September 27, 1994
THE 401(K) FUND
(INCORPORATED AS DREYFUS GROWTH ALLOCATION FUND, INC.)
SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS
DATED JULY 23, 1993
THE FOLLOWING ANTICIPATED CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED:
I. CONSUMMATION OF THE MERGER
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION SUPPLEMENTS AND SUPERSEDES ANY CONTRARY
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE FUND'S PROSPECTUS.
On August 24, 1994, the previously announced merger between The
Dreyfus Corporation ("Dreyfus") and a subsidiary of Mellon Bank Corporation
("Mellon") was completed, and as a result, Dreyfus now is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Mellon Bank, N.A. instead of a publicly-owned corporation.
Mellon is a publicly owned multibank holding company incorporated
under Pennsylvania law in 1971 and registered under the Federal Bank Holding
Company Act of 1956, as amended. Mellon provides a comprehensive range of
financial products and services in domestic and selected international
markets. Mellon is among the twenty-five largest bank holding companies in
the United States based on total assets. Mellon's principal wholly-owned
subsidiaries are Mellon Bank, N.A., Mellon Bank (DE) National Association,
Mellon Bank (MD), The Boston Company, Inc., AFCO Credit Corporation and a
number of companies known as Mellon Financial Services Corporations. Through
its subsidiaries, Mellon managed more than $130 billion in assets as of July
31, 1994, including approximately $6 billion in mutual fund assets. As of
July 31, 1994, various subsidiaries of Mellon provided non-investment
services, such as custodial or administration services, for approximately
$747 billion in assets, including $97 billion in mutual fund assets.
(CONTINUED ON REVERSE SIDE)
II. NEW DISTRIBUTOR
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION SUPERSEDES AND REPLACES ANY CONTRARY
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE FUND'S PROSPECTUS AND
SPECIFICALLY IN THE SECTION ENTITLED "HOW TO BUY FUND SHARES."
The Fund's distributor is Premier Mutual Fund Services, Inc. (the
"Distributor"), located at One Exchange Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
The Distributor is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Institutional Administration
Services, Inc., a provider of mutual fund administration services, the parent
company of which is Boston Institutional Group, Inc.
Accordingly, references in the Prospectus to Dreyfus Service
Corporation as the Fund's distributor should be substituted with Premier
Mutual Fund Services, Inc.
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