-----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, V4pNTH95MzDHA5Nt5SrZ43GJQcNWNMEEiAKQ+g7gHUftnUW4ggjupHARJmYB8GKA T6Sc9qjI+j6RxVaGVpgphQ== 0000890341-04-000013.txt : 20041006 0000890341-04-000013.hdr.sgml : 20041006 20041006131618 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000890341-04-000013 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20041006 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20041006 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20041006 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DREYFUS BALANCED FUND INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000890341 IRS NUMBER: 133682949 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-50350 FILM NUMBER: 041067815 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 PARK AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR STREET 2: C/O DREYFUS CORP CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10166 BUSINESS PHONE: 2129226838 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: THE DREYFUS CORPORATION STREET 2: 200 PARK AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10166 497 1 sticker.htm STICKER-222 sticker

October 5, 2004

Dreyfus Balanced Fund, Inc.

Supplement to Prospectus
Dated January 1, 2004

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION SUPERSEDES THE FIRST AND SECOND SENTENCE IN THE THIRD PARAGRAPH OF THE SECTION OF THE PROSPECTUS ENTITLED “MANAGEMENT”:

Effective October 5, 2004, Emerson Tuttle manages the fund’s asset allocation and the equity portion of the portfolio. Mr. Tuttle has been employed by Dreyfus since January 2002. He also is senior vice president and portfolio manager of The Boston Company Asset Management, LLC, an affiliate of Dreyfus. Prior to joining The Boston Company Asset Management, LLC in September 2001, he was a principal at State Street Global Advisors where he was employed from April 1981 to September 2001.


October 5, 2004

Dreyfus Balanced Fund, Inc.

Supplement to Statement of Additional Information

Dated January 1, 2004

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION SUPPLEMENTS AND SUPERSEDES ANY CONTRARY INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION UNDER THE CAPTION “MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS—INVESTMENT ADVISER”:

Effective October 5, 2004, Emerson Tuttle and Elizabeth Slover are the Fund’s portfolio managers responsible for asset allocation and the equity portion of the Fund’s portfolio.


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