0001193125-14-298196.txt : 20140806 0001193125-14-298196.hdr.sgml : 20140806 20140806160601 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-14-298196 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140806 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140806 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20140806 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND) CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000810902 IRS NUMBER: 136891420 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-12112 FILM NUMBER: 141019953 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 767 FIFTH AVE STREET 2: 49TH FL CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10153 BUSINESS PHONE: 2125832000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 767 FIFTH AVE STREET 2: 49TH FL CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10153 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BARON ASSET FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 0000810902 S000000582 BARON ASSET FUND C000001635 BARON ASSET FUND BARAX C000077818 Institutional Shares BARIX 0000810902 S000000583 BARON GROWTH FUND C000001636 BARON GROWTH FUND BGRFX C000077819 Institutional Shares BGRIX 0000810902 S000000584 BARON SMALL CAP FUND C000001637 BARON SMALL CAP FUND BSCFX C000077820 Institutional Shares BSFIX 0000810902 S000000585 BARON OPPORTUNITY FUND C000001638 BARON OPPORTUNITY FUND BIOPX C000077821 Institutional Shares BIOIX 0000810902 S000000586 BARON FIFTH AVENUE GROWTH FUND C000001639 BARON FIFTH AVENUE GROWTH FUND BFTHX C000077822 Institutional Shares BFTIX 0000810902 S000042178 BARON DISCOVERY FUND C000130959 BARON DISCOVERY FUND BDFFX C000130960 Institutional Shares BDFIX 497 1 d771600d497.htm BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST

BARON

FUNDS®

Baron Asset Fund

Baron Growth Fund

Baron Small Cap Fund

Baron Opportunity Fund

Baron Fifth Avenue Growth Fund

Baron Discovery Fund

Supplement dated August 6, 2014

to Statement of Additional Information dated January 28, 2014

Effective July 21, 2014, Kristine Treglia is the Acting Chief Compliance Officer of Baron Investment Funds Trust.

Effective July 21, 2014, the Statement of Additional Information of the Baron Funds® (the “Funds”) is modified as follows:

On page 19 of the Statement of Additional Information, Gretta J. Heaney and her accompanying information is deleted from the Additional Officers of the Funds section of the following table and replaced with Ms. Treglia’s information as follows:

 

Name, Address & Age

  

Position(s) Held
with the Fund

  

Length of
Time
Served

  

Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past Five Years

  

Number
of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by
Trustee

  

Other
Trustee/
Directorships
During Past
5 Years

Kristine Treglia

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10153

Age: 36

   Vice President and Acting Chief Compliance Officer   <1 year (appointed 7/2014)   Acting Chief Compliance Officer: Baron Capital Group, Inc., BAMCO, Inc., Baron Capital Management, Inc., Baron Investment Funds Trust, Baron Select Funds, Baron USA Partners Fund, Ltd (7/2014-Present); Vice President: the Firm* (2013-Present); Associate General Counsel: the Firm*, Baron Investment Funds Trust, Baron Select Funds, Baron USA Partners Fund, Ltd (2006-Present).   N/A   None

This information supplements the Statement of Additional Information dated January 28, 2014. This Supplement and the Statement of Additional Information constitute a current statement of additional information. To request another copy of the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, please call 1-800-992-2766 or visit our website at www.BaronFunds.com.