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P R O S P E C T U S 


 
                                                                    SMITH BARNEY
                                                                      Aggressive
                                                                          Growth
                                                                       Fund Inc.
                                                             
                                                          DECEMBER 29, 1997     
 
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PROSPECTUS                                              DECEMBER 29, 1997     
 
 
Smith Barney
Aggressive Growth Fund Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
   
(800) 451-2010     
   
 Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Fund Inc. (the "Fund") is a diversified mutual
fund that seeks capital appreciation by investing primarily in common stock of
companies the Fund's investment adviser believes are experiencing, or have the
potential to experience, growth in earnings that exceed the average earnings
growth rate of companies whose securities are included in the Standard & Poor's
Daily Price Index of 500 Common Stocks (the "S&P 500"), a weighted index which
measures the aggregate change in market value of 400 industrials, 60 transpor-
tation and utility companies and 40 financial issues. Companies whose earnings
grow at a rate more rapidly than those of S&P 500 companies are often small- or
medium-sized companies that stand to benefit from new products or services,
technological developments or changes in management. Consequently, the Fund
invests principally in the securities of small- or medium-sized companies.
Because of its objective and policies, the Fund may be subject to greater
investment risks than those assumed by some other investment companies.     
 
 This Prospectus sets forth concisely certain information about the Fund,
including sales charges, distribution and service fees and expenses, that pro-
spective investors will find helpful in making an investment decision. Invest-
ors are encouraged to read this Prospectus carefully and retain it for future
reference.
   
 Additional information about the Fund is contained in a Statement of Addi-
tional Information dated December 29, 1997, as amended or supplemented from
time to time, that is available upon request and without charge by calling or
writing the Fund at the telephone number or address set forth above, or by con-
tacting a Smith Barney Financial Consultant. The Statement of Additional Infor-
mation has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
and is incorporated by reference into this Prospectus in its entirety.     
 
SMITH BARNEY INC.
Distributor
 
SMITH BARNEY MUTUAL FUNDS MANAGEMENT INC.
Investment Adviser and Administrator
 
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS
A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY                              3
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS                            9
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INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND MANAGEMENT POLICIES   14
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VALUATION OF SHARES                            17
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DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES             17
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PURCHASE OF SHARES                             18
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EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE                             28
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REDEMPTION OF SHARES                           31
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MINIMUM ACCOUNT SIZE                           33
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PERFORMANCE                                    33
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MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND                         34
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DISTRIBUTOR                                    35
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION                         36
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  No person has been authorized to give any information or to make any
representations in connection with this offering other than those contained in
this Prospectus and, if given or made, such other information and
representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized by the Fund
or the Distributor. This Prospectus does not constitute an offer by the Fund or
the Distributor to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the
securities offered hereby in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is
unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.
 
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
 
 
 The following summary is qualified in its entirety by detailed information
appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional
Information. Cross references in this summary are to headings in the Prospec-
tus. See "Table of Contents."
   
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE The Fund is an open-end, diversified management invest-
ment company that seeks capital appreciation by investing primarily in common
stock of companies believed to be experiencing, or having the potential to
experience, growth in earnings that exceed the average earnings growth rate of
companies whose securities are included in the S&P 500. Although the Fund
invests primarily in common stocks, it may also invest in convertible securi-
ties, preferred stocks and warrants. See "Investment Objective and Management
Policies."     
 
ALTERNATIVE PURCHASE ARRANGEMENTS The Fund offers several classes of shares
("Classes") to investors designed to provide them with the flexibility of
selecting an investment best suited to their needs. The general public is
offered three classes of shares: Class A shares, Class B shares and Class C
shares, which differ principally in terms of sales charges and rate of
expenses to which they are subject. A fourth Class of shares, Class Y shares,
is offered only to investors meeting an initial investment minimum of
$5,000,000. In addition, a fifth Class, Class Z shares, which is offered pur-
suant to a separate prospectus, is offered exclusively to (a) tax-exempt
employee benefit and retirement plans of Smith Barney Inc. ("Smith Barney")
and its affiliates and (b) unit investment trusts ("UITs") sponsored by Smith
Barney and its affiliates. See "Purchase of Shares" and "Redemption of
Shares."
   
 Class A Shares. Class A shares are sold at net asset value plus an initial
sales charge of up to 5.00% and are subject to an annual service fee of 0.25%
of the average daily net assets of the Class. The initial sales charge may be
reduced or waived for certain purchases. Purchases of Class A shares of
$500,000 or more will be made at net asset value with no initial sales charge,
but will be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge ("CDSC") of 1.00% on
redemptions made within 12 months of purchase. See "Prospectus Summary--
Reduced or No Initial Sales Charge."     
 
 Class B Shares. Class B shares are offered at net asset value subject to a
maximum CDSC of 5.00% of redemption proceeds, declining by 1.00% each year
after the date of purchase to zero. This CDSC may be waived for certain
redemptions. Class B shares are subject to an annual service fee of 0.25% and
an annual distribution fee of 0.75% of the average daily net assets of the
Class. The Class B shares' distribution fee may cause that Class to have
higher expenses and pay lower dividends than Class A shares.
 
 Class B Shares Conversion Feature. Class B shares will convert automatically
to Class A shares, based on relative net asset value, eight years after the
date of the original purchase. Upon conversion, these shares will no longer be
subject to an annual distribution fee. In addition, a certain portion of Class
B shares that have
 
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY (CONTINUED)
 
been acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions ("Class
B Dividend Shares") will be converted at that time. See "Purchase of Shares--
Deferred Sales Charge Alternatives."
 
 Class C Shares. Class C shares are sold at net asset value with no initial
sales charge. They are subject to an annual service fee of 0.25% and an annual
distribution fee of 0.75% of the average daily net assets of the Class, and
investors pay a CDSC of 1.00% if they redeem Class C shares within 12 months
of purchase. The CDSC may be waived for certain redemptions. The Class C
shares' distribution fee may cause that Class to have higher expenses and pay
lower dividends than Class A shares. Purchases of Class C shares, which when
combined with current holdings of Class C shares of the Fund equal or exceed
$500,000 in the aggregate, should be made in Class A shares at net asset value
with no sales charge, and will be subject to a CDSC of 1.00% on redemptions
made within 12 months of purchase.
 
 Class Y Shares. Class Y shares are available only to investors meeting an
initial investment minimum of $5,000,000. Class Y shares are sold at net asset
value with no initial sales charge or CDSC. They are not subject to any serv-
ice or distribution fees.
 
 In deciding which Class of Fund shares to purchase, investors should consider
the following factors, as well as any other relevant facts and circumstances:
   
 Intended Holding Period. The decision as to which Class of shares is more
beneficial to an investor depends on the amount and intended duration of his
or her investment. Shareholders who are planning to establish a program of
regular investment may wish to consider Class A shares; as the investment
accumulates shareholders may qualify for reduced sales charges and the shares
are subject to lower ongoing expenses over the term of the investment. As an
investment alternative, Class B and Class C shares are sold without any ini-
tial sales charge so the entire purchase price is immediately invested in the
Fund. Any investment return on these additional invested amounts may partially
or wholly offset the higher annual expenses of these Classes. Because the
Fund's future return cannot be predicted, however, there can be no assurance
that this would be the case.     
   
 Finally, investors should consider the effect of the CDSC period and any con-
version rights of the Classes in the context of their own investment time
frame. For example, while Class C shares have a shorter CDSC period than Class
B shares they do not have a conversion feature and therefore are subject to an
ongoing distribution fee. Thus, Class B shares may be more attractive than
Class C shares to investors with longer-term investment outlooks.     
          
 Reduced or No Initial Sales Charge. The initial sales charge on Class A
shares may be waived for certain eligible purchasers and the entire purchase
price will be immediately invested in the Fund. In addition, Class A share
purchases of $500,000 or more will be made at net asset value with no initial
sales charge but will be subject to a CDSC of 1.00% on redemptions made within
12 months of purchase. The $500,000 investment may be met by adding the pur-
chase to the net asset value     
 
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY (CONTINUED)
 
of all Class A shares offered with a sales charge held in funds sponsored by
Smith Barney listed under "Exchange Privilege." Class A share purchases may
also be eligible for a reduced initial sales charge. See "Purchase of Shares."
Because the ongoing expenses of Class A shares may be lower than those for
Class B and Class C shares, purchasers eligible to purchase Class A shares at
net asset value or at a reduced sales charge should consider doing so.
   
 Smith Barney Financial Consultants may receive different compensation for
selling different Classes of shares. Investors should understand that the pur-
pose of the CDSC on the Class B and Class C shares is the same as that of the
initial sales charge on the Class A shares.     
 
 See "Purchase of Shares" and "Management of the Fund" for a complete descrip-
tion of the sales charges and service and distribution fees for each Class of
shares and "Valuation of Shares," "Dividends, Distributions and Taxes" and "Ex-
change Privilege" for other differences between the Classes of shares.
   
SMITH BARNEY 401(K) AND EXECCHOICE(TM) PROGRAMS Investors may be eligible to
participate in the Smith Barney 401(k) Program, which is generally designed to
assist plan sponsors in the creation and operation of retirement plans under
Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"),
as well as other types of participant-directed, tax-qualified employee benefit
plans. Investors may also be eligible to participate in the Smith Barney
ExecChoice(TM) Program. Class A and Class C shares are available without sales
charge as investment alternatives under both of these programs. See "Purchase
of Shares--Smith Barney 401(k) and ExecChoice(TM) Programs."     
   
PURCHASE OF SHARES Shares may be purchased through the Fund's distributor,
Smith Barney, a broker that clears securities transactions through Smith Barney
on a fully disclosed basis (an "Introducing Broker") or an investment dealer in
the selling group. In addition, certain investors, including qualified retire-
ment plans and certain other institutional investors, may purchase shares
directly from the Fund through the Fund's transfer agent, First Data Investor
Services Group, Inc. ("First Data"). See "Purchase of Shares."     
   
INVESTMENT MINIMUMS Investors in Class A, Class B and Class C shares may open
an account by making an initial investment of at least $1,000 for each account,
or $250 for an individual retirement account ("IRA") or a Self-Employed Retire-
ment Plan. Investors in Class Y shares may open an account for an initial
investment of $5,000,000. Subsequent investments of at least $50 may be made
for all Classes. For participants in retirement plans qualified under Section
403(b)(7) or Section 401(a) of the Code, the minimum initial investment
requirement for Class A, Class B and Class C shares and the minimum subsequent
investment requirement for all Classes is $25. There is no minimum investment
requirement in Class A for unitholders who invest distributions from a UIT
sponsored by Smith Barney. The minimum investment requirements for purchases of
Fund     
 
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY (CONTINUED)
   
shares through the Systematic Investment Plan are described below. See "Pur-
chase of Shares."     
   
SYSTEMATIC INVESTMENT PLAN The Fund offers shareholders a Systematic Invest-
ment Plan under which they may authorize the automatic placement of a purchase
order each month or quarter for Fund shares. The minimum initial investment
requirement for Class A, Class B and Class C shares and the minimum subsequent
investment requirement for all Classes for shareholders purchasing shares
through the Systematic Investment Plan on a monthly basis is $25 and on a
quarterly basis is $50. See "Purchase of Shares."     
   
REDEMPTION OF SHARES Shares may be redeemed on each day the New York Stock
Exchange, Inc. (the "NYSE") is open for business. See "Purchase of Shares" and
"Redemption of Shares."     
   
MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND Smith Barney Mutual Funds Management Inc. ("SBMFM")
serves as the Fund's investment adviser and administrator. SBMFM provides
investment advisory and management services to investment companies affiliated
with Smith Barney. SBMFM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Salomon
Smith Barney Holdings Inc. ("Holdings"). Holdings is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Travelers Group Inc. ("Travelers"), a diversified financial
services holding company engaged, through its subsidiaries, principally
in four business segments: Investment Services, Consumer Finance Services,
Life Insurance Services and Property & Casualty Insurance Services.
See "Management of the Trust and the Fund."    
   
EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE Shares of a Class may be exchanged for shares of the same
Class of certain other funds of the Smith Barney Mutual Funds at the respec-
tive net asset value next determined. See "Exchange Privilege."     
 
VALUATION OF SHARES Net asset value of the Fund for the prior day generally is
quoted daily in the financial section of most newspapers and is also available
from Smith Barney Financial Consultants. See "Valuation of Shares."
   
DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS Dividends from net investment income are paid
monthly. Distributions of net realized capital gains, if any, are paid annual-
ly. See "Dividends, Distributions and Taxes."     
 
REINVESTMENT OF DIVIDENDS Dividends and distributions paid on shares of a
Class will be reinvested automatically, unless otherwise specified by an
investor, in additional shares of the same Class at current net asset value.
Shares acquired by dividend and distribution reinvestments will not be subject
to any sales charge or CDSC. Class B shares acquired through dividend and dis-
tribution reinvestments will become eligible for conversion to Class A shares
on a pro rata basis. See "Dividends, Distributions and Taxes."
 
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY (CONTINUED)
 
 
RISK FACTORS AND SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS There can be no assurance that the
Fund's investment objective will be achieved. Securities of the kinds of compa-
nies in which the Fund invests may be subject to significant price fluctuation
and above-average risk. In addition, companies achieving an earnings growth
rate higher than that of S&P 500 companies tend to reinvest their earnings
rather than distribute them. As a result, the Fund is not likely to receive
significant dividend income on its portfolio securities. Accordingly, an
investment in the Fund should not be considered as a complete investment pro-
gram and may not be appropriate for all investors. See "Investment Objective
and Management Policies."
 
THE FUND'S EXPENSES The following expense table lists the costs and expenses an
investor will incur either directly or indirectly as a shareholder of the Fund,
based on the maximum sales charge or maximum CDSC that may be incurred at the
time of purchase or redemption and the Fund's operating expenses for its most
recent fiscal year:
 
<TABLE>   
<CAPTION>
  SMITH BARNEY
  AGGRESSIVE GROWTH FUND                        CLASS A CLASS B CLASS C CLASS Y
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  <S>                                           <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>
  SHAREHOLDER TRANSACTION EXPENSES
    Maximum sales charge imposed on purchases
      (as a percentage of offering price)        5.00%   None    None    None
    Maximum CDSC (as a percentage of original
      cost or redemption proceeds whichever is
      lower)                                     None*   5.00%   1.00%   None
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  ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES
    (as a percentage of average net assets)
    Management fees                              0.80%   0.80%   0.80%   0.80%
    12b-1 fees**                                 0.25%   1.00%   1.00%   None
    Other expenses                               0.16%   0.21%   0.17%   0.04%
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  TOTAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES                  1.21%   2.01%   1.97%   0.84%
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 * Purchases of Class A shares of $500,000 or more will be made at net asset
   value with no sales charge, but will be subject to a CDSC of 1.00% on
   redemptions made within 12 months of purchase.     
** Upon conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares, such shares will no
   longer be subject to a distribution fee. Class C shares do not have a
   conversion feature and, therefore, are subject to an ongoing distribution
   fee. As a result, long-term shareholders of Class C shares may pay more than
   the economic equivalent of the maximum front-end sales charge permitted by
   the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
 
  Class A shares of the Fund purchased through the Smith Barney AssetOne Pro-
gram will be subject to an annual asset-based fee, payable quarterly, in lieu
of the initial sales charge. The fee will vary to a maximum of 1.50%, depending
on the amount of assets held through this program. For more information, please
call your Smith Barney Financial Consultant.
 
 The sales charge and CDSC set forth in the above table are the maximum charges
imposed on purchases or redemptions of Fund shares and investors may actually
pay
 
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY (CONTINUED)
 
lower or no charges, depending on the amount purchased and, in the case of
Class B, Class C and certain Class A shares, the length of time the shares are
held and whether the shares are held through the Smith Barney 401(k) or
ExecChoice(TM) Programs. See "Purchase of Shares" and "Redemption of Shares."
Smith Barney receives an annual 12b-1 service fee of 0.25% of the value of
average daily net assets of Class A shares. Smith Barney also receives, with
respect to Class B shares, an annual 12b-1 fee of 1.00% of the value of average
daily net assets of that Class, consisting of a 0.75% distribution fee and a
0.25% service fee. For Class C shares, Smith Barney receives an annual 12b-1
fee of 1.00% of the value of average daily net assets of this Class, consisting
of a 0.75% distribution fee and a 0.25% service fee. "Other expenses" in the
above table include fees for shareholder services, custodial fees, legal and
accounting fees, printing costs and registration fees.
 
 EXAMPLE
  The following example is intended to assist an investor in understanding the
various costs that an investor in the Fund will bear directly or indirectly.
The example assumes payment by the Fund of operating expenses at the levels set
forth in the table above. See "Purchase of Shares," "Redemption of Shares" and
"Management of the Fund."
 
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<CAPTION>
  SMITH BARNEY
  AGGRESSIVE GROWTH FUND                      1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS*
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  <S>                                         <C>    <C>     <C>     <C>
  An investor would pay the following
  expenses on a $1,000 investment, assuming
  (1) 5.00% annual return and (2) redemption
  at the end of each time period:
    Class A..................................  $62     $86    $113     $189
    Class B..................................   70      93     118      213
    Class C..................................   30      62     106      230
    Class Y..................................    9      27      47      104
  An investor would pay the following
  expenses on the same investment, assuming
  the same annual return and no redemption:
    Class A..................................  $62     $86    $113     $189
    Class B..................................   20      63     108      213
    Class C..................................   20      62     106      230
    Class Y..................................    9      27      47      104
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* Ten-year figures assume conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares at the
 end of the eighth year following the date of purchase.
 
 The example also provides a means for the investor to compare expense levels
of funds with different fee structures over varying investment periods. To
facilitate such comparison, all funds are required to utilize a 5.00% annual
return assumption. However, the Fund's actual return will vary and may be
greater or less than 5.00%. THIS EXAMPLE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A REPRESENTA-
TION OF PAST OR FUTURE EXPENSES AND ACTUAL EXPENSES MAY BE GREATER OR LESS THAN
THOSE SHOWN.
 
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
   
  The following information for each year in the three-year period ended
August 31, 1997 has been audited by KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent audi-
tors, whose report thereon appears in the Fund's Annual Report dated August
31, 1997. The following information for each of the years in the seven-year
period ended August 31, 1994 has been audited by other independent auditors.
The information set out below should be read in conjunction with the financial
statements and related notes that also appear in the Fund's 1997 Annual
Report, which is incorporated by reference into the Statement of Additional
Information.     
 
FOR A CLASS A SHARE OF CAPITAL STOCK OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH YEAR:
 
   
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<CAPTION>
SMITH BARNEY AGGRESSIVE
GROWTH FUND                 1997      1996       1995      1994     1993(1)   1992(1)    1991(1)
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<S>                       <C>       <C>        <C>       <C>        <C>       <C>        <C>
NET ASSET VALUE,
BEGINNING OF YEAR           $28.76    $33.53     $26.76    $23.59     $18.94    $20.12     $16.16
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INCOME (LOSS) FROM
 OPERATIONS:
 Net investment loss         (0.33)    (0.31)     (0.34)    (0.32)     (0.21)    (0.07)     (0.05)
 Net realized and
  unrealized gain (loss)     14.18     (2.09)      8.48      3.49       4.86     (0.35)      4.95
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Total Income (Loss) From
 Operations                  13.85     (2.40)      8.14      3.17       4.65     (0.42)      4.90
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LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:
 Net realized gains          (0.81)    (2.37)     (1.37)       --         --     (0.76)     (0.94)
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Total Distributions          (0.81)    (2.37)     (1.37)       --         --     (0.76)     (0.94)
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NET ASSET VALUE, END OF
 YEAR                       $41.80    $28.76     $33.53    $26.76     $23.59    $18.94     $20.12
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TOTAL RETURN++               49.11%    (7.44)%    31.95%    13.44%     24.55%    (2.42)%    31.97%
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NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR
 (000S)                   $333,877  $252,531   $292,402  $180,917   $150,471  $181,459   $144,587
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RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET
 ASSETS:
Expenses                      1.21%     1.30%      1.37%     1.42%*     1.34%     1.05%      1.17%
Net investment loss          (0.93)    (0.97)     (1.05)    (1.23)     (1.01)    (0.31)     (0.24)
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PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE          6%       13%        44%       11%        13%        3%        23%
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AVERAGE COMMISSIONS PER
 SHARE PAID
 ON EQUITY
 TRANSACTIONS(2)             $0.06     $0.06         --        --         --        --         --
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 (1) Per share amounts have been calculated using the monthly average shares
     method rather than the undistributed net investment income method,
     because it more accurately reflects the per share data for the period.
         
 (2) As of September 1995, the SEC instituted new guidelines requiring the
     disclosure of average commissions per share.
  * The operating expense ratio excludes interest expense. The operating
    expense ratio including interest expense would have been 1.43%.
    
  ++ Total return indicated does not reflect any applicable sales charge.     
 
