497 1 d497.htm SMITH BARNEY INVESTMENT FUNDS Smith Barney Investment Funds

January 28, 2005

 

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

Smith Barney Small Cap Growth Fund

125 Broad Street

New York, New York 10004

1-800-451-2010

 

This Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) expands upon and supplements the information contained in the current Prospectus of Smith Barney Small Cap Growth Fund (the “Fund”) dated January 28, 2005, and should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s Prospectus. The Fund is a series of Smith Barney Investment Funds Inc. (the “Company”). Additional information about the Fund’s investments is available in the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders, which are incorporated herein by reference. A Prospectus and copies of the reports may be obtained free of charge by contacting a Smith Barney Financial Consultant, a PFS Investments Inc. (“PFSI”) Registered Representative, a broker/dealer, financial intermediary or a financial institution (each called a “Service Agent”), or by writing or calling the Fund at the address or telephone number set forth above. This SAI, although not in itself a prospectus, is incorporated by reference into the Prospectus in its entirety.

 

CONTENTS

 

For ease of reference, the same section headings are used in both the Prospectus and this SAI, except where shown below:

 

Investment Objective and Management Policies

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Investment Restrictions

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Directors and Officers of the Company

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Purchase of Shares

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PFSI Accounts

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Redemption of Shares

   29

Distributors

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Valuation of Shares

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Exchange Privilege

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Taxes

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Additional Information

   41

Financial Statements

   42

Other Information

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Appendix A—Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

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INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND MANAGEMENT POLICIES

 

The Prospectus discusses the Fund’s investment objective and the policies it employs to achieve its objective. This section contains supplemental information concerning the types of securities and other instruments in which the Fund may invest, the investment policies and portfolio strategies the Fund may utilize and certain risks attendant to such investments, policies and strategies. Smith Barney Fund Management LLC (“SBFM” or the “manager”) serves as investment adviser and administrator to the Fund.

 

The Fund attempts to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the value of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities of high growth small capitalization companies or in other investments with similar economic characteristics. Small capitalization companies are companies with market capitalization values not exceeding (i) $3 billion or (ii) the highest month-end market capitalization value of any stock in the Russell 2000 Index (the “Index”) for the previous 12 months, whichever is greater. Securities of companies whose market capitalizations no longer meet this definition after purchase by the Fund still will be considered to be securities of small capitalization companies for purposes of the Fund’s 80% investment policy. The size of the companies in the Index changes with market conditions and the composition of the Index. This investment policy will not be applicable when the Fund pursues a temporary defensive strategy as described in the Prospectus. The Fund’s 80% investment policy may be changed by the Board of Directors of the Company on 60 days’ notice to shareholders.

 

Foreign Securities and American Depositary Receipts

 

The Fund has the authority to invest up to 10% of its assets in foreign securities (including European Depositary Receipts (“EDRs”) and Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”)) and American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) or other securities representing underlying shares of foreign companies. EDRs are receipts issued in Europe which evidence ownership of underlying securities issued by a foreign corporation. ADRs are receipts typically issued by an American bank or trust company which evidence a similar ownership arrangement.

 

Generally, ADRs which are issued in registered form, are designed for use in the United States securities markets and EDRs, which are issued in bearer form, are designed for use in European securities markets. GDRs are tradeable both in the U.S. and Europe and are designed for use throughout the world.

 

Investing in the securities of foreign companies involves special risks and considerations not typically associated with investing in U.S. companies. These include differences in accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards, generally higher commission rates on foreign portfolio transactions, the possibility of expropriation or confiscatory taxation, adverse changes in investment or exchange control regulations, political instability which could affect U.S. investments in foreign countries, and potential restrictions on the flow of international capital. Additionally, foreign securities often trade with less frequency and volume than domestic securities and therefore may exhibit greater price volatility. Many of the foreign securities held by the Fund will not be registered with, nor will the issuers thereof be subject to the reporting requirements of, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Accordingly, there may be less publicly available information about the securities and about the foreign company issuing them than is available about a domestic company and its securities. Moreover, individual foreign economies may differ favorably or unfavorably from the U.S. economy in such respects as growth of gross domestic product, rate of inflation, capital reinvestment, resource self-sufficiency and balance of payment positions. The risks of investing in foreign securities are greater for securities of emerging market issuers because political or economic instability, lack of market liquidity and negative government actions like currency controls or seizure of private business or property are more likely. The Fund may invest in securities of foreign governments (or agencies or subdivisions thereof), and therefore many, if not all, of the foregoing considerations apply to such investments as well.

 

Lending of Portfolio Securities

 

Consistent with applicable regulatory requirements and for cash management purposes, the Fund may lend securities from its portfolio to brokers, dealers and other financial organizations. The Fund may not lend its portfolio

 

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securities to the manager or its affiliates unless it has applied for and received specific authority from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Loans of portfolio securities by the Fund will be collateralized by cash, letters of credit or U.S. government securities that are maintained at all times in an amount equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the loaned securities.

 

In lending its portfolio securities, the Fund can increase its income by continuing to receive interest on the loaned securities as well as by either investing the cash collateral in short-term instruments or obtaining yield in the form of interest paid by the borrower when U.S. government securities are used as collateral. Requirements of the SEC, which may be subject to future modifications, currently provide that the following conditions must be met whenever the Fund’s portfolio securities are loaned: (a) the Fund must receive at least 100% cash collateral or equivalent securities from the borrower; (b) the borrower must increase such collateral whenever the market value of the securities rises above the level of such collateral; (c) the Fund must be able to terminate the loan at any time; (d) the Fund must receive reasonable interest on the loan, as well as an amount equal to any dividends, interest or other distributions on the loaned securities, and any increase in market value; (e) the Fund may pay only reasonable custodian fees in connection with the loan; and (f) voting rights on the loaned securities may pass to the borrower; however, if a material event adversely affecting the investment occurs, the Fund may terminate the loan and regain the right to vote the securities. The risks in lending portfolio securities, as with other extensions of secured credit, consist of possible delay in receiving additional collateral or in the recovery of the securities or possible loss of rights in the collateral should the borrower fail financially. Loans will be made to firms deemed by the manager to be of good standing and will not be made unless, in the judgment of the manager, the consideration to be earned from such loans would justify the risk. From time to time, the Fund may return a part of the interest earned from the investment of collateral received for securities loaned to: (a) the borrower; and/or (b) a third party, which is unaffiliated with the Fund, the manager and which is acting as a “finder.” Generally, the borrower will be required to make payments to the Fund in lieu of any dividends the Fund would have otherwise received had it not loaned the shares to the borrower. Any such payments, however, will not be treated as “qualified dividend income” for purposes of determining what portion of the Fund’s regular dividends (as defined below) received by individuals may be taxed at the rates generally applicable to long-term capital gains (see “Taxes” below).

 

Repurchase Agreements.    The Fund may agree to purchase securities from a bank or recognized securities dealer and simultaneously commit to resell the securities to the bank or dealer at an agreed-upon date and price reflecting a market rate of interest unrelated to the coupon rate or maturity of the purchased securities (“repurchase agreements”). The Fund would maintain custody of the underlying securities prior to their repurchase; thus, the obligation of the bank or dealer to pay the repurchase price on the date agreed to would be, in effect, secured by such securities. If the value of such securities were less than the repurchase price, plus interest, the other party to the agreement would be required to provide additional collateral so that at all times the collateral is at least 102% of the repurchase price plus accrued interest. Default by or bankruptcy of a seller would expose the Fund to possible loss because of adverse market action, expenses and/or delays in connection with the disposition of the underlying obligations. The financial institutions with which the Fund may enter into repurchase agreements will be banks and non-bank dealers of U.S. government securities on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s list of reporting dealers, if such banks and non-bank dealers are deemed creditworthy by the Fund’s manager. The manager will continue to monitor creditworthiness of the seller under a repurchase agreement, and will require the seller to maintain during the term of the agreement the value of the securities subject to the agreement to equal at least 102% of the repurchase price (including accrued interest). In addition, the manager will require that the value of this collateral, after transaction costs (including loss of interest) reasonably expected to be incurred on a default, be equal to 102% or greater than the repurchase price (including accrued premium) provided in the repurchase agreement or the daily amortization of the difference between the purchase price and the repurchase price specified in the repurchase agreement. The manager will mark-to-market daily the value of the securities. Repurchase agreements are considered to be loans by the Fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”).

 

Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC, the Fund, along with other affiliated entities managed by the manager, may transfer uninvested cash balances into one or more joint repurchase accounts. These balances

 

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are invested in one or more repurchase agreements, secured by U.S. government securities. Securities that are collateral for repurchase agreements are financial assets subject to the fund’s entitlement orders through its securities account at its custodian bank until the agreements mature. Each joint repurchase agreement requires that the market value of the collateral be sufficient to cover payments of interest and principal; however, in the event of default by the other party to the agreement, retention or sale of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings.

 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

 

The Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements. A reverse repurchase agreement involves the sale of a money market instrument by the Fund and its agreement to repurchase the instrument at a specified time and price. The Fund will maintain a segregated account consisting of U.S. government securities or cash or cash equivalents to cover its obligations under reverse repurchase agreements with broker-dealers and other financial institutions. The Fund will invest the proceeds in other money market instruments or repurchase agreements maturing not later than the expiration of the reverse repurchase agreement. Under the 1940 Act, reverse repurchase agreements may be considered borrowing by the seller.

 

Reverse repurchase agreements create opportunities for increased returns to the shareholders of the Fund but, at the same time, create special risk considerations. Although the principal or stated value of such borrowings will be fixed, the Fund’s assets may change in value during the time the borrowing is outstanding. To the extent the income or other gain derived from securities purchased with borrowed funds exceeds the interest or dividends the Fund will have to pay in respect thereof, the Fund’s net income or other gain will be greater than if this type of investment technique had not been used. Conversely, if the income or other gain from the incremental assets is not sufficient to cover this cost, the net income or other gain of the Fund will be less than if the reverse repurchase agreement had not been used.

 

The Fund currently intends to invest not more than 33 1/3% of its net assets in reverse repurchase agreements.

 

When-Issued Securities and Delayed Delivery Transactions

 

In order to secure what the manager considers to be an advantageous price or yield, the Fund may purchase U.S. government securities on a when-issued basis or purchase or sell U.S. government securities for delayed delivery. The Fund will enter into such purchase transactions for the purpose of acquiring portfolio securities and not for the purpose of leverage. Delivery of the securities in such cases occurs beyond the normal settlement periods, but no payment or delivery is made by the Fund prior to the reciprocal delivery or payment by the other party to the transaction. In entering into a when-issued or delayed delivery transaction, the Fund relies on the other party to consummate the transaction and may be disadvantaged if the other party fails to do so.

 

U.S. government securities normally are subject to changes in value based upon changes, real or anticipated, in the level of interest rates and, to a lesser extent, the public’s perception of the creditworthiness of the issuers. In general, U.S. government securities tend to appreciate when interest rates decline and depreciate when interest rates rise. Purchasing U.S. government securities on a when-issued basis or delayed delivery basis, therefore, can involve the risk that the yields available in the market when the delivery takes place may actually be higher than those obtained in the transaction itself. Similarly, the sale of U.S. government securities for delayed delivery can involve the risk that the prices available in the market when the delivery is made may actually be higher than those obtained in the transaction itself.

 

The Fund will maintain in a segregated account cash or liquid securities equal to the amount of the Fund’s when-issued or delayed delivery commitments. For the purpose of determining the adequacy of the securities in the account, the deposited securities will be valued at market or fair value. If the market or fair value of such securities declines, additional cash or securities will be placed in the account on a daily basis so the value of the account will equal the amount of such commitments by the Fund. Placing securities rather than cash in the

 

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account may have a leveraging effect on the Fund’s assets. That is, to the extent the Fund remains substantially fully invested in securities at the time that it has committed to purchase securities on a when-issued basis, there will be greater fluctuation in its net asset value than if it had set aside cash to satisfy its purchase commitments. On the settlement date, the Fund will meet its obligations from then available cash flow, the sale of securities held in the separate account, the sale of other securities or, although it normally would not expect to do so, from the sale of the when-issued or delayed delivery securities themselves (which may have a greater or lesser value than the Fund’s payment obligations).

 

Money Market Instruments

 

As stated in the Prospectus, the Fund may invest for temporary defensive purposes in corporate and government bonds and notes and money market instruments. Money market instruments in which the Fund may invest include: U.S. government securities; certificates of deposit, time deposits and bankers’ acceptances issued by domestic banks (including their branches located outside the United States and subsidiaries located in Canada), domestic branches of foreign banks, savings and loan associations and similar institutions; high grade commercial paper; and repurchase agreements with respect to the foregoing types of instruments. The following is a more detailed description of such money market instruments.

 

Certificates of deposit (“CDs”) are short-term negotiable obligations of commercial banks. Time deposits (“TDs”) are non-negotiable deposits maintained in banking institutions for specified periods of time at stated interest rates. Bankers’ acceptances are time drafts drawn on commercial banks by borrowers usually in connection with international transactions.

 

Domestic commercial banks organized under Federal law are supervised and examined by the Comptroller of the Currency and are required to be members of the Federal Reserve System and to be insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”). Domestic banks organized under state law are supervised and examined by state banking authorities but are members of the Federal Reserve System only if they elect to join. Most state banks are insured by the FDIC (although such insurance may not be of material benefit to the Fund, depending upon the principal amounts of CDs of each bank held by the Fund) and are subject to Federal examination and to a substantial body of Federal law and regulation. As a result of governmental regulations, domestic branches of domestic banks are generally required to, among other things, maintain specified levels of reserves, and are subject to other supervision and regulation designed to promote financial soundness.

 

Obligations of foreign branches of domestic banks, such as CDs and TDs, may be general obligations of the parent bank in addition to the issuing branch, or may be limited by the terms of a specific obligation and government regulation. Such obligations are subject to different risks than are those of domestic banks or domestic branches of foreign banks. These risks include foreign economic and political developments, foreign governmental restrictions that may adversely affect payment of principal and interest on the obligations, foreign exchange controls and foreign withholding and other taxes on interest income. Foreign branches of domestic banks are not necessarily subject to the same or similar regulatory requirements that apply to domestic banks, such as mandatory reserve requirements, loan limitations, and accounting, auditing and financial recordkeeping requirements. In addition, less information may be publicly available about a foreign branch of a domestic bank than about a domestic bank. CDs issued by wholly-owned Canadian subsidiaries of domestic banks are guaranteed as to repayment of principal and interest (but not as to sovereign risk) by the domestic parent bank.

 

Obligations of domestic branches of foreign banks may be general obligations of the parent bank in addition to the issuing branch, or may be limited by the terms of a specific obligation and by governmental regulation as well as governmental action in the country in which the foreign bank has its head office. A domestic branch of a foreign bank with assets in excess of $1 billion may or may not be subject to reserve requirements imposed by the Federal Reserve System or by the state in which the branch is located if the branch is licensed in that state. In addition, branches licensed by the Comptroller of the Currency and branches licensed by certain states (“State Branches”) may or may not be required to: (a) pledge to the regulator by depositing assets with a designated bank

 

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within the state, an amount of its assets equal to 5% of its total liabilities; and (b) maintain assets within the state in an amount equal to a specified percentage of the aggregate amount of liabilities of the foreign bank payable at or through all of its agencies or branches within the state. The deposits of State Branches may not necessarily be insured by the FDIC.

 

In view of the foregoing factors associated with the purchase of CDs and TDs issued by foreign branches of domestic banks or by domestic branches of foreign banks, SBFM will carefully evaluate such investments on a case-by-case basis.

 

Savings and loan associations whose CDs may be purchased by the Fund are supervised by the Office of Thrift Supervision and are insured by the Savings Association Insurance Fund, which is administered by the FDIC and is backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. As a result, such savings and loan associations are subject to regulation and examination.

 

Options, Futures and Currency Strategies

 

The Fund may use forward currency contracts and certain options and futures strategies to attempt to hedge its portfolio, i.e., reduce the overall level of investment risk normally associated with the Fund. There can be no assurance that such efforts will succeed.

