As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25, 2010
1933 Act File No.  333-30810
1940 Act File No.  811-09819

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933   [X]

Post-Effective Amendment No. 31   [X]

and

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT
OF 1940   [X]

Amendment No. 32   [X]

STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT TRUST

P.O. Box 5501, Boston, Massachusetts 02206
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(617) 662-1742
(Registrant’s Telephone Number)

David James, Secretary
State Street Bank and Trust Company
4 Copley Place, 5 th floor
Boston, MA 02116

 (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copy to:

Timothy W. Diggins, Esq.
Ropes & Gray LLP
One International Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2624

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
 
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If appropriate, check the following box:
 
 
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State Street Institutional Investment Trust
 

 
STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL LIQUID RESERVES FUND (SSIXX)
STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL TAX FREE MONEY MARKET FUND (SSTXX)
STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL U.S. GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET FUND (GVMXX)
STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL TREASURY MONEY MARKET FUND (TRIXX)
STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL TREASURY PLUS MONEY MARKET FUND (TPIXX)
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
 

 
Prospectus Dated April __, 2010
 

 
THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION HAS NOT APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
 
AN INVESTMENT IN ANY OF THE FUNDS OFFERED BY THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT A BANK DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY. ALTHOUGH THE FUNDS SEEK TO PRESERVE THE VALUE OF YOUR INVESTMENT AT $1.00 PER SHARE, IT IS POSSIBLE TO LOSE MONEY BY INVESTING IN THE FUNDS.
 
EACH FUND OFFERS THREE CLASSES OF SHARES:  INSTITUTIONAL CLASS, INVESTMENT CLASS AND SERVICE CLASS. THIS PROSPECTUS COVERS ONLY THE INSTITUTIONAL CLASS.
 

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Fund Summaries
3
State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund
4
State Street Institutional Tax Free Money Market Fund
7
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund
10
State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund
13
State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund
15
Other Information
18
Additional Information About Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds and Portfolios
19
Additional Information About the Funds’ and Portfolios’ Investment Strategies and Risks
21
Management and Organization
25
Shareholder  Information
25
Portfolio Holdings Disclosure
25
Payments to Financial Intermediaries
28
Dividends, Distributions and Tax Considerations
28
Financial Highlights
30
 
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Fund Summaries
 
This section of the Prospectus is composed of a summary description of each Fund. Additional information about each Fund may be found in the other sections of this Prospectus, the first of which begins on page __ of this Prospectus, as well as the Statement of Additional Information dated April __, 2010 applicable to that Fund.
 
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STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL LIQUID RESERVES FUND
 
Investment Objective
 
The investment objective of State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund (the “ILR Fund” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Fund”) is to seek to maximize current income, to the extent consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity and the maintenance of a stable $1.00 per share net asset value (“NAV”) by investing in U.S. dollar-denominated money market securities. There is no assurance the Fund will be able to maintain a stable NAV per share, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund.
 
The investment objective of the ILR Fund as stated above may be changed without shareholder approval.
 
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
 
The table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Institutional Class of the ILR Fund. As a shareholder in the State Street Money Market Portfolio (the “Money Market Portfolio” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Portfolio”), the Fund bears its ratable share of the Portfolio’s expenses, including advisory and administrative fees, and at the same time continues to pay its own fees and expenses. The table and the Example reflect the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.
 
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) (1)
 
Management Fees
    0.10 %
Other Expenses
 
__
%  
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (2)  
 
___
%
Less Reimbursement (2)  
 
___
%
Total Annual Net Operating Expenses (2)  
 
___
%
 
(1)
Amounts reflect the total expenses of the Money Market Portfolio and the Fund.

(2)
The Adviser has contractually agreed to cap the ILR Fund’s Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding taxes, interest and extraordinary expenses) attributable to the Institutional Class to the extent that expenses exceed 0.12% of Institutional Class net assets, through April 30, 2011.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the ILR Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that all dividends and distributions are reinvested, and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 Year
 
3 Years
   
5 Years
   
10 Years
 
$
___
  $ ___     $ ___     $ ___  

Principal Investment Strategies

The ILR Fund invests substantially all of its investable assets in the Money Market Portfolio.

The Money Market Portfolio follows a disciplined investment process in which the Portfolio’s investment adviser bases its decisions on the relative attractiveness of different money market instruments. In the adviser’s opinion, the attractiveness of an instrument may vary depending on the general level of interest rates, as well as imbalances of supply and demand in the market. The Portfolio invests in accordance with regulatory requirements applicable to money market funds, which impose strict conditions on the quality of portfolio securities, the maturity of individual securities and the portfolio as a whole, and portfolio diversification.

The Portfolio attempts to meet its investment objective by investing in a broad range of money market instruments. The Portfolio considers the following instruments or investment strategies to be principal to the achievement of its investment objective: U.S. government securities, including U.S. Treasury bills, notes and bonds and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies; certificates of deposits and time deposits of U.S. and foreign banks; commercial paper and other high quality obligations of U.S. or foreign companies; asset-backed securities, including asset-backed commercial paper; and repurchase agreements. These instruments may bear fixed, variable or floating rates of interest or may be zero coupon securities. The Portfolio also may invest in shares of other money market funds, including funds advised by the fund’s investment adviser. Under normal market conditions, the Portfolio intends to invest more than 25% of its total assets in bank obligations.
 
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Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.  Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.

Risks of Investing Principally in Money Market Instruments:

 
Interest Rate Risk—The risk that interest rates will rise, causing the value of the Portfolio’s investments to fall. Also, the risk that as interest rates decline, the income that the Portfolio receives on its new investments generally will decline.

 
Credit Risk—The risk that an issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of an instrument will fail, including the perception that such an entity will fail, to make scheduled interest or principal payments, which may reduce the Portfolio’s income and the market value of the instrument.

 
Liquidity Risk—The risk that the Portfolio may not be able to sell some or all of its securities at desired prices, or may be unable to sell the securities at all, because of a lack of demand in the market for such securities, or a liquidity provider defaults on its obligation to purchase the securities when properly tendered by the Portfolio.

 
Risk Associated with Maintaining a Stable Share Price:   To the extent that the aggregate market value of the Portfolio’s assets materially varies from the aggregate of the acquisition prices of those assets, the Fund may not be able to maintain a stable share price of $1.00.  This risk typically is higher during periods of rapidly changing interest rates or when issuer credit quality generally is falling, and is made worse when the Portfolio experiences significant redemption requests.

 
Master/Feeder Structure Risk : The Fund’s performance may suffer as a result of large cash inflows or outflows of the Master Portfolio in which the Fund invests.

 
Low Short-Term Interest Rates : As short-term interest rates approach 0%, the Portfolio may maintain substantial cash balances. The Portfolio typically does not receive any income from uninvested cash. In addition, if the Portfolio generates insufficient income to pay its expenses, it may not pay a daily dividend.

 
Exposure to Financial Institutions: Many instruments in which the Portfolio invests are issued or guaranteed by financial institutions, such as banks and brokers, or are collateralized by securities issued or guaranteed by financial institutions. Changes in the credit worthiness of any of these institutions may adversely affect the value of instruments held by the Portfolio. Adverse developments in the banking industry may cause the Portfolio to underperform other money market funds that invest more broadly across different industries.

 
Repurchase Agreement Risk : If a seller is unable to honor its commitments, the Portfolio could lose money.

 
Asset-Backed Securities Risk: Defaults on the underlying assets of the asset-backed securities held by the Portfolio may impair the value of the securities, and there may be limitations on the enforceability of any security interest granted with respect to those assets. These securities also present a higher degree of prepayment risk (when repayment of principal occurs before scheduled maturity) and extension risk (when rates of repayment of principal are slower than expected) than do other types of fixed income securities.

 
Foreign Securities. The Portfolio may invest in U.S. dollar denominated instruments issued by foreign governments, corporations and financial institutions. Financial information relating to foreign issuers may be more limited than financial information generally available for domestic issuers. In addition, the value of instruments of foreign issuers may be adversely affected by local or regional political and economic developments.

 
Variable and Floating Rate Securities Risk : The extent of increases and decreases in the values of variable and floating rate securities generally will be less than comparable changes in value of an equal principal amount of a similar fixed rate security and, if interest rates decline, the Portfolio may forego the opportunity for price appreciation on the security.

Please refer to “Additional Information About Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds and Portfolios” in the Prospectus for further details.
 