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED)
   
FOR A CLASS A SHARE OF CAPITAL STOCK OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH YEAR:     
 
<TABLE>   
<CAPTION>
SMITH BARNEY AGGRESSIVE GROWTH FUND      1990(1)   1989(1)  1988(1)
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<S>                                      <C>       <C>      <C>
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF YEAR        $19.25    $13.68   $21.63
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INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS:
 Net investment income (loss)              (0.02)     0.02    (0.12)
 Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)   (1.02)     5.98    (5.36)
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Total Income (Loss) From Operations        (1.04)     6.00    (5.48)
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LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:
 Net investment income                     (0.02)       --       --
 Net realized gains                        (2.03)    (0.43)   (2.47)
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Total Distributions                        (2.05)    (0.43)   (2.47)
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NET ASSET VALUE, END OF YEAR              $16.16    $19.25   $13.68
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TOTAL RETURN++                             (6.38)%   44.97%  (24.40)%
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NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR (000S)           $86,169   $94,228  $81,287
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RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:
Expenses                                    1.13%     1.25%    1.10%
Net investment income (loss)               (0.11)%    0.15%   (0.60)%
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PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE                       14%        8%      10%
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AVERAGE COMMISSIONS PER SHARE
 PAID ON EQUITY TRANSACTIONS                  --        --       --
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</TABLE>    
   
(1) Per share amounts have been calculated using the monthly average shares
    method rather than the undistributed net investment income method, because
    it more accurately reflects the per share data for the period.     
   
 ++ Total return indicated does not reflect any applicable sales charge.     
 
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED)
 
 
FOR A CLASS B SHARE OF CAPITAL STOCK OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH YEAR:
 
<TABLE>   
<CAPTION>
SMITH BARNEY AGGRESSIVE
GROWTH FUND                 1997      1996      1995     1994     1993(1)(2)
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<S>                       <C>       <C>        <C>      <C>       <C>
NET ASSET VALUE,
BEGINNING OF YEAR           $27.88    $32.82    $26.42   $23.46     $20.52
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INCOME FROM OPERATIONS:
 Net investment loss         (0.56)    (0.53)    (0.33)   (0.29)     (0.30)
 Net realized and
  unrealized gain (loss)     13.66     (2.04)     8.10     3.25       3.24
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Total Income (Loss) From
 Operations                  13.10     (2.57)     7.77     2.96       2.94
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LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:
 Net realized gains          (0.81)    (2.37)    (1.37)     --         --
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Total Distributions          (0.81)    (2.37)    (1.37)     --         --
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NET ASSET VALUE, END OF
 YEAR                       $40.17    $27.88    $32.82   $26.42     $23.46
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TOTAL RETURN++               47.94%    (8.16)%   30.93%   12.62%     14.33%++
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NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR
 (000S)                   $197,559  $136,322   $97,438  $49,741    $18,139
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RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET
 ASSETS:
Expenses                      2.01%     2.07%     2.12%    2.22%*     2.18%+
Net investment loss          (1.73)    (1.75)    (1.80)   (2.04)     (1.86)+
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PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE          6%       13%       44%      11%        13%
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AVERAGE COMMISSIONS PER
 SHARE PAID ON EQUITY
 TRANSACTIONS(3)             $0.06     $0.06       --       --         --
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</TABLE>    
 (1) For the period from November 6, 1992 (inception date) to August 31, 1993.
    
 (2) Per share amounts have been calculated using the monthly average shares
     method rather than the undistributed net investment income method,
     because it more accurately reflects the per share data for the period.
         
 (3) As of September 1995, the SEC instituted new guidelines requiring the
     disclosures of average commissions per share.
  * The operating expense ratio excludes interest expense. The operating
    expense ratio including interest expense would have been 2.23%.
    
 ++ Total return indicated does not reflect any applicable sales charge.     
  ++Total return is not annualized, as it may not be representative of the
    total return for the year.
  + Annualized.
 
                                                                             11
<PAGE>
 
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED)
 
 
FOR A CLASS C SHARE OF CAPITAL STOCK OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH YEAR:
 
<TABLE>   
<CAPTION>
SMITH BARNEY AGGRESSIVE
GROWTH FUND                     1997     1996     1995(1)   1994    1993(2)(3)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                            <C>      <C>       <C>      <C>      <C>
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF
YEAR                            $27.91   $32.84    $26.42  $23.47     $21.14
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INCOME FROM OPERATIONS:
 Net investment loss             (0.59)   (0.53)    (0.40)  (0.17)     (0.13)
 Net realized and unrealized
  gain (loss)                    13.71    (2.03)     8.19    3.12       2.46
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Total Income (Loss) From
 Operations                      13.12    (2.56)     7.79    2.95       2.33
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LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:
 Net realized gains              (0.81)   (2.37)    (1.37)    --         --
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Total Distributions              (0.81)   (2.37)    (1.37)    --         --
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NET ASSET VALUE, END OF YEAR    $40.22   $27.91    $32.84  $26.42     $23.47
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TOTAL RETURN++                   47.97%   (8.12)%   31.01%  12.57%     11.02%++
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NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR
 (000S)                        $77,297  $63,786   $72,324    $367        $24
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RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:
Expenses                          1.97%    2.06%     2.12%   2.08%*     2.11%+
Net investment loss              (1.68)   (1.75)    (1.80)  (1.90)     (1.76)+
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PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE              6%      13%       44%     11%        13%
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AVERAGE COMMISSIONS PER SHARE
 PAID ON EQUITY
 TRANSACTIONS(4)                 $0.06   $ 0.06       --      --         --
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>    
 
 (1) On November 7, 1994, the former Class D shares were renamed Class C
     shares.
 (2) For the period from May 13, 1993 (inception date) to August 31, 1993.
    
 (3) Per share amounts have been calculated using the monthly average shares
     method rather than the undistributed net investment income method,
     because it more accurately reflects the per share data for the period.
         
 (4) As of September 1995, the SEC instituted new guidelines requiring the
     disclosure of average commissions per share.
 *  The operating expense ratio excludes interest expense. The operating
    expense ratio including interest expense would have been 2.09%.
    
 ++ Total return indicated does not reflect any applicable sales charge.     
 ++ Total return is not annualized, as it may not be representative of the
    total return for the year.
 +  Annualized.
 
12
<PAGE>
 
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED)
 
 
FOR A CLASS Y SHARE OF CAPITAL STOCK OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH YEAR:
 
<TABLE>   
<CAPTION>
SMITH BARNEY AGGRESSIVE GROWTH FUND             1997    1996(1)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                           <C>       <C>
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF YEAR              $28.84   $31.86
--------------------------------------------------------------------
INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS:
 Net investment loss                             (0.16)   (0.12)
 Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)         14.20    (0.53)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Income (Loss) From Operations              14.04    (0.65)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:
 Net realized gains                              (0.81)   (2.37)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Distributions                              (0.81)   (2.37)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
NET ASSET VALUE, END OF YEAR                    $42.07   $28.84
--------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL RETURN                                     49.64%  (10.13)%*++
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NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR (000S)                $158,146  $58,641
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RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:
Expenses                                          0.84%    0.84%+
Net investment loss                              (0.56)   (0.49)+
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PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE                              6%      13%
--------------------------------------------------------------------
AVERAGE COMMISSIONS PER SHARE PAID ON EQUITY
 TRANSACTIONS(2)                                 $0.06    $0.06
--------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>    
 
 (1) For the period from October 12, 1995 (inception date) to August 31, 1996.
 (2) As of September 1995, the SEC instituted new guidelines requiring the
     disclosure of average commissions per share.
    
 *  Performance for Class Y shares is for the period from January 31, 1996 to
    August 31, 1996 since all Class Y shares were redeemed during November
    1995 and new shares in Class Y were not purchased until January 31, 1996.
        
 ++ Total return is not annualized, as it may not be representative of the
    total return for the year.
 +  Annualized.
 
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<PAGE>
 
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND MANAGEMENT POLICIES
 
 
 The investment objective of the Fund is capital appreciation. Although the
Fund may receive current income from dividends, interest and other sources,
income is only an incidental consideration of the Fund. The Fund's investment
objective may not be changed without the approval of the holders of a majority
of the Fund's outstanding shares. There can be no assurance that the Fund will
achieve its investment objective.
 
 The Fund attempts to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily
in common stocks of companies that SBMFM believes are experiencing, or have
the potential to experience, growth in earnings that exceed the average earn-
ings growth rate of companies having securities included in the S&P 500. An
earnings growth rate exceeding that of S&P 500 companies is often achieved by
small or medium-sized companies, generally referred to as "emerging growth
companies," that stand to benefit from new products or services, technological
developments or changes in management, but it also may be achieved by sea-
soned, established companies. As a result, SBMFM anticipates that the Fund
will invest principally in the securities of small or medium-sized companies
and to a lesser degree in the securities of large, well-known companies.
 
 SBMFM focuses its stock selection for the Fund on a diversified group of
emerging growth companies that have passed their "start-up" phase and show
positive earnings and the prospect of achieving significant profit gains in
the two to three years after the Fund acquires their stocks. These companies
generally may be expected to benefit from new technologies, techniques, prod-
ucts or services or cost-reducing measures, and may be affected by changes in
management, capitalization or asset deployment, government regulations or
other external circumstances.
 
 Although SBMFM anticipates that the assets of the Fund ordinarily will be
invested primarily in common stocks of U.S. companies, the Fund may invest in
convertible securities, preferred stocks, securities of foreign issuers, war-
rants and restricted securities. In addition, when SBMFM believes that market
conditions warrant, the Fund may invest for temporary defensive purposes in
corporate and U.S. government bonds and notes and money market instruments.
The Fund also is authorized to borrow in an amount of up to 5% of its total
assets for extraordinary or emergency purposes, and may borrow up to 33 1/3%
of its total assets less liabilities, for leveraging purposes. See "Investment
Policies and Strategies--Leveraging."
 
 Further information about the Fund's investment policies, including a list of
those restrictions on its investment activities that cannot be changed without
shareholder approval, appears in the Statement of Additional Information.
 
 INVESTMENT POLICIES AND STRATEGIES
   
 Restricted Securities. Restricted securities are those that may not be sold
publicly without first being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "1933 Act"). For that reason, the Fund may not be able to dispose
of     
 
14
<PAGE>
 
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND MANAGEMENT POLICIES (CONTINUED)
 
restricted securities at a time when, or at a price at which, it desires to do
so and may have to bear expenses associated with registering the securities.
At any one time, the Fund's aggregate holdings of restricted securities,
repurchase agreements having a duration of more than five business days, and
securities lacking readily available market quotations will not exceed 15% of
the Fund's total assets.
 
 Foreign Securities. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its net assets in the
securities of foreign issuers. There are certain risks involved in investing
in foreign securities, including those resulting from fluctuations in currency
exchange rates, revaluation of currencies, future political or economic devel-
opments and the possible imposition of currency exchange blockages or other
foreign governmental laws or restrictions, reduced availability of public
information concerning issuers, and the fact that foreign companies are not
generally subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting
standards or to other regulatory practices and requirements comparable to
those applicable to domestic companies. Moreover, securities of many foreign
companies may be less liquid and their prices more volatile than securities of
comparable domestic companies. In addition, with respect to certain foreign
countries, there is the possibility of expropriation, confiscatory taxation
and limitations on the use or removal of funds or other assets of the Fund,
including the withholding of dividends.
 
 Lending of Portfolio Securities. From time to time, the Fund may lend its
portfolio securities to brokers, dealers and other financial organizations.
These loans may not exceed 33 1/3% of the Fund's total assets taken at value.
Loans of portfolio securities by the Fund will be collateralized by cash, let-
ters of credit or obligations of the United States government or its agencies
and instrumentalities ("U.S. government securities") which are maintained at
all times in an amount equal to at least 100% of the current market value of
the loaned securities. By lending its portfolio securities, the Fund will seek
to generate income by continuing to receive interest on loaned securities, by
investing the cash collateral in Smith Barney short-term instruments or by
obtaining yield in the form of interest paid by the borrower when U.S. govern-
ment securities are used as collateral. The risks in lending portfolio securi-
ties, as with other extensions of secured credit, consist of possible delays
in receiving additional collateral or in the recovery of the securities or
possible loss of rights in the collateral should the borrower fail financial-
ly. Loans will be made to firms deemed by SBMFM to be of good standing and
will not be made unless, in the judgment of SBMFM, the consideration to be
earned from such loans would justify the risk.
 
 Leveraging. The Fund may from time to time leverage its investments by pur-
chasing securities with borrowed money. The Fund may borrow money only from
banks and in an amount not to exceed 33 1/3% of the total value of its assets
less its liabilities. Borrowed money creates an opportunity for greater capi-
tal gain but at the same time increases exposure to capital risk, as any gain
in the value of securi-
 
                                                                             15
<PAGE>
 
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND MANAGEMENT POLICIES (CONTINUED)
 
ties purchased with borrowed money that exceeds the interest paid on the amount
borrowed would cause the Fund's net asset value to increase more rapidly than
otherwise, while any decline in the value of securities purchased would cause
the Fund's net asset value to decrease more rapidly than otherwise.
 
 Money Market Instruments. As noted above, in certain circumstances the Fund
may invest in short-term money market instruments, such as U.S. government
securities, certificates of deposit, time deposits, and bankers' acceptances
issued by domestic banks (including their branches located outside the United
States and subsidiaries located in Canada), domestic branches of foreign banks,
savings and loan associations and similar institutions, high-grade commercial
paper, and repurchase agreements with respect to such instruments.
 
 Repurchase Agreements. The Fund will enter into repurchase agreements with
banks which are the issuers of instruments acceptable for purchase by the Fund
and with certain dealers on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's list of
reporting dealers. Under the terms of a typical repurchase agreement, the Fund
would acquire an underlying obligation for a relatively short period (usually
not more than one week) subject to an obligation of the seller to repurchase,
and the Fund to resell, the obligation at an agreed-upon price and time,
thereby determining the yield during the Fund's holding period. This arrange-
ment results in a fixed rate of return that is not subject to market fluctua-
tions during the Fund's holding period. Under each repurchase agreement, the
selling institution will be required to maintain the value of the securities
subject to the repurchase agreement at not less than their repurchase price.
Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or
insolvency of the other party, including possible delays or restrictions upon
the Fund's ability to dispose of the underlying securities, the risk of a pos-
sible decline in the value of the underlying securities during the period in
which the Fund seeks to assert its rights to them, the risk of incurring
expenses associated with asserting those rights and the risk of losing all or
part of the income from the agreement. SBMFM, acting under the supervision of
the Board of Directors, reviews on an ongoing basis to evaluate potential risks
the value of the collateral and the creditworthiness of those banks and dealers
with which the Fund enters into repurchase agreements.
 
 Certain Risk Considerations. Securities of the kinds of companies in which the
Fund invests may be subject to significant price fluctuation and above-average
risk. In addition, companies achieving an earnings growth rate higher than that
of S&P 500 companies tend to reinvest their earnings rather than distribute
them. As a result, the Fund is not likely to receive significant dividend
income on its portfolio securities. Accordingly, an investment in the Fund
should not be considered as a complete investment program and may not be appro-
priate for all investors.
 
 Portfolio Transactions. Portfolio securities transactions on behalf of the
Fund are placed by SBMFM with a number of brokers and dealers, including Smith
 
16
<PAGE>
 
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND MANAGEMENT POLICIES (CONTINUED)
 
Barney. Smith Barney has advised the Fund that in transactions with the Fund,
Smith Barney charges a commission rate at least as favorable as the rate Smith
Barney charges its comparable unaffiliated customers in similar transactions.
 
VALUATION OF SHARES
   
 The Fund's net asset value per share is determined as of the close of regular
trading on the NYSE on each day that the NYSE is open by dividing the value of
the Fund's net assets attributable to each Class by the total number of shares
of the Class outstanding.     
 
 Generally, the Fund's investments are valued at market value or, in the
absence of a market value with respect to any securities, at fair value as
determined by or under the direction of the Fund's Board of Directors. Short-
term investments that mature in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost
whenever the Directors determine that amortized cost reflects fair value of
those investments. Further information regarding the Fund's valuation policies
is contained in the Statement of Additional Information.
 
DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES
 
 
 DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
 The Fund's policy is to distribute its investment income (that is, its income
other than its net realized capital gains) and net realized capital gains, if
any, once a year, normally at the end of the year in which earned or at the
beginning of the next year.
 
 If a shareholder does not otherwise instruct, dividends and capital gain dis-
tributions will be reinvested automatically in additional shares of the same
Class at net asset value, subject to no sales charge or CDSC. In order to avoid
the application of a 4% nondeductible excise tax on certain undistributed
amounts of ordinary income and capital gains, the Fund may make an additional
distribution shortly before December 31 in each year of any undistributed ordi-
nary income or capital gains and expects to pay any other dividends and distri-
butions necessary to avoid the application of this tax.
 
 The per share dividends on Class B and Class C shares of the Fund may be lower
than the per share dividends on Class A and Class Y shares principally as a
result of the distribution fee applicable with respect to Class B and Class C
shares. The per share dividends on Class A shares of the Fund may be lower than
the per share dividends on Class Y shares principally as a result of the serv-
ice fee applicable to Class A shares. Distributions of capital gains, if any,
will be in the same amount for Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares.
 
                                                                              17
<PAGE>
 
DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES (CONTINUED)
 
 
 TAXES
 The Fund has qualified and intends to continue to qualify each year as a "reg-
ulated investment company" under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended. Dividends from net investment income and distributions of
realized short-term capital gains are taxable to shareholders as ordinary
income, regardless of how long shareholders have held their Fund shares and
whether such dividends and distributions are received in cash or reinvested in
additional Fund shares. Distributions of net realized long-term capital gains
are taxable to shareholders as long-term capital gains, regardless of how long
shareholders have held Fund shares and whether such distributions are received
in cash or are reinvested in additional Fund shares. Furthermore, as a general
rule, a shareholder's gain or loss on a sale or redemption of Fund shares will
be a long-term capital gain or loss if the shareholder has held the shares for
more than one year and will be a short-term capital gain or loss if the share-
holder has held the shares for one year or less. Some of the Fund's dividends
declared from net investment income may qualify for the Federal dividends-
received deduction for corporations.
   
 Statements as to the tax status of each shareholder's dividends and distribu-
tions are mailed annually. Each shareholder will also receive, if appropriate,
various written notices after the close of the Fund's prior taxable year as to
the Federal income tax status of his or her dividends and distributions which
were received from the Fund during the Fund's prior taxable year and that iden-
tify the portion of the capital gains eligible for the 20% maximum capital
gains tax rate. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers about the status
of the Fund's dividends and distributions for state and local tax liabilities.
    
PURCHASE OF SHARES
 
 
 GENERAL
   
 The Fund offers five Classes of shares. Class A shares are sold to investors
with an initial sales charge and Class B and Class C shares are sold without an
initial sales charge but are subject to a CDSC payable upon certain redemp-
tions. Class Y shares are sold without an initial sales charge or a CDSC and
are available only to investors investing a minimum of $5,000,000 (except for
purchases of Class Y shares by Smith Barney Concert Allocation Series Inc., for
which there is no minimum purchase amount). Class Z shares are offered without
a sales charge, CDSC or service or distribution fee, exclusively to: (a) tax-
exempt employee benefit and retirement plans of Smith Barney and its affiliates
and (b) certain UITs sponsored by Smith Barney and its affiliates. Investors
meeting either of these criteria who are interested in acquiring Class Z shares
should contact a Smith Barney Financial Consultant for a Class Z Prospectus.
See "Prospectus Summary--Alternative Purchase Arrangements" for a discussion of
factors to consider in selecting which Class of shares to purchase.     
 
18
<PAGE>
 
PURCHASE OF SHARES (CONTINUED)
   
 Purchases of Fund shares must be made through a brokerage account maintained
with Smith Barney, an Introducing Broker or an investment dealer in the selling
group, except for investors purchasing shares of the Fund through a qualified
retirement plan who may do so directly through First Data. When purchasing
shares of the Fund, investors must specify whether the purchase is for Class A,
Class B, Class C or Class Y shares. Smith Barney and other broker-dealers may
charge their customers an annual account maintenance fee in connection with a
brokerage account through which an investor purchases or holds shares. Accounts
held directly at First Data are not subject to a maintenance fee.     
   
