ACTIVE ASSETS GOVERNMENT SECURITIES TRUST
ACTIVE ASSETS MONEY TRUST
522 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10036
VIA EDGAR
December 21, 2012
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Active Assets Government Securities Trust |
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File Nos. 2-71558; 811-03165 |
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Active Assets Money Trust |
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File Nos. 2-71560; 811-03159 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Active Assets Government Securities Trust and Active Assets Money Trust (“Registrants”), we hereby submit for filing pursuant to Rule 497(e) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, exhibits containing interactive data format risk/return summary information for the Registrants. These exhibits contain the risk/return summary information in the prospectus for each Registrant dated October 31, 2012. The purpose of this filing is to submit the XBRL information from the 497(e) filing dated December 13, 2012 for the Registrants.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 212.296.6982 (tel) or 212.404.4691 (fax).
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Very truly yours, |
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/s/ Edward Meehan, Jr. |
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Edward Meehan, Jr. |
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Assistant Secretary |
Enclosures
cc: Stefanie V. Chang Yu, Esq.
| ACTIVE ASSETS MONEY TRUST (Prospectus Summary): | ACTIVE ASSETS MONEY TRUST |
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Morgan Stanley December 13, 2012 Supplement SUPPLEMENT DATED DECEMBER 13, 2012 TO THE PROSPECTUS OF
Effective December 13, 2012, the Board of Trustees of Active Assets Money Trust has approved investments by the Fund in municipal securities eligible under Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a principal investment strategy. Further, effective December 13, 2012, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. terminated the advisory agreement with Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited with respect to the Funds. Accordingly, all references to Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited as sub-adviser to the Funds will be deleted. In addition, the following changes to the Prospectus are required:
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| The last sentence of the first paragraph of the section of the Prospectus entitled "Fund Summaries—Active Assets Money Trust—Principal Investment Strategies" is hereby deleted and replaced with the following: |
The Fund's investments include the following money market instruments: corporate obligations (including but not limited to commercial paper); debt obligations of U.S.-regulated banks (including domestic branches or subsidiaries of foreign banks) and instruments secured by those obligations (including certificates of deposit); certificates of deposit of savings banks and savings and loan associations; debt obligations issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, including U.S. government securities guaranteed under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program; asset-backed securities; U.S. dollar-denominated foreign bank obligations; repurchase agreements; and municipal obligations.
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| The following is hereby inserted as the penultimate paragraph of the section of the Prospectus entitled "Fund Summaries—Active Assets Money Trust—Principal Risks": |
• Municipal Obligations. To the extent the Fund invests in municipal obligations issued by state and local governments and their agencies, the Fund may be susceptible to political, economic, regulatory or other factors affecting issuers of these municipal obligations.
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PLEASE RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
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| Label | Element | Value |
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
| Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Oct. 31, 2012 |
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ACTIVE ASSETS MONEY TRUST (Prospectus Summary): | ACTIVE ASSETS MONEY TRUST
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
| Risk/Return, Heading | rr_RiskReturnHeading | ACTIVE ASSETS MONEY TRUST |
| Supplement Text | ck0000351895_SupplementTextBlock | Morgan Stanley December 13, 2012 Supplement SUPPLEMENT DATED DECEMBER 13, 2012 TO THE PROSPECTUS OF
Effective December 13, 2012, the Board of Trustees of Active Assets Money Trust has approved investments by the Fund in municipal securities eligible under Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a principal investment strategy. Further, effective December 13, 2012, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. terminated the advisory agreement with Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited with respect to the Funds. Accordingly, all references to Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited as sub-adviser to the Funds will be deleted. In addition, the following changes to the Prospectus are required:
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| Investment Strategy, Heading | rr_StrategyHeading | The last sentence of the first paragraph of the section of the Prospectus entitled "Fund Summaries—Active Assets Money Trust—Principal Investment Strategies" is hereby deleted and replaced with the following: |
| Investment Strategy, Narrative | rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock | The Fund's investments include the following money market instruments: corporate obligations (including but not limited to commercial paper); debt obligations of U.S.-regulated banks (including domestic branches or subsidiaries of foreign banks) and instruments secured by those obligations (including certificates of deposit); certificates of deposit of savings banks and savings and loan associations; debt obligations issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, including U.S. government securities guaranteed under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program; asset-backed securities; U.S. dollar-denominated foreign bank obligations; repurchase agreements; and municipal obligations.