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The ILR Fund may not achieve its objective and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or any other government agency.

Performance

The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the ILR Fund by illustrating the variability of the Fund’s returns during the years since inception. The Fund’s past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Please call (877) 521-4083 for the Fund’s current 7-day yield.

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund
Total Return for the Calendar Years Ended December 31

Bar Chart:

2005:
    3.19 %
2006:
    5.07 %
2007:
    5.28 %
2008:
    2.82 %
2009:
 
___
%

During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____) and the lowest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____).

Average Annual Total Returns
For the Periods Ended December 31, 2009

   
Past 1-Year
   
Past 5-Year
   
Since the Inception
Date of the Fund
(Annualized)
 
                         
State Street
Institutional
Liquid Reserves
Fund
    ______ %     ___ %     ______ %
 


Investment Adviser

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

Tax Information

For mutual funds generally, dividends from net investment income (other than qualified dividend income) and distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you as ordinary income under U.S. federal income tax laws whether paid in cash or in additional shares.  Distributions from net long-term gains are taxable as long-term taxable gains regardless of the length of time you have held the shares and whether you were paid in cash or additional shares.  Dividend and capital gains distributions that you receive, as well as your gains or losses from any sale or exchange of fund shares, may be subject to state and local income taxes.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares and Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

For important information about purchase and sale of Fund shares and financial intermediary compensation, please turn to “Other Information” on page ___ of the prospectus.
 
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STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL TAX FREE MONEY MARKET FUND

Investment Objective

The investment objective of State Street Institutional Tax Free Money Market Fund (the “Tax Free Fund” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Fund”) is to seek to maximize current income, exempt from federal income taxes, to the extent consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity and the maintenance of a stable $1.00 per share NAV. There is no assurance the Fund will be able to maintain a stable NAV per share, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund.

The investment objective of the Tax Free Fund as stated above is fundamental, which means that it may not be changed without shareholder approval.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Institutional Class of the Tax Free Fund. As a shareholder in the State Street Tax Free Portfolio (the “Tax Free Portfolio” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Portfolio”), the Fund bears its ratable share of the Portfolio’s expenses, including advisory and administrative fees, and at the same time continues to pay its own fees and expenses. The table and the Example reflect the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
 (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) (1)

Management Fees
    0.10 %
Other Expenses
 
___
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
 
___

(1)
Amounts reflect the total expenses of the Tax Free Portfolio and the Fund.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Tax Free Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that all dividends and distributions are reinvested, and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions yours costs would be:

1 Year
 
3 Years
   
5 Years
   
10 Years
 
$
___
  $ ___     $ ___     $ ___  

Principal Investment Strategies

The Tax Free Fund invests substantially all of its investable assets in the Tax Free Money Market Portfolio.

The Tax Free Portfolio has a fundamental policy of investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings, if any) in federal tax–exempt, high quality, short-term municipal securities of all types. The Portfolio generally invests all of its assets in instruments exempt from ordinary federal income tax. The Portfolio may not invest more than 20% of its net assets in federally taxable money market instruments, including securities issued by or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. government or its agencies and instrumentalities, as well as certificates of deposit, commercial paper and repurchase agreements. The Portfolio may buy or sell securities on a when-issued or forward commitment basis.

The Portfolio follows a disciplined investment process that attempts to provide stability of principal, liquidity and current income through all market conditions, by investing in high quality money market instruments. Among other things, the Portfolio’s investment adviser conducts its own credit analyses of potential investments and portfolio holdings, and relies substantially on a dedicated short-term credit research team. In addition, the Portfolio follows regulatory requirements applicable to money market funds. Those requirements are intended to limit the risks of investing in a money market fund by requiring the Portfolio generally to invest in high quality securities with short-term remaining maturities, and be diversified as to issuers, guarantors and other liquidity providers. All securities held by the Portfolio are U.S. dollar-denominated, and they may have fixed, variable or floating interest rates, or may be zero coupon securities. The Portfolio’s weighted average maturity may not exceed 90 days, and is typically much shorter.

The Portfolio attempts to meet its investment objective by investing in, among other things:

 
Securities issues by states, municipalities and their political subdivisions and agencies and certain territories and possessions of the U.S., including:
 
General obligation bonds and notes;
 
Revenue bonds and notes;
 
Commercial paper and other privately issued securities;
 
Tender option bonds;
 
Private activity bonds;
 
Industrial development bonds; and
 
Municipal lease contracts; and
 
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Securities of other investment companies with similar investment guidelines.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.  Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.

In addition, the Fund is subject to the following risks:

 
Master/Feeder Structure Risk : The Fund’s performance may suffer as a result of large cash inflows or outflows of the Master Portfolio in which the Fund invests.

 
Risk Associated with Maintaining a Stable Share Price: The ability of the Fund to maintain a stable share price of $1.00 largely depends on the aggregate market value of the Portfolio’s securities being substantially similar to the aggregate of the acquisition prices of those securities to the Portfolio. To the extent that aggregate market value materially varies from the aggregate of those acquisition prices, the Fund may not be able to maintain a stable share price of $1.00. This risk typically is higher during periods of rapidly changing interest rates or issuer credit quality generally is falling, and is made worse when the Portfolio experiences significant redemption requests.

 
Municipal Obligations Risk: The municipal securities market in which the Portfolio invests may be volatile and may be significantly affected by adverse tax, legislative, or political changes and the financial condition of the issuers of municipal securities. Municipal revenue obligations are backed by the revenues generated from a specific project or facility and include industrial development bonds and private activity bonds. Private activity and industrial development bonds are dependent on the ability of the facility’s user to meet its financial obligations and the value of any real or personal property pledged as security for such payment. Many municipal securities are issued to finance projects relating to education, health care, transportation and utilities. Conditions in those sectors may affect the overall municipal market. In addition, municipal securities backed by current or anticipated revenues from a specific project or specific asset may be adversely affected by the discontinuance of the taxation supporting the project or asset or the inability to collect revenues for the project or from assets. If any issuer of a municipal security does not comply with applicable tax requirements, or there are adverse changes in federal tax laws, interest paid on the security may become taxable and the security could decline in value.

 
Exposure to Financial Institutions: Many instruments in which the Portfolio invests are issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by banks, brokers and other financial institutions, or are collateralized by securities issued or guaranteed by those institutions. Although the Portfolio attempts to invest only with high quality financial institutions, most financial institutions are dependent on other institutions to fulfill their obligations in the financial markets. Events that would adversely affect one financial institution or financial institutions generally also may have an adverse effect on the financial institution in which the Portfolio invests or that serve as counterparties in transactions with the Portfolio. Changes in the credit worthiness of any of these institutions may cause the Portfolio a loss that affects its share price.

 
Low Short-Term Interest Rates: As short-term interest rates approach 0%, the Portfolio may maintain substantial cash balances. The Portfolio typically does not receive any income from uninvested cash. In addition, if instruments held by the Portfolio pay interest at very low rates, the Portfolio may generate insufficient income to pay its expenses. At such times, the Portfolio may pay some or all of its expenses from Portfolio assets, and generally the Portfolio would not pay a daily dividend.

Please refer to “Additional Information About Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds and Portfolios” in the Prospectus for further details.

The Tax Free Fund may not achieve its objective and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency.
 
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Performance

The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Tax Free Fund by illustrating the variability of the Fund’s returns during the years since inception. The Fund’s past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Please call (877) 521-4083 for the Fund’s current 7-day yield.

State Street Institutional Tax Free Money Market Fund
Total Return for the Calendar Years Ended December 31

Bar Chart:

2008:
    2.31 %
2009:
 
___

During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended _____) and the lowest return for a quarter was ___ % (quarter ended ____ ).

Average Annual Total Returns
For the Periods Ended December 31, 2009

   
Past 1-Year
   
Since the Inception
Date of the Fund
(Annualized)
 
                 
State Street
Institutional
Tax Free Money
Market Fund
    ___ %     _________ %
 


Investment Adviser

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

Tax Information

The Fund’s distributions normally consist of exempt-interest dividends, which are generally not taxable to you for Federal income or alternative minimum tax purposes; it is possible that a portion of the exempt-interest dividends will be taxable to you under the Federal alternative minimum tax. It is also possible that a portion of the Fund’s distributions will not qualify as exempt interest dividends; such distributions will generally be taxable to you as ordinary income, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(K) plan or an individual retirement account.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares and Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

For important information about purchase and sale of Fund shares and financial intermediary compensation, please turn to “Other Information” on page ___ of the prospectus.
 
