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Press release:
July 15, 2002
FUND ANNOUNCES NEW INVESTMENT MANAGER and NAME: INTERNET GROWTH FUND, INC.
NEW YORK --
July 15, 2002--Internet Growth Fund, Inc. (AMEX: FND) today announced that with
the approval of the Board of Directors and shareholders, CEF Advisers, Inc. has
become the new investment manager of the Fund. CEF is a unit of Winmill
& Co. Incorporated (Nasdaq: WNMLA), a New York based asset manager.
The Fund also announced that its name was changed to Internet Growth Fund, Inc.
and that its new CUSIP number is 46062H 100. Shareholders are not required
to turn in their share certificates or take any other action in this
connection. The Fund's listing on the American Stock Exchange under the
symbol FND remains unchanged. The Fund further announced that its Board of
Directors had approved a new non-fundamental investment policy that so long as
the word "internet" is included in its name, the Fund will under
normal market conditions seek to achieve its investment objective by investing
80% of its total assets in companies that directly or indirectly support,
utilize, deal or market over, connect through, benefit by, or are otherwise
involved in the Internet.
Internet Growth Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management
investment company. The Fund's investment objective is to seek capital
appreciation by investing in the equity securities of companies that participate
in the Internet. More information about the Fund is available at www.internetgrowthfund.com.
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