 Investors in Class A, Class B and Class C shares may open an account by making
an initial investment of at least $1,000 for each account, or $250 for an IRA
or a Self-Employed Retirement Plan, in the Fund. Investors in Class Y shares
may open an account by making an initial investment of $5,000,000. Subsequent
investments of at least $50 may be made for all Classes. For participants in
retirement plans qualified under Section 403(b)(7) or Section 401(a) of the
Code, the minimum initial investment requirement for Class A, Class B and Class
C shares and the minimum subsequent investment requirement for all Classes in
the Fund is $25. For shareholders purchasing shares of the Fund through the
Systematic Investment Plan on a monthly basis, the minimum initial investment
requirement for Class A, Class B and Class C shares and the minimum subsequent
investment requirement for all Classes is $25. For shareholders purchasing
shares of the Fund through the Systematic Investment Plan on a quarterly basis,
the minimum initial investment requirement for Class A, Class B and Class C
shares and the subsequent investment requirement for all Classes is $50. There
are no minimum investment requirements for Class A shares for employees of
Travelers and its subsidiaries, including Smith Barney, Directors or Trustees
of any of the Smith Barney Mutual Funds and their spouses and children,
and unitholders who invest distributions from a UIT sponsored by Smith
Barney. The Fund reserves the right to waive or change
minimums, to decline any order to purchase its shares and to suspend the offer-
ing of shares from time to time. Shares purchased will be held in the share-
holder's account by First Data. Share certificates are issued only upon a
shareholder's written request to First Data.     
   
 The minimum initial investment requirement in the Fund for an account estab-
lished under the Uniform Gift to Minors Act is $250 and the minimum subsequent
investment requirement is $50.     
   
 Purchase orders received by the Fund or Smith Barney prior to the close of
regular trading on the NYSE on any day the Fund calculates its net asset value
are priced according to the net asset value determined on that day. Orders
received by dealers or Introducing Brokers prior to the close of regular trad-
ing on the NYSE on any day the Fund calculates its net asset value are priced
according to the net asset value determined on that day, provided the order is
received by the Fund or Smith Barney prior to Smith Barney's close of business
(the "trade date"). For shares     
 
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<PAGE>
 
PURCHASE OF SHARES (CONTINUED)
   
purchased through Smith Barney or Introducing Brokers purchasing through Smith
Barney, payment for Fund shares is due on the third business day after the
trade date. In all other cases, payment must be made with the purchase order.
    
 SYSTEMATIC INVESTMENT PLAN
   
 Shareholders may make additions to their accounts at any time by purchasing
shares through a service known as the Systematic Investment Plan. Under the
Systematic Investment Plan, Smith Barney or First Data is authorized through
preauthorized transfers of at least $25 on a monthly basis or at least $50 on
a quarterly basis to charge the regular bank account or other financial insti-
tution indicated by the shareholder to provide systematic additions to the
shareholder's Fund account. A shareholder who has insufficient funds to com-
plete the transfer will be charged a fee of up to $25 by Smith Barney or First
Data. The Systematic Investment Plan also authorizes Smith Barney to apply
cash held in the shareholder's Smith Barney brokerage account or redeem the
shareholder's shares of a Smith Barney money market fund to make additions to
the account. Additional information is available from the Fund or a Smith Bar-
ney Financial Consultant.     
 
 INITIAL SALES CHARGE ALTERNATIVE--CLASS A SHARES
 The sales charges applicable to purchases of Class A shares of the Fund are
as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                  SALES CHARGE
                         ------------------------------
                                                              DEALERS
                              % OF           % OF       REALLOWANCE AS % OF
  AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT   OFFERING PRICE AMOUNT INVESTED   OFFERING PRICE
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  <S>                    <C>            <C>             <C>
  Less than $25,000           5.00%          5.26%             4.50%
  $ 25,000 - 49,999           4.00%          4.17%             3.60%
    50,000 - 99,999           3.50%          3.63%             3.15%
   100,000 - 249,999          3.00%          3.09%             2.70%
   250,000 - 499,999          2.00%          2.04%             1.80%
   500,000 and over            *               *                 *
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</TABLE>
   
* Purchases of Class A shares of $500,000 or more will be made at net asset
  value without any initial sales charge, but will be subject to a CDSC of
  1.00% on redemptions made within 12 months of purchase. The CDSC on Class A
  shares is payable to Smith Barney, which compensates Smith Barney Financial
  Consultants and other dealers whose clients make purchases of $500,000 or
  more. The CDSC is waived in the same circumstances in which the CDSC
  applicable to Class B and Class C shares is waived. See "Deferred Sales
  Charge Alternatives" and "Waivers of CDSC."     
   
 Members of the selling group may receive up to 90% of the sales charge and
may be deemed to be underwriters of the Fund as defined in the 1933 Act.     
   
 The reduced sales charges shown above apply to the aggregate of purchases of
Class A shares of the Fund made at one time by "any person," which includes an
individual and his or her immediate family or a trustee or other fiduciary of
a single trust estate or single fiduciary account.     
 
20
<PAGE>
 
PURCHASE OF SHARES (CONTINUED)
 
 
 INITIAL SALES CHARGE WAIVERS
   
 Purchases of Class A shares may be made at net asset value without a sales
charge in the following circumstances: (a) sales of Class A shares to (i)
Board Members and employees of Travelers and its subsidiaries and any of the
Smith Barney Mutual Funds (including retired Board Members and employees); the
immediate families of such persons (including the surviving spouse of a
deceased Board Member or employee); and to a pension, profit-sharing or other
benefit plan for such persons and (ii) employees of members of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., provided such sales are made upon the
assurance of the purchaser that the purchase is made for investment purposes
and that the securities will not be re-sold except through redemption or
repurchase; (b) offers of Class A shares to any other investment company to
effect the combination of such company with the Fund by merger, acquisition of
assets or otherwise; (c) purchases of Class A shares by any client of a newly
employed Smith Barney Financial Consultant (for a period up to 90 days from
the commencement of the Financial Consultant's employment with Smith Barney),
on the condition the purchase of Class A shares is made with the proceeds of
the redemption of shares of a mutual fund which (i) was sponsored by the
Financial Consultant's prior employer, (ii) was sold to the client by the
Financial Consultant and (iii) was subject to a sales charge; (d) purchases by
shareholders who have redeemed Class A shares in the Fund (or Class A shares
of another fund of the Smith Barney Mutual Funds that are offered with a sales
charge) who wish to reinvest their redemption proceeds in the Fund, provided
the reinvestment is made within 60 calendar days of the redemption; (e) pur-
chases by accounts managed by registered investment advisory subsidiaries of
Travelers; (f) investments of distributions from a UIT sponsored by Smith Bar-
ney; (g) purchases by Section 403(b) or Section 401(a) or (k) accounts associ-
ated with Copeland Retirement Programs; (h) direct rollovers by plan partici-
pants of distributions from a 401(k) plan enrolled in the Smith Barney 401(k)
Program (Note: Subsequent investments will be subject to the applicable sales
charge); (i) purchases by separate accounts used to fund certain unregistered
variable annuity contracts; and (j) purchases by investors participating in a
Smith Barney fee based arrangement. In order to obtain such discounts, the
purchaser must provide sufficient information at the time of purchase to per-
mit verification that the purchase would qualify for the elimination of the
sales charge.     
       
 RIGHT OF ACCUMULATION
   
 Class A shares of the Fund may be purchased by "any person" (as defined
above) at a reduced sales charge or at net asset value determined by aggregat-
ing the dollar amount of the new purchase and the total net asset value of all
Class A shares of the Fund and of funds sponsored by Smith Barney which are
offered with a sales charge listed under "Exchange Privilege" then held by
such person and applying the sales charge applicable to such aggregate. In
order to obtain such discount, the purchaser must provide sufficient informa-
tion at the time of purchase     
 
                                                                             21
<PAGE>
 
PURCHASE OF SHARES (CONTINUED)
 
to permit verification that the purchase qualifies for the reduced sales
charge. The right of accumulation is subject to modification or discontinuance
at any time with respect to all shares purchased thereafter.
 
 GROUP PURCHASES
   
 Upon completion of certain automated systems, a reduced sales charge or pur-
chase at net asset value will also be available to employees (and partners) of
the same employer purchasing as a group, provided each participant makes the
minimum initial investment required. The sales charge applicable to purchases
by each member of such a group will be determined by the table set forth above
under "Initial Sales Charge Alternative--Class A Shares," and will be based
upon the aggregate sales of Class A shares of Smith Barney Mutual Funds offered
with a sales charge to, and share holdings of, all members of the group. To be
eligible for such reduced sales charges or to purchase at net asset value, all
purchases must be pursuant to an employer- or partnership-sanctioned plan meet-
ing certain requirements. One such requirement is that the plan must be open to
specified partners or employees of the employer and its subsidiaries, if any.
Such plan may, but is not required to, provide for payroll deductions, IRAs or
investments pursuant to retirement plans under Sections 401 or 408 of the Code.
Smith Barney may also offer a reduced sales charge or net asset value purchase
for aggregating related fiduciary accounts under such conditions that Smith
Barney will realize economies of sales efforts and sales-related expenses. An
individual who is a member of a qualified group may also purchase Class A
shares at the reduced sales charge applicable to the group as a whole. The
sales charge is based upon the aggregate dollar value of Class A shares offered
with a sales charge that have been previously purchased and are still owned by
the group, plus the amount of the current purchase. A "qualified group" is one
which (a) has been in existence for more than six months, (b) has a purpose
other than acquiring Fund shares at a discount and (c) satisfies uniform crite-
ria which enable Smith Barney to realize economies of scale in its costs of
distributing shares. A qualified group must have more than 10 members, must be
available to arrange for group meetings between representatives of the Fund and
the members, and must agree to include sales and other materials related to the
Fund in its publications and mailings to members at no cost to Smith Barney. In
order to obtain such reduced sales charge or to purchase at net asset value,
the purchaser must provide sufficient information at the time of purchase to
permit verification that the purchase qualifies for the reduced sales charge.
Approval of group purchase reduced sales charge plans is subject to the discre-
tion of Smith Barney.     
 
 LETTER OF INTENT
 Class A Shares. A Letter of Intent for amounts of $50,000 or more provides an
opportunity for an investor to obtain a reduced sales charge by aggregating
invest-
 
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ments over a 13-month period, provided that the investor refers to such Letter
when placing orders. For purposes of a Letter of Intent, the "Amount of
Investment" as referred to in the preceding sales charge table includes pur-
chases of all Class A shares of the Fund and other funds of the Smith Barney
Mutual Funds offered with a sales charge over the 13-month period based on the
total amount of intended purchases plus the value of all Class A shares previ-
ously purchased and still owned. An alternative is to compute the 13-month
period starting up to 90 days before the date of execution of a Letter of
Intent. Each investment made during the period receives the reduced sales
charge applicable to the total amount of the investment goal. If the goal is
not achieved within the period, the investor must pay the difference between
the sales charges applicable to the purchases made and the charges previously
paid, or an appropriate number of escrowed shares will be redeemed. Please
contact a Smith Barney Financial Consultant or First Data to obtain a Letter
of Intent application.     
   
 Class Y Shares. A Letter of Intent may also be used as a way for investors to
meet the minimum investment requirement for Class Y shares. Such investors
must make an initial minimum purchase of $1,000,000 in Class Y shares of the
Portfolio and agree to purchase a total of $5,000,000 of Class Y shares of the
same Portfolio within six months from the date of the Letter of Intent. If a
total investment of $5,000,000 is not made within the six-month period, all
Class Y shares purchased to date will be transferred to Class A shares, where
they will be subject to all fees (including a service fee of 0.25%) and
expenses applicable to the Portfolio's Class A shares, which may include a
CDSC of 1.00%. The Portfolio expects that such transfer will not be subject to
Federal income taxes. Please contact a Smith Barney Financial Consultant or
First Data for further information.     
 
 DEFERRED SALES CHARGE ALTERNATIVES
   
 "CDSC Shares" are sold at net asset value next determined without an initial
sales charge so that the full amount of an investor's purchase payment may be
immediately invested in the Fund. A CDSC, however, may be imposed on certain
redemptions of these shares. "CDSC Shares" are: (a) Class B shares; (b) Class
C shares; and (c) Class A shares that were purchased without an initial sales
charge but subject to a CDSC.     
 
 Any applicable CDSC will be assessed on an amount equal to the lesser of the
cost of the shares being redeemed or their net asset value at the time of
redemption. CDSC Shares that are redeemed will not be subject to a CDSC to the
extent that the value of such shares represents: (a) capital appreciation of
Fund assets; (b) reinvestment of dividends or capital gain distributions; (c)
with respect to Class B shares, shares redeemed more than five years after
their purchase; or (d) with respect to Class C shares and Class A shares that
are CDSC Shares, shares redeemed more than 12 months after their purchase.
Class C shares and Class A
 
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PURCHASE OF SHARES (CONTINUED)
   
shares that are CDSC Shares are subject to a 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within 12
months of purchase. In circumstances in which the CDSC is imposed on Class B
shares, the amount of the charge will depend on the number of years since the
shareholder made the purchase payment from which the amount is being redeemed.
Solely for purposes of determining the number of years since a purchase pay-
ment, all purchase payments made during a month will be aggregated and deemed
to have been made on the last day of the preceding Smith Barney statement
month. The following table sets forth the rates of the charge for redemptions
of Class B shares by shareholders, except in the case of Class B shares held
under the Smith Barney 401(k) Program, as described below. See "Purchase of
Shares--Smith Barney 401(k) and ExecChoice(TM) Programs."     
 
<TABLE>   
<CAPTION>
      YEAR SINCE PURCHASE
      PAYMENT WAS MADE      CDSC
---------------------------------
      <S>                   <C>
      First                 5.00%
      Second                4.00%
      Third                 3.00%
      Fourth                2.00%
      Fifth                 1.00%
      Sixth and thereafter  0.00%
---------------------------------
</TABLE>    
   
 Class B shares will convert automatically to Class A shares eight years after
the date on which they were purchased and thereafter will no longer be subject
to any distribution fees. There also will be converted at that time such pro-
portion of Class B Dividend Shares owned by the shareholder as the total number
of his or her Class B shares converting at the time bears to the total number
of outstanding Class B shares (other than Class B Dividend Shares) owned by the
shareholder. See "Prospectus Summary--Alternative Purchase Arrangements--Class
B Shares Conversion Feature."     
 
 The length of time that CDSC Shares acquired through an exchange have been
held will be calculated from the date that the shares exchanged were initially
acquired in one of the other applicable Smith Barney Mutual Funds, and Fund
shares being redeemed will be considered to represent, as applicable, capital
appreciation or dividend and capital gain distribution reinvestments in such
other funds. For Federal income tax purposes, the amount of the CDSC will
reduce the gain or increase the loss, as the case may be, on the amount real-
ized on redemption. The amount of any CDSC will be paid to Smith Barney.
   
 To provide an example, assume an investor purchased 100 Class B shares at $10
per share for a cost of $1,000. Subsequently, the investor acquired five addi-
tional shares through dividend reinvestment. During the fifteenth month after
the purchase, the investor decided to redeem $500 of his or her investment.
Assuming at the time of the redemption the net asset value had appreciated to
$12 per share, the     
 
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PURCHASE OF SHARES (CONTINUED)
 
value of the investor's shares would be $1,260 (105 shares at $12 per share).
The CDSC would not be applied to the amount which represents appreciation
($200) and the value of the reinvested dividend shares ($60). Therefore, $240
of the $500 redemption proceeds ($500 minus $260) would be charged at a rate of
4.00% (the applicable rate for Class B shares) for a total deferred sales
charge of $9.60.
 
 WAIVERS OF CDSC
   
 The CDSC will be waived on: (a) exchanges (see "Exchange Privilege"); (b) au-
tomatic cash withdrawals in amounts equal to or less than 1.00% per month of
the value of the shareholder's shares at the time the withdrawal plan commences
(see "Automatic Cash Withdrawal Plan"), provided, however, that automatic cash
withdrawals in amounts equal to or less than 2.00% per month of the value of
the shareholder's shares will be permitted for withdrawal plans that were
established prior to November 7, 1994; (c) redemptions of shares within 12
months following the death or disability of the shareholder; (d) redemption of
shares made in connection with qualified distributions from retirement plans or
IRAs upon the attainment of age 59 1/2; (e) involuntary redemptions; and (f)
redemptions of shares to effect a combination of the Fund with any investment
company by merger, acquisition of assets or otherwise. In addition, a share-
holder who has redeemed shares from other funds of the Smith Barney Mutual
Funds may, under certain circumstances, reinvest all or part of the redemption
proceeds within 60 days and receive pro rata credit for any CDSC imposed on the
prior redemption.     
   
 CDSC waivers will be granted subject to confirmation (by Smith Barney in the
case of shareholders who are also Smith Barney clients or by First Data in the
case of all other shareholders) of the shareholder's status or holdings, as the
case may be.     
 
 SMITH BARNEY 401(K) AND EXECCHOICE(TM) PROGRAM
 Investors may be eligible to participate in the Smith Barney 401(k) Program or
the Smith Barney ExecChoice(TM) Program. To the extent applicable, the same
terms and conditions, which are outlined below, are offered to all plans par-
ticipating ("Participating Plans") in these programs.
 
 The Fund offers to Participating Plans Class A and Class C shares as invest-
ment alternatives under the Smith Barney 401(k) and ExecChoice(TM) Programs.
Class A and Class C shares acquired through the Participating Plans are subject
to the same service and/or distribution fees as the Class A and Class C shares
acquired by other investors; however, they are not subject to any initial sales
charge or CDSC. Once a Participating Plan has made an initial investment in the
Fund, all of its subsequent investments in the Fund must be in the same Class
of shares, except as otherwise described below.
 
 
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PURCHASE OF SHARES (CONTINUED)
 
 Class A Shares. Class A shares of the Fund are offered without any sales
charge or CDSC to any Participating Plan that purchases $1,000,000 or more of
Class A shares of one or more funds of the Smith Barney Mutual Funds.
 
 Class C Shares. Class C shares of the Fund are offered without any sales
charge or CDSC to any Participating Plan that purchases less than $1,000,000 of
Class C shares of one or more funds of the Smith Barney Mutual Funds.
   
 401(k) and ExecChoice(TM) Plans Opened On or After June 21, 1996. If at the
end of the fifth year after the date the Participating Plan enrolled in the
Smith Barney 401(k) Program or the Smith Barney ExecChoice(TM) Program, a Par-
ticipating Plan's total Class C holdings in all non-money market Smith Barney
Mutual Funds equal at least $1,000,000, the Participating Plan will be offered
the opportunity to exchange all of its Class C shares for Class A shares of the
Fund. For Participating Plans that were originally established through a Smith
Barney retail brokerage account, the five-year period will be calculated from
the date the retail brokerage account was opened. Such Participating Plans will
be notified of the pending exchange in writing within 30 days after the fifth
anniversary of the enrollment date and, unless the exchange offer has been
rejected in writing, the exchange will occur on or about the 90th day after the
fifth anniversary date. If the Participating Plan does not qualify for the
five-year exchange to Class A shares, a review of the Participating Plan's
holdings will be performed each quarter until either the Participating Plan
qualifies or the end of the eighth year.     
 
 401(k) Plans Opened Prior to June 21, 1996. In any year after the date a Par-
ticipating Plan enrolled in the Smith Barney 401(k) Program, if a Participating
Plan's total Class C holdings in all non-money market Smith Barney Mutual Funds
equal at least $500,000 as of the calendar year-end, the Participating Plan
will be offered the opportunity to exchange all of its Class C shares for Class
A shares of the Fund. Such Plans will be notified in writing within 30 days
after the last business day of the calendar year and, unless the exchange offer
has been rejected in writing, the exchange will occur on or about the last
business day of the following March.
   
 Any Participating Plan in the Smith Barney 401(k) or ExecChoice(TM) Programs,
whether opened before or after June 21, 1996, that has not previously qualified
for an exchange into Class A shares will be offered the opportunity to exchange
all of its Class C shares for Class A shares of the Fund, regardless of asset
size, at the end of the eighth year after the date the Participating Plan
enrolled in the Smith Barney 401(k) Program. Such Plans will be notified of the
pending exchange in writing approximately 60 days before the eighth anniversary
of the enrollment date and, unless the exchange has been rejected in writing,
the exchange will occur on or about the eighth anniversary date. Once an
exchange has occurred, a Participating Plan will not be eligible to acquire
additional Class C shares of the Fund but instead may acquire Class A shares of
the Fund. Any Class C shares not converted will continue to be subject to the
distribution fee.     
 
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PURCHASE OF SHARES (CONTINUED)
   
 Participating Plans wishing to acquire shares of the Fund through the Smith
Barney 401(k) Program or the Smith Barney ExecChoice(TM) Program must purchase
such shares directly from First Data. For further information regarding these
Programs, investors should contact a Smith Barney Financial Consultant.     
 
 Existing 401(k) Plans Investing in Class B Shares. Class B shares of the Smith
Barney Mutual Funds are not available for purchase by Participating Plans
opened on or after June 21, 1996, but may continue to be purchased by any Par-
ticipating Plan in the Smith Barney 410(k) Program opened prior to such date
and originally investing in such Class. Class B shares acquired are subject to
a CDSC of 3.00% of redemption proceeds, if the Participating Plan terminates
within eight years of the date the Participating Plan first enrolled in the
Smith Barney 401(k) Program.
 
