-----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, L5l4QLADZ6kmrzSNzCqsDef1ilB7mfjruUY3oQpxjQFgvd0J1ZNlBR97liGSNaPD 6npbGioJQNWgpouoRGcK/A== 0000789289-96-000047.txt : 19961021 0000789289-96-000047.hdr.sgml : 19961021 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000789289-96-000047 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: DEF 14A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19961113 FILED AS OF DATE: 19961018 SROS: NONE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LEHMAN BROTHERS INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS GROUP TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000894352 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0131 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: DEF 14A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-07364 FILM NUMBER: 96645212 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE EXCHANGE PLACE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 6175731221 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE EXCHANGE PLACE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 DEF 14A 1 SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Filed by the Registrant [ ] Filed by a Party other than the Registrant [X] Check the appropriate box: [ ] Preliminary Proxy Statement [ ] Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) [X] Definitive Proxy Statement [ ] Definitive Additional Materials [ ] Soliciting Material Pursuant to Sec. 240.14a-11(c) or Sec. 240.14a-12 Lehman Brothers Institutional Funds Group Trust (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) Federated Investors (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): [ ] $125 per Exchange Act Rules 0-11(c)(1)(ii), 14a-6(i)(1), or 14a-6(i)(2) or Item 22(a)(2) of Schedule 14A. [ ] $500 per each party to the controversy pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 14a-6(i)(3). [ ] Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and 0-11. 1.Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies: 2.Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies: 3.Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined): 4.Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction: 5. Total fee paid: [X] Fee paid previously with preliminary proxy materials. [ ] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing. 1)Amount Previously Paid: 2)Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.: 3)Filing Party: 4)Date Filed: -2- FEDERATED INVESTORS LEHMAN BROTHERS Federated Investors Tower Three World Financial Center Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779 New York, NY 10285 October 18, 1996 Dear Shareholder, Enclosed please find proxy materials relating to the proposed asset management alliance between Federated Investors and Lehman Brothers Global Asset Management. As announced in a press release dated September 6, 1996, Federated Investors and Lehman Brothers have reached a definitive agreement enabling Federated to assume the investment management responsibilities for the six institutional money market funds of Lehman Brothers Institutional Funds Group Trust. The funds encompassed within this agreement are as follows: Prime Value Money Market Fund Prime Money Market Fund Municipal Money Market Fund Tax-Free Money Market Fund Government Obligations Money Market Fund Treasury Instruments Money Market Fund II The management teams at both Federated Investors and Lehman Brothers believe that -3- an affirmative reply will best serve the interests of the shareholders of Lehman Brothers Institutional Funds Group Trust. The shareholder benefits which may be realized as a result of the proposed alliance are many and include: increased economies of scale, an extended array of available investment products and the expanded services of a company whose core capabilities lie in managing money market funds. MATERIALS CONTAINED WITHIN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE(S) DESCRIBE THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION IN DETAIL AND ASK YOU TO VOTE IN TIME FOR A SHAREHOLDER MEETING ON NOVEMBER 13, 1996. PLEASE BE SURE TO RESPOND AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT YOUR VOTE IS REGISTERED AT THE SHAREHOLDER MEETING. PROXY CARDS MAY BE RETURNED VIA FAX AT (617)573-1985 OR IN THE ENCLOSED POSTAGE PAID ENVELOPE. Again, we encourage you to vote as soon as possible. Please do not hesitate to call us directly at 1(800)245-5000 for Federated or (212)526-7496 for Lehman Brothers with any questions or comments. Sincerely, /s/ John B. Fisher /s/ Andrew D. Gordon John B. Fisher Andrew D. Gordon President, Institutional Sales Managing Director Federated Investors Lehman Brothers /s/ Mark Gensheimer -4- Mark Gensheimer Executive Vice President, Bank Marketing Federated Investors LEHMAN BROTHERS INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS GROUP TRUST{PRIVATE } PRIME MONEY MARKET FUND NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 13, 1996 A Special Meeting of the shareholders of the Prime Money Market Fund (the "Fund"), a portfolio of Lehman Brothers Institutional Funds Group Trust (the "Trust"), will be held at the offices of Lehman Brothers Inc., 3 World Financial Center-26th Floor, New York, New York 10285 on November 13, 1996, at 11:40 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time). A form of Proxy and Proxy Statement for the meeting are furnished together with this notice. The purpose of the meeting is to consider and vote on the following matters: I. Approval of an investment advisory agreement between Federated Management and the Trust with respect to the Fund; II. Election of thirteen Trustees to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified; and -5- III. Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. The Board of Trustees has fixed October 11, 1996, as the record date for determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting. By Order of the Board of Trustees Dated: October 18, 1996 Patricia L. Bickimer Secretar {PRIVATE }SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY PROMPTLY TO AVOID ADDITIONAL EXPENSE. YOU CAN HELP THE FUND AVOID THE NECESSITY AND EXPENSE OF SENDING FOLLOW-UP LETTERS TO ENSURE A QUORUM BY PROMPTLY RETURNING THE ENCLOSED PROXY. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING, PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY SO THAT THE NECESSARY QUORUM MAY BE REPRESENTED AT THE SPECIAL MEETING. THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE REQUIRES NO POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES. -6- LEHMAN BROTHERS INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS GROUP TRUST{PRIVATE } PRIME MONEY MARKET FUND ONE EXCHANGE PLACE 53 STATE STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02109 PROXY STATEMENT The enclosed proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Prime Money Market Fund (the "Fund"), a portfolio of Lehman Brothers Institutional Funds Group Trust (the "Trust"). The proxy is revocable at any time before it is voted by sending written notice of the revocation to the Fund or by appearing personally at the special meeting of shareholders to be held on November 13, 1996 at 11:40 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) at the offices of Lehman Brothers Inc., 3 World Financial Center-26th Floor, New York, New York 10285 (the "Special Meeting"). Proxies are solely being solicited by mail without assistance from specially engaged employees or paid solicitors. On October 11, 1996, the Fund had outstanding 2,774,985,522 shares (2,232,623,360 Class A Shares, 518,048,136 Class B Shares, 1,757,258 Class C Shares and 22,556,768 Class E Shares) of beneficial interest (the "Shares"), each Share being entitled to one vote. Only shareholders of record at the close of business on October 11, 1996 (the "Shareholders") will be entitled to notice -7- of and the right to vote at the Special Meeting. A majority of the outstanding Shares of the Fund, represented in person or by proxy, shall be required to constitute a quorum at the Special Meeting. Shares of all four classes of the Fund (A Shares, B Shares, C Shares and E Shares) shall be voted as a single class of Shares for purposes of Proposal 1, relating to the approval of an investment advisory agreement. With respect to Proposal 2, relating to the election of Trustees, all shares of the Trust shall be voted as a single class for the election of Trustees. The items submitted to the Shareholders at the Special Meeting are undertaken as part of a business arrangement by and between Federated Investors and Lehman Brothers Global Asset Management Inc. ("LBGAM") pursuant to which LBGAM has entered into a non-compete agreement whereby LBGAM will discontinue advising money market funds, subject to certain conditions. Following the transactions, LBGAM will assist Federated Investors in providing services to shareholders for which LBGAM will receive fees paid by Federated Investors and/or mutual funds in which the Shareholders are invested. In addition, if Shareholders approve the proposals outlined in this Proxy Statement, it is anticipated that the name of Lehman Brothers Institutional Funds Group Trust will change to "Money Market Obligations Trust II," which reflects the fact that LBGAM no longer manages the various portfolios, including the Fund. The name of the Fund is expected to change to Prime Cash Obligations Fund. If the accompanying proxy card is properly executed and returned in time to be voted at the Special Meeting, the individuals named as proxies will vote your Shares in accordance with your instructions. If you return your proxy with no voting instructions, your Shares will be voted affirmatively for the Proposals described in this proxy statement. -8- A prospectus for the appropriate class of Shares of the Fund, which includes audited financial statements, has been previously mailed to Shareholders. The Board of Trustees proposes to mail this proxy statement and the enclosed notice of meeting and proxy card on or about October 17, 1996. Copies of the Fund's 1996 annual report and semi-annual report as of January 31, 1996 and July 31, 1996, respectively, are available without charge upon request made by telephone (800) 368-5556. 1. APPROVAL OF AN INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT BETWEEN FEDERATED MANAGEMENT AND THE TRUST WITH RESPECT TO THE PRIME MONEY MARKET FUND. Shareholders are being asked to approve an investment advisory agreement between the Fund and Federated Management. The Fund's existing distributor is Lehman Brothers, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., located at 3 World Financial Center, New York, New York 10285. The Fund's administrator and transfer agent is First Data Investor Services Corp. ("FDISC"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Data Corporation, located at One Exchange Place, 53 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109. Currently, the Fund's investment adviser is LBGAM, a New York corporation, located at 3 World Financial Center, New York, New York 10285. As part of a series of transactions between LBGAM and Federated Investors which are further described below, LBGAM made a recommendation that Federated Management, a Delaware business trust and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Federated Investors, be retained as the Fund's investment adviser. The Trustees of the Trust, including Trustees who are not "interested persons," (the "Independent Trustees") under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act"), then