of calculating a Class' net asset value per share, assets and
liabilities initially expressed  in foreign currency  values are converted  into
U.S.  dollar  values based  on  a formula  prescribed by  the  Trust or,  if the
information required by the formula is unavailable, as determined in good  faith
by  the Trustees. Corporate actions  by issuers of securities  held by the Fund,
such as the payment of dividends or distributions, are reflected in each  Class'
net  asset value on the ex-dividend date  therefore, except that they will be so
reflected on the date the  Fund is actually advised  of the corporate action  if
subsequent  to  the  ex-dividend  date. In  carrying  out  the  Fund's valuation
policies, State Street may consult with an independent pricing service  retained
by  the Trust.  Further information regarding  the Fund's  valuation policies is
contained in the Statement of Additional Information.
 
                                   MANAGEMENT
 
      The  Trust's  board  of  trustees,  as  part  of  its  overall  management
responsibility,  oversees  various  organizations  responsible  for  the  Fund's
day-to-day management.  Mitchell Hutchins,  the  Fund's investment  adviser  and
administrator,  supervises  all  aspects  of  the  Fund's  operations.  Mitchell
Hutchins  receives   a   monthly   fee  for   its   services,   computed   daily
 
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and  payable monthly, at an annual rate of 1.00% of the Fund's average daily net
assets on assets up to  but not including $25  million and .90% thereafter.  The
rate  of fee paid  to Mitchell Hutchins,  although higher than  the rate paid by
most other investment companies  registered under the 1940  Act, is believed  by
Mitchell  Hutchins to be within the  range charged to other investment companies
that invest in  securities of  small capitalization companies  and reflects  the
need  to  devote  additional time  and  incur  added expense  in  developing the
specialized resources contemplated by investing in these securities.
 
      Mitchell  Hutchins  supervises  the   activities  of  Bjurman  which,   as
sub-adviser  for the Fund, makes and implements all investment decisions for the
Fund. Under the  sub-advisory contract,  Mitchell Hutchins (not  the Fund)  pays
Bjurman a fee for its services as sub-adviser for the Fund in the amount of .50%
of  the Fund's average daily net assets up  to but not including $25 million and
 .40% thereafter.
 
      The Fund incurs  other expenses and,  for the fiscal  year ended July  31,
1995,  the Fund's total expenses for its Class A and Class C shares, stated as a
percentage of average net assets were 1.72% and 2.48%, respectively.
 
      Mitchell Hutchins is located at 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New
York 10019. It is a wholly owned  subsidiary of PaineWebber, which is in turn  a
wholly  owned subsidiary of Paine Webber  Group Inc., a publicly owned financial
services holding company. As of October 31, 1995, Mitchell Hutchins was  adviser
or  sub-adviser  of  38 investment  companies  with 75  separate  portfolios and
aggregate assets of over $29 billion.
 
   
      Bjurman, located at 10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 1200, Los Angeles,
California 90067,  is  a  registered investment  adviser  under  the  Investment
Advisers  Act of 1940 and concentrates its investment advisory activities in the
area of equity securities with an emphasis on securities of small capitalization
companies. Bjurman provides investment advisory services to a variety of clients
having total assets under its management exceeding $2.5 billion as of  September
30, 1995. Bjurman was incorporated on August 5, 1970 under the laws of the State
of  California. Bjurman is controlled  by Messrs. George A.  Bjurman and Owen T.
Barry III.  Bjurman has  not previously  served as  an investment  adviser to  a
registered investment company.
    
 
      As the Fund's investment sub-adviser, Bjurman manages the Fund's portfolio
in  accordance with the investment objective and stated policies of the Fund and
makes investment decisions  for the Fund.  Bjurman also provides  the Fund  with
investment  officers who are  authorized by the  Trustees to determine purchases
and sales of securities on behalf of  the Fund and employs a professional  staff
of  portfolio  managers  who  draw  upon  a  variety  of  sources  for  research
information for the Fund.
 
      Owen T. Barry  III serves as  the Fund's Chief  Investment Officer and  in
that  capacity is the individual primarily responsible for the management of the
Fund's assets. Mr. Barry has been the Senior Executive Vice President of Bjurman
for more than the past five years.
 
      Although investment decisions  for the  Fund are  made independently  from
those  of the other accounts managed by the Sub-Adviser, investments of the type
the Fund may make may  also be made by those  other accounts. When the Fund  and
one or more other accounts managed by the Sub-Adviser are prepared to invest in,
or   desire  to  dispose  of,  the   same  security,  available  investments  or
opportunities for sales are allocated in a manner believed by the Sub-Adviser to
be
 
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equitable to each. In some cases, this procedure may adversely affect the  price
paid or received by the Fund or the size of the position obtained or disposed of
by the Fund.
 
      Mitchell   Hutchins  and  Bjurman  investment   personnel  may  engage  in
securities transactions for their own accounts  pursuant to each firm's code  of
ethics  that establishes procedures for personal investing and restricts certain
transactions.
 
      DISTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENTS. Mitchell  Hutchins is the  distributor of  Fund
shares  and has appointed  PaineWebber as the  exclusive dealer for  the sale of
those shares. Under  separate plans of  distribution pertaining to  the Class  A
shares,  Class B shares and  Class C shares ('Class A  Plan,' 'Class B Plan' and
'Class C Plan,' collectively, 'Plans'), the Fund pays Mitchell Hutchins  monthly
service fees at the annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each
Class  of shares. The  Fund pays Mitchell Hutchins  monthly distribution fees at
the annual rate of 0.75% of the average  daily net assets of the Class B  shares
and Class C shares.
 
      Under  all three Plans, Mitchell Hutchins  uses the service fees primarily
to pay PaineWebber for  shareholder servicing, currently at  the annual rate  of
0.25%  of the aggregate investment amounts maintained in the Fund by PaineWebber
clients. PaineWebber  passes  on a  portion  of  these fees  to  its  investment
executives  to compensate them  for shareholder servicing  that they perform and
retains the remainder to  offset its own expenses  in servicing and  maintaining
shareholder accounts. These expenses may include costs of the PaineWebber branch
office  in which the investment executive is based, such as rent, communications
equipment, employee salaries and other overhead costs.
 
      Mitchell Hutchins uses the distribution fees under the Class B and Class C
Plans to offset the  commissions it pays to  PaineWebber for selling the  Fund's
Class B and Class C shares. PaineWebber passes on to its investment executives a
portion of these commissions and retains the remainder to offset its expenses in
selling Class B and Class C shares. These expenses may include the branch office
costs  noted above.  In addition, Mitchell  Hutchins uses  the distribution fees
under the  Class B  and  Class C  Plans to  offset  the Fund's  marketing  costs
attributable   to  such  Classes,  such  as  preparation  of  sales  literature,
advertising and  printing and  distributing prospectuses  and other  shareholder
materials   to  prospective  investors.  Mitchell  Hutchins  also  may  use  the
distribution fees to pay additional compensation to PaineWebber and other  costs
allocated  to  Mitchell  Hutchins'  and  PaineWebber's  distribution activities,
including employee salaries, bonuses and other overhead expenses.
 
      Mitchell Hutchins expects that,  from time to  time, PaineWebber will  pay
shareholder servicing fees and sales commissions to its investment executives at
the  time of  sale of  Class C  shares of  the Fund.  If PaineWebber  makes such
payments, it will  retain the service  and distribution fees  on Class C  shares
until  it has been reimbursed for its sales commissions and thereafter will pass
a portion of  the service  and distribution  fees on Class  C shares  on to  its
investment executives.
 
      Mitchell  Hutchins receives the proceeds of  the initial sales charge paid
upon the purchase  of Class A  shares and the  contingent deferred sales  charge
paid  upon certain redemptions of Class B shares, and may use these proceeds for
any of the distribution expenses described above. See 'Purchases'.
 
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      During the period they are in  effect, the Plans and related  distribution
contracts pertaining to each Class of shares ('Distribution Contracts') obligate
the  Fund  to  pay  service  and  distribution  fees  to  Mitchell  Hutchins  as
compensation for its service and  distribution activities, not as  reimbursement
for specific expenses incurred. Thus, even if Mitchell Hutchins' expenses exceed
its  service or distribution  fees, the Fund  will not be  obligated to pay more
than those fees and, if Mitchell Hutchins' expenses are less than such fees,  it
will  retain its full fees  and realize a profit. The  Fund will pay the service
and distribution fees to Mitchell Hutchins  until either the applicable Plan  or
Distribution  Contract is  terminated or  not renewed.  In that  event, Mitchell
Hutchins' expenses  in  excess of  service  and distribution  fees  received  or
accrued   through  the  termination   date  will  be   Mitchell  Hutchins'  sole
responsibility  and  not obligations of the Fund.  In their annual consideration
of  the continuation of the  Fund's  Plans, the  board of  trustees  will review
the Plan and Mitchell Hutchins' corresponding expenses for each Class separately
from the Plans  and corresponding expenses for the other two Classes.
 
                            PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
 
      The  Fund performs a  standardized computation of  annualized total return
and  may  show   this  return  in   advertisements  or  promotional   materials.
Standardized  return shows the change in value of an investment in the Fund as a
steady compound annual rate of return. Actual year-by-year returns fluctuate and
may be higher or lower than standardized return. Standardized return for Class A
shares reflects deduction of the Fund's maximum initial sales charge at the time
of purchase, and  standardized return  for Class B  and Class  C shares  reflect
deduction  of  the  applicable contingent  deferred  sales charge  imposed  on a
redemption of shares held for the period. One-, five- and ten-year periods  will
be  shown, unless the  class has been  in existence for  a shorter period. Total
return calculations assume reinvestment of dividends and other distributions.
 
      The Fund  may use  other total  return presentations  in conjunction  with
standardized return. These may cover the same or different periods as those used
for  standardized  return and  may  include cumulative  returns,  average annual
rates, actual year-by-year  rates or any  combination thereof.  Non-standardized
return  does not reflect initial or  contingent deferred sales charges and would
be lower if such charges were included.
 
      The Fund will include performance  data for Class A,  Class B and Class  C
shares in any advertisements or promotional materials including Fund performance
data.  Total return and yield information reflects past performance and does not
necessarily indicate future results. Investment return and principal values will
fluctuate, and proceeds upon redemption may be more or less than a shareholder's
cost.
 
                              GENERAL INFORMATION
 
      ORGANIZATION. The Trust is  registered under the 1940  Act as an  open-end
management  investment company and was formed as  a business trust pursuant to a
Declaration of Trust, as  amended from time to  time (the 'Declaration'),  under
the  laws  of The  Commonwealth  of Massachusetts  on  April 8,  1993.  The Fund
commenced investment operations on November 4, 1993. The Declaration  authorizes
the Trustees to create separate series, and within each series separate Classes,
of  an unlimited number  of shares of  beneficial interest, par  value $.001 per
share.
 
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      When issued, Fund shares will be fully paid and non-assessable. Shares are
freely transferable and have no pre-emptive, subscription or conversion  rights.
Each  Class represents an identical interest in the Fund's investment portfolio.
As a  result, the  Classes have  the same  rights, privileges  and  preferences,
except with respect to: (1) the designation of each Class; (2) the effect of the
respective  sales charges, if  any, for each Class;  (3) the distribution and/or
service  fees,  if  any,  borne  by  each  Class;  (4)  the  expenses  allocable
exclusively  to each Class; (5) voting rights on matters exclusively affecting a
single Class;  and  (6) the  exchange  privilege of  each  Class. The  board  of
trustees  does  not  anticipate  that  there will  be  any  conflicts  among the
interests of the holders of the  different Classes. The Trustees, on an  ongoing
basis,  will consider whether  any conflict exists and,  if so, take appropriate
action. Certain  aspects of  the shares  may  be changed,  upon notice  to  Fund
shareholders,  to satisfy certain tax regulatory  requirements, if the change is
deemed necessary by the Trust's board of trustees.
 
      Shareholders of the Fund are entitled to one vote for each full share held
and  fractional  votes  for  fractional  shares  held.  Voting  rights  are  not
cumulative  and, as  a result,  the holders  of more  than 50%  of the aggregate
shares of the  Trust may elect  all of  the Trustees. Generally,  shares of  the
Trust are voted on a Trust-wide basis on all matters except those affecting only
the  interests of one series, such  as the Fund's investment advisory agreement.
In turn, shares of the Fund are voted on a Fund-wide basis on all matters except
those affecting only the interests of one Class, such as the terms of each  plan
of distribution as it relates to a Class.
 
      The  Trust does not intend to hold annual meetings of shareholders for the
purpose of  electing  Trustees unless,  and  until such  time  as, less  than  a
majority  of  the Trustees  holding office  have  been elected  by shareholders.
Shareholders of record of no less  than two-thirds of the outstanding shares  of
the  Trust may remove a Trustee through a declaration in writing or by vote cast
in person or by proxy  at a meeting called for  that purpose. A meeting will  be
called  for the  purpose of voting  on the removal  of a Trustee  at the written
request of holders of 10% of the Trust's outstanding shares. Shareholders of the
Fund who satisfy certain criteria will be assisted by the Trust in communicating
with other shareholders in seeking the holding of the meeting.
 
      To avoid additional operating costs and for investor convenience, the Fund
does not issue share certificates. Ownership of the Fund's shares is recorded on
a stock register by the Transfer Agent and shareholders have the same rights  of
ownership with respect to such shares as if certificates had been issued.
 
      CUSTODIAN  AND TRANSFER  AGENT. State Street  Bank and  Trust Company, One
Heritage Drive,  North Quincy,  Massachusetts  02171, is  the custodian  of  the
Fund's  assets. PFPC Inc., a subsidiary of PNC Bank, National Association, whose
principal business address is 400 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware  19809,
is the Fund's transfer and dividend disbursing agent.
 
      CONFIRMATIONS   AND  STATEMENTS.  Shareholders  receive  confirmations  of
purchases and redemptions of Fund shares. PaineWebber clients receive statements
at least quarterly  that report  their Fund activity  and consolidated  year-end
statements  that show all Fund transactions  for that year. Shareholders who are
not PaineWebber clients  receive quarterly statements  from the Transfer  Agent.
Shareholders  also receive  audited annual  and unaudited  semi-annual financial
statements of the Fund.
 
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THE PAINEWEBBER
MUTUAL FUNDS
    
   
                                                                Application Form
    
   
                                         [ ] [ ] - [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] - [ ] [ ]
    
   
                                                     PaineWebber Account No.
    
   
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INSTRUCTIONS        DO  NOT USE THIS FORM IF YOU WOULD  LIKE YOUR ACCOUNT SERVICED THROUGH PAINEWEBBER. INSTEAD,
                    CALL YOUR PAINEWEBBER  INVESTMENT EXECUTIVE  (OR YOUR LOCAL  PAINEWEBBER OFFICE  TO OPEN  AN
                    ACCOUNT).
                                                                               Return this completed form to:
                    ALSO,  DO NOT  USE THIS  FORM TO  OPEN A  RETIREMENT PLAN  PFPC Inc.
                    ACCOUNT. FOR RETIREMENT PLAN  FORMS OR FOR ASSISTANCE  IN  P.O. Box 8950
                    COMPLETING THIS FORM CONTACT PFPC INC. AT 1-800-647-1568.  Wilmington, DE 19899
                                                                               ATTN: PaineWebber Mutual Funds
</TABLE>
    
 
   
PLEASE PRINT
    
   
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          [1]            INITIAL INVESTMENT ($1,000 MINIMUM)
 
                         ENCLOSED IS A CHECK FOR:
                         $________(payable to PaineWebber Small Cap Growth Fund) to purchase Class A [ ] or Class B [ ] or
                         Class C [ ] shares.
                         (Check one Class; if no class is specified Class A shares will be purchased)
                         A SEPARATE CHECK IS REQUIRED FOR YOUR INVESTMENT IN EACH FUND.
 
          [2]            ACCOUNT REGISTRATION
 
                         1. Individual                                                  /   / 
                                      ------------- ---------------------------- ----------------
                                      First Name    Last Name                 MI   Soc. Sec. No.
 
                         2. Joint Tenancy                                              /   /
                                          ------------- ------------------------- ----------------
                                          First Name    Last Name              MI   Soc. Sec. No.
                         ('Joint Tenants with Rights of Survivorship' unless otherwise specified)
 
                         3. Gifts to Minors                                            /   /
                                           -------------------------------------- ----------------
                                           Minor's Name                             Soc. Sec. No.
Not valid without
signature and Soc. Sec.
or    Tax   ID   #   on
accompanying Form  W-9.
 -- As  joint  tenants,
    use  Lines 1 and 2.
 -- As  custodian for a
    minor, use Lines  1
    and 3.
 -- In  the  name  of a
    corporation,  trust
    or other
    organization or any
    fiduciary capacity,
    use Line 4.
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<S>                      <C>                                                          <C>                      <C>
                         Under the                                                    Uniform Gifts            Uniform Transfers
                                   ----------------------------------------           to Minors Act    /       to Minors Act
                                         State of Residence of Minor
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<S>                      <C>                                                                              <C>
                         4. Other Registrations
                                                ----------------------------------------------------------  ---------------------
                                                 Name                                                       Tax Ident. No.
 
                         5. If Trust, Date of Trust Instrument:
                                                                --------------------------------------------------
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<S>                      <C>
          [3]            ADDRESS
</TABLE>
    
 
   
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<S>                      <C>                                                <C>
                                                                            U.S. Citizen [ ] Yes   [ ] No*
                         --------------------------------------------
                         Street
 
                         -------------------------------------------------  ----------------------------
                         City                State                Zip Code  *Country of Citizenship
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          [4]            DISTRIBUTION OPTIONS See Prospectus
    
 
 
   

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                         Please select one of the following:
                         [  ] Reinvest  both  dividends and  capital  gain distributions  in additional
                              shares.
                         [  ] Pay dividends to my address above;  reinvest capital gain  distributions.
                         [  ] Pay both dividends  and capital gain distributions  in cash to my address
                              above.
                         [  ] Reinvest dividends  and pay  capital  gain distributions  in cash  to  my
                              address above.
                         NOTE:   If  a  selection  is  not   made,  both  dividends  and  capital  gain
                         distributions will be paid in additional Fund shares of the same Class.
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          [5]            SPECIAL OPTIONS (For More Information -- Check Appropriate Box)
                         [ ] Prototype IRA Application  [ ] Automatic Investment Plan  [ ] Systematic Withdrawal Plan
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          [6]            RIGHTS OF ACCUMULATION -- CLASS A SHARES See Prospectus
</TABLE>
    
 
   
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                         Indicate here any other account(s) in the group of funds that would qualify for the
                         cumulative quantity discount as outlined in the Prospectus.
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<S>                      <C>                                <C>                 <C>

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                         Fund Name                          Account No.         Registered Owner
 
                         ---------------------------------  ------------------  ---------------------------
                         Fund Name                          Account No.         Registered Owner
 
                         ---------------------------------  ------------------  ---------------------------
                         Fund Name                          Account No.         Registered Owner
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          [7]            PLEASE INDICATE BELOW IF YOU ARE AFFILIATED WITH PAINEWEBBER
                         'Affiliated' persons  are defined  as officers,  directors/trustees and  employees of  the
                         PaineWebber funds, PaineWebber or its affiliates, and their parents, spouses and children.

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                         Nature of Relationship

          [8]            SIGNATURE(S) AND TAX CERTIFICATION
 
                         I  warrant that I have full  authority and am of legal age  to purchase shares of the Fund
                         and have received and read a  current Prospectus of the Fund  and agree to its terms.  The
                         Fund  and its Transfer Agent will not be  liable for acting upon instructions or inquiries
                         believed  genuine.  Under  penalties   of  perjury,  I  certify   that  (1)  my   taxpayer
                         identification  number provided in this application is correct and (2) I am not subject to
                         backup withholding  because (i)  I have  not been  notified that  I am  subject to  backup
                         withholding  as a result  of failure to report  interest or dividends or  (ii) the IRS has
                         notified me that I am  no longer subject to backup  withholding (STRIKE OUT CLAUSE (2)  IF
                         INCORRECT).
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<S>                      <C>                                         <C>                                <C>

                         ----------------------------------------    ---------------------------------  ----------------
                         Individual (or Custodian)                   Joint Registrant (if any)          Date
 
                         ----------------------------------------    ---------------------------------  ----------------
                         Corporate Officer, Partner, Trustee, etc.   Title                              Date
                         
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          [9]            INVESTMENT EXECUTIVE IDENTIFICATION (To be Completed By Investment Executive Only)
 
                         -------------------------------------------   -------------------------------------------
                         Broker No./Name                               Branch Wire Code
 
                                                                       (    )
                         -------------------------------------------   -------------------------------------------
                         Branch Address                                Telephone
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Shares  of the  Fund can  be exchanged for  shares of  the following PaineWebber
Mutual Funds:
 
INCOME FUNDS
 PW Global Income Fund
 PW High Income Fund
 PW Investment Grade Income Fund
 PW Low Duration U.S. Government Income Fund
 PW Strategic Income Fund
 PW U.S. Government Income Fund
 
TAX-FREE INCOME FUNDS
 PW California Tax-Free Income Fund
 PW Municipal High Income Fund
 PW National Tax-Free Income Fund
 PW New York Tax-Free Income Fund
GROWTH FUNDS
 PW Capital Appreciation Fund
 PW Emerging Markets Equity Fund
 PW Global Equity Fund
 PW Growth Fund
 PW Regional Financial Growth Fund
 PW Small Cap Value Fund
 
GROWTH AND INCOME FUNDS
 PW Balanced Fund
 PW Growth and Income Fund
 PW Tactical Allocation Fund
 PW Utility Income Fund
 
PAINEWEBBER MONEY MARKET FUND
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A prospectus containing more  complete information for any  of the above  funds,
including  charges  and expenses, can be obtained from  a PaineWebber investment
executive or correspondent firm. Read the prospectus carefully before investing.
 
'c'1995 PaineWebber Incorporated
 
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         PAINEWEBBER
 
SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND
 
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Prospectus Summary.................................       2
Financial Highlights...............................       7
Flexible Pricing System............................       8
Investment Objective and Policies..................       9
Purchases..........................................      18
Exchanges..........................................      22
Redemptions........................................      23
Conversion of Class B Shares.......................      24
Other Services and Information.....................      25
Dividends, Distributions and Taxes.................      26
Valuation of Shares................................      27
Management.........................................      28
Performance Information............................      31
General Information................................      31
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PROSPECTUS
December 1, 1995
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                       PAINEWEBBER SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND
                          1285 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019
 
                      STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
     PaineWebber  Small  Cap Growth  Fund ('Fund')  is  a diversified  series of
Mitchell  Hutchins/Kidder,   Peabody   Investment   Trust   III   ('Trust'),   a
professionally   managed  mutual   fund.  The   Fund  seeks   long-term  capital
appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of small capitalization
companies. The  Fund's  investment  adviser, administrator  and  distributor  is
Mitchell  Hutchins Asset Management  Inc. ('Mitchell Hutchins'),  a wholly owned
subsidiary of PaineWebber  Incorporated ('PaineWebber').  The Fund's  investment
sub-adviser  is George D. Bjurman &  Associates ('Bjurman' or 'Sub-Adviser'). As
distributor for the Fund, Mitchell  Hutchins has appointed PaineWebber to  serve
as  the  exclusive  dealer  for  the sale  of  Fund  shares.  This  Statement of
Additional  Information  is  not  a  prospectus  and  should  be  read  only  in
conjunction  with the Fund's current Prospectus,  dated December 1, 1995. A copy
of the  Prospectus  may  be  obtained  by  calling  any  PaineWebber  investment
executive  or corresponding  firm or  by calling  toll-free 1-800-647-1568. This
Statement of Additional Information is dated December 1, 1995.
 
                      INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RESTRICTIONS
 
     The Prospectus  discusses the  investment  objective of  the Fund  and  the
policies  employed in achieving that  objective. Supplemental information is set
out below concerning certain  of the securities and  other instruments in  which
the  Fund may invest, the investment techniques and strategies that the Fund may
utilize and  certain  risks  involved with  those  investments,  techniques  and
strategies.
 
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
 
     Securities  issued or guaranteed by the  U.S. Government or its agencies or
instrumentalities ('Government Securities') in which the Fund may invest include
debt obligations of varying maturities issued by the U.S. Treasury or issued  or
guaranteed by an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. Government, including the
Federal  Housing Administration, Farmers Home Administration, Export-Import Bank
of  the  United  States,  Small  Business  Administration,  Government  National
Mortgage   Association,  General  Services   Administration,  Central  Bank  for
Cooperatives, Federal Farm Credit Banks,  Federal Home Loan Banks, Federal  Home
Loan  Mortgage  Corporation,  Federal Intermediate  Credit  Banks,  Federal Land
Banks, Federal National Mortgage Association, Maritime Administration, Tennessee
Valley Authority,  District of  Columbia Armory  Board, Student  Loan  Marketing
Association  and Resolution Trust Corporation.  Direct obligations of the United
States Treasury include a  variety of securities that  differ in their  interest
rates,  maturities and  dates of  issuance. Because  the U.S.  Government is not
obligated by law to provide support to an instrumentality that it sponsors,  the
Fund invests in obligations issued by an
 
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instrumentality  of  the  U.S. Government  only  if the  Sub-Adviser,  under the
supervision of Mitchell Hutchins,  determines that the instrumentality's  credit
risk does not make its securities unsuitable for investment by the Fund.
 
INVESTMENT TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES
 
     STOCK  OPTIONS. To the extent  required by the laws  of certain states, the
Fund may not be permitted to commit more than 5% of its assets to premiums  when
purchasing call and put options on securities. Should these state laws change or
should  the Fund obtain a waiver of  their application, the Fund may commit more
than 5%  of its  assets to  premiums when  purchasing call  and put  options  on
securities.  In addition,  should the  Trust determine  that a  commitment is no
longer in the best interests  of the Fund and  its shareholders, the Trust  will
revoke  the commitment by terminating the sale of the Fund's shares in the state
involved.
 
     FUTURES CONTRACTS AND OPTIONS ON  FUTURES CONTRACTS. Although the Fund  has
no  current intention of doing  so in the foreseeable  future, the Fund reserves
authority  to  trade  stock  index  futures  contracts,  and  options  on  those
contracts, for a variety of risk reduction purposes such as hedging a portion of
the  Fund's portfolio or  providing an efficient means  of regulating the Fund's
exposure to  certain  equity markets.  A  stock  index futures  contract  is  an
agreement  to take or make delivery of an amount of cash equal to the difference
between the value of the index at the  beginning and at the end of the  contract
period.  An option on a futures contract,  in contrast to a direct investment in
the contract, gives the purchaser the right, in return for the premium paid,  to
assume  a position  in the underlying  futures contract at  a specified exercise
price at any time on or before the  expiration date of the option. The Fund  may
assume  both 'long' and  'short' positions with respect  to futures contracts. A
long position involves  entering into  a futures  contract to  buy a  commodity,
whereas  a short position  involves entering into  a futures contract  to sell a
commodity.
 
