0000030167-13-000002.txt : 20130415 0000030167-13-000002.hdr.sgml : 20130415 20130415150020 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000030167-13-000002 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20130415 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130415 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20130415 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DREYFUS THIRD CENTURY FUND INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000030167 IRS NUMBER: 132691318 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-40341 FILM NUMBER: 13761090 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: THE DREYFUS CORPORATION STREET 2: 200 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10166 BUSINESS PHONE: 2129226883 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O DREYFUS CORP STREET 2: 200 PARK AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10166 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DREYFUS PREMIER THIRD CENTURY FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020517 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DREYFUS THIRD CENTURY FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 0000030167 S000000095 DREYFUS THIRD CENTURY FUND INC C000000149 Class A DTCAX C000000151 Class C DTCCX C000000152 Class I DRTCX C000000154 Class Z DRTHX 497 1 prosstrk-035.htm FINALIZED PROSPECTUS prosstrk-035.htm - Generated by SEC Publisher for SEC Filing

 

April 15, 2013

 

 

THE DREYFUS THIRD CENTURY FUND, INC.

 

Supplement to Summary and Statutory Prospectuses

dated October 1, 2012

 

 

The following information supersedes and replaces the information contained in the section of the prospectus entitled "Fund Summary – Portfolio Management":

 

The fund's investment adviser is The Dreyfus Corporation.  Investment decisions for the fund are made by the Active Equity Team of Mellon Capital Management Corporation ("Mellon Capital"), an affiliate of The Dreyfus Corporation.  The team members are C. Wesley Boggs, Warren Chiang, CFA, and Ronald Gala, CFA, each of whom serves as portfolio manager of the fund.  The team has managed the fund since May 2012.  Mr. Boggs is a vice president and senior portfolio manager at Mellon Capital.  Mr. Chiang is a managing director of active equity strategies at Mellon Capital.  Mr. Gala is a director and senior portfolio manager at Mellon Capital.  Each member of the team is also an employee of The Dreyfus Corporation.  There are no limitations on the role of a team member with respect to making investment decisions for the fund.

 

The following information supersedes and replaces the portfolio manager information contained in the section of the prospectus entitled "Fund Details – Management":   

 

Investment decisions for the fund are made by the Active Equity Team of Mellon Capital Management Corporation (Mellon Capital), an affiliate of Dreyfus.  The team members are C. Wesley Boggs, Warren Chiang, CFA, and Ronald Gala, CFA, each of whom is a portfolio manager of the fund.  The team has managed the fund since May 2012.  Mr. Boggs is a vice president and senior portfolio manager at Mellon Capital, where he has been employed since 1993.  He has also been employed by Dreyfus since 2007.  Mr. Chiang is a managing director of active equity strategies at Mellon Capital, where he has been employed since 1997.  He has also been employed by Dreyfus since 2007.  Mr. Gala is a director and senior portfolio manager at Mellon Capital and has been employed by other current or predecessor BNY Mellon entities since 1993.  He has also been employed by Dreyfus since 1998.  There are no limitations on the role of a team member with respect to making investment decisions for the fund.