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STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL U.S. GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET FUND

Investment Objective

The investment objective of State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund (the “U.S. Government Fund” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Fund”) is to seek to maximize current income, to the extent consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity and the maintenance of a stable $1.00 per share NAV. The Fund invests in U.S. government securities and in repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities. There is no assurance the Fund will be able to maintain a stable NAV per share, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund.

The investment objective of the U.S. Government Fund as stated above may be changed without shareholder approval.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Institutional Class of the U.S. Government Fund. As a shareholder in the State Street U.S. Government Portfolio (the “U.S. Government Portfolio” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Portfolio”), the Fund bears its ratable share of the Portfolio’s expenses, including advisory and administrative fees, and at the same time continues to pay its own fees and expenses. The table and the Example reflect the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
 (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) (1)

Management Fees
    0.10 %
Other Expenses
 
___
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
 
___
Less Reimbursement (2)
 
(___
)%  
Total Annual Net Operating Expenses (2)
 
___

(1)  
Amounts reflect the total expenses of the U.S. Government Portfolio and the Fund.

(2)
The Adviser has contractually agreed to cap the U.S. Government Fund’s Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding taxes, interest and extraordinary expenses) attributable to the Institutional Class to the extent that expenses exceed 0.12% of Institutional Class net assets, through April 30, 2011.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the U.S. Government Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that all dividends and distributions are reinvested, and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 Year
 
3 Years
   
5 Years
   
10 Years
 
$
___
  $ ___     $ ___     $ ___  

Principal Investment Strategies

The U.S. Government Fund invests substantially all of its investable assets in the U.S. Government Money Market Portfolio.

The U.S. Government Portfolio typically invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings, if any) in obligations issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. government or its agencies and instrumentalities, as well as repurchase agreements secured by such instruments. The Portfolio will not invest more that 10% of its net assets (taken at current market value) in repurchase agreements maturing in more than seven days.

The Portfolio follows a disciplined investment process that attempts to provide stability of principal, liquidity and current income through all market conditions, by investing in high quality money market instruments. Among other things, the Portfolio’s investment adviser conducts its own credit analyses of potential investments and portfolio holdings, and relies substantially on a dedicated short-term credit research team. In addition, the Portfolio follows regulatory requirements applicable to money market funds. Those requirements are intended to limit the risks of investing in a money market fund by requiring the Portfolio generally to invest in high quality securities with short-term remaining maturities, and be diversified as to issuers, guarantors and other liquidity providers. All securities held by the Portfolio are U.S. dollar-denominated, and they may have fixed, variable or floating interest rates. The Portfolio’s weighted average maturity may not exceed 90 days, and is typically much shorter.
 
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The Portfolio attempts to meet its investment objective by investing in, among other things:

 
Obligations issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. government or its agencies and instrumentalities, such as the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and the Federal National Mortgage Association, and U.S. government-sponsored entities such as the Federal Home Loan Bank, which are neither insured no guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury; and
 
 
Repurchase agreements collateralized with high quality securities and other assets.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.  Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.

In addition, the Fund is subject to the following risks:

 
Master/Feeder Structure Risk : The Fund’s performance may suffer as a result of large cash inflows or outflows of the Master Portfolio in which the Fund invests.

Government Securities Risks: Securities of certain U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities are not guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury, and to the extent the Portfolio owns such securities, it must look principally to the agency or instrumentality issuing or guaranteeing the securities for repayment. Because the Portfolio emphasizes investment in U.S. government securities, and because U.S. government securities generally are perceived as having low risks compared to most other types of investments, the Portfolio’s performance compared to money marked funds that invest principally in other types of money market instruments may be lower.

 
Significant Exposure to U.S. Government Agencies and Financial Institutions: Although the Portfolio attempts to invest substantially all of its assets in securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and high quality instruments issued by financial institutions, events that would adversely affect the market prices of securities issued or guaranteed by one government agency may adversely affect the market price of securities issued or guaranteed by other government agencies. Similarly, events that would affect the market value of instruments issued by one financial institution may adversely affect the market value of instruments issued by similarly situated financial institutions.

 
Repurchase Agreement Risk : If a seller is unable to honor its commitments, the Portfolio could lose money.

 
Risk Associated with Maintaining a Stable Share Price: The ability of the Fund to maintain a stable share price of $1.00 largely depends on the aggregate market value of the Portfolio’s securities being substantially similar to the aggregate of the acquisition prices of those securities to the Portfolio. To the extent that aggregate market value materially varies from the aggregate of those acquisition prices, the Fund may not be able to maintain a stable share price of $1.00. This risk typically is higher during periods of rapidly changing interest rates or issuer credit quality generally is falling, and is made worse when the Portfolio experiences significant redemption requests.

 
Low Short-Term Interest Rates: As short-term interest rates approach 0%, the Portfolio may maintain substantial cash balances. The Portfolio typically does not receive any income from uninvested cash. In addition, if instruments held by the Portfolio pay interest at very low rates, the Portfolio may generate insufficient income to pay its expenses. At such times, the Portfolio may pay some or all of its expenses from Portfolio assets, and generally the Portfolio would not pay a daily dividend.

Please refer to “Additional Information About Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds and Portfolios” in the Prospectus for further details.

The U.S. Government Fund may not achieve its objective and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency.

Performance

The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the U.S. Government Fund by illustrating the variability of the Fund’s returns during the years since inception. The Fund’s past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Please call (877) 521-4083 for the Fund’s current 7-day yield.
 
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State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money Market Fund
Total Return for the Calendar Years Ended December 31

Bar Chart:

2008:
    2.17 %
2009:
 
___

During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____) and the lowest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____).

Average Annual Total Returns
For the Periods Ended December 31, 2009

   
Past 1-Year
   
Since the Inception
Date of the Fund
(Annualized)
 
                 
State Street
Institutional
U.S. Government
Money Market
Fund
    ___ %     _________ %

Investment Adviser

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

Tax Information

For mutual funds generally, dividends from net investment income (other than qualified dividend income) and distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you as ordinary income under U.S. federal income tax laws whether paid in cash or in additional shares.  Distributions from net long-term gains are taxable as long-term taxable gains regardless of the length of time you have held the shares and whether you were paid in cash or additional shares.  Dividend and capital gains distributions that you receive, as well as your gains or losses from any sale or exchange of fund shares, may be subject to state and local income taxes.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares and Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

For important information about purchase and sale of Fund shares and financial intermediary compensation, please turn to “Other Information” on page ___ of the prospectus.

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STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL TREASURY MONEY MARKET FUND

Investment Objective

The investment objective of State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund (the “Treasury Fund” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Fund”) is to seek a high level of current income consistent with preserving principal and liquidity and the maintenance of a stable $1.00 per share NAV. There is no assurance the Fund will be able to maintain a stable NAV per share, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund.

The investment objective of the Treasury Fund as stated above may be changed without shareholder approval.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Institutional Class of the Treasury Fund. As a shareholder in the State Street Treasury Portfolio (the “Treasury Portfolio” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Portfolio”), the Fund bears its ratable share of the Portfolio’s expenses, including advisory and administrative fees, and at the same time continues to pay its own fees and expenses. The table and the Example reflect the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
 (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) (1)

Management Fees
    0.10 %
Other Expenses
 
___
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
 
___

(1)   
Amounts reflect the total expenses of the Treasury Portfolio and the Fund.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Treasury Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that all dividends and distributions are reinvested, and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 Year
 
3 Years
   
5 Years
   
10 Years
 
$
___
  $ ___     $ ___     $ ___  

Principal Investment Strategies

The Treasury Fund invests substantially all of its investable assets in the Treasury Money Market Portfolio.

The Treasury Portfolio attempts to meet its investment objective by investing principally in U.S. Treasury bills, notes and bonds (which are direct obligations of the U.S. government) and repurchase agreements backed by such securities.  The Portfolio also may invest in shares of other money market funds, including funds advised by the Portfolio’s investment adviser.

The Portfolio follows a disciplined investment process in which the Portfolio’s investment adviser bases its decision on the relative attractiveness of different money market instruments. In the adviser’s opinion, the attractiveness of an instrument may vary depending on the general level of interest rates, as well as imbalances of supply and demand in the market. The Portfolio invests in accordance with regulatory requirements applicable to money market funds, which impose strict conditions on the quality of portfolio securities, the maturity of individual securities and the portfolio as a whole, and portfolio diversification.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.  Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.