unanimously voted to recommend that the Shareholders of the Fund -9- approve an investment advisory agreement between Federated Management and the Trust with respect to the Fund (the "Proposed Advisory Agreement"). COMPARISON OF THE PROPOSED ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND THE CURRENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT The terms and conditions of the current advisory agreement between the Trust and LBGAM (the "Current Advisory Agreement") are comparable in all material respects to those of the Proposed Advisory Agreement. A copy of the Proposed Advisory Agreement is attached as Exhibit A. The Current Advisory Agreement of the Fund is dated February 1, 1996, and was last approved by the Shareholders of the Fund on January 31, 1996. Subject to the direction of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, the Declaration of Trust, the Trust's By-Laws and Registration Statement and the Fund's fundamental investment policies, under the Proposed Advisory Agreement, Federated Management will be required to provide investment research and supervision of the investments of the Fund and to conduct a continuous program of investment evaluation and of appropriate sale or other disposition and reinvestment of the Fund's assets. Under the Proposed Advisory Agreement, Federated Management may appoint and employ or contract with such other persons, including sub-advisers, at its own cost and expense as it shall determine, in order to assist it in carrying out the Proposed Advisory Agreement. The Proposed Advisory Agreement will, as does the Current Advisory Agreement, provide that the investment adviser thereunder is not liable for any act or omission connected with the rendering of services under the Proposed Advisory Agreement, for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security in the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of its obligations and duties -10- under such Agreement. Federated Management is also put on notice by the terms of the Proposed Advisory Agreement that the obligations of the Fund are limited to the assets of the Fund and Federated Management agrees not to seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the assets of any other fund of the Trust, shareholders of any fund of the Trust, the Trustees, or officers, employees or agents of the Trust. Similar notice is given to LBGAM under the Current Advisory Agreement. The Proposed Advisory Agreement will continue in effect for an initial term of two years from the date of execution and for successive annual periods thereafter, provided that the continuance is specifically approved at least annually by either: (a) the vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees of the Trust; or (b) the vote at an annual or special meeting of shareholders of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund (a "1940 Act Majority"), defined as (i) 67% or more of the voting securities present at such meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding securities are present or represented by proxy, or (ii) more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of such Fund, whichever is less. The Current Advisory Agreement also had an initial term of two years, but is now continued on a year-to-year basis in the same manner as the Proposed Advisory Agreement. The Proposed Advisory Agreement is terminable without penalty by the Trustees or by a 1940 Act Majority on 60 days' written notice to Federated Management. The Proposed Advisory Agreement is also terminable automatically in the event of its "assignment" as defined in the 1940 Act. The Proposed Advisory Agreement states that it will be governed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and that each provision of such Agreement is independent of all other provisions. -11- THE ADVISORY FEE AND OTHER EXPENSES The rate of the advisory fee payable pursuant to the Proposed Advisory Agreement, as recommended for approval by the Shareholders of the Fund, is identical to the rate of the advisory fees payable pursuant to the Current Advisory Agreement. Both provide for a maximum fee, computed daily and paid monthly, equal to 0.20% per annum of the Fund's average daily assets. During the last fiscal year ended January 31, 1996, LBGAM was entitled to receive $4,452,829 in advisory fees. Under the Current Advisory Agreement, LBGAM has agreed to fee waivers and expense reimbursements in any year during which the Fund's expenses exceed the limitation imposed by any state blue sky authority having jurisdiction over the Fund. No such provision is contained in the Proposed Advisory Agreement. However, Federated Management intends to comply with any applicable blue sky expense limitations that would require it to waive its fees or reimburse Fund expenses. With respect to other expenses, under both Agreements, the Fund is responsible for virtually all types of expenses associated with the Fund, but only the Current Advisory Agreement provides for expense reimbursement in order to meet Fund expense ratio limitations. FEDERATED MANAGEMENT Federated Management is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Federated Management acts as investment adviser to 25 investment companies, many with multiple portfolios or series. It is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Federated Investors, a Delaware -12- business trust which, together with its affiliates, has approximately $70 billion in assets under management. Founded in 1955, Federated has been serving the needs of investors for over 41 years. Federated has also been managing the short-term assets of institutional investors for over 20 years, having created one of the first institutional money market funds in 1976. All of the Class A shares (voting) of Federated Investors are owned by a trust, the trustees of which are John F. Donahue, his wife, and his son, J. Christopher Donahue. Officers and Trustees of Federated Portfolios who own Class B shares (non-voting) of Federated Investors, their positions with Federated Investors, and the number of shares beneficially owned by such persons, are as follows: John F. Donahue, Trustee, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (1,823,547); J. Christopher Donahue, Trustee, President and Chief Operating Officer (1,051,483); Richard B. Fisher, Trustee, Executive Vice President and Assistant Secretary (800,000); Edward C. Gonzales, Trustee, Vice Chairman and Treasurer (400,000); John W. McGonigle, Trustee, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (1,000,000) and David M. Taylor, Trustee and Senior Vice President (140,000). Of the investment company series for which Federated Management has investment adviser responsibility, two (2) are offered primarily to institutional investors and have similar investment objectives to that of the Fund. The following is a table by Fund size indicating the rate of compensation paid to Federated Management by such funds. FUND SIZE (MILLIONS) ADVISORY FEE WAIVERS Rated Prime Fund/Inst'l with Sub-Accounts Automated Cash Management Trust $1,295 0.50% 0.28% -13- Rated Prime Fund/Inst'l With Omnibus Accounts Prime Obligations Fund (Institutional Shares) $2,994 0.20% 0.11% Prime Obligations Fund (Institutional Service Shares) $1,666 0.20% 0.11% The following table lists the name, current position with Federated Management, address and principal occupation of each Trustee and of the principal executive officer of Federated Management. POSITION WITH FEDERATED MANAGEMENT; NAME (AGE) ADDRESS PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION John F. Donahue (71) Federated Trustee and Chairman; .................... Investors Tower Chairman and Trustee, Pittsburgh, Federated Investors Pennsylvania 15222-3779 J. Christopher Federated Trustee, Chief Donahue (46) Investors Tower Executive Officer and (son of John F. Pittsburgh, Chief Operating Donahue)............ Pennsylvania Officer; President and 15222-3779 Trustee, Federated Investors. -14- John W. McGonigle Federated Trustee; Executive (56)................ Investors Tower Vice President, Pittsburgh, Secretary, General Pennsylvania Counsel and Trustee, 15222-3779 Federated Investors. Mark D. Olson (51).. Wilson, Trustee; Partner, Halbrook & Bayard Wilson Halbrook & 107 W. Market Bayard (law firm). Street Georgetown, Delaware 19947 AFFILIATED BROKERS AND OTHER AFFILIATED PERSONS Affiliated brokers and other "affiliated persons" of the Fund (as defined in the 1940 Act) during the Trust's fiscal year ended January 31, 1996, received no commissions or other payments from the Fund. At the meeting of the Board of Trustees held on September 6, 1996, the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously voted to recommend that the Shareholders of the Fund approve the Proposed Advisory Agreement. It is anticipated that, if the proposals contained herein are approved, Federated will request, and the Board of Trustees will vote to enter into new service contracts for transfer agency, portfolio accounting and administrative services with affiliates of Federated, as well as a new Distribution Agreement with Federated Securities Corp. In deciding to recommend that the Shareholders -15- approve the Proposed Advisory Agreement, the Board took into consideration a number of factors, including (1) the capabilities and resources of Federated Management, (2) the comparative investment performance of similar funds managed by Federated Management, (3) the commitment of Federated Management to maintain and enhance its position in the money fund business and (4) the decision by LBGAM to seek to discontinue managing money market funds. The Board concluded to recommend that the shareholders of the Portfolio vote to approve the Proposed Advisory Agreement. This conclusion was based on a number of factors, including the following: 1. The change in investment adviser could permit the shareholders of the Fund to pursue substantially the same investment goals in a larger fund based upon the commitment of Federated Management to devote resources to seek to attract a broader group of investors. A larger fund should enhance the ability of portfolio managers to effect their portfolio transactions on more favorable terms and give portfolio managers greater investment flexibility and the ability to select a larger number of portfolio securities, with the attendant ability to spread investment risks over a larger number of portfolio issues. In addition, the larger aggregate net assets should enable the Fund to obtain the benefits of economies of scale. 2. The change in investment adviser would provide the shareholders of the Fund with the investment advisory services of Federated Management. Federated Management and its affiliates manage over 100 mutual funds, including 48 money market funds with assets of $43 billion. Federated Investors is one of the largest institutional service providers in the United States. Federated Investors has been providing advisory -16- services for over 41 years and has been managing the short-term assets of institutional investors for over 20 years, having created one of the first institutional money market funds in 1976. 3. LBGAM has undertaken to cap the Fund's total operating expense ratio at .18%, which can be changed at any time. Federated Management anticipates maintaining a similar cap of .18% on the Fund's total operating expenses and, in addition, has agreed, for the two-year period following the approval of the Proposed Advisory Agreement, to cap the Fund's expense ratio at .35%, which is the same contractual expense cap that is provided by LBGAM. The contractual advisory fee of Federated Management is the same as that of LBGAM. VOTE REQUIRED The affirmative vote of a 1940 Act Majority (defined above) of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund is required in order to approve the Proposed Advisory Agreement. 