-----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, GvAZT61ZPsfE61Eq+AgUJaZbA0PuzyEjR3HHhOnISap+KiqDjkJ6kZsLkWueyW67 AKU+zntg1Rf/PaLL8ealQA== 0000310619-96-000021.txt : 19960621 0000310619-96-000021.hdr.sgml : 19960621 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000310619-96-000021 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19960620 SROS: NONE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RCM CAPITAL FUNDS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000310619 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] IRS NUMBER: 942564439 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-63825 FILM NUMBER: 96583381 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: FOUR EMBARCADERO CTR STREET 2: STE 2900 CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94111 BUSINESS PHONE: 4159545474 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: RCM GROWTH EQUITY FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920126 497 1 497 RCM Growth Equity Fund Offered by: RCM Capital Funds, Inc. Supplement Dated June 19, 1996 to Combined Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information Dated April 29, 1996 At a Special Meeting of Stockholders of the Company held on May 28, 1996, the stockholders approved all of the proposals submitted to them, as set forth in the Proxy Statement previously sent to all stockholders, and incorporated herein by reference. On June 14, 1996, as contemplated by the Proxy Statement, all of the outstanding general and limited partnership interests in the Fund's investment manager were acquired by RCM Capital Management, L.L.C. (the "Investment Manager"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Dresdner Bank AG, an international banking organization headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany ("Dresdner"). Changes in the investment objective, policies, service arrangements and operations of the Company and the Fund that were approved at the Special Meeting of Stockholders are summarized below. Investment Objective. The Fund's investment objective is to seek appreciation of capital by investing at least 80% of its investments in equity and equity-related securities, during normal market conditions, in securities of small- to medium-sized concerns. For purposes of this investment objective, cash and cash equivalents, and receivables and related items, will not be considered to be "investments in equity and equity-related securities." In addition, during normal market conditions, at least 65% of the Fund's total assets will be invested in equity and equity-related securities of small- to medium-sized concerns. Please refer to Proposal 3 in the Proxy Statement for a discussion of these changes. Investment Restrictions. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets, measured at the time of purchase, in warrants. Please refer to Proposal 4 in the Proxy Statement for additional information regarding such investments. The Fund may invest up to 5% of its total assets in securities issued by companies that do not have a three-year operating history (including the operation of any predecessor), measured at the time of purchase. Distributor. Funds Distributor, Inc. (the "Distributor"), whose principal place of business is One Exchange Place, 10th Floor, Boston Massachusetts 02109, has been retained by the Company as distributor of the Fund. The Distributor is engaged in the business of providing mutual fund distribution services, and is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Boston Institutional Group, Inc., which is not affiliated with the Investment Manager or Dresdner. Directors and Officers. The members of the Board of Directors of the Company are DeWitt F. Bowman, Pamela A. Farr, Thomas S. Foley, Frank P. Greene, George G.C. Parker, and Kenneth E. Scott, none of whom is affiliated with the Investment Manager. Please refer to Proposal 2 in the Proxy Statement for information regarding the Directors. The Board of Directors has elected the following persons as executive officers of the Company, each of whom is also an employee of the Distributor: Richard W. Ingram, President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ingram is Senior Vice President and Director of Client Services and Treasury Administration of Funds Distributor, Inc. ("FDI") with which he has been associated since November 1995. From March 1994 to November 1995, he was Vice President and Division Manager of First Data Investor Services Group; and from 1989 to 1994, he was Vice President, Assistant Treasurer and Tax Director - Mutual Funds of The Boston Company. He is also an officer of certain investment companies advised or administered by Waterhouse Asset Management, Inc. ("Waterhouse"), President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of RCM Equity Funds, Inc. ("Equity Funds"), and President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer of RCM Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. ("RCS"). John E. Pelletier, Vice President and Secretary. Mr. Pelletier is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of FDI with which he has been associated since April 1994. From February 1992 to April 1994, he served as Counsel for The Boston Company Advisors, Inc.; and from August 1990 to February 1992, he was employed as an Associate at Ropes & Gray. He is also an officer of certain investment companies advised or administered by Dreyfus Corporation ("Dreyfus") and Waterhouse, Vice President and Secretary of Equity Funds, and Vice President and Assistant Secretary of RCS. Elizabeth A. Bachman, Vice President and Assistant Secretary. Ms. Bachman is Assistant Vice President and Counsel of FDI and of Premier Mutual Fund Services, Inc. (an affiliate of FDI) with which she has been associated since September 1995. From September 1992 to September 1995, she was enrolled at Fordham University School of Law and received her J.D. in May 1995; and prior to September 1992, she was an Assistant at the National Association for Public Interest Law. She is also an officer of certain investment companies advised or administered by Dreyfus and Waterhouse, Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Equity Funds, and Vice President and Assistant Secretary of RCS. Capital Stock. The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000,000 shares of Capital Stock (par value $0.0001 per share) of which 300,000,000 have been designated as shares of RCM Growth Equity Fund. As of June 17, 1996, each outstanding share of Capital Stock of the Fund was split into 25 shares of Capital Stock, resulting in a total of 91,056,470.050 outstanding shares of the Capital Stock of the Fund as of that date. Transfer Agent. RCM Capital Trust Company (the "Transfer Agent"), Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 2800, San Francisco, California 94111, serves as the transfer and redemption agent for shares of the Fund's Capital Stock. The Transfer Agent is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Dresdner. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----