Risks of Investing Principally in Money Market Instruments:

 
Interest Rate Risk—The risk that interest rates will rise, causing the value of the Portfolio’s investments to fall. Also, the risk that as interest rates decline, the income that the Portfolio receives on its new investments generally will decline.

 
Credit Risk—The risk that an issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of an instrument will fail, including the perception that such an entity will fail, to make scheduled interest or principal payments, which may reduce the Portfolio’s income and the market value of the instrument.
 
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Liquidity Risk—The risk that the Portfolio may not be able to sell some or all of its securities at desired prices, or may be unable to sell the securities at all, because of a lack of demand in the market for such securities, or a liquidity provider defaults on its obligation to purchase the securities when properly tendered by the Portfolio.

 
Master/Feeder Structure Risk : The Fund’s performance may suffer as a result of large cash inflows or outflows of the Master Portfolio in which the Fund invests.

 
Risk Associated with Maintaining a Stable Share Price:   To the extent that the aggregate market value of the Portfolio’s assets materially varies from the aggregate of the acquisition prices of those assets, the Fund may not be able to maintain a stable share price of $1.00.  This risk typically is higher during periods of rapidly changing interest rates or when issuer credit quality generally is falling, and is made worse when the Portfolio experiences significant redemption requests.

 
Low Short-Term Interest Rates : As short-term interest rates approach 0%, the Portfolio may maintain substantial cash balances. The Portfolio typically does not receive any income from uninvested cash. In addition, if the Portfolio generates insufficient income to pay its expenses, it may not pay a daily dividend.

Please refer to “Additional Information About Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds and Portfolios” in the Prospectus for further details.

The Treasury Fund may not achieve its objective and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency.

Performance

The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Treasury Fund by illustrating the variability of the Fund’s returns during the years since inception. The Fund’s past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Please call (877) 521-4083 for the Fund’s current 7-day yield.

State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund
Total Return for the Calendar Years Ended December 31

Bar Chart:

2008:
    1.24 %
2009:
 
___

During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____) and the lowest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____).

Average Annual Total Returns
For the Periods Ended December 31, 2009

   
Past 1-Year
   
Since the Inception
Date of the Fund
(Annualized)
 
                 
State Street
Institutional
Treasury Money
Market Fund
    ___ %     _________ %

Investment Adviser

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

Tax Information

For mutual funds generally, dividends from net investment income (other than qualified dividend income) and distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you as ordinary income under U.S. federal income tax laws whether paid in cash or in additional shares.  Distributions from net long-term gains are taxable as long-term taxable gains regardless of the length of time you have held the shares and whether you were paid in cash or additional shares.  Dividend and capital gains distributions that you receive, as well as your gains or losses from any sale or exchange of fund shares, may be subject to state and local income taxes.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares and Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

For important information about purchase and sale of Fund shares and financial intermediary compensation, please turn to “Other Information” on page ___ of the prospectus.

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STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL TREASURY PLUS MONEY MARKET FUND

Investment Objective

The investment objective of State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund (the “Treasury Plus Fund” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Fund”) is to seek a high level of current income consistent with preserving principal and liquidity and the maintenance of a stable $1.00 per share NAV. The Fund invests in a portfolio consisting principally of U.S. Treasury securities and repurchase agreements collateralized by such securities. There is no assurance the Fund will be able to maintain a stable NAV per share, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund.

The investment objective of the Treasury Plus Fund as stated above may be changed without shareholder approval.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Institutional Class of the Treasury Plus Fund. As a shareholder in the State Street Treasury Plus Portfolio (the “Treasury Plus Portfolio” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Portfolio”), the Fund bears its ratable share of the Portfolio’s expenses, including advisory and administrative fees, and at the same time continues to pay its own fees and expenses. The table and the Example reflect the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) (1)

Management Fees
    0.10 %
Other Expenses
 
___
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
 
___
Less Reimbursement (2)
 
( ___
)% 
Total Annual Net Operating Expenses (2)
 
___

(1)   
Amounts reflect the total expenses of the Treasury Plus Portfolio and the Fund.

(2)     
The Adviser has contractually agreed to cap the Treasury Plus Fund’s Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding taxes, interest and extraordinary expenses) attributable to the Institutional Class to the extent that expenses exceed 0.12% of Institutional Class net assets, through April 30, 2011.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Treasury Plus Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that all dividends and distributions are reinvested, and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 Year
 
3 Years
   
5 Years
   
10 Years
 
$
___
  $ ___     $ ___     $ ___  

Principal Investment Strategies

The Treasury Plus Fund invests substantially all of its investable assets in the Treasury Plus Money Market Portfolio.

The Treasury Plus Portfolio attempts to meet its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in U.S. Treasury bills, notes and bonds (which are direct obligations of the U.S. government) and repurchase agreements collateralized by these obligations.  The Portfolio also may invest in shares of other money market funds, including funds advised by the Portfolio’s investment adviser.

The Portfolio follows a disciplined investment process in which the Portfolio’s investment adviser bases its decision on the relative attractiveness of different money market instruments. In the adviser’s opinion, the attractiveness of an instrument may vary depending on the general level of interest rates, as well as imbalances of supply and demand in the market.  The Portfolio invests in accordance with regulatory requirements applicable to money market funds, which impose strict conditions on the quality of portfolio securities, the maturity of individual securities and the portfolio as a whole, and portfolio diversification.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.  Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.
 
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Risks of Investing Principally in Money Market Instruments:

 
Interest Rate Risk—The risk that interest rates will rise, causing the value of the Portfolio’s investments to fall. Also, the risk that as interest rates decline, the income that the Portfolio receives on its new investments generally will decline.

 
Credit Risk—The risk that an issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of an instrument will fail, including the perception that such an entity will fail, to make scheduled interest or principal payments, which may reduce the Portfolio’s income and the market value of the instrument.

 
Liquidity Risk—The risk that the Portfolio may not be able to sell some or all of its securities at desired prices, or may be unable to sell the securities at all, because of a lack of demand in the market for such securities, or a liquidity provider defaults on its obligation to purchase the securities when properly tendered by the Portfolio.

 
Master/Feeder Structure Risk : The Fund’s performance may suffer as a result of large cash inflows or outflows of the Master Portfolio in which the Fund invests.

 
Risk Associated with Maintaining a Stable Share Price:   To the extent that the aggregate market value of the Portfolio’s assets materially varies from the aggregate of the acquisition prices of those assets, the Fund may not be able to maintain a stable share price of $1.00.  This risk typically is higher during periods of rapidly changing interest rates or when issuer credit quality generally is falling, and is made worse when the Portfolio experiences significant redemption requests.
 
 
Low Short-Term Interest Rates : As short-term interest rates approach 0%, the Portfolio may maintain substantial cash balances. The Portfolio typically does not receive any income from uninvested cash. In addition, if the Portfolio generates insufficient income to pay its expenses, it may not pay a daily dividend.

 
Repurchase Agreement Risk :  If a seller is unable to honor its commitments, the Portfolio could lose money.

Please refer to “Additional Information About Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds and Portfolios” in the Prospectus for further details.

The Treasury Plus Fund may not achieve its objective and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency.

Performance

The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Treasury Plus Fund by illustrating the variability of the Fund’s returns during the years since inception. The Fund’s past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Please call (877) 521-4083 for the Fund’s current 7-day yield.

State Street Institutional
Treasury Plus Money Market Fund
Total Return for the Calendar Years Ended December 31

Bar Chart:

2008:
    1.55 %
2009:
 
____

During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____) and the lowest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____).

Average Annual Total Returns
For the Periods Ended December 31, 2009

   
Past 1-Year
   
Since the Inception
Date of the Fund
(Annualized)
 
                 
State Street
Institutional
Treasury Plus
Money Market
Fund
    ___ %     _________ %

Investment Adviser

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

Tax Information

For mutual funds generally, dividends from net investment income (other than qualified dividend income) and distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you as ordinary income under U.S. federal income tax laws whether paid in cash or in additional shares.  Distributions from net long-term gains are taxable as long-term taxable gains regardless of the length of time you have held the shares and whether you were paid in cash or additional shares.  Dividend and capital gains distributions that you receive, as well as your gains or losses from any sale or exchange of fund shares, may be subject to state and local income taxes.
 
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Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares and Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

For important information about purchase and sale of Fund shares and financial intermediary compensation, please turn to “Other Information” on page ___ of the prospectus.
 
