SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(AMENDMENT NO. )
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DWS FUNDS
Fund | Portfolio: | |
Cash Management Fund Institutional | Cash Management Portfolio | |
Cash Management Fund Investment | Cash Management Portfolio | |
Cash Reserves Fund Institutional | Cash Management Portfolio | |
DWS International Equity Fund—Advisor Funds | International Equity Portfolio | |
DWS International Equity Fund —Institutional Funds | International Equity Portfolio | |
DWS Equity 500 Index Fund | Equity 500 Index Portfolio | |
DWS S&P 500 Index Fund | Equity 500 Index Portfolio | |
Money Market Fund Investment | Cash Management Portfolio | |
Treasury Money Fund Institutional | Treasury Money Portfolio | |
Treasury Money Fund Investment | Treasury Money Portfolio |
Dear Shareholder:
Each Fund listed above operates as a feeder fund in a master-feeder fund arrangement and seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing all of its investable assets in a corresponding master fund, the Portfolio listed above opposite the Fund.
You have previously received a Proxy Statement and a Proxy Card soliciting your vote on certain proposals relating to your Fund. The Portfolios are also soliciting shareholder votes with respect to certain proposals in the Proxy Statement. When a Portfolio proposes to take actions that require the approval of its shareholders—namely, the feeder funds that hold interests in the Portfolio—the Fund is required to pass through its voting rights with respect to the Portfolio to you, its shareholders. Accordingly, we have enclosed a Voting Instruction Form on which you may direct the Fund on how to vote its shares of the Portfolio.
The Voting Instruction Form is different from the Proxy Card you have previously received along with the Proxy Statement. The Proxy Card is the means by which you vote your shares of the Fund.Please be sure to vote both the Proxy Card and the Voting Instruction Form.
Please refer to the enclosed Voting Instruction Form for the proposals applicable to the Portfolio in which your Fund invests and provide your voting instructions as soon as possible.
If you have any questions, please contact Computershare Fund Services, Inc., the proxy solicitor, at 1-866-807-2148.
Very truly yours,
DWS SCUDDER INVESTMENTS
P.O. BOX 9112 FARMINGDALE, NY 11735 |
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT!
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VOTING INSTRUCTION FORM
SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS – May 05, 2006
The Fund operates as a feeder fund in a master-feeder fund arrangement with a corresponding master fund (the “Portfolio”). This Voting Instruction Form is solicited by the Fund with respect to its investment in the Portfolio for the Fund’s shareholders that are entitled to instruct the Fund on how to vote shares of the Portfolio held by the Fund.
The undersigned shareholder of the Fund instructs the Fund to vote all shares of the Portfolio held by the Fund attributable to the shareholder’s shares of the Fund at the Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund to be held at the offices of Deutsche Asset Management, 345 Park Avenue, 27th Floor, New York, New York 10154 on May 5, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. (Eastern time), and at any adjournments thereof.ALL PROPERLY EXECUTED VOTING INSTRUCTION FORMS WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED. IF NO INSTRUCTIONS ARE INDICATED ON A PROPERLY EXECUTED VOTING INSTRUCTION FORM, THE VOTING INSTRUCTION FORM WILL BE VOTED, IN THE CASE OF PROPOSAL I, FOR ELECTION OF ALL NOMINEES AND, IN THE CASE OF ALL OTHER PROPOSALS, FOR APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSALS. IF YOU FAIL TO RETURN THIS VOTING INSTRUCTION FORM, THE FUND WILL VOTE ALL PORTFOLIO SHARES ATTRIBUTABLE TO YOUR FUND SHARES IN PROPORTION TO THE VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PORTFOLIO SHARES ACTUALLY RECEIVED FROM FUND SHAREHOLDERS.
PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. NO POSTAGE IS REQUIRED. |
Dated , 2006 |
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SIGNATURE(S) OF SHAREHOLDER(S)(Sign in the Box) |
PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME OR NAMES APPEAR. WHEN SIGNING AS AN ATTORNEY, EXECUTOR, ADMINISTRATOR, TRUSTEE OR GUARDIAN, PLEASE GIVE YOUR FULL TITLE AS SUCH. |
DWS Feeder VIF pk
PLEASE REFER TO PROXY STATEMENT TO SEE WHICH PROPOSAL IS APPLICABLE TO YOUR FUND(S).
