-----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, UX8XFAVMr391LG0ThlZ/+1iUa9CqcApPRBhmKcnSk+3mycKFiow0Qh+Inqhj/a0V HH5h0+0NVUekdN/LqudM2w== 0000872032-04-000009.txt : 20040323 0000872032-04-000009.hdr.sgml : 20040323 20040323153409 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000872032-04-000009 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20040323 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20040323 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TAX FREE FUND FOR UTAH CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000872032 IRS NUMBER: 133673542 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-38766 FILM NUMBER: 04684992 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 380 MADISON AVE STREET 2: SUITE 2300 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 2126976666 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 2: 380 MADISON AVE SUITE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PLEIADES TAX FREE FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920514 497 1 ut03st3.txt SUPPLEMENT TO A/C AND I/Y PROSPECTUSES TAX-FREE FUND FOR UTAH Supplement to the Prospectus for Class A Shares and Class C Shares Dated October 24, 2003 As previously supplemented November 6, 2003 and January 2, 2004 The prospectus for Class A Shares and Class C Shares is supplemented as follows: The material under the following captions under "Alternative Purchase Plans" is replaced by the following: "What are the sales charges for purchases of Class A Shares?" The following table shows the amount of sales charge incurred for each new purchase by a "single purchaser" of Class A Shares. A "single purchaser" is: * an individual; * an individual, together with his or her spouse and/or any children under 21 years of age purchasing shares for their account; * a trustee or other fiduciary purchasing shares for a single trust estate or fiduciary account; or * a tax-exempt organization as detailed in Section 501(c)(3) or (13) of the Internal Revenue Code. You are entitled to substantial reductions in sales charges based on Class A Shares you or other members of your family already own. Be sure to tell your broker or dealer about all those holdings so that any reduction in sales charges on your purchase can be correctly computed. A "single purchaser" will pay a sales charge based on the value at the time of purchase of his or her aggregate holdings of Class A Shares of the Fund and Class A Shares of any of the other funds in the Aquilasm Group of Funds in accordance with the following table: I II III Amount of Purchase Sales Charge as Sales Charge as and Value of All Percentage of Approximate Class A Shares Held Public Percentage of By a Single Purchaser Offering Price Amount Invested Less than $25,000 4.00% 4.17% $25,000 but less than $50,000 3.75% 3.90% $50,000 but less than $100,000 3.50% 3.63% $100,000 but less than $250,000 3.25% 3.36% $250,000 but less than $500,000 3.00% 3.09% $500,000 but less than $1,000,000 2.50% 2.56% For purchases of $1 million or more see "Sales Charges for Purchases of $1 Million or More." For example: If you pay $10,000 (Column I), your sales charge would be 4.00% or $400 (Column II). ($10,000 x .04 = $400) The value of your account, after deducting the sales charge from your payment, would increase by $9,600. (This would be the initial value of your account if you opened it with the $10,000 purchase.) ($10,000 - $400 = $9,600) The sales charge as a percentage of the increase in the value of your account would be 4.17% (Column III). ($400 / $9,600 = .0416666 or 4.17%) Sales Charges for Purchases of $1 Million or More You will not pay a sales charge at the time of purchase when you purchase "CDSC Class A Shares." CDSC Class A Shares are: (i) Class A Shares issued in a single purchase of $1 million or more by a single purchaser; (ii) Class A Shares issued when the value of the purchase, together with the value of shares of the Fund or any other Fund in the Aquilasm Group of Funds that are owned by the purchaser and are either CDSC Class A Shares or Class A Shares on which a sales charge was paid, exceeds $1 million; and (iii) Class A Shares purchased with the proceeds of redemption of shares of another investment company when special dealer arrangements are in effect. Redemption of CDSC Class A Shares If you redeem all or part of your CDSC Class A Shares during the two years after you purchase them, you must pay a special contingent deferred sales charge upon redemption. You will normally pay 1% of the shares' redemption or purchase value, whichever is less, if you redeem within the first two years after purchase. However, it is not the Fund's intention ever to charge the shareholder (impose a CDSC) more than the commission amount that was paid to the broker/dealer in connection with the purchase transaction. This special charge also applies to Class A Shares purchased without a sales charge pursuant to a Letter of Intent. The CDSC will be waived for: * Redemption following the death of the shareholder or beneficial owner. * Redemption by the Fund when an account falls below the minimum required account size * Redemption by an investor who purchased $1 million or more without an initial sales charge if the securities dealer of record waived its commission in connection with the purchase, with notice to the investor at the time of purchase. It is not the Fund's intention ever to charge the shareholder (impose a CDSC) more than the commission amount that was paid to the broker/dealer in connection with the purchase transaction. "What are the sales, service and distribution charges for Class C Shares?" * No sales charge at time of purchase. * Fees for service and distribution at a combined annual rate of 1% of average annual net assets of the Fund represented by Class C Shares. * After six years, Class C Shares automatically convert to Class A Shares, which bear lower service and distribution fees. The Fund will not accept purchase orders for Class C Shares in an amount of $500,000 or more on behalf of an individual investor (not including dealer "street name" or omnibus accounts). This is because it will generally be more advantageous for an individual investor purchasing amounts greater than $500,000 to purchase the Fund's Class A Shares instead. Exchange Privilege Generally, you can exchange shares of this Fund, the tax-free municipal bond funds and the equity fund (together with the Fund, the "Bond or Equity Funds") - and shares of certain money-market funds (the "Money-Market Funds") that were acquired in exchange for shares of a Bond or Equity Fund - in the Aquilasm Group of Funds for shares of the same class of any other Bond or Equity Fund, or for shares of any Money-Market Fund, without the payment of a sales charge or any other fee, and there is no limit on the number of exchanges you can make from fund to fund. If you exchange shares of a Money-Market Fund that were acquired by direct purchase rather than by exchange from a Bond or Equity Fund, a sales charge may apply no matter how long you have held those shares. The date of this supplement is March 23, 2004 TAX-FREE FUND FOR UTAH Supplement to the Prospectus for Class I Shares and Class Y Shares Dated October 24, 2003 As previously supplemented January 2, 2004 The prospectus for Class I Shares and Class Y Shares is supplemented as follows: The following paragraph is added to the section entitled "Alternative Purchase Plans": Exchange Privilege Generally, you can exchange Class Y shares of this Fund, the tax-free municipal bond funds and the equity fund (together with the Fund, the "Bond or Equity Funds") and certain money-market funds (the "Money-Market Funds") in the Aquilasm Group of Funds for shares of the same class of any other Bond or Equity Fund, or for shares of any Money-Market Fund, without the payment of a sales charge or any other fee, and there is no limit on the number of exchanges you can make from fund to fund. This exchange privilege is available to Class I Shares to the extent that other Aquila-sponsored funds are made available to its customers by a financial intermediary. All exchanges of Class I Shares must be made through your financial intermediary. The date of this supplement is March 23, 2004 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----