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Filed Pursuant to Rule 497(e)
Registration File No.: 33-86578
DAVIS INTERNATIONAL TOTAL RETURN FUND
PART OF DAVIS INTERNATIONAL SERIES, INC.
EDGAR HEADER FILING INFORMATION
RULE 497(E) FILING
STICKER
Supplement Dated December 29, 1999
DAVIS INTERNATIONAL TOTAL RETURN FUND
a series of
DAVIS INTERNATIONAL SERIES, INC.
Supplement to Prospectus
Dated February 1, 1999
The following information supplements and should be read in conjunction
with the section of the Fund's Prospectus entitled "Who is Responsible For Your
Davis Account."
On December 16, 1999 the Board of Directors voted to recommend that
shareholders approve Fiduciary International, Inc. to serve as sub-adviser to
the Fund. A meeting of shareholders will be held in February 2000 to approve or
disapprove of this recommendation. Shareholders of record will receive
information describing Fiduciary International, Inc. and be invited to vote in
the shareholder's meeting. As members of the Davis family, directors and
officers control over 50% of the outstanding vote, proxies will not be solicited
and shareholders are expected to approve of Fiduciary International, Inc.'s
appointment as sub-adviser. Fiduciary International, Inc. is expected to begin
serving as sub-adviser immediately after the February Shareholders' meeting.
Fiduciary International, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fiduciary
Trust Company International which was founded in the 1930s and has been actively
investing in international markets since the 1960s.