 At the end of the eighth year after the date the Participating Plan enrolled
in the Smith Barney 401(k) Program, the Participating Plan will be offered the
opportunity to exchange all of its Class B shares for Class A shares of the
Fund. Such Participating Plan will be notified of the pending exchange in writ-
ing approximately 60 days before the eighth anniversary of the enrollment date
and, unless the exchange has been rejected in writing, the exchange will occur
on or about the eighth anniversary date. Once the exchange has occurred, a Par-
ticipating Plan will not be eligible to acquire additional Class B shares of
the Fund but instead may acquire Class A shares of the Fund. If the Participat-
ing Plan elects not to exchange all of its Class B shares at that time, each
Class B share held by the Participating Plan will have the same conversion fea-
ture as Class B shares held by other investors. See "Purchase of Shares--
Deferred Sales Charge Alternatives".
 
 No CDSC is imposed on redemptions of Class B shares to the extent that the net
asset value of the shares redeemed does not exceed the current net asset value
of the shares purchased through reinvestment of dividends or capital gain dis-
tributions, plus the current net asset value of Class B shares purchased more
than eight years prior to the redemption, plus increases in the net asset value
of the shareholder's Class B shares above the purchase payments made during the
preceding eight years. Whether or not the CDSC applies to the redemption by a
Participating Plan depends on the number of years since the Participating Plan
first became enrolled in the Smith Barney 401(k) Program, unlike the applica-
bility of the CDSC to redemptions by other shareholders, which depends on the
number of years since those shareholders made the purchase payment from which
the amount is being redeemed.
 
 The CDSC will be waived on redemptions of Class B shares in connection with
lump-sum or other distributions made by a Participating Plan as a result of:
(a) the retirement of an employee in the Participating Plan; (b) the termina-
tion of employment of an employee in the Participating Plan; (c) the death or
disability of an employee in the Participating Plan; (d) the attainment of age
59 1/2 by an employee
 
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PURCHASE OF SHARES (CONTINUED)
 
in the Participating Plan; (e) hardship of an employee in the Participating
Plan to the extent permitted under Section 401(k) of the Code; or (f) redemp-
tions of shares in connection with a loan made by the Participating Plan to an
employee.
 
EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE
 
 Except as otherwise noted below, shares of each Class may be exchanged at the
net asset value next determined for shares of the same Class in the following
funds of the Smith Barney Mutual Funds, to the extent shares are offered for
sale in the shareholder's state of residence. Exchanges of Class A, Class B and
Class C shares are subject to minimum investment requirements and all shares
are subject to the other requirements of the fund into which exchanges are
made.
 
 FUND NAME
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Growth Funds
       
    Concert Peachtree Growth Fund     
    Smith Barney Appreciation Fund Inc.
    Smith Barney Fundamental Value Fund Inc.
       
    Smith Barney Disciplined Small Cap Fund, Inc.     
    Smith Barney Growth Opportunity Fund
           
    Smith Barney Managed Growth Fund
    Smith Barney Natural Resources Fund Inc.
    Smith Barney Special Equities Fund
 
 Growth and Income Funds
       
    Concert Social Awareness Fund     
    Smith Barney Convertible Fund
    Smith Barney Funds, Inc.--Equity Income Portfolio
    Smith Barney Growth and Income Fund
    Smith Barney Premium Total Return Fund
           
    Smith Barney Utilities Fund
 
 Taxable Fixed-Income Funds
   **Smith Barney Adjustable Rate Government Income Fund
    Smith Barney Diversified Strategic Income Fund
           
  +++Smith Barney Funds, Inc.--Short-Term U.S. Treasury Securities Portfolio
    Smith Barney Funds, Inc.--U.S. Government Securities Portfolio
    Smith Barney Government Securities Fund
    Smith Barney High Income Fund
    Smith Barney Investment Grade Bond Fund
    Smith Barney Managed Governments Fund Inc.
 
 Tax-Exempt Funds
    Smith Barney Arizona Municipals Fund Inc.
    Smith Barney California Municipals Fund Inc.
 
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EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE (CONTINUED)
 
   *Smith Barney Intermediate Maturity California Municipals Fund
   *Smith Barney Intermediate Maturity New York Municipals Fund
    Smith Barney Managed Municipals Fund Inc.
    Smith Barney Massachusetts Municipals Fund
       
    Smith Barney Municipal High Income Fund     
    Smith Barney Muni Funds--Florida Portfolio
    Smith Barney Muni Funds--Georgia Portfolio
   *Smith Barney Muni Funds--Limited Term Portfolio
    Smith Barney Muni Funds--New York Portfolio
    Smith Barney Muni Funds--Pennsylvania Portfolio
    Smith Barney New Jersey Municipals Fund Inc.
    Smith Barney Oregon Municipals Fund
           
 International Funds
    Smith Barney World Funds, Inc.--Emerging Markets Portfolio
    Smith Barney World Funds, Inc.--European Portfolio
    Smith Barney World Funds, Inc.--Global Government Bond Portfolio
    Smith Barney World Funds, Inc.--International Balanced Portfolio
    Smith Barney World Funds, Inc.--International Equity Portfolio
    Smith Barney World Funds, Inc.--Pacific Portfolio
    
 Smith Barney Concert Allocation Series Inc.     
       
    Smith Barney Concert Allocation Series Inc.--Balanced Portfolio     
       
    Smith Barney Concert Allocation Series Inc.--Conservative Portfolio
           
    Smith Barney Concert Allocation Series Inc.--Growth Portfolio     
       
    Smith Barney Concert Allocation Series Inc.--High Growth Portfolio
           
    Smith Barney Concert Allocation Series Inc.--Income Portfolio     
 
 Money Market Funds
    +Smith Barney Exchange Reserve Fund
    ++Smith Barney Money Funds, Inc.--Cash Portfolio
    ++Smith Barney Money Funds, Inc.--Government Portfolio
    ***Smith Barney Money Funds, Inc.--Retirement Portfolio
    +++Smith Barney Muni Funds--California Money Market Portfolio
    +++Smith Barney Muni Funds--New York Money Market Portfolio
    +++Smith Barney Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Available for exchange with Class A, Class C and Class Y shares of the
    Fund.
   
 ** Available for exchange with Class A and Class B shares of the Fund. In
    addition, shareholders who own Class C shares of the Fund through the
    Smith Barney 401(k) Program may exchange those shares for Class C shares
    of this fund.     
*** Available for exchange with Class A shares of the Fund.
  + Available for exchange with Class B and Class C shares of the Fund.
   
 ++ Available for exchange with Class A and Class Y shares of the Fund. In
    addition, Participating Plans opened prior to June 21, 1996 and investing
    in Class C shares may exchange Fund shares for Class C shares of this
    fund.     
+++ Available for exchange with Class A and Class Y shares of the Fund.
 
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EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE (CONTINUED)
   
 Class B Exchanges. In the event a Class B shareholder wishes to exchange all
or a portion of his or her shares into any of the funds imposing a higher CDSC
than that imposed by the Fund, the exchanged Class B shares will be subject to
the higher applicable CDSC. Upon an exchange, the new Class B shares will be
deemed to have been purchased on the same date as the Class B shares of the
Fund that have been exchanged.     
 
 Class C Exchanges. Upon an exchange, the new Class C shares will be deemed to
have been purchased on the same date as the Class C shares of the Fund that
have been exchanged.
 
 Class A and Class Y Exchanges. Class A and Class Y shareholders of the Fund
who wish to exchange all or a portion of their shares for shares of the respec-
tive Class in any of the funds identified above may do so without imposition of
any charge.
   
 Additional Information Regarding the Exchange Privilege. Although the exchange
privilege is an important benefit, excessive exchange transactions can be det-
rimental to the Fund's performance and its shareholders. SBMFM may determine
that a pattern of frequent exchanges is excessive and contrary to the best
interests of the Fund's other shareholders. In this event, SBMFM will notify
Smith Barney and Smith Barney may, at its discretion, decide to limit addi-
tional purchases and/or exchanges by a shareholder. Upon such a determination,
Smith Barney will provide notice in writing or by telephone to the shareholder
at least 15 days prior to suspending the exchange privilege and during the 15-
day period the shareholder will be required to (a) redeem his or her shares in
the Fund or (b) remain invested in the Fund or exchange into any of the funds
of the Smith Barney Mutual Funds listed above, which position the shareholder
would be expected to maintain for a significant period of time. All relevant
factors will be considered in determining what constitutes an abusive pattern
of exchanges.     
   
 Certain shareholders may be able to exchange shares by telephone. See "Redemp-
tion of Shares--Telephone Redemption and Exchange Program." Exchanges will be
processed at the net asset value next determined. Redemption procedures dis-
cussed below are also applicable for exchanging shares, and exchanges will be
made upon receipt of all supporting documents in proper form. If the account
registration of the shares of the fund being acquired is identical to the reg-
istration of the shares of the fund exchanged, no signature guarantee is
required. A capital gain or loss for tax purposes will be realized upon the
exchange, depending upon the cost or other basis of shares redeemed. Before
exchanging shares, investors should read the current prospectus describing the
shares to be acquired. The Fund reserves the right to modify or discontinue
exchange privileges upon 60 days' prior notice to shareholders.     
 
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REDEMPTION OF SHARES

The Fund is required to redeem the shares of the Fund tendered to it, as
described below, at a redemption price equal to their net asset value per share
next determined after receipt of a written request in proper form at no charge
other than any applicable CDSC. Redemption requests received after the close
of regular trading on the NYSE are priced at the net asset value next deter-
mined.
   
 If a shareholder holds shares in more than one Class, any request for redemp-
tion must specify the Class being redeemed. In the event of a failure to spec-
ify which Class, or if the investor owns fewer shares of the Class than speci-
fied, the redemption request will be delayed until the Fund's transfer agent
receives further instructions from Smith Barney, or if the shareholder's
account is not with Smith Barney, from the shareholder directly. The redemp-
tion proceeds will be remitted on or before the third business day following
receipt of proper tender, except on any days on which the NYSE is closed or as
permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended ("1940 Act"),
in extraordinary circumstances. Generally, if the redemption proceeds are
remitted to a Smith Barney brokerage account, these funds will not be invested
for the shareholder's benefit without specific instruction and Smith Barney
will benefit from the use of temporarily uninvested funds. Redemption proceeds
for shares purchased by check, other than a certified or official bank check,
will be remitted upon clearance of the check, which may take up to ten days or
more. Shares held by Smith Barney as custodian must be redeemed by submitting
a written request to a Smith Barney Financial Consultant.     
 
 Shares other than those held by Smith Barney as custodian may be redeemed
through an investor's Financial Consultant, Introducing Broker or dealer in
the selling group or by submitting a written request for redemption to:
 
  Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Fund, Inc.
  Class A, B, C or Y (please specify)
  c/o First Data Investor Services Group, Inc.
     
  P.O. Box 5128     
     
  Westborough, Massachusetts 01581-5128     
   
 A written redemption request must (a) state the Class and number or dollar
amount of shares to be redeemed, (b) identify the shareholder's account number
and (c) be signed by each registered owner exactly as the shares are regis-
tered. If the shares to be redeemed were issued in certificate form, the cer-
tificates must be endorsed for transfer (or be accompanied by an endorsed
stock power) and must be submitted to First Data together with the redemption
request. Any signature appearing on a share certificate, stock power or writ-
ten redemption request in excess of $2,000 must be guaranteed by an eligible
guarantor institution such as a domestic bank, savings and loan institution,
domestic credit union, member bank of the Federal Reserve System or member
firm of a national securities exchange. Written redemption requests of $2,000
or less do not require a signature guarantee unless more than one such redemp-
tion request is made in any 10-day period or the redemption proceeds are to be
sent to an address other than the address of record. Unless     
 
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REDEMPTION OF SHARES (CONTINUED)
   
otherwise directed, redemption proceeds will be mailed to an investor's address
of record. First Data may require additional supporting documents for redemp-
tions made by corporations, executors, administrators, trustees or guardians. A
redemption request will not be deemed properly received until First Data
receives all required documents in proper form.     
 
 AUTOMATIC CASH WITHDRAWAL PLAN
 The Fund offers shareholders an automatic cash withdrawal plan, under which
shareholders who own shares with a value of at least $10,000 may elect to
receive cash payments of at least $50 monthly or quarterly. Retirement plan
accounts are eligible for automatic cash withdrawal plans only where the share-
holder is eligible to receive qualified distributions and has an account value
of at least $5,000. The withdrawal plan will be carried over on exchanges
between funds or Classes of the Fund. Any applicable CDSC will not be waived on
amounts withdrawn by a shareholder that exceed 1.00% per month of the value of
the shareholder's shares subject to the CDSC at the time the withdrawal plan
commences. For further information regarding the automatic cash withdrawal
plan, shareholders should contact a Smith Barney Financial Consultant.
 
 TELEPHONE REDEMPTION AND EXCHANGE PROGRAM
   
 Shareholders who do not have a Smith Barney brokerage account may be eligible
to redeem and exchange Fund shares by telephone. To determine if a shareholder
is entitled to participate in this program, he or she should contact First Data
at 1-800-451-2010. Once eligibility is confirmed, the shareholder must complete
and return a Telephone/Wire Authorization Form, along with a signature guaran-
tee that will be provided by First Data upon request. Alternatively, an
investor may authorize telephone redemptions on the new account application
with the applicant's signature guarantee when making his or her initial invest-
ment in the Fund.     
   
 Redemptions. Redemption requests of up to $10,000 of any class or classes of
the Fund's shares may be made by eligible shareholders by calling First Data at
1-800-451-2010. Such requests may be made between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (New
York City time) on any day the NYSE is open. Redemption requests received after
the close of regular trading on the NYSE are priced at the net asset value next
determined. Redemptions of shares (i) by retirement plans or (ii) for which
certificates have been issued are not permitted under this program.     
   
 A shareholder will have the option of having the redemption proceeds mailed to
his or her address of record or wired to a bank account predesignated by the
shareholder. Generally, redemption proceeds will be mailed or wired, as the
case may be, on the next business day following the redemption request. In
order to use the wire procedures, the bank receiving the proceeds must be a
member of the Federal Reserve System or have a correspondent relationship with
a member bank. The     
 
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REDEMPTION OF SHARES (CONTINUED)
 
Fund reserves the right to charge shareholders a nominal fee for each wire
redemption. Such charges, if any, will be assessed against the shareholder's
account from which shares were redeemed. In order to change the bank account
designated to receive redemption proceeds, a shareholder must complete a new
Telephone/Wire Authorization Form and, for the protection of the shareholder's
assets, will be required to provide a signature guarantee and certain other
documentation.
   
 Exchanges. Eligible shareholders may make exchanges by telephone if the
account registration of the shares of the fund being acquired is identical to
the registration of the shares of the fund exchanged. Such exchange requests
may be made by calling First Data at 1-800-451-2010 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00
p.m. (New York City time) on any day on which the NYSE is open. Exchange
requests received after the close of regular trading on the NYSE are processed
at the net asset value next determined.     
   
 Additional Information regarding Telephone Redemption and Exchange
Program. Neither the Fund nor its agents will be liable for following instruc-
tions communicated by telephone that are reasonably believed to be genuine.
The Fund and its agents will employ procedures designed to verify the identity
of the caller and legitimacy of instructions (for example, a shareholder's
name and account number will be required and phone calls may be recorded). The
Fund reserves the right to suspend, modify or discontinue the telephone
redemption and exchange program or to impose a charge for this service at any
time following at least seven days' prior notice to shareholders.     
 
MINIMUM ACCOUNT SIZE
   
 The Fund reserves the right to involuntarily liquidate any shareholder's
account in the Fund if the aggregate net asset value of the shares held in the
Fund account is less than $500. If a shareholder has more than one account in
the Fund, each account must satisfy the minimum account size. The Fund, howev-
er, will not redeem shares based solely on market reductions in net asset val-
ue. Before the Fund exercises such right, shareholders will receive written
notice and will be permitted 60 days to bring accounts up to the minimum to
avoid involuntary liquidation.     
 
PERFORMANCE
 
 
 TOTAL RETURN
 From time to time the Fund may include its total return, average annual total
return and current dividend return in advertisements and/or other types of
sales literature. These figures are computed separately for Class A, Class B,
Class C and Class Y shares of the Fund. These figures are based on historical
earnings and are
 
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PERFORMANCE (CONTINUED)     
 
not intended to indicate future performance. Total return is computed for a
specified period of time assuming deduction of the maximum sales charge, if
any, from the initial amount invested and reinvestment of all income dividends
and capital gain distributions on the reinvestment dates at prices calculated
as stated in this Prospectus, then dividing the value of the investment at the
end of the period so calculated by the initial amount invested and subtracting
100%. The standard average annual total return, as prescribed by the SEC, is
derived from this total return, which provides the ending redeemable value.
Such standard total return information may also be accompanied with nonstandard
total return information for differing periods computed in the same manner but
without annualizing the total return or taking sales charges into account. The
Fund calculates current dividend return for each Class by annualizing the most
recent monthly distribution and dividing by the net asset value or the maximum
public offering price (including sales charge) on the last day of the period
for which current dividend return is presented. The current dividend return for
each Class may vary from time to time depending on market conditions, the com-
position of its investment portfolio and operating expenses. These factors and
possible differences in the methods used in calculating current dividend return
should be considered when comparing a Class' current return to yields published
for other investment companies and other investment vehicles. The Fund may also
include comparative performance information in advertising or marketing its
shares. Such performance information may include data from Lipper Analytical
Services, Inc. and other financial publications.
 
MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND
 
 
 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 Overall responsibility for management and supervision of the Fund rests with
the Fund's Board of Directors. The Directors approve all significant agreements
between the Fund and the companies that furnish services to the Fund, including
agreements with the Fund's distributor, investment adviser, administrator, cus-
todian and transfer agent. The day-to-day operations of the Fund are delegated
to the Fund's investment adviser and administrator. The Statement of Additional
Information contains background information regarding each Director and execu-
tive officer of the Fund.
 
 INVESTMENT ADVISER--SBMFM
   
 SBMFM, located at 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013 serves as the
Fund's investment adviser. SBMFM (through predecessor entities) has been in the
investment counselling business since 1968. SBMFM renders investment advice to
a wide variety of investment company clients which had aggregate assets under
management as of November 30, 1997, in excess of $85 billion.     
 
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MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND (CONTINUED)
 
 
 Subject to the supervision and direction of the Fund's Board of Directors,
SBMFM manages the Fund's portfolio in accordance with the Fund's stated invest-
ment objective and policies, makes investment decisions for the Fund, places
orders to purchase and sell securities and employs professional portfolio man-
agers. For investment advisory services rendered to the Fund, the Fund pays
SBMFM a fee at the annual rate of 0.60% of the value of the Fund's average
daily net assets.
 
 PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
 Richard Freeman, a Managing Director of Smith Barney, is primarily responsible
for management of the Fund's assets. Mr. Freeman has served in this capacity
since November 1983, and manages the day-to-day operations of the Fund, includ-
ing making all investment decisions.
   
 Management's discussion and analysis, and additional performance information
regarding the Fund during the fiscal year ended August 31, 1997 is included in
the Annual Report dated August 31, 1997. A copy of the Annual Report may be
obtained upon request and without charge from a Smith Barney Financial Consul-
tant or by writing or calling the Fund at the address or phone number listed on
page one of this Prospectus.     
 
 ADMINISTRATOR
 SBMFM also serves as the Fund's administrator and oversees all aspects of the
Fund's administration. For administration services rendered to the Fund, the
Fund pays SBMFM a fee at the annual rate of 0.20% of the value of the Fund's
average daily net assets.
 
DISTRIBUTOR
 
 
 Smith Barney is located at 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013.
Smith Barney distributes shares of the Fund as principal underwriter and as
such conducts a continuous offering pursuant to a "best efforts" arrangement
requiring Smith Barney to take and pay for only such securities as may be sold
to the public. Pursuant to a plan of distribution adopted by the Fund under
Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act (the "Plan"), Smith Barney is paid an annual
service fee with respect to Class A, Class B and Class C shares of the Fund at
the annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the respective
Class. Smith Barney is also paid an annual distribution fee with respect to
Class B and Class C shares at the annual rate of 0.75% of the average daily net
assets attributable to those Classes. Class B shares that automatically convert
to Class A shares eight years after the date of original purchase will no
longer be subject to distribution fees. The fees are used by Smith Barney to
pay its Financial Consultants for servicing shareholder accounts and, in the
case of Class B and Class C shares, to cover expenses primarily intended to
result in the sale of those shares. These expenses include: advertising
 
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DISTRIBUTOR (CONTINUED)
 
expenses; the cost of printing and mailing prospectuses to potential investors;
payments to and expenses of Smith Barney Financial Consultants and other per-
sons who provide support services in connection with the distribution of
shares; interest and/or carrying charges; and indirect and overhead costs of
Smith Barney associated with the sale of Fund shares, including lease, utility,
communications and sales promotion expenses.
 
 The payments to Smith Barney Financial Consultants for selling shares of a
Class include a commission or fee paid by the investor or Smith Barney at the
time of sale and, with respect to Class A, Class B and Class C shares, a con-
tinuing fee for servicing shareholder accounts for as long as a shareholder
remains a holder of that Class. Smith Barney Financial Consultants may receive
different levels of compensation for selling different Classes of shares.
 