 

To attempt to hedge against adverse movements in exchange rates between currencies, the Fund may enter into forward currency contracts for the purchase or sale of a specified currency at a specified future date. Such contracts may involve the purchase or sale of a foreign currency against the U.S. dollar or may involve two foreign currencies. The Fund may enter into forward currency contracts either with respect to specific transactions or with respect to its portfolio positions. For example, when the manager anticipates making a purchase or sale of a security, it may enter into a forward currency contract in order to set the rate (either relative to the U.S. dollar or another currency) at which the currency exchange transaction related to the purchase or sale will be made (“transaction hedging”). Further, when the manager believes that a particular currency may decline compared to the U.S. dollar or another currency, the Fund may enter into a forward contract to sell the currency the manager expects to decline in an amount approximating the value of some or all of the Fund’s securities denominated in that currency, or when the manager believes that one currency may decline against a currency in which some or all of the portfolio securities held by the Fund are denominated, it may enter into a forward contract to buy the currency expected to decline for a fixed amount (“position hedging”). In this situation, the Fund may, in the alternative, enter into a forward contract to sell a different currency for a fixed amount of the currency expected to decline where the manager believes that the value of the currency to be sold pursuant to the forward contract will fall whenever there is a decline in the value of the currency in which portfolio securities of the Fund are denominated (“cross hedging”). The Fund’s custodian places (i) cash, (ii) U.S. government securities or (iii) equity securities or debt securities (of any grade) in certain currencies provided such assets are liquid, unencumbered and marked to market daily, or other high-quality debt securities denominated in certain currencies in a separate account of the Fund having a value equal to the aggregate account of the Fund’s commitments under forward contracts entered into with respect to position hedges and cross-hedges. If the value of the securities placed in a separate account declines, additional cash or securities are placed in the account on a daily basis so that the value of the account will equal the amount of the Fund’s commitments with respect to such contracts.

 

For hedging purposes, the Fund may write covered call options and purchase put and call options on currencies to hedge against movements in exchange rates and on debt securities to hedge against the risk of fluctuations in the prices of securities held by the Fund or which the manager intends to include in its portfolio.

 

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The Fund also may use interest rate futures contracts and options thereon to hedge against changes in the general level in interest rates.

 

The Fund may write call options on securities and currencies only if they are covered, and such options must remain covered so long as the Fund is obligated as a writer. A call option written by the Fund is “covered” if the Fund owns the security or currency underlying the option or has an absolute and immediate right to acquire that security or currency without additional cash consideration (or for additional cash consideration held in a segregated account by its custodian) upon conversion or exchange of other securities or currencies held in its portfolio. A call option is also covered if the Fund holds on a share-for-share basis a call on the same security or holds a call on the same currency as the call written where the exercise price of the call held is equal to less than the exercise price of the call written or greater than the exercise price of the call written if the difference is maintained by the Fund in cash, Treasury bills or other high-grade, short-term obligations in a segregated account with its custodian.

 

Although the Fund might not employ the use of forward currency contracts, options and futures, the use of any of these strategies would involve certain investment risks and transaction costs to which it might not otherwise be subject. These risks include: dependence on the manager’s ability to predict movements in the prices of individual debt securities, fluctuations in the general fixed-income markets and movements in interest rates and currency markets, imperfect correlation between movements in the price of currency, options, futures contracts or options thereon and movements in the price of the currency or security hedged or used for cover; the fact that skills and techniques needed to trade options, futures contracts and options thereon or to use forward currency contracts are different from those needed to select the securities in which the Fund invests; and lack of assurance that a liquid market will exist for any particular option, futures contract or option thereon at any particular time. See “Taxes.”

 

Options on Securities

 

As discussed more generally above, the Fund may engage in the writing of covered call options. The Fund may also purchase put options and enter into closing transactions.

 

The principal reason for writing covered call options on securities is to attempt to realize, through the receipt of premiums, a greater return than would be realized on the securities alone. In return for a premium, the writer of a covered call option forgoes the right to any appreciation in the value of the underlying security above the strike price for the life of the option (or until a closing purchase transaction can be effected). Nevertheless, the call writer retains the risk of a decline in the price of the underlying security. Similarly, the principal reason for writing covered put options is to realize income in the form of premiums. The writer of a covered put option accepts the risk of a decline in the price of the underlying security. The size of the premiums the Fund may receive may be adversely affected as new or existing institutions, including other investment companies, engage in or increase their option-writing activities.

 

Options written by the Fund will normally have expiration dates between one and six months from the date written. The exercise price of the options may be below, equal to, or above the current market values of the underlying securities at the times the options are written. In the case of call options, these exercise prices are referred to as “in-the-money,” “at-the-money” and “out-of-the-money,” respectively.

 

The Fund may write (a) in-the-money call options when SBFM expects the price of the underlying security to remain flat or decline moderately during the option period, (b) at-the-money call options when SBFM expects the price of the underlying security to remain flat or advance moderately during the option period and (c) out-of-the-money call options when SBFM expects that the price of the security may increase but not above a price equal to the sum of the exercise price plus the premiums received from writing the call option. In any of the preceding situations, if the market price of the underlying security declines and the security is sold at this lower price, the amount of any realized loss will be offset wholly or in part by the premium received. Out-of-the-

 

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money, at-the-money and in-the-money put options (the reverse of call options as to the relation of exercise price to market price) may be utilized in the same market environments as such call options are used in equivalent transactions.

 

So long as the obligation of the Fund as the writer of an option continues, the Fund may be assigned an exercise notice by the broker-dealer through which the option was sold, requiring it to deliver, in the case of a call, or take delivery of, in the case of a put, the underlying security against payment of the exercise price. This obligation terminates when the option expires or the Fund effects a closing purchase transaction. The Fund can no longer effect a closing purchase transaction with respect to an option once it has been assigned an exercise notice. To secure its obligation to deliver the underlying security when it writes a call option, or to pay for the underlying security when it writes a put option, the Fund will be required to deposit in escrow the underlying security or other assets in accordance with the rules of the Options Clearing Corporation (“Clearing Corporation”) or similar clearing corporation and the securities exchange on which the option is written.

 

An option position may be closed out only where there exists a secondary market for an option of the same series on a recognized securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market. The Fund expects to write options only on national securities exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. The Fund may purchase put options issued by the Clearing Corporation or in the over-the-counter market.

 

The Fund may realize a profit or loss upon entering into a closing transaction. In cases in which the Fund has written an option, it will realize a profit if the cost of the closing purchase transaction is less than the premium received upon writing the original option and will incur a loss if the cost of the closing purchase transaction exceeds the premium received upon writing the original option. Similarly, when the Fund has purchased an option and engages in a closing sale transaction, whether it recognizes a profit or loss will depend upon whether the amount received in the closing sale transaction is more or less than the premium the Fund initially paid for the original option plus the related transaction costs.

 

Although the Fund generally will purchase or write only those options for which SBFM believes there is an active secondary market so as to facilitate closing transactions, there is no assurance that sufficient trading interest to create a liquid secondary market on a securities exchange will exist for any particular option or at any particular time, and for some options no such secondary market may exist. A liquid secondary market in an option may cease to exist for a variety of reasons. In the past, for example, higher than anticipated trading activity or order flow, or other unforeseen events, have at times rendered certain of the facilities of the Clearing Corporation and national securities exchanges inadequate and resulted in the institution of special procedures, such as trading rotations, restrictions on certain types of orders or trading halts or suspensions in one or more options. There can be no assurance that similar events, or events that may otherwise interfere with the timely execution of customers’ orders, will not recur. In such event, it might not be possible to effect closing transactions in particular options. If, as a covered call option writer, the Fund is unable to effect a closing purchase transaction in a secondary market, it will not be able to sell the underlying security until the option expires or it delivers the underlying security upon exercise.

 

Securities exchanges generally have established limitations governing the maximum number of calls and puts of each class which may be held or written, or exercised within certain periods, by an investor or group of investors acting in concert (regardless of whether the options are written on the same or different securities exchanges or are held, written or exercised in one or more accounts or through one or more brokers). It is possible that the Fund and other clients of SBFM and certain of their affiliates may be considered to be such a group. A securities exchange may order the liquidation of positions found to be in violation of these limits, and it may impose certain other sanctions.

 

In the case of options written by the Fund that are deemed covered by virtue of the Fund’s holding convertible or exchangeable preferred stock or debt securities, the time required to convert or exchange and obtain physical delivery of the underlying common stocks with respect to which the Fund has written options

 

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may exceed the time within which the Fund must make delivery in accordance with an exercise notice. In these instances, the Fund may purchase or temporarily borrow the underlying securities for purposes of physical delivery. By so doing, the Fund will not bear any market risk because the Fund will have the absolute right to receive from the issuer of the underlying security an equal number of shares to replace the borrowed stock, but the Fund may incur additional transaction costs or interest expenses in connection with any such purchase or borrowing.

 

Although SBFM will attempt to take appropriate measures to minimize the risks relating to the Fund’s writing of call options and purchasing of put and call options, there can be no assurance that the Fund will succeed in its option-writing program.

 

Stock Index Options

 

As described generally above, the Fund may purchase put and call options and write call options on domestic stock indexes listed on domestic exchanges in order to realize its investment objective of capital appreciation or for the purpose of hedging its portfolio. A stock index fluctuates with changes in the market values of the stocks included in the index. Some stock index options are based on a broad market index such as the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index, or a narrower market index such as the Standard & Poor’s 100. Indexes also are based on an industry or market segment such as the AMEX Oil and Gas Index or the AMEX Computer Technology Index.

 

Options on stock indexes are generally similar to options on stock except that the delivery requirements are different. Instead of giving the right to take or make delivery of stock at a specified price, an option on a stock index gives the holder the right to receive a cash “exercise settlement amount” equal to (a) the amount, if any, by which the fixed exercise price of the option exceeds (in the case of a put) or is less than (in the case of a call) the closing value of the underlying index on the date of exercise, multiplied by (b) a fixed “index multiplier.” Receipt of this cash amount will depend upon the closing level of the stock index upon which the option is based being greater than, in the case of a call, or less than, in the case of a put, the exercise price of the option. The amount of cash received will be equal to such difference between the closing price of the index and the exercise price of the option expressed in dollars or a foreign currency, as the case may be, times a specified multiple. The writer of the option is obligated, in return for the premium received, to make delivery of this amount. The writer may offset its position in stock index options prior to expiration by entering into a closing transaction on an exchange or it may let the option expire unexercised.

 

The effectiveness of purchasing or writing stock index options as a hedging technique will depend upon the extent to which price movements in the portion of the securities portfolio of the Fund correlate with price movements of the stock index selected. Because the value of an index option depends upon movements in the level of the index rather than the price of a particular stock, whether the Fund will realize a gain or loss from the purchase or writing of options on an index depends upon movements in the level of stock prices in the stock market generally or, in the case of certain indexes, in an industry or market segment, rather than movements in the price of a particular stock. Accordingly, successful use by the Fund of options on stock indexes will be subject to SBFM’s ability to predict correctly movements in the direction of the stock market generally or of a particular industry. This requires different skills and techniques than predicting changes in the price of individual stocks.

 

Futures Contracts and Options on Futures Contracts

 

As described generally above, the Fund may invest in stock index futures contracts and options on futures contracts that are traded on a domestic exchange or board of trade.

 

The purpose of entering into a futures contract by the Fund is to protect the Fund from fluctuations in the value of securities without actually buying or selling the securities. For example, in the case of stock index

 

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futures contracts, if the Fund anticipates an increase in the price of stocks that it intends to purchase at a later time, the Fund could enter into contracts to purchase the stock index (known as taking a “long” position) as a temporary substitute for the purchase of stocks. If an increase in the market occurs that influences the stock index as anticipated, the value of the futures contracts increases and thereby serves as a hedge against the Fund’s not participating in a market advance. The Fund then may close out the futures contracts by entering into offsetting futures contracts to sell the stock index (known as taking a “short” position) as it purchases individual stocks. The Fund can accomplish similar results by buying securities with long maturities and selling securities with short maturities. But by using futures contracts as an investment tool to reduce risk, given the greater liquidity in the futures market, it may be possible to accomplish the same result more easily and more quickly.

 

No consideration will be paid or received by the Fund upon the purchase or sale of a futures contract. Initially, the Fund will be required to deposit with the broker an amount of cash or cash equivalents equal to approximately 1% to 10% of the contract amount (this amount is subject to change by the exchange or board of trade on which the contract is traded and brokers or members of such board of trade may charge a higher amount). This amount is known as “initial margin” and is in the nature of a performance bond or good faith deposit on the contract which is returned to the Fund, upon termination of the futures contract, assuming all contractual obligations have been satisfied. Subsequent payments, known as “variation margin,” to and from the broker, will be made daily as the price of the index or securities underlying the futures contract fluctuates, making the long and short positions in the futures contract more or less valuable, a process known as “marking-to-market.” In addition, when the Fund enters into a long position in a futures contract or an option on a futures contract, it must deposit into a segregated account with the Fund’s custodian an amount of cash or cash equivalents equal to the total market value of the underlying futures contract, less amounts held in the Fund’s commodity brokerage account at its broker. At any time prior to the expiration of a futures contract, the Fund may elect to close the position by taking an opposite position, which will operate to terminate the Fund’s existing position in the contract.

 

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) recently eliminated limitations on futures transactions and options thereon by registered investment companies, provided that the investment manager to the registered investment company claims an exclusion from regulation as a commodity pool operator. The Fund is operated by a person who has claimed an exclusion from the definition of the term “commodity pool operator” under the Commodity Exchange Act and therefore is not subject to registration or regulation as a pool operator under the Commodity Exchange Act. As a result of these CFTC rule changes, the Fund is no longer restricted in its ability to enter into futures transactions and options thereon under CFTC regulations. The Fund, however, continues to have policies with respect to futures and options thereon as set forth herein. The current view of the staff of the SEC is that the Fund’s long and short positions in future contracts as well as put and call options on futures written by it must be collateralized with cash or other liquid securities and segregated with the Fund’s custodian or a designated sub-custodian or “covered” in a manner similar to that for covered options on securities and designed to eliminate any potential leveraging.

 

There are several risks in connection with the use of futures contracts as a hedging device. Successful use of futures contracts by the Fund is subject to the ability of SBFM to predict correctly movements in the stock market or in the direction of interest rates. These predictions involve skills and techniques that may be different from those involved in the management of investments in securities. In addition, there can be no assurance there will be a perfect correlation between movements in the price of the securities underlying the futures contract and movements in the price of the securities that are the subject of the hedge. A decision of whether, when and how to hedge involves the exercise of skill and judgment, and even a well-conceived hedge may be unsuccessful to some degree because of market behavior or unexpected trends in market behavior or interest rates.

 

Positions in futures contracts may be closed out only on the exchange on which they were entered into (or through a linked exchange) and no secondary market exists for those contracts. In addition, although the Fund intends to enter into futures contracts only if there is an active market for the contracts, there is no assurance that an active market will exist for the contracts at any particular time. Most futures exchanges and boards of trade

 

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limit the amount of fluctuation permitted in futures contract prices during a single trading day. Once the daily limit has been reached in a particular contract, no trades may be made that day at a price beyond that limit. It is possible that futures contract prices could move to the daily limit for several consecutive trading days with little or no trading, thereby preventing prompt liquidation of futures positions and subjecting some futures traders to substantial losses. In such event, and in the event of adverse price movements, the Fund would be required to make daily cash payments of variation margin; in such circumstances, an increase in the value of the portion of the portfolio being hedged, if any, may partially or completely offset losses on the futures contract. As described above, however, no assurance can be given that the price of the securities being hedged will correlate with the price movements in a futures contract and thus provide an offset to losses on the futures contract.

 

Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings

 

The Fund’s Board of Directors has approved policies and procedures developed by Citigroup Asset Management (“CAM”), the Citigroup business unit that includes the Fund’s manager, with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities and any ongoing arrangements to make available information about the Fund’s portfolio securities. This policy provides that information regarding the Fund’s portfolio holdings may never be shared with non-CAM employees, with investors and potential investors (whether individual or institutional), and with third parties unless it is done for legitimate business purposes and in accordance with the policy. CAM’s policy generally provides for the release of details of securities positions once they are considered “stale.” Data is considered stale once it is 25 calendar days old following quarter-end. This passage of time prevents a third party from benefiting from an investment decision made by the Fund that has not been fully reflected by the market.

 

The Fund’s complete list of holdings (including the size of each position) may be made available to investors, potential investors, third parties and non-CAM employees no sooner than the time of the filing of Form N-Q or Form N-CSR in accordance with SEC rules, provided that such filings may not be made until 25 days following quarter-end.

 

Subject to the provisions relating to “ongoing arrangements,” the Fund’s holdings may also be released with simultaneous public disclosure at least 25 days after quarter end. Typically, simultaneous public disclosure is achieved by posting the information to a CAM or the Fund’s Internet website that is accessible by the public, or through public release by a third party vendor. For the purposes of the policy, the term “ongoing arrangement” is interpreted to include any arrangement, whether oral or in writing, to provide portfolio holdings information to any person or entity more than once, but excluding any arrangement to provide such information following the filing of Form N-Q or Form N-CSR.

 

CAM may release limited portfolio holdings information that is not yet considered stale in the following circumstances, subject to the provisions relating to “ongoing arrangements”:

 

1.  The Fund’s top ten securities, current as of quarter-end, and the individual size of each such security position may be released at any time following quarter end with simultaneous public disclosure.

 

2.  The Fund’s (i) top ten securities positions (including the aggregate but not individual size of such positions), (ii) sector weightings, (iii) yield and duration, and (iv) the Fund’s performance attribution may be released at any time with simultaneous public disclosure.

 

3.  A list of securities (that may include Fund holdings together with other securities) followed by the Fund’s portfolio manager (without position sizes or identification of particular funds) may be disclosed to sell-side brokers at any time for the purpose of obtaining research and/or market information from such brokers.