THE VOTING INSTRUCTION FORM IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF THE FUND. THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE, IN THE CASE OF PROPOSAL I, FOR ELECTION OF ALL NOMINEES AND, IN THE CASE OF ALL OTHER PROPOSALS, FOR APPROVAL OF EACH PROPOSAL.
Please fill in box as shown using black or blue ink or number 2 pencil. x
PLEASE DO NOT USE FINE POINT PENS.
PROPOSAL I | ||||||||||||
Election of Board Members | ||||||||||||
FOR ALL NOMINEES LISTED (EXCEPT AS NOTED AT LEFT) | WITHHOLD AUTHORITY TO VOTE FOR ALL NOMINEES LISTED | |||||||||||
NOMINEES: | (01) Henry P. Becton, Jr. | (06) Richard J. Herring | (10) William N. Searcy, Jr. | |||||||||
(02) Dawn-Marie Driscoll | (07) Graham E. Jones | (11) Jean Gleason Stromberg | ||||||||||
(03) Keith R. Fox | (08) Rebecca W. Rimel | (12) Carl W. Vogt | ||||||||||
(04) Kenneth C. Froewiss | (09) Philip Saunders, Jr. | (13) Axel Schwarzer | ||||||||||
(05) Martin J. Gruber | ||||||||||||
¨ | ¨ | I | ||||||||||
INSTRUCTION: TO WITHHOLD AUTHORITY TO VOTE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL NOMINEE, WRITE THE NUMBER(S) ON THE LINE IMMEDIATELY BELOW. |
FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||||||||||||
PROPOSAL II-A Approval of an Amended and Restated Investment Management Agreement with the Fund’s Current Investment Adviser. | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | II-A. | ||||||||||
PROPOSAL II-B Approval of an Amended and Restated Investment Management Agreement with Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | II-B. | ||||||||||
PROPOSAL II-C Approval of a Sub-Adviser Approval Policy. | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | II-C. |
PROPOSAL III Approval of revised fundamental investment restrictions on: | ||||||||||
III-A. Borrowing Money | III-K. Investing for Control | FOR ALL (EXCEPT AS INDICATED) | AGAINST ALL | ABSTAIN ALL | ||||||
III-B. Pledging Assets |
III-L. Acquiring More than 10% of the Voting Securities of Any One Issuer | |||||||||
III-C. Senior Securities | III-M. Restricted and Illiquid Securities | |||||||||
III-D. Concentration for Funds That Will Concentrate in Bank Obligations | III-N. Securities Issued by Other Investment Companies | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | III. | |||||
III-E. Concentration for Funds That Will Not Concentrate in Bank Obligations | III-O. Short Sales | |||||||||
III-F. Underwriting of Securities | III-P. Warrants | |||||||||
III-G. Real Estate Investments | III-Q. Investments in Issuers Whose Securities Are Owned by Officers and Directors/Trustees of the Fund or its Investment Adviser | |||||||||
III-H. Commodities | III-R. Oil, Gas and Mineral Programs | |||||||||
III-I. Lending | ||||||||||
III-J. Portfolio Diversification | ||||||||||
INSTRUCTIONS: IF YOU WISH TO WITHHOLD A VOTE FROM A PARTICULAR SUB-PROPOSAL PLEASE WRITE THE NUMBER AND LETTER(S) OF THE SUB-PROPOSAL ON THE LINE BELOW AND INDICATE A “VOTE AGAINST” OR AN “ABSTENTION”. |
THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE IN THEIR DISCRETION ON ANY OTHER BUSINESS WHICH MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING AND ANY ADJOURNMENTS THEREOF.
PLEASE SIGN ON REVERSE SIDE.
DWS VIF 2 pk
THIS VOTING INSTRUCTION FORM IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF THE FUND. THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE, IN THE CASE OF PROPOSAL I, FOR ELECTION OF ALL NOMINEES AND, IN THE CASE OF ALL OTHER PROPOSALS, FOR APPROVAL OF EACH PROPOSAL.
Please fill in box as shown using black or blue ink or number 2 pencil. x
PLEASE DO NOT USE FINE POINT PENS.