 Payments under the Plan are not tied exclusively to the distribution and
shareholder service expenses actually incurred by Smith Barney and the payments
may exceed distribution expenses actually incurred. The Fund's Board of Direc-
tors will evaluate the appropriateness of the Plan and its payment terms on a
continuing basis and in so doing will consider all relevant factors, including
expenses borne by Smith Barney, amounts received under the Plan and proceeds of
the CDSC.
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
 
 The Fund was incorporated under the laws of the State of Maryland on May 12,
1983, and is registered with the SEC as a diversified, open-end management
investment company. The Fund offers shares of common stock currently classified
into five Classes, A, B, C, Y and Z. Each Class represents an identical inter-
est in the Fund's investment portfolio. As a result, the Classes have the same
rights, privileges and preferences, except with respect to: (a) the designation
of each Class; (b) the effect of the respective sales charges for each Class;
(c) the distribution and/or service fees borne by each Class pursuant to the
Plan; (d) the expenses allocable exclusively to each Class; (e) voting rights
on matters exclusively affecting a single Class; (f) the exchange privilege of
each Class; and (g) the conversion feature of the Class B shares. The Fund's
Board of Directors does not anticipate that there will be any conflicts among
the interests of the holders of the different Classes. The Directors, on an
ongoing basis, will consider whether any such conflict exists and, if so, take
appropriate action.
 
 The Fund does not hold annual shareholder meetings. There normally will be no
meeting of shareholders for the purpose of electing Directors unless and until
such time as less than a majority of the Directors holding office have been
elected by shareholders. The Directors will call a meeting for any purpose upon
written request of shareholders holding at least 10% of the Fund's outstanding
shares and the Fund will assist stockholders in calling such a meeting as
required by the 1940
 
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (CONTINUED)
 
Act. When matters are submitted for shareholder vote, shareholders of each
Class will have one vote for each full share owned and a proportionate, frac-
tional vote for any fractional share held of that Class. Generally, shares of
the Fund will be voted on a Fund-wide basis on all matters except matters
affecting only the interests of one or more of the Classes.
   
 PNC Bank is located at 17th and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19103 and
serves as custodian of the Fund's investments.     
   
 First Data is located at Exchange Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02109 and
serves as the Fund's transfer agent.     
   
 The Fund sends its shareholders a semi-annual report and an audited annual
report, which include listings of the investment securities held by the Fund at
the end of the reporting period. In an effort to reduce the Fund's printing and
mailing costs, the Fund plans to consolidate the mailing of its semi-annual and
annual reports by household. This consolidation means that a household having
multiple accounts with the identical address of record will receive a single
copy of each report. Shareholders who do not want this consolidation to apply
to their accounts should contact their Smith Barney Financial Consultants or
the Fund's transfer agent.     
 
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                                                                    SMITH BARNEY
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                                                A Member of Travelers Group[ART]
                                                                            
 
 
 
 
 
                                                      SMITH BARNEY 
                                                        AGGRESSIVE 
                                                          GROWTH 
                                                        FUND INC.
 
                                                      388 Greenwich Street 
                                                  New York, New York 10013
                                                                
                                                             FD 01060 12/97     

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PROSPECTUS

                                                                    SMITH BARNEY

                                                                      Aggressive
                                                                          Growth
                                                                       Fund Inc.

                                                             Class Z Shares Only

                                                               DECEMBER 29, 1997

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Prospectus                                                      December 29,1997
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     Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Fund Inc.
     388 Greenwich Street
     New York, New York 10013
     (800) 451-2010

   
     Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Fund Inc. (the "Fund") is a diversified
mutual fund that seeks capital appreciation by investing primarily in common
stocks of companies which the Fund's investment adviser believes are
experiencing, or have the potential to experience, growth in earnings that
exceed the average earnings growth rate of companies whose securities are
included in the Standard & Poor's Daily Price Index of 500 Common Stocks (the
"S&P 500"), a weighted index which measures the aggregate change in market value
of 400 industrials, 60 transportation and utility companies and 40 financial
issues. Companies whose earnings grow at a rate more rapid than those of S&P 500
companies are often small- or medium-sized companies that stand to benefit from
new products or services, technological developments or changes in management.
Consequently, the Fund invests principally in the securities of small- or
medium-sized companies. Because of its objective and policies, the Fund may be
subject to greater investment risks than those assumed by other investment
companies.
    

     This Prospectus sets forth concisely certain information about the Fund,
including expenses, that prospective investors will find helpful in making an
investment decision. Investors are encouraged to read this Prospectus carefully
and retain it for future reference.

     The Class Z shares described in this Prospectus (previously designated as
Class C shares) are currently offered exclusively for sale to tax-exempt
employee benefit and retirement plans of Smith Barney Inc. ("Smith Barney") or
any of its affiliates ("Qualified Plans") and to certain unit investment trusts
sponsored by Smith Barney or any of its affiliates ("Smith Barney UITs").

   
     Additional information about the Fund is contained in a Statement of
Additional Information dated December 29, 1997, as amended or supplemented from
time to time, that is available upon request and without charge by calling or
writing the Fund at the telephone number or address set forth above, or by
contacting a Smith Barney Financial Consultant. The Statement of Additional
Information has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC") and is incorporated by reference into this Prospectus in its entirety.
    

Smith Barney Inc.
Distributor

Smith Barney Mutual Funds Management Inc.
Investment Adviser and Administrator

THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.


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Table of Contents
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The Fund's Expenses                                                            3
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Financial Highlights                                                           4
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Investment Objective and Management Policies                                   5
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Valuation of Shares                                                            8
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Dividends, Distributions and Taxes                                             8
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Purchase, Exchange and Redemption of Shares                           9
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Performance                                                                   10
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Management of the Fund                                                        11
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Additional Information                                                        12
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     No person has been authorized to give any information or to make any
representations in connection with this offering other than those contained in
this Prospectus and, if given or made, such other information and
representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized by the Fund or
the Distributor. This Prospectus does not constitute an offer by the Fund or the
Distributor to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any of the securities
offered hereby in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make
such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.
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The Fund's Expenses
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The following expense table lists the costs and expenses an investor will incur
either directly or indirectly as a shareholder of Class Z shares of the Fund,
based on the Fund's operating expenses for its most recent fiscal year.

Smith Barney                                                 As a % of Average
Aggressive Growth Fund -- Class Z Shares                        Net Assets
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    Management fees                                               0.80%
    Other expenses                                                0.05%
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TOTAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES                                     0.85%
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     The nature of the services for which the Fund pays management fees is
described under "Management of the Fund." "Other expenses" in the above table
include fees for shareholder services, custodial fees, legal and accounting
fees, printing costs and registration fees.

Example

     The following example is intended to assist an investor in understanding
the various costs that an investor in the Fund will bear directly or indirectly.
The example assumes payment by the Fund of operating expenses at the levels set
forth in the table above. See "Purchase and Redemption of Shares" and
"Management of the Fund."

   
                                              1 Year  3 Years  5 Years  10 Years
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An investor would pay the following expenses 
  on a $1,000 investment in Class Z shares 
  of the Fund, assuming (1) 5.00% annual 
  return and (2) redemption at the end of 
  each time period:                             $9      $27      $47      $105
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     The example also provides a means for the investor to compare expense
levels of funds with different fee structures over varying investment periods.
To facilitate such comparison, all funds are required to utilize a 5.00% annual
return assumption. However, the Fund's actual return will vary and may be
greater or less than 5.00%. This example should not be considered a
representation of past or future expenses and actual expenses may be greater or
less than those shown.


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Financial Highlights
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The following information for each year in the three-year period ended August
31, 1997 has been audited by KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent auditors, whose
report thereon appears in the Fund's Annual Report dated August 31, 1997. The
following information for the period ended August 31, 1993 and year ended August
31, 1994 has been audited by other independent auditors. The information set out
below should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related
notes that also appear in the Fund's 1997 Annual Report, which is incorporated
by reference into the Statement of Additional Information.

For a Class Z share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

   
Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Fund --
Class Z Shares                          1997     1996      1995     1994(1)   1993(2)(3)
    
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<S>                                   <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>        <C>   
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year    $29.20    $33.88    $26.94    $23.67     $20.52
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Income From Operations:
  Net investment loss                  (0.20)    (0.20)    (0.34)    (0.31)     (0.12)
  Net realized and unrealized gain
    (loss) on investments              14.41     (2.11)     8.65      3.58       3.27
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Total Income (Loss) From Operations    14.21     (2.31)     8.31      3.27       3.15
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Less Distributions From:
  Net realized gains                   (0.81)    (2.37)    (1.37)       --         --
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Total Distributions                    (0.81)    (2.37)    (1.37)       --         --
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Net Asset Value, End of Year          $42.60    $29.20    $33.88    $26.94     $23.67
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Total Return                           49.61%    (7.07)%   32.38%    13.81%     15.35%++
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Net Assets, End of Year (000s)       $43,553   $30,837   $27,209   $24,467    $53,599
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Ratios to Average Net Assets:
  Expenses                              0.85%     0.93%     1.12%     1.01%*     0.99%+
  Net investment loss                  (0.57)    (0.61)    (0.80)    (0.83)     (0.67)+
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Portfolio Turnover Rate                    6%       13%       44%       11%        13%
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Average Commissions Per Share
  Paid On Equity Transactions(4)       $0.06     $0.06        --        --         --
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</TABLE>

   
(1)  On November 7, 1994, the former Class C shares were renamed Class Z shares.
(2)  For the period from November 6, 1992 (inception date) to August 31, 1993.
(3)  Per share amounts have been calculated using the monthly average shares
     method rather than the undistributed net investment income method, because
     it more accurately reflects the per share data for the period.
(4)  As of September 1995, the SEC instituted new guidelines requiring the
     disclosure of average commissions per share.
 *   The operating expense ratio excludes interest expense. The operating
     expense ratio including interest expense would have been 1.02%.
++   Total return is not annualized, as it may not be representative of the
     total return for the year.
 +   Annualized.
    


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Investment Objective and Management Policies
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     The investment objective of the Fund is capital appreciation. Although the
Fund may receive current income from dividends, interest and other sources,
income is only an incidental consideration of the Fund. The Fund's investment
objective may not be changed without the approval of the holders of a majority
of the Fund's outstanding shares. There can be no assurance that the Fund will
achieve its investment objective.

     The Fund attempts to achieve its investment objective by investing
primarily in common stocks of companies that Smith Barney Mutual Funds
Management Inc. ("SBMFM") believes are experiencing, or have the potential to
experience, growth in earnings that exceed the average earnings growth rate of
companies having securities included in the S&P 500. An earnings growth rate
exceeding that of S&P 500 companies is often achieved by small- or medium-sized
companies, generally referred to as "emerging growth companies," that stand to
benefit from new products or services, technological developments or changes in
management, but it also may be achieved by seasoned, established companies. As a
result, SBMFM anticipates that the Fund will invest principally in the
securities of small- or medium-sized companies and to a lesser degree in the
securities of large, well-known companies.

     SBMFM focuses its stock selection for the Fund on a diversified group of
emerging growth companies that have passed their "start-up" phase and show
positive earnings and the prospect of achieving significant profit gains in the
two to three years after the Fund acquires their stocks. These companies
generally may be expected to benefit from new technologies, techniques, products
or services or cost-reducing measures, and may be affected by changes in
management, capitalization or asset deployment, government regulations or other
external circumstances.

   
     Although SBMFM anticipates that the assets of the Fund ordinarily will be
invested primarily in common stocks of domestic companies, the Fund may invest
in convertible securities, preferred stocks, securities of foreign issuers,
warrants and restricted securities. In addition, when SBMFM believes that market
conditions warrant, the Fund may invest for temporary defensive purposes in
corporate and U.S. government bonds and notes, and in money market instruments.
The Fund also is authorized to borrow an amount of up to 5% of its total assets
for extraordinary or emergency purposes, and may borrow up to 33 1/3% of its
total assets less liabilities, for leveraging purposes. See "Investment Policies
and Strategies -- Leveraging."
    

     Further information about the Fund's investment policies, including a list
of those restrictions on its investment activities that cannot be changed
without shareholder approval, appears in the Statement of Additional
Information.


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Investment Objective and Management Policies (continued)
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     Investment Policies and Strategies

     Restricted Securities. Restricted securities are those that may not be sold
publicly without first being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended. For that reason, the Fund may not be able to dispose of restricted
securities at a time when, or at a price at which, it desires to do so and may
have to bear expenses associated with registering the securities. At any one
time, the Fund's aggregate holdings of restricted securities, repurchase
agreements having a duration of more than five business days, and securities
lacking readily available market quotations will not exceed 15% of the Fund's
total assets.

   
     Foreign Securities. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its net assets in the
securities of foreign issuers. There are certain risks involved in investing in
foreign securities, including those resulting from fluctuations in currency
exchange rates, revaluation of currencies, future political or economic
developments and the possible imposition of currency exchange blockages or other
foreign governmental laws or restrictions, reduced availability of public
information concerning issuers, and the fact that foreign companies are not
generally subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting
standards or to other regulatory practices and requirements comparable to those
applicable to domestic companies. Moreover, securities of many foreign companies
may be less liquid and their prices more volatile than those of comparable
domestic companies. In addition, with respect to certain foreign countries,
there is the possibility of expropriation, confiscatory taxation and limitations
on the use or removal of funds or other assets of the Fund, including the
withholding of dividends.
    

     Lending of Portfolio Securities. From time to time, the Fund may lend its
portfolio securities to brokers, dealers and other financial organizations.
These loans may not exceed 33 1/3% of the Fund's total assets taken at value.
Loans of portfolio securities by the Fund will be collateralized by cash,
letters of credit or obligations of the United States government or its agencies
and instrumentalities ("U.S. government securities") which are maintained at all
times in an amount equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the
loaned securities. By lending its portfolio securities, the Fund will seek to
generate income by continuing to receive interest on loaned securities, by
investing the cash collateral in short-term instruments or by obtaining yield in
the form of interest paid by the borrower when U.S. government securities are
used as collateral. The risks in lending portfolio securities, as with other
extensions of secured credit, consist of possible delays in receiving additional
collateral or in the recovery of the securities or possible loss of rights in
the collateral should the borrower fail financially. Loans will be made to firms
deemed by SBMFM to be of good standing and will not be made unless, in the
judgment of SBMFM, the consideration to be earned from such loans would justify
the risk.


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Investment Objective and Management Policies (continued)
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     Leveraging. The Fund may, from time to time, leverage its investments by
purchasing securities with borrowed money. The Fund may borrow money only from
banks and in an amount not to exceed 33 1/3% of the total value of its assets
less its liabilities. Borrowed money creates an opportunity for greater capital
gain but at the same time increases exposure to capital risk, as any gain in the
value of securities purchased with borrowed money that exceeds the interest paid
on the amount borrowed would cause the Fund's net asset value to increase more
rapidly than otherwise, while any decline in the value of securities purchased
would cause the Fund's net asset value to decrease more rapidly than otherwise.

     Money Market Instruments. As noted above, in certain circumstances the Fund
may invest in short-term money market instruments, such as U.S. government
securities, certificates of deposit, time deposits, and bankers' acceptances
issued by domestic banks (including their branches located outside the United
States and subsidiaries located in Canada), domestic branches of foreign banks,
savings and loan associations and similar institutions, high-grade commercial
paper, and repurchase agreements with respect to such instruments.

   
     Repurchase Agreements. The Fund will enter into repurchase agreements with
banks which are the issuers of instruments acceptable for purchase by the Fund
and with certain dealers on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's list of
reporting dealers. Under the terms of a typical repurchase agreement, the Fund
would acquire an underlying obligation for a relatively short period (usually
not more than one week) subject to an obligation of the seller to repurchase,
and the Fund to resell, the obligation at an agreed-upon price and time, thereby
determining the yield during the Fund's holding period. This arrangement results
in a fixed rate of return that is not subject to market fluctuations during the
Fund's holding period. Under each repurchase agreement, the selling institution
will be required to maintain the value of the securities subject to the
repurchase agreement at not less than their repurchase price. Repurchase
agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of
the other party, including possible delays or restrictions upon the Fund's
ability to dispose of the underlying securities, the risk of a possible decline
in the value of the underlying securities during the period in which the Fund
seeks to assert its rights to them, the risk of incurring expenses associated
with asserting those rights and the risk of losing all or part of the income
from the agreement. SBMFM, acting under the supervision of the Board of
Directors, reviews on an ongoing basis to evaluate potential risks the value of
the collateral and the creditworthiness of those banks and dealers with which
the Fund enters into repurchase agreements.

     Certain Risk Considerations. Securities of the kinds of
companies in which the Fund invests may be subject to significant
price fluctuation and above-average risk. In addition, companies
achieving an earnings growth rate higher than that of S&P 500
companies tend to reinvest their earnings rather than distribute them.
As a 
    


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Investment Objective and Management Policies (continued)
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result, the Fund is not likely to receive significant dividend income on its
portfolio securities. Accordingly, an investment in the Fund should not be
considered as a complete investment program and may not be appropriate for all
investors.

     Portfolio Transactions. Portfolio securities transactions on behalf of the
Fund are placed by SBMFM with a number of brokers and dealers, including Smith
Barney. Smith Barney has advised the Fund that in transactions with the Fund,
Smith Barney charges a commission rate at least as favorable as the rate Smith
Barney charges its comparable unaffiliated customers in similar transactions.

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Valuation of Shares
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     The net asset value per share of Class Z shares is determined as of the
close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the "NYSE"), on
each day that the NYSE is open, by dividing the value of the Fund's net assets
attributable to Class Z by the number of shares of the Class outstanding. The
per share net asset value of the Class Z shares may be higher than those of
other Classes because of the lower expenses attributable to Class Z shares.

     Generally, the Fund's investments are valued at market value or, in the
absence of a market value with respect to any securities, at fair value as
determined by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. Short-term
investments that mature in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost whenever
the Directors determine that amortized cost reflects fair value of those
investments. Further information regarding the Fund's valuation policies is
contained in the Statement of Additional Information.

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Dividends, Distributions and Taxes
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     Dividends and Distributions

     The Fund's policy is to distribute its investment income (that is, its
income other than its net realized capital gains) and net realized capital
gains, if any, once a year, normally at the end of the year in which earned or
at the beginning of the next year.

     Unless a shareholder is eligible for qualified distributions and instructs
that dividends and capital gain distributions on shares be paid in cash and
credited to the shareholder's account, dividends and capital gains distributions
will be reinvested automatically in additional shares of the Class at net asset
value, subject to no sales charge or CDSC. In addition, in order to avoid the
application of a 4% non-deductible excise tax on certain undistributed amounts
of ordinary income and 


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Dividends, Distributions and Taxes (continued)
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capital gains, the Fund may make an additional distribution shortly before
December 31 in each year of any undistributed ordinary income or capital gains,
and expects to pay any other dividends and distributions necessary to avoid the
application of this tax.
    

     Taxes

     The Fund has qualified and intends to continue to qualify each year as a
regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended.

     Dividends from net investment income and distributions of realized
short-term capital gains are taxable to shareholders as ordinary income,
regardless of how long shareholders have held their Fund shares and whether such
dividends and distributions are received in cash or reinvested in additional
Fund shares. Distributions of net realized long-term capital gains are taxable
to shareholders as long-term capital gains, regardless of how long shareholders
have held Fund shares and whether such distributions are received in cash or are
reinvested in additional Fund shares. Furthermore, as a general rule, a
shareholder's gain or loss on a sale or redemption of Fund shares will be a
long-term capital gain or loss if the shareholder has held the shares for more
than one year and will be a short-term capital gain or loss if the shareholder
has held the shares for one year or less. Some of the Fund's dividends declared
from net investment income may qualify for the Federal dividends-received
deduction for corporations.

   
     Statements as to the tax status of each shareholder's dividends and
distributions are mailed annually. Each shareholder will also receive, if
appropriate, various written notices after the close of the Fund's prior taxable
year as to the Federal income tax status of his or her dividends and
distributions which were received from the Fund during the Fund's prior taxable
year and that identify the portion of the capital gains eligible for the 20%
maximum capital gains tax rate. Shareholders should consult their plan document
or tax advisers about the tax consequences associated with participating in a
Qualified Plan or Smith Barney UIT.
    

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Purchase, Exchange and Redemption of Shares
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     Purchases of the Fund's Class Z shares must be made in accordance with the
terms of a Qualified Plan or Smith Barney UIT. Purchases are made at the net
asset value next determined after a purchase order is received by Smith Barney
(the "trade date"). Payment is due to Smith Barney on the third business day
(the "settlement date") after the trade date. Investors who make payment prior
to the settlement date may designate a temporary investment (such as a money
market 
    


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Purchase, Exchange and Redemption of Shares (continued)
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fund of the Smith Barney Mutual Funds) for such payment until settlement date.
The Fund reserves the right to reject any purchase order and to suspend the
offering of shares for a period of time. There are no minimum investment
requirements for Class Z shares; however, the Fund reserves the right to vary
this policy at any time.