 

4.  A trade in process may be discussed only with counterparties, potential counterparties and others involved in the transaction (i.e., brokers and custodians).

 

Under the policy, if portfolio holdings are released pursuant to an ongoing arrangement with any party, the Fund must have a legitimate business purpose for the release of the information, the release of the information

 

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must be subject to trading restrictions and confidential treatment to prohibit the entity from sharing with an unauthorized source or trading upon the information provided by CAM on behalf of the Fund and neither the Fund, CAM or any other affiliated party may receive compensation or any other consideration in connection with such arrangements.

 

The approval of the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer, or designee, must be obtained before entering into any new ongoing arrangement or altering any existing ongoing arrangement to make available portfolio holdings information, or with respect to any exceptions to the policy. Exceptions are granted only after a thorough examination and consultation with CAM’s legal department, as necessary. Any exceptions to the policies must be reported to the Company’s Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

 

All ongoing arrangements to make available information about the Fund’s portfolio securities will be reviewed by the Company’s Board no less frequently than quarterly.

 

Currently, the Fund, along with other funds in the fund complex, discloses portfolio holdings approximately 25 days after calendar quarter end on the website, www.citigroupam.com.

 

Set forth below is a list, as of January 24, 2005 of those parties with whom CAM, on behalf of the Fund, has authorized ongoing arrangements that include the release of portfolio holdings information, as well as the frequency of the release under such arrangements, and the length of the lag, if any, between the date of the information and the date on which the information is disclosed. The Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm also has access from time to time to the Fund’s portfolio holdings in connection with performing the audit and related functions.

 

Recipient (holdings)    Frequency    Delay before dissemination

State Street Bank & Trust Co.,
(Fund Custodian and Accounting Agent)

   Daily    None

Institutional Shareholders Services (Proxy Voting Services)

   As necessary    None

Bloomberg

   Quarterly   

25 calendar days after quarter end

Lipper

   Quarterly   

25 calendar days after quarter end

S&P

   Quarterly   

25 calendar days after month end

Morningstar

   Quarterly   

25 calendar days after month end

Factset

   Daily    None

BARRA

   Daily    None

Elkins/McSherry

   Quarterly (calendar)   

Sent the first business day following the end of a Quarter

Baseline

   Daily    None

CAM has also authorized ongoing arrangements that include the release of portfolio holdings information for certain funds in the fund complex, which may or may not include the Fund, to the following parties:

Recipient (holdings)    Frequency    Delay before dissemination

Frank Russell

   Monthly    1 day

Callan

   Quarterly    25 days after quarter end

Mercer

   Quarterly    25 days after quarter end

CRA RogersCasey

   Quarterly    25 days after quarter end

Cambridge Associates

   Quarterly    25 days after quarter end

Marco Consulting

   Quarterly    25 days after quarter end

eVestment Alliance

   Quarterly    25 days after quarter end

CheckFree (Mobius)

   Quarterly    25 days after quarter end

Vestek

   Daily    None

Wilshire

   Quarterly    25 days after quarter end

Informa Investment Services (Efron)

   Quarterly    25 days after quarter end

Nelsons Information

   Quarterly    25 days after quarter end

 

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Recipient (holdings)    Frequency    Delay before dissemination

Investor Tools

   Daily    None

Advent

   Daily    None

Plexus

   Quarterly (calendar)   

Sent the 1-3 business day following the end of a quarter

Quantitative Services Group

   Daily    None

 

With respect to each arrangement, the Fund has a legitimate purpose for the release of information. The release of the information is subject to trading restrictions and confidential treatment to prohibit the entity from sharing with an unauthorized source or trading upon the information provided by CAM on behalf of the Fund. Neither the Fund, CAM nor any other affiliated party receives compensation or any other consideration in connection with such arrangements.

 

INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS

 

The Fund has adopted the following investment restrictions for the protection of shareholders. Restrictions 1 through 7 below cannot be changed without approval by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund, defined as the lesser of (a) 67% or more of the Fund’s shares present at a meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares are present in person or by proxy or (b) more than 50% of a Fund’s outstanding shares. The remaining restrictions may be changed by the Company’s Board of Directors at any time. In accordance with these restrictions, the Fund will not:

 

1.  Invest in a manner that would cause it to fail to be a “diversified company” under the 1940 Act and the rules, regulations and orders thereunder.

 

2.  Issue “senior securities” as defined in the 1940 Act, and the rules, regulations and orders thereunder, except as permitted under the 1940 Act and the rules, regulations and orders thereunder.

 

3.  Invest more than 25% of its total assets in securities, the issuers of which conduct their principal business activities in the same industry. For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities) and securities of state or municipal governments and their political subdivisions are not considered to be issued by members of any industry.

 

4.  Borrow money, except that (a) the Fund may borrow from banks for temporary or emergency (not leveraging) purposes, including the meeting of redemption requests which might otherwise require the untimely disposition of securities, and (b) the Fund may, to the extent consistent with its investment policies, enter into reverse repurchase agreements, forward roll transactions and similar investment strategies and techniques. To the extent that it engages in transactions described in (a) and (b), the Fund will be limited so that no more than 33 1/3% of the value of its total assets (including the amount borrowed), valued at the lesser of cost or market, less liabilities (not including the amount borrowed) valued at the time the borrowing is made, is derived from such transactions.

 

5.  Make loans. This restriction does not apply to: (a) the purchase of debt obligations in which the Fund may invest consistent with its investment objective and policies; (b) repurchase agreements; and (c) loans of its portfolio securities, to the fullest extent permitted under the 1940 Act.

 

6.  Engage in the business of underwriting securities issued by other persons, except to the extent that the Fund may technically be deemed to be an underwriter under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“1933 Act”), in disposing of portfolio securities.

 

7.  Purchase or sell real estate, real estate mortgages, commodities or commodity contracts, but this restriction shall not prevent the Fund from: (a) investing in securities of issuers engaged in the real estate business or the business of investing in real estate (including interests in limited partnerships owning or otherwise engaging in the real estate business or the business of investing in real estate) and securities which are secured by real estate or interests therein; (b) holding or selling real estate received in connection with

 

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securities it holds or held; (c) trading in futures contracts and options on futures contracts (including options on currencies to the extent consistent with the Fund’s investment objective and policies); or (d) investing in real estate investment trust securities.

 

8.  Purchase any securities on margin (except for such short-term credits as are necessary for the clearance of purchases and sales of portfolio securities) or sell any securities short (except “against the box”). For purposes of this restriction, the deposit or payment by the Fund of underlying securities and other assets in escrow and collateral agreements with respect to initial or maintenance margin in connection with futures contracts and related options and options on securities, indexes or similar items is not considered to be the purchase of a security on margin.

 

9.  Invest in oil, gas or other mineral exploration or development programs.

 

10.  Purchase or otherwise acquire any security if, as a result, more than 15% of its net assets would be invested in securities that are illiquid.

 

11.  Invest for the purpose of exercising control over or management of the issuer.

 

12.  Invest in securities of an issuer which, together with any predecessor, has been in operation for less than three years if, as a result, more than 5% of the total assets of the Fund would then be invested in such securities (for purposes of this restriction, issuers include predecessors, sponsors, controlling persons, general guarantors and originators of underlying assets).

 

If any percentage restriction described above is complied with at the time of an investment, a later increase or decrease in percentage resulting from a change in values or assets will not constitute a violation of such restriction.

 

Portfolio Turnover

 

The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate (the lesser of purchases or sales of portfolio securities during the year, excluding purchases or sales of short-term securities, divided by the monthly average value of portfolio securities) is generally not expected to exceed 150%. The rate of turnover will not be a limiting factor, however, when the Fund deems it desirable to sell or purchase securities. For the fiscal years ended September 30, 2003 and 2004, the Fund had turnover rates of 115% and 118%, respectively.

 

Portfolio Transactions

 

Decisions to buy and sell securities for the Fund are made by the manager, subject to the overall review of the Company’s Board of Directors. Although investment decisions for the Fund are made independently from those of the other accounts managed by the manager, investments of the type the Fund may make also may be made by those other accounts. When the Fund and one or more other accounts managed by the manager are prepared to invest in, or desire to dispose of, the same security, available investments or opportunities for sales will be allocated in a manner believed by the manager to be equitable to each. In some cases, this procedure may adversely affect the price paid or received by the Fund or the size of the position obtained or disposed of by the Fund.

 

Allocation of transactions on behalf of the Fund, including their frequency, to various dealers is determined by the manager in its best judgment and in a manner deemed fair and reasonable to the Fund’s shareholders. The primary considerations of the manager in allocating transactions are availability of the desired security and the prompt execution of orders in an effective manner at the most favorable prices. Subject to these considerations, dealers that provide supplemental investment research and statistical or other services to the manager may receive orders for portfolio transactions by the Fund. Information so received is in addition to, and not in lieu of, services required to be performed by the manager, and the fees of the manager are not reduced as a consequence of their receipt of the supplemental information. The information may be useful to the manager in serving both the Fund and other clients, and conversely, supplemental information obtained by the placement of business of other clients may be useful to the manager in carrying out its obligations to the Fund.

 

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The Fund has paid the following in brokerage commissions for portfolio transactions:

 

Fiscal Year Ending September 30:


   Total Brokerage
Commissions


   Commissions
Paid to
CGM and
Affiliates


   % of Total
Brokerage
Commissions
Paid to
CGM and
Affiliates


    % of Total
Dollar
Amount of
Transactions
Involving
Commissions
Paid to
CGM and
Affiliates


 

2002

   $ 844,295    $ 21,311    2.52 %   2.33 %

2003

   $ 1,648,097    $ 5,200    0.32 %   0.38 %

2004

   $ 1,901,115    $ 13,260    0.70 %   1.12 %

 

The total brokerage commissions paid by the Fund for each fiscal year will vary primarily because of increases or decreases in the Fund’s volume of securities transactions on which brokerage commissions are charged.

 

In selecting brokers or dealers to execute portfolio transactions on behalf of the Fund, SBFM seeks the best overall terms available. In assessing the best overall terms available for any transaction, SBFM will consider the factors SBFM deems relevant, including the breadth of the market in the security, the price of the security, the financial condition and the execution capability of the broker or dealer and the reasonableness of the commission, if any, for the specific transaction and on a continuing basis. In addition, the advisory agreement between the Company and SBFM relating to the Fund authorizes SBFM, in selecting brokers or dealers to execute a particular transaction and in evaluating the best overall terms available, to consider the brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) provided to the Fund, the other funds and/or other accounts over which SBFM or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004, the Fund directed brokerage transactions totaling $126,413 to brokers because of research services provided. The amount of brokerage commissions paid on such transactions for the Fund totalled $40,224,701. The fees under the advisory agreements relating to the Fund between the Company and SBFM are not reduced by reason of their receiving such brokerage and research services. The Company’s Board of Directors periodically will review the commissions paid by the Fund to determine if the commissions paid over representative periods of time were reasonable in relation to the benefits inuring to the Fund.

 

In accordance with Section 17(e) of the 1940 Act and Rule 17e-1 thereunder, the Company’s Board of Directors has determined that any portfolio transaction for the Fund may be executed through Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“CGM”) or an affiliate if, in the manager’s judgment, the use of CGM or an affiliate is likely to result in price and execution at least as favorable as those of other qualified brokers and if, in the transaction, CGM or the affiliate charges the Fund a commission rate consistent with those charged by CGM or an affiliate to comparable unaffiliated customers in similar transactions. In addition, under SEC rules, CGM may directly execute such transactions for the Fund on the floor of any national securities exchange, provided: (a) the Board of Directors has expressly authorized CGM to effect such transactions; and (b) CGM annually advises the Fund of the aggregate compensation it earned on such transactions.

 

Even though investment decisions for the Fund are made independently from those of the other accounts managed by the manager, investments of the kind made by the Fund also may be made by those other accounts. When the Fund and one or more accounts managed by the manager are prepared to invest in, or desire to dispose of, the same security, available investments or opportunities for sales will be allocated in a manner believed by the manager to be equitable. In some cases, this procedure may adversely affect the price paid or received by the fund or the size of the position obtained for or disposed of by the Fund.

 

The Fund will not purchase securities during the existence of any underwriting or selling group relating to securities of which an affiliate of the manager is a member, except to the extent permitted by the SEC. Under certain circumstances, the Fund may be at a disadvantage because of this limitation in comparison with other funds that have similar investment objectives but that are not subject to a similar limitation. The Board has

 

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approved procedures in conformity with Rule 10f-3 under the 1940 Act whereby the Fund may purchase securities that are offered in underwritings in which a Citigroup affiliate participates. These procedures prohibit the Fund from directly or indirectly benefiting a Citigroup affiliate in connection with such underwritings. In addition, for underwritings where a Citigroup affiliate participates as a principal underwriter, certain restrictions may apply that could, among other things, limit the amount of securities that the Fund could purchase in the underwritings.

 

DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY

 

The business and affairs of the Fund are managed under the direction of the Company’s Board of Directors. The names of the Directors and officers of the Company, together with information as to their principal business occupations during the past five years, are set forth below. The executive officers of the Fund are employees of organizations that provide services to the Fund.

 

Name, Address, and Birth Year 


  

Position(s)

Held with

Fund


 

Term of

Office*
and
Length
of Time
Served


 

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years


 

Number of

Portfolios
in the Fund
Complex
Overseen
by Director


 

Other

Directorships

Held by

Director


NON-INTERESTED DIRECTORS:

Paul R. Ades
Paul R. Ades, PLLC
181 West Main Street

Suite C
Babylon, NY 11702
birth year: 1940

   Director   Since
1994
  Law Firm of Paul R. Ades, PLLC (from April 2000 to Present); Partner in Law Firm of Murov & Ades (from November 1970 to March 2000)   15   None
Dwight B. Crane
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field
Morgan Hall #375
Boston, MA 02163
birth year: 1937
   Director   Since
1981
  Professor, Harvard Business School   49   None

Frank G. Hubbard

Avatar International Inc.

87 Whittredge Road
Summit, NJ 07901
birth year: 1937

   Director   Since
1993
  President of Avatar International Inc. (business development) (since 1998)   15   None

Jerome H. Miller
c/o Smith Barney Mutual Funds 

125 Broad Street

New York, NY 10004
birth year: 1938

   Director   Since
1998
  Retired   15   None

Ken Miller
Young Stuff Apparel Group, Inc.
930 Fifth Avenue

Suite 610

New York, NY 10021
birth year: 1942

   Director   Since
1994
  President of Young Stuff Apparel Group, Inc. (since 1963)   15   None

 

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Name, Address, and Age


 

Position(s)

Held with

Fund


 

Term of

Office*
and
Length
of Time
Served


 

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years


 

Number of

Portfolios
in the Fund
Complex
Overseen
by Director


 

Other

Directorships

Held by

Director


INTERESTED DIRECTOR:
R. Jay Gerken**
CAM
399 Park Avenue
4th Floor
New York, NY 10022
birth year: 1951
  Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer   Since
2002
  Managing Director of CGM; Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of SBFM, Travelers Investment Adviser, Inc. (“TIA”) and Citi Fund Management, Inc. (“CFM”). President and Chief Executive Officer of certain mutual funds associated with Citigroup; formerly portfolio manager of Smith Barney Allocation Series Inc. (from 1996 to 2001) and Smith Barney Growth and Income Fund (from 1996 to 2001)   219   None
OFFICERS:
Andrew B. Shoup
CAM
125 Broad Street
10th Floor
New York, NY 10004
birth year: 1956
  Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer   Since
2003
  Director of CAM; Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of mutual funds associated with Citigroup; Treasurer of certain mutual funds associated with Citigroup; Head of International Funds Administration of CAM (from 2001 to 2003); Director of Global Funds Administration of CAM (from 2000 to 2001); Head of U.S. Citibank Funds Administration of CAM (from 1998 to 2000)   N/A   N/A
Timothy Woods, CFA
CAM
100 First Stamford Place
7th Floor
Stamford, CT 06902
birth year: 1960
  Vice President and Investment Officer   Since
1999
  Managing Director of CGM and Investment Officer of SBFM   N/A   N/A
 

Robert I. Frenkel

CAM

300 First Stamford Place

4th Floor

Stamford, CT 06902

birth year: 1954

  Secretary and Chief Legal Officer   Since
2003
  Managing Director and General Counsel of Global Mutual Funds for CAM and its predecessor (since 1994); Secretary of CFM; Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of mutual funds associated with Citigroup   N/A   N/A
Kaprel Ozsolak
CAM
125 Broad Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10004
birth year: 1965
  Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer   Since
2004
  Vice President of CGM   N/A   N/A

Andrew Beagley

CAM

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

birth year: 1962

 

Chief Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

(since 2002) and Chief Compliance Officer (since 2004)

  Since
2002
and
2004
  Director, CGM (since 2000); Director of Compliance, North America, Citigroup Asset Management (since 2000); Director of Compliance, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Citigroup Asset Management (from 1999 to 2000); Compliance Officer, Salomon Brothers Asset Management Limited, Smith Barney Global Capital Management Inc., Salomon Brothers Asset Management Asia Pacific Limited (from 1997 to 1999)   N/A   N/A

  *   Each Director and officer serves until his or her respective successor has been duly elected and qualified.
**   Mr. Gerken is an “Interested Director” of the Company because he is an officer of SBFM and certain of its affiliates.