     The purpose  of trading  futures  contracts is  to  protect the  Fund  from
fluctuations in value of its investment securities without necessarily buying or
selling  the securities. Because  the value of  the Fund's investment securities
will exceed the value of the futures contracts sold by the Fund, an increase  in
the  value of the futures contracts could only mitigate, but not totally offset,
the decline in  the value  of the  Fund's assets.  No consideration  is paid  or
received  by the Fund  upon trading a  futures contract. Upon  trading a futures
contract, the Fund will be required to deposit in a segregated account with  its
custodian, or designated sub-custodian, an amount of cash, short-term Government
Securities or other U.S. dollar-denominated, high-grade, short-term money market
instruments equal to approximately 1% to 10% of the contract amount (this amount
is subject to change by the exchange on which the contract is traded and brokers
may  charge a higher amount). This amount is known as 'initial margin' and is in
the nature of a performance bond or  good faith deposit on the contract that  is
returned to the Fund upon termination of the futures contract, assuming that all
contractual  obligations have  been satisfied;  the broker  will have  access to
amounts in  the  margin  account if  the  Fund  fails to  meet  its  contractual
obligations.  Subsequent payments, known as 'variation  margin,' to and from the
broker, will be made daily as the price of the currency or securities underlying
the futures contract  fluctuates, making  the long  and short  positions in  the
futures  contract more or less valuable, a process known as 'marking-to-market.'
At any time prior to the expiration of a futures contract, the Fund may elect to
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taking an opposite position, which will operate to terminate the Fund's existing
position in the contract.
 
     The Fund may  not (1)  trade any futures  contracts or  options on  futures
contracts  if,  immediately  after  the transactions,  the  aggregate  of margin
deposits on all of the Fund's outstanding futures contracts and premiums paid on
its outstanding options on futures contracts would exceed 5% of the market value
of the total assets of the Fund after taking into account unrealized profits and
losses on any  futures contracts or  options on futures  contracts or (2)  enter
into  any futures contracts or options on  futures contracts if the aggregate of
the market value of the Fund's outstanding futures contracts and market value of
the futures contracts subject to outstanding  options written by the Fund  would
exceed  50% of  the market  value of the  total assets  of the  Fund. Each short
position in a futures or options contract entered into by the Fund is secured by
the Fund's ownership of  underlying securities. The Fund  does not use  leverage
when  it enters  into long futures  or options  contracts; the Fund  places in a
segregated account with its custodian, or designated sub-custodian, with respect
to each of its long positions, cash  or money market instruments having a  value
equal to the underlying commodity value of the contract.
 
     The  Fund may trade  stock index futures contracts  to the extent permitted
under rules  and  interpretations  adopted  by  the  Commodity  Futures  Trading
Commission  (the 'CFTC'). U.S. futures contracts have been designed by exchanges
that have  been  designated as  'contract  markets' by  the  CFTC, and  must  be
executed  through a  futures commission merchant,  or brokerage firm,  that is a
member of the relevant contract market.  Futures contracts trade on a number  of
contract  markets,  and,  through  their  clearing  corporations,  the exchanges
guarantee performance of the  contracts as between the  clearing members of  the
exchange.
 
     In  entering into transactions  involving futures contracts  and options on
those contracts,  the  Fund  is  subject  to  a  number  of  risks  and  special
considerations.  The successful  use of futures  contracts and  options on those
contracts draws upon  Bjurman's special  skills and experience  with respect  to
those  instruments and  usually depends on  Bjurman's ability  to forecast stock
market movements correctly. Should stock  markets move in an unexpected  manner,
the  Fund  may not  achieve  the anticipated  benefits  of futures  contracts or
options on  those  contracts  or may  realize  losses  and thus  be  in  a  less
advantageous  position  than  if those  strategies  had not  been  used. Certain
futures contracts and options on futures contracts are subject to no daily price
fluctuation limits so that adverse market movements could continue with  respect
to  those instruments to an unlimited extent over a period of time. In addition,
the correlation  between  movements  in  the prices  of  those  instruments  and
movements  in  the price  of the  securities hedged  or used  for cover  are not
perfect.
 
     The Fund's ability  to dispose of  its positions in  futures contracts  and
options  on those  contracts depends  on the  availability of  active markets in
those instruments. Markets in  options and futures with  respect to a number  of
securities  are relatively new and still  developing. Bjurman cannot now predict
the amount of trading interest that may exist in the future in various types  of
futures contracts and options. Futures and options may be closed out only on the
exchange  on which the  contract was entered  (or a linked  exchange) so that no
assurance can be given that the Fund  will be able to utilize these  instruments
effectively for the purposes described above.
 
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     No  secondary market for  futures contracts currently  exists, and although
the Fund intends to trade  futures contracts only if  an active market for  them
exists,  no assurance  can be  given that  an active  market will  exist for the
contracts at any  particular time. Most  futures exchanges limit  the amount  of
fluctuation  permitted in futures  contract prices during  a single trading day.
Once the daily limit has been reached in a particular contract, no trades may be
made on that day at a price beyond that limit. Prices for futures contracts  may
move  to the daily limit for several  consecutive trading days with little or no
trading,  thereby  preventing  prompt  liquidation  of  futures  positions   and
subjecting  the Fund to  substantial losses. In  that case, and  in the event of
adverse price movements, the Fund would be required to make daily cash  payments
of  variation margin.  In such  circumstances, an increase  in the  value of the
portion of  the  Fund's  securities  being hedged,  if  any,  may  partially  or
completely offset losses on the futures contract.
 
     In  addition, although  the Trust anticipates  that the  Fund's options and
futures transactions will not  prevent the Fund from  qualifying as a  regulated
investment company for federal income tax purposes, the Fund's ability to engage
in  options and futures  transactions may be limited  by this tax consideration.
See 'Dividends, Distributions and Taxes -- Taxes,' in the Prospectus. In writing
options, the Fund is subject to the  risk of loss resulting from the  difference
between  the  premium received  for  the option  and  the price  of  the futures
contract underlying  the option  that the  Fund must  purchase or  deliver  upon
exercise of the option.
 
     LENDING  PORTFOLIO SECURITIES.  The Fund  may lend  portfolio securities to
well-known and recognized  U.S. and  foreign brokers, dealers  and banks.  These
loans,  if and when  made, may not exceed  30% of the value  of the Fund's total
assets. The Fund's loans of securities  will be collateralized by cash,  letters
of  credit or Government Securities. The cash or instruments collateralizing the
Fund's loans  of securities  will be  maintained at  all times  in a  segregated
account  with the  Fund's custodian, or  with a designated  sub-custodian, in an
amount at least equal to the current market value of the loaned securities. From
time to time, the Fund may pay a part of the interest earned from the investment
of collateral received  for securities  loaned to  the borrower  and/or a  third
party  that is unaffiliated with the Fund and  is acting as a 'finder.' The Fund
complies with the  following conditions  whenever it loans  securities: (1)  the
Fund  must receive at  least 100% cash collateral  or equivalent securities from
the borrower; (2) the borrower must increase the collateral whenever the  market
value  of the securities loaned rises above the level of the collateral; (3) the
Fund must be able to terminate the loan  at any time; (4) the Fund must  receive
reasonable  interest on the  loan, as well  as any dividends,  interest or other
distributions on the loaned  securities, and any increase  in market value;  (5)
the Fund may pay only reasonable custodian fees in connection with the loan; and
(6) voting rights on the loaned securities may pass to the borrower except that,
if  a material event adversely affecting the investment in the loaned securities
occurs, the Trust's  Board of Trustees  must terminate the  loan and regain  the
right to vote the securities.
 
     WHEN-ISSUED  AND  DELAYED-DELIVERY  SECURITIES. When  the  Fund  engages in
when-issued or delayed-delivery securities transactions, it relies on the  other
party  to consummate the trade. Failure of the seller to do so may result in the
Fund's incurring a loss or missing  an opportunity to obtain a price  considered
to be advantageous.
 
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INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
 
     Investment  restrictions numbered 1  through 10 below  have been adopted by
the Trust as fundamental policies with respect to the Fund. Under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the  '1940 Act'), a fundamental policy may  not
be  changed without the vote of a  majority of the outstanding voting securities
of the Fund,  as defined in  the 1940 Act.  Investment restrictions numbered  11
through  17 may  be changed  by a  vote of  a majority  of the  Trust's Board of
Trustees at any time.
 
     Under the investment restrictions adopted by the Trust with respect to  the
Fund:
 
          1.    The Fund  will not  purchase  securities (other  than Government
     Securities) of any issuer if, as a result of the purchase, more than 5%  of
     the value of the Fund's total assets would be invested in the securities of
     the  issuer, except that up to 25% of  the value of the Fund's total assets
     may be invested without regard to this 5% limitation.
 
          2.  The Fund will not purchase more than 10% of the voting  securities
     of  any one issuer,  except that this  limitation is not  applicable to the
     Fund's investments in Government  Securities, and up to  25% of the  Fund's
     assets may be invested without regard to this 10% limitation.
 
          3.   The Fund will  not borrow money, except  that the Fund may borrow
     from banks for temporary or emergency (not leveraging) purposes,  including
     the  meeting  of redemption  requests and  cash  payments of  dividends and
     distributions that  might otherwise  require  the untimely  disposition  of
     securities, in an amount not to exceed 20% of the value of the Fund's total
     assets  (including the amount  borrowed) valued at  market less liabilities
     (not including the  amount borrowed)  at the  time the  borrowing is  made.
     Whenever borrowings exceed 5% of the value of the total assets of the Fund,
     the Fund will not make any additional investments.
 
          4.   The  Fund will  not lend money  to other  persons, except through
     purchasing debt obligations, lending portfolio securities in an amount  not
     to  exceed  30% of  the  Fund's assets  taken  at value  and  entering into
     repurchase agreements.
 
          5.  The Fund will  invest no more than 25%  of the value of its  total
     assets  in securities of issuers in any  one industry. For purposes of this
     restriction, the term industry will be deemed to include the government  of
     any country other than the United States, but not the U.S. Government.
 
          6.   The Fund will not purchase  securities on margin, except that the
     Fund may  obtain any  short-term  credits necessary  for the  clearance  of
     purchases  and sales of  securities. For purposes  of this restriction, the
     deposit or  payment  of initial  or  variation margin  in  connection  with
     futures  contracts or options on futures contracts will not be deemed to be
     a purchase of securities on margin.
 
          7.  The Fund  will not make  short sales of  securities or maintain  a
     short position, unless at all times when a short position is open, the Fund
     owns  an equal amount  of the securities or  securities convertible into or
     exchangeable for, without payment of any further consideration,  securities
     of the same issue as, and equal in amount to, the securities sold short.
 
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          8.   The  Fund will not  purchase or  sell real estate  or real estate
     limited partnership interests, except that  the Fund may purchase and  sell
     securities  of  companies that  deal in  real estate  or interests  in real
     estate.
 
          9.   The Fund  will  not purchase  or  sell commodities  or  commodity
     contracts,  except futures contracts and  related options and other similar
     contracts.
 
          10.  The  Fund will not  act as an  underwriter of securities,  except
     that  the Fund may acquire securities  under circumstances in which, if the
     securities were sold,  the Fund might  be deemed to  be an underwriter  for
     purposes of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
          11.   The Fund will not invest in  oil, gas or other mineral leases or
     exploration or development programs.
 
          12.  The Fund will not purchase any investment company security, other
     than a security acquired pursuant to  a plan of reorganization or an  offer
     of  exchange, if as  a result of the  purchase (a) the  Fund would own more
     than 3%  of  the total  outstanding  voting securities  of  any  investment
     company,  (b) more than 5% of the value of the Fund's total assets would be
     invested in securities of any one  investment company or (c) more than  10%
     or  the  Fund's total  assets  would be  invested  in securities  issued by
     investment companies.
 
          13.  The  Fund will not  participate on a  joint or  joint-and-several
     basis in any securities trading account.
 
          14.   The Fund will not make investments for the purpose of exercising
     control of management.
 
          15.  The Fund will  not purchase any security, if  as a result of  the
     purchase,  the  Fund would  then  have more  than  5% of  its  total assets
     invested in securities of companies (including predecessors) that have been
     in continuous operation for fewer than three years.
 
          16.  The Fund  will not purchase or  retain securities of any  company
     if,  to the knowledge of the Fund,  any of the Trust's Trustees or officers
     or any officer  or director  of Mitchell Hutchins  or Bjurman  individually
     owns  more  than 0.5%  of  the outstanding  securities  of the  company and
     together they own beneficially more than 5% of the securities.
 
          17.   The  Fund will  not  invest  in warrants  (other  than  warrants
     acquired  by the Fund  as part of a  unit or attached  to securities at the
     time of purchase) if, as a result, the investments (valued at the lower  of
     cost  or market) would exceed  5% of the value of  the Fund's net assets of
     which not more than 2% of the Fund's net assets may be invested in warrants
     not listed on a recognized foreign or domestic stock exchange.
 
     The Trust may make commitments regarding the Fund more restrictive than the
restrictions listed above  so as  to permit  the sale  of the  Fund's shares  in
certain states. Should the Trust determine that a commitment is no longer in the
best  interests of  the Fund  and its  shareholders, the  Trust will  revoke the
commitment by terminating the sale of  the Fund's shares in the state  involved.
The  percentage limitations contained in the  restrictions listed above apply at
the time of purchase of the securities.
 
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                             TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
 
   
     The names of Trustees and officers of the Trust, together with  information
as to their principal business occupations during the last five years, are shown
below.
    
 
     David  J. Beaubien, 60, Trustee.  Chairman of Yankee Environmental Systems,
Inc., manufacturer  of meteorological  measuring instruments.  Director of  IEC,
Inc.,   manufacturer  of  electronic   assemblies,  Belfort  Instruments,  Inc.,
manufacturer of  environmental instruments,  and  Oriel Corp.,  manufacturer  of
optical instruments. Prior to January 1991, Senior Vice President of EG&G, Inc.,
a  company  that makes  and  provides a  variety  of scientific  and technically
oriented products and  services. Mr.  Beaubien is a  director or  trustee of  11
other   investment  companies   for  which  Mitchell   Hutchins  or  PaineWebber
Incorporated ('PaineWebber') serves as investment adviser.
 
     William W.  Hewitt,  Jr.,  66,  Trustee.  Trustee  of  The  Guardian  Asset
Allocation  Fund, The Guardian Baillie  Gifford International Fund, The Guardian
Bond Fund, Inc., The Guardian Cash Fund, Inc., The Guardian Park Ave. Fund,  The
Guardian  Stock Fund, Inc., The Guardian  Cash Management Trust and The Guardian
U.S. Government  Trust.  Mr.  Hewitt  is  a director  or  trustee  of  11  other
investment  companies  for  which  Mitchell Hutchins  or  PaineWebber  serves as
investment adviser.
 
     Thomas R. Jordan, 66, Trustee. Principal of The Dilenschneider Group, Inc.,
a corporate communications and public  policy counseling firm. Prior to  January
1992,  Senior Vice President of  Hill & Knowlton, a  public relations and public
affairs firm. Prior to April 1991,  President of The Jordan Group, a  management
consulting  and strategies development firm. Mr. Jordan is a director or trustee
of 10  other investment  companies for  which Mitchell  Hutchins or  PaineWebber
serves as investment adviser.
 
   
     Carl  W.  Schafer, 59,  Trustee. President  of  the Atlantic  Foundation, a
charitable foundation supporting mainly oceanographic exploration and  research.
Director  of International Agritech Resources,  Inc., an agribusiness investment
and consulting firm, Ardic Exploration and Development Ltd., Evans Systems, Inc.
and Hidden  Lake Gold  Mines Ltd.,  gold mining  companies, Electronic  Clearing
House,   Inc.,  a   financial  transactions  processing   company,  Wainoco  Oil
Corporation and Nutraceutix,  Inc., a  biotechnology company.  Prior to  January
1993, chairman of the Investment Advisory Committee of the Howard Hughes Medical
Institute  and director of Ecova Corporation,  a toxic waste treatment firm. Mr.
Schafer is a  director or  trustee of 10  other investment  companies for  which
Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
    
 
   
     Margo N. Alexander, 48, President. President, chief executive officer and a
director  of  Mitchell  Hutchins.  Prior  to  January  1995,  an  executive vice
president of PaineWebber.  Ms. Alexander is  also a director  or trustee of  two
investment  companies and president  of 37 other  investment companies for which
Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
    
 
   
     Owen T. Barry III, 50, Senior Vice President and Chief Investment  Officer.
Senior Executive Vice President and Director of Investments of Bjurman.
    
 
   
     Teresa   M.   Boyle,  37,   Vice  President.   First  vice   president  and
manager -- advisory administration of Mitchell Hutchins. Prior to November 1993,
compliance manager of Hyperion Capital Management, Inc., an investment  advisory
firm. Prior to April 1993, a vice president and
    
 
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manager  -- legal administration of Mitchell Hutchins.  Ms. Boyle is also a vice
president of  37  other investment  companies  for which  Mitchell  Hutchins  or
PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
   
     Neil  G. Cumming,  41, Vice President  and Investment  Officer. Senior Vice
President and Portfolio  Manager/Senior Research  Analyst of  Bjurman. Prior  to
August  1992,  Investment  Department  Manager of  First  Business  Bank  of Los
Angeles.
    
 
     Scott H. Griff, 29, Vice President and Assistant Secretary. Vice  president
and  attorney of Mitchell Hutchins.  Prior to January 1995,  an associate at the
law firm  of Cleary,  Gottlieb,  Steen &  Hamilton. Mr.  Griff  is also  a  vice
president  and assistant  secretary of 10  other investment  companies for which
Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
   
     C. William Maher, 34, Vice President and Assistant Treasurer. Mr. Maher  is
a  first vice president and a senior manager of the mutual fund finance division
of Mitchell Hutchins. Mr. Maher is also a vice president and assistant treasurer
of 37  other investment  companies for  which Mitchell  Hutchins or  PaineWebber
serves as investment adviser.
    
 
     Ann E. Moran, 38, Vice President and Assistant Treasurer. Vice president of
Mitchell Hutchins. Ms. Moran is also a vice president and assistant treasurer of
37  other investment companies for which Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves
as investment adviser.
 
     Dianne  E.  O'Donnell,  43,  Vice  President  and  Secretary.  Senior  vice
president and deputy general counsel of Mitchell Hutchins. Ms. O'Donnell is also
a  vice  president and  secretary  of 37  other  investment companies  for which
Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     Victoria E. Schonfeld,  44, Vice President.  Managing director and  general
counsel  of Mitchell Hutchins. From April 1990 to May 1994, a partner in the law
firm of Arnold & Porter.  Ms. Schonfeld is also  a vice president and  assistant
secretary  of  37  other investment  companies  for which  Mitchell  Hutchins or
PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
   
     Paul H. Schubert, 32,  Vice President and  Assistant Treasurer. First  vice
president  and a senior manager of the  mutual fund finance division of Mitchell
Hutchins. From August 1992 to August 1994, vice president at BlackRock Financial
Management, Inc. Prior to August 1992, an audit manager with Ernst & Young  LLP.
Mr.  Schubert  is also  a vice  president  and assistant  treasurer of  37 other
investment companies  for  which  Mitchell Hutchins  or  PaineWebber  serves  as
investment adviser.
    
 
     Julian F. Sluyters, 35, Vice President and Treasurer. Senior vice president
and the director of the mutual fund finance division of Mitchell Hutchins. Prior
to  1991, an audit senior manager with Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Sluyters is also a
vice president and treasurer of 37 other investment companies for which Mitchell
Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     Gregory K. Todd,  38, Vice  President and Assistant  Secretary. First  vice
president  and associate general counsel of  Mitchell Hutchins. Prior to 1993, a
partner with the law firm of Shereff,  Friedman, Hoffman & Goodman. Mr. Todd  is
also  a vice president and assistant  secretary of 37 other investment companies
for which Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
   
     The addresses  of  the Trustees  are  as follows:  Mr.  Beaubien,  Montague
Industrial  Park,  101 Industrial  Road,  Box 746,  Turner  Falls, Massachusetts
01376; Mr. Hewitt, P.O. Box 2359,
    
 
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Princeton, New Jersey  08543-2359; Mr. Jordan,  200 Park Avenue,  New York,  New
York  10166; and Mr.  Schafer, P.O. Box  1164, Princeton, New  Jersey 08542. The
address of the officers listed above,  other than Messrs. Barry and Cumming,  is
1285  Avenue of the Americas,  New York, New York  10019. The address of Messrs.
Barry and Cumming  is 10100  Santa Monica  Boulevard, Suite  1200, Los  Angeles,
California 90067.
    
 
     By  virtue of the  responsibilities assumed by  Mitchell Hutchins under its
management agreement with  the Trust  (the 'Management Agreement'),  and by  the
Sub-Adviser  under its Sub-Investment Advisory  Agreement with Mitchell Hutchins
and the Trust, the Fund requires  no executive employees other than officers  of
the  Trust, none of whom devotes full time  to the affairs of the Fund. Trustees
and officers of the  Trust, as a  group, owned less than  1% of the  outstanding
Class  A shares, Class C shares and Class  Y shares of beneficial interest as of
November 1, 1995. The Trust pays each Trustee who is not an officer, director or
employee of Mitchell Hutchins, the Sub-Adviser,  or any of their affiliates,  an
annual retainer of $1,000, and $375 for each Board of Trustees meeting attended,
and reimburses the Trustee for out-of-pocket expenses associated with attendance
at  Board  meetings. The  Chairman of  the Board's  audit committee  receives an
annual fee of $250. No officer,  director or employee of Mitchell Hutchins,  the
Sub-Adviser,  or any  of their  affiliates, receives  any compensation  from the
Trust for  serving  as  an officer  or  Trustee  of the  Trust.  The  amount  of
compensation paid by the Fund to each Trustee for the fiscal year ended July 31,
1995, and the aggregate amount of compensation paid to each such Trustee for the
year  ended  December 31,  1994 by  all  investment companies  in the  same fund
complex for which such person is a Board member were as follows:
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                        (5)
                                                              (3)                                TOTAL COMPENSATION
                                        (2)                PENSION OR               (4)            FROM FUND AND
             (1)                     AGGREGATE        RETIREMENT BENEFITS    ESTIMATED ANNUAL     OTHER INVESTMENT
        NAME OF BOARD            COMPENSATION FROM     ACCRUED AS PART OF      BENEFITS UPON      COMPANIES IN THE
            MEMBER                     FUND             FUND'S EXPENSES         RETIREMENT         FUND COMPLEX*
- ------------------------------   -----------------    --------------------   -----------------   ------------------
<S>                              <C>                  <C>                    <C>                 <C>
David J. Beaubien                     $ 2,500                 None                 None               $ 80,700
William W. Hewitt, Jr.                $ 2,500                 None                 None               $ 74,425
Thomas R. Jordan                      $ 2,500                 None                 None               $ 83,125
Carl W. Schafer                       $ 2,750                 None                 None               $ 84,575
</TABLE>
    
 
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*  Represents total compensation paid to  each Trustee during the calendar  year
   ended December 31, 1994.
 
               INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND DISTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENTS
 
     The  Fund  bears  all  expenses  incurred in  its  operation  that  are not
specifically assumed by Mitchell Hutchins  or the Sub-Adviser. General  expenses
of  the Trust not  readily identifiable as  belonging to the  Fund are allocated
among the Fund  or the Trust's  other series by  or under the  direction of  the
board  of trustees in such  manner as the board deems  to be fair and equitable.
Expenses borne by the  Fund include the  following (or the  Fund's share of  the
following):  (1)  the  cost  (including  brokerage  commissions)  of  securities
purchased or sold by the Fund  and any losses incurred in connection  therewith,
(2)  fees payable  to and expenses  incurred on  behalf of the  Fund by Mitchell
Hutchins, (3) organizational expenses, (4) filing fees and expenses relating  to
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registration  and qualification of the Fund's shares and the Trust under federal
and  state  securities   laws  and   maintenance  of   such  registrations   and
qualifications, (5) fees and salaries payable to trustees who are not interested
persons  (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust or Mitchell Hutchins, (6) all
expenses incurred in  connection with the  trustees' services, including  travel
expenses,  (7) taxes (including any income  or franchise taxes) and governmental
fees, (8)  costs of  any liability,  uncollectable items  of deposit  and  other
insurance  or fidelity bonds, (9) any costs, expenses or losses arising out of a
liability of or claim for damages or other relief asserted against the Trust  or
the Fund for violation of any law, (10) legal, accounting and auditing expenses,
including  legal  fees of  special counsel  for  the independent  trustees, (11)
charges of custodians, transfer agents and other agents, (12) costs of preparing
share certificates, (13) expenses of  setting in type and printing  prospectuses
and  supplements thereto,  statements of additional  information and supplements
thereto, reports and  proxy materials  for existing shareholders,  and costs  of
mailing such materials to existing shareholders, (14) any extraordinary expenses
(including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the Trust or the Fund,
(15)  fees, voluntary assessments and other expenses incurred in connection with
membership in  investment.  company organizations,  (16)  costs of  mailing  and
tabulating  proxies and  costs of  meetings of  shareholders, the  board and any
committees thereof, (17)  the cost  of investment company  literature and  other
publications  provided  to  trustees and  officers  and (18)  costs  of mailing,
stationery and communications equipment.
 
     For the fiscal year ended July 31, 1995 and for the period November 4, 1993
(commencement of investment operations)  through July 31,  1994, the Trust  paid
(or  accrued) management fees with respect to the Fund of $474,177 and $411,260,
respectively, to the  Fund's investment adviser  and administrator during  those
periods.
 
     For the fiscal year ended July 31, 1995 and for the period November 4, 1993
(commencement  of  investment  operations)  through July  31,  1994,  the Fund's
investment adviser  and administrator  paid (or  accrued) fees  of $237,089  and
$175,005, respectively, to the Sub-Adviser with respect to the Fund.
 
     Mitchell  Hutchins has agreed that, if in  any fiscal year of the Fund, the
aggregate expenses  of  the  Fund  (including  management  fees,  but  excluding
interest,  taxes, brokerage and, with the prior written consent of the necessary
state  securities  commissions,  extraordinary  expenses)  exceed  the   expense
limitation  of any state  having jurisdiction over  the Trust, Mitchell Hutchins
will reimburse  the Trust  for the  excess expense.  This expense  reimbursement
obligation  is  limited  to the  amount  of  Mitchell Hutchins'  fees  under its
respective agreement  with  the  Trust  in respect  of  the  Fund.  Any  expense
reimbursement  will be estimated, reconciled and paid  on a monthly basis. As of
the date of this Statement of Additional Information, the most restrictive state
expense limitation applicable to the Fund requires reimbursement of expenses  in
any year that the Fund's expenses subject to the limitation exceed 2 1/2% of the
first $30 million of the average daily value of the Fund's net assets, 2% of the
next  $70 million of the average daily value of the Fund's net assets and 1 1/2%
of the remaining average daily  value of the Fund's  net assets. For the  fiscal
year ended July 31, 1995, the Fund's expenses did not exceed such limitations.
 
     Under  their respective agreements  with the Trust in  respect of the Fund,
each of Mitchell Hutchins and the Sub-Adviser  will not be liable for any  error
of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Trust with respect
to  the Fund  in connection  with the  matters to  which the  agreement relates,
except for  a  loss resulting  from  willful  misfeasance, bad  faith  or  gross
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on its part in the performance of its duties or from reckless disregard by it of
its obligations and duties under the agreement.
 