     Purchase orders received by the Fund or Smith Barney prior to the close of
regular trading on the NYSE, currently 4:00 p.m., New York time, on any day that
the Fund calculates its net asset value, are priced according to the net asset
value determined on that day. See "Valuation of Shares." Certificates for Fund
shares are issued upon request to the Fund's transfer agent.

   
     Qualified Plans may redeem their shares on any day the Fund calculates its
net asset value. See "Valuation of Shares." Redemption requests received in
proper form prior to the close of regular trading on the NYSE are priced at the
net asset value per share determined on that day. Redemption requests received
after the close of regular trading on the NYSE are priced at the net asset value
next determined. Shareholders acquiring Class Z shares through a Qualified Plan
or a Smith Barney UIT should consult the terms of their respective plans for
redemption provisions.
    

     Holders of Class Z shares should consult their Qualified Plans for
information about available exchange options.

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Performance
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     Total Return

     From time to time the Fund may include its total return, average annual
total return and current dividend return in advertisements and/or other types of
sales literature. These figures are based on historical earnings and are not
intended to indicate future performance. Total return is computed for a
specified period of time assuming deduction of the maximum sales charge, if any,
from the initial amount invested and reinvestment of all income dividends and
capital gains distributions on the reinvestment dates at prices calculated as
stated in this Prospectus, then dividing the value of the investment at the end
of the period so calculated by the initial amount invested and subtracting 100%.
The standard average annual total return, as prescribed by the SEC, is derived
from this total return, which provides the ending redeemable value. Such
standard total return information may also be accompanied with nonstandard total
return information for differing periods computed in the same manner but without
annualizing the total return or taking sales charges into account. The Fund
calculates current dividend return by annualizing the most recent monthly
distribution and dividing by the net asset value on the last day of the period
for which current dividend return is presented. The Fund's current dividend
return 


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may vary from time to time depending on market conditions, the composition of
its investment portfolio and operating expenses. These factors and possible
differences in the methods used in calculating current dividend return should be
considered when comparing the Fund's current return to yields published for
other investment companies and other investment vehicles. The Fund may also
include comparative performance information in advertising or marketing its
shares. Such performance information may include data from Lipper Analytical
Services, Inc. and other financial publications.

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Management of the Fund
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     Board of Directors

     Overall responsibility for management and supervision of the Fund rests
with the Fund's Board of Directors. The Directors approve all significant
agreements between the Fund and companies that furnish services to the Fund,
including agreements with the Fund's distributor, investment adviser,
administrator, custodian and transfer agent. The day-to-day operations of the
Fund are delegated to the Fund's investment adviser and administrator. The
Statement of Additional Information contains background information regarding
each Director and executive officer of the Fund.

   
     Investment Adviser

     SBMFM, located at 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013, serves as
the Fund's investment adviser. SBMFM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Salomon
Smith Barney Holdings Inc. ("Holdings"). Holdings is a wholly owned subsidiary
of Travelers Group Inc. ("Travelers"), a diversified financial services holding
company engaged, through its subsidiaries, principally in four business
segments: Investment Services, Consumer Finance Services, Life Insurance
Services and Property & Casualty Insurance Services. SBMFM was incorporated
on March 12, 1968 and renders investment advice to a wide variety of individual,
institutional and investment company clients that had aggregate assets under
management as of November 30, 1997, in excess of $85 billion.
    

     Subject to the supervision and direction of the Fund's Board of Directors,
SBMFM manages the Fund's portfolio in accordance with the Fund's stated
investment objective and policies, makes investment decisions for the Fund,
places orders to purchase and sell securities and employs professional portfolio
managers. For investment advisory services rendered the Fund pays SBMFM a fee at
the annual rate of 0.60% of the value of the Fund's average daily net assets.


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Management of the Fund (continued)
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     Portfolio Management

     Richard Freeman, a Managing Director of Smith Barney, is primarily
responsible for management of the Fund's assets. Mr. Freeman has served in this
capacity since November 1983, and manages the day-to-day operations of the Fund,
including making all investment decisions.

     Management's discussion and analysis, and additional performance
information regarding the Fund during the fiscal year ended August 31, 1997 is
included in the Annual Report dated August 31, 1997. A copy of the Annual Report
may be obtained upon request and without charge from a Smith Barney Financial
Consultant or by writing or calling the Fund at the address or phone number
listed on page one of this Prospectus.

     Administrator

     SBMFM also serves as the Fund's administrator and oversees all aspects of
the Fund's administration. For administration services rendered to the Fund, the
Fund pays SBMFM a fee at the annual rate of 0.20% of the value of the Fund's
average daily net assets.

   
     Distributor
    

     Smith Barney is located at 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013,
and serves as the Fund's distributor. Smith Barney is a wholly owned subsidiary
of Travelers.

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Additional Information
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     The Fund was incorporated in the State of Maryland on May 12, 1983 and is
registered with the SEC as a diversified, open-end management investment
company.

   
     The Fund offers shares of common stock currently classified into five
Classes, A, B, C, Y and Z. Each Class represents an identical pro rata interest
in the Fund's investment portfolio. As a result, the Classes have the same
rights, privileges and preferences, except with respect to: (a) the designation
of each Class; (b) the effect of the respective sales charges, if any, for each
Class; (c) the distribution and/or service fees borne by each Class pursuant to
a plan adopted by the Fund pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"); (d) the expenses allocable to each
Class; (e) voting rights on matters exclusively affecting a single Class; (f)
the exchange privileges of each Fund's Class; and (g) the conversion feature of
shares of Class B. The Board of Directors does not anticipate that there will be
any conflicts among the interests of the holders of the different Classes. The
Directors, on an ongoing basis, will consider whether any such conflict exists
and, if so, take appropriate action.
    


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Additional Information (continued)
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     The Fund does not hold annual shareholder meetings. There normally will be
no meeting of shareholders for the purpose of electing Directors unless and
until such time as less than a majority of the Directors holding office have
been elected by shareholders. The Directors will call a meeting for any purpose
upon written request of shareholders holding at least 10% of the Fund's
outstanding shares and the Fund will assist shareholders in calling such a
meeting as required by the 1940 Act. When matters are submitted for shareholder
vote, shareholders of each Class will have one vote for each full share owned
and a proportionate fractional vote for any fractional share held of that Class.
Generally, shares of the Fund will be voted on a Fund-wide basis on all matters
except matters affecting only the interests of one or more of the Classes.
    

     The Fund sends its shareholders a semi-annual report and an audited annual
report, which include listings of the investment securities held by the Fund at
the end of the reporting period.

     PNC Bank, National Association is located at 17th and Chestnut Streets,
Philadelphia, PA 19103, and serves as custodian of the Fund's investments.

     First Data Investor Services Group, Inc. is located at Exchange Place,
Boston, Massachusetts 02109, and serves as the Fund's transfer agent.

     Shareholders may seek information regarding the Fund from their Smith
Barney Financial Consultants.


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                                                                    Smith Barney
                                                                    ------------
                                              A Member of Investors Group [logo]

                                                                    Smith Barney
                                                                      Aggressive
                                                                          Growth
                                                                       Fund Inc.

                                                            388 Greenwich Street
                                                        New York, New York 10013

                                                                  FD 01061 12/97

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Smith Barney
Aggressive Growth Fund Inc.

388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
   
(800) 451-2010
    

Statement of Additional 
Information

   December 29, 1997    


   
	This Statement of Additional Information expands upon and 
supplements the information contained in the current Prospectus of 
Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Fund Inc. (the "Fund"), dated 
December 29, 1997, as amended or supplemented from time to time, 
and should be read in conjunction with the Fund's Prospectus. The 
Fund's Prospectus may be obtained from any Smith Barney Financial 
Consultant, or by writing or calling the Fund at the address or 
telephone number set forth above. This Statement of Additional 
Information, although not in itself a prospectus, is incorporated 
by reference into the Prospectus in its entirety.
    


TABLE OF CONTENTS

	For ease of reference, the same section headings are used in 
both the Prospectus and this Statement of Additional Information, 
except where shown below:

   
Management of the Fund 	 1
Investment Objective and Management Policies	 5
Purchase of Shares	 12
Redemption of Shares	 12
Distributor 	 13
Valuation of Shares	 15
Exchange Privilege	 15
Performance Data (See in the Prospectus "Performance'') 	 16
Taxes (See in the Prospectus "Dividends, Distributions and 
Taxes'') 	 18
Additional Information 	 20
Financial Statements	 20
    


MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND

The executive officers of the Fund are employees of certain of the 
organizations that provide services to the Fund.  These 
organizations are as follows:

Name					Service
Smith Barney Inc. ("Smith Barney'') 	Distributor
Smith Barney Mutual Funds
 Management Inc. ("SBMFM'') 		Investment Adviser
					and Administrator
PNC Bank, National Association
 ("PNC") 				Custodian
First Data Investor Services Group, Inc.
 ("First Data") 				Transfer Agent


	These organizations and the functions they perform for the 
Fund are discussed in the Prospectus and in this Statement of 
Additional Information.

Directors and Executive Officers of the Fund

   
	The Directors and executive officers of the Fund, together 
with information as to their principal business occupations during 
the past five years, are shown below. Each Director who is an 
"interested person" of the Fund, as defined in the Investment 
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), is indicated by 
an asterisk.

	Paul R. Ades, Director (Age 57). Partner in the law firm of 
Murov & Ades.  His address is 272 South Wellwood Avenue, P.O. Box 
504, Lindenhurst, New York 11757.

	Herbert Barg, Director (Age 74). Private investor. His 
address is 273 Montgomery Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania 19004.

	Dwight B. Crane, Director (Age 59). Professor, Graduate 
School of Business Administration, Harvard University. His address 
is Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, 
Boston, Massachusetts 02163.

	Frank G. Hubbard, Director (Age 59). President of Avatar 
International; Former Vice President of S&S Industries; Former 
Corporate Vice President, Materials Management and Marketing 
Services of Huls America, Inc.  His address is 80 Centennial 
Avenue P.O. Box 456, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855-0456.

	*Heath B. McLendon, Chairman of the Board and Investment 
Officer (Age 64). Managing Director of Smith Barney, Chairman of 
the Board of Smith Barney Strategy Advisers Inc. and President of 
SBMFM; prior to July 1993, Senior Executive Vice President of 
Shearson Lehman Brothers Inc.; Vice Chairman of Shearson Asset 
Management; a Director of PanAgora Asset Management, Inc. and 
PanAgora Asset Management Limited. His address is 388 Greenwich 
Street, New York, New York 10013.

	Ken Miller, Director (Age 55). President of Young Stuff 
Apparel Group, Inc.  His address is 1407 Broadway, 6th Floor, New 
York, New York 10018.

	John R. White, Director (Age 79). President Emeritus of
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
Special Assistant to the President of the Aspen Institute.  His address
is Crows Nest Road, Tuxedo Park, New York 10987.

	Richard A. Freeman (Age 43). Managing Director of Smith 
Barney; prior to July 1993, Executive Vice President of Shearson 
Asset Management. His address is 388 Greenwich Street, New York, 
New York 10013.

	Lewis E. Daidone (40). Senior Vice President and Treasurer. 
Managing Director of Smith Barney; Director and Senior Vice 
President of SBMFM. His address is 388 Greenwich Street, New York, 
New York 10013.

	Christina T. Sydor (46). Secretary. Managing Director of 
Smith Barney; General Counsel and Secretary of SBMFM. Her address 
is 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013.

	As of December 10, 1997, the Trustees and officers of the 
Funds, as a group, owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of 
beneficial interest of the Fund.

		To the best knowledge of the Directors, as of
December 10, 1997, the following shareholders or "groups"
(as such term is defined in Section  13(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) owned beneficially or of
record more than 5% of the shares of the following classes:

Class Y

Smith Barney Concert Allocation Series, Inc.
High Growth Portfolio
PNC Bank, NA
Attn: Beverly Timson
200 Stevens Drive Suite 440
Lester, PA 19113-1522
owned 1,832,184.270 (52.0679%) shares

Smith Barney Concert Allocation Series, Inc.
Growth Portfolio
PNC Bank, NA
Attn: Beverly Timson
200 Stevens Drive Suite 440
Lester, PA 19113-1522
owned 1,526,717.906 (43.6012%) shares

Class Z

Citibank NA, Custodian
Smith Barney Shearson 401(k) Savings Plan
Smith Barney Account
Attn: Nancy Kronenberg
111 Wall Street FISD/20th Floor
New York, NY 10043
owned 1,103,245.636 (99.9848%) shares

	No officer, director or employee of Smith Barney or any 
parent or subsidiary receives any compensation from the Fund for 
serving as an officer or Director of the Fund. The Fund pays each 
Director who is not an officer, director or employee of Smith 
Barney or any of its affiliates a fee of $3,000 per annum plus 
$500 per meeting attended and reimburses them for travel and out-
of-pocket expenses. For the Fund's fiscal year ended August 31, 
1997, such fees and expenses totaled $40,157.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 1997 and the calendar year 
ended December 31, 1996, the Directors of the Fund were paid the 
following compensation: 

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
					Pension or	Total
					Retirement	Compen
			Aggregate	Benefits		sation
			Compen		Accrued		from the
			sation		as Part		Fund and
			from		of Fund		the Fund
Director(*)		the Fund	Expenses	Complex
<S>			<C>		<C>		<C>
Paul R. Ades (5)		$5,100		$0		$ 52,475 
Herbert Barg (18)	5,600 		0		105,175 
Dwight B. Crane (30)	5,100 		0		140,375
Frank G. Hubbard (5)	5,600 		0		52,475 
Allan R. Johnson (5)+ 	3,444 		0		33,125 
Heath B. McLendon (42)	0		0		0
Ken Miller (5)++		5,600		0		49,475
John White (5)@		5,500		0		52,375
</TABLE>
_____________________
* 	Total Number of directorships/trusteeships held with other 
mutual funds in the Smith Barney Mutual Funds family.
+	Director Emeritus
++	Director has elected to defer a portion of his compensation 
for the fiscal year ended August 31, 1997.  Amount deferred 
totaled $12,125.
@	Director has elected to defer 100% of his compensation for 
the fiscal year ended August 31, 1997.

Upon attaining age 80, Directors are required to change to 
emeritus status.  Directors Emeritus are entitled to servein 
emeritus statu for a maximum of 10 years during which time they 
are paid 50% of the annual retainer fee and meeting fees otherwise 
applicable to the Fund Directors with reasonable out-of-pocket 
expenses for each meeting attended.  During the Fund's last fiscal 
year, aggregate compensation paid by the Fund to Directors 
acheiving emeritus status totaled $3,444.
    

Investment Adviser and Administrator-SBMFM

   
	SBMFM serves as investment adviser to the Fund pursuant to a 
written agreement (the "Advisory Agreement"), which was most 
recently approved by the Fund's Board of Directors, including a 
majority of the Directors who are not "interested persons" of the 
Fund or SBMFM, on July 24, 1997.  The services provided by SBMFM 
under the Advisory Agreement are described in the Prospectus under 
"Management of the Fund." SBMFM pays the salary of any officer and 
employee who is employed by both it and the Fund. SBMFM bears all 
expenses in connection with the performance of its services. SBMFM 
is a wholly owned subsidiary of Salomon Smith Barney Holdings Inc. 
("Holdings"), which is in turn a wholly owned subsidiary of 
Travelers Group Inc. ("Travelers").

	As compensation for investment advisory services, the Fund 
pays SBMFM a fee computed daily and paid monthly at the annual 
rate of 0.60% of the value of the Fund's average daily net assets. 
For the 1995, 1996 and 1997 fiscal years, the Fund paid 
$1,829,883, $3,229,363 and $3,956,238, respectively, in investment 
advisory fees.

	SBMFM also serves as administrator to the Fund pursuant to a 
written agreement dated April 20, 1994 (the "Administration 
Agreement"), which was most recently approved by the Fund's Board 
of Directors, including a majority of Directors who are not 
"interested persons" of the Fund or SBMFM, on July 24, 1997. The 
services provided by SBMFM under the Administration Agreement are 
described in the Prospectus under "Management of the Fund." SBMFM 
pays the salary of any officer and employee who is employed by 
both it and the Fund and bears all expenses in connection with the 
performance of its services.

	As compensation for administration services rendered to the 
Fund, SBMFM receives a fee at the annual rate of 0.20% of the 
value of the Fund's average daily net assets. For the 1995, 1996 
and 1997 fiscal years, the Fund paid SBMFM $1,829,833, $1,076,455  
and $1,318,746, respectively, in administration fees.
    

	The Fund bears expenses incurred in its operation, 
including: taxes, interest, brokerage fees and commissions, if 
any; fees of Directors who are not officers, directors, 
shareholders or employees of Smith Barney, or SBMFM,  Securities 
and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") fees and state Blue Sky 
qualification fees; charges of custodians; transfer and dividend 
disbursing agent's fees; certain insurance premiums; outside 
auditing and legal expenses; costs of maintenance of corporate 
existence; investor services (including allocated telephone and 
personnel expenses); and costs of preparation and printing of 
prospectuses and statements of additional information for 
regulatory purposes and for distribution to existing shareholders, 
shareholders' reports and corporate meetings.

   
	SBMFM has agreed that if in any fiscal year the aggregate 
expenses of the Fund (including fees paid pursuant to the Advisory 
and Administration Agreements, but excluding interest, taxes, 
brokerage, fees paid pursuant to the Fund's services and 
distribution plan, and, with the prior written consent of the 
necessary state securities commissions, extraordinary expenses) 
exceed the expense limitation of any state having jurisdiction 
over the Fund, SBMFM will, to the extent required by state law, 
reduce its management fee by such excess expense. Such a fee 
reduction, if any, will be reconciled on a monthly basis. The most 
restrictive state limitation applicable to the Fund would require 
SBMFM to reduce its fees in any year that such excess expenses 
exceed 2.50% of the first $30 million of average net assets, 2.00% 
of the next $70 million of average net assets and 1.50% of the 
remaining average net assets. No fee reduction was required for 
the 1995, 1996 and 1997 fiscal years.
    

Counsel and Auditors

	Willkie Farr & Gallagher serves as counsel to the Fund. The 
Directors who are not "interested persons" of the Fund have 
selected Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP as their legal counsel.

   
	KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 
10154, has been selected as the Fund's independent auditor to 
examine and report on the Fund's financial statements and 
highlights for the fiscal year ending August 31, 1998. 
    


INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND MANAGEMENT POLICIES

	The Prospectus discusses the Fund's investment objective and 
the policies it employs to achieve its objective. The following 
discussion supplements the description of the Fund's investment 
objective and management policies in the Prospectus.

Leveraging

	The Fund may from time to time leverage its investments by 
purchasing securities with borrowed money. The Fund may borrow 
money only from banks and in an amount not to exceed 33 1/3% of 
the total value of its assets less its liabilities. The amount of 
the Fund's borrowings also may be limited by the availability and 
cost of credit and by restrictions imposed by the Federal Reserve 
Board.

	The Fund is required under the 1940 Act to maintain at all 
times an asset coverage of 300% of the amount of its borrowings. 
If, as a result of market fluctuations or for any other reason, 
the Fund's asset coverage drops below 300%, the Fund must reduce 
its outstanding bank debt within three business days so as to 
restore its asset coverage to the 300% level.

	Any gain in the value of securities purchased with borrowed 
money that exceeds the interest paid on the amount borrowed would 
cause the net asset value of the Fund's shares to increase more 
rapidly than otherwise would be the case. Conversely, any decline 
in the value of securities purchased would cause the net asset 
value of the Fund's shares to decrease more rapidly than otherwise 
would be the case. Borrowed money thus creates an opportunity for 
greater capital gain but at the same time increases exposure to 
capital risk. The net cost of any borrowed money would be an 
expense that otherwise would not be incurred, and this expense 
could restrict or eliminate the Fund's net investment income in 
any given period.

Lending of Portfolio Securities

	As stated in the Prospectus, the Fund has the ability to 
lend securities from its portfolio to brokers, dealers and other 
financial organizations. Such loans, if and when made, will not 
exceed 33 1/3% of the Fund's total assets. The Fund may not lend 
its portfolio securities to Smith Barney or its affiliates unless 
it has applied for and received specific authority from the SEC. 
Loans of portfolio securities by the Fund will be collateralized 
by cash, letters of credit or securities issued or guaranteed by 
the United States government, its agencies or instrumentalities 
("U.S. government securities") which will be maintained at all 
times in an amount equal to at least 100% of the current market 
value of the loaned securities. From time to time, the Fund may 
return a part of the interest earned from the investment of 
collateral received for securities loaned to the borrower and/or a 
third party, which is unaffiliated with the Fund or with Smith 
Barney, and which is acting as a "finder."