PROPOSAL I Election of Board Members | ||||||||||||
FOR ALL NOMINEES LISTED (EXCEPT AS NOTED AT LEFT) | WITHHOLD AUTHORITY TO VOTE FOR ALL NOMINEES LISTED | |||||||||||
NOMINEES: | (01) Henry P. Becton, Jr. | (06) Richard J. Herring | (10) William N. Searcy, Jr. | |||||||||
(02) Dawn-Marie Driscoll | (07) Graham E. Jones | (11) Jean Gleason Stromberg | ||||||||||
(03) Keith R. Fox | (08) Rebecca W. Rimel | (12) Carl W. Vogt | ||||||||||
(04) Kenneth C. Froewiss | (09) Philip Saunders, Jr. | (13) Axel Schwarzer | ||||||||||
(05) Martin J. Gruber | ||||||||||||
¨ | ¨ | I. | ||||||||||
INSTRUCTION: TO WITHHOLD AUTHORITY TO VOTE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL NOMINEE, WRITE THE NUMBER(S) ON THE LINE IMMEDIATELY BELOW. |
FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||||||
PROPOSAL II-A Approval of an Amended and Restated Investment Management Agreement with the Fund’s Current Investment Adviser. | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | II-A. | ||||
PROPOSAL II-B Approval of an Amended and Restated Investment Management Agreement with Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | II-B. | ||||
PROPOSAL II-C Approval of a Sub-Adviser Approval Policy. | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | II-C. |
PROPOSAL III Approval of revised fundamental investment restrictions on: | ||||||||||
FOR ALL (EXCEPT AS INDICATED) | AGAINST ALL | ABSTAIN ALL | ||||||||
III-A. Borrowing Money | III-F. Real Estate Investments | |||||||||
III-B. Pledging Assets | III-G. Commodities | |||||||||
III-C. Senior Securities | III-H. Lending | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | III. | |||||
III-D. Concentration | III-I. Portfolio Diversification for Diversified Funds | |||||||||
III-E. Underwriting of Securities | III-U. Oil, Gas and Mineral Programs | |||||||||
INSTRUCTIONS: IF YOU WISH TO WITHHOLD A VOTE FROM A PARTICULAR SUB-PROPOSAL PLEASE WRITE THE NUMBER AND LETTER(S) OF THE SUB-PROPOSAL ON THE LINE BELOW AND INDICATE A “VOTE AGAINST” OR AN “ABSTENTION”. |
THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE IN THEIR DISCRETION ON ANY OTHER BUSINESS WHICH MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING AND ANY ADJOURNMENTS THEREOF.
PLEASE SIGN ON REVERSE SIDE.
DWS VIF 4 pk
PLEASE REFER TO PROXY STATEMENT TO SEE WHICH PROPOSAL IS APPLICABLE TO YOUR FUND(S).
THIS VOTING INSTRUCTION FORM IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF THE FUND. THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE, IN THE CASE OF PROPOSAL I, FOR ELECTION OF ALL NOMINEES AND, IN THE CASE OF PROPOSAL II, FOR APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSAL.
Please fill in box as shown using black or blue ink or number 2 pencil. x
PLEASE DO NOT USE FINE POINT PENS.
