-----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, IkNrSGvt3fzJambR/JRaVSDIzvwULO6EqRzUn3+CdfrUQbYZ09XVveU246P2POze HsvzpA+2qJUrj93d86zheg== 0000791049-04-000003.txt : 20040102 0000791049-04-000003.hdr.sgml : 20040101 20040102155151 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000791049-04-000003 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20040102 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20040102 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CASCADES TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000791049 IRS NUMBER: 136868231 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-04382 FILM NUMBER: 04501326 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 380 MADISON AVE STE 2300 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 2126976666 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 380 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: # 2300 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TAX FREE TRUST OF OREGON DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19890810 497 1 or03st1.txt SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROSPECTUSES AND SAI TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON Supplement to the Prospectuses and Statement of Additional Information Dated January 31, 2003 Effective January 1, 2004 Aquila Management Corporation, the Trust's Manager, transferred all of its business, operations and arrangements as to personnel to a wholly-owned subsidiary, Aquila Investment Management LLC, which will continue the management of the Trust. The transfer was made for reasons of corporate and tax planning and will have no effect on the management of the Trust or the fees being paid. These changes will not affect sub-advisory arrangements. All references to the Manager in the Prospectuses or Statement of Additional Information refer to Aquila Investment Management LLC. The sections of the Prospectus describing the management are changed to read as follows: "How is the Trust managed?" Aquila Investment Management LLC, 380 Madison Avenue, Suite 2300, New York, NY 10017, the Manager, is the Trust's investment adviser under an Advisory and Administration Agreement. Its investment advisory duties, including portfolio management, have been delegated to the Sub-Adviser, U.S. Bancorp Asset Management, Inc., under a sub-advisory agreement described below. The Manager is also responsible for administrative services, including providing for the maintenance of the headquarters of the Trust, overseeing relationships between the Trust and the service providers to the Trust, either keeping the accounting records of the Trust or, at its expense and responsibility, delegating such duties in whole or in part to a company satisfactory to the Trust, maintaining the Trust's books and records and providing other administrative services. The Sub-Adviser provides the Trust with local advisory services. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Sub-Adviser provides for investment supervision, including supervising continuously the investment program of the Trust and the composition of its portfolio, determining what securities will be purchased or sold by the Trust, and arranging for the purchase and the sale of securities held in the portfolio of the Trust; and, at the Sub-Adviser's expense, providing for pricing of the Trust's portfolio daily. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2002, the Trust accrued management fees to the Manager at the annual rate of 0.40 of 1% of its average annual net assets. Information about the Manager and the Sub-Adviser The Trust's Manager is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aquila Management Corporation ("AMC"), founder of each fund in the Aquilasm Group of Funds, which consists of tax-free municipal bond funds, money-market funds and an equity fund. As of December 31, 2002, these funds had aggregate assets of approximately $3.67 billion, of which approximately $2.3 billion consisted of assets of the tax-free municipal bond funds. AMC's address is the same as that of the Manager. AMC, which was founded in 1984, is controlled by Mr. Lacy B. Herrmann, directly, through two trusts and through share ownership by his wife. The Sub-Adviser, U.S. Bancorp Asset Management, Inc., is a subsidiary of U.S. Bank National Association, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp ("USB"), 601 Second Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-4302. USB is a diversified financial services company that provides banking, brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage, trust and payment services products to consumers, businesses and institutions, is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and primarily serves the Midwest and West. USB operates in 24 contiguous states from Kentucky to Washington. USB also has various other subsidiaries engaged in financial services. At September 30, 2002, on a pro forma combined basis, USB and its consolidated subsidiaries had consolidated assets of approximately $174.0 billion, consolidated deposits of $107.4 billion and shareholder equity of $17.5 billion. Mr. Michael Hamilton, with the position of Director and Senior Portfolio Manager, is the officer of the Sub-Adviser who manages the Trust's portfolio. He has been employed by the parent company of the Sub-Adviser and its predecessors since 1989. He has been associated with the Trust since 1994, assisting in administration and credit analysis. Mr. Hamilton has managed municipal bond common trust funds, individual municipal bond portfolios, taxable portfolios and money-market funds. He holds a B.A. from College of Idaho and an M.B.A. from Western Washington University. The date of this supplement is January 2, 2004 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----