-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, MH+WyT/z7ZmnYaFLmRk6gCalp5DNdEzoOHwiwGJhBs1danGqKxGukzada/JpKq8M eN94IMhyZxEGLyFbokUPdQ== 0001104659-08-038565.txt : 20080606 0001104659-08-038565.hdr.sgml : 20080606 20080606164005 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-08-038565 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080606 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080606 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20080606 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SSGA FUNDS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000826686 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WA FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-19229 FILM NUMBER: 08886129 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 A ST CITY: TACOMA STATE: WA ZIP: 98402 BUSINESS PHONE: 2066277001 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 A STREET CITY: TACOMA STATE: WA ZIP: 98401 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SEVEN SEAS SERIES FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 0000826686 S000005171 SSgA High Yield Bond Fund C000014143 Institutional SSHYX 497 1 a08-16216_1497.htm 497

 

SSgA FUNDS

 

SUPPLEMENT DATED June 6, 2008
TO
PROSPECTUS DATED DECEMBER 18, 2007
(AS SUPPLEMENTED THROUGH APRIL 2, 2008)

 

SSgA HIGH YIELD BOND FUND

 

Shareholders of the SSgA High Yield Bond Fund (the “Fund”) are hereby notified that Mr. Scott B. Richards will no longer serve as a portfolio manager of the Fund.  Accordingly, the disclosure referring to Mr. Richards on page 44 of the Prospectus, under the heading “Portfolio Management—High Yield Bond Fund,” is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

 

·                Jeffrey Megar, CFA. Jeff is a Vice President of SSgA, a Principal of SSgA FM, and, he is a Senior Portfolio Manager in the Active Fixed Income group responsible for High Yield Bond and Bank Loan investing.  Prior to joining SSgA, Jeff was a Senior Portfolio Manager and Director of US Fixed Income Research for Fortis Investments, where he built Fortis’ Bank Loan platform and managed their CLOs.  Prior to Fortis, Jeff was the Bank Loan trader/assistant portfolio manager at CypressTree Investment Management.  Jeff received his BA in Economics from Framingham State College and his MBA from Northeastern University.  He has earned his Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of both the Boston Security Analysts Society and the CFA Institute.

 

·                Thomas Stolberg, CFA.  Tom is a Vice President of SSgA, a Principal of SSgA FM, and an analyst in the Credit Research Group.  Prior to joining SSgA, Tom worked for Boldwater Capital Management, a capital structure arbitrage hedge fund.  Prior to Boldwater Capital, Tom was with State Street Research & Management as a trader and analyst in the High Yield Group where he held the position of Senior Vice President of the group and was a member of the Asset Allocation Committee.  Tom received his BA in Economics from Middlebury College.

 

The remainder of the prospectus section entitled “Portfolio Management” is unchanged.

 

PLEASE RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE

 

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