 

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For the calendar year ended December 31, 2004, the Directors beneficially owned equity securities of the Fund within the dollar ranges presented in the table below:

 

Name of Independent Director


  

Dollar Range

of Equity

Securities in
the Fund


   Aggregate Dollar Range
of Equity Securities In
Registered Investment
Companies Overseen by
Director


Paul R. Ades

   N/A    N/A

Herbert Barg

   N/A    N/A

Dwight B. Crane

   $10,001-$50,000    over $100,000

Frank G. Hubbard

   N/A    N/A

Jerome H. Miller

   N/A    N/A

Ken Miller

   N/A    N/A

Name of Interested Director


  

Dollar Range

of Equity

Securities in
the Fund


   Aggregate Dollar Range
of Equity Securities In
Registered Investment
Companies Overseen by
Director


R. Jay Gerken

   N/A    N/A

  Mr. Barg changed to Emeritus status on January 1, 2004.

 

As of December 31, 2004, none of the Directors who are not “interested persons” as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Directors”), or their immediate family members, owned beneficially or of record any securities of the manager or distributors of the Fund or in a person (other than a registered investment company) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the manager or distributors of the Fund.

 

The Company has an Audit Committee and a Nominating Committee. The members of the Audit Committee and the Nominating Committee consist of all the Independent Directors of the Company, namely Messrs. Ades, Crane, Hubbard, K. Miller and J. Miller.

 

In accordance with its written charter adopted by the Board of Directors, the Audit Committee assists the Board in fulfilling its responsibility for oversight of the quality and integrity of the accounting, auditing and financial reporting practices of the Fund. The Audit Committee oversees the scope of the Fund’s audits, the Fund’s accounting and financial reporting policies and practices and its internal controls. The Audit Committee approves, and recommends to the Independent Directors of the Company for their ratification, the selection, appointment, retention or termination of the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm and approves the compensation of the independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee also approves all audit and permissible non-audit services provided to the Fund by the independent registered public accounting firm and all permissible non-audit services provided by the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm to SBFM and any affiliated service providers if the engagement relates directly to the Fund’s operations and financial reporting. During the most recent fiscal year, the Audit Committee met four times.

 

The Nominating Committee is charged with the duty of making all nominations for Independent Directors to the Board of Directors. The Nominating Committee will consider nominees recommended by the Fund’s shareholders when a vacancy becomes available. Shareholders who wish to recommend a nominee should send nominations to the Company’s Secretary. The Nominating Committee did not meet during the Fund’s most recent fiscal year.

 

No officer, director or employee of CGM or any parent or subsidiary receives any compensation from the Company for serving as an Officer or Director of the Company. The Company pays each Director who is not an officer, director or employee of CGM or any of its affiliates a fee of $6,000 per annum plus $600 per meeting attended and reimburses travel and out-of-pocket expenses. During the calendar year ended December 31, 2004

 

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such expenses totaled $6,906. The Directors of the Company were paid the following compensation for the respective periods:

 

Name of Non-Interested Director


   Aggregate
Compensation
from Company
for Fiscal Year Ended
09/30/04


   Total Pension or
Retirement
Benefits
Accrued as Part
of Fund
Expenses


   Total
Compensation
from Fund
Complex Paid
to Directors in
Calendar Year
Ended 12/31/03


   Number of
Funds for
Which Director
Serves Within
Fund Complex


Paul R. Ades

   $ 6,592    $ 0    $ 60,575    15

Herbert Barg

   $ 3,032    $ 0    $ 127,963    0

Dwight B. Crane

   $ 4,731    $ 0    $ 168,875    49

Frank G. Hubbard

   $ 5,064    $ 0    $ 60,675    15

Jerome Miller

   $ 4,676    $ 0    $ 60,575    15

Ken Miller

   $ 5,064    $ 0    $ 60,575    15

Interested Director


                   

R. Jay Gerken(1)

   $ 0    $ 0    $ 0    219

  Mr. Barg changed to Emeritus status on January 1, 2004
(1)   Mr. Gerken is not compensated for his services as Director because of his affiliation with the manager.

 

During the year in which they attain age 80, Directors are required to change to Emeritus status. Directors Emeritus are entitled to serve in Emeritus status for a maximum of 10 years during which time they are paid 50% of the annual retainer fee and meeting fees otherwise applicable to the Directors, together with reasonable out-of-pocket expenses for each meeting attended. Directors Emeritus received $0 from the Fund Complex for the calendar year ended December 31, 2004.

 

As of January 10, 2005, the Directors and officers of the Company, as a group, owned less than 1.00% of the outstanding common stock of the Fund.

 

As of January 10, 2005 to the knowledge of the Fund, the following shareholders or groups (as the term is used in Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) beneficially owned 5% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund of the following classes:

 

Class


   Percent

  

Name


  

Address


A

   86.93%   

PFPC Brokerage Services

FBO Primerica Shareholder Services

   211 South Gulph Road King of Prussia, PA 19406

B

   74.16%   

PFPC Brokerage Services

FBO Primerica Shareholder Services

  

211 South Gulph Road

King of Prussia, PA 19406

1

   100.00%   

PFPC Brokerage Services

FBO Primerica Shareholder Services

  

211 South Gulph Road

King of Prussia, PA 19406

Y

   42.52%   

Smith Barney Investment Series

SB Allocation Growth

  

State Street Bank

James Casey

Two World Financial Center

225 Liberty Street, 24th Floor

New York, NY 10281-1008

Y

   38.01%   

Smith Barney Investment Series

SB Allocation High Growth

  

State Street Bank

James Casey

Two World Financial Center

225 Liberty Street, 24th Floor

New York, NY 10281-1008

Y

   11.65%   

Smith Barney Investment Series

Select Growth

  

State Street Bank

61 Broadway

New York, NY 10006-2701

Y

   7.79%   

Smith Barney Investment Series

Select High Growth

  

State Street Bank

61 Broadway

New York, NY 10006-2701

 

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Investment Manager—SBFM

 

SBFM serves as investment manager to the Fund pursuant to an investment management agreement (the “Investment Management Agreement”) with the fund which was approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, including a majority of the Independent Directors, on July 15, 2004. SBFM is an affiliate of CGM and is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Citigroup. Subject to the supervision and direction of the Company’s Board of Directors, the manager manages the Fund’s portfolio in accordance with the Fund’s stated investment objective and policies, makes investment decisions for the fund, places orders to purchase and sell securities, and employs professional portfolio managers and securities analysts who provide research services to the Fund. The manager pays the salary of any officer and employee who is employed by both it and the Fund. The manager bears all expenses in connection with the performance of its services. The manager also: (a) assists in supervising all aspects of the Fund’s operations; b) supplies the Fund with office facilities (which may be in SBFM’s own offices), statistical and research data, data processing services, clerical, accounting and bookkeeping services, including, but not limited to, the calculation of (i) the net asset value of shares of the Fund, (ii) applicable deferred sales charges (“Deferred Sales Charges”) and similar fees and charges and (iii) distribution fees, internal auditing and legal services, internal executive and administrative services, and stationary and office supplies; and (c) prepares reports to shareholders of the Fund, tax returns and reports to and filings with the SEC and state blue sky authorities.

 

SBFM (through its predecessor entities) has been in the investment counseling business since 1968 and renders investment advice to a wide variety of individual, institutional and investment company clients that had aggregate assets under management as of September 30, 2004 of approximately $111 billion.

 

As compensation for investment management services, the Fund pays the manager a fee computed daily and paid monthly at the annual rate of 0.75% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. For the fiscal years ended September 30, 2002, 2003 and 2004, the Fund incurred $2,655,890, $2,158,351 and $2,690,904, respectively, in investment advisory fees.

 

The Investment Management Agreement will continue in effect from year to year provided such continuance is specifically approved at least annually (a) by the Company’s Board or by a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund (as defined in the 1940 Act), and in either event, by a majority of the Independent Directors of the Company’s Board with such Independent Directors casting votes in person at a meeting called for such purpose. The Fund or the manager may terminate the Investment Management Agreement on sixty days’ written notice without penalty. The Investment Management Agreement will terminate automatically in the event of assignment (as defined in the 1940 Act).

 

Board Approval of Investment Management Agreement

 

At a meeting held on July 15, 2004, the Board of Directors considered the continuation of the Fund’s Investment Management Agreement between the manager and the Company for another year. The Board of Directors, including the Independent Directors, considered the reasonableness of the investment advisory fee with respect to the Fund in light of the extent and quality of the investment advisory services provided and additional benefits received by the manager and its affiliates in connection with providing services to the Fund, compared the fees charged by the manager to the Fund to those charged by the manager to other funds for comparable services and to those charged by other investment advisers with respect to similar funds, and analyzed the expenses incurred by the manager with respect to the Fund. The Board also considered the performance of the Fund relative to a selected peer group and the Fund’s total expenses in comparison to funds within the peer group. For their review, the Board utilized materials prepared by an independent third party. In addition, the Board noted information received at regular meetings throughout the year relating to Fund performance and services rendered by the manager, and benefits accruing to the manager and its affiliates from administrative and brokerage relationships with affiliates of the manager. The Board also considered the manager’s research arrangements with brokers who execute transactions on behalf of the Fund.

 

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In analyzing the expenses incurred by the manager with respect to the Fund, the Directors took note of the reports they had received regarding the profitability of the mutual fund business to the manager and its affiliates. The Board also considered the expenses of the Fund in comparison to those of funds within the peer group. The Board noted that it had concluded that the manager’s methodology for allocating the expenses of operating the funds in the complex was reasonable and that the manager was passing on the benefits of economies of scale to the Fund.

 

No single factor reviewed by the Board was identified by the Board as the principal factor in determining whether to approve the investment advisory agreement with respect to the Fund. The Independent Directors were advised by separate independent legal counsel throughout the process.

 

Code of Ethics

 

Pursuant to Rule 17j-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund, its manager and distributors have adopted codes of ethics that permit their respective personnel to invest in securities for their own accounts, including securities that may be purchased or held by the Fund. All personnel must place the interests of clients first and avoid activities, interests and relationships that might interfere with the duty to make decisions in the best interests of the clients. All personal securities transactions by employees must adhere to the requirements of the code and must be conducted in such a manner as to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest, the appearance of such a conflict, or the abuse of an employee’s position of trust and responsibility.

 

A copy of the Fund’s Code of Ethics is on file with the SEC.

 

Proxy Voting Guidelines and Procedures

 

Although individual Directors may not agree with particular policies or votes by the Fund’s manager, the Board has approved delegating proxy voting discretion to the manager believing that the manager should be responsible for voting because it is a matter relating to the investment decision making process.

 

Attached as Appendix A is a summary of the guidelines and procedures that the manager uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities, including the procedures that the manager uses when a vote presents a conflict between the interests of Fund shareholders, on the one hand, and those of the manager or any affiliated person of the Fund or the manager, on the other. This summary of the guidelines gives a general indication as to how the manager will vote proxies relating to portfolio securities on each issue listed. However, the guidelines do not address all potential voting issues or the intricacies that may surround individual proxy votes. For that reason, there may be instances in which votes may vary from the guidelines presented. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the manager always endeavors to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities in accordance with the Fund’s investment objectives.

 

Information on how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30, 2004 and a description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-451-2010, (2) on the Fund’s website at http://www.CitigroupAM.com and (3) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

Counsel and Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019-6099, serves as counsel to the Fund.

 

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, 180 Maiden Lane, New York, New York 10038-4982, serves as counsel to the Company’s Independent Directors.

 

KPMG LLP, 757 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017, serves as independent registered public accounting firm to examine and report on the Fund’s financial statements for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005.

 

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Custodian and Transfer Agent

 

State Street Bank and Trust Company, 225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, (“State Street”), serves as the custodian of the Company on behalf of the Fund. Under its agreement with the Company on behalf of the Fund, State Street holds the Fund’s portfolio securities and keeps all necessary accounts and records. For its services, State Street receives a monthly fee based upon the month-end market value of securities held in custody and also receives securities transaction charges. The assets of the Fund are held under bank custodianship in compliance with the 1940 Act.

 

Citicorp Trust Bank, fsb, located at 125 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004, serves as the Transfer Agent and shareholder services agent of the Fund. PFPC Inc., whose address is P.O. Box 9699, Providence, Rhode Island 02940-9699, and Primerica Shareholder Services, located at 3120 Breckinridge Boulevard, Duluth, Georgia 30099-0001, serve as the Fund’s sub-transfer agents to render certain shareholder record keeping and accounting services functions.

 

PURCHASE OF SHARES

 

General

 

Investors may purchase shares from a Smith Barney Financial Consultant, a PFSI Registered Representative or a Service Agent. In addition, certain investors, including qualified retirement plans purchasing through certain Service Agents, may purchase shares directly from the Fund. When purchasing shares of the Fund, investors must specify whether the purchase is for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y, or Class 1 shares. CGM and Service Agents may charge their customers an annual account maintenance fee in connection with a brokerage account through which an investor purchases or holds shares. Accounts held directly at PFPC Inc. or Primerica Shareholder Services (each, a “sub-transfer agent”) are not subject to a maintenance fee.

 

Investors in Class A, Class B and Class C shares may open an account in the Fund by making an initial investment of at least $1,000 for each account, or $250 for an IRA or a Self-Employed Retirement Plan, in the Fund. Investors in Class Y shares may open an account by making an initial investment of $15,000,000. Subsequent investments of at least $50 may be made for all Classes. For participants in retirement plans qualified under Section 403(b)(7) or Section 401(c) of Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the minimum initial investment required for Class A, Class B and Class C shares and the subsequent investment requirement for all Classes in the Fund is $25. For shareholders purchasing shares of the Fund through the Systematic Investment Plan on a monthly basis, the minimum initial investment requirement for Class A, Class B and Class C shares and subsequent investment requirement for all Classes is $25. For shareholders purchasing shares of the Fund through the Systematic Investment Plan on a quarterly basis, the minimum initial investment required for Class A, Class B and Class C shares and the subsequent investment requirement for all Classes is $50. There are no minimum investment requirements for Class A shares for employees of Citigroup and its subsidiaries, including CGM, unitholders who invest distributions from a Unit Investment Trust (“UIT”) sponsored by CGM, and Directors/Trustees of any of the Smith Barney Mutual Funds, and their spouses and children. The Fund reserves the right to waive or change minimums, to decline any order to purchase its shares and to suspend the offering of shares from time to time. Shares purchased will be held in the shareholder’s account by a sub-transfer agent. Share certificates for the Fund will no longer be issued. If you currently hold share certificates of the Fund, such certificates will continue to be honored.

 

Purchase orders received by the Fund or a Smith Barney Financial Consultant prior to the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), on any day the Fund calculates its net asset value, are priced according to the net asset value determined on that day (the “trade date”). Orders received by a Service Agent prior to the close of regular trading on the NYSE on any day the Fund calculates its net asset value are priced according to the net asset value determined on that day, provided the order is received by the Fund or the Fund’s agent prior to its close of business. For shares purchased through a Service Agent purchasing through Salomon Smith Barney, payment for shares of the Fund is due on the third business day after the trade date. In all other cases, payment must be made with the purchase order.

 

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Systematic Investment Plan.    Shareholders may make additions to their accounts at any time by purchasing shares through a service known as the Systematic Investment Plan. Under the Systematic Investment Plan, CGM or a sub-transfer agent is authorized through preauthorized transfers of at least $25 on a monthly basis or at least $50 on a quarterly basis to charge the shareholder’s account held with a bank or other financial institution on a monthly or quarterly basis as indicated by the shareholder, to provide for systematic additions to the shareholder’s fund account. A shareholder who has insufficient funds to complete the transfer will be charged a fee of up to $25 by CGM or a sub-transfer agent. The Systematic Investment Plan also authorizes CGM to apply cash held in the shareholder’s Smith Barney brokerage account or redeem the shareholder’s shares of a Smith Barney money market fund to make additions to the account. Additional information is available from the Fund or a Service Agent.

 

Sales Charge Alternatives

 

The fund offers five classes (“Classes”) of shares: Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y and Class 1. Class A shares are sold to investors with an initial sales charge and Class B shares are sold without an initial sales charge but with higher ongoing expenses and a contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“Deferred Sales Charge”) payable upon certain redemptions. Class C shares are sold without an initial sales charge, but with higher ongoing expenses and a Deferred Sales Charge. Class Y shares are sold without an initial sales charge and are available only to investors investing a minimum of $15,000,000. Class 1 shares are sold to investors with an initial sales charge, but are only available to eligible Class 1 shareholders. These alternatives are designed to provide investors with the flexibility of selecting an investment best suited to his or her needs based on the amount of purchase, the length of time the investor expects to hold the shares and other circumstances.

