-----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, QJ+oK2tKtD8SgNCSNU0Sa5LQVtCbT8Q+ofhAjgBGo85+1L+gqaRTdkT/z1XEUzSu Dure7gqTf6lR8X5McdutkQ== 0000945621-00-000014.txt : 20000202 0000945621-00-000014.hdr.sgml : 20000202 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000945621-00-000014 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20000113 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SOGEN FUNDS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000906352 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-63560 FILM NUMBER: 506889 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1221 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10020 BUSINESS PHONE: 2122785800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1221 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10020 497 1 FIRST EAGLE SOGEN FUNDS, INC. 497 STICKER ON PROS FIRST EAGLE SOGEN FUNDS, INC. FIRST EAGLE SOGEN GLOBAL FUND FIRST EAGLE SOGEN OVERSEAS FUND FIRST EAGLE SOGEN GOLD FUND FIRST EAGLE SOGEN MONEY FUND SUPPLEMENT DATED JANUARY 13, 2000 TO PROSPECTUS DATED AUGUST 1, 1999. FUND NAME CHANGES. The names of the Company and of each Fund have been changed. The Company, SoGen Funds, Inc. has been renamed First Eagle SoGen Funds, Inc. SoGen International Fund has been renamed First Eagle SoGen Global Fund ("Global Fund") in order to reflect the "global" aspect of the fund's investments in both U.S. and international securities. In addition, SoGen Overseas Fund has been renamed First Eagle SoGen Overseas Fund ("Overseas Fund"), SoGen Gold Fund has been renamed First Eagle SoGen Gold Fund ("Gold Fund") and SoGen Money Fund has been renamed First Eagle SoGen Money Fund ("Money Fund"). NEW INVESTMENT ADVISORY ARRANGEMENTS. As approved by the shareholders of each Fund at a Special Meeting of Shareholders held on December 22, 1999, Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder Advisers, Inc. ("ASB Advisers") became the investment adviser to each of the Funds effective as of December 31, 1999 under a contract that is substantially identical to the Funds' prior advisory contract with Societe Generale Asset Management Corp. ("SGAM Corp."), except that each Fund now pays accrued advisory fees on a monthly basis. ASB Advisers is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder, Inc. ("ASB"), a privately owned investment firm that, on December 31, 1999, acquired 80.1% of the outstanding equity securities of the Funds' prior investment adviser. Mr. Jean-Marie Eveillard, Chief Executive Officer of SGAM Corp. and owner of the remaining 19.9% of the equity of SGAM Corp., has entered into an agreement with ASB providing for the eventual sale of his shares of SGAM Corp. to ASB in three installments over a period of approximately eight years. The primary investment management team of SGAM Corp., including Jean-Marie Eveillard, has joined ASB Advisers and will continue to manage the portfolios of the Funds. The investment objectives and policies of each Fund have remained unchanged. THE DISCLOSURE IN THE PROSPECTUS UNDER "MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY - INVESTMENT ADVISER" IS REPLACED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Effective December 31, 1999, the adviser of the Company is ASB Advisers, a wholly owned subsidiary of ASB. ASB is the successor firm to two German banking houses -- Gebr. Arnhold founded in Dresden in 1864 and S. Bleichroeder founded in Berlin in 1803. The firm moved to New York City in 1937 and conducts its activities under the current name of Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder, Inc. ASB uses its experience and worldwide contacts to provide asset management, global securities research and trading, and investment banking services to institutional clients throughout the world. ASB Advisers is responsible for the continuous supervision and management of the Funds under the direction of the Funds' Board of Directors. The advisory fee rates paid by each of the Funds to ASB Advisers are the same as the rates that the Funds paid to SGAM Corp., the Funds' former investment adviser. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 1999, Global Fund paid advisory fees equal to 1% of the first $25 million and 0.75% of the amount in excess of $25 million of its average daily net asset value and Overseas Fund, Gold Fund, and Money Fund paid advisory fees equal to 0.75%, 0.75%, and 0.40%, respectively, of their average daily net asset values. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----