     Mitchell Hutchins personnel may invest in securities for their own accounts
pursuant  to  a  code  of  ethics that  describes  the  fiduciary  duty  owed to
shareholders of  the  PaineWebber  mutual funds  and  other  Mitchell  Hutchins'
advisory  accounts by all Mitchell  Hutchins' directors, officers and employees,
establishes  procedures   for   personal   investing   and   restricts   certain
transactions.  For example,  employee accounts  generally must  be maintained at
PaineWebber, personal  trades  in  most  securities  require  pre-clearance  and
short-term  trading and participation in  initial public offerings generally are
prohibited. In addition, the code of  ethics puts restrictions on the timing  of
personal  investing  in relation  to trades  by  PaineWebber and  other Mitchell
Hutchins advisory clients.
 
     The Sub-Adviser's personnel  also may  invest in securities  for their  own
accounts  pursuant  to  its  code of  ethics  which  establishes  procedures for
personal investing and restricts certain transactions.
 
DISTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENTS
 
     Mitchell Hutchins serves as the distributor of the Fund's shares on a  best
efforts  basis.  Under  a  Shareholder  Servicing  and  Distribution  Plans (the
'Plans') adopted by the Trust  with respect to the  Fund pursuant to Rule  12b-1
under  the 1940 Act, the Trust pays Mitchell Hutchins monthly fees calculated at
the aggregate annual rates of .25%, 1.00%  and 1.00% of the value of the  Fund's
average  daily net assets attributed to Class A shares, Class B shares and Class
C shares, respectively.  Under their  terms, the  Plans continues  from year  to
year, so long as their continuance is approved annually by vote of the Trustees,
including a majority of the Trustees who are not interested persons of the Trust
and  who have no direct  or indirect financial interest  in the operation of the
Plans (the 'Independent  Trustees'). The Plans  may not be  amended to  increase
materially the amount to be spent for the services provided by Mitchell Hutchins
without Fund shareholder approval, and all material amendments of the Plans also
must be approved by the Trustees in the manner described above. The Plans may be
terminated  with respect to a  Class at any time, without  penalty, by vote of a
majority of  the  Independent  Trustees or  by  a  vote of  a  majority  of  the
outstanding  voting securities (as  defined in the 1940  Act) represented by the
Class on not more than 30 days' written notice to Mitchell Hutchins.
 
     Pursuant to  the  Plans,  Mitchell  Hutchins  provides  the  Trustees  with
periodic  reports of amounts expended under the  Plans and the purpose for which
the expenditures were made.  The Trustees believe  that the Fund's  expenditures
under  the  Plans benefit  the  Fund and  its  shareholders by  providing better
shareholder services  and  by  facilitating the  distribution  of  shares.  With
respect  to Class A  shares, for the  fiscal year ended  July 31, 1995, Mitchell
Hutchins received  $76,456  from  the  Fund. During  such  fiscal  year,  it  is
estimated  that Mitchell Hutchins  and PaineWebber spent  $6,221 on advertising,
$1,495  on  printing  and  mailing   of  prospectuses  to  other  than   current
shareholders,  $34,406 on commission  credits to branch  offices for payments of
shareholder servicing  compensation  to  investment executives  and  $36,644  on
overhead  and other branch office  distribution or shareholder servicing-related
expenses. With respect to  Class C shares,  for the fiscal  year ended July  31,
1995, Mitchell Hutchins received $149,419 from the Fund.
 
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During  such fiscal year, it is estimated that Mitchell Hutchins and PaineWebber
spent $2,027  on  advertising,  $487  was  spent  on  printing  and  mailing  of
prospectuses to other than current shareholders, $46,416 was spent on commission
credits  to branch offices for payments of commissions and shareholder servicing
compensation to  investment executives  and $74,699  was spent  on overhead  and
other  branch office distribution or  shareholder servicing-related expenses. No
Class B shares were outstanding during that period. The term 'overhead and other
branch office distribution or shareholder servicing-related expenses' represents
(1) the expenses of  operating PaineWebber's branch  offices in connection  with
the  sale of Fund  shares or servicing of  shareholder accounts, including lease
costs, the  salaries  and employee  benefits  of operations  and  sales  support
personnel,  utility costs, communications costs and  the costs of stationery and
supplies, (2) the costs of client sales seminars, (3) travel expenses of  mutual
fund  sales  coordinators to  promote  the sale  of  Fund shares  and  (4) other
incidental expenses relating to branch promotion of Fund sales.
 
                             PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS
 
     Decisions to  buy  and  sell  securities  for the  Fund  are  made  by  the
Sub-Adviser,  subject to  review by Mitchell  Hutchins and the  Trust's Board of
Trustees. Transactions  on  domestic  stock exchanges  and  some  foreign  stock
exchanges  involve the payment of negotiated brokerage commissions. On exchanges
on which commissions  are negotiated, the  cost of transactions  may vary  among
different brokers. On most foreign exchanges, commissions are generally fixed.
 
     Subject  to policies established by the board of directors, the Sub-Adviser
is responsible for the  execution of the Fund's  portfolio transactions and  the
allocation  of brokerage transactions. In  executing portfolio transactions, the
Sub-Adviser seeks  to obtain  the best  net results  for the  Fund, taking  into
account  such factors as price (including the applicable brokerage commission or
dealer  spread),  size  of  order,  difficulty  of  execution  and   operational
facilities  of the firm involved. Generally, bonds  are traded on the OTC market
on a 'net' basis  without a stated commission  through dealers acting for  their
own account and not as brokers. Prices paid to dealers in principal transactions
generally  include a  'spread,' which  is the  difference between  the prices at
which the dealer  is willing to  purchase and  sell a specific  security at  the
time.  For the period  November 4, 1993  (commencement of investment operations)
through the fiscal year ended July 31,  1994 and for the fiscal year ended  July
31,  1995,  the  Fund  paid  $39,326  and  $65,409,  respectively,  in aggregate
brokerage commissions.
 
     The Fund has no obligation to deal  with any broker or group of brokers  in
the  execution of portfolio transactions. The Fund contemplates that, consistent
with the policy of obtaining the best net results, brokerage transactions may be
conducted through Mitchell  Hutchins or its  affiliates, including  PaineWebber.
The  Trust's board  of trustees has  adopted procedures in  conformity with Rule
17e-1 under  the 1940  Act to  ensure  that all  brokerage commissions  paid  to
Mitchell   Hutchins  and  its  affiliates  are  reasonable  and  fair.  Specific
provisions in the Advisory Contract authorize  Mitchell Hutchins and any of  its
affiliates  that  are  members  of  a  national  securities  exchange  to effect
portfolio transactions for the Fund on such exchange and to retain  compensation
in connection with such transactions. Any such transactions will be effected and
related  compensation paid only  in accordance with  applicable SEC regulations.
For the fiscal year ended July 31, 1995, the Fund paid no brokerage  commissions
to PaineWebber.
 
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     Transactions  in futures contracts are  executed through futures commission
merchants ('FCMs'), who  receive brokerage commissions  for their services.  The
Fund's  procedures  in  selecting FCMs  to  execute the  Fund's  transactions in
futures contracts, including procedures permitting the use of Mitchell  Hutchins
and  its affiliates, are  similar to those  in effect with  respect to brokerage
transactions in securities.
 
     Consistent with the interest of the Fund  and subject to the review of  the
board  of directors,  the Sub-Adviser  may cause the  Fund to  purchase and sell
portfolio securities  through  brokers  who  provide  the  Fund  with  research,
analysis, advice and similar services. In return for such services, the Fund may
pay  to those brokers a higher commission  than may be charged by other brokers,
provided that the Sub-Adviser determines in  good faith that such commission  is
reasonable  in terms  either of  that particular  transaction or  of the overall
responsibility of the Sub-Adviser to the Fund and its other clients and that the
total commissions  paid  by the  Fund  will be  reasonable  in relation  to  the
benefits  to  the  Fund  over  the  long  term.  For  purchases  or  sales  with
broker-dealer  firms  which  act  as  principal,  the  Sub-Adviser  seeks   best
execution.  Although the Sub-Adviser  may receive certain  research or execution
services in  connection  with  these  transactions,  the  Sub-Adviser  will  not
purchase  securities at a higher price or  sell securities at a lower price than
would otherwise be paid if no weight was attributed to the services provided  by
the executing dealer. Moreover, the Sub-Adviser will not enter into any explicit
soft dollar arrangements relating to principal transactions and will not receive
in  principal transactions  the types of  services which could  be purchased for
hard dollars. The Sub-Adviser  may engage in agency  transactions in OTC  equity
and  debt  securities  in  return for  research  and  execution  services. These
transactions are entered into only  in compliance with procedures ensuring  that
the  transaction (including  commissions) is at  least as favorable  as it would
have been  if  effected directly  with  a  market-maker that  did  not  provided
research  or  execution  services.  These  procedures  include  the  Sub-Adviser
receiving multiple quotes from  dealers before executing  the transaction on  an
agency basis.
 
     Research services furnished by the brokers or dealers through which or with
which the Fund effects securities transactions may be used by the Sub-Adviser in
advising other funds or accounts and, conversely, research services furnished to
the Sub-Adviser by brokers or dealers in connection with other funds or accounts
that  the Sub-Adviser  advises may  be used by  the Sub-Adviser  in advising the
Fund. Information and research received from such brokers or dealers will be  in
addition  to, and not in  lieu of, the services required  to be performed by the
Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Investment Contract.
 
     Investment decisions for the Fund and for other investment accounts managed
by the Sub-Adviser are  made independently of each  other in light of  differing
considerations  for the various accounts.  However, the same investment decision
may occasionally be made for the Fund and one or more of such accounts. In  such
cases,  simultaneous transactions  are inevitable.  Purchases or  sales are then
averaged as to price and allocated between the Fund and such other account(s) as
to amount according to  a formula deemed  equitable to the  Fund and such  other
account(s).  While in some  cases this practice could  have a detrimental effect
upon the price or value of the security as far as the Fund is concerned or  upon
its  ability to complete  its entire order,  in other cases  it is believed that
coordination and  the ability  to  participate in  volume transactions  will  be
beneficial to the Fund.
 
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     The  Fund will not  purchase securities in  underwritings in which Mitchell
Hutchins or any of  its affiliates is  a member of  the underwriting or  selling
group,  except  pursuant to  procedures adopted  by  the Corporation's  board of
directors pursuant to Rule 10f-3 under  the 1940 Act. Among other things,  these
procedures  require that the commission or spread paid in connection with such a
purchase be reasonable  and fair,  that the  purchase be  at not  more than  the
public  offering price prior to the end of the first business day after the date
of the public offering and that  Mitchell Hutchins or any affiliate thereof  not
participate in or benefit from the sale to the Fund.
 
     PORTFOLIO  TURNOVER. The portfolio turnover  rate is calculated by dividing
the lesser  of the  Fund's annual  sales or  purchases of  portfolio  securities
(exclusive  of purchases or sales of securities  whose maturities at the time of
acquisition were  one  year  or  less)  by the  monthly  average  value  of  the
securities  in the portfolio during the year. For the fiscal year ended July 31,
1995 and  for the  period  from November  4,  1993 (commencement  of  investment
operations)  to July 31, 1994, the portfolio turnover rate for the Fund was 101%
and 56%, respectively.
 
           REDUCED SALES CHARGES, ADDITIONAL EXCHANGE AND REDEMPTION
                         INFORMATION AND OTHER SERVICES
 
     COMBINED PURCHASE  PRIVILEGE  -- CLASS  A  SHARES. Investors  and  eligible
groups  of related Fund investors may combine purchases of Class A shares of the
Fund with concurrent purchases of Class A shares of any other PaineWebber mutual
fund and thus take  advantage of the  reduced sales charges  for Class A  shares
indicated  in the  table of  sales charges in  the Prospectus.  The sales charge
payable on the purchase  of Class A shares  of the Funds and  Class A shares  of
such  other funds  will be at  the rates applicable  to the total  amount of the
combined concurrent purchases.
 
     An  'eligible  group  of  related  Fund  investors'  can  consist  of   any
combination of the following:
 
          (a) an individual, that individual's spouse, parents and children;
 
          (b)  an  individual  and  his  or  her  Individual  Retirement Account
     ('IRA');
 
          (c) an individual (or eligible  group of individuals) and any  company
     controlled  by the individual(s) (a person,  entity or group that holds 25%
     or more  of the  outstanding voting  securities of  a corporation  will  be
     deemed  to control the corporation, and a  partnership will be deemed to be
     controlled by each of its general partners);
 
          (d) an individual (or eligible group  of individuals) and one or  more
     employee benefit plans of a company controlled by the individual(s);
 
          (e)  an  individual (or  eligible group  of  individuals) and  a trust
     created by the individual(s), the beneficiaries of which are the individual
     and/or the individual's spouse, parents or children;
 
          (f) an individual and a Uniform Gifts to Minors Act/Uniform  Transfers
     to Minors Act account created by the individual or the individual's spouse;
     or
 
          (g)  an employer  (or a  group of related  employers) and  one or more
     qualified retirement  plans  of such  employer  or employers  (an  employer
     controlling, controlled by or under common control with another employer is
     deemed related to that other employer).
 
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     RIGHTS  OF  ACCUMULATION  --  CLASS A  SHARES.  Reduced  sales  charges are
available through a right  of accumulation, under  which investors and  eligible
groups  of related Fund  investors (as defined above)  are permitted to purchase
Class A  shares  of  the Fund  among  related  accounts at  the  offering  price
applicable  to the total of (1) the  dollar amount then being purchased plus (2)
an amount equal to the then-current net asset value of the purchaser's  combined
holdings  of Class  A Fund shares  and Class  A shares of  any other PaineWebber
mutual fund.  The  purchaser  must  provide  sufficient  information  to  permit
confirmation of his or her holdings, and the acceptance of the purchase order is
subject  to  such confirmation.  The  right of  accumulation  may be  amended or
terminated at any time.
 
     WAIVERS OF SALES CHARGES -- CLASS B SHARES. Among other circumstances,  the
contingent deferred sales charge on Class B shares of the Fund is waived where a
total  or partial redemption is made within  one year following the death of the
shareholder. The contingent deferred sales charge waiver is available where  the
decedent  is either  the sole  shareholder or  owns the  shares with  his or her
spouse as a joint tenant with right of survivorship. This waiver applies only to
redemption of shares held at the time of death.
 
     ADDITIONAL  EXCHANGE  AND  REDEMPTION  INFORMATION.  As  discussed  in  the
Prospectus,  eligible shares  of the  Fund may  be exchanged  for shares  of the
corresponding Class of  most other PaineWebber  mutual funds. Shareholders  will
receive  at least 60 days' notice of any termination or material modification of
the exchange offer, except no  notice need be given  of an amendment whose  only
material  effect is to reduce  the exchange fee and no  notice need be given if,
under extraordinary circumstances,  either redemptions are  suspended under  the
circumstances described below or the Fund temporarily delays or ceases the sales
of  its shares because it is unable  to invest amounts effectively in accordance
with the Fund's investment objective, policies and restrictions.
 
     If conditions  exist  which  make  cash  payments  undesirable,  each  Fund
reserves  the right  to honor  any request for  redemption by  making payment in
whole or in part in securities chosen by the Fund and valued in the same way  as
they  would be valued for purposes of  computing the Fund's net asset value. Any
such redemption in kind will be made with readily marketable securities, to  the
extent  available. If  payment is  made in  securities, a  shareholder may incur
brokerage expenses  in converting  those  securities into  cash. The  Trust  has
elected,  however, to be governed by Rule  18f-1 under the 1940 Act, under which
the Fund  is obligated  to redeem  shares solely  in cash  up to  the lesser  of
$250,000  or 1% of the net asset value  of the Fund during any 90-day period for
one shareholder.  This  election  is  irrevocable unless  the  SEC  permits  its
withdrawal.  The Fund may suspend redemption  privileges or postpone the date of
payment during any period (1) when the NYSE is closed or trading on the NYSE  is
restricted as determined by the SEC, (2) when an emergency exists, as defined by
the  SEC, that makes  it not reasonably  practicable for the  Fund to dispose of
securities owned by it or fairly to determine the value of its assets, or (3) as
the SEC may otherwise permit. The redemption price may be more or less than  the
shareholder's cost, depending on the market value of the Fund's portfolio at the
time.
 
     SYSTEMATIC  WITHDRAWAL PLAN. On or about the 15th of each month for monthly
plans and  on  or  about the  15th  of  the months  selected  for  quarterly  or
semi-annual  plans,  PaineWebber  will arrange  for  redemption by  the  Fund of
sufficient  Fund  shares  to  provide   the  withdrawal  payment  specified   by
participants  in the Fund's systematic withdrawal plan. The payment generally is
mailed approximately three business days  after the redemption date.  Withdrawal
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considered  dividends,  but  redemption  proceeds,  with  the  tax  consequences
described under  'Dividends,  Distributions and  Taxes'  in the  Prospectus.  If
periodic  withdrawals continually  exceed reinvested  dividends, a shareholder's
investment may be correspondingly reduced.  A shareholder may change the  amount
of  the  systematic  withdrawal  or terminate  participation  in  the systematic
withdrawal plan at any  time without charge or  penalty by written  instructions
with  signatures  guaranteed to  PaineWebber  or PFPC  Inc.  ('Transfer Agent').
Instructions to  participate  in  the  plan, change  the  withdrawal  amount  or
terminate  participation in the plan will not be effective until five days after
written instructions with  signatures guaranteed  are received  by the  Transfer
Agent.  Shareholders  may request  the forms  needed  to establish  a systematic
withdrawal plan  from  their PaineWebber  investment  executives,  correspondent
firms or the Transfer Agent at 1-800-647-1568.
 
     REINSTATEMENT  PRIVILEGE -- CLASS A SHARES. As described in the Prospectus,
shareholders who have redeemed  Class A shares of  the Fund may reinstate  their
account  without  a sales  charge. Shareholders  may exercise  the reinstatement
privilege by notifying the Transfer Agent of such desire and forwarding a  check
for the amount to be purchased within 365 days after the date of redemption. The
reinstatement  will be made at the net asset value per share next computed after
the notice of  reinstatement and check  are received. The  amount of a  purchase
under  this reinstatement privilege  cannot exceed the  amount of the redemption
proceeds.  Gain  on  a   redemption  is  taxable   regardless  of  whether   the
reinstatement  privilege  is  exercised;  however,  a  loss  arising  out  of  a
redemption will not  be deductible  to the  extent the  redemption proceeds  are
reinvested,  if the  reinstatement privilege is  exercised within  30 days after
redemption, and an adjustment  will be made to  the shareholder's tax basis  for
the  shares acquired pursuant to the reinstatement  privilege. Gain or loss on a
redemption also will be adjusted for  federal income tax purposes by the  amount
of  any sales charge paid on Class A  shares, under the circumstances and to the
extent described in 'Dividends and Taxes' in the Prospectus.
 
     Reductions in or exemptions from the imposition of a sales load are due  to
the nature of the investors and/or the reduced sales efforts that will be needed
in obtaining such investments.
 
PAINEWEBBER RMA RESOURCE ACCUMULATION PLAN'SM';
PAINEWEBBER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT'r' (RMA'r')
 
     Shares of the PaineWebber mutual funds (each a 'PW Fund' and, collectively,
the 'PW Funds') are available for purchase through the RMA Resource Accumulation
Plan  ('Plan')  by  customers of  PaineWebber  and its  correspondent  firms who
maintain Resource Management Accounts ('RMA accountholders'). The Plan allows an
RMA accountholder  to continually  invest in  one or  more of  the PW  Funds  at
regular intervals, with payment for shares purchased automatically deducted from
the client's RMA account. The client may elect to invest at monthly or quarterly
intervals and may elect either to invest a fixed dollar amount (minimum $100 per
period) or to purchase a fixed number of shares. A client can elect to have Plan
purchases executed on the first or fifteenth day of the month. Settlement occurs
three  Business Days (defined under 'Valuation of Shares') after the trade date,
and the  purchase price  of the  shares  is withdrawn  from the  investor's  RMA
account  on the settlement date from the  following sources and in the following
order: uninvested cash balances, balances in  RMA money market funds, or  margin
borrowing power, if applicable to the account.
 
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     To  participate in the Plan, an investor must be an RMA accountholder, must
have made  an initial  purchase  of the  shares of  each  PW Fund  selected  for
investment  under the Plan (meeting  applicable minimum investment requirements)
and must complete and submit the RMA Resource Accumulation Plan Client Agreement
and Instruction Form available from PaineWebber. The investor must have received
a current prospectus for each PW Fund  selected prior to enrolling in the  Plan.
Information  about mutual fund positions  and outstanding instructions under the
Plan are noted on the RMA accountholder's account statement. Instructions  under
the  Plan may be  changed at any  time, but may  take up to  two weeks to become
effective.
 
     The terms of the Plan or an RMA accountholder's participation in the  Plan,
may  be  modified or  terminated at  any time.  It is  anticipated that,  in the
future, shares of other PW Funds and/or mutual funds other than the PW Funds may
be offered through the Plan.
 
  Periodic Investing and Dollar Cost Averaging.
 
     Periodic investing in the PW Funds  or other mutual funds, whether  through
the  Plan or  otherwise, helps  investors establish  and maintain  a disciplined
approach to  accumulating assets  over time,  de-emphasizing the  importance  of
timing  the market's highs and lows. Periodic investing also permits an investor
to take advantage  of 'dollar cost  averaging.' By investing  a fixed amount  in
mutual  fund shares at established intervals,  an investor purchases more shares
when the price  is lower  and fewer  shares when  the price  is higher,  thereby
increasing  his or her earning potential.  Of course, dollar cost averaging does
not guarantee a profit or protect against  a loss in a declining market, and  an
investor  should consider  his or  her financial  ability to  continue investing
through periods of low share prices.  However, over time, dollar cost  averaging
generally  results  in  a lower  average  original  investment cost  than  if an
investor invested a larger dollar amount in a mutual fund at one time.
 
  PaineWebber's Resource Management Account.
 
     In order to enroll in the Plan, an investor must have opened an RMA account
with PaineWebber  or  one  of  its  correspondent  firms.  The  RMA  account  is
PaineWebber's  comprehensive  asset management  account  and offers  investors a
number of features, including the following:
 
   monthly  Premier  account  statements  that  itemize  all  account  activity,
   including  investment transactions, checking  activity and Gold MasterCard'r'
   transactions during the period, and provide unrealized and realized gain  and
   loss estimates for most securities held in the account;
 
   comprehensive  preliminary  9-month  and  year-end  summary  statements  that
   provide information  on account  activity for  use in  tax planning  and  tax
   return preparation;
 
   automatic  'sweep' of uninvested cash into  the RMA accountholder's choice of
   one of the five  RMA money market  funds -- RMA  Money Market Portfolio,  RMA
   U.S.  Government Portfolio, RMA Tax-Free Fund, RMA California Municipal Money
   Fund and RMA New York Municipal  Money Fund. Each money market fund  attempts
   to  maintain a  stable price  per share  of $1.00,  although there  can be no
   assurance that it  will be able  to do  so. Investments in  the money  market
   funds are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. government;
 
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   check  writing, with no  per-check usage charge, no  minimum amount on checks
   and no maximum number of checks  that can be written. RMA accountholders  can
   code  their checks to classify expenditures. All canceled checks are returned
   each month;
 
   Gold MasterCard,  with  or without  a  line  of credit,  which  provides  RMA
   accountholders  with direct  access to  their accounts  and can  be used with
   automatic teller machines  worldwide. Purchases  on the  Gold MasterCard  are
   debited  to the RMA account once monthly, permitting accountholders to remain
   invested for a longer period of time;
 
   24-hour access to  account information  through toll-free  numbers, and  more
   detailed  personal  assistance during  business  hours from  the  RMA Service
   Center;
 
   expanded account protection to $25 million in the event of the liquidation of
   PaineWebber. This protection does not apply to shares of the RMA money market
   funds or the PW Funds because those shares are held at the transfer agent and
   not through PaineWebber; and
 
   automatic direct  deposit  of checks  into  your RMA  account  and  automatic
   withdrawals from the account.
 
     The  annual account fee for an RMA  account is $85, which includes the Gold
MasterCard, with an additional  fee of $40 if  the investor selects an  optional
line of credit with the Gold MasterCard.
 
                          CONVERSION OF CLASS B SHARES
 
     Class  B shares of the  Fund will automatically convert  to Class A shares,
based on the relative net asset values of  each of the Classes, as of the  close
of  business on the first Business Day (as  defined below) of the month in which
the sixth anniversary of the initial issuance of such Class B shares of the Fund
occurs.  For  the  purpose  of  calculating  the  holding  period  required  for
conversion  of Class B shares,  the date of initial  issuance shall mean (1) the
date on  which such  Class B  shares  were issued,  or (2)  for Class  B  shares
obtained  through an exchange, or  a series of exchanges,  the date on which the
original Class B  shares were  issued. For purposes  of conversion  to Class  A,
Class  B  shares  purchased  through the  reinvestment  of  dividends  and other
distributions paid in  respect of  Class B  shares will  be held  in a  separate
sub-account.  Each time any Class B  shares in the shareholder's regular account
(other than those in the sub-account) convert to Class A, a pro rata portion  of
the  Class B shares in the sub-account will also convert to Class A. The portion
will be determined by the ratio that the shareholder's Class B shares converting
to Class A bears to the shareholder's total Class B shares not acquired  through
dividends and other distributions.
 
     The availability of the conversion feature is subject to (1) the continuing
applicability of a ruling of the Internal Revenue Service that the dividends and
other  distributions  paid on  Class A  and Class  B shares  will not  result in
'preferential dividends' under the Internal Revenue Code and (2) the  continuing
availability  of an  opinion of  counsel to  the effect  that the  conversion of
shares does not constitute a taxable event. If the conversion feature ceased  to
be  available, the Class B shares of each  Fund would not be converted and would
continue to be  subject to the  higher ongoing  expenses of the  Class B  shares
beyond  six years from the date of  purchase. Mitchell Hutchins has no reason to
believe that these  conditions for  the availability of  the conversion  feature
will not continue to be met.
 
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                              VALUATION OF SHARES
 
     The Fund determines the net asset value per share separately for each Class
of shares as of the close of regular trading (currently 4:00 p.m., Eastern time)
on the NYSE on each Business Day, which is defined as each Monday through Friday
when  the NYSE is open.  Currently, the NYSE is closed  on the observance of the
following holidays: New Year's Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial  Day,
Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
 
     Securities  that are listed on stock exchanges  are valued at the last sale
price on the day the securities are  being valued or, lacking any sales on  such
day,  at the last available  bid price. In cases  where securities are traded on
more than one  exchange, the  securities are  generally valued  on the  exchange
considered  by the Sub-Adviser  as the primary market.  Securities traded in the
OTC market and listed on Nasdaq are  valued at the last available sale price  on
Nasdaq  at 4:00 p.m., Eastern time; other  OTC securities are valued at the last
bid price available prior to valuation.
 