 

The following classes of shares are available for purchase. See the Prospectus for a discussion of factors to consider in selecting which Class of shares to purchase.

 

Class A Shares.    Class A shares are sold to investors at the public offering price, which is the net asset value plus an initial sales charge as follows:

 

Amount of
Investment


     Sales Charge
as a % of
Offering Price


    Sales Charge
as a % of
Amount Invested


    Dealers’ Reallowance
as % of
Offering Price


 

Less than $25,000

     5.00 %   5.26 %   4.50 %

$25,000-49,999

     4.25     4.44     3.83  

50,000-99,999

     3.75     3.90     3.38  

100,000-249,999

     3.25     3.36     2.93  

250,000-499,999

     2.75     2.83     1.48  

500,000-999,999

     2.00     2.04     1.80  

1,000,000 and over*

     -0-     -0-     -0-  

*   A distributor may pay up to 1.00% to a Service Agent for purchase amounts of $1 million or more and for purchases by certain retirement plans with an omnibus relationship with a fund. In such cases, starting in the thirteenth month after purchase, the Service Agent will also receive the annual distribution and service fee of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets represented by the Class A shares held by its clients. Prior to the thirteenth month, the distributor will retain the service fee. Where the Service Agent does not receive the payment of up to 1.00% from the distributor, the Service Agent will instead receive the annual service fee starting immediately after purchase. In certain cases, the Service Agent may receive both a payment of up to 1.00% from the distributor as well as the annual distribution and service fee starting immediately after purchase. Please contact your Service Agent for more information.

 

Members of the selling group may receive up to 90% of the sales charge and may be deemed to be underwriters of the Fund as defined in the 1933 Act. The reduced sales charges shown above apply to the aggregate of purchases of Class A shares of the Fund made at one time by any “person,” which includes an individual and his or her spouse and children under the age of 21, or a trustee or other fiduciary of a single trust

 

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estate or single fiduciary account. Class A load-waived shares will be available to retirement plans where such plan’s record keeper offers only load-waived shares and where the shares are held on the books of a fund through an omnibus account.

 

Class B Shares.    Class B shares are sold without an initial sales charge but are subject to a Deferred Sales Charge payable upon certain redemptions. See “Deferred Sales Charge Provisions” below.

 

Class C Shares.    Class C shares are sold without an initial sales charge, but are subject to a Deferred Sales Charge payable upon certain redemptions. See “Deferred Sales Charge Provisions” below.

 

Class Y Shares.    Class Y shares are sold without an initial sales charge or deferred sales charge and are available only to investors investing a minimum of $15,000,000 (except there is no minimum purchase amount for purchases by Smith Barney Allocation Series Inc.; qualified and non-qualified retirement plans with $75,000,000 in plan assets for which CitiStreet LLC acts as the plan’s recordkeeper; or 401(k) plans of Citigroup and its affiliates).

 

Class 1 Shares.    Class 1 shares are offered only through PFS Accounts, and only to eligible Class 1 purchasers, at the next determined net asset value plus a sales charge, as set forth below.

 

Amount of Investment


  

As % of

Offering

Price


   

As % of

Net Amount

Invested


 

Less than $10,000

   8.50 %   9.29 %

$ 10,000 but less than $ 25,000

   7.75 %   8.40 %

$ 25,000 but less than $ 50,000

   6.00 %   6.38 %

$ 50,000 but less than $ 100,000

   4.50 %   4.71 %

$ 100,000 but less than $ 250,000

   3.50 %   3.63 %

$ 250,000 but less than $ 400,000

   2.50 %   2.56 %

$ 400,000 but less than $ 600,000

   2.00 %   2.04 %

$ 600,000 but less than $5,000,000

   1.00 %   1.01 %

$5,000,000 or more

   0.25 %   0.25 %

 

Class 1 shares may be purchased at net asset value by the Primerica Plan for eligible Class 1 purchasers participating in the Primerica Plan, subject to the provisions of ERISA. Shares so purchased are purchased for investment purposes and may not be resold except by redemption or repurchase by or on behalf of the Primerica Plan. Shares are offered at net asset value to such persons because of anticipated economies in sales efforts and sales related expenses. The Company may terminate, or amend the terms of, offering shares of the Company at net asset value to such persons at any time.

 

Sales Charge Waivers and Reductions

 

Initial Sales Charge Waivers.    Purchases of Class A shares may be made at net asset value without a sales charge in the following circumstances: (a) sales to (i) Board Members and employees of Citigroup and its subsidiaries and any Citigroup affiliated funds including the Smith Barney Mutual Funds (including retired Board Members and employees); the immediate families of such persons (including the surviving spouse of a deceased Board Member or employee); and to a pension, profit-sharing or other benefit plan for such persons and (ii) employees of members of NASD Inc., provided such sales are made upon the assurance of the purchaser that the purchase is made for investment purposes and that the securities will not be resold except through redemption or repurchase; (b) offers of Class A shares to any other investment company to effect the combination of such company with the Fund by merger, acquisition of assets or otherwise; (c) purchases of Class A shares by any client of a newly employed Smith Barney Financial Consultant (for a period up to 90 days from the commencement of the Financial Consultant’s employment with CGM), on the condition that the purchase of

 

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Class A shares is made with the proceeds of the redemption of shares of a mutual fund which (i) was sponsored by the Financial Consultant’s prior employer, (ii) was sold to the client by the Financial Consultant and (iii) was subject to a sales charge; (d) purchases by shareholders who have redeemed Class A shares in the Fund (or Class A shares of another Smith Barney mutual fund that is offered with a sales charge) and who wish to reinvest their redemption proceeds in the Fund, provided the reinvestment is made within 60 calendar days of the redemption; (e) purchases by accounts managed by registered investment advisory subsidiaries of Citigroup; (f) direct rollovers by plan participants of distributions from a 401(k) plan offered to employees of Citigroup or its subsidiaries, or a 401(k) plan enrolled in the Smith Barney 401(k) Program (Note: subsequent investments will be subject to the applicable sales charge); (g) purchases by a separate account used to fund certain unregistered variable annuity contracts; (h) investments of distributions from or proceeds from a sale of a UIT sponsored by CGM; (i) purchases by investors participating in “wrap fee” or asset allocation programs or other fee-based arrangements sponsored by affiliated and non-affiliated broker-dealers and other financial institutions that have entered into agreements with CGM; (j) purchases of Class A shares by Section 403(b) or Section 401(a) or (k) accounts associated with Citistreet Retirement Programs; (k) purchases by separate accounts used to fund certain Section 403(b) or 401(a) or (k) accounts (l) purchases by Intergraph Corporate Stock Bonus Plan participants reinvesting distribution proceeds from the sale of the Smith Barney Appreciation Fund; and (m) purchases by executive deferred compensation plans participating in the CGM ExecChoice program. In order to obtain such discounts, the purchaser must provide sufficient information at the time of purchase to permit verification that the purchase would qualify for the elimination of the sales charge.

 

Class A load-waived shares will be available to retirement plans where such plan’s record keeper offers only load-waived shares and where the shares are held on the books of the Fund through an omnibus account.

 

The Fund has imposed certain share class eligibility requirements in connection with purchases by retirement plans, including but not limited to executive deferred compensation programs, group retirement plans and certain employee benefit plans, including employer-sponsored tax-qualified 401(k) plans and other defined contribution plans. Plans with a minimum of 100 participants or with assets in excess of $1 million are eligible to purchase the Fund’s Class A shares. Each share class has varying service and distribution related fees as described elsewhere in this SAI.

 

Plan sponsors, plan fiduciaries and other financial intermediaries may, however, choose to impose qualification requirements for plans that differ from the Fund’s share class eligibility standards. In certain cases this could result in the selection of a share class with higher service and distribution related fees than would otherwise have been charged. The Fund is not responsible for, and has no control over, the decision of any plan sponsor, plan fiduciary or financial intermediary to impose such differing requirements. Please consult with your plan sponsor, plan fiduciary or financial intermediary for more information about available share classes.

 

Right of Accumulation.    Class A shares of the Fund may be purchased by any “person” (as defined above) at a reduced sales charge or at net asset value determined by aggregating the dollar amount of the new purchase and the total net asset value of all Class A shares of the Fund and of most other Smith Barney mutual funds that are offered with a sales charge then held by such person and applying the sales charge applicable to such aggregate. In order to obtain such discount, the purchaser must provide sufficient information at the time of purchase to permit verification that the purchase qualifies for the reduced sales charge. The right of accumulation is subject to modification or discontinuance at any time with respect to all shares purchased thereafter.

 

Letter of Intent—Class A Shares.    A Letter of Intent for an amount of $25,000 or more provides an opportunity for an investor to obtain a reduced sales charge by aggregating investments over a 13 month period, provided that the investor refers to such Letter when placing orders. For purposes of a Letter of Intent, the “Amount of Investment” as referred to in the preceding sales charge table includes (i) all Class A shares of the Fund and other Smith Barney Mutual Funds offered with a sales charge acquired during the term of the letter plus (ii) the value of all Class A shares previously purchased and still owned. Each investment made during the period receives the reduced sales charge applicable to the total amount of the investment goal. If the goal is not achieved

 

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within the period, the investor must pay the difference between the sales charges applicable to the purchases made and the charges previously paid, or an appropriate number of escrowed shares will be redeemed. The term of the Letter will commence upon the date the Letter is signed, or at the option of the investor, up to 90 days before such date. Please contact a Smith Barney Financial Consultant or a sub-transfer agent to obtain a Letter of Intent application.

 

Letter of Intent—Class Y Shares.    A Letter of Intent may also be used as a way for investors to meet the minimum investment requirement for Class Y shares (except purchases of Class Y shares by Smith Barney Allocation Series Inc., for which there is no minimum purchase amount). Investors must make an initial minimum purchase of $5,000,000 in Class Y shares of the Fund and agree to purchase a total of $15,000,000 of Class Y shares of the Fund within 13 months from the date of the Letter. If a total investment of $15,000,000 is not made within the 13-month period, all Class Y shares purchased to date will be transferred to Class A shares, where they will be subject to all fees (including a service fee of 0.25%) and expenses applicable to the Fund’s Class A shares, which may include a Deferred Sales Charge of 1.00%. Please contact a Smith Barney Financial Consultant or a sub-transfer agent for further information.

 

Deferred Sales Charge Provisions

 

“Deferred Sales Charge Shares” are (a) Class B shares; (b) Class C shares; and (c) Class A shares that were purchased without an initial sales charge but are subject to a Deferred Sales Charge. A Deferred Sales Charge may be imposed on certain redemptions of these shares.

 

Any applicable Deferred Sales Charge will be assessed on an amount equal to the lesser of the original cost of the shares being redeemed or their net asset value at the time of redemption. Deferred Sales Charge Shares that are redeemed will not be subject to a Deferred Sales Charge to the extent that the value of such shares represents: (a) capital appreciation of fund assets; (b) reinvestment of dividends or capital gain distributions; (c) with respect to Class B shares, shares redeemed more than five years after their purchase; or (d) with respect to Class C shares and Class A shares that are Deferred Sales Charge Shares, shares redeemed more than 12 months after their purchase.

 

Class C shares and Class A shares that are Deferred Sales Charge Shares are subject to a 1.00% Deferred Sales Charge if redeemed within 12 months of purchase. In circumstances in which the Deferred Sales Charge is imposed on Class B shares, the amount of the charge will depend on the number of years since the shareholder made the purchase payment from which the amount is being redeemed. Solely for purposes of determining the number of years since a purchase payment, all purchase payments made during a month will be aggregated and deemed to have been made on the last day of the preceding Smith Barney statement month. The following table sets forth the rates of the charge for redemptions of Class B shares by shareholders:

 

Year Since Purchase

Payment Was Made


   Deferred
Sales
Charge


 

First

   5.00 %

Second

   4.00  

Third

   3.00  

Fourth

   2.00  

Fifth

   1.00  

Sixth and thereafter

   0.00  

 

Class B shares will convert automatically to Class A shares eight years after the date on which they were purchased and thereafter will no longer be subject to any distribution fees. There will also be converted at that time such proportion of Class B Dividend Shares (Class B shares that were acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions) owned by the shareholder as the total number of his or her Class B shares converting

 

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at the time bears to the total number of outstanding Class B shares (other than Class B Dividend Shares) owned by the shareholder.

 

In determining the applicability of any Deferred Sales Charge, it will be assumed that a redemption is made first of shares representing capital appreciation, next of shares representing the reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions and finally of other shares held by the shareholder for the longest period of time. The length of time that Deferred Sales Charge Shares acquired through an exchange have been held will be calculated from the date that the shares exchanged were initially acquired in one of the other Smith Barney mutual funds, and fund shares being redeemed will be considered to represent, as applicable, capital appreciation or dividend and capital gain distribution reinvestments in such other funds. For federal income tax purposes, the amount of the Deferred Sales Charge will reduce the gain or increase the loss, as the case may be, on the amount realized on redemption. The amount of any Deferred Sales Charge will be paid to CGM.

 

To provide an example, assume an investor purchased 100 Class B shares of the Fund at $10 per share for a cost of $1,000. Subsequently, the investor acquired 5 additional shares of the Fund through dividend reinvestment. During the fifteenth month after the purchase, the investor decided to redeem $500 of his or her investment. Assuming at the time of the redemption the net asset value had appreciated to $12 per share, the value of the investor’s shares would be $1,260 (105 shares at $12 per share). The Deferred Sales Charge would not be applied to the amount which represents appreciation ($200) and the value of the reinvested dividend shares ($60). Therefore, $240 of the $500 redemption proceeds ($500 minus $260) would be charged at a rate of 4.00% (the applicable rate for Class B shares) for a total Deferred Sales Charge of $9.60.

 

Waivers of Deferred Sales Charge

 

The Deferred Sales Charge will be waived on: (a) exchanges (see “Exchange Privilege”); (b) automatic cash withdrawals in amounts equal to or less than 1.00% per month of the value of the shareholder’s shares at the time the withdrawal plan commences (see “Automatic Cash Withdrawal Plan”) (provided, however, that automatic cash withdrawals in amounts equal to or less than 2.00% per month of the value of the shareholder’s shares will be permitted for withdrawal plans that were established prior to November 7, 1994); (c) redemptions of shares within 12 months following the death or disability of the shareholder; (d) redemptions of shares made in connection with qualified distributions from retirement plans or IRAs upon the attainment of age 59½; (e) involuntary redemptions; and (f) redemptions of shares to effect a combination of the Fund with any investment company by merger, acquisition of assets or otherwise. In addition, a shareholder who has redeemed shares from other Smith Barney mutual funds may, under certain circumstances, reinvest all or part of the redemption proceeds within 60 days and receive pro rata credit for any Deferred Sales Charge imposed on the prior redemption.

 

Deferred sales charge waivers will be granted subject to confirmation (by CGM in the case of shareholders who are also Smith Barney clients or by a sub-transfer agent in the case of all other shareholders) of the shareholder’s status or holdings, as the case may be.

 

Smith Barney Funds Retirement Program

 

The Fund offers Class A and Class C shares, at net asset value, to participating plans for which Paychex, Inc. acts as the plan’s recordkeeper. Participating plans can meet minimum investment and exchange amounts, if any, by combining the plan’s investments in any of the Smith Barney Mutual Funds.

 

There are no sales charges when you buy or sell shares and the class of shares you may purchase depends on the amount of your initial investment and/or the date your account is opened. Once a class of shares is chosen, all additional purchases must be of the same class.

 

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The class of shares you may purchase depends on the amount of your initial investment:

 

Class A Shares.    Class A shares may be purchased by plans investing at least $3 million.

 

Class C Shares.    Class C shares may be purchased by plans investing less than $3 million. Class C shares are eligible to exchange into Class A shares not later than eight years after the plan joined the program. They are eligible for exchange in the following circumstances:

 

If, at the end of the fifth year after the date the participating plan enrolled in the Smith Barney Funds Retirement Program, a participating plan’s total Class C holdings in all non-money market Smith Barney Mutual Funds equal at least $3,000,000, the participating plan will be offered the opportunity to exchange all of its Class C shares for Class A shares of the Fund. Such participating plans will be notified of the pending exchange in writing within 30 days after the fifth anniversary of the enrollment date and, unless the exchange offer has been rejected in writing, the exchange will occur on or about the 90th day after the fifth anniversary date. If the participating plan does not qualify for the five-year exchange to Class A shares, a review of the participating plan’s holdings will be performed each quarter until either the participating plan qualifies or the end of the eighth year.

 

Any participating plan that has not previously qualified for an exchange into Class A shares will be offered the opportunity to exchange all of its Class C shares for Class A shares of the same fund regardless of asset size, at the end of the eighth year after the date the participating plan enrolled in the Smith Barney Funds Retirement Program. Such plans will be notified of the pending exchange in writing approximately 60 days before the eighth anniversary of the enrollment date and, unless the exchange has been rejected in writing, the exchange will occur on or about the eighth anniversary date. Once an exchange has occurred, a participating plan will not be eligible to acquire additional Class C shares, but instead may acquire Class A shares of the same fund. Any Class C shares not converted will continue to be subject to the distribution fee.

