497 1 d177559d497.htm GE INVESTMENTS FUNDS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT GE Investments Funds Prospectus Supplement

GE INVESTMENTS FUNDS, INC.

U.S. Equity Fund

S&P 500 Index Fund

Premier Growth Equity Fund

Core Value Equity Fund

Small-Cap Equity Fund

Income Fund

Total Return Fund

Real Estate Securities Fund

(each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”)

Supplement dated October 3, 2016

To the Statutory Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information dated May 1, 2016, as

supplemented on July 1, 2016, and the Summary Prospectuses dated May 1, 2016, as supplemented

and amended on July 1, 2016

At a Board of Directors meeting held on June 9, 2016, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the GE Investments Funds, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the rebranding of the Company and each of its series portfolios in connection with the appointment of SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (“SSGA FM”) as investment adviser to the Funds. Subject to the requisite approval by the Company’s shareholders, effective on or about November 30, 2016, the Company will be rebranded the “State Street Variable Insurance Series Funds, Inc.” Effective on or about November 30, 2016, each individual Fund will change its respective name and ticker symbol as follows:

 

Old Name    Old
Ticker
Symbol
     New Name    New
Ticker
Symbol
GE Investments Total Return Fund         State Street Total Return V.I.S. Fund   
      Class 1    GETIX              Class 1    SSTIX
      Class 3    GETTX              Class 3    SSTTX
GE Investments Real Estate Securities Fund    GEIRX      State Street Real Estate Securities V.I.S. Fund    SSRSX
GE Investments S&P 500 Index Fund    GESPX      State Street S&P 500 Index V.I.S. Fund    SSSPX
GE Investments Small-Cap Equity Fund    GESEX      State Street Small-Cap Equity V.I.S. Fund    SSSEX
GE Investments Core Value Equity Fund    GEVEX      State Street Core Value Equity V.I.S. Fund    SSVEX
GE Investments U.S. Equity Fund    GEUSX      State Street U.S. Equity V.I.S. Fund    SSUSX
GE Investments Premier Growth Equity Fund    GEPGX      State Street Premier Growth Equity V.I.S. Fund    SSPGX
GE Investments Income Fund    GEIMX      State Street Income V.I.S. Fund    SSIMX

Furthermore, at a Board meeting held on September 9, 2016, the Board approved the termination of BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BlackRock”) as investment sub-adviser to the Total Return Fund. Effective on or about November 30, 2016, SSGA FM will directly manage the underlying passive strategies of the Total Return Fund, and BlackRock will no longer serve as investment sub-adviser to the Total Return Fund.

This Supplement should be retained with your

Summary Prospectuses, Prospectus and SAI for future reference.