2. ELECTION OF TRUSTEES The Board of Trustees currently consists of six Trustees serving until the election and qualification of their successors. It is proposed that thirteen Trustees be added to the Board in connection with the change of the Fund's investment adviser to Federated Management described in Proposal 1 above. Current trustees will not stand for re-election. Three of the nominees are affiliated with Federated Investors as discussed further below. All of the other nominees are Trustees or Directors of other investment companies managed by Federated Management. -17- NOMINEES, TRUSTEES AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE FUND The following is a list of the nominees, Trustees and executive officers of the Fund. Information provided regarding the name, age, current position with the Fund and term of office, if any, principal occupation during the past five years, family relationships and directorships is required by law. NOMINEES FOR TRUSTEES NAME, AGE AND RELATION TO FEDERATED INVESTORS FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES John F. Donahue Trustee and Chairman of the Board of the Age 71 Trust; Chairman and Trustee, Federated Father of J. Investors, Federated Advisers, Federated Christopher Donahue, Management; Chairman and Director, President of the Trust Federated Research Corp. and Federated Global Research Corp.; Chairman, Passport Research Ltd.; Chief Executive Officer and Director, Trustee or Managing General Partner of 74 investment companies for which subsidiaries of Federated Investors serve as investment adviser, administrator and/or distributor (the ``Federated Fund Complex''). -18- Thomas G. Bigley* Trustee of the Trust; Director, Ober Age 61 Manufacturing Co.; Chairman of the Board, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh; Director, Trustee, or Managing General Partner of 74 investment companies within the Federated Fund Complex; formerly, Senior Partner Ernst & Young LLP. NAME, AGE AND RELATION TO FEDERATED INVESTORS FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES John T. Conroy, Jr.* Trustee of the Trust; President, Age 58 Investment Properties Corporation; Senior Vice President, John R. Wood and Associates, Inc., Realtors; President, Northgate Village Development Corporation; Partner or Trustee in private real estate ventures in Southwest Florida; Director, Trustee, or Managing General Partner of 74 investment companies within the Federated Fund Complex; formerly, President Naples Property Management, Inc. William J. Copeland* Trustee of the Trust; Director and member Age 77 of the Executive Committee, Michael Baker, Inc.; Director, Trustee or Managing General Partner of 74 investment companies -19- within the Federated Fund Complex; formerly, Vice Chairman and Director, PNC Bank, N.A., and PNC Bank Corp. and Director, Ryan Homes, Inc. J. Christopher Donahue Trustee and President of the Trust, Age 46 President and Trustee, Federated Son of John F. Donahue, Investors, Federated Advisers, Federated Chairman of the Trust Management and Federated Research; President and Director, Federated Research Corp. and Federated Global Research Corp.; President Passport Research Ltd.; Trustee, Federated Administrative Services, Federated Services Company, and Federated Shareholder Services; President or Executive Vice President of the Funds; Director, Trustee, or Managing General Partner of certain investment companies within the Federated Fund Complex. James E. Dowd* Trustee of the Trust; Attorney-at-law; Age 73 Director, The Emerging Germany, Inc., Director, Trustee, or Managing General Partner of 74 investment companies within the Federated Fund Complex. Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D. Trustee of the Trust; Professor of Age 62 Medicine and Member Board of Trustees, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center- -20- Downtown; Member, Board of Directors, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; formerly Hematologist, Oncologist, and Internist, Presbyertain and Montefiore Hospitals; Director, Trustee, or Managing General Partner of 74 investment companies within the Federated Fund Complex. Edward L. Flaherty, Trustee of the Trust; Attorney-at-law; Jr.* Shareholder, Henny, Kochuba, Meyer and Age 71 Flaherty; Director, Eat `N Park Restaurants, Inc., and Statewide Settlement Agency, Inc.; Director, Trustee, or Managing General Partner of 74 investment companies within the Federated Fund Complex; formerly, Counsel, Horizon Financial, F.A., Western Region. Peter E. Madden* Trustee of the Trust; Consultant; State Age 53 Representative, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Director, Trustee, or managing General Partner of 74 investment companies within the Federated Fund Complex; formerly President, State Street Bank and Trust Company and State Street Boston Corporation. Gregor F. Meyer* Trustee of the Trust; Attorney-at-law; Age 68 Shareholder, Henny, Kochuba, Meyer and -21- Flaherty; Chairman, Meritcare, Inc.; Director, Eat `N Park Restaurants, Inc.; Director, Trustee or Managing General Partner of 74 investment companies within the Federated Fund Complex. NAME, AGE AND RELATION TO FEDERATED INVESTORS FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES John E. Murray, Jr.