 

For further information regarding this Program, contact your Service Agent or the Transfer Agent. Participating plans that enrolled in the Smith Barney Funds Retirement Program prior to June 2, 2003 should contact the Transfer Agent for information regarding the Class B or Class C exchange privileges applicable to their plan.

 

PFSI ACCOUNTS

 

Initial purchase of shares of the Fund must be made through a PFSI Registered Representative by completing the appropriate application. The completed application should be forwarded to Primerica Shareholder Services, P.O. Box 9662, Providence, RI 02940-9662. Checks drawn on foreign banks must be payable in U.S. dollars and have the routing number of the U.S. bank encoded on the check. Subsequent investments must be sent directly to Primerica Shareholder Services. In processing applications and investments, Primerica Shareholder Services acts as agent for the investor and for PFSI and also as agent for the distributor, in accordance with the terms of the Prospectus. If the Transfer Agent ceases to act as such, a successor company named by the Fund will act in the same capacity so long as the account remains open.

 

Shares purchased will be held in the shareholder’s account by Primerica Shareholder Services. A shareholder that has insufficient funds to complete any purchase will be charged a fee of up to $30 per returned purchase by Primerica Shareholder Services.

 

Investors in Class A and Class B shares may open an account by making an initial investment of at least $1,000 for each account in each Class (except for Systematic Investment Plan accounts). Subsequent investments of at least $50 may be made for each Class. For the Fund’s Systematic Investment Plan, the minimum initial investment requirement for Class A and Class B shares and the subsequent investment requirement for each Class is $25. There are no minimum investment requirements in Class A shares for employees of Citigroup and its subsidiaries, including Salomon Smith Barney, Directors or Trustees of any of the Smith Barney Mutual

 

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Funds, and their spouses and children. The Fund reserves the right to waive or change minimums, to decline any order to purchase its shares and to suspend the offering of shares from time to time. Purchase orders received by the transfer agent or Primerica Shareholder Services prior to the close of regular trading on the NYSE, on any day the Fund calculates its net asset value, are priced according to the net asset value determined on that day.

 

Initial purchases of Fund shares may be made by wire. The minimum investment that can be made by wire is $10,000. Before sending the wire, the PFSI Registered Representative must contact Primerica Shareholder Services at (800) 665-8677 to obtain proper wire instructions. Once an account is open, a shareholder may make additional investments by wire. The shareholder should contact Primerica Shareholder Services at (800) 544-5445 to obtain proper wire instructions.

 

Shareholders who establish telephone transaction authority on their account and supply bank account information may make additions to their accounts at any time. Shareholders should contact Primerica Shareholder Services at (800) 544-5445 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. eastern time any day that the NYSE is open. The minimum telephone subsequent investment is $50 and can be up to a maximum of $50,000. By requesting a subsequent purchase by telephone, you authorize Primerica Shareholder Services to transfer funds from the bank account provided for the amount of the purchase. Subsequent investments by telephone may not be available if the shareholder cannot reach Primerica Shareholder Services whether because all telephone lines are busy or for any other reason; in such case, a shareholder would have to use the Fund’s regular subsequent investment procedure described above.

 

An Account Transcript is available at a shareholder’s request, which identifies every financial transaction in an account since it has opened. Additional copies of tax forms are available at the shareholder’s request.

 

Additional information regarding Primerica Shareholder Services may be obtained by contacting the Customer Services Department at (800) 544-5445.

 

REDEMPTION OF SHARES

 

Detailed information on how to redeem shares of the Fund is included in the Prospectus. The right of redemption of shares of the Fund may be suspended or the date of payment postponed (a) for any period during which the NYSE is closed (other than for customary weekend and holiday closings), (b) when trading in the markets the Fund normally utilizes is restricted, or an emergency exists, as determined by the SEC, so that disposal of the Fund’s investments or determination of its net asset value is not reasonably practicable or (c) for any other periods as the SEC by order may permit for the protection of the Fund’s shareholders.

 

Distributions in Kind

 

If the Board of Directors of the Company determines that it would be detrimental to the best interests of the remaining shareholders to make a redemption payment wholly in cash, the Fund may pay, in accordance with SEC rules, any portion of a redemption in excess of the lesser of $250,000 or 1.00% of the Fund’s net assets by a distribution in kind of portfolio securities in lieu of cash. If a redemption is paid in portfolio securities, such securities will be valued in accordance with the procedures described under “Share price” in the Fund’s Prospectus. Securities issued as a distribution in kind may incur brokerage commissions when shareholders subsequently sell those securities.

 

PFS Investments Accounts

 

Shareholders may redeem for cash some or all of their shares of the Fund at any time by sending a written request in proper form directly to a sub-transfer agent, PFS Shareholder Services, at P.O. Box 9662, Providence, RI 02940-9662. If you should have any questions concerning how to redeem your account after reviewing the information below, please contact Primerica Shareholder Services at (800) 544-5445, Spanish-speaking representatives (800) 544-7278 or TDD Line for the Hearing Impaired (800) 824-1721.

 

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The request for redemption must be signed by all persons in whose names the shares are registered. Signatures must conform exactly to the account registration. If the proceeds of the redemption exceed $50,000, or if the proceeds are not paid to the record owner(s) at the record address, if the shareholder(s) has had an address change within 30 days or less of the shareholder’s redemption request, or if the shareholder(s) is a corporation, sole proprietor, partnership, trust or fiduciary, signature(s) must be guaranteed by one of the following: a bank or trust company; a broker-dealer; a credit union; a national securities exchange, registered securities association or clearing agency; a savings and loan association; or a federal savings bank.

 

Generally, a properly completed Redemption Form with any required signature guarantee is all that is required for a redemption. In some cases, however, other documents may be necessary. For example, in the case of shareholders holding certificates, the certificates for the shares being redeemed must accompany the redemption request. Additional documentary evidence of authority is also required by Primerica Shareholder Services in the event redemption is requested by a corporation, partnership, trust, fiduciary, executor or administrator. Additionally, if a shareholder requests a redemption from a Retirement Plan account (IRA or SEP), such request must state whether or not federal income tax is to be withheld from the proceeds of the redemption check. Redemption from a 403(b)(7) account requires completion of a special form. Please call PFS Shareholder Services at (800) 544-5445 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. eastern time to obtain the proper forms.

 

A shareholder may utilize Primerica Shareholder Services Telephone Redemption service to redeem his or her account as long as he or she has authorized the telephone redemption option. If a shareholder does not wish to allow telephone redemptions by any person in his or her account, he or she should decline the telephone transaction option on the account application. The telephone redemption option can be used only if: (a) the redemption proceeds are to be mailed to the address of record and there has been no change of address of record within the preceding 30 days; (b) the shares to be redeemed are not in certificate form; (c); the person requesting the redemption can provide proper identification information; and (d) the proceeds of the redemption do not exceed $50,000. 403(b)(7) accounts and accounts not registered in the name of individual(s) are not eligible for the telephone redemption option. Telephone redemption requests can be made by contacting Primerica Shareholder Services at (800) 544-5445 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. eastern time any day that the NYSE is open. Telephone redemption may not be available if the shareholder cannot reach Primerica Shareholder Services whether because all telephone lines are busy or for any other reason; in such case, a shareholder would have to use the Fund’s regular redemption procedure described above.

 

Redemption proceeds can be sent by check to the address of record, by wire transfer to a bank account designated on the application or to a bank account designated on the application via the Automated Clearinghouse (ACH). Primerica Shareholder Services will process and mail a shareholder’s redemption check usually within two to three business days after receiving the redemption request in good order. The shareholder may request the proceeds to be mailed by two-day air express for an $8 fee that will be deducted from the shareholder’s account or by one-day air express for a $15 fee that will be deducted from the shareholder’s account. The Service Agent may charge you a fee for executing your order. The amount and applicability of such a fee is determined and disclosed to its customers by each service agent.

 

Automatic Cash Withdrawal Plan

 

An automatic cash withdrawal plan (the “Withdrawal Plan”) is available to shareholders who own shares with a value of at least $10,000 ($5,000 for retirement plan accounts) and who wish to receive specific amounts of cash monthly or quarterly. Withdrawals of at least $50 may be made under the Withdrawal Plan by redeeming as many shares of the Fund as may be necessary to cover the stipulated withdrawal payment. To the extent withdrawals exceed dividends, distributions and appreciation of a shareholder’s investment in the Fund, there will be a reduction in the value of the shareholder’s investment and continued withdrawal payments will reduce the shareholder’s investment and ultimately may exhaust it. Withdrawal payments should not be considered as income from investment in the Fund. Furthermore, as it generally would not be advantageous to a shareholder to make additional investments in the Fund at the same time he or she is participating in the Withdrawal Plan, purchases by such shareholders in amounts of less than $5,000 ordinarily will not be permitted.

 

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Shareholders who wish to participate in the Withdrawal Plan and who hold their shares in certificate form must deposit their share certificates with the applicable sub-transfer agent as agent for Withdrawal Plan members. All dividends and distributions on shares in the Withdrawal Plan are reinvested automatically at net asset value in additional shares of the Fund. Withdrawal Plans should be set up with a Smith Barney Financial Consultant. Applications for participation in the Withdrawal Plan must be received by the sub-transfer agent no later than the eighth day of the month (not applicable to PFSI accounts) to be eligible for participation beginning with that month’s withdrawal. For additional information, shareholders should contact a Smith Barney Financial Consultant, a PFSI Registered Representative or one of the Fund’s sub-transfer agents.

 

DISTRIBUTORS

 

Distributors    CGM, located at 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013, and PFS Distributors, Inc. (“PFS Distributors”), located at 3120 Breckinridge Boulevard, Duluth, Georgia 30099-0001, serve as the Fund’s distributors pursuant to separate written agreements (the “Distribution Agreements”) which were most recently approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, including a majority of the Independent Directors, casting votes in person at a meeting called for such purpose, on July 15, 2004.

 

CGM and PFS Distributors may be deemed to be underwriters for purposes of the 1933 Act. From time to time, CGM and PFS Distributors or their affiliates may also pay for certain non-cash sales incentives provided to PFSI Registered Representatives. Such incentives do not have any effect on the net amount invested. In addition to the re-allowances from the applicable public offering price described below, PFS Distributors may, from time to time, pay or allow additional re-allowances or promotional incentives, in the form of cash or other compensation to PFSI Registered Representatives that sell shares of the Fund.

 

Initial Sales Charges

 

The aggregate dollar amount of commissions on Class A, Class C and Class 1 shares received by CGM and its affiliates were as follows:

 

Class A Shares (paid to CGM)

 

For the fiscal year ended September 30:

2004

   $ 56,688

2003

   $ 88,590

2002

   $ 749,452

 

Class A Shares (paid to PFSD and/or PFSI)

 

2004

   $    544,312

2003

   $ 491,410

2002

   $ 685,548

 

Class C Shares (paid to CGM)

 

For the fiscal year ended September 30:

2004

   $    18,000

2003

   $ 18,000

2002

   $ 31,000

 

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Class 1 Shares (paid to CGM)

 

For the fiscal years ended September 30:

2004

   $ 169

2003

   $ 4,787

2002

   $ 34,017

 

Class 1 Shares (paid to PFSD and/or PFSI)

 

For the fiscal years ended September 30:

2004

   $   22,831

2003

   $ 21,213

2002

   $ 27,983

 

Deferred Sales Charges

 

Class A Shares (paid to CGM)

 

For the fiscal year ended September 30:

2004

   $     1,000

2003

   $ 0

2002

   $ 0

 

Class B Shares (paid to CGM)

 

For the fiscal year ended September 30:

2004

   $ 51,537

2003

   $ 72,168

2002

   $ 134,893

 

Class B Shares (paid to PFSD and/or PFSI)

 

For the fiscal year ended September 30:

2004

   $ 181,463

2003

   $ 187,832

2002

   $ 214,107

 

Class C Shares (paid to CGM)

 

For the fiscal year ended September 30:

2004

   $     1,000

2003

   $ 0

2002

   $ 3,000

 

When payment is made by the investor before settlement date, unless otherwise directed by the investor, the funds will be held as a free credit balance in the investor’s brokerage account and CGM may benefit from the temporary use of the funds. The investor may designate another use for the funds prior to settlement date, such as an investment in a money market fund (other than Smith Barney Exchange Reserve Fund) of the Smith Barney Mutual Funds. If the investor instructs CGM to invest the funds in a Smith Barney money market fund, the amount of the investment will be included as part of the average daily net assets of both the Fund and the Smith Barney money market fund, and affiliates of CGM that serve the Fund in an investment advisory capacity or administrative capacity will benefit from the fact that they are receiving fees from both such investment

 

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companies for managing these assets computed on the basis of their average daily net assets. The Fund’s Board of Directors has been advised of the benefits to CGM resulting from these settlement procedures and will take such benefits into consideration when reviewing the Advisory and Administration Agreements for continuance.

 

Distribution Arrangements

 

To compensate CGM and PFS Distributors for the services each provides and for the expense each bears under their respective Distribution Agreement, the Fund has adopted a services and distribution plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to Rule l2b-1 under the 1940 Act. Under the Plan, the Fund pays CGM a service fee, accrued daily and paid monthly, calculated at the annual rate of 0.25% of the value of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to the Class A, Class B and Class C shares (PFSI receives service fees with respect to Class A shares and B shares sold by its registered representatives). In addition, the Fund pays CGM a distribution fee with respect to the Class B and Class C shares primarily and pays PFSD a distribution fee with respect to Class B shares, intended to compensate CGM for its initial expense of paying Financial Consultants a commission upon sales of those shares. The Class B and Class C distribution fee is calculated at the annual rate of 0.75% of the value of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to the shares of the respective Class.

 

The following service and distribution fees were incurred by the Fund pursuant to a Plan during the periods indicated:

 

     Fiscal Year
Ended 9/30/02


   Fiscal Year
Ended 9/30/03


   Fiscal Year
Ended 9/30/04


Class A

   $ 315,070    $ 278,637    $ 364,770

Class B

   $ 1,209,182    $ 888,356    $ 1,035,329

Class C

   $ 273,828    $ 188,223    $ 230,429

 

Payments under each Plan are not tied exclusively to the distribution and shareholder services expenses actually incurred by CGM or PFS Distributors and the payments may exceed distribution expenses actually incurred. The Fund’s Board of Directors will evaluate the appropriateness of each Plan and its payment terms on a continuing basis and in so doing will consider all relevant factors, including expenses borne by CGM and PFS Distributors, amounts received under the Plan and proceeds of the Deferred Sales Charges.

 

Each of PFS Distributors and CGM will pay for the printing, at printer’s overrun cost, of prospectuses and periodic reports after they have been prepared, set in type and mailed to shareholders, will pay the cost of distributing such copies used in connection with the offering to prospective investors and will also pay for supplementary sales literature and other promotional costs. Such expenses incurred by CGM and PFSD are distribution expenses within the meaning of the Plan and may be paid from amounts received by CGM from the Fund under the Plan.

 

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004, CGM and PFSD incurred distribution expenses totaling $1,236,486, consisting of:

 

Smith Barney

Financial

Consultant

Compensation


 

Branch

Expenses


 

Advertising

Expense


 

Printing

Expense


$784,132   $369,002   $73,239   $10,113

 

Under their terms, the Plans continue in effect from year to year, provided such continuance is approved annually by vote of the Board of Directors, including a majority of the Independent Directors, who have no indirect financial interest in the operation or the Plans or in the Distribution Agreement. The Plans may not be amended to increase the amount of the service and distribution fees without shareholder approval, and all material amendments of the Plans also must be approved by the Directors and Independent Directors in the

 

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manner described above. The Plans may be terminated with respect to a Class of the Fund at any time, without penalty, by vote of a majority of the Independent Directors or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Class (as defined in the 1940 Act). Pursuant to the Plans, CGM and PFS Distributors will provide the Company’s Board of Directors with periodic reports of amounts expended under the Plans and the purpose for which such expenditures were made.

 

VALUATION OF SHARES

 

The net asset value per share of the Fund’s Classes is calculated on each day, Monday through Friday, except days on which the NYSE is closed. The NYSE currently is scheduled to be closed on New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas, and on the preceding Friday or subsequent Monday when one of these holidays falls on a Saturday or Sunday, respectively. Because of the differences in distribution fees and Class-specific expenses, the per share net asset value of each Class may differ. The following is a description of the procedures used by the Fund in valuing its assets.