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Other Information

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Purchase Minimums
To establish an account
  $ 25,000,000  
To add to an existing account
 
No minimum
 

Written Requests and Wire Transfers . You may redeem Fund shares by written request or wire transfer. Written requests should be sent to:

By Mail:
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
P.O. Box 8048
Boston, MA 02266-8048

By Overnight:
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809

By Telephone:
For wire transfer instructions, please call (866) 392-0869 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time.  Redemptions by telephone are permitted only if you previously have been authorized for these transactions.

Through Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries.    If you wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, please contact that financial intermediary directly. Your financial intermediary may have an earlier cut-off time for the submission of purchase or redemption orders or may be closed at times when the Fund is open.

Payments to Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase the Fund through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker, bank or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s Website for more information.

 
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Additional Information About Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds and Portfolios

Additional information about risks associated with some of the Funds’ and Portfolios’ investment policies and investment strategies is provided below.

 
Banking Industry Risk . If a Portfolio concentrates more than 25% of its assets in bank obligations, adverse developments in the banking industry may have a greater effect on that Portfolio than on a mutual fund that invests more broadly. Banks may be particularly sensitive to certain economic factors such as interest rate changes, adverse developments in the real estate market, fiscal and monetary policy and general economic cycles. Recent instability in the financial markets has heavily influenced the bank obligations of certain financial institutions, resulting in some cases in extreme price volatility and a lack of liquidity. Governments or their agencies may acquire distressed assets from financial institutions and ownership interests in those institutions. The implications of government ownership and disposition of these assets are unclear, and such a program may have positive or negative effects on the liquidity, valuation and performance of certain bank obligations.  [ILR Fund]

 
Foreign Investment Risk . A Portfolio may invest in U.S. dollar-denominated obligations issued by non-U.S. issuers. While such instruments may be denominated in U.S. dollars, this does not eliminate the risk inherent in investing in the securities of foreign issuers. Dollar-denominated instruments issued by entities located in foreign countries could lose value as a result of political, financial and economic events in foreign countries. Issuers of these instruments are not necessarily subject to the same regulatory requirements that apply to U.S. banks and corporations, although the information available for dollar-denominated instruments may be subject to the accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards of the U.S. domestic market or exchange on which they are traded, which standards may be more uniform and more exacting than those to which many foreign issuers are subject. Furthermore, by investing in dollar-denominated instruments rather than directly in a foreign issuer’s stock, a Portfolio can avoid currency risks during the settlement period for either purchases or sales. [ILR Fund]

 
Interest Rate Risk . During periods of rising interest rates, a Portfolio’s yield generally is lower than prevailing market rates causing the value of the Portfolio to fall. In periods of falling interest rates, a Portfolio’s yield  generally is higher than prevailing market rates, causing the value of the Portfolio to rise. Typically, the more distant the expected cash flow that the Portfolio is to receive from a security, the more sensitive the market price of the security is to movements in interest rates. If a Portfolio owns securities that have variable or floating interest rates, as interest rates fall, the income the Portfolio receives from those securities also will fall.  [All Funds]

 
Credit Risk. Credit risk is the risk that an issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of a fixed-income security held by a fund may default on its obligation to pay scheduled interest and repay principal. It includes the risk that one or more of the securities will be downgraded by a credit rating agency; generally, lower rated issuers have higher credit risks. Credit risk also includes the risk that an issuer or guarantor of a security, or a bank or other financial institution that has entered into a repurchase agreement with the fund, may default on its payment or repurchase obligation, as the case may be. Credit risk generally is inversely related to credit quality.

 
Prepayment Risk and Extension Risk. Prepayment risk and extension risk apply primarily to asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities and certain municipal securities.

Prepayment risk is the risk that principal on mortgages or other loan obligations underlying a security may be repaid prior to the stated maturity date. If the Portfolio has purchased a security at a premium, any repayment that is faster than expected reduces the market value of the security and the anticipated yield-to-maturity. Repayment of loans underlying certain securities tends to accelerate during periods of declining interest rates.

Extension risk is the risk that an issuer will exercise its right to repay principal on an obligation held by a Portfolio later than expected. This may happen when there is a rise in interest rates. Under these circumstances, the value of the obligation will decrease, thus preventing the Portfolio from investing expected repayment proceeds in securities paying yields higher than the yields paid by the securities that were expected to be repaid.

 
Liquidity Risk . Adverse market or economic conditions or investor perceptions may result in little or no trading activity in one or more particular securities, thus, making it difficult for a Portfolio holding the securities to determine their values. A Portfolio holding those securities may have to value them at prices that reflect unrealized losses, or if it elects to sell them, it may have to accept lower prices than the prices at which it is then valuing them. The Portfolio also may not be able to sell the securities at any price. [All Funds]

 
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Market Risk . The values of the securities in which a Portfolio invests may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual companies and/or general economic conditions. Price changes may be temporary or may last for extended periods. Recent instability in the financial markets has led the U.S. Government to take a number of unprecedented actions designed to support certain financial institutions and segments of the financial markets that have experienced extreme volatility, and in some cases a lack of liquidity. Federal, state, and other governments, their regulatory agencies, or self regulatory organizations may take actions that affect the regulation of the instruments in which the Portfolios invest, or the issuers of such instruments, in ways that are unforeseeable. Legislation or regulation may also change the way in which the Funds and Portfolios themselves are regulated. Such legislation or regulation could limit or preclude a Fund’s or Portfolio’s ability to achieve its investment objective. Governments or their agencies may also acquire distressed assets from financial institutions and ownership interests in those institutions. The implications of government ownership and disposition of these assets are unclear, and such a program may have positive or negative effects on the liquidity, valuation and performance of the Portfolios’ portfolio holdings. Furthermore, volatile financial markets can expose the Portfolios to greater market and liquidity risk and potential difficulty in valuing portfolio instruments held by the Portfolios. [All Funds]

 
Master/Feeder Structure Risk .   Unlike traditional mutual funds that invest directly in securities, each of the Funds pursues its objective by investing substantially all of its assets in the Master Portfolio with substantially the same investment objectives, policies and restrictions. The ability of a Fund to meet its investment objective is directly related to the ability of the Portfolio to meet its objective. The ability of a Fund to meet its objective may be adversely affected by the purchase and redemption activities of other investors in the corresponding Portfolio. The ability of the Fund to meet redemption requests depends on its ability to redeem its interest in the Portfolio. The Adviser also serves as investment adviser to the Portfolio. Therefore, conflicts may arise as the Adviser fulfills its fiduciary responsibilities to a Fund and its corresponding Portfolio. For example, the Adviser may have an economic incentive to maintain a Fund's investment in the Portfolio at a time when it might otherwise not choose to do so. [All Funds]

 
Money Market Risk . An investment in the Funds is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency. Although the Funds seek to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, there can be no assurance that they will do so, and it is possible to lose money by investing in the Funds.  [All Funds]

 
Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities Risk: Mortgage-backed securities, including collateralized mortgage obligations and certain stripped mortgage-backed securities, represent a participation in, or are secured by,  mortgage loans. Asset-backed securities are structured like mortgage-backed securities, but instead of mortgage loans or interests in mortgage loans, the underlying assets may include such items as motor vehicle installment sales or installment loan contracts, leases of various types of real and personal property, and receivables from credit card agreements. During periods of falling interest rates, mortgage- and asset- backed securities, which typically provide the issuer with the right to call or prepay the security prior to maturity, may be called or prepaid, which may result in the Portfolio having to reinvest proceeds in other investments at a lower interest rate. During periods of rising interest rates, the average life of mortgage- and asset-backed securities may be extended because of slower-than expected principal payments. This may lock in a below-market interest rate, increase the security’s duration, and reduce the value of the security. As a result, mortgage and asset-backed securities may have less potential for capital appreciation during periods of declining interest rates than other securities of comparable maturities, although they may have a similar risk of decline in market values during periods of rising interest rates. Prepayment rates are difficult to predict and the potential impact of prepayments on the value of a mortgage- or asset-backed security depends on the terms of the instrument and can result in significant volatility. The price of a mortgage- or asset backed security also depends on the credit quality and adequacy of the underlying assets or collateral. Enforcing rights against the underlying assets or collateral may be difficult, or the underlying assets or collateral may be insufficient if the issuer defaults. Subprime mortgage loans, which typically are made to less creditworthy borrowers, have a higher risk of default than conventional mortgage loans. Therefore, mortgage-backed securities backed by subprime mortgage loans may suffer significantly greater declines in value due to defaults. Some mortgage-backed securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government (e.g., mortgage-backed securities issued by the Government National Mortgage Association, commonly known as “Ginnie Mae”), while other mortgage-backed securities (e.g., mortgage-backed securities issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, commonly known as “Fannie Mae” and “Freddie Mac”), are backed only by the credit of the government entity issuing them. In addition, some mortgage-backed securities are issued by private entities and, as such, are not guaranteed by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality of the U.S. government. [ILR Fund]