* Trustee of the Trust; President and Law Age 62 Professor, Duquesne University; Consulting Partner, Mollica, Murray and Hogue; Director, Trustee or Managing General Partner of 74 investment companies within the Federated Fund Complex. Wesley W. Posvar* Trustee of the Trust; Professor, Age 70 International Politics and Management Consultant; Trustee, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, RAND Corporation, Online Computer Library Center, Inc., and U.S. Space Foundation; Chairman, Czecho Management Center; Director, Trustee or Managing General Partner of 74 investment companies within the Federated Fund -22- Complex; President Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh, founding Chairman, National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology and Federal Emergency Management Advisory Board. Marjorie P. Smuts* Trustee of the Trust; Public Age 60 relations/marketing consultant; Conference Coordinator, Non-profit entities; Director, Trustee, or Managing General Partner of 74 investment companies within the Federated Fund Complex. - ----- * Independent Trustee The foregoing individuals are being nominated as trustees in connection with the transaction between LBGAM and Federated Investors referred to under Proposal 1 whereby Federated Management would assume the role of the Fund's investment adviser. If Federated Management becomes the Fund's investment adviser, the Trustees believe that appointing representatives from other areas within the Federated Investors' organization would help the transition run smoothly. Furthermore, the Trustees consider the addition of personnel of Federated Investors to be a means of facilitating day-to-day management of the Fund. As part of the overall business agreement between Federated Investors and LBGAM, Federated Management has also been recommended to assume the role of -23- investment adviser with respect to two other portfolios of Lehman Brothers Institutional Funds Group Trust, the Prime Value Money Market Fund and the Municipal Money Market Fund. Also pursuant to that agreement, the assets of several other portfolios of Lehman Brothers Institutional Funds Group Trust, the Government Obligations Fund, Treasury Instruments Money Market Fund II and the Tax-Free Money Market Fund, are proposed to be reorganized into Federated Investors portfolios which are part of its Money Market Obligations Trust. A third part of the transaction involves the transfer of assets from Lehman Brothers' retail money market funds to funds of Federated Investors with similar objectives through a negative consent process. Some of the nominees for election as Trustees are executive officers of and employed by Federated Investors. To the extent that employees of Federated will benefit from the entire transaction with LBGAM, the nominees may be deemed to have an indirect material interest in such arrangement. Similarly, Mr. Gordon, Trustees, and Messrs. Winters and Rabiecki, Executive Officers, are employees of Lehman Brothers and LBGAM, respectively, and as such may be deemed to have an indirect material interest in the transaction. TRUSTEES NOT STANDING FOR ELECTION POSITIONS WITH RELATION TO FEDERATED NAME AND AGE REGISTRANT AND INVESTORS BUSINESS OR ANY OF ITS EXPERIENCE SUBSIDIARIES Andrew Gordon, 42 Chairman of the None -24- Board, Trustee and President of Lehman Brothers Institutional Funds Group Trust; Managing Director, Lehman Brothers Charles Barber,* 79 Trustee*, Lehman None Brothers Institutional Funds Group Trust; former Chairman of the Board, ASARCO, Inc. None Burt N. Dorsett,* 65 Trustee*, Lehman Brothers Institutional Funds Group Trust; Managing Partner, Dorsett McCabe Capital Management, Inc., an investment counseling firm; -25- Director, Research Corporation Technologies, a non-profit patent-clearing and licensing operation; formerly President, Westinghouse Pension Investments Corporation; formerly Executive Vice President and Trustee, College Retirement Equities Fund, Inc., a variable annuity fund; and formerly Investment Officer, University of Rochester Edward J. Kaier,* 50 Trustee*, Lehman None -26- Brothers Institutional Funds Group Trust; Partner with the law firm of Hepburn, Willcox, Hamilton & Putnam S. Donald Wiley,* 69 Trustee*, Lehman None Brothers Institutional Funds Group Trust; Vice Chairman and Trustee, H.J. Heinz Company Foundation * Independent Trustee None of the nominees and none of the current Trustees, with the exception of Mr. Gordon, have any material direct or indirect interest in the Fund's current principal underwriter or administrator. As noted above, however, if Shareholders approve the proposals described in this proxy statement, the Board of Trustees is expected to vote to enter into new transfer agency, portfolio accounting, administration and distribution agreements with entities that are affiliated with Federated Management. None of the nominees except John -27- F. Donahue, J. Christopher Donahue and Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D. has any material direct or indirect interest in the new administrator or principal underwriter. Except as described above, none of the nominees has any material direct or indirect interest in the investment adviser or any person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 1996, the Trust's Board met four times. All Trustees attended at least 75 percent of the meetings. The Trust has a standing Audit Committee which consists of Messrs. Barber, Dorsett, Kaier and Wiley, all of whom are Independent Trustees. The function of the Audit Committee is to meet annually with the Trust's independent auditors to review the financial statements of the Trust's portfolios. The Audit Committee met one time during the fiscal year ended January 31, 1996. The Trust also has a Nominating Committee consisting of Messrs. Barber, Dorsett, Kaier and Wiley. Its function is to nominate independent trustees to fill vacancies that occur on the Board of Trustees of Lehman Brothers Institutional Funds Group Trust. The Committee did not meet during the fiscal year ended January 31, 1996. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS POSITIONS WITH RELATION TO FEDERATED NAME AND AGE REGISTRANT AND INVESTORS BUSINESS OR ANY OF ITS EXPERIENCE SUBSIDIARIES John M. Winters, 46 Vice President None -28- and Investment Officer, Lehman Brothers Institutional Funds Group Trust; Investment Officer, Senior Vice President and Senior Money Market Portfolio Manager, Lehman Brothers Global Asset Management, Inc.; formerly Product Manager with Lehman Brothers Capital Markets Group Nicholas Rabiecki Vice President None III, 39 and Investment Officer, Lehman Brothers Institutional Funds Group Trust; Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager, Lehman -29- Brothers Global Asset Management, Inc.; formerly Senior Fixed- Income Portfolio Manager with Chase Private Banking POSITIONS WITH RELATION TO FEDERATED NAME AND AGE REGISTRANT AND INVESTORS BUSINESS OR ANY OF ITS EXPERIENCE SUBSIDIARIES Michael C. Kardok, Treasurer, Lehman None 36 Brothers Institutional Funds Group Trust; Vice President, First Data Investor Services Group, Inc.; prior to May 1994, Vice President, The Boston Company Advisors, Inc. -30- Patricia L. Secretary, Lehman None Bickimer, 42 Brothers Institutional Funds Group Trust; Vice President and Associate General Counsel, First Data Investor Services Group, Inc.; prior to May 1994, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, The Boston Company Advisors, Inc. None of the executive officers was selected as such pursuant to any agreements nor has any executive officer entered into an employment contract or other compensatory agreement with the Fund. The Declaration of Trust provides that the Trust will indemnify its Trustees and officers against liabilities and expenses incurred in connection with litigation in which they may be involved because of their offices with the Fund unless it is finally adjudicated that they engaged in willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in their offices. -31- The following table describes the compensation paid during the fiscal year ending January 31, 1996, to each member of the Board of Trustees of the Trust. COMPENSATION TABLE The following table presents, for the fiscal year ended January 31, 1996, the compensation paid to, or accrued for, each of the Trust's Trustees. None of the Fund's most highly compensated executive officers had aggregate compensation of over $60,000 during this period. -32- {PRIVATE }COMPENSATION TABLE Total Compensat Pension ion or Estimated from Fund Retiremen Annual and Fund Aggregate t Benefits Complex Compensat Benefits Upon (10 Name and Position ion Accrued Retirement Funds) From Fund as part Paid to of Directors Fund Expenses Andrew Gordon Trustee, Chairman of the Board and $0 $0 N/A $0 President Charles Barber Trustee $25,000 $0 N/A $25,000 Burt N. Dorsett Trustee $25,000 $0 N/A $52,500 Edward J. Kaier Trustee $25,000 $0 N/A $25,000 -33- {PRIVATE }COMPENSATION TABLE Total Compensat Pension ion or Estimated from Fund Retiremen Annual and Fund Aggregate t Benefits Complex Compensat Benefits Upon (10 Name and Position ion Accrued Retirement Funds) From Fund as part Paid to of Directors Fund Expenses S. Donald Wiley Trustee $25,000 $0 N/A $25,000 -34- The Fund does not have any compensation plans, including pension or retirement plans or any other defined benefit or actuarial plan in place. Trustees who are "interested persons" receive no compensation from the Fund for service as Trustees. Independent Trustees receive $20,000 in retainer fees per year, plus $1,250 per regular or special Board meeting attended. Trustees are also reimbursed for travel and out-of-pocket expenses. VOTE REQUIRED Approval of Proposal 2 with respect to the Fund requires the affirmative vote of a 1940 Act Majority of outstanding voting securities of Lehman Brothers Institutional Funds Group Trust. The vote of Shareholders of the Fund will be aggregated with the votes of the Shareholders of the other series of Lehman Brothers Institutional Funds Group Trust in determining whether Proposal 2 is approved. INFORMATION RELATING TO VOTING MATTERS QUORUM -35- In the event that a quorum is not present at the Special Meeting, or in the event that a quorum is present at the Special Meeting, but sufficient votes to approve the Proposals are not received, the persons named as proxies may propose one or more adjournments of the Special Meeting to permit the further solicitation of proxies. Any adjournment will require the affirmative vote of a majority of Shares represented at the Special Meeting in person or by proxy. If a quorum is present, the persons named as proxies will vote those proxies for which they may vote "For" Proposal 1 in favor of adjournment, and they will vote those proxies required to be voted "Against" Proposal 1 against the adjournment. A quorum is constituted with respect to the Fund by the presence in person or by proxy of holders of more than 50% of the outstanding Shares of the Fund. Proxies properly executed and marked with a negative vote or an abstention will be considered present at the Special Meeting for purposes of determining the existence of a quorum. Broker non-votes and abstentions will be counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present for purposes of convening the meeting. With respect to each proposal, broker non-votes and abstentions will both be considered to be abstentions. NO DISSENTER'S RIGHT OF APPRAISAL Shareholders of the Fund have no appraisal rights under the Trust's Declaration of Trust or under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Shareholders have the right, however, to redeem their Fund shares at any time at net asset