 

Securities listed on a national securities exchange will be valued on the basis of the last sale on the date on which the valuation is made or, in the absence of sales, at the mean between the closing bid and asked prices. Portfolio securities listed on the Nasdaq National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price on that day, at the last sale price. Over-the-counter securities will be valued at the mean between the closing bid and asked prices on each day, or, if market quotations for those securities are not readily available, at fair value, as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors. Short-term obligations with maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which constitutes fair value as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors. Amortized cost involves valuing an instrument at its original cost to the Fund and thereafter assuming a constant amortization to maturity of any discount or premium, regardless of the effect of fluctuating interest rates on the market value of the instrument. All other securities and other assets of the Fund will be valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE

 

Except as noted below and in the Prospectus, shareholders of any of the Smith Barney Mutual Funds may exchange all or part of their shares for shares of the same class of other Smith Barney Mutual Funds, to the extent such shares are offered for sale in the shareholder’s state of residence, on the basis of relative net asset value per share at the time of exchange as follows:

 

A.  Class A and Class Y shares of the Fund may be exchanged without a sales charge for the respective shares of any of the Smith Barney Mutual Funds.

 

B.  Class B shares of any fund may be exchanged without a sales charge. Class B shares of the Fund exchanged for Class B shares of another Smith Barney Mutual Fund will be subject to the higher applicable Deferred Sales Charge of the two funds and, for purposes of calculating Deferred Sales Charge rates and conversion periods, will be deemed to have been held since the date the shares being exchanged were deemed to be purchased.

 

C.  Class C shares of any fund may be exchanged without a sales charge. For purposes of Deferred Sales Charge applicability, Class C shares of the Fund exchanged for Class C shares of another Smith Barney Mutual Fund will be deemed to have been owned since the date the shares being exchanged were deemed to be purchased.

 

The exchange privilege enables shareholders to acquire shares of the same Class in a fund with different investment objectives when they believe that a shift between funds is an appropriate investment decision. This

 

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privilege is available to shareholders residing in any state in which fund shares being acquired may legally be sold. Prior to any exchange, the shareholder should obtain and review a copy of the current prospectus of each fund into which an exchange is being considered. Prospectuses may be obtained from a Smith Barney Financial Consultant or a PFSI Registered Representative.

 

Upon receipt of proper instructions and all necessary supporting documents, shares submitted for exchange are redeemed at the then-current net asset value and the proceeds are immediately invested, at a price as described above, in shares of the Fund being acquired. CGM reserves the right to reject any exchange request. The exchange privilege may be modified or terminated at any time after written notice to shareholders.

 

Additional Information Regarding Exchanges.    The Fund is not designed to provide investors with a means of speculation on short-term market movements. A pattern of frequent exchanges by investors can be disruptive to efficient portfolio management and, consequently, can be detrimental to the Fund and its shareholders. Accordingly, if the Fund’s management in its sole discretion determines that an investor is engaged in excessive trading, the Fund, with or without prior notice, may temporarily or permanently terminate the availability to that investor of Fund exchanges, or reject in whole or part any purchase or exchange request with respect to such investor’s account. Such investors also may be barred from purchases and exchanges involving other funds in the Smith Barney Mutual Fund family. Accounts under common ownership or control will be considered as one account for purposes of determining a pattern of excessive trading. The Fund may notify an investor of rejection of a purchase or exchange order after the day the order is placed. If an exchange request is rejected, the Fund will take no other action with respect to the shares until it receives further instructions from the investor. The Fund’s policy on excessive trading applies to investors who invest in the Fund directly or through Service Agents, but does not apply to any systematic investment plans described in the prospectus.

 

During times of drastic economic or market conditions, the Fund may suspend the Exchange Privilege temporarily without notice and treat exchange requests based on their separate components—redemption orders with a simultaneous request to purchase the other fund’s shares. In such a case, the redemption request would be processed at the Fund’s next determined net asset value but the purchase order would be effective only at the net asset value next determined after the fund being purchased formally accepts the order, which may result in the purchase being delayed.

 

TAXES

 

The following is a summary of certain material U.S. federal income tax considerations regarding the purchase, ownership and disposition of shares of the Fund by U.S. persons. This summary does not address all of the potential U.S. federal income tax consequences that may be applicable to the Fund or to all categories of investors, some of which may be subject to special tax rules. Current and prospective shareholders are urged to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the specific federal, state, local and foreign tax consequences of investing in the Fund. The summary is based on the laws in effect on the date of this SAI and existing judicial and administrative interpretations thereof, all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect.

 

The Fund and Its Investments

 

The Fund intends to continue to qualify to be treated as a regulated investment company each taxable year under the Code. To so qualify, the Fund must, among other things: (a) derive at least 90% of its gross income in each taxable year from dividends, interest, payments with respect to securities loans and gains from the sale or other disposition of stock or securities or foreign currencies, or other income (including, but not limited to, gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived with respect to its business of investing in such stock, securities or currencies and, for tax years beginning after October 22, 2004, net income derived from an interest in a “qualified publicly traded partnership” (i.e., a partnership that is traded on an established securities market or

 

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tradable on a secondary market, other than a partnership that derives 90 percent of its income from interest, dividends, capital gains, and other traditional permitted mutual fund income); and (b) diversify its holdings so that, at the end of each quarter of the Fund’s taxable year, (i) at least 50% of the market value of the Fund’s assets is represented by cash, securities of other regulated investment companies, U.S. government securities and other securities, with such other securities limited, in respect of any one issuer, to an amount not greater than 5% of the Fund’s assets and not greater than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer and (ii) not more than 25% of the value of its assets is invested in the securities (other than U.S. government securities or securities of other regulated investment companies) of any one issuer, any two or more issuers that the Fund controls and that are determined to be engaged in the same or similar trades or businesses or related trades or businesses or in the securities of one or more qualified publicly traded partnerships.

 

As a regulated investment company, the Fund will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the portion of its taxable investment income and capital gains that it distributes to its shareholders, provided that the Fund satisfies a minimum distribution requirement. To satisfy the minimum distribution requirement, the Fund must distribute to its shareholders at least the sum of (i) 90% of its “investment company taxable income” (i.e., income other than its net realized long-term capital gain over its net realized short-term capital loss), plus or minus certain adjustments, and (ii) 90% of its net tax-exempt income for the taxable year. The Fund will be subject to income tax at regular corporation rates on any taxable income or gains that it does not distribute to its shareholders.

 

The Code imposes a 4% nondeductible excise tax on the Fund to the extent it does not distribute by the end of any calendar year at least the sum of (i) 98% of its ordinary income for that year and (ii) 98% of its net capital gains (both long-term and short-term) for the one-year period ending, as a general rule, on October 31 of that year. For this purpose, however, any ordinary income or net capital gain retained by the Fund that is subject to corporate income tax will be considered to have been distributed by year-end. In addition, the minimum amounts that must be distributed in any year to avoid the excise tax will be increased or decreased to reflect any underdistribution or overdistribution, as the case may be, from the previous year. The Fund anticipates that it will pay such dividends and will make such distributions as are necessary in order to avoid the application of this excise tax.

 

If, in any taxable year, the Fund fails to qualify as a regulated investment company under the Code or fails to meet the distribution requirement, it would be taxed in the same manner as an ordinary corporation and distributions to its shareholders would not be deductible by the Fund in computing its taxable income. In addition, in the event of a failure to qualify, the Fund’s distributions, to the extent derived from the Fund’s current or accumulated earnings and profits, including any distributions of net long-term capital gains, would be taxable to shareholders as dividend income. However, such dividends would be eligible (i) to be treated as qualified dividend income in the case of shareholders taxed as individuals and (ii) for the dividends received deduction in case of corporate shareholders. Moreover, if the Fund fails to qualify as a regulated investment company in any year, it must pay out its earnings and profits accumulated in that year in order to qualify again as a regulated investment company. If the Fund failed to qualify as a regulated investment company for a period greater than two taxable years, the Fund may be required to recognize any net built-in gains with respect to certain of its assets (i.e., the excess of the aggregate gains, including items of income, over aggregate losses that would have been realized with respect to such assets if the Fund had been liquidated) in order to qualify as a regulated investment company in a subsequent year.

 

The Fund’s transactions in foreign currencies, forward contracts, options and futures contracts (including options and futures contracts on foreign currencies), to the extent permitted, will be subject to special provisions of the Code (including provisions relating to “hedging transactions” and “straddles”) that, among other things, may affect the character of gains and losses realized by the Fund (i.e., may affect whether gains or losses are ordinary or capital), accelerate recognition of income to the Fund and defer Fund losses. These rules could, therefore, affect the character, amount and timing of distributions to shareholders. These provisions also (a) will require the Fund to mark-to-market certain types of the positions in its portfolio (i.e., treat them as if they were

 

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closed out at the end of each year) and (b) may cause the Fund to recognize income without receiving cash with which to pay dividends or make distributions in amounts necessary to satisfy the distribution requirements for avoiding income and excise taxes. The Fund will monitor its transactions, will make the appropriate tax elections and will make the appropriate entries in its books and records when it acquires any foreign currency forward contract option, futures contract or hedged investment in order to mitigate the effect of these rules and prevent disqualification of the Fund as a regulated investment company.

 

The Fund’s investments in so-called “section 1256 contracts,” such as regulated futures contracts, most foreign currency forward contracts traded in the interbank market, and options on most stock indices, are subject to special tax rules. All section 1256 contracts held by the Fund at the end of its taxable year are required to be marked to their market value, and any unrealized gain or loss on those positions will be included in the Fund’s income as if each position had been sold for its fair market value at the end of the taxable year. The resulting gain or loss will be combined with any gain or loss realized by the Fund from positions in section 1256 contracts closed during the taxable year. Provided such positions were held as capital assets and were not part of a “hedging transaction” nor part of a “straddle,” 60% of the resulting net gain or loss will be treated as long-term capital gain or loss, and 40% of such net gain or loss will be treated as short-term capital gain or loss, regardless of the period of time the positions were actually held by the Fund.

 

The Fund may be required to treat amounts as taxable income or gain, subject to the distribution requirements referred to above, even though no corresponding amounts of cash are received concurrently, as a result of (1) mark-to-market, constructive sale or rules applicable to PFICs (as defined below) or partnerships or trusts in which the Fund invests or to certain options, futures or forward contracts, or “appreciated financial positions” or (2) the inability to obtain cash distributions or other amounts due to currency controls or restrictions on repatriation imposed by a foreign country with respect to the Fund’s investments (including through depositary receipts) in issuers in such country or (3) tax rules applicable to debt obligations acquired with “original issue discount,” including zero-coupon or deferred payment bonds and pay-in-kind debt obligations, or to market discount if an election is made with respect to such market discount. The Fund may therefore be required to obtain cash to be used to satisfy these distribution requirements by selling securities at times that it might not otherwise be desirable to do so or borrowing the necessary cash, thereby incurring interest expenses.

 

Foreign Investments.    Dividends or other income (including, in some cases, capital gains) received by the Fund from investments in foreign securities may be subject to withholding and other taxes imposed by foreign countries. Tax conventions between certain countries and the United States may reduce or eliminate such taxes in some cases. The Fund will not be eligible to elect to treat any foreign taxes it pays as paid by its shareholders, who therefore will not be entitled to credits or deductions for such taxes on their own tax returns. Foreign taxes paid by the Fund will reduce the return from the Fund’s investments.

 

Under Section 988 of the Code, gains or losses attributable to fluctuations in exchange rates between the time the Fund accrues income or receivables or expenses or other liabilities denominated in a foreign currency and the time the Fund actually collects such income or pays such liabilities are generally treated as ordinary income or ordinary loss. Similarly, gains or losses on foreign currency, foreign currency forward contracts, certain foreign currency options or futures contracts and the disposition of debt securities denominated in foreign currency, to the extent attributable to fluctuations in exchange rates between the acquisition and disposition dates, are also treated as ordinary income or loss.

 

Passive Foreign Investment Companies.    If the Fund purchases shares in certain foreign investment entities, called “passive foreign investment companies” (“PFICs”), it may be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a portion of any “excess distribution” or gain from the disposition of such shares even if such income is distributed as a taxable dividend by the Fund to its shareholders. Additional charges in the nature of interest may be imposed on the Fund in respect of deferred taxes arising from such distributions or gains.

 

If the Fund were to invest in a PFIC and elect to treat the PFIC as a “qualified electing fund” under the Code, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, the Fund might be required to include in income each year a portion

 

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of the ordinary earnings and net capital gains of the qualified electing fund, even if not distributed to the Fund, and such amounts would be subject to the 90% and excise tax distribution requirements described above. In order to make this election, the Fund would be required to obtain certain annual information from the PFICs in which it invests, which may be difficult or impossible to obtain.

 

Alternatively, the Fund may make a mark-to-market election that will result in the Fund being treated as if it had sold and repurchased all of the PFIC stock at the end of each year. In such case, the Fund would report any such gains as ordinary income and would deduct any such losses as ordinary losses to the extent of previously recognized gains. The election, once made, would be effective for all subsequent taxable years of the Fund, unless revoked with the consent of the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”). By making the election, the Fund could potentially ameliorate the adverse tax consequences with respect to its ownership of shares in a PFIC, but in any particular year may be required to recognize income in excess of the distributions it receives from PFICs and its proceeds from dispositions of PFIC stock. The Fund may have to distribute this “phantom” income and gain to satisfy the 90% distribution requirement and to avoid imposition of the 4% excise tax.

 

The Fund will make the appropriate tax elections, if possible, and take any additional steps that are necessary to mitigate the effect of these rules.

 

Taxation of U.S. Shareholders

 

Dividends and Distributions.    Dividends and other distributions by the Fund are generally treated under the Code as received by the shareholders at the time the dividend or distribution is made. However, any dividend or distribution declared by the Fund in October, November or December of any calendar year and payable to shareholders of record on a specified date in such a month shall be deemed to have been received by each shareholder on December 31 of such calendar year and to have been paid by the Fund not later than such December 31, provided such dividend is actually paid by the Fund during January of the following calendar year.

 

The Fund intends to distribute annually to its shareholders substantially all of its investment company taxable income, and any net realized long-term capital gains in excess of net realized short-term capital losses (including any capital loss carryovers). However, if the Fund retains for investment an amount equal to all or a portion of its net long-term capital gains in excess of its net short-term capital losses (including any capital loss carryovers), it will be subject to a corporate tax (currently at a maximum rate of 35%) on the amount retained. In that event, the Fund will designate such retained amounts as undistributed capital gains in a notice to its shareholders who (a) will be required to include in income for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as long-term capital gains, their proportionate shares of the undistributed amount, (b) will be entitled to credit their proportionate shares of the 35% tax paid by the Fund on the undistributed amount against their U.S. federal income tax liabilities, if any, and to claim refunds to the extent their credits exceed their liabilities, if any, and (c) will be entitled to increase their tax basis, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, in their shares by an amount equal to 65% of the amount of undistributed capital gains included in the shareholder’s income. Organizations or persons not subject to U.S. federal income tax on such capital gains will be entitled to a refund of their pro rata share of such taxes paid by the Fund upon filing appropriate returns or claims for refund with the IRS.

 

Distributions of net realized long-term capital gains, if any, that the Fund designates as capital gains dividends are taxable as long-term capital gains, whether paid in cash or in shares and regardless of how long a shareholder has held shares of the Fund. All other dividends of the Fund (including dividends from short-term capital gains) from its current and accumulated earnings and profits (“regular dividends”) are generally subject to tax as ordinary income.

 

Special rules apply, however, to regular dividends paid to individuals. Such a dividend, with respect to taxable years beginning on or before December 31, 2008, may be subject to tax at the rates generally applicable to long-term capital gains for individuals (currently at a maximum rate of 15%), provided that the individual receiving the dividend satisfies certain holding period and other requirements. Dividends subject to these special

 

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rules are not actually treated as capital gains, however, and thus are not included in the computation of an individual’s net capital gain and generally cannot be used to offset capital losses. The long-term capital gains rates will apply to: (i) 100% of the regular dividends paid by the Fund to an individual in a particular taxable year if 95% or more of the Fund’s gross income (ignoring gains attributable to the sale of stocks and securities except to the extent net short-term capital gain from such sales exceeds net long-term capital loss from such sales) in that taxable year is attributable to qualified dividend income received by the Fund; or (ii) the portion of the regular dividends paid by the Fund to an individual in a particular taxable year that is attributable to qualified dividend income received by the Fund in that taxable year if such qualified dividend income accounts for less than 95% of the Fund’s gross income (ignoring gains attributable to the sale of stocks and securities except to the extent net short-term capital gain from such sales exceeds net long-term capital loss from such sales) for that taxable year. For this purpose, “qualified dividend income” generally means income from dividends received by the Fund from U.S. corporations and qualified foreign corporations, provided that the Fund satisfies certain holding period requirements in respect of the stock of such corporations and has not hedged its position in the stock in certain ways. However, qualified dividend income does not include any dividends received from tax-exempt corporations. Also, dividends received by the Fund from a real estate investment trust or another regulated investment company generally are qualified dividend income only to the extent the dividend distributions are made out of qualified dividend income received by such real estate investment trust or other regulated investment company. In the case of securities lending transactions, payments in lieu of dividends are not qualified dividend income. If a shareholder elects to treat Fund dividends as investment income for purposes of the limitation on the deductibility of investment interest, such dividends would not be a qualified dividend income.

