497 1 ibf701.txt STICKER T. ROWE PRICE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Funds-Foreign Bond Funds T. Rowe Price International Bond Fund Supplement to prospectus dated May 1, 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table 2 on page 5 of the prospectus is amended as follows to reflect the correct benchmark name: Table 2 Average Annual Total Returns
Periods ended December 31, 2000 Shorter of 10 years 1 year 5 years or since inception Inception date ------------------------------------- International Bond Fund -3.13% 1.27% 6.17% 9/10/86 J.P. Morgan Non-U.S. Dollar Government Bond Index -2.47 1.86 6.51 Lipper International Income Funds 1.46 3.33 4.93 Average -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
These figures include changes in principal value, reinvested dividends, and capital gain distributions, if any. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The date of this supplement is July 30, 2001. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C02-041 7/30/01