 
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Municipal Obligations Risk . The values of municipal obligations can fluctuate and may be affected by adverse tax, legislative, or political changes, and by financial developments affecting municipal issuers. Because many municipal obligations are issued to finance specific projects, especially those relating to education, health care, housing, utilities, and water and sewer projects, conditions in these sectors can affect the overall municipal market. Payment of municipal obligations may depend on an issuer’s general unrestricted revenues, revenue generated by a specific project or the operator of a project, government appropriations, or aid from other governments. There is greater credit risk if investors can look only to the revenue generated by a project or the operator of the project because of the relatively limited source of revenue. In addition, future changes in federal tax laws or the activity of an issuer may adversely affect the tax-exempt status of municipal obligations, causing interest received and distributed to shareholders by the Portfolio to be taxable and resulting in a significant decline in the values of such municipal obligations. There is generally less public information available for municipal obligations compared to corporate equities or debt securities, and the investment performance of a Portfolio holding municipal obligations may therefore be more dependent on the analytical abilities of the Portfolio’s adviser.

Municipal obligations may also be subject to call risk (a security could be redeemed prior to maturity) and extension risk (a security’s duration could lengthen due to the deceleration of payments). [Tax Free Fund]

 
Repurchase Agreement Risk . A repurchase agreement is an agreement to buy a security from a seller at one price and a simultaneous agreement to sell it back to the original seller at an agreed-upon price. Repurchase agreements may be viewed as loans made by the Portfolio which are collateralized by the securities subject to repurchase. The Portfolio’s investment return on such transactions will depend on the counterparties’ willingness and ability to perform their obligations under the repurchase agreements. If the Portfolio’s counterparty should default on its obligations and the Portfolio is delayed or prevented from recovering the collateral, or if the value of the collateral is insufficient, the Portfolio may realize a loss. [ILR Fund, U.S. Government Fund and Treasury Plus Fund]
 
 
U.S. Government Sponsored Enterprises Risk . U.S. government securities are securities issued or guaranteed as to the payment of interest or principal by the U.S. government, by an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. government, or by a U.S. government-sponsored entity. Certain U.S. government securities may not be supported as to the payment of principal and interest by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government or the ability to borrow from the U.S. Treasury. Some U.S. government securities may be supported as to the payment of principal and interest only by the credit of the entity issuing or guaranteeing the security. Investments in U.S. government sponsored enterprises may return less than investments in non-government fixed-income securities.  [ILR Fund and U.S. Government Fund]

Additional Information about the Funds’ and Portfolios’ Investment Strategies and Risks

The investments described below reflect the Funds’ and Portfolios’ current practices. In addition to the principal risks described above, other risks are described in some of the descriptions of the investments below:

Asset-Backed Securities .   Asset-backed securities are securities whose principal and interest payments are collateralized by pools of assets such as auto loans, credit card receivables, leases, installment contracts and personal property. Payments of principal and interest are passed through to holders of the securities and are typically supported by some form of credit enhancement, such as over collateralization, a letter of credit, surety bond, limited guarantee by another entity or by priority to certain of the borrower’s other securities. The degree of credit enhancement varies, generally applying only until exhausted and covering only a fraction of the security’s par value. If the credit enhancement of an asset-backed security held by a Portfolio has been exhausted, and if any required payments of principal and interest are not made with respect to the underlying loans, the Portfolio may experience loss or delay in receiving payment and a decrease in the value of the security.

Like mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities are often subject to more rapid repayment than their stated maturity date would indicate as a result of the pass-through of prepayments of principal on the underlying loans. During periods of declining interest rates, prepayment of loans underlying asset-backed securities can be expected to accelerate. A Portfolio’s ability to maintain positions in such securities will be affected by reductions in the principal amount of such securities resulting from prepayments, and its ability to reinvest the returns of principal at comparable yields is subject to generally prevailing interest rates at that time. To the extent that a Portfolio invests in asset-backed securities, the values of such Portfolio’s portfolio securities will vary with changes in market interest rates generally and the differentials in yields among various kinds of asset-backed securities.

 
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Asset-backed securities present certain additional risks that are not presented by mortgage-backed securities because asset-backed securities generally do not have the benefit of a security interest in collateral that is comparable to mortgage assets. Credit card receivables are generally unsecured and the debtors on such receivables are entitled to the protection of a number of state and federal consumer credit laws, many of which give such debtors the right to set-off certain amounts owed on the credit cards, thereby reducing the balance due. Automobile receivables generally are secured, but by automobiles rather than residential real property. Most issuers of automobile receivables permit the loan servicers to retain possession of the underlying obligations. If the servicer were to sell these obligations to another party, there is a risk that the purchaser would acquire an interest superior to that of the holders of the asset backed securities. In addition, because of the large number of vehicles involved in a typical issuance and technical requirements under state laws, the trustee for the holders of the automobile receivables may not have a proper security interest in the underlying automobiles. Therefore, there is the possibility that, in some cases, recoveries on repossessed collateral may not be available to support payments on these securities. [ILR Fund]

ECDs, ETDs and YCDs . ECDs are U.S. dollar-denominated certificates of deposit issued by a bank outside of the United States. ETDs are U.S. dollar-denominated deposits in foreign branches of U.S. banks and foreign banks. YCDs are U.S. dollar-denominated certificates of deposit issued by U.S. branches of foreign banks. These instruments have different risks than those associated with the obligations of domestic banks. The banks issuing these instruments, or their domestic or foreign branches, are not necessarily subject to the same regulatory requirements that apply to U.S. banks operating in the United States. Foreign laws and accounting standards typically are not as strict as they are in the U.S. so there may be fewer restrictions on loan limitations, less frequent examinations and less stringent requirements regarding reserve accounting, auditing, recordkeeping and public reporting requirements. [ILR Fund]

Investment in other Investment Companies . A Portfolio may invest in other money market funds that are registered as investment companies under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds that are sponsored or advised by the Adviser or its affiliates, to the extent permitted by applicable law or SEC exemptive relief. If a Portfolio invests in other money market funds, shareholders of the Fund will bear not only their proportionate share of the expenses described in this Prospectus, but also, indirectly, the similar expenses, including, for example, advisory and administrative fees, of the money market funds in which the Portfolio invests. Shareholders would also be exposed to the risks associated not only with the investments of the Portfolio (indirectly through the Fund’s investment in the Portfolio) but also to the portfolio investments of the money market funds in which the Portfolio invests. [All Funds]

Mortgage-Backed Securities . Mortgage-backed securities, including collateralized mortgage obligations and certain stripped mortgage-backed securities, represent a participation in, or an investment in a pool secured by, mortgage loans.  Each mortgage pool underlying mortgage-backed securities consists of mortgage loans evidenced by promissory notes secured by first mortgages or first deeds of trust or other similar security instruments creating a first lien on owner occupied and non-owner occupied one-unit to four unit residential properties, multifamily (i.e., five or more) properties, agricultural properties, commercial properties and mixed use properties (the “Mortgaged Properties”). The Mortgaged Properties may consist of detached individual dwelling units, multifamily dwelling units, individual condominiums, townhouses, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, row houses, individual units in planned unit developments and other attached dwelling units. The Mortgaged Properties may also include residential investment properties and second homes.

Types of mortgage-related securities in which a Portfolio may invest include: Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”) Certificates (“Ginnie Maes”), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“FHLMC”) Mortgage Participation Certificates (“Freddie Macs”), Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”) Guaranteed Mortgage Certificates (“Fannie Maes”) and Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (“CMBS”). Mortgage certificates are mortgage-backed securities representing undivided fractional interests in pools of mortgage backed loans. These loans are made by mortgage bankers, commercial banks, savings and loan associations and other lenders. GNMA is authorized to guarantee the timely payment of the principal of an interest on certificates that are based on and backed by a pool of mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA Loans), or guaranteed by the Veterans Administration (VA Loans), or by pools of other eligible mortgage loans. In order to meet its obligations under any guaranty, GNMA is authorized to borrow from the United States Treasury in an unlimited amount. Each Fannie Mae is issued and guaranteed by FNMA and represents an undivided interest in a pool of mortgage loans formed by FNMA. The principal activity of FHLMC currently is the purchase of first lien, conventional, residential mortgage loans and participation interests in such mortgage loans and their resale in the form of mortgage securities, primarily Freddie Mac Certificates.