     Where market quotations, are readily available, debt securities are  valued
based upon those quotations, provided such quotations adequately reflect, in the
Sub-Adviser's judgment, fair value of the security. Where such market quotations
are  not readily  available, such  securities are  valued based  upon appraisals
received from a  pricing service using  a computerized matrix  system, or  based
upon  appraisals  derived from  information concerning  the security  or similar
securities received  from  recognized dealers  in  those securities.  All  other
securities or assets will be valued at fair value as determined in good faith by
or  under the  direction of  the Trust's board  of trustees.  The amortized cost
method of valuation generally is used to value debt obligations with 60 days  or
less remaining to maturity, unless the Trust's board of trustees determines that
this does not represent fair value.
 
                            PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
 
     The  Fund's performance  data quoted  in advertising  and other promotional
materials ('Performance Advertisements') represent past performance and are  not
intended  to indicate  future performance.  The investment  return and principal
value of  an  investment will  fluctuate  so  that an  investor's  shares,  when
redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
 
     TOTAL  RETURN. Average  annual total return  quotes ('Standardized Return')
used in the Fund's  Performance Advertisements are  calculated according to  the
following formula:
 
<TABLE>
<S>              <C>   <C>
   P(1 + T)'pp'n =     ERV
where:      P    =     a hypothetical initial payment of $1,000 to purchase shares of a specified Class
            T    =     average annual total return of shares of that Class
            n    =     number of years
            ERV  =     ending redeemable value of a hypothetical $1,000 payment made at the
                       beginning of that period.
</TABLE>
 
     Under   the  foregoing  formula,  the  time  periods  used  in  Performance
Advertisements will be based on rolling  calendar quarters, updated to the  last
day  of the  most recent  quarter prior to  submission of  the advertisement for
publication. Total return, or 'T' in  the formula above, is computed by  finding
the  average annual  change in  the value of  an initial  $1,000 investment over
 
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the period. In calculating the ending  redeemable value for Class A shares,  the
Fund's  maximum 4.5%  initial sales charge  is deducted from  the initial $1,000
payment and, for Class B and Class C shares, the applicable contingent  deferred
sales  charge imposed on a redemption of Class B and Class C shares held for the
period is deducted. All  dividends and other distributions  are assumed to  have
been reinvested at net asset value.
 
     The  Fund  also may  refer in  Performance  Advertisements to  total return
performance data that  are not  calculated according  to the  formula set  forth
above  ('Non-Standardized Return'). The  Fund calculates Non-Standardized Return
for specified  periods of  time by  assuming the  investment of  $1,000 in  Fund
shares  and assuming the reinvestment of  all dividends and other distributions.
The rate  of  return is  determined  by subtracting  the  initial value  of  the
investment  from the ending value  and by dividing the  remainder by the initial
value. Neither  initial nor  contingent deferred  sales charges  are taken  into
account  in calculating Non-Standardized Return;  the inclusion of these charges
would reduce the return.
 
     Both Standardized Return and Non-Standardized Return for Class B shares for
periods of over six years will reflect conversion of the Class B shares to Class
A shares at the end of the sixth year.
 
     The following table shows performance information for the Class A and Class
C shares  of  the  Fund for  the  periods  indicated. No  Class  B  shares  were
outstanding  during those periods. All returns for periods of more than one year
are expressed as an average return.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                     CLASS A        CLASS C
                                                                                     -------    ---------------
<S>                                                                                  <C>        <C>
Fiscal year ended July 31, 1995:
     Standardized Return*.........................................................    34.24%         38.43%
     Non-Standardized Return......................................................    40.55%         39.43%
Five years ended July 31, 1995:
     Standardized Return*.........................................................     NA             NA
     Non-Standardized Return......................................................     NA             NA
Inception** to July 31, 1995:
     Standardized Return*.........................................................     5.38%          7.43%
     Non-Standardized Return......................................................     8.25%          7.43%
</TABLE>
 
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 * All Standardized Return figures for Class  A shares reflect deduction of  the
   current  maximum sales charge of 4.5%. Class  C shares impose a 1% contingent
   deferred sales charge  only on redemptions  made within a  year of  purchase;
   therefore,  for  periods longer  than  one year,  Non-Standardized  Return is
   identical to Standardized Return.
 
** The inception date for the Class A shares  and Class C shares of the Fund  is
   November 4, 1993.
 
     OTHER  INFORMATION. In Performance Advertisements, the Fund may compare its
Standardized Return and/or  its Non-Standardized Return  with data published  by
Lipper  Analytical Services,  Inc. ('Lipper')  for growth  funds; CDA Investment
Technologies,  Inc.   ('CDA');   Wiesenberger   Investment   Companies   Service
('Wiesenberger');  Investment Company  Data Inc. ('ICD');  or Morningstar Mutual
Funds ('Morningstar'); or  with the  performance of recognized  stock and  other
indexes,  including (but  not limited  to) the  Standard &  Poor's 500 Composite
Stock Price Index, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the NASDAQ Composite Index,
the Russell 2000 Index,  the Russell 1000 Index,  the Wilshire Small Cap  Index,
PSI Small Cap Index, the Lehman Brothers 20+
 
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Year  Treasury Bond Index, the  Lehman Brothers Government/Corporate Bond Index,
the Salomon Brothers Non-U.S.  World Government Bond Index,  and changes in  the
Consumer  Price Index as published by the  U.S. Department of Commerce. The Fund
also may refer in such materials  to mutual fund performance rankings and  other
data,  such as comparative  asset, expense and fee  levels, published by Lipper,
CDA, Wiesenberger, ICD or Morningstar. Performance Advertisements also may refer
to discussions of the Fund and comparative mutual fund data and ratings reported
in independent  periodicals, including  (but  not limited  to) THE  WALL  STREET
JOURNAL,  MONEY  Magazine,  FORBES, BUSINESS  WEEK,  FINANCIAL  WORLD, BARRON'S,
FORTUNE, THE NEW YORK  TIMES, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE,  THE WASHINGTON POST and  THE
KIPPINGER  LETTERS. Comparisons in Performance  Advertisements may be in graphic
form.
 
     The Fund  may  include  discussions  or illustrations  of  the  effects  of
compounding  in  Performance Advertisements.  'Compounding'  refers to  the fact
that, if dividends or other distributions on a Fund investment are reinvested by
being paid in additional Fund shares, any future income or capital  appreciation
of  the Fund would increase the value, not only of the original Fund investment,
but also  of the  additional Fund  shares received  through reinvestment.  As  a
result,  the value of  the Fund investment  would increase more  quickly than if
dividends or other distributions had been paid in cash.
 
     The Fund may  also compare  its performance  with the  performance of  bank
certificates  of deposits (CDs) as measured  by the CDA Investment Technologies,
Inc. Certificate of Deposit Index, the Bank Rate Monitor National Index and  the
averages  of  yields  of CDs  of  major  banks published  by  Banxquote'r' Money
Markets. In comparing the Fund's performance to CD performance, investors should
keep in mind that bank CDs are insured in  whole or in part by an agency of  the
U.S.  government  and  offer fixed  principal  and  fixed or  variable  rates of
interest,  and  that  bank  CD  yields  may  vary  depending  on  the  financial
institution  offering the CD and prevailing  interest rates. Fund shares are not
insured or guaranteed by the U.S.  government and returns thereon and net  asset
value will fluctuate. The debt securities held by the Fund generally have longer
maturities  than most CDs and may  reflect interest rate fluctuations for longer
term securities.  An investment  in  the Fund  involves  greater risks  than  an
investment in either a money market fund or a CD.
 
                                     TAXES
 
     Set forth below is a summary of certain income tax considerations generally
affecting  the  Fund and  its shareholders.  The  summary is  not intended  as a
substitute for individual tax  planning, and shareholders  are urged to  consult
their  tax  advisors  regarding the  application  of federal,  state,  local and
foreign tax laws to their specific tax situations.
 
TAX STATUS OF THE FUND AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS
 
     The Fund is treated as a  separate entity for federal income tax  purposes.
The Fund's net investment income, capital gains and distributions are determined
for  each Class  of shares separately  from any  other series or  Class that the
Trust may designate.
 
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     The Fund has  qualified for  the fiscal  period ended  July 31,  1995 as  a
'regulated investment company' under the Code and intends to continue to qualify
for  this treatment  for each year.  If the  Fund (1) is  a regulated investment
company and  (2)  distributes  to its  shareholders  at  least 90%  of  its  net
investment  income  (including  for this  purpose  its net  realized  short term
capital gains), the  Fund will not  be liable  for federal income  taxes to  the
extent  that  its  net investment  income  and  its net  realized  long-term and
short-term capital gains, if any, are distributed to its shareholders.
 
     The Fund's transactions  in options  and futures contracts  are subject  to
special  provisions  of  the  Code  that, among  other  things,  may  affect the
character of gains and losses realized by the Fund (that is, may affect  whether
gains  or losses are  ordinary or capital), accelerate  recognition of income to
the Fund and  defer Fund  losses. These rules  (1) could  affect the  character,
amount and timing of distributions to shareholders of the Fund, (2) will require
the  Fund to 'mark  to market' certain  types of the  positions in its portfolio
(that is, treat them as if they were closed out), and (3) may cause the Fund  to
recognize  income without  receiving cash  with which  to make  distributions in
amounts necessary to satisfy the  distribution requirements for avoiding  income
and  excise taxes described above  and in the Prospectus.  The Fund will seek to
monitor its transactions, will  seek to make the  appropriate tax elections  and
will  seek to  make the  appropriate entries  in its  books and  records when it
acquires any  option, futures  contract or  hedged investment,  to mitigate  the
effect  of these rules and  prevent disqualification of the  Fund as a regulated
investment company.
 
     If the Fund is the holder of record of any stock on the record date for any
dividends payable with respect to such stock, such dividends are included in the
Fund's gross  income as  of the  later  of (1)  the date  of such  stock  became
ex-dividend  with respect to such dividends (i.e.,  the date on which a buyer of
the stock would not be entitled to receive the declared, but unpaid,  dividends)
or  (2) the date the Fund acquired  such stock. Accordingly, in order to satisfy
its income distribution requirements, the Fund may be required to pay  dividends
based  on anticipated  earnings, and  shareholders may  receive dividends  in an
earlier year than would otherwise be the case.
 
     As a general rule, a shareholder's gain or loss on a sale or redemption  of
Fund  shares is a long-term capital gain or loss if the shareholder has held the
shares for more than one year. The gain or loss is a short-term capital gain  or
loss if the shareholder has held the shares for one year or less.
 
     The  Fund's  net  realized  long-term  capital  gains  are  distributed  as
described in the  Prospectus. The distributions  ('capital gain dividends'),  if
any,  will be taxable to shareholders  as long-term capital gains, regardless of
how long a shareholder has held Fund shares, and are designated as capital  gain
dividends  in a written  notice mailed by  the Trust to  the shareholders of the
Fund after the close of the Fund's prior taxable year. If a shareholder receives
a capital gain dividend with respect to any Fund share, and if the share is sold
before it has been held  by the shareholder for more  than six months, then  any
loss  on the sale  or exchange of the  share, to the extent  of the capital gain
dividend, will be  treated as  a long-term capital  loss. Investors  considering
buying Fund shares on or just prior to the record date for a taxable dividend or
capital  gain distribution  should be aware  that the amount  of the forthcoming
dividend or  distribution payment  will be  a taxable  dividend or  distribution
payment.
 
     Special  rules  contained in  the Code  apply when  a Fund  shareholder (1)
disposes of shares of the Fund through  a redemption or exchange within 90  days
of purchase and (2) subsequently
 
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acquires  shares of another PaineWebber fund on which a sales charge normally is
imposed without paying a sales charge in accordance with the exchange  privilege
described  in the Prospectus. In these cases, any gain on the disposition of the
fund shares will be  increased, or loss  decreased, by the  amount of the  sales
charge  paid when the  shares were acquired,  and that amount  will increase the
adjusted basis of the Fund shares subsequently acquired. In addition, if  shares
of the Fund are purchased within 30 days of redeeming shares at a loss, the loss
is not deductible and instead increases the basis of the newly purchased shares.
 
     If  a  shareholder  fails to  furnish  the  Trust with  a  correct taxpayer
identification number, fails  to report  fully dividend or  interest income,  or
fails  to certify that he or she  has provided a correct taxpayer identification
number and that  he or  she is  not subject  to 'backup  withholding,' then  the
shareholder may be subject to a 31% 'backup withholding' tax with respect to (1)
taxable  dividends and distributions from  the Fund and (2)  the proceeds of any
redemptions of Fund  shares. An individual's  taxpayer identification number  is
his  or  her  social security  number.  The  backup withholding  tax  is  not an
additional tax and may be credited  against a taxpayer's regular federal  income
tax liability.
 
INVESTMENT IN PASSIVE FOREIGN INVESTMENT COMPANIES
 
     If  the Fund purchases shares in  certain foreign entities classified under
the Code as 'passive foreign investment  companies,' the Fund may be subject  to
federal  income tax on  a portion of  an 'excess distribution'  or gain from the
disposition of the shares, even though the income may have to be distributed  as
a  taxable dividend by  the Fund to  its shareholders. In  addition, gain on the
disposition of  shares in  a  passive foreign  investment company  generally  is
treated  as ordinary  income even  though the shares  are capital  assets in the
hands of the Fund. Certain interest charges may be imposed on either the Fund or
its shareholders with respect to any taxes arising from excess distributions  or
gains on the disposition of shares in a passive foreign investment company.
 
     The  Fund may be eligible to elect to include in its gross income its share
of earnings  of  a  passive  foreign investment  company  on  a  current  basis.
Generally,  the election  would eliminate the  interest charge  and the ordinary
income treatment on the disposition of stock, but such an election may have  the
effect  of accelerating the recognition of income and gains by the Fund compared
to a fund that did not make  the election. In addition, information required  to
make  such an election may not be available to the Fund. If the Fund is not able
to make the foregoing election,  it may able to  avoid the interest charge  (but
not  the ordinary  income treatment)  on disposition  of the  stock by electing,
under proposed  regulations, each  year to  mark-to-market the  stock (that  is,
treat  it as if it were sold for fair market value). Such an election could also
result in acceleration of income to the Fund.
 
                               OTHER INFORMATION
 
     The Trust  was  organized  as  a  business trust  under  the  laws  of  The
Commonwealth  of Massachusetts pursuant to a Declaration of Trust dated April 8,
1993, as  amended from  time to  time (the  'Declaration'). The  Fund  commenced
operations  on November 4, 1993. Prior to November 1, 1995, the name of the Fund
was 'Mitchell Hutchins/Kidder, Peabody Small Cap Growth Fund.' Prior to February
13,  1995,   the   name  of   the   Fund   was  'Kidder,   Peabody   Small   Cap
 
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Equity  Fund.' Prior to November 10, 1995, the Fund's Class C shares were called
'Class B' shares. New Class B shares were not offered prior to December 1, 1995.
    
 
     Massachusetts law  provides that  shareholders of  the Trust  could,  under
certain  circumstances, be  held personally  liable for  the obligations  of the
Trust. The Declaration disclaims shareholder  liability for acts or  obligations
of  the Trust, however, and  requires that notice of  the disclaimer be given in
each agreement, obligation or instrument entered  into or executed by the  Trust
or  a Trustee.  The Declaration  provides for  indemnification from  the Trust's
property for  all losses  and expenses  of  any shareholder  of the  Trust  held
personally  liable for the  obligations of the  Trust. Thus, the  risk of a Fund
shareholder incurring  financial loss  on account  of shareholder  liability  is
limited  to  circumstances  in which  the  Trust  would be  unable  to  meet its
obligations, a possibility that the Trust's management believes is remote.  Upon
payment  of  any liability  incurred by  the Trust,  the shareholder  paying the
liability will  be entitled  to reimbursement  from the  general assets  of  the
Trust.  The Trustees intend to conduct the operations of the Trust in such a way
so as to avoid, as far as  possible, ultimate liability of the shareholders  for
liabilities of the Trust.
 
     CLASS-SPECIFIC  EXPENSES. The Fund  might determine to  allocate certain of
its expenses (in addition to distribution  fees) to the specific Classes of  the
Fund's  shares to  which those expenses  are attributable. For  example, Class B
shares of the  Funds bear higher  transfer agency fees  per shareholder  account
than  those borne by Class A or Class C shares. The higher fee is imposed due to
the higher costs incurred by the Transfer Agent in tracking shares subject to  a
contingent  deferred sales charge because, upon  redemption, the duration of the
shareholder's investment must be determined in order to determine the applicable
charge. Moreover,  the  tracking  and calculations  required  by  the  automatic
conversion  feature of the Class B shares will cause the Transfer Agent to incur
additional costs. Although the transfer agency fee will differ on a per  account
basis  as stated above,  the specific extent  to which the  transfer agency fees
will differ between the Classes  as a percentage of  net assets is not  certain,
because  the fee as a percentage of net assets will be affected by the number of
shareholder accounts in  each Class and  the relative amounts  of net assets  in
each Class.
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
     Ernst & Young LLP, located at 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019,
serves  as independent auditors for  the Trust. In that  capacity, Ernst & Young
LLP audits the Trust's  financial statements at least  annually. For the  period
ended  July 31,  1994, the Trust's  independent auditors were  Deloitte & Touche
LLP, located at 2 World Financial Center, New York, New York 10281.
 
COUNSEL
 
     Willkie Farr &  Gallagher, located at  One Citicorp Center,  153 East  53rd
Street, New York, New York 10022, serves as counsel to the Trust.
 
                              FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
     The Fund's Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended July 31,
1995  is  a  separate  document  supplied  with  this  Statement  of  Additional
Information, and  the financial  statements, accompanying  notes and  report  of
independent  auditors appearing  therein are  incorporated by  reference in this
Statement of Additional Information.
 
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NO  PERSON  HAS  BEEN  AUTHORIZED  TO  GIVE  ANY  INFORMATION  OR  TO  MAKE  ANY
REPRESENTATION  NOT  CONTAINED  IN  THE  PROSPECTUS  OR  IN  THIS  STATEMENT  OF
ADDITIONAL  INFORMATION IN CONNECTION  WITH THE OFFERING  MADE BY THE PROSPECTUS
AND, IF GIVEN OR  MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR  REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE  RELIED
UPON  AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED  BY THE FUND OR  ITS DISTRIBUTOR. THE PROSPECTUS
AND THIS STATEMENT OF  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DO NOT  CONSTITUTE AN OFFERING  BY
THE  FUND OR BY THE  DISTRIBUTOR IN ANY JURISDICTION  IN WHICH SUCH OFFERING MAY
NOT LAWFULLY BE MADE.
 
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
   
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Statement of Additional Information..............     1
Investment Policies and Restrictions.............     1
Trustees and Officers............................     7
Investment Advisory and Distribution
  Arrangements...................................     9
Portfolio Transactions...........................    12
Reduced Sales Charges, Additional
  Exchange and Redemption
  Information and Other Services.................    14
Conversion of Class B Shares.....................    18
Valuation of Shares..............................    19
Performance Information..........................    19
Taxes............................................    21
Other Information................................    23
Financial Statements.............................    24
</TABLE>
    
 
'c'1995 PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED
 
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PaineWebber
                 Small Cap Growth Fund
 
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   Statement of Additional Information
                      December 1, 1995
 
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                           PAINEWEBBER
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                       PAINEWEBBER SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND
                                 CLASS Y SHARES
                          1285 Avenue of the Americas
                            New York, New York 10019
 
  Professional Management
  Portfolio Diversification
  Dividend and Capital Gain
   Reinvestment
  Low Minimum Investment
  Automatic Investment Plan
  Systematic Withdrawal Plan
  Exchange Privileges
  Suitable for Retirement Plans
 
The  Fund is a series of  Mitchell Hutchins/Kidder, Peabody Investment Trust III
('Trust'). This  Prospectus  concisely  sets  forth  information  a  prospective
investor  should  know  about  the Fund  before  investing.  Please  retain this
Prospectus for future  reference. A  Statement of  Additional Information  dated
December 1, 1995 (which is incorporated by reference herein) has been filed with
the  Securities and Exchange Commission. The Statement of Additional Information
can be obtained without charge, and further inquiries can be made, by contacting
the Fund, your PaineWebber  investment executive or PaineWebber's  correspondent
firms or by calling toll-free 1-800-647-1568.
 
The  Class Y shares described in this  Prospectus are currently offered for sale
primarily  to   participants  in   the  INSIGHT   Investment  Advisory   Program
('INSIGHT'), when purchased through that program. See 'Purchases.'
 
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THESE  SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
   EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS ANY  SUCH
     COMMISSION  PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS.
       ANY  REPRESENTATION  TO  THE  CONTRARY  IS A  CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
 
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                The date of this Prospectus is December 1, 1995
                            PAINEWEBBER MUTUAL FUNDS

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                               PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
 
     EXPENSES  OF INVESTING  IN THE FUND.  The following tables  are intended to
assist investors in understanding the expenses associated with investing in  the
Fund.
 
                        SHAREHOLDER TRANSACTION EXPENSES
 
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Maximum sales charge on purchases of shares (as a percentage of public offering
  price)..........................................................................      None
Sales charge on reinvested dividends..............................................      None
Maximum contingent deferred sales charge (as a percentage of redemption
  proceeds).......................................................................      None
Maximum Annual Investment Advisory Fee Payable by Shareholders through INSIGHT (as
  a percentage of average daily value of shares held).............................     1.50%
</TABLE>
 
                       ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES(1)
                    (AS A PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE NET ASSETS)
 
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<S>                                                                                   <C>
Management fees....................................................................     1.00%
12b-1 fees.........................................................................     0.00
Other expenses.....................................................................     0.48
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Total operating expenses...........................................................     1.48%
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(1) See  'Management' for additional information.  The management fee payable to
    Mitchell Hutchins is greater than the management fee paid by most funds.
 
                      EXAMPLE OF EFFECT OF FUND EXPENSES*
 
     An investor would directly  or indirectly pay the  following expenses on  a
$1,000 investment in the Fund, assuming a 5% annual return:
 
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ONE YEAR      THREE YEARS      FIVE YEARS      TEN YEARS
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<S>           <C>              <C>             <C>
  $ 15            $47             $ 81           $ 177
</TABLE>
 
     This  Example  assumes  that  all  dividends  and  other  distributions are
reinvested and that the  percentage amounts listed  under Annual Fund  Operating
Expenses remain the same in the years shown. The above tables and the assumption
in  the  Example  of a  5%  annual return  are  required by  regulations  of the
Securities and Exchange Commission ('SEC')  applicable to all mutual funds;  the
assumed  5% annual return  is not a  prediction of, and  does not represent, the
projected or actual performance of Class Y shares of the Fund.
 
     THE EXAMPLE SHOULD  NOT BE CONSIDERED  A REPRESENTATION OF  PAST OR  FUTURE
EXPENSES,  AND THE FUND'S ACTUAL EXPENSES MAY  BE MORE OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN.
The actual expenses attributable to Class Y shares of the Fund will depend upon,
among other things, the level of average net assets and the extent to which  the
Fund incurs variable expenses, such as transfer agency costs.
 
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                              FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 
The  table below  provides selected per  share data  and ratios for  one Class Y
share (prior to November 10, 1995, called 'Class C' shares) of the Fund for each
of the  periods  shown.  This  information  is  supplemented  by  the  financial
statements  and  accompanying notes  appearing in  the  Fund's Annual  Report to
Shareholders for the fiscal year ended July 31, 1995, which are incorporated  by
reference into the Statement of Additional Information. The financial statements
and notes, and the financial information for the fiscal year ended July 31, 1995
appearing  in  the  table  below,  have  been  audited  by  Ernst  &  Young LLP,
independent auditors, whose report thereon is  included in the Annual Report  to
Shareholders.  The financial information for the  period ended July 31, 1994 was
audited  by  other  auditors  whose  report  thereon  was  unqualified.  Further
information  about the Fund's performance is  also included in the Annual Report
to Shareholders, which may be obtained without charge.
 
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<CAPTION>
                                                                                                   Class Y
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                                                                                            For the       For the
                                                                                           Year ended   Period ended
                                                                                            July 31,      July 31,
                                                                                             1995**       1994`D'
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<S>                                                                                         <C>           <C>
Net asset value, beginning of period....................................................    $   9.81      $  12.00
                                                                                            --------      --------
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment loss.....................................................................       (0.28)        (0.06)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) from investment transactions.................        4.29         (2.13)
                                                                                            --------      --------
Total increase (decrease) from investment operations....................................        4.01         (2.19)
                                                                                            --------      --------
Net asset value, end of period..........................................................    $  13.82      $   9.81
                                                                                            --------      --------
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Total investment return(1)..............................................................       40.88 %      (18.25)%
                                                                                            --------      --------
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Ratios/Supplemental Data:
Net assets, end of period (000's).......................................................    $  5,895      $  5,827
Ratios of expenses to average net assets................................................        1.48 %        1.43 %*
Ratios of net investment loss to average net assets.....................................       (0.99)%       (0.81)%*
Portfolio turnover rate.................................................................         101 %          56 %
</TABLE>
 
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 * Annualized.
 
 ** On February  13,  1995,  Mitchell Hutchins  became  investment  adviser  and
    administrator of the Fund. Bjurman remains responsible for the management of
    the Fund's portfolio.
 
 `D'  For the period November 4, 1993 (commencement of investment operations) to
      July 31, 1994.
 
(1) Total investment return is  calculated assuming a  $1,000 investment on  the
    first day of each period reported, reinvestment of all dividends and capital
    gain  distributions, if any, at  net asset value on  the payable date, and a
    sale at net  asset value  on the  last day  of each  period reported.  Total
    investment  returns  for  periods  of  less  than  one  year  have  not been
    annualized.
 
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                       INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES
 
OBJECTIVE
 
      The  Fund's investment  objective is  long-term capital  appreciation. The
Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily in equity  securities
of small capitalization companies.
 
      There  can  be no  assurance  that the  Fund  will achieve  its investment
objective. The Fund's net asset value  will fluctuate based upon changes in  the
value  of its portfolio securities. The  Fund's investment objective and certain
investment limitations, as described in the Statement of Additional Information,
are fundamental policies and  may not be  changed without shareholder  approval.
All  other investment policies may  be changed by the  Trust's board of trustees
without shareholder approval.
 
INVESTMENT POLICIES
 
      The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing  primarily
in equity securities of small capitalization companies, which are U.S. companies
with  stock market capitalizations of up to $1 billion. A company's stock market
capitalization is calculated by  multiplying the total number  of shares of  its
common stock outstanding by the market price per share of its common stock.
 
      The  Fund has been designed to  provide investors with potentially greater
long-term rewards than provided  by an investment in  a fund that seeks  capital
appreciation  from  common  stocks of  larger,  better-known  companies. Several
statistical studies have been published recently indicating that the  historical
long-term  returns  on  investments  in common  stocks  of  small capitalization
companies have  been  higher  than  returns on  those  of  large  capitalization
companies. In addition, small capitalization companies generally are not as well
known to the investing public and have less of an investor following than larger
companies  and, therefore, may  provide opportunities for  investment gains as a
result of relative inefficiencies in the marketplace.
 