	In lending its portfolio securities, the Fund can increase 
its income by continuing to receive interest on the loaned 
securities as well as by either investing the cash collateral in 
short-term instruments or obtaining yield in the form of interest 
paid by the borrower when government securities are used as 
collateral. Requirements of the SEC, which may be subject to 
future modifications, currently provide that the following 
conditions must be met whenever portfolio securities are loaned: 
(a) the Fund must receive at least 100% cash collateral or 
equivalent securities from the borrower; (b) the borrower must 
increase such collateral whenever the market value of the 
securities rises above the level of such collateral; (c) the Fund 
must be able to terminate the loan at any time; (d) the Fund must 
receive reasonable interest on the loan, as well as an amount 
equal to any dividends, interest or other distributions on the 
loaned securities, and any increase in market value; (e) the Fund 
may pay only reasonable custodian fees in connection with the 
loan; and (f) voting rights on the loaned securities may pass to 
the borrower; however, if a material event adversely affecting the 
investment occurs, the Fund's Board of Directors must terminate 
the loan and regain the right to vote the securities. The risks in 
lending portfolio securities, as with other extensions of secured 
credit, consist of possible delay in receiving additional 
collateral or in the recovery of the securities or possible loss 
of rights in the collateral should the borrower fail financially. 
Loans will be made to firms deemed by SBMFM to be of good standing 
and will not be made unless, in the judgment of SBMFM the 
consideration to be earned from such loans would justify the risk.

Money Market Instruments

	As stated in the Prospectus, the Fund may invest for 
defensive purposes in corporate and government bonds and notes and 
money market instruments. Money market instruments in which the 
Fund may invest include: U.S. government securities; certificates 
of deposit, time deposits and bankers' acceptances issued by 
domestic banks (including their branches located outside the 
United States and subsidiaries located in Canada), domestic 
branches of foreign banks, savings and loan associations and 
similar institutions; high grade commercial paper; and repurchase 
agreements with respect to the foregoing types of instruments. The 
following is a more detailed description of such money market 
instruments.

	Bank Obligations. Certificates of deposits ("CDs") are 
short-term, negotiable obligations of commercial banks. Time 
deposits ("TDs") are non-negotiable deposits maintained in banking 
institutions for specified periods of time at stated interest 
rates. Bankers' acceptances are time drafts drawn on commercial 
banks by borrowers, usually in connection with international 
transactions.

	Domestic commercial banks organized under Federal law are 
supervised and examined by the Comptroller of the Currency and are 
required to be members of the Federal Reserve System and to be 
insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the "FDIC"). 
Domestic banks organized under state law are supervised and 
examined by state banking authorities but are members of the 
Federal Reserve System only if they elect to join. Most state 
banks are insured by the FDIC (although such insurance may not be 
of material benefit to the Fund, depending upon the principal 
amount of CDs of each bank held by the Fund) and are subject to 
Federal examination and to a substantial body of Federal law and 
regulation. As a result of governmental regulations, domestic 
branches of domestic banks are, among other things, generally 
required to maintain specified levels of reserves, and are subject 
to other supervision and regulation designed to promote financial 
soundness.

	Obligations of foreign branches of domestic banks, such as 
CDs and TDs, may be general obligations of the parent bank in 
addition to the issuing branch, or may be limited by the terms of 
a specific obligation and governmental regulation. Such 
obligations are subject to different risks than are those of 
domestic banks or domestic branches of foreign banks. These risks 
include foreign economic and political developments, foreign 
governmental restrictions that may adversely affect payment of 
principal and interest on the obligations, foreign exchange 
controls and foreign withholding and other taxes on interest 
income. Foreign branches of domestic banks are not necessarily 
subject to the same or similar regulatory requirements that apply 
to domestic banks, such as mandatory reserve requirements, loan 
limitations, and accounting, auditing and financial recordkeeping 
requirements. In addition, less information may be publicly 
available about a foreign branch of a domestic bank than about a 
domestic bank. CDs issued by wholly owned Canadian subsidiaries of 
domestic banks are guaranteed as to repayment of principal and 
interest (but not as to sovereign risk) by the domestic parent 
bank.

	Obligations of domestic branches of foreign banks may be 
general obligations of the parent bank in addition to the issuing 
branch, or may be limited by the terms of a specific obligation 
and by governmental regulation as well as governmental action in 
the country in which the foreign bank has its head office. A 
domestic branch of a foreign bank with assets in excess of $1 
billion may or may not be subject to reserve requirements imposed 
by the Federal Reserve System or by the state in which the branch 
is located if the branch is licensed in that state. In addition, 
branches licensed by the Comptroller of the Currency and branches 
licensed by certain states ("State Branches") may or may not be 
required to: (a) pledge to the regulator by depositing assets with 
a designated bank within the state, an amount of its assets equal 
to 5% of its total liabilities; and (b) maintain assets within the 
state in an amount equal to a specified percentage of the 
aggregate amount of liabilities of the foreign bank payable at or 
through all of its agencies or branches within the state. The 
deposits of State Branches may not necessarily be insured by the 
FDIC. In addition, there may be less publicly available 
information about a domestic branch of a foreign bank than about a 
domestic bank.

	In view of the foregoing factors associated with the 
purchase of CDs and TDs issued by foreign branches of domestic 
banks or by domestic branches of foreign banks, SBMFM will 
carefully evaluate such investments on a case-by-case basis.

	Savings and loans associations whose CDs may be purchased by 
the Fund are supervised by the Office of Thrift Supervision and 
are insured by the Savings Association Insurance Fund which is 
administered by the FDIC and is backed by the full faith and 
credit of the United States government. As a result, such savings 
and loan associations are subject to regulation and examination.

Convertible Securities

	Convertible securities are fixed-income securities that may 
be converted at either a stated price or stated rate into 
underlying shares of common stock. Convertible securities have 
general characteristics similar to both fixed income and equity 
securities. Although to a lesser extent than with fixed income 
securities generally, the market value of convertible securities 
tends to decline as interest rates increase and, conversely, tends 
to increase as interest rates decline. In addition, because of the 
conversion feature, the market value of convertible securities 
tends to vary with fluctuations in the market value of the 
underlying common stocks and therefore also will react to 
variations in the general market for equity securities. A unique 
feature of convertible securities is that as the market price of 
the underlying common stock declines, convertible securities tend 
to trade increasingly on a yield basis, and so may not experience 
market value declines to the same extent as the underlying common 
stock. When the market price of the underlying common stock 
increases, the prices of the convertible securities tend to rise 
as a reflection of the value of the underlying common stock. While 
no securities investments are without risk, investments in 
convertible securities generally entail less risk than investments 
in common stock of the same issuer.

	As fixed-income securities, convertible securities are 
investments that provide for a stable stream of income with 
generally higher yields than common stocks. Of course, like all 
fixed-income securities, there can be no assurance of current 
income because the issuers of the convertible securities may 
default on their obligations. Convertible securities, however, 
generally offer lower interest or dividend yields than non-
convertible securities of similar quality because of the potential 
for capital appreciation. A convertible security, in addition to 
providing fixed income, offers the potential for capital 
appreciation through the conversion feature, which enables the 
holder to benefit from increases in the market price of the 
underlying common stock. There can be no assurance of capital 
appreciation, however, because securities prices fluctuate.

	Convertible securities generally are subordinated to other 
similar but nonconvertible securities of the same issuer, although 
convertible bonds, as corporate debt obligations, enjoy seniority 
in right of payment to all equity securities, and convertible 
preferred stock is senior to common stock, of the same issuer. 
Because of the subordination feature, however, convertible 
securities typically have lower ratings than similar non-
convertible securities.


Warrants

	Because a warrant does not carry with it the right to 
dividends or voting rights with respect to the securities that the 
warrant holder is entitled to purchase, and because it does not 
represent any rights to the assets of the issuer, warrants may be 
considered more speculative than certain other types of 
investments. Also, the value of a warrant does not necessarily 
change with the value of the underlying securities and a warrant 
ceases to have value if it is not exercised prior to its 
expiration date.

Investment Restrictions

	The Fund has adopted the following investment restrictions 
for the protection of shareholders. Restrictions 1 through 8 
cannot be changed without approval by the holders of a majority of 
the outstanding shares of the Fund, defined as the lesser of (a) 
67% or more of the Fund's shares present at a meeting, if the 
holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares are present in 
person or by proxy or (b) more than 50% of the Fund's outstanding 
shares. The remaining restrictions may be changed by the Board of 
Directors at any time. The Fund may not:

1. 	With respect to 75% of the value of its total assets, 
invest more than 5% of its total assets in securities of any 
one issuer, except securities issued or guaranteed by the 
United States government, or purchase more than 10% of the 
outstanding voting securities of such issuer.

2.	Issue senior securities as defined in the 1940 Act and any 
rules and orders thereunder, except insofar as the Fund may 
be deemed to have issued senior securities by reason of: (a) 
borrowing money or purchasing securities on a when-issued or 
delayed-delivery basis, (b) purchasing or selling futures 
contracts and options on futures contracts and other similar 
instruments and (c) issuing separate classes of shares.

3. 	Invest more than 25% of its total assets in 
securities, the issuers of which are in the same industry. 
For purposes of this limitation, U.S. government securities 
and securities of state or municipal governments and their 
political subdivisions are not considered to be issued by 
members of any industry.

4. 	Make loans. This restriction does not apply to: (a) 
the purchase of debt obligations in which the Fund may 
invest consistent with its investment objective and 
policies, (b) repurchase agreements and (c) loans of its 
portfolio securities.

5. 	Engage in the business of underwriting securities 
issued by other persons, except to the extent that the Fund 
may technically be deemed to be an underwriter under the 
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in disposing of 
portfolio securities.

6. 	Purchase or sell real estate, real estate mortgages, 
real estate investment trust securities, commodities or 
commodity contracts, but this shall not prevent the Fund 
from: (a) investing in securities of issuers engaged in the 
real estate business and securities which are secured by 
real estate or interests therein, (b) holding or selling 
real estate received in connection with securities it holds, 
or (c) trading in futures contracts and options on futures 
contracts.

7. 	Purchase any securities on margin (except for such 
short-term credits as are necessary for the clearance of 
purchases and sales of portfolio securities) or sell any 
securities short (except against the box). For purposes of 
this restriction, the deposit or payment by the Fund of 
initial or maintenance margin in connection with futures 
contracts and related options and options on securities is 
not considered to be the purchase of a security on margin.

8. 	Borrow money in excess of 33 1/3% of the total value 
of its assets (including the amount borrowed) less its 
liabilities (not including its borrowings).

9.	Purchase or otherwise acquire any security if, as a result, 
more than 15% of its net assets would be invested in 
securities that are illiquid.

10.	Invest more than 5% of the value of its net assets 
(valued at the lower of cost or market) in warrants, of 
which no more than 2% of net assets may be invested in 
warrants not listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. 
(the "NYSE") or the American Stock Exchange. The acquisition 
of warrants attached to other securities is not subject to 
this restriction.

11. 	Purchase, sell or write put, call, straddle or spread 
options.

12. 	Purchase participations or other direct interests in 
oil, gas or other mineral exploration or development 
programs.

13. 	Invest in securities of other investment companies, 
except as they may be acquired as part of a merger, 
consolidation or acquisition of assets. 

14. 	Invest in companies for the purpose of exercising 
management or control. 

15.	Purchase or hold the securities of any issuer if those 
officers or Directors of the Fund, or of SBMFM, who 
individually own beneficially more than 1/2 of 1% of the 
outstanding securities of the issuer, together own 
beneficially more than 5% of those securities. 

16.	Invest more than 5% of the value of its total assets 
in securities of issuers having a record of fewer than three 
years of continual operation except that the restriction 
will not apply to U.S. government securities. (For purposes 
of this restriction, issuers include predecessors, sponsors, 
controlling persons, general partners, and guarantors of 
underlying assets.) 

   
	Certain restrictions listed above permit the Fund without 
shareholder approval to engage in investment practices that the 
Fund does not currently pursue. The Fund has no present intention 
of altering its current investment practices as otherwise 
described in the Prospectus and this Statement of Additional 
Information and any future change in these practices would require 
Board approval. If any percentage restriction described above is 
complied with at the time of an investment, a later increase or 
decrease in percentage resulting from a change in values or assets 
will not constitute a violation of such restriction.
    

Portfolio Turnover

   
	The Fund's investment policies may result in its 
experiencing a greater portfolio turnover rate than those of 
investment companies that seek to produce income or to maintain a 
balanced investment position. Although the Fund's portfolio 
turnover rate cannot be predicted and will vary from year to year, 
SBMFM expects that the Fund's annual portfolio turnover rate may 
exceed 100%, but will not exceed 200%. A 100% portfolio turnover 
rate would occur, for instance, if all securities in the Fund's 
portfolio were replaced once during a period of one year. A high 
rate of portfolio turnover in any year will increase brokerage 
commissions paid and could result in high amounts of realized 
investment gain subject to the payment of taxes by shareholders. 
Any realized short-term investment gain will be taxed to 
shareholders as ordinary income. For the 1995, 1996 and 1997 
fiscal years, the Fund's portfolio turnover rates were 44%, 13% 
and 6%, respectively.
    

Portfolio Transactions

	Decisions to buy and sell securities for the Fund are made 
by SBMFM, subject to the overall supervision and review of the 
Fund's Board of Directors. Portfolio securities transactions for 
the Fund are effected by or under the supervision of SBMFM.

   
	Transactions on stock exchanges involve the payment of 
negotiated brokerage commissions. There is generally no stated 
commission in the case of securities traded in the over-the-
counter markets, but the price of those securities includes an 
undisclosed commission or mark-up. The cost of securities 
purchased from underwriters includes an underwriting commission or 
concession, and the prices at which securities are purchased from 
and sold to dealers include a dealer's mark-up or mark-down. For 
the 1995, 1996 and 1997 fiscal years, the Fund paid $210,164, 
$147,324 and $101,369, respectively, in brokerage commissions.
    

	In executing portfolio transactions and selecting brokers or 
dealers, it is the Fund's policy to seek the best overall terms 
available. The Advisory Agreement between the Fund and SBMFM 
provides that, in assessing the best overall terms available for 
any transaction, SBMFM shall consider the factors it deems 
relevant, including the breadth of the market in the security, the 
price of the security, the financial condition and execution 
capability of the broker or dealer, and the reasonableness of the 
commission, if any, for the specific transaction and on a 
continuing basis. In addition, the Advisory Agreement authorizes 
SBMFM, in selecting brokers or dealers to execute a particular 
transaction and in evaluating the best overall terms available, to 
consider the brokerage and research services (as those terms are 
defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 
provided to the Fund and/or other accounts over which SBMFM or an 
affiliate exercises investment discretion.

	The Fund's Board of Directors will periodically review the 
commissions paid by the Fund to determine if the commissions paid 
over representative periods of time were reasonable in relation to 
the benefits inuring to the Fund. It is possible that certain of 
the services received will primarily benefit one or more other 
accounts for which investment discretion is exercised. Conversely, 
the Fund may be the primary beneficiary of services received as a 
result of portfolio transactions effected for other accounts. 
SBMFM's fee under the Advisory Agreement is not reduced by reason 
of SBMFM's receiving such brokerage and research services.

   
	The Fund's Board of Directors has determined that any 
portfolio transaction for the Fund may be executed through Smith 
Barney if, in SBMFM's judgment, the use of Smith Barney is likely 
to result in price and execution at least as favorable as those of 
other qualified brokers, and if, in the transaction, Smith Barney 
charges the Fund a commission rate consistent with that charged by 
Smith Barney to comparable unaffiliated customers in similar 
transactions. In addition, under SEC rules, Smith Barney may 
directly execute such transactions for the Fund on the floor of 
any national securities exchange, provided (a) the Board of 
Directors has expressly authorized Smith Barney to effect such 
transactions and (b) Smith Barney annually advises the Fund of the 
aggregate compensation it earned on such transactions. Smith 
Barney will not participate in commissions from brokerage given by 
the Fund to other brokers or dealers and will not receive any 
reciprocal brokerage business resulting therefrom. Over-the-
counter purchases and sales are transacted directly with principal 
market makers except in those cases in which better prices and 
executions may be obtained elsewhere. For the 1995, 1996 and 1997 
fiscal years, the Fund paid $23,768, $3,000 and $0, respectively, 
in brokerage commissions to Smith Barney. For the 1997 fiscal 
year, Smith Barney received 0% of the brokerage commissions paid 
by the Fund and effected 0% of the total dollar amount of 
transactions for the Fund involving the payment of brokerage 
commissions.
    

	Even though investment decisions for the Fund are made 
independently from those of the other accounts managed by SBMFM, 
investments of the kind made by the Fund also may be made by those 
other accounts. When the Fund and one or more accounts managed by 
SBMFM are prepared to invest in, or desire to dispose of, the same 
security, available investments or opportunities for sales will be 
allocated in a manner believed by SBMFM to be equitable. In some 
cases, this procedure may adversely affect the price paid or 
received by the Fund or the size of the position obtained for or 
disposed of by the Fund.


PURCHASE OF SHARES

Volume Discounts

	The schedule of sales charges on Class A shares described in 
the Prospectus applies to purchases made by any "purchaser," which 
is defined to include the following: (a) an individual; (b) an 
individual's spouse and his or her children purchasing shares for 
his or her own account; (c) a trustee or other fiduciary 
purchasing shares for a single trust estate or single fiduciary 
account; (d) a pension, profit-sharing or other employee benefit 
plan qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and qualified employee benefit 
plans of employers who are "affiliated persons" of each other 
within the meaning of the 1940 Act; (e) tax-exempt organizations 
enumerated in Section 501(c)(3) or (13) of the Code; and (f) a 
trustee or other professional fiduciary (including a bank, or an 
investment adviser registered with the SEC under the Investment 
Advisers Act of 1940, as amended) purchasing shares of the Fund 
for one or more trust estates or fiduciary accounts. Purchasers 
who wish to combine purchase orders to take advantage of volume 
discounts should contact a Smith Barney Financial Consultant.

Combined Right of Accumulation

Reduced sales charges, in accordance with the schedule in the 
Prospectus, apply to any purchase of Class A shares if the 
aggregate investment in Class A shares of the Fund and in Class A 
shares of other funds of the Smith Barney Mutual Funds that are 
offered with a sales charge, including the purchase being made, of 
any purchaser is $25,000 or more. The reduced sales charge is 
subject to confirmation of the shareholder's holdings through a 
check of appropriate records. The Fund reserves the right to 
terminate or amend the combined rights of accumulation at any time 
after written notice to shareholders. For further information 
regarding the right of accumulation, shareholders should contact a 
Smith Barney Financial Consultant.

Determination of Public Offering Price

	The Fund offers its shares to the public on a continuous 
basis. The public offering price for a Class A, Class Y and Class 
Z share of the Fund is equal to the net asset value per share at 
the time of purchase, plus for Class A shares an initial sales 
charge based on the aggregate amount of the investment. The public 
offering price for a Class B and Class C share (and Class A share 
purchases, including applicable rights of accumulation, equaling 
or exceeding $500,000), is equal to the net asset value per share 
at the time of purchase and no sales charge is imposed at the time 
of purchase. A contingent deferred sales charge ("CDSC"), however, 
is imposed on certain redemptions of Class B and Class C shares, 
and of Class A shares when purchased in amounts equaling or 
exceeding $500,000. The method of computation of the public 
offering price is shown in the Fund's financial statements 
incorporated by reference in their entirety into this Statement of 
Additional Information.


REDEMPTION OF SHARES

	The right of redemption may be suspended or the date of 
payment postponed (a) for any period during which the NYSE is 
closed (other than for customary weekend or holiday closings), (b) 
when trading in markets the Fund normally utilizes is restricted, 
or an emergency exists, as determined by the SEC, so that disposal 
of the Fund's investments or determination of net asset value is 
not reasonably practicable or (c) for such other periods as the 
SEC by order may permit for the protection of the Fund's 
shareholders.

Distributions in Kind

	If the Board of Directors of the Fund determines that it 
would be detrimental to the best interests of the remaining 
shareholders of the Fund to make a redemption payment wholly in 
cash, the Fund may pay, in accordance with SEC rules, any portion 
of a redemption in excess of the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the 
Fund's net assets by distribution in kind of portfolio securities 
in lieu of cash. Securities issued as a distribution in kind may 
incur brokerage commissions when shareholders subsequently sell 
those securities.

