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WADDELL & REED ADVISORS FUNDS

Supplement to Prospectus

 

The following replaces the information regarding permissible exclusions to the redemption fees in the section entitled "Redemption Fee/Exchange Fee"

A Fund's redemption fee will not be assessed against:

1.

certain omnibus accounts and retirement plan accounts where the omnibus account holder or the retirement plan administrator does not have the capability to impose a redemption fee on its underlying customers' accounts; and certain intermediaries that do not have, or report to the Funds, sufficient information to impose a redemption fee on their customers' accounts

   

2.

(i) premature distributions from retirement accounts due to the disability of the participant; (ii) minimum required distributions from retirement accounts; (iii) return of excess contributions in retirement accounts where the excess is reinvested into the Fund; (iv) redemptions resulting in the settlement of an estate due to the death of the shareholder; and (v) reinvested distributions (dividends and capital gains)

   

3.

shareholder accounts participating in Strategic Portfolio Allocation (SPA), Managed Allocation Portfolios (MAP) and/or Strategic Asset Management (SAM) advisory services that may periodically rebalance mutual fund holdings at regular intervals or in response to prevailing economic, political and/or financial conditions, as determined by the investment advisor for the advisory service.

In addition to these waivers, each Fund reserves the right to waive the redemption fee at its discretion where it believes such waiver is in the best interests of the Fund, including but not limited to when it determines that imposition of the redemption fee is not necessary to protect the Fund from the effects of excessive short-term trading. In addition, each Fund reserves the right to modify or eliminate the redemption fee or waivers at any time.

Certain intermediaries have agreed to charge a Fund's redemption fee on their customers' accounts. In this case, the amount of the fee and the holding period will generally be consistent with the Fund's criteria. However, due to operational requirements, the intermediaries' methods for tracking and calculating the fee may differ in some respects from the Fund's method. For Fund shares purchased through a financial intermediary, investors should contact their financial intermediary or refer to their plan documents for more information on how the redemption fee is applied to their shares.

This Supplement, dated May 26, 2004, is to be attached to the following Prospectuses:

Waddell & Reed Advisors Funds Waddell & Reed Advisors Funds
Equity Funds Fixed Income and Money
Dated October 31, 2003      Market Funds
  Dated January 28, 2004

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