      In seeking  its  objective,  the  Fund invests  in  equity  securities  of
companies  Bjurman believes to be undervalued and to have the potential for high
earnings growth. Companies in which the Fund invests generally meet one or  more
of  the following  criteria: high historical  earnings-per-share ('EPS') growth;
high projected  future EPS  growth;  an increase  in research  analyst  earnings
estimates;   attractive  relative  price  earnings  ratios;  and  high  relative
discounted cost flows. In selecting the Fund's investments, Bjurman also focuses
on companies with  capable management  teams, strong  industry positions,  sound
capital  structures,  high  returns  on  equity,  high  reinvestment  rates  and
conservative financial accounting policies. The Fund emphasizes those industries
and economic sectors Bjurman believes to have the best growth prospects.
 
      In pursuing its objective, the  Fund invests substantially all, and  under
normal  conditions not less than 65%, of  its assets in common stocks, preferred
stocks,  convertible   bonds,   convertible   debentures,   convertible   notes,
convertible preferred stocks and warrants or rights. To the extent that the Fund
invests  in convertible debt  securities, those securities  will be purchased on
the basis of their equity characteristics  and ratings of those securities  will
not  be an important factor  in their selection. The  equity securities in which
the Fund invests typically are traded in the over-the-counter market or are non-
publicly traded.
 
      The Fund's investments  in non-publicly traded  securities (also  commonly
referred to
 
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as   'restricted  securities'),  which  are   securities  that  are  subject  to
contractual or legal restrictions on transfer, may not exceed 10% of the  Fund's
assets.  Restricted securities include securities  that are not registered under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the '1933 Act'), but that can be sold to
'qualified institutional buyers' in accordance with Rule 144A under the 1933 Act
('Rule 144A Securities').  The Fund is  authorized to  invest up to  15% of  its
assets  in illiquid securities, which are  securities that cannot be disposed of
by  the  Fund  within  seven  days  in  the  ordinary  course  of  business   at
approximately  the amount at which the  Fund has valued the securities. Illiquid
securities that are  held by  the Fund take  the form  of repurchase  agreements
maturing in more than seven days and other securities subject to restrictions on
resale  that Bjurman has determined are  not liquid under guidelines established
by the Trust's Board of Trustees.
 
      Up to 10% of the Fund's assets may be invested in foreign securities.  The
Fund  may also invest in  securities of foreign issuers  in the form of American
Depositary  Receipts  ('ADRs'),  which  are  U.S.  dollar-denominated   receipts
typically issued by domestic banks or trust companies that represent the deposit
with  those entities of securities of  a foreign issuer, and European Depositary
Receipts ('EDRs'),  sometimes referred  to  as Continental  Depositary  Receipts
('CDRs'),  which generally are issued by foreign banks and evidence ownership of
either foreign or domestic securities. ADRs are publicly traded on exchanges  or
over-the-counter  in the  United States  and are  issued through  'sponsored' or
'unsponsored' arrangements. In a sponsored  ADR arrangement, the foreign  issuer
assumes  the obligation to pay some or all of the depositary's transaction fees,
whereas  under  an  unsponsored  arrangement,  the  foreign  issuer  assumes  no
obligations  and the depositary's transaction fees  are paid directly by the ADR
holders. In addition, less information is  available in the United States  about
an  unsponsored ADR  than about  a sponsored  ADR. The  Fund may  invest in ADRs
through both sponsored and unsponsored arrangements.
 
      During normal market conditions, less than 10% of the Fund's total  assets
may  be  held in  cash  and/or invested  in  money market  instruments  for cash
management purposes, pending investment in accordance with the Fund's investment
objective and  policies,  and  to meet  anticipated  redemptions  and  operating
expenses. During periods in which Bjurman believes that investment opportunities
in the equity markets are diminished (due to either fundamental changes in those
markets or an anticipated general decline in the value of equity securities) and
Bjurman  determines that adoption of a temporary defensive investment posture is
therefore warranted,  the Fund  may  hold cash  and/or  invest in  money  market
instruments  without limitation. To the extent that  it holds cash or invests in
money market instruments, the Fund may  not achieve its investment objective  of
long-term capital appreciation.
 
      The  Fund  may  invest  only  in  the  following  types  of  money  market
instruments: securities  issued or  guaranteed  by the  U.S. Government  or  its
agencies  or instrumentalities ('Government  Securities'); obligations issued or
guaranteed by foreign  governments or  by any of  their political  subdivisions,
authorities,   agencies  or   instrumentalities;  bank   obligations  (including
certificates of deposit, time  deposits and bankers'  acceptances of foreign  or
domestic  banks,  domestic  savings  and  loan  associations  and  other banking
institutions having total assets in  excess of $500 million); commercial  paper;
and repur-
 
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chase  agreements. Government Securities held by the Fund will take the form of:
direct obligations of the U.S. Treasury, and obligations issued or guaranteed by
the U.S.  Government  or  its  agencies or  instrumentalities.  Certain  of  the
Government  Securities that  may be  held by the  Fund are  instruments that are
supported by  the full  faith and  credit of  the United  States, whereas  other
Government Securities that may be held by the Fund are supported by the right of
the  issuer to  borrow from  the U.S.  Treasury or  are supported  solely by the
credit of the instrumentality.
 
      The Fund may invest  in money market instruments  issued or guaranteed  by
foreign  governments  or by  any of  their political  subdivisions, authorities,
agencies or instrumentalities, only if those instruments are rated AAA or AA  by
Standard  &  Poor's ('S&P')  or Aaa  or  Aa by  Moody's Investors  Service, Inc.
('Moody's') or  have  received  an equivalent  rating  from  another  nationally
recognized  statistical rating organization ('NRSRO'), or if unrated, are deemed
by Bjurman to be of equivalent quality. Commercial paper held by the Fund may be
rated no lower  than A-1 by  S&P or Prime-1  by Moody's or  the equivalent  from
another  NRSRO, or if unrated, must be issued by an issuer having an outstanding
unsecured debt issue then rated within the three highest categories. At no  time
will  the investments of the Fund  in bank obligations, including time deposits,
exceed 25% of the value of the Fund's assets.
 
      Although the Fund has no current intention of doing so in the  foreseeable
future,  the Fund  may engage  in transactions  involving futures  contracts and
options on futures contracts, which are described in the Statement of Additional
Information.
 
INVESTMENT TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES
 
      The Fund may engage in a  number of investment techniques and  strategies,
including  those described below. The Fund is  under no obligation to use any of
the techniques or strategies at any given time or under any particular  economic
condition.  In addition, no assurance can be  given that the use of any practice
will have its intended result  or that the use of  any practice is, or will  be,
available to the Fund.
 
      STOCK  OPTIONS.  To  hedge against  adverse  market shifts,  the  Fund may
purchase put and call options on securities held in its portfolio. In  addition,
the Fund may seek to increase its income in an amount designed to meet operating
expenses  or may  hedge a portion  of its portfolio  investments through writing
(that is, selling) 'covered' call options.  A put option provides its  purchaser
with  the right to compel  the writer of the option  to purchase from the option
holder an underlying security at a specified price at any time during or at  the
end  of the option  period. In contrast,  a call option  gives the purchaser the
right to buy the underlying  security covered by the  option from the writer  of
the  option at  the stated  exercise price.  A covered  call option contemplates
that, for so long as the Fund is obligated as the writer of the option, it  will
own  (1)  the underlying  securities  subject to  the  option or  (2) securities
convertible into, or exchangeable without the payment of any consideration  for,
the  securities subject to the option. The value of the underlying securities on
which covered call options will be written at any one time by the Fund will  not
exceed 5% of the Fund's total assets.
 
      The  Fund may purchase options on securities that are listed on securities
exchanges or that are  traded over-the-counter. As the  holder of a put  option,
the Fund has
 
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the  right to sell the  securities underlying the option and  as the holder of a
call option, the Fund  has the right to  purchase the securities underlying  the
option, in each case at the option's exercise price at any time prior to, or on,
the  option's expiration date.  The Fund may  choose to exercise  the options it
holds, permit them  to expire  or terminate them  prior to  their expiration  by
entering  into  closing  sale  transactions. In  entering  into  a  closing sale
transaction, the Fund would sell an option of the same series as the one it  has
purchased.
 
      STOCK  INDEX  OPTIONS.  In  seeking  to hedge  all  or  a  portion  of its
investments, the  Fund may  purchase and  write put  and call  options on  stock
indexes listed on securities exchanges, which indexes include securities held in
the Fund's portfolio.
 
      A  stock  index measures  the movement  of  a certain  group of  stocks by
assigning relative values to the common stocks included in the index. Options on
stock indexes are generally  similar to options  on specific securities.  Unlike
those  on  securities, however,  options  on stock  indexes  do not  involve the
delivery of an underlying  security; the option  in the case of  an option on  a
stock  index represents the holder's  right to obtain from  the writer in cash a
fixed multiple of the amount by which the exercise price exceeds (in the case of
a put)  or is  less than  (in the  case  of a  call) the  closing value  of  the
underlying stock index on the exercise date.
 
      When  the Fund  writes an  option on  a stock  index, it  will establish a
segregated account with its custodian,  or a designated sub-custodian, in  which
the Fund will deposit cash, money market instruments or a combination of both in
an amount equal to the market value of the option, and will maintain the account
while  the option is open. If the Fund  has written a stock index option, it may
terminate its obligation by effecting  a closing purchase transaction, which  is
accomplished by purchasing an option of the same series as the option previously
written.
 
      INVESTMENTS  IN OTHER INVESTMENT  COMPANIES. As a  means of regulating the
Fund's exposure to the equity markets, the Fund may invest in securities  issued
by  other registered investment companies,  including those traded on securities
exchanges, that invest principally in securities in which the Fund is authorized
to invest. Under the 1940 Act, the Fund may invest a maximum of 10% of its total
assets in the securities of other  investment companies. In addition, under  the
1940  Act, not more  than 5% of the  Fund's total assets may  be invested in the
securities of any one investment company, and the Fund may not own more than  3%
of the securities of any investment company.
 
      LENDING  PORTFOLIO  SECURITIES.  To  generate income  for  the  purpose of
helping to  meet  its  operating  expenses, the  Fund  may  lend  securities  to
well-known  and recognized  U.S. and foreign  brokers, dealers  and banks. These
loans, if and when made, may not exceed 30% of the Fund's assets taken at market
value. The Fund's loans of securities will be collateralized by cash, letters of
credit or Government  Securities. The  cash or  instruments collateralizing  the
Fund's  loans of securities are maintained at  all times in a segregated account
with the Fund's custodian, or with  a designated sub-custodian, in an amount  at
least equal to the current market value of the loaned securities.
 
      REPURCHASE  AGREEMENTS.  The  Fund  may  engage  in  repurchase  agreement
transactions with respect  to instruments  in which  the Fund  is authorized  to
invest.  Although  the amount  of  the Fund's  assets  that may  be  invested in
repurchase agreements  terminable  in  less  than seven  days  is  not  limited,
repur-
 
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chase  agreements maturing in more than seven days, together with other illiquid
securities, may not exceed 15% of the Fund's net assets. The Fund may engage  in
repurchase  agreement transactions, which are in  the nature of secured loans by
the Fund to certain member banks of the Federal Reserve System and with  certain
dealers  listed on  the Federal  Reserve Bank  of New  York's list  of reporting
dealers. Under  the terms  of a  typical repurchase  agreement, the  Fund  would
acquire an underlying debt obligation for a relatively short period (usually not
more  than seven days) subject to an obligation of the seller to repurchase, and
the Fund to  resell, the obligation  at an agreed-upon  price and time,  thereby
determining the yield during the Fund's holding period. This arrangement results
in  a fixed rate of return that is not subject to market fluctuations during the
Fund's holding  period. The  value  of the  securities underlying  a  repurchase
agreement of the Fund is monitored on an ongoing basis by Bjurman to ensure that
the  value is at least equal at all  times to the total amount of the repurchase
obligation, including interest. Bjurman  also monitors, on  an ongoing basis  to
evaluate  potential risks, the creditworthiness of  those banks and dealers with
which the Fund enters into repurchase agreements.
 
      WHEN-ISSUED AND  DELAYED-DELIVERY  SECURITIES.  To  secure  prices  deemed
advantageous  at  a  particular time,  the  Fund  may purchase  securities  on a
when-issued or delayed-delivery basis, in which case delivery of the  securities
occurs  beyond  the normal  settlement period;  payment for  or delivery  of the
securities would be  made prior  to the reciprocal  delivery or  payment by  the
other  party  to  the  transaction.  The  Fund  may  enter  into  when-issued or
delayed-delivery transactions for  the purpose of  acquiring securities and  not
for  the purpose of  leverage. When-issued securities purchased  by the Fund may
include securities purchased on a 'when, as and if issued' basis under which the
issuance of the securities depends on the occurrence of a subsequent event, such
as approval of  a merger,  corporate reorganization or  debt restructuring.  The
Fund  will establish with  its custodian, or with  a designated sub-custodian, a
segregated account consisting  of cash,  Government Securities  or other  liquid
high-grade  debt obligations in an amount equal to the amount of its when-issued
or delayed-delivery purchase commitments.
 
      SHORT SALES AGAINST THE BOX. The  Fund may sell securities 'short  against
the  box.' Whereas a short sale is the sale of a security the Fund does not own,
a short  sale is  'against the  box'  if at  all times  during which  the  short
position  is open, the Fund  owns at least an equal  amount of the securities or
securities convertible into, or exchangeable without further consideration  for,
securities  of the same issue as the  securities sold short. Short sales against
the box are typically  used by sophisticated investors  to defer recognition  of
capital gains or losses.
 
RISK FACTORS AND SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
 
      Investing  in the Fund involves risks  and special considerations, such as
those described below:
 
      GENERAL. An investment in shares of  the Fund should not be considered  to
be  a complete investment program. The value of the Fund's investments, and as a
result the net  asset values  of the Fund's  shares, fluctuates  in response  to
changes in the market and economic conditions as well as the financial condition
and  prospects  of  issuers  in which  the  Fund  invests.  Small capitalization
companies typically are subject  to a greater degree  of change in earnings  and
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In addition, securities of  small capitalization companies  are traded in  lower
volume than those issued by larger companies and are more volatile than those of
larger  companies.  In light  of these  characteristics of  small capitalization
companies and their securities,  the Fund may be  subject to greater  investment
risk  than  that assumed  by other  investment companies.  Because of  the risks
associated with the Fund's investments, the Fund  is intended to be a long  term
investment  vehicle and  is not  designed to provide  investors with  a means of
speculating on short-term stock market movements.
 
      WARRANTS. Because  a warrant,  which  is a  security permitting,  but  not
obligating, its holder to subscribe for another security, does not carry with it
the  right to dividends or voting rights with respect to the securities that the
warrant holder is entitled to purchase, and because a warrant does not represent
any rights  to the  assets  of the  issuer, a  warrant  may be  considered  more
speculative than certain other types of investments. In addition, the value of a
warrant  does not necessarily  change with the value  of the underlying security
and a  warrant  ceases to  have  value  if it  is  not exercised  prior  to  its
expiration  date. The investment by the Fund in warrants, valued at the lower of
cost or  market, may  not exceed  5%  of the  value of  the Fund's  net  assets.
Included within that amount, but not to exceed 2% of the value of the Fund's net
assets,  may be  warrants that  are not  listed on  the New  York Stock Exchange
('NYSE') or the American Stock Exchange. Warrants acquired by the Fund in  units
or attached to securities may be deemed to be without value.
 
      NON-PUBLICLY   TRADED   AND  ILLIQUID   SECURITIES.   Non-publicly  traded
securities may be less  liquid than publicly  traded securities. Although  these
securities  may  be  resold  in privately  negotiated  transactions,  the prices
realized from these sales could be less than those originally paid by the  Fund.
In  addition, companies whose securities are not publicly traded are not subject
to the  disclosure  and  other  investor protection  requirements  that  may  be
applicable  if their securities were publicly  traded. The Fund's investments in
illiquid securities are subject to the risk that should the Fund desire to  sell
any  of these  securities when a  ready buyer is  not available at  a price that
Bjurman deems representative of their value, the value of the Fund's net  assets
could be adversely affected.
 
      RULE  144A  SECURITIES. Certain  Rule  144A Securities  may  be considered
illiquid and, therefore,  subject to the  Fund's limitation on  the purchase  of
illiquid securities, unless the Board of Trustees determines on an ongoing basis
that  an adequate trading market exists for the Rule 144A Securities. The Fund's
purchase of Rule 144A Securities could  have the effect of increasing the  level
of  illiquidity in  the Fund to  the extent that  qualified institutional buyers
become uninterested for a  time in purchasing Rule  144A Securities held by  the
Fund.  The  Board  of  Trustees has  established  standards  and  procedures for
determining the  liquidity  of  a  Rule 144A  Security  and  monitors  Bjurman's
implementation of the standards and procedures. The ability to sell to qualified
institutional buyers under Rule 144A is a recent development and Bjurman can not
predict how this market will develop.
 
      STOCK  OPTIONS. The Fund  receives a premium when  it writes call options,
which increases the Fund's  return on the underlying  security in the event  the
option  expires unexercised or is closed out at a profit. By writing a call, the
Fund limits its opportunity to  profit from an increase  in the market value  of
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price of the option for as long as the Fund's obligation as writer of the option
continues. Thus, in some periods, the Fund will receive less total return and in
other  periods greater total return from its hedged positions than it would have
received from its underlying securities if unhedged.
 
      In purchasing a put option,  the Fund seeks to  benefit from a decline  in
the  market  price of  the  underlying security,  whereas  in purchasing  a call
option, the Fund seeks to  benefit from an increase in  the market price of  the
underlying security. If an option purchased is not sold or exercised when it has
remaining value, or if the market price of the underlying security remains equal
to or greater than the exercise price, in the case of a put, or remains equal to
or  below the  exercise price, in  the case  of a call,  during the  life of the
option, the Fund will lose its investment in the option. For the purchase of  an
option  to  be profitable,  the  market price  of  the underlying  security must
decline sufficiently below the exercise  price, in the case  of a put, and  must
increase  sufficiently above the exercise price, in the case of a call, to cover
the premium and transaction costs. Because option premiums paid by the Fund  are
small in relation to the market value of the investments underlying the options,
buying  options can result in large amounts of leverage. The leverage offered by
trading in options could cause the Fund's net asset value to be subject to  more
frequent  and wider  fluctuations than  would be  the case  if the  Fund did not
invest in options.
 
      STOCK INDEX  OPTIONS. Stock  index  options are  subject to  position  and
exercise  limits and other regulations imposed by the exchange on which they are
traded. If the Fund writes a stock index option, it may terminate its obligation
by effecting a closing purchase transaction, which is accomplished by purchasing
an option of the same  series as the option  previously written. The ability  of
the  Fund to engage in closing purchase transactions with respect to stock index
options depends on the existence of a liquid secondary market. Although the Fund
generally purchases or  writes stock index  options only if  a liquid  secondary
market  for the options  purchased or sold  appears to exist,  no such secondary
market may exist, or the market may cease to exist at some future date, for some
options. No assurance can  be given that a  closing purchase transaction can  be
effected when the Fund desires to engage in such a transaction.
 
      INVESTMENTS  IN OTHER INVESTMENT COMPANIES. To the extent the Fund invests
in other  investment  companies,  the Fund's  shareholders  will  incur  certain
duplicative  fees  and expenses,  including  investment advisory  fees. Exchange
traded investment company securities typically trade at prices that differ  from
the  company's net asset  value per share and  often trade at  a discount to net
asset  value.  The  Fund  will  purchase  exchange  traded  investment   company
securities only in the secondary market and not in an initial offering.
 
      INVESTMENT  IN  FOREIGN  SECURITIES.  Investing  in  securities  issued by
foreign companies and  governments involves considerations  and potential  risks
not  typically  associated  with investing  in  obligations issued  by  the U.S.
Government and  U.S.  corporations.  Less information  may  be  available  about
foreign companies than about U.S. companies, and foreign companies generally are
not subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards or
to other regulatory practices and requirements comparable to those applicable to
domestic companies. The values of foreign investments are affected by changes in
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exchange  control regulations, restrictions or  prohibitions on the repatriation
of foreign currencies,  application of foreign  tax laws, including  withholding
taxes, changes in governmental administration or economic or monetary policy (in
the  United  States  or abroad)  or  changed circumstances  in  dealings between
nations. Costs are also incurred in connection with conversions between  various
currencies. In addition, foreign brokerage commissions are generally higher than
those  charged in the United States, and  foreign securities markets may be less
liquid, more volatile and subject to  less governmental supervision than in  the
United  States.  Investments in  foreign countries  could  be affected  by other
factors not present in the United States, including expropriation,  confiscatory
taxation,  lack  of  uniform  accounting and  auditing  standards  and potential
difficulties in  enforcing  contractual obligations,  and  could be  subject  to
extended clearance and settlement periods.
 
      CURRENCY  EXCHANGE RATES. The Fund's  share value may change significantly
when the currencies, other than the  U.S. dollar, in which the Fund's  portfolio
investments  are  denominated  strengthen  or weaken  against  the  U.S. dollar.
Currency exchange rates  generally are determined  by the forces  of supply  and
demand in the foreign exchange markets and the relative merits of investments in
different countries as seen from an international perspective. Currency exchange
rates  can  also be  affected  unpredictably by:  the  intervention of  the U.S.
Government, foreign governments  or central  banks, the  imposition of  currency
controls or other political developments in the United States or abroad.
 
      LENDING  PORTFOLIO SECURITIES. In  lending securities to  U.S. and foreign
brokers, dealers and  banks, the  Fund is subject  to risks,  which, like  those
associated  with other extensions of credit,  include possible loss of rights in
the collateral should the borrower fail financially.
 
      REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. In entering into  a repurchase agreement, the  Fund
bears  a risk  of loss  in the  event that  the other  party to  the transaction
defaults on its obligations and the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising
its rights to  dispose of  the underlying securities,  including the  risk of  a
possible  decline in the value of the underlying securities during the period in
which the  Fund seeks  to  assert its  rights to  them,  the risk  of  incurring
expenses  associated with asserting those rights and the risk of losing all or a
part of the income from the agreement.
 
      WHEN-ISSUED AND  DELAYED-DELIVERY SECURITIES.  Securities purchased  on  a
when-issued  or delayed-delivery basis  may expose the Fund  to risk because the
securities may experience fluctuations in value prior to their actual  delivery.
Purchasing securities on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis can involve the
additional  risk that the return available in the market when the delivery takes
place may be  higher than  that applicable  at the  time of  the purchase.  This
characteristic  of when-issued  and delayed-delivery securities  could result in
exaggerated movements in the Fund's net asset value.
 
PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS AND TURNOVER
 
      Decisions to  buy  and  sell securities  for  the  Fund are  made  by  the
Sub-Adviser,  subject to review by the  Board of Trustees and Mitchell Hutchins,
and are placed with brokers or dealers selected by the Sub-Adviser. The Trustees
have determined that, to the extent consistent with applicable provisions of the
1940 Act and rules and exemptions adopted thereunder, transactions for the  Fund
may  be executed through PaineWebber if, in the judgment of the Sub-Adviser, the
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execution at least as  favorable to the Fund  as those obtainable through  other
qualified  broker-dealers, and if,  in the transaction,  PaineWebber charges the
Fund a  fair and  reasonable rate  consistent with  that charged  to  comparable
unaffiliated customers in similar transactions.
 
      The  Fund's portfolio is  actively managed. The  Fund's portfolio turnover
rate may vary greatly from year to year  and will not be a limiting factor  when
the  Sub-Adviser deems portfolio changes appropriate. An annual turnover rate of
100% would occur if  all of the  securities held by the  Fund are replaced  once
during a period of one year. Higher portfolio turnover rates (100% or more) will
result  in corresponding  increases in  transaction costs,  which will  be borne
directly by the Fund, may  make it more difficult for  the Fund to qualify as  a
regulated  investment  company for  federal income  tax  purposes and  may cause
shareholders of  the Fund  to  recognize short-term  capital gains  for  federal
income tax purposes. See 'Dividends, Distributions and Taxes -- Taxes.'
 
                                   PURCHASES
 
      Class  Y shares (prior to November 10,  1995, called 'Class C' shares) are
sold to  eligible  investors  at  the  net  asset  value  next  determined  (see
'Valuation of Shares') after the purchase order is received at PaineWebber's New
York  City offices. No  initial or contingent deferred  sales charge is imposed,
nor are Class Y shares subject to  Rule 12b-1 distribution or service fees.  The
Fund and Mitchell Hutchins reserve the right to reject any purchase order and to
suspend the offering of the Class Y shares for a period of time.
 
      INSIGHT.  An  investor who  purchases  $50,000 or  more  of shares  of the
PaineWebber mutual funds that are in the Flexible Pricing System may participate
in INSIGHT, a total portfolio asset allocation program sponsored by PaineWebber,
and  thus  become  eligible   to  purchase  Class   Y  shares.  INSIGHT   offers
comprehensive  investment  services, including  a personalized  asset allocation
investment strategy  using an  appropriate  combination of  funds,  professional
investment advice regarding investment among the funds by portfolio specialists,
monitoring  of investment  performance and comprehensive  quarterly reports that
cover market trends, portfolio  summaries and personalized account  information.
Participation in INSIGHT is subject to payment of an advisory fee to PaineWebber
at the maximum annual rate of 1.5% of assets held through the program (generally
charged  quarterly  in advance),  which covers  all INSIGHT  investment advisory
services and  program  administration fees.  Employees  of PaineWebber  and  its
affiliates  are entitled  to a  50% reduction in  the fee  otherwise payable for
participation in INSIGHT. INSIGHT clients may  elect to have their INSIGHT  fees
charged  to their  PaineWebber accounts  (by the  automatic redemption  of money
market  fund  shares)  or  another  of  their  PaineWebber  accounts  or  billed
separately.
 
      ACQUISITION OF CLASS Y SHARES BY OTHERS. Present holders of Class Y shares
who  are not current INSIGHT participants may acquire Class A shares of the Fund
without a  sales charge.  This  category includes  former employees  of  Kidder,
Peabody  &  Co.  Incorporated ('Kidder,  Peabody'),  their  associated accounts,
present and former directors and trustees  of the former Kidder, Peabody  mutual
funds  and employees of  Bjurman, employee benefit  plans, individual retirement
accounts and employee-sponsored individual retirement plans for those employees,
and the  spouses and  minor children  of those  employees when  orders on  their
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offer Class Y shares  to employee benefit and  retirement plans of Paine  Webber
Group,  Inc., and its affiliates and  certain other investment advisory programs
that are sponsored  by PaineWebber  and that  may invest  in PaineWebber  mutual
funds.  At present,  however, INSIGHT  participants are  the only  purchasers in
these two categories.
 
                                  REDEMPTIONS
 
      As described below,  Class Y  shares may be  redeemed at  their net  asset
value and redemption proceeds will be paid after receipt of a redemption request
as described below.
 