 

We will send you information after the end of each year setting forth the amount of dividends paid by us that are eligible for the reduced rates.

 

If an individual receives a regular dividend qualifying for the long-term capital gains rates and such dividend constitutes an “extraordinary dividend,” and the individual subsequently recognizes a loss on the sale or exchange of stock in respect of which the extraordinary dividend was paid, then the loss will be long-term capital loss to the extent of such extraordinary dividend. An “extraordinary dividend” on common stock for this purpose is generally a dividend (i) in an amount greater than or equal to 10% of the taxpayer’s tax basis (or trading value) in a share of stock, aggregating dividends with ex-dividend dates within an 85-day period or (ii) in an amount greater than 20% of the taxpayer’s tax basis (or trading value) in a share of stock, aggregating dividends with ex-dividend dates within a 365-day period.

 

Distributions in excess of the Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits will, as to each shareholder, be treated as a tax-free return of capital to the extent of a shareholder’s basis in his shares of the Fund, and as a capital gain thereafter (if the shareholder holds his shares of the Fund as capital assets). Shareholders receiving dividends or distributions in the form of additional shares should be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as receiving a distribution in an amount equal to the amount of money that the shareholders receiving cash dividends or distributions will receive, and should have a cost basis in the shares received equal to such amount. Dividends paid by the Fund that are attributable to dividends received by the Fund from domestic corporations may qualify for the federal dividends-received deduction for corporations.

 

Investors considering buying shares just prior to a dividend or capital gain distribution should be aware that, although the price of shares just purchased at that time may reflect the amount of the forthcoming distribution, such dividend or distribution may nevertheless be taxable to them. If the Fund is the holder of record of any stock on the record date for any dividends payable with respect to such stock, such dividends will be included in the Fund’s gross income not as of the date received but as of the later of (a) the date such stock became ex-dividend with respect to such dividends (i.e., the date on which a buyer of the stock would not be entitled to receive the declared, but unpaid, dividends) or (b) the date the Fund acquired such stock. Accordingly, in order to satisfy its income distribution requirements, the Fund may be required to pay dividends based on anticipated earnings, and shareholders may receive dividends in an earlier year than would otherwise be the case.

 

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Sales of Shares.    Upon the sale or exchange of his shares, a shareholder will realize a taxable gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount realized and his basis in his shares. A redemption of shares by the Fund will be treated as a sale for this purpose. Such gain or loss will be treated as capital gain or loss, if the shares are capital assets in the shareholder’s hands, and will be long-term capital gain or loss if the shares are held for more than one year and short-term capital gain or loss if the shares are held for one year or less. Any loss realized on a sale or exchange will be disallowed to the extent the shares disposed of are replaced, including replacement through the reinvesting of dividends and capital gains distributions in the Fund, within a 61-day period beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after the disposition of the shares. In such a case, the basis of the shares acquired will be increased to reflect the disallowed loss. Any loss realized by a shareholder on the sale of a fund share held by the shareholder for six months or less will be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a long-term capital loss to the extent of any distributions or deemed distributions of long-term capital gains received by the shareholder with respect to such share. If a shareholder incurs a sales charge in acquiring shares of the Fund, disposes of those shares within 90 days and then acquires shares in a mutual fund for which the otherwise applicable sales charge is reduced by reason of a reinvestment right (e.g., an exchange privilege), the original sales charge will not be taken into account in computing gain/loss on the original shares to the extent the subsequent sales charge is reduced. Instead, the disregarded portion of the original sales charge will be added to the tax basis of the newly acquired shares. Furthermore, the same rule also applies to a disposition of the newly acquired shares made within 90 days of the second acquisition. This provision prevents a shareholder from immediately deducting the sales charge by shifting his or her investment within a family of mutual funds.

 

Backup Withholding.    The Fund may be required to withhold, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, a portion of the dividends, distributions and redemption proceeds payable to shareholders who fail to provide the Fund with their correct taxpayer identification number or to make required certifications, or who have been notified by the IRS that they are subject to backup withholding. Certain shareholders are exempt from backup withholding. Backup withholding is not an additional tax and any amount withheld may be credited against a shareholder’s U.S. federal income tax liability.

 

Notices; Other Taxes

 

Notices.    Shareholders will receive, if appropriate, various written notices after the close of the Fund’s taxable year regarding the U.S. federal income tax status of certain dividends, distributions and deemed distributions that were paid (or that are treated as having been paid) by the Fund to its shareholders during the preceding taxable year.

 

Other Taxes.     Dividends, distributions and redemption proceeds may also be subject to additional state, local and foreign taxes depending on each shareholder’s particular situation.

 

If a shareholder recognizes a loss with respect to the Fund’s shares of $2 million or more for an individual shareholder or $10 million or more for a corporate shareholder, the shareholder must file with the IRS a disclosure statement on Form 8886. Direct shareholders of portfolio securities are in many cases excepted from this reporting requirement, but under current guidance, shareholders of a regulated investment company are not excepted. Future guidance may extend the current exception from this reporting requirement to shareholders of most or all regulated investment companies. The fact that a loss is reportable under these regulations does not affect the legal determination of whether the taxpayer’s treatment of the loss is proper. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors to determine the applicability of these regulations in light of their individual circumstances.

 

Taxation of Non-U.S. Shareholders

 

Dividends paid by the Fund to non-U.S. shareholders are generally subject to withholding tax at a 30% rate or a reduced rate specified by an applicable income tax treaty to the extent derived from investment income and short-term capital gains. In order to obtain a reduced rate of withholding, a non-U.S. shareholder will be required

 

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to provide an IRS Form W-8BEN certifying its entitlement to benefits under a treaty. The withholding tax does not apply to regular dividends paid to a non-U.S. shareholder who provides a Form W-8ECI, certifying that the dividends are effectively connected with the non-U.S. shareholder’s conduct of a trade or business within the United States. Instead, the effectively connected dividends will be subject to regular U.S. income tax as if the non-U.S. shareholder were a U.S. shareholder. A non-U.S. corporation receiving effectively connected dividends may also be subject to additional “branch profits tax” imposed at a rate of 30% (or lower treaty rate).

 

In general, United States federal withholding tax will not apply to any gain or income realized by a non-U.S. shareholder in respect of any distributions of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses, exempt-interest dividends, or upon the sale or other disposition of shares of the fund.

 

Recently enacted legislation would generally exempt from United States federal withholding tax properly-designated dividends that (i) are paid in respect of the Fund’s “qualified net interest income” (generally, the fund’s U.S. source interest income, other than certain contingent interest and interest from obligations of a corporation or partnership in which the Fund is at least a 10% shareholder, reduced by expenses that are allocable to such income) and (ii) are paid in respect of the Fund’s “qualified short-term capital gains” (generally, the excess of the fund’s net short-term capital gain over the fund’s long-term capital loss for such taxable year). This legislation would apply for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004 and before January 1, 2008. In order to qualify for this exemption from withholding, a non-U.S. shareholder will need to comply with applicable certification requirements relating to its non-U.S. status (including, in general, furnishing an IRS Form W-8BEN or substitute Form).

 

Special rules apply to foreign persons who receive distributions from the Fund that are attributable to gain from “U.S. real property interests” (“USRPIs”). The Code defines USRPIs to include direct holdings of U.S. real property and any interest (other than an interest solely as a creditor) in “U.S. real property holding corporations.” The Code defines a U.S. real property holding corporation as any corporation whose USRPIs make up more than 50 percent of the fair market value of its USRPIs, its interests in real property located outside the United States, plus any other assets it uses in a trade or business. In general, the distribution of gains from USRPIs to foreign shareholders is subject to U.S. federal income tax withholding at a rate of 35% and obligates such foreign shareholder to file a U.S. tax return. To the extent a distribution to a foreign shareholder is attributable to gains from the sale or exchange of USRPIs recognized by a REIT or (between December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2007) a RIC, the Code treats that gain as the distribution of gain from a USRPI to a foreign shareholder which would be subject to U.S. withholding tax of 35% and would result in U.S. tax filing obligations for the foreign shareholder.

 

However, a foreign shareholder achieves a different result with respect to the gains from the sale of USRPIs if the REIT or RIC is less than 50% owned by foreign persons at all times during the testing period, or if such gain is realized from the sale of any class of stock in a REIT which is regularly traded on an established US securities market and the REIT shareholder owned less than 5% of such class of stock at all times during the taxable year. In such event, the gains are treated as dividends paid to a non-U.S. shareholder.

 

The foregoing is only a summary of certain material U.S. federal income tax consequences affecting the Fund and its shareholders. Current and prospective shareholders are advised to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the particular tax consequences to them of an investment in the Fund.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

The Company was organized as a Maryland corporation pursuant to Articles of Incorporation dated September 29, 1981, as amended from time to time. The Company was incorporated under the name Hutton Investment Series, Inc. The Company’s corporate name was changed on December 29, 1988, July 30, 1993 and October 28, 1994 to SLH Investment Portfolios Inc., Smith Barney Shearson Investment

 

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Funds Inc., and Smith Barney Investment Funds Inc., respectively. The Fund offers shares of common stock currently classified into five Classes, A, B, C, Y and 1, with a par value of $.001 per share. Each Class represents an identical interest in the Fund’s investment portfolio. As a result, the Classes have the same rights, privileges and preferences, except with respect to: (a) the designation of each Class; (b) the effect of the respective sales charges for each Class; (c) the distribution and/or service fees borne by each Class pursuant to the Plan; (d) the expenses allocable exclusively to each Class; (e) voting rights on matters exclusively affecting a single Class; (f) the exchange privilege of each Class; and (g) the conversion feature of the Class B shares. The Board of Directors does not anticipate that there will be any conflicts among the interests of the holders of the different Classes. The Directors, on an ongoing basis, will consider whether any such conflict exists and, if so, take appropriate action.

 

The Company does not hold annual shareholder meetings. There normally will be no meeting of shareholders for the purpose of electing Directors unless and until such time as less than a majority of the Directors holding office have been elected by shareholders. The Directors will call a meeting for any purpose upon written request of shareholders holding at least 10% of the Company’s outstanding shares and the Company will assist shareholders in calling such a meeting as required by the 1940 Act. When matters are submitted for shareholders vote, shareholders of each Class will have one vote for each full share owned and a proportionate, fractional share vote for any fractional share held of that Class. Generally, shares of the Company will be voted on a Company-wide basis on all matters except matters affecting only the interests of one fund or one Class of shares.

 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

The Fund’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004 is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety (filed on December 7, 2004; accession number 0000930413-04-005662).

 

OTHER INFORMATION

 

Smith Barney Mutual Funds offers more than 60 mutual funds. We understand that many investors prefer an active role in allocating the mix of funds in their portfolio, while others want the asset allocation decisions to be made by experienced managers.

 

That’s why we offer three “styles” of fund management that can be tailored to suit each investor’s unique financial goals.

 

Classic Series—our portfolio manager driven funds

 

Our Classic Series lets investors participate in mutual funds whose investment decisions are determined by experienced portfolio managers, based on each fund’s investment objectives and guidelines. Classic Series funds invest across asset classes and sectors, utilizing a range of strategies in order to achieve their objectives.

 

Research Series—driven by exhaustive fundamental securities analysis

 

Built on a foundation of substantial buy-side research under the direction of our Citibank Global Asset Management (CGAM) colleagues, our Research funds focus on well-defined industries, sectors and trends.

 

Style Pure Series—our solution to funds that stray

 

Our Style Pure Series funds are the building blocks of asset allocation. Other than maintaining minimal cash or under extraordinary market conditions, Style Pure Series funds stay fully invested within their asset class and investment style, enabling you to make asset allocation decisions in conjunction with your financial professional.

 

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APPENDIX A

 

Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

 

The Board of Directors of the Fund has delegated the authority to develop policies and procedures relating to proxy voting to the manager. The manager is part of CAM, a group of investment adviser affiliates of Citigroup. Along with the other investment advisers that comprise CAM, the manager has adopted a set of proxy voting policies and procedures (the “Policies”) to ensure that the manager votes proxies relating to equity securities in the best interest of clients.

 

In voting proxies, the manager is guided by general fiduciary principles and seeks to act prudently and solely in the best interest of clients. The manager attempts to consider all factors that could affect the value of the investment and will vote proxies in the manner that it believes will be consistent with efforts to maximize shareholder values. The manager may utilize an external service provider to provide it with information and/or a recommendation with regard to proxy votes. However, such recommendations do not relieve the manager of its responsibility for the proxy vote.

 

In the case of a proxy issue for which there is a stated position in the Policies, CAM generally votes in accordance with such stated position. In the case of a proxy issue for which there is a list of factors set forth in the Policies that CAM considers in voting on such issue, CAM votes on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the general principles set forth above and considering such enumerated factors. In the case of a proxy issue for which there is no stated position or list of factors that CAM considers in voting on such issue, CAM votes on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the general principles set forth above. Issues for which there is a stated position set forth in the Policies or for which there is a list of factors set forth in the Policies that CAM considers in voting on such issues fall into a variety of categories, including election of directors, ratification of auditors, proxy and tender offer defenses, capital structure issues, executive and director compensation, mergers and corporate restructurings, and social and environmental issues. The stated position on an issue set forth in the Policies can always be superseded, subject to the duty to act solely in the best interest of the beneficial owners of accounts, by the investment management professionals responsible for the account whose shares are being voted. Issues applicable to a particular industry may cause CAM to abandon a policy that would have otherwise applied to issuers generally. As a result of the independent investment advisory services provided by distinct CAM business units, there may be occasions when different business units or different portfolio managers within the same business unit vote differently on the same issue. A CAM business unit or investment team (e.g. CAM’s Social Awareness Investment team) may adopt proxy voting policies that supplement these policies and procedures. In addition, in the case of Taft-Hartley clients, CAM will comply with a client direction to vote proxies in accordance with Institutional Shareholder Services’ (ISS) PVS Voting Guidelines, which ISS represents to be fully consistent with AFL-CIO guidelines.

 

In furtherance of the manager’s goal to vote proxies in the best interest of clients, the manager follows procedures designed to identify and address material conflicts that may arise between the manager’s interests and those of its clients before voting proxies on behalf of such clients. To seek to identify conflicts of interest, CAM periodically notifies CAM employees (including employees of the manager) in writing that they are under an obligation (i) to be aware of the potential for conflicts of interest with respect to voting proxies on behalf of client accounts both as a result of their personal relationships and due to special circumstances that may arise during the conduct of CAM’s and the manager’s business, and (ii) to bring conflicts of interest of which they become aware to the attention of compliance personnel. The manager also maintains and considers a list of significant relationships that could present a conflict of interest for the manager in voting proxies. The manager is also sensitive to the fact that a significant, publicized relationship between an issuer and a non-CAM affiliate might appear to the public to influence the manner in which the manager decides to vote a proxy with respect to such issuer. Absent special circumstances or a significant, publicized non-CAM affiliate relationship that CAM or the manager for prudential reasons treats as a potential conflict of interest because such relationship might appear to the public to influence the manner in which the manager decides to vote a proxy, the manager generally takes the

 

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position that non-CAM relationships between Citigroup and an issuer (e.g. investment banking or banking) do not present a conflict of interest for the manager in voting proxies with respect to such issuer. Such position is based on the fact that the manager is operated as a business unit independent from other Citigroup business units as well as on the existence of information barriers between the manager and certain other Citigroup business units.

 

CAM maintains a Proxy Voting Committee, of which manager personnel are members, to review and address conflicts of interest brought to its attention by compliance personnel. A proxy issue that will be voted in accordance with a stated position on an issue or in accordance with the recommendation of an independent third party is not brought to the attention of the Proxy Voting Committee for a conflict of interest review because the manager’s position is that to the extent a conflict of interest issue exists, it is resolved by voting in accordance with a pre-determined policy or in accordance with the recommendation of an independent third party. With respect to a conflict of interest brought to its attention, the Proxy Voting Committee first determines whether such conflict of interest is material. A conflict of interest is considered material to the extent that it is determined that such conflict is likely to influence, or appear to influence, the manager’s decision making in voting proxies.

 

If it is determined by the Proxy Voting Committee that a conflict of interest is not material, the manager may vote proxies notwithstanding the existence of the conflict. If it is determined by the Proxy Voting Committee that a conflict of interest is material, the Proxy Voting Committee is responsible for determining an appropriate method to resolve such conflict of interest before the proxy affected by the conflict of interest is voted. Such determination is based on the particular facts and circumstances, including the importance of the proxy issue and the nature of the conflict of interest. Methods of resolving a material conflict of interest may include, but are not limited to, disclosing the conflict to clients and obtaining their consent before voting, or suggesting to clients that they engage another party to vote the proxy on their behalf.

 

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SMITH BARNEY SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND

 

Statement of

Additional Information

 

 

 

January 28, 2005

 

SMITH BARNEY

SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND

125 Broad Street

New York, New York 10004

 

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