497 1 saimega.txt STICKER SCUDDER INVESTMENTS Scudder 21st Century Growth Fund Scudder International Research Fund Scudder Aggressive Growth Fund Scudder Large Company Growth Fund Scudder Blue Chip Fund Scudder Large Company Value Fund Scudder Capital Growth Fund Scudder Latin America Fund Scudder Contrarian Fund Scudder New Europe Fund Scudder Dividend & Growth Fund Scudder Pacific Opportunities Fund Scudder-Dreman Financial Services Fund Scudder Pathway Series: Conservative Portfolio Scudder-Dreman High Return Equity Fund Scudder Pathway Series: Growth Portfolio Scudder Dynamic Growth Fund Scudder Pathway Series: Moderate Portfolio Scudder Emerging Markets Growth Fund Scudder Research Fund Scudder Emerging Markets Income Fund Scudder Retirement Fund -- Series III Scudder Floating Rate Fund (to be renamed Scudder Target 2012 Fund) Scudder Focus Growth Fund Scudder S&P 500 Stock Fund Scudder Focus Value+Growth Fund Scudder Select 500 Fund Scudder Global Bond Fund Scudder Select 1000 Growth Fund Scudder Global Discovery Fund Scudder Short-Term Bond Fund Scudder Global Fund Scudder-Dreman Small Cap Value Fund Scudder Gold Fund Scudder Small Company Stock Fund Scudder Greater Europe Growth Fund Scudder Small Company Value Fund Scudder Growth Fund Scudder Strategic Income Fund Scudder Growth and Income Fund Scudder Target 2011 Fund Scudder Health Care Fund Scudder Technology Fund Scudder High-Yield Fund Scudder Technology Innovation Fund Scudder High-Yield Opportunity Fund Scudder Total Return Fund Scudder Income Fund Scudder U.S. Government Securities Fund Scudder International Fund The Japan Fund, Inc.
The following text supplements the section entitled "Purchase of Shares" in each of the currently effective Statements of Additional Information for the Class A, B and C shares of each of the above-noted funds: From January 1, 2002 to April 30, 2002 ("Special Offering Period"), Scudder Distributors, Inc. ("SDI"), the principal underwriter for the Class A, B and C shares, intends to (i) reallow to certain firms the full applicable sales charge with respect to Class A shares (not including Class A shares acquired at the net asset value), and (ii) pay an additional .50% in addition to the current commission structure to certain firms with respect to Class B and C shares, provided the shares are purchased for self-directed Individual Retirement Accounts ("IRA accounts") during the Special Offering Period. IRA accounts include Traditional, Roth and Education IRAs, Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees of Small Employers ("SIMPLE") IRA accounts and Simplified Employee Pension Plan ("SEP") IRA accounts. Firms entitled to the full reallowance and the additional compensation noted above, during the Special Offering Period are those firms which allow SDI to participate in a special promotion of self-directed IRA accounts, with other fund complexes, sponsored by the firms during the Special Offering Period. January 23, 2002