      REDEMPTION THROUGH PAINEWEBBER OR CORRESPONDENT FIRMS. PaineWebber clients
may  submit redemption requests to  their investment executives or correspondent
firms in person or by telephone, mail or wire. As the Fund's agent,  PaineWebber
may  honor a  redemption request  by repurchasing  Fund shares  from a redeeming
shareholder at the shares' net asset value next determined after receipt of  the
request by PaineWebber's New York City offices. Within three Business Days after
receipt  of  the request,  repurchase proceeds  (less any  applicable contingent
deferred sales charge) will  be paid by check  or credited to the  shareholder's
brokerage  account at  the election  of the  shareholder. PaineWebber investment
executives and  correspondent  firms  are responsible  for  promptly  forwarding
redemption requests to PaineWebber's New York City offices.
 
      PaineWebber  reserves the  right not to  honor any  redemption request, in
which case PaineWebber promptly will forward  the request to the Transfer  Agent
for treatment as described below.
 
      REDEMPTION  THROUGH  THE TRANSFER  AGENT.  Fund shareholders  who  are not
PaineWebber clients or who wish to redeem certificated shares must redeem  their
shares  through the Transfer  Agent by mail; other  shareholders also may redeem
Fund shares  through the  Transfer Agent.  Shareholders should  mail  redemption
requests  directly to  the Transfer Agent:  PFPC Inc.,  Attn: PaineWebber Mutual
Funds, P.O. Box 8950, Wilmington, Delaware  19899. A redemption request will  be
executed  at the  net asset value  next computed  after it is  received in 'good
order' and redemption proceeds will be paid within seven days of the receipt  of
the  request. 'Good  order' means  that the request  must be  accompanied by the
following: (1) a  letter of  instruction or  a stock  assignment specifying  the
number  of shares  or amount of  investment to  be redeemed (or  that all shares
credited to a Fund account be redeemed), signed by all registered owners of  the
shares  in the exact names in which they  are registered, (2) a guarantee of the
signature of each registered owner by an eligible institution acceptable to  the
Transfer  Agent and  in accordance  with SEC rules,  such as  a commercial bank,
trust company or  member of a  recognized stock exchange,  (3) other  supporting
legal documents for estates, trusts, guardianships, custodianships, partnerships
and  corporations and (4) duly endorsed share certificates, if any. Shareholders
are responsible for ensuring that a request for redemption is received in  'good
order.'
 
      ADDITIONAL  INFORMATION ON REDEMPTIONS. A  shareholder may have redemption
proceeds of $1 million or more wired to the shareholder's PaineWebber  brokerage
account  or a commercial  bank account designated  by the shareholder. Questions
about this option, or redemption  requirements generally, should be referred  to
the  shareholder's PaineWebber investment executive or correspondent firm, or to
the Transfer  Agent  if the  shares  are not  held  in a  PaineWebber  brokerage
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redemption  of shares which were purchased  recently, the Fund may delay payment
until it  is  assured that  good  payment has  been  received. In  the  case  of
purchases by check, this can take up to 15 days.
 
      Because  the Fund  incurs certain  fixed costs  in maintaining shareholder
accounts, the  Fund  reserves  the  right  to redeem  all  Fund  shares  in  any
shareholder  account of less than $500 net asset value. If the Fund elects to do
so, it will notify the shareholder  and provide the shareholder the  opportunity
to  increase the amount invested  to $500 or more within  60 days of the notice.
The Fund will not redeem accounts that fall  below $500 solely as a result of  a
reduction in net asset value per share.
 
                       DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES
 
DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
 
      Dividends  from net  investment income  and distributions  of net realized
capital  gains  of  the  Fund,  if  any,  are  distributed  annually.  Unless  a
shareholder instructs the Fund that dividends and capital gains distributions on
shares  should  be  paid in  cash  and  credited to  the  shareholder's Account,
dividends and capital  gains distributions are  reinvested automatically at  net
asset  value in  additional shares.  The Fund is  subject to  a 4% nondeductible
excise tax  measured  with  respect  to certain  undistributed  amounts  of  net
investment  income and  capital gains. If  necessary to avoid  the imposition of
this tax,  and if  in the  best interests  of its  shareholders, the  Fund  will
declare  and pay dividends of its net investment income and distributions of its
net capital gains more frequently than stated above.
 
TAXES
 
      The Fund  has qualified  for the  fiscal year  ended July  31, 1995  as  a
regulated  investment  company within  the meaning  of the  Code and  intends to
qualify for this treatment  in each year. To  qualify as a regulated  investment
company  for  federal  income  tax  purposes, the  Fund  limits  its  income and
investments so  that (1)  at  least 90%  of its  gross  income is  derived  from
dividends,  interest payments with  respect to securities  loans, gains from the
sale or other disposition of stock,  securities or foreign currencies, or  other
income  (including, but not  limited to, gains from  options, futures or forward
contracts)  derived  with  respect  to  its  business  of  investing  in  stock,
securities  or currencies, (2) less than 30% of its gross income is derived from
the  sale  or  disposition  of  stocks  or  securities  and  certain   financial
instruments (including certain options, futures and forward contracts) that were
held  for less than  three months and  (3) at the  close of each  quarter of the
taxable year (a)  not more  than 25%  of the market  value of  the Fund's  total
assets  is invested in  the securities (other than  Government Securities or the
securities of other regulated investment companies) of a single issuer or of two
or more issuers controlled by the Fund  that are engaged in the same or  similar
trades  or businesses or in related trades or businesses and (b) at least 50% of
the market value of the Fund's total assets is represented by (i) cash and  cash
items,  (ii) Government Securities and  securities of other regulated investment
companies and (iii) other securities limited in respect of any one issuer to  an
amount  not greater  in value than  5% of the  market value of  the Fund's total
assets and to  not more than  10% of  the outstanding voting  securities of  the
issuer.  The requirements for  qualification may cause the  Fund to restrict the
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stocks, other securities and  certain financial instruments  held for less  than
three  months. If the Fund qualifies as a regulated investment company and meets
certain distribution  requirements, the  Fund  will not  be subject  to  federal
income  tax on its net investment income  and net realized capital gains that it
distributes to its shareholders.
 
      Dividends paid by the Fund out of net investment income and  distributions
of net realized short-term capital gains are taxable to shareholders as ordinary
income,  whether  received  in cash  or  reinvested in  additional  Fund shares.
Distributions  of  net   realized  long-term  capital   gains  are  taxable   to
shareholders as long-term capital gain, regardless of how long shareholders have
held  their  shares  and  whether  the distributions  are  received  in  cash or
reinvested in additional shares.  Generally, a shareholder's gain  or loss on  a
sale  or redemption of Fund  shares will be a long-term  capital gain or loss if
the shares have been held for more than  one year and a short-term gain or  loss
if the shares are held for one year or less. Dividends and distributions paid by
the  Fund generally do not qualify  for the federal dividends received deduction
for corporate shareholders.
 
      Income received by the Fund from  sources within foreign countries may  be
subject  to  withholding and  other foreign  taxes. The  payment of  these taxes
reduces  the  amount  of  dividends   and  distributions  paid  to  the   Fund's
shareholders.  It  is not  expected that  the Fund  will be  able to  elect, for
federal income tax purposes,  to treat certain foreign  income taxes it pays  as
having been paid by its shareholders.
 
      Statements  as to the tax status  of each Fund shareholder's dividends and
distributions are mailed  annually. Shareholders also  receive, as  appropriate,
various written notices after the close of the Fund's taxable year regarding the
tax  status of certain dividends  and distributions that were  paid (or that are
treated as  having  been  paid) by  the  Fund  to its  shareholders  during  the
preceding  taxable  year,  including  the  amount  of  dividends  that represent
interest derived from Government Securities.
 
      Shareholders are  urged  to  consult  their  tax  advisors  regarding  the
application  of federal,  state, local  and foreign  tax laws  to their specific
situations before investing in the Fund.
 
                              VALUATION OF SHARES
 
      Net asset  value per  share  is calculated  by  State Street,  the  Fund's
custodian,  on each day, Monday  through Friday, except that  net asset value is
not computed  on  days on  which  the NYSE  is  closed. The  NYSE  is  currently
scheduled  to be closed  on the observance  of New Year's  Day, Presidents' Day,
Good Friday, Memorial  Day, Independence  Day, Labor Day,  Thanksgiving Day  and
Christmas Day.
 
      Net asset value per share is determined as of the close of regular trading
on the NYSE (currently 4:00 p.m., Eastern time), and is computed by dividing the
value of the Fund's net assets attributable to that Class by the total number of
shares  outstanding of that Class. Generally,  the Fund's investments are valued
at market  value  or, in  the  absence  of a  market  value, at  fair  value  as
determined by or under the direction of the Trustees.
 
      Securities that are primarily traded on foreign exchanges that close prior
to  the close of regular trading on the NYSE (currently 4:00 p.m., Eastern time)
are generally valued for purposes of calculating the Fund's net asset values  at
the  preceding closing values  of the securities  on their respective exchanges,
except that,  when  an  occurrence  subsequent  to  the  time  a  value  was  so
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to  have changed that value,  the fair market value  of those securities will be
determined by consideration of  other factors by or  under the direction of  the
board  of trustees.  Securities that are  primarily traded  on foreign exchanges
that close after the close of regular  trading on the NYSE are generally  valued
at sale prices as of a time reasonably proximate to the close of regular trading
on  the  NYSE  or, if  no  sales occurred  previously  during that  day,  at the
then-current bid price.
 
      A security that is primarily traded on a domestic stock exchange is valued
at the last sale price on that exchange or, if no sales occurred during the day,
at the  current quoted  bid price.  An option  that is  written by  the Fund  is
generally  valued at  the last sale  price or, in  the absence of  the last sale
price, the  last  offer price.  An  option that  is  purchased by  the  Fund  is
generally  valued at  the last sale  price or, in  the absence of  the last sale
price, the last  bid price.  The value  of a futures  contract is  equal to  the
unrealized  gain  or loss  on the  contract  that is  determined by  marking the
contract to the current  settlement price for a  like contract on the  valuation
date  of the futures contract. A settlement price  may not be used if the market
makes a limit  move with  respect to  a particular  futures contract  or if  the
securities   underlying  the  futures   contract  experience  significant  price
fluctuations after the determination of the settlement price. When a  settlement
price  cannot be  used, futures  contracts will be  valued at  their fair market
value as determined by or under the direction of the Board of Trustees.
 
      For purposes of calculating a Class' net asset value per share, assets and
liabilities initially expressed  in foreign currency  values are converted  into
U.S.  dollar  values based  on  a formula  prescribed by  the  Trust or,  if the
information required by the formula is unavailable, as determined in good  faith
by  the Trustees. Corporate actions  by issuers of securities  held by the Fund,
such as the payment of dividends or distributions, are reflected in each  Class'
net  asset value on the ex-dividend date  therefore, except that they will be so
reflected on the date the  Fund is actually advised  of the corporate action  if
subsequent  to  the  ex-dividend  date. In  carrying  out  the  Fund's valuation
policies, State Street may consult with an independent pricing service  retained
by  the Trust.  Further information regarding  the Fund's  valuation policies is
contained in the Statement of Additional Information.
 
                                   MANAGEMENT
 
      The  Trust's  board  of  trustees,  as  part  of  its  overall  management
responsibility,  oversees  various  organizations  responsible  for  the  Fund's
day-to-day management.  Mitchell Hutchins,  the  Fund's investment  adviser  and
administrator,  supervises  all  aspects  of  the  Fund's  operations.  Mitchell
Hutchins receives a  monthly fee for  its services, computed  daily and  payable
monthly,  at an annual rate  of 1.00% of the Fund's  average daily net assets on
assets up to but not including $25 million and .90% thereafter. The rate of  fee
paid  to Mitchell  Hutchins, although  higher than the  rate paid  by most other
investment companies  registered under  the 1940  Act, is  believed by  Mitchell
Hutchins  to  be within  the range  charged to  other investment  companies that
invest in securities of small capitalization companies and reflects the need  to
devote  additional time  and incur added  expense in  developing the specialized
resources contemplated by investing in these securities.
 
      Mitchell  Hutchins  supervises  the   activities  of  Bjurman  which,   as
sub-adviser  for the Fund, makes and implements all investment decisions for the
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sory contract,  Mitchell Hutchins  (not the  Fund) pays  Bjurman a  fee for  its
services as sub-adviser for the Fund in the amount of .50% of the Fund's average
daily net assets up to but not including $25 million and .40% thereafter.
 
      The  Fund incurs other  expenses and, for  the fiscal year  ended July 31,
1995, the Fund's total expenses for its  Class Y shares, stated as a  percentage
of average net assets was 1.48%.
 
      Mitchell Hutchins is located at 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New
York  10019. It is a wholly owned subsidiary  of PaineWebber, which is in turn a
wholly owned subsidiary of Paine Webber  Group Inc., a publicly owned  financial
services  holding company. As of October 31, 1995, Mitchell Hutchins was adviser
or sub-adviser  of  38 investment  companies  with 75  separate  portfolios  and
aggregate assets of over $29 billion.
 
   
      Bjurman, located at 10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 1200, Los Angeles,
California  90067,  is  a  registered investment  adviser  under  the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940 and concentrates its investment advisory activities in  the
area of equity securities with an emphasis on securities of small capitalization
companies. Bjurman provides investment advisory services to a variety of clients
having  total assets under its management exceeding $2.5 billion as of September
30, 1995. Bjurman was incorporated on August 5, 1970 under the laws of the State
of California. Bjurman is  controlled by Messrs. George  A. Bjurman and Owen  T.
Barry  III. Bjurman  has not  previously served  as an  investment adviser  to a
registered investment company.
    
 
      As the Fund's investment sub-adviser, Bjurman manages the Fund's portfolio
in accordance with the investment objective and stated policies of the Fund  and
makes  investment decisions  for the Fund.  Bjurman also provides  the Fund with
investment officers who are  authorized by the  Trustees to determine  purchases
and  sales of securities on behalf of  the Fund and employs a professional staff
of  portfolio  managers  who  draw  upon  a  variety  of  sources  for  research
information for the Fund.
 
      Owen  T. Barry III  serves as the  Fund's Chief Investment  Officer and in
that capacity is the individual primarily responsible for the management of  the
Fund's assets. Mr. Barry has been the Senior Executive Vice President of Bjurman
for more than the past five years.
 
      Although  investment decisions  for the  Fund are  made independently from
those of the other accounts managed by the Sub-Adviser, investments of the  type
the  Fund may make may also  be made by those other  accounts. When the Fund and
one or more other accounts managed by the Sub-Adviser are prepared to invest in,
or  desire  to  dispose  of,   the  same  security,  available  investments   or
opportunities for sales are allocated in a manner believed by the Sub-Adviser to
be  equitable to each.  In some cases,  this procedure may  adversely affect the
price paid or  received by  the Fund  or the size  of the  position obtained  or
disposed of by the Fund.
 
      Mitchell   Hutchins  and  Bjurman  investment   personnel  may  engage  in
securities transactions for their own accounts  pursuant to each firm's code  of
ethics  that establishes procedures for personal investing and restricts certain
transactions.
 
      DISTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENTS.  Mitchell Hutchins  is the  distributor of  the
Fund's  Class Y shares and has appointed PaineWebber as the exclusive dealer for
the sale of those shares.
 
                            PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
 
      The Fund performs  a standardized computation  of annualized total  return
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show this return in advertisements or promotional materials. Standardized return
shows  the change  in value of  an investment in  the Fund as  a steady compound
annual rate of return. Actual year-by-year  returns fluctuate and may be  higher
or  lower than  standardized return.  One-, five-  and ten-year  periods will be
shown, unless the  shares have  been in existence  for a  shorter period.  Total
return calculations assume reinvestment of dividends and other distributions.
 
      The  Fund may  use other  total return  presentations in  conjunction with
standardized return. These may cover the same or different periods as those used
for standardized  return  and may  include  cumulative returns,  average  annual
rates, actual year-by-year rates or any combination thereof.
 
      Total  return and yield information reflects past performance and does not
necessarily indicate future results. Investment return and principal values will
fluctuate, and proceeds upon redemption may be more or less than a shareholder's
cost.
 
                              GENERAL INFORMATION
 
      ORGANIZATION. The Trust is  registered under the 1940  Act as an  open-end
management  investment company and was formed as  a business trust pursuant to a
Declaration of Trust, as  amended from time to  time (the 'Declaration'),  under
the  laws  of The  Commonwealth  of Massachusetts  on  April 8,  1993.  The Fund
commenced investment operations on November 4, 1993. The Declaration  authorizes
the Trustees to create separate series, and within each series separate Classes,
of  an unlimited number  of shares of  beneficial interest, par  value $.001 per
share.
 
      When issued, Fund shares will be fully paid and non-assessable. Shares are
freely transferable and have no pre-emptive, subscription or conversion  rights.
Each  Class represents an identical interest in the Fund's investment portfolio.
As a  result, the  Classes have  the same  rights, privileges  and  preferences,
except with respect to: (1) the designation of each Class; (2) the effect of the
respective  sales charges, if  any, for each Class;  (3) the distribution and/or
service  fees,  if  any,  borne  by  each  Class;  (4)  the  expenses  allocable
exclusively  to each Class; (5) voting rights on matters exclusively affecting a
single Class;  and  (6) the  exchange  privilege of  each  Class. The  board  of
trustees  does  not  anticipate  that  there will  be  any  conflicts  among the
interests of the holders of the  different Classes. The Trustees, on an  ongoing
basis,  will consider whether  any conflict exists and,  if so, take appropriate
action. Certain  aspects of  the shares  may  be changed,  upon notice  to  Fund
shareholders,  to satisfy certain tax regulatory  requirements, if the change is
deemed necessary by the Trust's board of trustees.
 
      Shareholders of the Fund are entitled to one vote for each full share held
and  fractional  votes  for  fractional  shares  held.  Voting  rights  are  not
cumulative  and, as  a result,  the holders  of more  than 50%  of the aggregate
shares of the  Trust may elect  all of  the Trustees. Generally,  shares of  the
Trust are voted on a Trust-wide basis on all matters except those affecting only
the  interests of one series, such  as the Fund's investment advisory agreement.
In turn, shares of the Fund are voted on a Fund-wide basis on all matters except
those affecting only the interests of one Class, such as the terms of each  plan
of distribution as it relates to a Class.
 
      The  Trust does not intend to hold annual meetings of shareholders for the
purpose of  electing  Trustees unless,  and  until such  time  as, less  than  a
majority  of  the Trustees  holding office  have  been elected  by shareholders.
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than two-thirds of  the outstanding  shares of the  Trust may  remove a  Trustee
through  a declaration in  writing or by  vote cast in  person or by  proxy at a
meeting called for that  purpose. A meeting  will be called  for the purpose  of
voting  on the removal of a Trustee at  the written request of holders of 10% of
the Trust's outstanding  shares. Shareholders  of the Fund  who satisfy  certain
criteria  will be assisted by the Trust in communicating with other shareholders
in seeking the holding of the meeting.
 
      To avoid additional operating costs and for investor convenience, the Fund
does not issue share certificates. Ownership of the Fund's shares is recorded on
a stock register by the Transfer Agent and shareholders have the same rights  of
ownership with respect to such shares as if certificates had been issued.
 
      CUSTODIAN  AND TRANSFER  AGENT. State Street  Bank and  Trust Company, One
Heritage Drive,  North Quincy,  Massachusetts  02171, is  the custodian  of  the
Fund's  assets. PFPC Inc., a subsidiary of PNC Bank, National Association, whose
principal business address is 400 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware  19809,
is the Fund's transfer and dividend disbursing agent.
 
      CONFIRMATIONS   AND  STATEMENTS.  Shareholders  receive  confirmations  of
purchases and redemptions of Fund shares. PaineWebber clients receive statements
at least quarterly  that report  their Fund activity  and consolidated  year-end
statements  that show all Fund transactions  for that year. Shareholders who are
not PaineWebber clients  receive quarterly statements  from the Transfer  Agent.
Shareholders  also receive  audited annual  and unaudited  semi-annual financial
statements of the Fund.
 
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NO   PERSON  HAS   BEEN  AUTHORIZED  TO   GIVE  ANY  INFORMATION   OR  MAKE  ANY
REPRESENTATIONS NOT CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERING
MADE  BY  THIS  PROSPECTUS   AND,  IF  GIVEN  OR   MADE,  SUCH  INFORMATION   OR
REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE FUND OR
ITS  DISTRIBUTOR. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFERING BY THE FUND OR
ITS DISTRIBUTOR IN ANY JURISDICTION IN  WHICH SUCH OFFERING MAY NOT LAWFULLY  BE
MADE.
 
'c'1995 PaineWebber Incorporated
 
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         PAINEWEBBER
 
SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND
CLASS Y SHARES
 
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Prospectus Summary.................................       2
Financial Highlights...............................       3
Investment Objective and Policies..................       4
Purchases..........................................      12
Redemptions........................................      13
Dividends, Distributions and Taxes.................      14
Valuation of Shares................................      15
Management.........................................      16
Performance Information............................      17
General Information................................      18
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PROSPECTUS
December 1, 1995

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                       PAINEWEBBER SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND
                                 CLASS Y SHARES
                          1285 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019
 
                      STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
     PaineWebber  Small  Cap Growth  Fund ('Fund')  is  a diversified  series of
Mitchell  Hutchins/Kidder,   Peabody   Investment   Trust   III   ('Trust'),   a
professionally   managed  mutual   fund.  The   Fund  seeks   long-term  capital
appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of small capitalization
companies. The  Fund's  investment  adviser, administrator  and  distributor  is
Mitchell  Hutchins Asset Management  Inc. ('Mitchell Hutchins'),  a wholly owned
subsidiary of PaineWebber  Incorporated ('PaineWebber').  The Fund's  investment
sub-adviser  is George D. Bjurman &  Associates ('Bjurman' or 'Sub-Adviser'). As
distributor for the Fund, Mitchell  Hutchins has appointed PaineWebber to  serve
as  the  exclusive  dealer  for  the sale  of  Fund  shares.  This  Statement of
Additional  Information  is  not  a  prospectus  and  should  be  read  only  in
conjunction  with the Fund's current Prospectus,  dated December 1, 1995. A copy
of the  Prospectus  may  be  obtained  by  calling  any  PaineWebber  investment
executive  or corresponding  firm or  by calling  toll-free 1-800-647-1568. This
Statement of Additional Information is dated December 1, 1995.
 
                      INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RESTRICTIONS
 
     The Prospectus  discusses the  investment  objective of  the Fund  and  the
policies  employed in achieving that  objective. Supplemental information is set
out below concerning certain  of the securities and  other instruments in  which
the  Fund may invest, the investment techniques and strategies that the Fund may
utilize and  certain  risks  involved with  those  investments,  techniques  and
strategies.
 
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
 
     Securities  issued or guaranteed by the  U.S. Government or its agencies or
instrumentalities ('Government Securities') in which the Fund may invest include
debt obligations of varying maturities issued by the U.S. Treasury or issued  or
guaranteed by an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. Government, including the
Federal  Housing Administration, Farmers Home Administration, Export-Import Bank
of  the  United  States,  Small  Business  Administration,  Government  National
Mortgage   Association,  General  Services   Administration,  Central  Bank  for
Cooperatives, Federal Farm Credit Banks,  Federal Home Loan Banks, Federal  Home
Loan  Mortgage  Corporation,  Federal Intermediate  Credit  Banks,  Federal Land
Banks, Federal National Mortgage Association, Maritime Administration, Tennessee
Valley Authority,  District of  Columbia Armory  Board, Student  Loan  Marketing
Association  and Resolution Trust Corporation.  Direct obligations of the United
States Treasury include a  variety of securities that  differ in their  interest
rates,  maturities and  dates of  issuance. Because  the U.S.  Government is not
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support to an instrumentality that it sponsors, the Fund invests in  obligations
issued  by an  instrumentality of the  U.S. Government only  if the Sub-Adviser,
under   the   supervision   of   Mitchell   Hutchins,   determines   that    the
instrumentality's  credit  risk  does  not make  its  securities  unsuitable for
investment by the Fund.
 
INVESTMENT TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES
 
     STOCK OPTIONS. To the  extent required by the  laws of certain states,  the
Fund  may not be permitted to commit more than 5% of its assets to premiums when
purchasing call and put options on securities. Should these state laws change or
should the Fund obtain a waiver of  their application, the Fund may commit  more
than  5%  of its  assets to  premiums when  purchasing call  and put  options on
securities. In addition,  should the  Trust determine  that a  commitment is  no
longer  in the best interests  of the Fund and  its shareholders, the Trust will
revoke the commitment by terminating the sale of the Fund's shares in the  state
involved.
 
     FUTURES  CONTRACTS AND OPTIONS ON FUTURES  CONTRACTS. Although the Fund has
no current intention of  doing so in the  foreseeable future, the Fund  reserves
authority  to  trade  stock  index  futures  contracts,  and  options  on  those
contracts, for a variety of risk reduction purposes such as hedging a portion of
the Fund's portfolio or  providing an efficient means  of regulating the  Fund's
exposure  to  certain  equity markets.  A  stock  index futures  contract  is an
agreement to take or make delivery of an amount of cash equal to the  difference
between  the value of the index at the  beginning and at the end of the contract
period. An option on a futures contract,  in contrast to a direct investment  in
the  contract, gives the purchaser the right, in return for the premium paid, to
assume a position  in the underlying  futures contract at  a specified  exercise
price  at any time on or before the  expiration date of the option. The Fund may
assume both 'long' and  'short' positions with respect  to futures contracts.  A
long  position involves  entering into  a futures  contract to  buy a commodity,
whereas a short  position involves entering  into a futures  contract to sell  a
commodity.
 
     The  purpose  of trading  futures  contracts is  to  protect the  Fund from
fluctuations in value of its investment securities without necessarily buying or
selling the securities. Because  the value of  the Fund's investment  securities
will  exceed the value of the futures contracts sold by the Fund, an increase in
the value of the futures contracts could only mitigate, but not totally  offset,
the  decline in  the value  of the  Fund's assets.  No consideration  is paid or
received by the  Fund upon trading  a futures contract.  Upon trading a  futures
contract,  the Fund will be required to deposit in a segregated account with its
custodian, or designated sub-custodian, an amount of cash, short-term Government
Securities or other U.S. dollar-denominated, high-grade, short-term money market
instruments equal to approximately 1% to 10% of the contract amount (this amount
is subject to change by the exchange on which the contract is traded and brokers
may charge a higher amount). This amount is known as 'initial margin' and is  in
the  nature of a performance bond or good  faith deposit on the contract that is
returned to the Fund upon termination of the futures contract, assuming that all
contractual obligations  have been  satisfied; the  broker will  have access  to
amounts  in  the  margin account  if  the  Fund fails  to  meet  its contractual
obligations. Subsequent payments, known as  'variation margin,' to and from  the
broker, will be made daily as the price of the currency or securities underlying
the  futures contract  fluctuates, making  the long  and short  positions in the
futures contract more or less valuable, a process known as  'marking-to-market.'
At any time prior to the expiration of a futures contract, the Fund may elect to
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taking an opposite position, which will operate to terminate the Fund's existing
position in the contract.
 