value. REJECTION OF A PROPOSAL -36- If Shareholders vote to reject either Proposal 1 or Proposal 2, the Trustees will not authorize any action to be taken with respect to a Proposal approved by Shareholders. Because the proposed adoption of a new advisory contract and the election of Trustees are intended, together, to allow for a change in the management of the Fund, the rejection of either Proposal would frustrate the overall business plan. OTHER MATTERS Management does not know of any matters to be presented at the Special Meeting other than those described above. However, if any other matters properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof, the holders of the proxies are authorized to vote thereon at their discretion. The Fund's principal accountant/independent auditor is Ernst & Young, LLP, 200 Clarendon Street, Boston, MA 02116-5072. Representatives of Ernst & Young will not be present at the Special Meeting. The following list indicates the beneficial ownership of shareholders who, to the best knowledge of the Trust, are the beneficial owners of more than 5% of the outstanding Shares of each of the four classes of Shares of the Fund as of October 11, 1996. Also included are the amounts of beneficial ownership of the Fund's Shares held by directors and executive officers of the Fund. Directors or executive officers not listed do not have any beneficial ownership of the Fund. Amount and -37- Name and Nature of Title of Address of Beneficial Percent Class Beneficial Ownership of Class Owner Class A Confederatio 204,543,965 9.1 n Life shares Insurance Co. Class A Tanfir & Co. 157,726,754 7.0 shares Class B Harris Trust 409,377,134 79.0 and Savings shares Bank While the Special Meeting is called to act upon any other business that may properly come before it, at the date of this proxy statement the only business which the Board of Trustees intends to present or knows that others will present is the business mentioned in the notice of meeting. If any other matters lawfully come before the Special Meeting, and as to all procedural matters at the meeting, it is the intention that the enclosed proxy shall be voted in accordance with the best judgment of the attorneys named therein, or their substitutes, present and acting at the Special Meeting. The cost of preparing and mailing the notice of meeting, this proxy statement, proxy cards and any additional proxy material has been or is to be borne by Federated. -38- If you do not expect to attend the Special Meeting, please sign your proxy and return it in the enclosed envelope to avoid unnecessary expense and delay. No postage is necessary. By Order of the Trustees October 18, 1996 Patricia L. Bickimer Secretary -39- IF YOU WISH TO RETURN YOUR BALLOT BY FAX, PLEASE SEND PRIME MONEY MARKET FUND TO: SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS PROXY ADVANTAGE NOVEMBER 13, 1996 FAX NUMBER: (617) 573-1985 ATTN: PETER DALY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned Shareholder of FIRST DATA INVESTOR the above-referenced fund, a SERVICES GROUP, INC. portfolio of Lehman Brothers ONE EXCHANGE PLACE Institutional Fund Group Trust, 53 STATE STREET hereby appoints Andy Gordon and BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Jennifer Marre or any of them, true 02109 and lawful attorneys, with power of substitution of each, to vote all shares of the above-referenced fund, a portfolio of Lehman Brothers Institutional Fund Group Trust, which the undersigned is entitled to vote, at the Special Meeting of Shareholders to be held on November 13, 1996, at Lehman Brothers, 3 World Financial Center- 26th Floor, New York, New York 10285 at 11:40 a.m., and at any adjournment thereof. Discretionary authority is hereby conferred as to all other manners as may properly come before the -40- Special Meeting. THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THE ATTORNEYS NAMED WILL VOTE THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHOICE MADE ON THIS BALLOT. IF THIS PROXY IS RETURNED AND NO CHOICE IS INDICATED AS TO ANY MATTER, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AFFIRMATIVELY ON THE MATTER PRESENTED. PLEASE RETURN BOTTOM PORTION WITH YOUR VOTE IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE AND RETAIN THE TOP PORTION. TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS X KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS FOR THE PRIME VALUE MONEY MARKET FUND, PRIME MONEY MARKET FUND AND MUNICIPAL MONEY MARKET FUND DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY {PRIVATE } VOTE ON PROPOSAL FORAGAINSTABSTAIN " " " 1. APPROVAL OF AN INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT BETWEEN FEDERATED MANAGEMENT AND THE TRUST. " " " 2. ELECTION OF TRUSTEES TO SERVE UNTIL THE NEXT ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS AND UNTIL THEIR -41- SUCCESSORS HAVE BEEN ELECTED AND QUALIFIED. VOTE IS MADE FOR THE ELECTION OF ALL NOMINATED TRUSTEES LISTED EXCEPT THOSE WHOSE NAME(S) ARE WRITTEN BELOW: J.F. DONAHUE, T.G. BIGLEY, J.T. CONROY, JR., W.J. COPELAND, J.C. DONAHUE, J.E. DOWD, L.D. ELLIS, M.D., E.L. FLAHERTY, JR., P.E. MADDEN, G.F. MEYER, J.E. MURRAY, JR., W.W. POSVAR, AND M.P. SMUTS. (NOTE: To withhold authority to vote for one or more nominees, write the nominee(s) name(s) on the line below.) ------------------------------- PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY S YOUR NAME(S) APPEAR BELOW. WHEN SIGNING AS ATTORNEY, EXECUTOR, ADMINISTRATOR, GUARDIAN, TRUSTEE, CUSTODIAN, ETC., PLEASE GIVE YOUR FULL TITLE AS SUCH. IF A CORPORATION OR PARTNERSHIP, PLEASE SIGN THE FULL NAME BY AN AUTHORIZED OFFICER OR PARTNER. IF SHARES ARE OWNED JOINTLY, ALL PARTIES SHOULD SIGN. SIGNATURE SIGNATURE (JOINT OWNERS) DATE -42- -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----