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| Risk, Heading | rr_RiskHeading | The following is hereby inserted as the penultimate paragraph of the section of the Prospectus entitled "Fund Summaries—Active Assets Money Trust—Principal Risks": |
| Risk, Narrative | rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock | • Municipal Obligations. To the extent the Fund invests in municipal obligations issued by state and local governments and their agencies, the Fund may be susceptible to political, economic, regulatory or other factors affecting issuers of these municipal obligations.
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| Supplement Closing | ck0000351895_SupplementClosingTextBlock |
PLEASE RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
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ACTIVE ASSETS MONEY TRUST | ACTIVE ASSETS MONEY TRUST
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
| Trading Symbol | dei_TradingSymbol | aamxx |
| Label | Element | Value |
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
| Document Type | dei_DocumentType | Other |
| Document Period End Date | dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate | Dec. 13, 2012 |
| Registrant Name | dei_EntityRegistrantName | ACTIVE ASSETS MONEY TRUST |
| Central Index Key | dei_EntityCentralIndexKey | 0000351895 |
| Amendment Flag | dei_AmendmentFlag | false |
| Document Creation Date | dei_DocumentCreationDate | Dec. 13, 2012 |
| Document Effective Date | dei_DocumentEffectiveDate | Dec. 13, 2012 |
| Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Oct. 31, 2012 |
| ACTIVE ASSETS GOVERNMENT SECURITIES TRUST (Prospectus Summary): | ACTIVE ASSETS GOVERNMENT SECURITIES TRUST |
| ACTIVE ASSETS GOVERNMENT SECURITIES TRUST |
Morgan Stanley December 13, 2012 Supplement SUPPLEMENT DATED DECEMBER 13, 2012 TO THE PROSPECTUS OF
Effective December 13, 2012, the Board of Trustees of Active Assets Money Trust has approved investments by the Fund in municipal securities eligible under Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a principal investment strategy. Further, effective December 13, 2012, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. terminated the advisory agreement with Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited with respect to the Funds. Accordingly, all references to Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited as sub-adviser to the Funds will be deleted. In addition, the following changes to the Prospectus are required:
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PLEASE RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
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| Label | Element | Value |
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
| Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Oct. 31, 2012 |
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ACTIVE ASSETS GOVERNMENT SECURITIES TRUST (Prospectus Summary): | ACTIVE ASSETS GOVERNMENT SECURITIES TRUST
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
| Risk/Return, Heading | rr_RiskReturnHeading | ACTIVE ASSETS GOVERNMENT SECURITIES TRUST |
| Supplement Text | ck0000351895_SupplementTextBlock | Morgan Stanley December 13, 2012 Supplement SUPPLEMENT DATED DECEMBER 13, 2012 TO THE PROSPECTUS OF
Effective December 13, 2012, the Board of Trustees of Active Assets Money Trust has approved investments by the Fund in municipal securities eligible under Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a principal investment strategy. Further, effective December 13, 2012, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. terminated the advisory agreement with Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited with respect to the Funds. Accordingly, all references to Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited as sub-adviser to the Funds will be deleted. In addition, the following changes to the Prospectus are required:
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| Supplement Closing | ck0000351895_SupplementClosingTextBlock |
PLEASE RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
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ACTIVE ASSETS GOVERNMENT SECURITIES TRUST | ACTIVE ASSETS GOVERNMENT SECURITIES TRUST
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
| Trading Symbol | dei_TradingSymbol | aagxx |