     The  Fund may  not (1)  trade any futures  contracts or  options on futures
contracts if,  immediately  after  the transactions,  the  aggregate  of  margin
deposits on all of the Fund's outstanding futures contracts and premiums paid on
its outstanding options on futures contracts would exceed 5% of the market value
of the total assets of the Fund after taking into account unrealized profits and
losses  on any futures  contracts or options  on futures contracts  or (2) enter
into any futures contracts or options  on futures contracts if the aggregate  of
the market value of the Fund's outstanding futures contracts and market value of
the  futures contracts subject to outstanding  options written by the Fund would
exceed 50% of  the market  value of  the total assets  of the  Fund. Each  short
position in a futures or options contract entered into by the Fund is secured by
the  Fund's ownership of  underlying securities. The Fund  does not use leverage
when it enters  into long futures  or options  contracts; the Fund  places in  a
segregated account with its custodian, or designated sub-custodian, with respect
to  each of its long positions, cash  or money market instruments having a value
equal to the underlying commodity value of the contract.
 
     The Fund may trade  stock index futures contracts  to the extent  permitted
under  rules  and  interpretations  adopted  by  the  Commodity  Futures Trading
Commission (the 'CFTC'). U.S. futures contracts have been designed by  exchanges
that  have  been designated  as  'contract markets'  by  the CFTC,  and  must be
executed through a  futures commission merchant,  or brokerage firm,  that is  a
member  of the relevant contract market. Futures  contracts trade on a number of
contract markets,  and,  through  their  clearing  corporations,  the  exchanges
guarantee  performance of the  contracts as between the  clearing members of the
exchange.
 
     In entering into  transactions involving futures  contracts and options  on
those  contracts,  the  Fund  is  subject  to  a  number  of  risks  and special
considerations. The successful  use of  futures contracts and  options on  those
contracts  draws upon  Bjurman's special skills  and experience  with respect to
those instruments and  usually depends  on Bjurman's ability  to forecast  stock
market  movements correctly. Should stock markets  move in an unexpected manner,
the Fund  may not  achieve  the anticipated  benefits  of futures  contracts  or
options  on  those  contracts  or may  realize  losses  and thus  be  in  a less
advantageous position  than  if those  strategies  had not  been  used.  Certain
futures contracts and options on futures contracts are subject to no daily price
fluctuation  limits so that adverse market movements could continue with respect
to those instruments to an unlimited extent over a period of time. In  addition,
the  correlation  between  movements  in the  prices  of  those  instruments and
movements in  the price  of the  securities hedged  or used  for cover  are  not
perfect.
 
     The  Fund's ability  to dispose of  its positions in  futures contracts and
options on those  contracts depends  on the  availability of  active markets  in
those  instruments. Markets in options  and futures with respect  to a number of
securities are relatively new and  still developing. Bjurman cannot now  predict
the  amount of trading interest that may exist in the future in various types of
futures contracts and options. Futures and options may be closed out only on the
exchange on which the  contract was entered  (or a linked  exchange) so that  no
assurance  can be given that the Fund  will be able to utilize these instruments
effectively for the purposes described above.
 
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     No secondary market  for futures contracts  currently exists, and  although
the  Fund intends to trade  futures contracts only if  an active market for them
exists, no assurance  can be  given that  an active  market will  exist for  the
contracts  at any  particular time. Most  futures exchanges limit  the amount of
fluctuation permitted in futures  contract prices during  a single trading  day.
Once the daily limit has been reached in a particular contract, no trades may be
made  on that day at a price beyond that limit. Prices for futures contracts may
move to the daily limit for several  consecutive trading days with little or  no
trading,   thereby  preventing  prompt  liquidation  of  futures  positions  and
subjecting the Fund to  substantial losses. In  that case, and  in the event  of
adverse  price movements, the Fund would be required to make daily cash payments
of variation margin.  In such  circumstances, an increase  in the  value of  the
portion  of  the  Fund's  securities  being hedged,  if  any,  may  partially or
completely offset losses on the futures contract.
 
     In addition, although  the Trust  anticipates that the  Fund's options  and
futures  transactions will not  prevent the Fund from  qualifying as a regulated
investment company for federal income tax purposes, the Fund's ability to engage
in options and futures  transactions may be limited  by this tax  consideration.
See 'Dividends, Distributions and Taxes -- Taxes,' in the Prospectus. In writing
options,  the Fund is subject to the  risk of loss resulting from the difference
between the  premium  received for  the  option and  the  price of  the  futures
contract  underlying  the option  that the  Fund must  purchase or  deliver upon
exercise of the option.
 
     LENDING PORTFOLIO SECURITIES.  The Fund  may lend  portfolio securities  to
well-known  and recognized  U.S. and foreign  brokers, dealers  and banks. These
loans, if and when  made, may not exceed  30% of the value  of the Fund's  total
assets.  The Fund's loans of securities  will be collateralized by cash, letters
of credit or Government Securities. The cash or instruments collateralizing  the
Fund's  loans of  securities will  be maintained  at all  times in  a segregated
account with the  Fund's custodian, or  with a designated  sub-custodian, in  an
amount at least equal to the current market value of the loaned securities. From
time to time, the Fund may pay a part of the interest earned from the investment
of  collateral received  for securities  loaned to  the borrower  and/or a third
party that is unaffiliated with the Fund  and is acting as a 'finder.' The  Fund
complies  with the  following conditions whenever  it loans  securities: (1) the
Fund must receive at  least 100% cash collateral  or equivalent securities  from
the  borrower; (2) the borrower must increase the collateral whenever the market
value of the securities loaned rises above the level of the collateral; (3)  the
Fund  must be able to terminate the loan  at any time; (4) the Fund must receive
reasonable interest on  the loan, as  well as any  dividends, interest or  other
distributions  on the loaned  securities, and any increase  in market value; (5)
the Fund may pay only reasonable custodian fees in connection with the loan; and
(6) voting rights on the loaned securities may pass to the borrower except that,
if a material event adversely affecting the investment in the loaned  securities
occurs,  the Trust's Board  of Trustees must  terminate the loan  and regain the
right to vote the securities.
 
     WHEN-ISSUED AND  DELAYED-DELIVERY  SECURITIES.  When the  Fund  engages  in
when-issued  or delayed-delivery securities transactions, it relies on the other
party to consummate the trade. Failure of the seller to do so may result in  the
Fund's  incurring a loss or missing an  opportunity to obtain a price considered
to be advantageous.
 
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INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
 
     Investment restrictions numbered 1  through 10 below  have been adopted  by
the Trust as fundamental policies with respect to the Fund. Under the Investment
Company  Act of 1940, as amended (the  '1940 Act'), a fundamental policy may not
be changed without the vote of  a majority of the outstanding voting  securities
of  the Fund, as  defined in the  1940 Act. Investment  restrictions numbered 11
through 17 may  be changed  by a  vote of  a majority  of the  Trust's Board  of
Trustees at any time.
 
     Under  the investment restrictions adopted by the Trust with respect to the
Fund:
 
          1.   The Fund  will  not purchase  securities (other  than  Government
     Securities)  of any issuer if, as a result of the purchase, more than 5% of
     the value of the Fund's total assets would be invested in the securities of
     the issuer, except that up to 25%  of the value of the Fund's total  assets
     may be invested without regard to this 5% limitation.
 
          2.   The Fund will not purchase more than 10% of the voting securities
     of any one  issuer, except that  this limitation is  not applicable to  the
     Fund's  investments in Government  Securities, and up to  25% of the Fund's
     assets may be invested without regard to this 10% limitation.
 
          3.  The Fund will  not borrow money, except  that the Fund may  borrow
     from  banks for temporary or emergency (not leveraging) purposes, including
     the meeting  of redemption  requests  and cash  payments of  dividends  and
     distributions  that  might otherwise  require  the untimely  disposition of
     securities, in an amount not to exceed 20% of the value of the Fund's total
     assets (including the  amount borrowed) valued  at market less  liabilities
     (not  including the  amount borrowed)  at the  time the  borrowing is made.
     Whenever borrowings exceed 5% of the value of the total assets of the Fund,
     the Fund will not make any additional investments.
 
          4.  The  Fund will  not lend money  to other  persons, except  through
     purchasing  debt obligations, lending portfolio securities in an amount not
     to exceed  30%  of the  Fund's  assets taken  at  value and  entering  into
     repurchase agreements.
 
          5.   The Fund will invest  no more than 25% of  the value of its total
     assets in securities of issuers in  any one industry. For purposes of  this
     restriction,  the term industry will be deemed to include the government of
     any country other than the United States, but not the U.S. Government.
 
          6.  The Fund will not  purchase securities on margin, except that  the
     Fund  may  obtain any  short-term credits  necessary  for the  clearance of
     purchases and sales of  securities. For purposes  of this restriction,  the
     deposit  or  payment  of initial  or  variation margin  in  connection with
     futures contracts or options on futures contracts will not be deemed to  be
     a purchase of securities on margin.
 
          7.   The Fund  will not make  short sales of  securities or maintain a
     short position, unless at all times when a short position is open, the Fund
     owns an equal amount  of the securities or  securities convertible into  or
     exchangeable  for, without payment of any further consideration, securities
     of the same issue as, and equal in amount to, the securities sold short.
 
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          8.  The  Fund will not  purchase or  sell real estate  or real  estate
     limited  partnership interests, except that the  Fund may purchase and sell
     securities of  companies that  deal in  real estate  or interests  in  real
     estate.
 
          9.    The Fund  will  not purchase  or  sell commodities  or commodity
     contracts, except futures contracts and  related options and other  similar
     contracts.
 
          10.   The Fund  will not act  as an underwriter  of securities, except
     that the Fund may acquire securities  under circumstances in which, if  the
     securities  were sold, the  Fund might be  deemed to be  an underwriter for
     purposes of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
          11.  The Fund will not invest  in oil, gas or other mineral leases  or
     exploration or development programs.
 
          12.  The Fund will not purchase any investment company security, other
     than  a security acquired pursuant to a  plan of reorganization or an offer
     of exchange, if as  a result of  the purchase (a) the  Fund would own  more
     than  3%  of  the total  outstanding  voting securities  of  any investment
     company, (b) more than 5% of the value of the Fund's total assets would  be
     invested  in securities of any one investment  company or (c) more than 10%
     or the  Fund's total  assets  would be  invested  in securities  issued  by
     investment companies.
 
          13.   The  Fund will not  participate on a  joint or joint-and-several
     basis in any securities trading account.
 
          14.  The Fund will not make investments for the purpose of  exercising
     control of management.
 
          15.   The Fund will  not purchase any security, if  as a result of the
     purchase, the  Fund  would then  have  more than  5%  of its  total  assets
     invested in securities of companies (including predecessors) that have been
     in continuous operation for fewer than three years.
 
          16.   The Fund will  not purchase or retain  securities of any company
     if, to the knowledge of the Fund,  any of the Trust's Trustees or  officers
     or  any officer  or director of  Mitchell Hutchins  or Bjurman individually
     owns more  than 0.5%  of  the outstanding  securities  of the  company  and
     together they own beneficially more than 5% of the securities.
 
          17.    The  Fund will  not  invest  in warrants  (other  than warrants
     acquired by the Fund  as part of  a unit or attached  to securities at  the
     time  of purchase) if, as a result, the investments (valued at the lower of
     cost or market) would exceed  5% of the value of  the Fund's net assets  of
     which not more than 2% of the Fund's net assets may be invested in warrants
     not listed on a recognized foreign or domestic stock exchange.
 
     The Trust may make commitments regarding the Fund more restrictive than the
restrictions  listed above  so as  to permit  the sale  of the  Fund's shares in
certain states. Should the Trust determine that a commitment is no longer in the
best interests  of the  Fund and  its shareholders,  the Trust  will revoke  the
commitment  by terminating the sale of the  Fund's shares in the state involved.
The percentage limitations contained in  the restrictions listed above apply  at
the time of purchase of the securities.
 
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                             TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
 
   
     The  names of Trustees and officers of the Trust, together with information
as to their principal business occupations during the last five years, are shown
below.
    
 
     David J. Beaubien, 60, Trustee.  Chairman of Yankee Environmental  Systems,
Inc.,  manufacturer of  meteorological measuring  instruments. Director  of IEC,
Inc.,  manufacturer  of  electronic   assemblies,  Belfort  Instruments,   Inc.,
manufacturer  of  environmental instruments,  and  Oriel Corp.,  manufacturer of
optical instruments. Prior to January 1991, Senior Vice President of EG&G, Inc.,
a company  that makes  and  provides a  variety  of scientific  and  technically
oriented  products and  services. Mr.  Beaubien is a  director or  trustee of 11
other  investment  companies   for  which  Mitchell   Hutchins  or   PaineWebber
Incorporated ('PaineWebber') serves as investment adviser.
 
     William  W.  Hewitt,  Jr.,  66,  Trustee.  Trustee  of  The  Guardian Asset
Allocation Fund, The Guardian Baillie  Gifford International Fund, The  Guardian
Bond  Fund, Inc., The Guardian Cash Fund, Inc., The Guardian Park Ave. Fund, The
Guardian Stock Fund, Inc., The Guardian  Cash Management Trust and The  Guardian
U.S.  Government  Trust.  Mr.  Hewitt  is a  director  or  trustee  of  11 other
investment companies  for  which  Mitchell Hutchins  or  PaineWebber  serves  as
investment adviser.
 
     Thomas R. Jordan, 66, Trustee. Principal of The Dilenschneider Group, Inc.,
a  corporate communications and public policy  counseling firm. Prior to January
1992, Senior Vice President  of Hill & Knowlton,  a public relations and  public
affairs  firm. Prior to April 1991, President  of The Jordan Group, a management
consulting and strategies development firm. Mr. Jordan is a director or  trustee
of  10 other  investment companies  for which  Mitchell Hutchins  or PaineWebber
serves as investment adviser.
 
   
     Carl W.  Schafer, 59,  Trustee.  President of  the Atlantic  Foundation,  a
charitable  foundation supporting mainly oceanographic exploration and research.
Director of International Agritech  Resources, Inc., an agribusiness  investment
and consulting firm, Ardic Exploration and Development Ltd., Evans Systems, Inc.
and  Hidden Lake  Gold Mines  Ltd., gold  mining companies,  Electronic Clearing
House,  Inc.,  a   financial  transactions  processing   company,  Wainoco   Oil
Corporation  and Nutraceutix,  Inc., a  biotechnology company.  Prior to January
1993, chairman of the Investment Advisory Committee of the Howard Hughes Medical
Institute and director of Ecova Corporation,  a toxic waste treatment firm.  Mr.
Schafer  is a  director or  trustee of 10  other investment  companies for which
Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
    
 
   
     Margo N. Alexander, 48, President. President, chief executive officer and a
director of  Mitchell  Hutchins.  Prior  to  January  1995,  an  executive  vice
president  of PaineWebber. Ms.  Alexander is also  a director or  trustee of two
investment companies and president  of 37 other  investment companies for  which
Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
    
 
   
     Owen  T. Barry III, 50, Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer.
Senior Executive Vice President and Director of Investments of Bjurman.
    
 
   
     Teresa  M.   Boyle,  37,   Vice  President.   First  vice   president   and
manager -- advisory administration of Mitchell Hutchins. Prior to November 1993,
compliance  manager of Hyperion Capital Management, Inc., an investment advisory
firm. Prior to April 1993, a vice president and
    
 
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manager -- legal administration of Mitchell  Hutchins. Ms. Boyle is also a  vice
president  of  37  other investment  companies  for which  Mitchell  Hutchins or
PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
   
     Neil G. Cumming,  41, Vice  President and Investment  Officer. Senior  Vice
President  and Portfolio  Manager/Senior Research  Analyst of  Bjurman. Prior to
August 1992,  Investment  Department  Manager  of First  Business  Bank  of  Los
Angeles.
    
 
     Scott  H. Griff, 29, Vice President and Assistant Secretary. Vice president
and attorney of Mitchell  Hutchins. Prior to January  1995, an associate at  the
law  firm  of Cleary,  Gottlieb,  Steen &  Hamilton. Mr.  Griff  is also  a vice
president and assistant  secretary of  10 other investment  companies for  which
Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
   
     C.  William Maher, 34, Vice President and Assistant Treasurer. Mr. Maher is
a first vice president and a senior manager of the mutual fund finance  division
of Mitchell Hutchins. Mr. Maher is also a vice president and assistant treasurer
of  37 other  investment companies  for which  Mitchell Hutchins  or PaineWebber
serves as investment adviser.
    
 
     Ann E. Moran, 38, Vice President and Assistant Treasurer. Vice president of
Mitchell Hutchins. Ms. Moran is also a vice president and assistant treasurer of
37 other investment companies for which Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber  serves
as investment adviser.
 
     Dianne  E.  O'Donnell,  43,  Vice  President  and  Secretary.  Senior  vice
president and deputy general counsel of Mitchell Hutchins. Ms. O'Donnell is also
a vice  president and  secretary  of 37  other  investment companies  for  which
Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     Victoria  E. Schonfeld, 44,  Vice President. Managing  director and general
counsel of Mitchell Hutchins. From April 1990 to May 1994, a partner in the  law
firm  of Arnold & Porter.  Ms. Schonfeld is also  a vice president and assistant
secretary of  37  other investment  companies  for which  Mitchell  Hutchins  or
PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
   
     Paul  H. Schubert, 32,  Vice President and  Assistant Treasurer. First vice
president and a senior manager of  the mutual fund finance division of  Mitchell
Hutchins. From August 1992 to August 1994, vice president at BlackRock Financial
Management,  Inc. Prior to August 1992, an audit manager with Ernst & Young LLP.
Mr. Schubert  is also  a vice  president  and assistant  treasurer of  37  other
investment  companies  for  which  Mitchell Hutchins  or  PaineWebber  serves as
investment adviser.
    
 
     Julian F. Sluyters, 35, Vice President and Treasurer. Senior vice president
and the director of the mutual fund finance division of Mitchell Hutchins. Prior
to 1991, an audit senior manager with Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Sluyters is also  a
vice president and treasurer of 37 other investment companies for which Mitchell
Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     Gregory  K. Todd,  38, Vice President  and Assistant  Secretary. First vice
president and associate general counsel of  Mitchell Hutchins. Prior to 1993,  a
partner  with the law firm of Shereff,  Friedman, Hoffman & Goodman. Mr. Todd is
also a vice president and assistant  secretary of 37 other investment  companies
for which Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
   
     The  addresses  of  the Trustees  are  as follows:  Mr.  Beaubien, Montague
Industrial Park,  101  Industrial Road,  Box  746, Turner  Falls,  Massachusetts
01376; Mr. Hewitt, P.O. Box 2359,
    
 
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Princeton,  New Jersey  08543-2359; Mr. Jordan,  200 Park Avenue,  New York, New
York 10166; and  Mr. Schafer, P.O.  Box 1164, Princeton,  New Jersey 08542.  The
address  of the officers listed above, other  than Messrs. Barry and Cumming, is
1285 Avenue of the Americas,  New York, New York  10019. The address of  Messrs.
Barry  and Cumming  is 10100  Santa Monica  Boulevard, Suite  1200, Los Angeles,
California 90067.
    
 
     By virtue of the  responsibilities assumed by  Mitchell Hutchins under  its
management  agreement with  the Trust (the  'Management Agreement'),  and by the
Sub-Adviser under its Sub-Investment  Advisory Agreement with Mitchell  Hutchins
and  the Trust, the Fund requires no  executive employees other than officers of
the Trust, none of whom devotes full  time to the affairs of the Fund.  Trustees
and  officers of the  Trust, as a group,  owned less than  1% of the outstanding
Class A shares, Class C shares and  Class Y shares of beneficial interest as  of
November 1, 1995. The Trust pays each Trustee who is not an officer, director or
employee  of Mitchell Hutchins, the Sub-Adviser,  or any of their affiliates, an
annual retainer of $1,000, and $375 for each Board of Trustees meeting attended,
and reimburses the Trustee for out-of-pocket expenses associated with attendance
at Board  meetings. The  Chairman of  the Board's  audit committee  receives  an
annual  fee of $250. No officer, director  or employee of Mitchell Hutchins, the
Sub-Adviser, or  any of  their affiliates,  receives any  compensation from  the
Trust  for  serving  as  an officer  or  Trustee  of the  Trust.  The  amount of
compensation paid by the Fund to each Trustee for the fiscal year ended July 31,
1995, and the aggregate amount of compensation paid to each such Trustee for the
year ended  December 31,  1994 by  all  investment companies  in the  same  fund
complex for which such person is a Board member were as follows:
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                        (5)
                                                              (3)                                TOTAL COMPENSATION
                                        (2)                PENSION OR               (4)            FROM FUND AND
             (1)                     AGGREGATE        RETIREMENT BENEFITS    ESTIMATED ANNUAL     OTHER INVESTMENT
        NAME OF BOARD            COMPENSATION FROM     ACCRUED AS PART OF      BENEFITS UPON      COMPANIES IN THE
            MEMBER                     FUND             FUND'S EXPENSES         RETIREMENT         FUND COMPLEX*
- ------------------------------   -----------------    --------------------   -----------------   ------------------
<S>                              <C>                  <C>                    <C>                 <C>
David J. Beaubien                     $ 2,500                 None                 None               $ 80,700
William W. Hewitt, Jr.                $ 2,500                 None                 None               $ 74,425
Thomas R. Jordan                      $ 2,500                 None                 None               $ 83,125
Carl W. Schafer                       $ 2,750                 None                 None               $ 84,575
</TABLE>
    
 
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*  Represents  total compensation paid to each  Trustee during the calendar year
   ended December 31, 1994.
 
               INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND DISTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENTS
 
     The Fund  bears  all  expenses  incurred in  its  operation  that  are  not
specifically  assumed by Mitchell Hutchins  or the Sub-Adviser. General expenses
of the Trust  not readily identifiable  as belonging to  the Fund are  allocated
among  the Fund  or the Trust's  other series by  or under the  direction of the
board of trustees in such  manner as the board deems  to be fair and  equitable.
Expenses  borne by the  Fund include the  following (or the  Fund's share of the
following):  (1)  the  cost  (including  brokerage  commissions)  of  securities
purchased  or sold by the Fund and  any losses incurred in connection therewith,
(2) fees payable  to and expenses  incurred on  behalf of the  Fund by  Mitchell
Hutchins,  (3) organizational expenses, (4) filing fees and expenses relating to
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registration and qualification of the Fund's shares and the Trust under  federal
and   state  securities   laws  and   maintenance  of   such  registrations  and
qualifications, (5) fees and salaries payable to trustees who are not interested
persons (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust or Mitchell Hutchins, (6)  all
expenses  incurred in connection  with the trustees'  services, including travel
expenses, (7) taxes (including any  income or franchise taxes) and  governmental
fees,  (8)  costs of  any liability,  uncollectable items  of deposit  and other
insurance or fidelity bonds, (9) any costs, expenses or losses arising out of  a
liability  of or claim for damages or other relief asserted against the Trust or
the Fund for violation of any law, (10) legal, accounting and auditing expenses,
including legal  fees of  special  counsel for  the independent  trustees,  (11)
charges of custodians, transfer agents and other agents, (12) costs of preparing
share  certificates, (13) expenses of setting  in type and printing prospectuses
and supplements thereto,  statements of additional  information and  supplements
thereto,  reports and  proxy materials for  existing shareholders,  and costs of
mailing such materials to existing shareholders, (14) any extraordinary expenses
(including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the Trust or the Fund,
(15) fees, voluntary assessments and other expenses incurred in connection  with
membership  in  investment. company  organizations,  (16) costs  of  mailing and
tabulating proxies and  costs of  meetings of  shareholders, the  board and  any
committees  thereof, (17)  the cost of  investment company  literature and other
publications provided  to  trustees and  officers  and (18)  costs  of  mailing,
stationery and communications equipment.
 
     For the fiscal year ended July 31, 1995 and for the period November 4, 1993
(commencement  of investment operations)  through July 31,  1994, the Trust paid
(or accrued) management fees with respect to the Fund of $474,177 and  $411,260,
respectively,  to the Fund's  investment adviser and  administrator during those
periods.
 
     For the fiscal year ended July 31, 1995 and for the period November 4, 1993
(commencement of  investment  operations)  through July  31,  1994,  the  Fund's
investment  adviser and  administrator paid  (or accrued)  fees of  $237,089 and
$175,005, respectively, to the Sub-Adviser with respect to the Fund.
 
     Mitchell Hutchins has agreed that, if in  any fiscal year of the Fund,  the
aggregate  expenses  of  the  Fund  (including  management  fees,  but excluding
interest, taxes, brokerage and, with the prior written consent of the  necessary
state   securities  commissions,  extraordinary  expenses)  exceed  the  expense
limitation of any state  having jurisdiction over  the Trust, Mitchell  Hutchins
will  reimburse the  Trust for  the excess  expense. This  expense reimbursement
obligation is  limited  to the  amount  of  Mitchell Hutchins'  fees  under  its
respective  agreement  with  the  Trust  in respect  of  the  Fund.  Any expense
reimbursement will be estimated, reconciled and  paid on a monthly basis. As  of
the date of this Statement of Additional Information, the most restrictive state
expense  limitation applicable to the Fund requires reimbursement of expenses in
any year that the Fund's expenses subject to the limitation exceed 2 1/2% of the
first $30 million of the average daily value of the Fund's net assets, 2% of the
next $70 million of the average daily value of the Fund's net assets and 1  1/2%
of  the remaining average daily  value of the Fund's  net assets. For the fiscal
year ended July 31, 1995, the Fund's expenses did not exceed such limitations.
 
     Under their respective agreements  with the Trust in  respect of the  Fund,
each  of Mitchell Hutchins and the Sub-Adviser  will not be liable for any error
of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Trust with respect
to the  Fund in  connection with  the matters  to which  the agreement  relates,
except  for  a  loss resulting  from  willful  misfeasance, bad  faith  or gross
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on its part in the performance of its duties or from reckless disregard by it of
its obligations and duties under the agreement.
 
     Mitchell Hutchins personnel may invest in securities for their own accounts
pursuant to  a  code  of  ethics  that describes  the  fiduciary  duty  owed  to
shareholders  of  the  PaineWebber  mutual funds  and  other  Mitchell Hutchins'
advisory accounts by all Mitchell  Hutchins' directors, officers and  employees,
establishes   procedures   for   personal   investing   and   restricts  certain
transactions. For example,  employee accounts  generally must  be maintained  at
PaineWebber,  personal  trades  in  most  securities  require  pre-clearance and
short-term trading and participation in  initial public offerings generally  are
prohibited.  In addition, the code of ethics  puts restrictions on the timing of
personal investing  in relation  to  trades by  PaineWebber and  other  Mitchell
Hutchins advisory clients.
 
     The  Sub-Adviser's personnel  also may invest  in securities  for their own
accounts pursuant  to  its  code  of ethics  which  establishes  procedures  for
personal investing and restricts certain transactions.
 
DISTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENTS
 
     Mitchell Hutchins acts as the distributor of the Class Y shares of the Fund
under  a distribution contract with the Trust that requires Mitchell Hutchins to
use its best efforts,  consistent with its other  businesses, to sell shares  of
the Fund. Shares of the Fund are offered continuously. Under an exclusive dealer
agreement  between Mitchell Hutchins and PaineWebber  relating to Class Y shares
of the Fund,  PaineWebber and its  correspondent firms sell  the Fund's Class  Y
shares.
 
