0001104659-23-102751.txt : 20230921 0001104659-23-102751.hdr.sgml : 20230921 20230921141255 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-23-102751 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 FILED AS OF DATE: 20230921 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20230921 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20230921 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TETON WESTWOOD FUNDS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000796229 IRS NUMBER: 133625130 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-06790 FILM NUMBER: 231268810 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE CORPORATE CENTER CITY: RYE STATE: NY ZIP: 10580 BUSINESS PHONE: 8004223554 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE CORPORATE CENTER CITY: RYE STATE: NY ZIP: 10580 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GAMCO WESTWOOD FUNDS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20091130 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WESTWOOD FUNDS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20060621 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GABELLI WESTWOOD FUNDS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980304

0000796229 S000001082 TETON Convertible Securities Fund

C000002919 CLASS A WEIAX

C000002921 CLASS C WEICX

C000002922 CLASS AAA WESRX

C000061065 Class I WESIX

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Filed pursuant to Rule 497(e)
Registration No. 033-06790

THE TETON WESTWOOD FUNDS

TETON Convertible Securities Fund
(“Convertible Securities Fund”)

Supplement dated September 21, 2023, to the Convertible Securities Fund’s Summary Prospectus, Statutory Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, each dated January 27, 2023.

Mr. Thomas Dinsmore will resign as a portfolio manager of the Convertible Securities Fund, effective October 1, 2023. Accordingly, effective October 1, 2023, all references to Mr. Thomas Dinsmore are hereby removed in their entirety from the applicable sections of the Convertible Securities Fund’s Summary Prospectus, Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information.

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