Automatic Cash Withdrawal Plan

	An automatic cash withdrawal plan (the "Withdrawal Plan") is 
available to shareholders who own shares with a value of at least 
$10,000 ($5,000 for retirement plan accounts) and who wish to 
receive specific amounts of cash monthly or quarterly. Withdrawals 
of at least $100 may be made under the Withdrawal Plan by 
redeeming as many shares of the Fund as may be necessary to cover 
the stipulated withdrawal payment. Any applicable CDSC will not be 
waived on amounts withdrawn by shareholders that exceed 1.00% per 
month of the value of a shareholder's shares at the time the 
Withdrawal Plan commences. (With respect to Withdrawal Plans in 
effect prior to November 7, 1994 any applicable CDSC will be 
waived on amounts withdrawn that do not exceed 2.00% per month of 
the value of a shareholder's shares at the time the Withdrawal 
Plan commences.) To the extent withdrawals exceed dividends, 
distributions and appreciation of a shareholder's investment in 
the Fund, there will be a reduction in the value of the 
shareholder's investment and continued withdrawal payments will 
reduce the shareholder's investment and ultimately may exhaust it. 
Withdrawal payments should not be considered as income from 
investment in the Fund. Furthermore, as it generally would not be 
advantageous to a shareholder to make additional investments in 
the Fund at the same time that he or she is participating in the 
Withdrawal Plan, purchases by such shareholders in amounts of less 
than $5,000 ordinarily will not be permitted.

	Shareholders who wish to participate in the Withdrawal Plan 
and who hold their shares in certificate form must deposit their 
share certificates with First Data as agent for Withdrawal Plan 
members. All dividends and distributions on shares in the 
Withdrawal Plan are reinvested automatically at net asset value in 
additional shares of the Fund.  A shareholder who purchases shares 
directly through First Data may continue to do so and applications 
for participation in the Withdrawal Plan must be received by First 
Data no later than the eighth day of the month to be eligible for 
participation beginning with that month's withdrawal. For 
additional information, shareholders should contact a Smith Barney 
Financial Consultant.


DISTRIBUTOR

   
	Smith Barney serves as the Fund's distributor on a best 
efforts basis pursuant to a written agreement (the "Distribution 
Agreement"), which was most recently approved by the Fund's Board 
of Directors on July 24, 1997. For the 1995, 1996 and 1997 fiscal 
years, Smith Barney received $476,500, $834,000 and $2,996,866, 
respectively, in sales charges for the sale of Class A shares, and 
did not reallow any portion thereof to dealers. For the 1995, 1996 
and 1997 fiscal years, Smith Barney received from shareholders 
$154,700, $237,000 and $497,000, respectively, in CDSC on the 
redemption of Class B shares.
    

	When payment is made by the investor before settlement date, 
unless otherwise directed by the investor, the funds will be held 
as a free credit balance in the investor's brokerage account and 
Smith Barney may benefit from the temporary use of the funds. The 
investor may designate another use for the funds prior to 
settlement date, such as an investment in a money market fund 
(other than Smith Barney Exchange Reserve Fund) of the Smith 
Barney Mutual Funds. If the investor instructs Smith Barney to 
invest the funds in a Smith Barney money market fund, the amount 
of the investment will be included as part of the average daily 
net assets of both the Fund and the Smith Barney money market 
fund, and affiliates of Smith Barney that serve the funds in an 
investment advisory capacity or administrative capacity will 
benefit from the fact that they are receiving fees from both such 
investment companies for managing these assets computed on the 
basis of their average daily net assets. The Fund's Board of 
Directors has been advised of the benefits to Smith Barney 
resulting from these settlement procedures and will take such 
benefits into consideration when reviewing the Advisory, 
Administration and Distribution Agreements for continuance.

   
	For the fiscal year ended August 31, 1997, Smith Barney 
incurred distribution expenses totaling approximately $4,771,657, 
consisting of approximately $166,095 for advertising, $21,496 for 
printing and mailing prospectuses, $1,255,230 for support services 
and overhead expenses, $2,968,986 to Smith Barney to compensate 
financial consultants and $359,850 for accruals for interest on 
the excess of Smith Barney expenses incurred in distribution of 
the Fund's shares over the sum of the distribution fees and CDSC 
received by Smith Barney. 
    

Distribution Arrangements

	To compensate Smith Barney for the services it provides and 
for the expense it bears under the Distribution Agreement, the 
Fund has adopted a services and distribution plan (the "Plan") 
pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Under the Plan, the 
Fund pays Smith Barney a service fee, accrued daily and paid 
monthly, calculated at the annual rate of 0.25% of the value of 
the Fund's average daily net assets attributable to the Class A, 
Class B and Class C shares. In addition, the Fund pays Smith 
Barney a distribution fee with respect to Class B and Class C 
shares primarily intended to compensate Smith Barney for its 
initial expense of paying Financial Consultants a commission upon 
sales of those shares. The Class B and Class C distribution fee is 
calculated at the annual rate of 0.75% of the value of the Fund's 
average net assets attributable to the shares of the respective 
Class.

   
	For the fiscal year ended August 31, 1997, the Fund incurred 
$717,814 and $400,318 in service fees for Class A and Class B 
shares, respectively.  For the fiscal years ended August 31, 1995, 
1996 and 1997, the Fund incurred  $45,155, $181,560 and $169,445, 
respectively, in service fees for its Class C shares.  For the 
fiscal years ended August 31, 1995, 1996 and 1997, the Fund 
incurred $1,095, $453,832 and 1,601,273 for Class B shares and 
$980,293, $544,679 and $677,779 for Class C shares, respectively, 
in distribution fees.
    

	Under its terms, the Plan continues from year to year, 
provided such continuance is approved annually by vote of the 
Board of Directors, including a majority of the Directors who are 
not interested persons of the Fund and who have no direct or 
indirect financial interest in the operation of the Plan or in the 
Distribution Agreement (the "Independent Directors"). The Plan may 
not be amended to increase the amount of the service and 
distribution fees without shareholder approval, and all material 
amendments of the Plan also must be approved by the Directors and 
Independent Directors in the manner described above. The Plan may 
be terminated with respect to a Class of the Fund at any time, 
without penalty, by vote of a majority of the Independent 
Directors or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting 
securities of the Class (as defined in the 1940 Act). Pursuant to 
the Plan, Smith Barney will provide the Fund's Board of Directors 
with periodic reports of amounts expended under the Plan and the 
purpose for which such expenditures were made.


VALUATION OF SHARES

   
	Each Class' net asset value per share is calculated on each 
day, Monday through Friday, except days on which the NYSE is 
closed. The NYSE currently is scheduled to be closed on New Year's 
Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, 
Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and 
Christmas, and on the preceding Friday or subsequent Monday when 
one of these holidays falls on a Saturday or Sunday, respectively. 
Because of the differences in distribution fees and Class-specific 
expenses, the per share net asset value of each Class may differ. 
The following is a description of the procedures used by the Fund 
in valuing its assets.
    

	Securities listed on a national securities exchange will be 
valued on the basis of the last sale on the date on which the 
valuation is made or, in the absence of sales, at the mean between 
the closing bid and asked prices. Over-the-counter securities will 
be valued on the basis of the bid price at the close of business 
on each day, or, if market quotations for those securities are not 
readily available, at fair value, as determined in good faith by 
the Fund's Board of Directors. Short-term obligations with 
maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which 
constitutes fair value as determined by the Fund's Board of 
Directors. Amortized cost involves valuing an instrument at its 
original cost to the Fund and thereafter assuming a constant 
amortization to maturity of any discount or premium, regardless of 
the effect of fluctuating interest rates on the market value of 
the instrument. All other securities and other assets of the Fund 
will be valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the 
Fund's Board of Directors.


EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE

Shareholders of any fund of the Smith Barney Mutual Funds may 
exchange all or part of their shares for shares of the same class 
of other funds of the Smith Barney Mutual Funds, to the extent 
such shares are offered for sale in the shareholder's state of 
residence, on the basis of relative net asset value per share at 
the time of exchange, except that Class B shares of the Fund 
exchanged for Class B shares of another fund will be subject to 
the higher applicable CDSC of the two funds and, for purposes of 
calculating CDSC rates and conversion periods, will be deemed to 
have been held since the date the shares being exchanged were 
deemed to be purchased. 

   
    

	The exchange privilege enables shareholders to acquire 
shares of the same Class in a fund with different investment 
objectives when they believe that a shift between funds is an 
appropriate investment decision. This privilege is available to 
shareholders residing in any state in which the fund shares being 
acquired may legally be sold. Prior to any exchange, the 
shareholder should obtain and review a copy of the current 
prospectus of each fund into which an exchange is being 
considered. Prospectuses may be obtained from a Smith Barney 
Financial Consultant.

	Upon receipt of proper instructions and all necessary 
supporting documents, shares submitted for exchange are redeemed 
at the then-current net asset value and, subject to any applicable 
CDSC, the proceeds are immediately invested, at a price as 
described above, in shares of the fund being acquired. Smith 
Barney reserves the right to reject any exchange request. The 
exchange privilege may be modified or terminated at any time after 
written notice to shareholders. 


PERFORMANCE DATA

	From time to time, the Fund may quote total return of the 
Classes in advertisements or in reports and other communications 
to shareholders. The Fund may include comparative performance 
information in advertising or marketing the Fund's shares. Such 
performance information may include data from the following 
industry and financial publications:  Barron's, Business Week, CDA 
Investment Technologies, Inc., Changing Times, Forbes, Fortune, 
Institutional Investor, Investors Daily, Money, Morningstar Mutual 
Fund Values, The New York Times, USA Today and The Wall Street 
Journal.  To the extent any advertisement or sales literature of 
the Fund describes the expenses or performance of Class A, Class 
B, Class C or Class Y, it will also disclose such information for 
the other Classes.

Average Annual Total Return

	"Average annual total return" figures are computed according 
to a formula prescribed by the SEC. The formula can be expressed 
as follows:

			P(1 + T)n = ERV

	Where:	P	=	a hypothetical initial payment of 
$1,000.
		T 	=	average annual total return. 
		n	= 	number of years. 
ERV	=	Ending Redeemable Value of a hypothetical 
$1,000 investment made at the beginning of a 1-, 
5-, or 10-year period at the end of the 1-, 5-, 
or 10-year period (or fractional portion 
thereof), assuming reinvestment of all dividends 
and distributions. 

   
Class A's average annual total return was as follows for the 
periods indicated:

41.67%	for the one-year period beginning on September 1, 1996 
through August 31, 1997;

19.57%	per annum during the five-year period beginning on 
September 1, 1992 through August 31, 1997; and 

12.44%	 per annum during the ten-year period beginning on 
September 1, 1987 through August 31, 1997.

	Class B's average annual total return was as follows for the 
periods indicated:

42.94%	for the one-year period beginning on September 1, 1996 
through August 31, 1997; and

18.66%	per annum from November 6, 1992 through August 31, 
1997.

	Class C's average annual total return was as follows for the 
periods indicated:

46.97%	for the one-year period beginning on September 1, 1996 
through August 31, 1997; and

20.43%	per annum from May 13, 1993 through August 31, 1997.

Class Y's average annual total return was as follows for the 
periods indicated:

49.64%	for the one-year period beginning on September 1, 1996 
through August 31, 1997; and

20.54%	per annum for the period from January 31, 1996 through 
August 31, 1997.


	Class Z's average annual total return was as follows for the 
periods indicated:

49.61%	for the one-year period beginning on September 1, 1996 
through August 31, 1997; and

20.09%	per annum from November 6, 1992 through August 31, 
1997.

	Average annual total return figures calculated in accordance 
with the above formula assume that the maximum 5.00% sales charge 
or maximum applicable CDSC, as the case may be, has been deducted 
from the hypothetical investment.

Aggregate Total Return

	"Aggregate total return" figures represent the cumulative 
change in the value of an investment in the Class for the 
specified period and are computed by the following formula:

				ERV-P
AGGREGATE TOTAL RETURN =    P

	Where: 	P	= 	a hypothetical initial payment of 
$10,000. 
ERV	=	Ending Redeemable Value of a hypothetical 
$10,000 investment made at the beginning of the 
1-, 5-, or 10-year period at the end of the 1-, 
5-, or 10-year period (or fractional portion 
thereof), assuming reinvestment of all dividends 
and distributions.

	Class A's aggregate total return was as follows for the 
periods indicated:

49.11%	for the one-year period from September 1, 1996 through 
August 31, 1997.

157.31%	for the five-year period from September 1, 1992 
through August 31, 1997; and 

240.03%	for the ten-year period from September 1, 1987 through 
August 31, 1997.

	These aggregate total return figures do not assume the 
maximum 5.00% sales charge has been deducted from the investment 
at the time of purchase. If the maximum sales charge had been 
deducted at the time of purchase, the Fund's aggregate total 
return for those same periods would have been 41.67%, 144.41% and 
223.01%, respectively.
	
	Class B's aggregate total return was as follows for the 
periods indicated:

47.94%	for one-year period from September 1, 1996 through 
August 31, 1997; and

129.06%	for the period from November 6, 1992 through August 
31, 1997.

	Class B's aggregate total return figures assume that the 
maximum applicable CDSC has not been deducted from the investment 
at the time of purchase. If the maximum applicable CDSC had been 
reflected, Class B's aggregate total return for the same periods 
would have been 42.94% and 128.06%, respectively.
	
	Class C's aggregate total return was as follows for the 
periods indicated:

47.97%	for the one-year period from September 1, 1996 through 
August 31, 1997; and

122.61%	for the period from May 13, 1993 through August 31, 
1997.

Class Y's aggregate total return was as follows for the periods 
indicated:

49.64%	for the one-year period beginning on September 1, 1996 
through August 31, 1997; and

34.49%	per annum for the period from January 31, 1996 through 
August 31, 1997.

	Class Z's aggregate total return was as follows for the 
periods indicated:

49.61%	for the one-year period from September 1, 1996 through 
August 31, 1997; and

141.63%	for the period from November 6, 1992 through August 
31, 1997.
    

	Performance will vary from time to time depending upon 
market conditions, the composition of the Fund's portfolio, 
operating expenses and the expenses exclusively attributable to 
the Class. Consequently, any given performance quotation should 
not be considered representative of the Class' performance for any 
specified period in the future. Because performance will vary, it 
may not provide a basis for comparing an investment in the Class 
with certain bank deposits or other investments that pay a fixed 
yield for a stated period of time. Investors comparing the Class' 
performance with that of other mutual funds should give 
consideration to the quality and maturity of the respective 
investment companies' portfolio securities.

	It is important to note that the total return figures set 
forth above are based on historical earnings and are not intended 
to indicate future performance.


TAXES

	The following is a summary of certain Federal income tax 
considerations that may affect the Fund and its shareholders. The 
summary is not intended as a substitute for individual tax advice 
and investors are urged to consult their own tax advisers as to 
the tax consequences of an investment in the Fund.

	The Fund has qualified and intends to continue to qualify 
each year as a regulated investment company under the Code. 
Provided that the Fund (a) is a regulated investment company and 
(b) distributes at least 90% of its net investment income 
(including, for this purpose, net realized short-term capital 
gains), the Fund will not be liable for Federal income taxes to 
the extent its net investment income and its net realized long- 
and short-term capital gains, if any, are distributed to its 
shareholders. Although the Fund expects to be relieved of all or 
substantially all Federal, state, and local income or franchise 
taxes, depending upon the extent of its activities in states and 
localities in which its offices are maintained, in which its 
agents or independent contractors are located, or in which it is 
otherwise deemed to be conducting business, that portion of the 
Fund's income which is treated as earned in any such state or 
locality could be subject to state and local taxes. Any such taxes 
paid by the Fund would reduce the amount of income and gains 
available for distribution to shareholders. All net investment 
income and net capital gains earned by the Fund will be reinvested 
automatically in additional shares of the same Class of the Fund 
at net asset value, unless the shareholder elects to receive 
dividends and distributions in cash.

	Gains or losses on the sales of securities by the Fund 
generally will be long-term capital gains or losses if the Fund 
has held the securities for more than one year. Gains or losses on 
the sales of securities held for not more than one year generally 
will be short-term capital gains or losses. If the Fund acquires a 
debt security at a substantial discount, a portion of any gain 
upon the sale or redemption will be taxed as ordinary income, 
rather than capital gain to the extent it reflects accrued market 
discount.

	Dividends of net investment income and distributions of net 
realized short-term capital gains will be taxable to shareholders 
as ordinary income for Federal income tax purposes, whether 
received in cash or reinvested in additional shares. Dividends 
received by corporate shareholders will qualify for the dividends-
received deduction only to the extent that the Fund designates the 
amount distributed as a dividend and the amount so designated does 
not exceed the aggregate amount of dividends received by the Fund 
from domestic corporations for the taxable year. The Federal 
dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders may be 
further reduced or disallowed if the shares with respect to which 
dividends are received are treated as debt financed or are deemed 
to have been held for less than 46 days.

	Foreign countries may impose withholding and other taxes on 
dividends and interest paid to the Fund with respect to 
investments in foreign securities. However, certain foreign 
countries have entered into tax conventions with the United States 
to reduce or eliminate such taxes.

	Distributions of long-term capital gains will be taxable to 
shareholders as such, whether paid in cash or reinvested in 
additional shares and regardless of the length of time that the 
shareholder has held his or her interest in the Fund. If a 
shareholder receives a distribution taxable as long-term capital 
gain with respect to his or her investment in the Fund and redeems 
or exchanges the shares before he or she has held them for more 
than six months, any loss on the redemption or exchange that is 
less than or equal to the amount of the distribution will be 
treated as a long-term capital loss.

   
	A portion of long-term capital gains may be designated as 
eligible for the 20% maximum capital gains tax rate on gains 
realized by individuals from capital assets held for more than 18 
months.
    

	If a shareholder (a) incurs a sales charge in acquiring or 
redeeming shares of the Fund, (b) disposes of those shares within 
90 days and (c) acquires shares in a mutual fund for which the 
otherwise applicable sales charge is reduced by reason of a 
reinvestment right (i.e., exchange privilege), the original sales 
charge increases the shareholder's tax basis in the original 
shares only to the extent the otherwise applicable sales charge 
for the second acquisition is not reduced. The portion of the 
original sales charge that does not increase the shareholder's tax 
basis in the original shares would be treated as incurred with 
respect to the second acquisition and, as a general rule, would 
increase the shareholder's tax basis in the newly acquired shares. 
Furthermore, the same rule also applies to a disposition of the 
newly acquired or redeemed shares made within 90 days of the 
second acquisition. This provision prevents a shareholder from 
immediately deducting the sales charge by shifting his or her 
investment in a family of mutual funds.

	Investors considering buying shares of the Fund on or just 
prior to a record date for a taxable dividend or capital gain 
distribution should be aware that, regardless of whether the price 
of the Fund shares to be purchased reflects the amount of the 
forthcoming dividend or distribution payment, any such payment 
will be a taxable dividend or distribution payment.

	If a shareholder fails to furnish a correct taxpayer 
identification number, fails to report dividend and interest 
income in full, or fails to certify that he or she has provided a 
correct taxpayer identification number and that he or she is not 
subject to such withholding, the shareholder may be subject to a 
31% "backup withholding" tax with respect to (a) any taxable 
dividends and distributions and (b) any proceeds of any redemption 
of Fund shares. An individual's taxpayer identification number is 
his or her social security number. The backup withholding tax is 
not an additional tax and may be credited against a shareholder's 
regular Federal income tax liability.

	The foregoing is only a summary of certain tax 
considerations generally affecting the Fund and its shareholders 
and is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. 
Shareholders are urged to consult their tax advisers with specific 
reference to their own tax situations, including their state and 
local tax liabilities.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

	The Fund was incorporated on May 12, 1983 under the name 
Shearson Aggressive Growth Fund Inc. On May 20, 1988, November 6, 
1992, July 30, 1993 and October 14, 1994, the Fund changed its 
name to Shearson Lehman Aggressive Growth Fund Inc., Shearson 
Lehman Brothers Aggressive Growth Fund Inc., Smith Barney Shearson 
Aggressive Growth Fund Inc. and Smith Barney Aggressive Growth 
Fund Inc., respectively.

	PNC Bank is located at 17th and Chestnut Street, 
Philadelphia, PA 19103, and serves as the custodian of the Fund. 
Under its agreement with the Fund, PNC Bank holds the Fund's 
portfolio securities and keeps all necessary accounts and records. 
For its services, PNC Bank receives a monthly fee based upon the 
month-end market value of securities held in custody and also 
receives securities transaction charges. PNC Bank is authorized to 
establish separate accounts for foreign securities owned by the 
Fund to be held with foreign branches of other domestic banks as 
well as with certain foreign banks and securities depositories. 
The assets of the Fund are held under bank custodianship in 
compliance with the 1940 Act.

	First Data is located at Exchange Place, Boston, 
Massachusetts 02109, and serves as the Fund's transfer agent. 
Under the transfer agency agreement, First Data maintains the 
shareholder account records for the Fund, handles certain 
communications between shareholders and the Fund and distributes 
dividends and distributions payable by the Fund. For these 
services, First Data receives a monthly fee computed on the basis 
of the number of shareholder accounts it maintains for the Fund 
during the month and is reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses.


FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

   
	The Fund's Annual Report for the fiscal year ended August 
31, 1997, accompanies this Statement of Additional Information and 
is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

    
   




						Smith Barney
						Aggressive
						Growth Fund Inc.



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December 29, 1997
    















Smith Barney
Aggressive Growth Fund Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY  10013
								SMITH BARNEY
								A Member of Travelers Group