                             PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS
 
     Decisions  to  buy  and  sell  securities for  the  Fund  are  made  by the
Sub-Adviser, subject to  review by Mitchell  Hutchins and the  Trust's Board  of
Trustees.  Transactions  on  domestic  stock exchanges  and  some  foreign stock
exchanges involve the payment of negotiated brokerage commissions. On  exchanges
on  which commissions  are negotiated, the  cost of transactions  may vary among
different brokers. On most foreign exchanges, commissions are generally fixed.
 
     Subject to policies established by the board of directors, the  Sub-Adviser
is  responsible for the  execution of the Fund's  portfolio transactions and the
allocation of brokerage transactions.  In executing portfolio transactions,  the
Sub-Adviser  seeks to  obtain the  best net  results for  the Fund,  taking into
account such factors as price (including the applicable brokerage commission  or
dealer   spread),  size  of  order,  difficulty  of  execution  and  operational
facilities of the firm involved. Generally,  bonds are traded on the OTC  market
on  a 'net' basis without  a stated commission through  dealers acting for their
own account and not as brokers. Prices paid to dealers in principal transactions
generally include a  'spread,' which  is the  difference between  the prices  at
which  the dealer  is willing to  purchase and  sell a specific  security at the
time. For the period  November 4, 1993  (commencement of investment  operations)
through  the fiscal year ended July 31, 1994  and for the fiscal year ended July
31, 1995,  the  Fund  paid  $39,326  and  $65,409,  respectively,  in  aggregate
brokerage commissions.
 
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     The  Fund has no obligation to deal with  any broker or group of brokers in
the execution of portfolio transactions. The Fund contemplates that,  consistent
with the policy of obtaining the best net results, brokerage transactions may be
conducted  through Mitchell  Hutchins or its  affiliates, including PaineWebber.
The Trust's board  of trustees has  adopted procedures in  conformity with  Rule
17e-1  under  the 1940  Act to  ensure  that all  brokerage commissions  paid to
Mitchell  Hutchins  and  its  affiliates  are  reasonable  and  fair.   Specific
provisions  in the Advisory Contract authorize  Mitchell Hutchins and any of its
affiliates that  are  members  of  a  national  securities  exchange  to  effect
portfolio  transactions for the Fund on such exchange and to retain compensation
in connection with such transactions. Any such transactions will be effected and
related compensation paid  only in accordance  with applicable SEC  regulations.
For  the fiscal year ended July 31, 1995, the Fund paid no brokerage commissions
to PaineWebber.
 
     Transactions in futures contracts  are executed through futures  commission
merchants  ('FCMs'), who receive  brokerage commissions for  their services. The
Fund's procedures  in  selecting FCMs  to  execute the  Fund's  transactions  in
futures  contracts, including procedures permitting the use of Mitchell Hutchins
and its affiliates,  are similar to  those in effect  with respect to  brokerage
transactions in securities.
 
     Consistent  with the interest of the Fund  and subject to the review of the
board of directors,  the Sub-Adviser  may cause the  Fund to  purchase and  sell
portfolio  securities  through  brokers  who  provide  the  Fund  with research,
analysis, advice and similar services. In return for such services, the Fund may
pay to those brokers a higher commission  than may be charged by other  brokers,
provided  that the Sub-Adviser determines in  good faith that such commission is
reasonable in terms  either of  that particular  transaction or  of the  overall
responsibility of the Sub-Adviser to the Fund and its other clients and that the
total  commissions  paid by  the  Fund will  be  reasonable in  relation  to the
benefits  to  the  Fund  over  the  long  term.  For  purchases  or  sales  with
broker-dealer   firms  which  act  as  principal,  the  Sub-Adviser  seeks  best
execution. Although the  Sub-Adviser may receive  certain research or  execution
services  in  connection  with  these  transactions,  the  Sub-Adviser  will not
purchase securities at a higher price or  sell securities at a lower price  than
would  otherwise be paid if no weight was attributed to the services provided by
the executing dealer. Moreover, the Sub-Adviser will not enter into any explicit
soft dollar arrangements relating to principal transactions and will not receive
in principal transactions  the types of  services which could  be purchased  for
hard  dollars. The Sub-Adviser  may engage in agency  transactions in OTC equity
and debt  securities  in  return  for research  and  execution  services.  These
transactions  are entered into only in  compliance with procedures ensuring that
the transaction (including  commissions) is at  least as favorable  as it  would
have  been  if  effected directly  with  a  market-maker that  did  not provided
research  or  execution  services.  These  procedures  include  the  Sub-Adviser
receiving  multiple quotes from  dealers before executing  the transaction on an
agency basis.
 
     Research services furnished by the brokers or dealers through which or with
which the Fund effects securities transactions may be used by the Sub-Adviser in
advising other funds or accounts and, conversely, research services furnished to
the Sub-Adviser by brokers or dealers in connection with other funds or accounts
that the Sub-Adviser  advises may  be used by  the Sub-Adviser  in advising  the
Fund.  Information and research received from such brokers or dealers will be in
addition to, and not in  lieu of, the services required  to be performed by  the
Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Investment Contract.
 
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     Investment decisions for the Fund and for other investment accounts managed
by  the Sub-Adviser are made  independently of each other  in light of differing
considerations for the various accounts.  However, the same investment  decision
may  occasionally be made for the Fund and one or more of such accounts. In such
cases, simultaneous transactions  are inevitable.  Purchases or  sales are  then
averaged as to price and allocated between the Fund and such other account(s) as
to  amount according to  a formula deemed  equitable to the  Fund and such other
account(s). While in some  cases this practice could  have a detrimental  effect
upon  the price or value of the security as far as the Fund is concerned or upon
its ability to complete  its entire order,  in other cases  it is believed  that
coordination  and  the ability  to participate  in  volume transactions  will be
beneficial to the Fund.
 
     The Fund will not  purchase securities in  underwritings in which  Mitchell
Hutchins  or any of  its affiliates is  a member of  the underwriting or selling
group, except  pursuant to  procedures  adopted by  the Corporation's  board  of
directors  pursuant to Rule 10f-3 under the  1940 Act. Among other things, these
procedures require that the commission or spread paid in connection with such  a
purchase  be reasonable  and fair,  that the  purchase be  at not  more than the
public offering price prior to the end of the first business day after the  date
of  the public offering and that Mitchell  Hutchins or any affiliate thereof not
participate in or benefit from the sale to the Fund.
 
     PORTFOLIO TURNOVER. The portfolio turnover  rate is calculated by  dividing
the  lesser  of the  Fund's annual  sales or  purchases of  portfolio securities
(exclusive of purchases or sales of  securities whose maturities at the time  of
acquisition  were  one  year  or  less) by  the  monthly  average  value  of the
securities in the portfolio during the year. For the fiscal year ended July  31,
1995  and  for the  period  from November  4,  1993 (commencement  of investment
operations) to July 31, 1994, the portfolio turnover rate for the Fund was  101%
and 56%, respectively.
 
                              VALUATION OF SHARES
 
     The Fund determines the net asset value per share separately for each Class
of shares as of the close of regular trading (currently 4:00 p.m., Eastern time)
on the NYSE on each Business Day, which is defined as each Monday through Friday
when  the NYSE is open.  Currently, the NYSE is closed  on the observance of the
following holidays: New Year's Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial  Day,
Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
 
     Securities  that are listed on stock exchanges  are valued at the last sale
price on the day the securities are  being valued or, lacking any sales on  such
day,  at the last available  bid price. In cases  where securities are traded on
more than one  exchange, the  securities are  generally valued  on the  exchange
considered  by the Sub-Adviser  as the primary market.  Securities traded in the
OTC market and listed on Nasdaq are  valued at the last available sale price  on
Nasdaq  at 4:00 p.m., Eastern time; other  OTC securities are valued at the last
bid price available prior to valuation.
 
     Where market quotations, are readily available, debt securities are  valued
based upon those quotations, provided such quotations adequately reflect, in the
Sub-Adviser's judgment, fair value of the security. Where such market quotations
are  not readily  available, such  securities are  valued based  upon appraisals
received from a  pricing service using  a computerized matrix  system, or  based
upon  appraisals  derived from  information concerning  the security  or similar
securities received  from  recognized dealers  in  those securities.  All  other
securities or assets will be valued at fair value
 
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as  determined in good faith  by or under the direction  of the Trust's board of
trustees. The amortized cost method of valuation generally is used to value debt
obligations with 60 days or less remaining to maturity, unless the Trust's board
of trustees determines that this does not represent fair value.
 
                            PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
 
     The Fund's performance  data quoted  in advertising  and other  promotional
materials  ('Performance Advertisements') represent past performance and are not
intended to indicate  future performance.  The investment  return and  principal
value  of  an  investment will  fluctuate  so  that an  investor's  shares, when
redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
 
     TOTAL RETURN. Average  annual total return  quotes ('Standardized  Return')
used  in the Fund's  Performance Advertisements are  calculated according to the
following formula:
 
<TABLE>
<S>                    <C>
   P(1 + T)'pp'n =     ERV
where:      P    =     a hypothetical initial payment of $1,000 to purchase shares of a specified Class
            T    =     average annual total return of shares of that Class
            n    =     number of years
            ERV  =     ending redeemable value of a hypothetical $1,000 payment made at the
                       beginning of that period.
</TABLE>
 
     Under  the  foregoing  formula,  the  time  periods  used  in   Performance
Advertisements  will be based on rolling  calendar quarters, updated to the last
day of the  most recent  quarter prior to  submission of  the advertisement  for
publication.  Total return, or 'T' in the  formula above, is computed by finding
the average annual change in the value of an initial $1,000 investment over  the
period.  In  calculating the  ending redeemable  value for  Class A  shares, the
Fund's maximum 4.5%  initial sales charge  is deducted from  the initial  $1,000
payment  and, for Class B and Class C shares, the applicable contingent deferred
sales charge imposed on a redemption of Class B and Class C shares held for  the
period  is deducted. All  dividends and other distributions  are assumed to have
been reinvested at net asset value.
 
     The Fund  also may  refer  in Performance  Advertisements to  total  return
performance  data that  are not  calculated according  to the  formula set forth
above ('Non-Standardized Return'). The  Fund calculates Non-Standardized  Return
for  specified periods  of time  by assuming  the investment  of $1,000  in Fund
shares and assuming the reinvestment  of all dividends and other  distributions.
The  rate  of return  is  determined by  subtracting  the initial  value  of the
investment from the ending  value and by dividing  the remainder by the  initial
value.  Neither initial  nor contingent  deferred sales  charges are  taken into
account in calculating Non-Standardized Return;  the inclusion of these  charges
would reduce the return.
 
     Both Standardized Return and Non-Standardized Return for Class B shares for
periods of over six years will reflect conversion of the Class B shares to Class
A shares at the end of the sixth year.
 
     The  following table shows performance information for the Class A, Class C
and Class Y shares of the Fund for the periods indicated. No Class B shares were
outstanding during those periods. All returns for periods of more than one  year
are expressed as an average return.
 
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<CAPTION>
                                                                          CLASS A    CLASS C    CLASS Y
                                                                          -------    -------    -------
<S>                                                                       <C>        <C>        <C>
Fiscal year ended July 31, 1995:
     Standardized Return*..............................................    34.24%     38.43%    40.88%
     Non-Standardized Return...........................................    40.55%     39.43%    40.88%
Five years ended July 31, 1995:
     Standardized Return*..............................................     NA         NA        NA
     Non-Standardized Return...........................................     NA         NA        NA
Inception** to July 31, 1995:
     Standardized Return*..............................................     5.38%      7.43%     8.53%
     Non-Standardized Return...........................................     8.25%      7.43%     8.53%
</TABLE>
 
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 * All  Standardized Return figures for Class  A shares reflect deduction of the
   current maximum sales charge of 4.5%.  Class C shares impose a 1%  contingent
   deferred  sales charge  only on redemptions  made within a  year of purchase;
   therefore, for  periods  longer than  one  year, Non-Standardized  Return  is
   identical to Standardized Return.
 
** The  inception date for the Class A shares, Class C shares and Class Y shares
   of the Fund is November 4, 1993.
 
     OTHER INFORMATION. In Performance Advertisements, the Fund may compare  its
Standardized  Return and/or its  Non-Standardized Return with  data published by
Lipper Analytical Services,  Inc. ('Lipper')  for growth  funds; CDA  Investment
Technologies,   Inc.   ('CDA');   Wiesenberger   Investment   Companies  Service
('Wiesenberger'); Investment Company  Data Inc. ('ICD');  or Morningstar  Mutual
Funds  ('Morningstar'); or  with the performance  of recognized  stock and other
indexes, including (but  not limited  to) the  Standard &  Poor's 500  Composite
Stock Price Index, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the NASDAQ Composite Index,
the  Russell 2000 Index, the  Russell 1000 Index, the  Wilshire Small Cap Index,
PSI Small  Cap Index,  the Lehman  Brothers 20+  Year Treasury  Bond Index,  the
Lehman  Brothers Government/Corporate Bond Index,  the Salomon Brothers Non-U.S.
World Government  Bond  Index,  and  changes in  the  Consumer  Price  Index  as
published  by the U.S. Department  of Commerce. The Fund  also may refer in such
materials  to  mutual  fund  performance  rankings  and  other  data,  such   as
comparative   asset,  expense  and   fee  levels,  published   by  Lipper,  CDA,
Wiesenberger, ICD or Morningstar. Performance  Advertisements also may refer  to
discussions of the Fund and comparative mutual fund data and ratings reported in
independent periodicals, including (but not limited to) THE WALL STREET JOURNAL,
MONEY  Magazine, FORBES, BUSINESS WEEK,  FINANCIAL WORLD, BARRON'S, FORTUNE, THE
NEW YORK  TIMES, THE  CHICAGO TRIBUNE,  THE WASHINGTON  POST and  THE  KIPPINGER
LETTERS. Comparisons in Performance Advertisements may be in graphic form.
 
     The  Fund  may  include  discussions or  illustrations  of  the  effects of
compounding in  Performance Advertisements.  'Compounding'  refers to  the  fact
that, if dividends or other distributions on a Fund investment are reinvested by
being  paid in additional Fund shares, any future income or capital appreciation
of the Fund would increase the value, not only of the original Fund  investment,
but  also  of the  additional Fund  shares received  through reinvestment.  As a
result, the value  of the Fund  investment would increase  more quickly than  if
dividends or other distributions had been paid in cash.
 
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     The  Fund may  also compare  its performance  with the  performance of bank
certificates of deposits (CDs) as  measured by the CDA Investment  Technologies,
Inc.  Certificate of Deposit Index, the Bank Rate Monitor National Index and the
averages of  yields  of CDs  of  major  banks published  by  Banxquote'r'  Money
Markets. In comparing the Fund's performance to CD performance, investors should
keep  in mind that bank CDs are insured in  whole or in part by an agency of the
U.S. government  and  offer fixed  principal  and  fixed or  variable  rates  of
interest,  and  that  bank  CD  yields  may  vary  depending  on  the  financial
institution offering the CD and prevailing  interest rates. Fund shares are  not
insured  or guaranteed by the U.S. government  and returns thereon and net asset
value will fluctuate. The debt securities held by the Fund generally have longer
maturities than most CDs and may  reflect interest rate fluctuations for  longer
term  securities.  An investment  in  the Fund  involves  greater risks  than an
investment in either a money market fund or a CD.
 
                                     TAXES
 
     Set forth below is a summary of certain income tax considerations generally
affecting the  Fund and  its shareholders.  The  summary is  not intended  as  a
substitute  for individual tax  planning, and shareholders  are urged to consult
their tax  advisors  regarding the  application  of federal,  state,  local  and
foreign tax laws to their specific tax situations.
 
TAX STATUS OF THE FUND AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS
 
     The  Fund is treated as a separate  entity for federal income tax purposes.
The Fund's net investment income, capital gains and distributions are determined
for each Class  of shares separately  from any  other series or  Class that  the
Trust may designate.
 
     The  Fund has  qualified for  the fiscal  period ended  July 31,  1995 as a
'regulated investment company' under the Code and intends to continue to qualify
for this treatment  for each year.  If the  Fund (1) is  a regulated  investment
company  and  (2)  distributes to  its  shareholders  at least  90%  of  its net
investment income  (including  for this  purpose  its net  realized  short  term
capital  gains), the  Fund will not  be liable  for federal income  taxes to the
extent that  its  net investment  income  and  its net  realized  long-term  and
short-term capital gains, if any, are distributed to its shareholders.
 
     The  Fund's transactions  in options and  futures contracts  are subject to
special provisions  of  the  Code  that, among  other  things,  may  affect  the
character  of gains and losses realized by the Fund (that is, may affect whether
gains or losses are  ordinary or capital), accelerate  recognition of income  to
the  Fund and  defer Fund  losses. These rules  (1) could  affect the character,
amount and timing of distributions to shareholders of the Fund, (2) will require
the Fund to 'mark  to market' certain  types of the  positions in its  portfolio
(that  is, treat them as if they were closed out), and (3) may cause the Fund to
recognize income  without receiving  cash with  which to  make distributions  in
amounts  necessary to satisfy the  distribution requirements for avoiding income
and excise taxes described above  and in the Prospectus.  The Fund will seek  to
monitor  its transactions, will  seek to make the  appropriate tax elections and
will seek to  make the  appropriate entries  in its  books and  records when  it
acquires  any option,  futures contract  or hedged  investment, to  mitigate the
effect of these rules  and prevent disqualification of  the Fund as a  regulated
investment company.
 
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     If the Fund is the holder of record of any stock on the record date for any
dividends payable with respect to such stock, such dividends are included in the
Fund's  gross  income as  of the  later of  (1)  the date  of such  stock became
ex-dividend with respect to such dividends (i.e.,  the date on which a buyer  of
the  stock would not be entitled to receive the declared, but unpaid, dividends)
or (2) the date the Fund acquired  such stock. Accordingly, in order to  satisfy
its  income distribution requirements, the Fund may be required to pay dividends
based on  anticipated earnings,  and shareholders  may receive  dividends in  an
earlier year than would otherwise be the case.
 
     As  a general rule, a shareholder's gain or loss on a sale or redemption of
Fund shares is a long-term capital gain or loss if the shareholder has held  the
shares  for more than one year. The gain or loss is a short-term capital gain or
loss if the shareholder has held the shares for one year or less.
 
     The  Fund's  net  realized  long-term  capital  gains  are  distributed  as
described  in the Prospectus.  The distributions ('capital  gain dividends'), if
any, will be taxable to shareholders  as long-term capital gains, regardless  of
how  long a shareholder has held Fund shares, and are designated as capital gain
dividends in a written  notice mailed by  the Trust to  the shareholders of  the
Fund after the close of the Fund's prior taxable year. If a shareholder receives
a capital gain dividend with respect to any Fund share, and if the share is sold
before  it has been held  by the shareholder for more  than six months, then any
loss on the sale  or exchange of the  share, to the extent  of the capital  gain
dividend,  will be  treated as a  long-term capital  loss. Investors considering
buying Fund shares on or just prior to the record date for a taxable dividend or
capital gain distribution  should be aware  that the amount  of the  forthcoming
dividend  or distribution  payment will  be a  taxable dividend  or distribution
payment.
 
     Special rules  contained in  the Code  apply when  a Fund  shareholder  (1)
disposes  of shares of the Fund through  a redemption or exchange within 90 days
of purchase and (2)  subsequently acquires shares of  a fund in the  PaineWebber
Family  of Funds on  which a sales  charge normally is  imposed without paying a
sales charge  in  accordance  with  the  exchange  privilege  described  in  the
Prospectus.  In these cases, any gain on the disposition of the fund shares will
be increased, or loss decreased, by the amount of the sales charge paid when the
shares were acquired, and  that amount will increase  the adjusted basis of  the
Fund  shares  subsequently acquired.  In  addition, if  shares  of the  Fund are
purchased within  30  days of  redeeming  shares at  a  loss, the  loss  is  not
deductible and instead increases the basis of the newly purchased shares.
 
     If  a  shareholder  fails to  furnish  the  Trust with  a  correct taxpayer
identification number, fails  to report  fully dividend or  interest income,  or
fails  to certify that he or she  has provided a correct taxpayer identification
number and that  he or  she is  not subject  to 'backup  withholding,' then  the
shareholder may be subject to a 31% 'backup withholding' tax with respect to (1)
taxable  dividends and distributions from  the Fund and (2)  the proceeds of any
redemptions of Fund  shares. An individual's  taxpayer identification number  is
his  or  her  social security  number.  The  backup withholding  tax  is  not an
additional tax and may be credited  against a taxpayer's regular federal  income
tax liability.
 
INVESTMENT IN PASSIVE FOREIGN INVESTMENT COMPANIES
 
     If  the Fund purchases shares in  certain foreign entities classified under
the Code as 'passive foreign investment  companies,' the Fund may be subject  to
federal income tax on a portion of an
 
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'excess  distribution' or gain  from the disposition of  the shares, even though
the income may have to be distributed as  a taxable dividend by the Fund to  its
shareholders.  In  addition, gain  on  the disposition  of  shares in  a passive
foreign investment company generally is  treated as ordinary income even  though
the shares are capital assets in the hands of the Fund. Certain interest charges
may  be imposed on either the Fund or its shareholders with respect to any taxes
arising from excess  distributions or gains  on the disposition  of shares in  a
passive foreign investment company.
 
     The  Fund may be eligible to elect to include in its gross income its share
of earnings  of  a  passive  foreign investment  company  on  a  current  basis.
Generally,  the election  would eliminate the  interest charge  and the ordinary
income treatment on the disposition of stock, but such an election may have  the
effect  of accelerating the recognition of income and gains by the Fund compared
to a fund that did not make  the election. In addition, information required  to
make  such an election may not be available to the Fund. If the Fund is not able
to make the foregoing election,  it may able to  avoid the interest charge  (but
not  the ordinary  income treatment)  on disposition  of the  stock by electing,
under proposed  regulations, each  year to  mark-to-market the  stock (that  is,
treat  it as if it were sold for fair market value). Such an election could also
result in acceleration of income to the Fund.
 
                               OTHER INFORMATION
 
     The Trust  was  organized  as  a  business trust  under  the  laws  of  The
Commonwealth  of Massachusetts pursuant to a Declaration of Trust dated April 8,
1993, as  amended from  time to  time (the  'Declaration'). The  Fund  commenced
operations  on November 4, 1993. Prior to November 1, 1995, the name of the Fund
was 'Mitchell Hutchins/Kidder, Peabody Small Cap Growth Fund.' Prior to February
13, 1995, the  name of the  Fund was  'Kidder, Peabody Small  Cap Equity  Fund.'
Prior  to November  10, 1995, the  Fund's Class  C shares were  called 'Class B'
shares and Class Y shares were called 'Class C' shares. New Class B shares  were
not offered prior to December 1, 1995.
 
     Massachusetts  law  provides that  shareholders of  the Trust  could, under
certain circumstances,  be held  personally liable  for the  obligations of  the
Trust.  The Declaration disclaims shareholder  liability for acts or obligations
of the Trust, however, and  requires that notice of  the disclaimer be given  in
each  agreement, obligation or instrument entered  into or executed by the Trust
or a  Trustee. The  Declaration provides  for indemnification  from the  Trust's
property  for  all losses  and expenses  of  any shareholder  of the  Trust held
personally liable for the  obligations of the  Trust. Thus, the  risk of a  Fund
shareholder  incurring  financial loss  on account  of shareholder  liability is
limited to  circumstances  in  which the  Trust  would  be unable  to  meet  its
obligations,  a possibility that the Trust's management believes is remote. Upon
payment of  any liability  incurred by  the Trust,  the shareholder  paying  the
liability  will  be entitled  to reimbursement  from the  general assets  of the
Trust. The Trustees intend to conduct the operations of the Trust in such a  way
so  as to avoid, as far as  possible, ultimate liability of the shareholders for
liabilities of the Trust.
 
     CLASS-SPECIFIC EXPENSES. The  Fund might determine  to allocate certain  of
its  expenses (in addition to distribution fees)  to the specific Classes of the
Fund's shares to  which those expenses  are attributable. For  example, Class  B
shares  of the  Funds bear higher  transfer agency fees  per shareholder account
than those borne by  Class A or Class  C shares. The higher  fee is imposed  due
 
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to the higher costs incurred by the Transfer Agent in tracking shares subject to
a contingent deferred sales charge because, upon redemption, the duration of the
shareholder's investment must be determined in order to determine the applicable
charge.  Moreover,  the  tracking  and calculations  required  by  the automatic
conversion feature of the Class B shares will cause the Transfer Agent to  incur
additional  costs. Although the transfer agency fee will differ on a per account
basis as stated  above, the specific  extent to which  the transfer agency  fees
will  differ between the Classes  as a percentage of  net assets is not certain,
because the fee as a percentage of net assets will be affected by the number  of
shareholder  accounts in each  Class and the  relative amounts of  net assets in
each Class.
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
     Ernst & Young LLP, located at 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019,
serves as independent auditors  for the Trust. In  that capacity, Ernst &  Young
LLP  audits the Trust's  financial statements at least  annually. For the period
ended July 31,  1994, the Trust's  independent auditors were  Deloitte &  Touche
LLP, located at 2 World Financial Center, New York, New York 10281.
 
COUNSEL
 
     Willkie  Farr &  Gallagher, located at  One Citicorp Center,  153 East 53rd
Street, New York, New York 10022, serves as counsel to the Trust.
 
                              FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
     The Fund's Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended July 31,
1995  is  a  separate  document  supplied  with  this  Statement  of  Additional
Information,  and  the financial  statements, accompanying  notes and  report of
independent auditors appearing  therein are  incorporated by  reference in  this
Statement of Additional Information.
 
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NO  PERSON  HAS  BEEN  AUTHORIZED  TO  GIVE  ANY  INFORMATION  OR  TO  MAKE  ANY
REPRESENTATION  NOT  CONTAINED  IN  THE  PROSPECTUS  OR  IN  THIS  STATEMENT  OF
ADDITIONAL  INFORMATION IN CONNECTION  WITH THE OFFERING  MADE BY THE PROSPECTUS
AND, IF GIVEN OR  MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR  REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE  RELIED
UPON  AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED  BY THE FUND OR  ITS DISTRIBUTOR. THE PROSPECTUS
AND THIS STATEMENT OF  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DO NOT  CONSTITUTE AN OFFERING  BY
THE  FUND OR BY THE  DISTRIBUTOR IN ANY JURISDICTION  IN WHICH SUCH OFFERING MAY
NOT LAWFULLY BE MADE.
 
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Statement of Additional Information..............     1
Investment Policies and Restrictions.............     1
Trustees and Officers............................     7
Investment Advisory and Distribution
  Arrangements...................................     9
Portfolio Transactions...........................    11
Valuation of Shares..............................    13
Performance Information..........................    14
Taxes............................................    16
Other Information................................    18
Financial Statements.............................    19
</TABLE>
    
 
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