 
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Since September 2008, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (together, the “GSEs”) have been placed under the conservatorship of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”).  The US Treasury, FHFA and the Federal Reserve have taken the steps to support the conservatorship.  No assurance can be given that those initiatives with respect to the debt and mortgage-backed securities issued by the GSEs and acquired by any of the funds will be successful.

Traditional debt investments typically pay a fixed rate of interest until maturity, when the entire principal amount is due. By contrast, payments on mortgage-backed and many asset-backed investments typically include both interest and partial payment of principal.  Principal may also be prepaid voluntarily, or as a result of refinancing or foreclosure. A Portfolio may have to invest the proceeds from prepaid investments in other investments with less attractive terms and yields. As a result, these securities may have less potential for capital appreciation during periods of declining interest rates than other securities of comparable maturities, although they may have a similar risk of decline in market value during periods of rising interest rates. Because the prepayment rate generally declines as interest rates rise, an increase in interest rates will likely increase the duration, and thus the volatility, of mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities. In addition to interest rate risk, investments in mortgage-backed securities composed of subprime mortgages may be subject to a higher degree of credit risk, valuation risk and liquidity risk.  Duration is a measure of the expected life of a fixed income security that is used to determine the sensitivity of the security's price to changes in interest rates. Unlike the maturity of a fixed income security, which measures only the time until final payment is due, duration takes into account the time until all payments of interest and principal on a security are expected to be made, including how these payments are affected by prepayments and by changes in interest rates.

A Portfolio may gain investment exposure to mortgage-backed investments by entering into agreements with financial institutions to buy the investments at a fixed price at a future date. A Portfolio may or may not take delivery of the investments at the termination date of such an agreement, but will nonetheless be exposed to changes in value of the underlying investments during the term of the agreement. [ILR Fund]

Municipal Securities . Municipal securities may be issued to obtain funds to be used for various public purposes, including general purpose financing for state and local governments, refunding outstanding obligations, and financings for specific projects or public facilities.  General obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the issuer. These securities include, for example, tax anticipation notes, bond anticipation notes and general obligation bonds. Revenue obligations are generally backed by the revenues generated from a specific project or facility and include industrial development bonds and private activity bonds. Private activity and industrial development bonds are dependent on the ability of the facility's user to meet its financial obligations and the value of any real or personal property pledged as security for such payment. Private activity and industrial development bonds, although issued by industrial development authorities, may be backed only by the assets of the non-governmental users, and the user, rather than the municipality, assumes the credit risk.  A municipal bond, like a bond issued by a corporation or the U.S. government, obligates the obligor on the bond to pay the bondholder a fixed or variable amount of interest periodically, and to repay the principal value of the bond on a specific maturity date. Municipal notes are short-term instruments which are issued and sold in anticipation of a bond sale, collection of taxes or receipt of other revenues.

Some municipal securities are insured by private insurance companies, while others may be supported by letters of credit furnished by domestic or foreign banks. In determining the credit quality of insured or letter of credit-backed securities, the Adviser reviews the financial condition and creditworthiness of such parties including insurance companies, banks and corporations.

Unlike most other bonds, however, municipal bonds pay interest that is exempt from federal income taxes and, in some cases, also from state and local taxes. Municipal bonds, and municipal bond funds, can therefore be advantageous to investors in higher tax brackets. However, because the interest is tax-exempt, municipal bond yields typically are lower than yields on taxable bonds and bond funds with comparable maturity ranges. [Tax Free Fund]

Section 4(2) Commercial Paper and Rule 144A Securities. A Portfolio may invest in commercial paper issued in reliance on the private placement exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the ‘‘1933 Act’’). This commercial paper is commonly called ‘‘Section 4(2) paper.’’ A Portfolio may also invest in securities that may be offered and sold only to ‘‘qualified institutional buyers’’ under Rule 144A of the 1933 Act (‘‘Rule 144A securities’’).

Section 4(2) paper is sold to institutional investors who must agree to purchase the paper for investment and not with a view to public distribution. Any resale by the purchaser must be in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act. Section 4(2) paper normally is resold to other institutional investors like a Portfolio through or with the assistance of the issuer or investment dealers that make a market in Section 4(2) paper. As a result it suffers from liquidity risk, the risk that the securities may be difficult to value because of the absence of an active market and the risk that it may be sold only after considerable expense and delay, if at all. Rule 144A securities generally must be sold only to other qualified institutional buyers.

 
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Section 4(2) paper and Rule 144A securities will not be considered illiquid for purposes of a Portfolio’s limitation on illiquid securities if the Adviser (pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Board) determines that a liquid trading market exists for the securities in question. There can be no assurance that a liquid trading market will exist at any time for any particular Section 4(2) paper or Rule 144A securities. The Statement of Additional Information (‘‘SAI’’) addresses the Funds’ and Portfolios’ limitation on illiquid securities. [ILR Fund]

Tax Exempt Commercial Paper . Tax exempt commercial paper is a short-term obligation with a stated maturity of 365 days or less. It is typically issued to finance seasonal working capital needs or as short-term financing in anticipation of longer term financing. Each instrument may be backed only by the credit of the issuer or may be backed by some form of credit enhancement, typically in the form of a guarantee by a commercial bank. Commercial paper backed by guarantees of foreign banks may involve additional risk due to the difficulty of obtaining and enforcing judgments against such banks and the generally less restrictive regulations to which such banks are subject. A Portfolio will only invest in commercial paper rated at the time of purchase not less than Prime-1 by Moody's Investors Service, Inc., A-1 by Standard & Poor's Rating Group or F-1 by Fitch Ratings. [Tax Free Fund]

U.S. Government Securities .   U.S. Government securities include a variety of securities (including U.S. Treasury bills, notes, and bonds) that differ in their interest rates, maturities, and dates of issue. While securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury and some agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. Government (such as the Government National Mortgage Association) are supported by the full faith and credit of the United States, securities issued or guaranteed by certain other agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S.  Government (such as Federal Home Loan Banks) are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Government, and securities issued or guaranteed by certain other agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. Government (such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) are supported only by the credit of the issuer itself. Investments in these securities are also subject to interest rate risk and prepayment risk (as described above under "Mortgage-Backed Securities"), and the risk that the value of the securities will fluctuate in response to political, market, or economic developments. [ILR Fund, U.S. Government Fund, Treasury Fund and Treasury Plus Fund]

Variable and Floating Rate Securities . Variable and floating rate securities are instruments issued or guaranteed by entities such as: (1) the U.S. Government, or an agency or instrumentality thereof, (2) corporations, (3) financial institutions, (4) insurance companies, or (5) trusts. A Portfolio may purchase variable and floating rate securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, or an agency or instrumentality thereof. A variable rate security provides for the automatic establishment of a new interest rate on set dates. Variable rate obligations whose interest is readjusted no less frequently than annually will be deemed to have a maturity equal to the period remaining until the next readjustment of the interest rate. A floating rate security provides for the automatic adjustment of its interest rate whenever a specified interest rate changes. Interest rates on these securities are ordinarily tied to, and are a percentage of, a widely recognized interest rate, such as the yield on 90-day U.S. Treasury bills or the prime rate of a specified bank. Generally, changes in interest rates will have a smaller effect on the market value of variable and floating rate securities than on the market value of comparable fixed-income obligations. Thus, investing in variable and floating rate securities generally allows less opportunity for capital appreciation and depreciation than investing in comparable fixed income securities. Securities purchased by a Portfolio may include variable and floating rate instruments, which may have a stated maturity in excess of the Portfolio’s maturity limitations but which will, except for certain U.S. government obligations, permit the Portfolio to demand payment of the principal of the instrument at least once every 13 months upon not more than 30 days’ notice. Variable and floating rate instruments may include variable amount master demand notes that permit the indebtedness thereunder to vary in addition to providing for periodic adjustments in the interest rate. There may be no active secondary market for a particular variable or floating rate instrument. Nevertheless, the periodic readjustments of their interest rates tend to assure that their value to a Portfolio will approximate their par value. Illiquid variable and floating rate instruments (instruments which are not payable upon seven days’ notice and do not have an active trading market) are subject to a Portfolio’s percentage limitations regarding securities that are illiquid or not readily marketable. The Adviser will continuously monitor the creditworthiness of issuers of variable and floating rate instruments in which the Portfolios invest, and their ability to repay principal and interest. Variable and floating rate securities are subject to interest rate and credit/default risk.  [ILR Fund, Tax Free Fund and U.S. Government Fund]

