Hartford Life Insurance Company
200 Hopmeadow Street
Simsbury, CT 06089
July 2, 2012
VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Re: | The Hartford Mutual Funds, Inc. on behalf of The Hartford Global Growth Fund |
File Nos. 333-02381/811-07589
Dear Sir or Madam:
On behalf of the registrant listed above and pursuant to Rule 497(e) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, attached for filing are exhibits containing interactive data format risk/return summary information that reflects the risk/return summary information in a supplement, dated June 22, 2012, to the Prospectus and Summary Prospectus for the Fund listed above. The purpose of this filing is to submit an XBRL interactive data file in the manner provided by Rule 405 of Regulation S-T and General Instruction C.3.(g) of Form N-1A.
Any questions or comments on the filing should be directed to the undersigned at (860) 843-9871.
Sincerely,
/s/ Catherine E. Marshall
Catherine E. Marshall
Senior Counsel
cc: Stephanie Capistron, Esq.
| THE HARTFORD GLOBAL GROWTH FUND (Prospectus Summary): | THE HARTFORD GLOBAL GROWTH FUND |
| THE HARTFORD GLOBAL GROWTH FUND |
SUPPLEMENT DATED JUNE 22, 2012 TO THE HARTFORD GLOBAL GROWTH FUND (A SERIES OF THE HARTFORD MUTUAL FUNDS, INC.) PROSPECTUS AND SUMMARY PROSPECTUS EACH DATED JANUARY 30, 2012
Effective June 27, 2012, John A. Boselli, CFA, has been added as a portfolio manager of The Hartford Global Growth Fund.
1. Accordingly, the following change is being made to the above referenced Prospectus and Summary Prospectus:
B. Under the heading “PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY” in the Summary Prospectus and the heading “SUMMARY SECTION — PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY” in the Prospectus, the third sentence of the first paragraph is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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| PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY |
The Fund may invest in a broad range of market capitalizations, but tends to focus on mid to large capitalization companies with market capitalizations greater than $1 billion.
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| Label | Element | Value |
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
| Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Jan. 30, 2012 |
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THE HARTFORD GLOBAL GROWTH FUND (Prospectus Summary): | THE HARTFORD GLOBAL GROWTH FUND
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
| Risk/Return, Heading | rr_RiskReturnHeading | THE HARTFORD GLOBAL GROWTH FUND |
| Supplement Text | ck0001006415_SupplementTextBlock | SUPPLEMENT DATED JUNE 22, 2012 TO THE HARTFORD GLOBAL GROWTH FUND (A SERIES OF THE HARTFORD MUTUAL FUNDS, INC.) PROSPECTUS AND SUMMARY PROSPECTUS EACH DATED JANUARY 30, 2012
Effective June 27, 2012, John A. Boselli, CFA, has been added as a portfolio manager of The Hartford Global Growth Fund.
1. Accordingly, the following change is being made to the above referenced Prospectus and Summary Prospectus:
B. Under the heading “PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY” in the Summary Prospectus and the heading “SUMMARY SECTION — PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY” in the Prospectus, the third sentence of the first paragraph is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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| Investment Strategy, Heading | rr_StrategyHeading | PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY |
| Investment Strategy, Narrative | rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock | The Fund may invest in a broad range of market capitalizations, but tends to focus on mid to large capitalization companies with market capitalizations greater than $1 billion.
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THE HARTFORD GLOBAL GROWTH FUND | Class A
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
| Trading Symbol | dei_TradingSymbol | HALAX |
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THE HARTFORD GLOBAL GROWTH FUND | Class B
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
| Trading Symbol | dei_TradingSymbol | HGLBX |
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THE HARTFORD GLOBAL GROWTH FUND | Class C
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
| Trading Symbol | dei_TradingSymbol | HGLCX |
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THE HARTFORD GLOBAL GROWTH FUND | Class Y
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
| Trading Symbol | dei_TradingSymbol | HGLYX |
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THE HARTFORD GLOBAL GROWTH FUND | Class R3
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
| Trading Symbol | dei_TradingSymbol | HALRX |
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THE HARTFORD GLOBAL GROWTH FUND | Class R4
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
| Trading Symbol | dei_TradingSymbol | HALSX |
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THE HARTFORD GLOBAL GROWTH FUND | Class R5
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
| Trading Symbol | dei_TradingSymbol | HALTX |
| Label | Element | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
| Document Type | dei_DocumentType | Other |
| Document Period End Date | dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate | Jun. 22, 2012 |
| Registrant Name | dei_EntityRegistrantName | HARTFORD MUTUAL FUNDS INC/CT |
| Central Index Key | dei_EntityCentralIndexKey | 0001006415 |
| Amendment Flag | dei_AmendmentFlag | false |
| Document Creation Date | dei_DocumentCreationDate | Jun. 22, 2012 |
| Document Effective Date | dei_DocumentEffectiveDate | Jun. 22, 2012 |
| Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Jan. 30, 2012 |