PROPOSAL I | ||||||||||||
Election of Board Members | FOR ALL NOMINEES LISTED (EXCEPT AS NOTED AT LEFT) | WITHHOLD AUTHORITY TO VOTE FOR ALL NOMINEES LISTED | ||||||||||
NOMINEES: | (01) Henry P. Becton, Jr. | (06) Richard J. Herring | (10) William N. Searcy, Jr. | |||||||||
(02) Dawn-Marie Driscoll | (07) Graham E. Jones | (11) Jean Gleason Stromberg | ||||||||||
(03) Keith R. Fox | (08) Rebecca W. Rimel | (12) Carl W. Vogt | ||||||||||
(04) Kenneth C. Froewiss | (09) Philip Saunders, Jr. | (13) Axel Schwarzer | ¨ | ¨ | I. | |||||||
(05) Martin J. Gruber | ||||||||||||
INSTRUCTION: TO WITHHOLD AUTHORITY TO VOTE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL NOMINEE, WRITE THE NUMBER(S) ON THE LINE IMMEDIATELY BELOW. |
PROPOSAL II Approval of Revised Fundamental Investment Restrictions on: | FOR ALL (EXCEPT AS INDICATED) | AGAINST ALL | ABSTAIN ALL | |||||||
II-A. Borrowing Money | II-F. Real Estate Investments | |||||||||
II-B. Pledging Assets | II-G. Commodities | |||||||||
II-C. Senior Securities | II-H. Lending | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | II. | |||||
II-D. Concentration | II-I. Portfolio Diversification | |||||||||
II-E. Underwriting of Securities | ||||||||||
INSTRUCTIONS: IF YOU WISH TO WITHHOLD A VOTE FROM A PARTICULAR SUB-PROPOSAL PLEASE WRITE THE NUMBER AND LETTER(S) OF THE SUB-PROPOSAL ON THE LINE BELOW AND INDICATE A “VOTE AGAINST” OR AN “ABSTENTION”. |
THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE IN THEIR DISCRETION ON ANY OTHER BUSINESS WHICH MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING AND ANY ADJOURNMENTS THEREOF.
PLEASE SIGN ON REVERSE SIDE.
DWS 8 VIF pk
PLEASE REFER TO PROXY STATEMENT TO SEE WHICH PROPOSALS ARE APPLICABLE TO THE PORTFOLIO.
THE VOTING INSTRUCTIONS ARE SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF THE FUND. THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE, IN THE CASE OF PROPOSAL I, FOR ELECTION OF ALL NOMINEES AND, IN THE CASE OF ALL OTHER PROPOSALS, FOR APPROVAL OF EACH PROPOSAL.
Please fill in box as shown using black or blue ink or number 2 pencil. x
PLEASE DO NOT USE FINE POINT PENS.
FOR ALL NOMINEES LISTED (EXCEPT AS NOTED AT LEFT) | WITHHOLD AUTHORITY TO VOTE FOR ALL NOMINEES LISTED | |||||||||||
PROPOSAL I Election of Board Members for the Portfolio | ||||||||||||
NOMINEES: | (01) Henry P. Becton, Jr. | (06) Richard J. Herring | (10) William N. Searcy, Jr. | |||||||||
(02) Dawn-Marie Driscoll | (07) Graham E. Jones | (11) Jean Gleason Stromberg | ||||||||||
(03) Keith R. Fox | (08) Rebecca W. Rimel | (12) Carl W. Vogt | ¨ | ¨ | I. | |||||||
(04) Kenneth C. Froewiss | (09) Philip Saunders, Jr. | (13) Axel Schwarzer | ||||||||||
(05) Martin J. Gruber | ||||||||||||
INSTRUCTION: TO WITHHOLD AUTHORITY TO VOTE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL NOMINEE, WRITE THE NUMBER(S) ON THE LINE IMMEDIATELY BELOW. |
FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||||||
PROPOSAL II-B Approval of an Amended and Restated Investment Management Agreement for the Portfolio. | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | II-B. | ||||
PROPOSAL II-C Approval of an Amended and Restated Investment Management Agreement with Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. for the Portfolio. | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | II-C. | ||||
PROPOSAL II-D Approval of a Sub-Adviser Approval Policy for the Portfolio. | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | II-D. |
PROPOSAL III | ||||||||||
Approval of Revised Fundamental Investment Restrictions for the Portfolio on: | FOR ALL (EXCEPT AS INDICATED) | AGAINST ALL | ABSTAIN ALL | |||||||
III-A. Borrowing | III-F. Commodities | |||||||||
III-B. Senior Securities | III-G. Oil, Gas and Mineral Interests | |||||||||
III-C. Concentration | III-H. Lending | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | III. | |||||
III-D. Underwriting | III-I. Diversification | |||||||||
III-E. Real Estate | ||||||||||
INSTRUCTIONS: IF YOU WISH TO WITHHOLD A VOTE FROM A PARTICULAR SUB-PROPOSAL PLEASE WRITE THE NUMBER AND LETTER(S) OF THE SUB-PROPOSAL ON THE LINE BELOW AND INDICATE A “VOTE AGAINST” OR AN “ABSTENTION”. |
PLEASE SIGN ON REVERSE SIDE.
DWS 10 VIF pk