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Investment Consulting Services
Private Client Group
PaineWebber Incorporated
1200 Harbor Boulevard
Weehawken, NJ 07087-6791
PaineWebber
The following is a supplement to the Prospectus, dated December 1, 1998, of
PaineWebber PACE Select Advisors Trust (the "PACE Trust").
October 8, 1999
Dear PaineWebber PACE SM Investor:
The purpose of this supplement is to inform you of the addition of a
sub-advisor to the PACE Small/Medium Company Value Equity Investments portfolio
(the "Portfolio").
On September 10, 1999, the board of trustees of the PACE Trust engaged
Ariel Capital Management, Inc. ("Ariel") to subadvise a portion of the
Portfolio, supplementing the current management by Brandywine Asset Management,
Inc. ("Brandywine"), which has subadvised the Portfolio since its inception in
August 1995. Ariel assumed management of its portion of the Portfolio on October
4, 1999. The investment objective and policies of the Portfolio remain
unchanged.
The decision to add Ariel follows a thorough analysis of Brandywine's
investment process in light of changing market conditions. Recently, the overall
capitalization level of companies in the small-to-medium market has risen.
Brandywine follows a disciplined investment approach that focuses primarily on
smaller capitalization companies. In an effort to more closely align the
management of the Portfolio with current market conditions, we are supplementing
the small capitalization management by Brandywine with Ariel's medium
capitalization strategy. Through an in-depth research process, we identified
Ariel as a good complement to Brandywine. The combined portfolio will cover the
small to medium capitalization spectrum of companies with value characteristics.
Ariel Capital Management, Inc.
Ariel Capital Management, Inc., located at 307 North Michigan Avenue, Suite
500, Chicago, Illinois 60601, is an investment manager with assets of
approximately $3.5
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billion. Founded in 1983, Ariel is an independent subchapter S corporation with
a majority of the ownership held by employees of the company.
Ariel seeks capital appreciation by investing in common stocks of
undervalued medium size companies that have been widely misunderstood or ignored
by Wall Street analysts, institutional investors and the media. It looks to
identify companies in consistent industries with distinct market niches and
excellent management teams and which are expected to grow 12-15% per year. Ariel
defines value stocks generally as those with a low price/earnings ratio based on
forward cash earnings and that trade at a 40% discount to the private market
value that Ariel calculates for the stock.
Eric T. McKissack is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of
the Portfolio. Mr. McKissack is Vice Chair and Co-Chief Investment Officer and
has been with Ariel since 1986.
Each of Ariel and Brandywine will be paid a fee for its management of a
portion of the Portfolio by Mitchell Hutchins Asset Management Inc., the
Portfolio's investment manager ("Mitchell Hutchins"). The overall fee rate paid
by the Portfolio remains the same, including the allocation of the fee between
Mitchell Hutchins and Brandywine. Further, the allocation of the fee between
Mitchell Hutchins and Ariel is the same as that between Mitchell Hutchins and
Brandywine.
If you have any questions or would like additional information, please
contact your Financial Advisor.
Please retain this supplement with your PACE Trust Prospectus for future
reference.
Sincerely,
/s/ Eric T. Jones
Eric T. Jones
Senior Vice President