Temporary Defensive Positions . From time to time, a Portfolio may take temporary defensive positions in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic or other conditions. Temporary defensive positions may be taken, for example, to preserve capital or if a Portfolio is unable to acquire the types of securities in which it normally invests. Temporary defensive positions may include, but are not limited to, investment in U.S. government securities, repurchase agreements collateralized by such securities, the maintenance of uninvested cash, or investment in cash equivalents. A Portfolio’s holdings in temporary defensive positions may be inconsistent with the Portfolio’s principal investment strategy, and, as a result, the Portfolio may not achieve its investment objective. [All Funds]

 
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Portfolio Holdings Disclosure

The Funds’ portfolio holdings disclosure policy is described in the SAI.

Management and Organization

The Funds and the Portfolios .  Each Fund is a separate, diversified series of the State Street Institutional Investment Trust (the “Trust”), which is an open-end management investment company organized as a business trust under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Each Fund invests as part of a “master-feeder” structure. A Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its investable assets in a separate mutual fund (a “Portfolio”) that has a substantially identical investment objective, investment policies, and risks as the Fund. All discussions about a Fund’s investment objective, policies and risks should be understood to refer also to the investment objectives, policies and risks of the Portfolio.

A Fund can withdraw its investment in a Portfolio if, at any time, the Fund’s Board of Trustees determines that it would be in the best interests of the Fund’s shareholders, or if the investment objectives of the Portfolio changed so that they were inconsistent with the objectives of the Fund. If a Fund withdraws its investment from a Portfolio, the Fund may invest all of its assets in another Portfolio that has the same investment objective as the Fund, the Adviser may directly manage the Fund’s assets, or the Board may take such other action it deems appropriate and in the best interests of shareholders of the Fund, which may include liquidation of the Fund.

The Adviser .  State Street Global Advisors (“SSgA”) is the investment management group of State Street Corporation, a publicly held bank holding company, and includes the Adviser, SSgA FM, a wholly-owned subsidiary. SSgA is one of the world’s largest institutional money managers, and uses quantitative and traditional techniques to manage approximately $1.91 trillion as of December 31, 2009 in investment programs and portfolios for institutional and individual investors. SSgA FM, as the investment adviser to the Funds and the Portfolios, is registered with the SEC under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. SSgA FM had approximately $168.4 billion in assets under management at December 31, 2009. Each Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with the Adviser pursuant to which the Adviser will manage the Fund’s assets directly, for compensation paid at an annual rate of 0.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, in the event that the Fund were to cease investing substantially all of its assets in its corresponding portfolio. The Adviser does not receive any fees from a Fund under that agreement so long as the Fund continues to invest substantially all of its assets in the corresponding portfolio or in another investment company. The Adviser may reimburse expenses or waive fees in order to avoid a negative yield. Any such waiver or reimbursement would be voluntary and may be revised or cancelled at any time. There is no guarantee that a Fund will be able to avoid a negative yield. The Adviser places all orders for purchases and sales of the portfolios’ investments.

A summary of the factors considered by the Board of Trustees in connection with the renewals of the investment advisory agreements for the Funds is available in the Funds’ annual report dated December 31, 2009.

The Adviser’s principal address is State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.

The Administrator and Custodian .  State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), a subsidiary of State Street Corporation, is the administrator and custodian.

The Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent .  Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. is the transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent.

The Distributor .  State Street Global Markets, LLC. serves as the Funds’ distributor (the “Distributor”) pursuant to the Distribution Agreement between the Distributor and the Trust.

Shareholder Information

Determination of Net Asset Value .  The Tax Free Fund determines its NAV per share once each business day at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) or the close of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), whichever is earlier. The Treasury Fund determines its NAV per share once each business day at 2:00 p.m.  ET or the close of the NYSE, whichever is earlier. Each of the other Funds determines its NAV per share once each business day at 5:00 p.m. ET except for days when the NYSE closes earlier than its regular closing time (the time when a Fund determines its NAV per share is referred to herein as the “Valuation Time”). Pricing does not occur on NYSE holidays. A business day is one on which the NYSE is open for regular trading. Payment for Fund shares must be in Federal Funds (or converted to Federal Funds by the Transfer Agent) by the Fund’s Valuation Time before a purchase order can be accepted. The Federal Reserve is closed on certain holidays on which the NYSE is open. These holidays are Columbus Day and Veteran’s Day. On these holidays, you will not be able to purchase shares by wiring Federal Funds because Federal Funds wiring does not occur on days that the Federal Reserve is closed.

 
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Each of the Funds seeks to maintain a $1.00 per share NAV and, accordingly, uses the amortized cost valuation method to value its portfolio instruments. The amortized cost valuation method initially prices an instrument at its cost and thereafter assumes a constant amortization to maturity of any discount or premium, regardless of the impact of fluctuating interest rates on the market value of the instrument.

If you hold shares of a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, your intermediary may offer additional services and account features that are not described in this Prospectus. Please contact your intermediary directly for an explanation of these services.

Purchasing Shares .  Investors pay no sales load to invest in the Institutional Class of the Funds. The price for Fund shares is the NAV per share. Orders will be priced at the NAV next calculated after the order is accepted by the Funds.

Purchase orders in good form and payment received the same day by Fed Wire will receive that day’s NAV and will earn dividends declared on the date of the purchase.  All purchases that are made by check will begin earning dividends the following business day after the purchase date.

The minimum initial investment in Institutional Class shares of the Funds is $25 million, although the Adviser may waive the minimum in its discretion. There is no minimum subsequent investment, except in relation to maintaining certain minimum account balances (See “Redeeming Shares” below). The Funds intend to be as fully invested as is practicable; therefore, investments must be made in Federal Funds (i.e., monies credited to the account of the Funds’ custodian bank by a Federal Reserve Bank). The Funds require prior notification of subsequent investments in excess of: $5,000,000 for the Tax Free Fund; $10,000,000 for the Treasury Fund; and $50,000,000 for the ILR Fund, U.S. Government Fund, and Treasury Plus Fund.

The Funds reserve the right to cease accepting investments at any time or to reject any investment order. In addition, the ILR Fund and U.S. Government Fund may limit the amount of a purchase order received after 3:00 p.m. ET.  The Treasury Fund and the Treasury Plus Fund may limit the amount of a purchase order received after 1:00 p.m. ET.

How to Purchase Shares
By Mail:
An initial investment in the Funds must be preceded or accompanied by a completed, signed Institutional Account Application Form, sent to:
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
P.O. Box 8048
Boston, MA 02266-8048
By Overnight:
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809
By Telephone/Fax:
An initial investment in the Funds must be preceded or accompanied by a completed, signed Institutional Account Application Form, faxed to (816) 218-0400. Call the Fund at (866) 392-0869 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. ET and 5:00 p.m. ET to:
 
Ø confirm receipt of the faxed Institutional Account Application Form (initial purchases only),
Ø request your new account number (initial purchases only),
Ø confirm the amount being wired and wiring bank, and
Ø receive a confirmation number for your purchase order (your trade is not effective until you have received a confirmation number from the Fund).
 
For your initial investment, send the original, signed Institutional Account Application Form to the address above.
Wire Instructions:
 
Instruct your bank to transfer money by Federal Funds wire to:
 State Street Bank and
 Trust Company
 2 Avenue de Lafayette
 Boston, MA 02111
 
 ABA# 011000028
 DDA# 9905-801-8
 State Street Institutional Investment Trust ________Fund _______ Class
Account Number
Account Registration
 
On Columbus Day and Veteran’s Day, you will not be able to purchase shares by wiring Federal Funds because the Federal Funds wiring does not occur on those days. Payment for Fund shares must be in Federal Funds (or converted to Federal Funds by the Transfer Agent) by the Fund’s Valuation Time before a purchase order can be accepted.
 
You will not be able to redeem shares from the account until the original Application has been received. The Funds and the Funds’ agents are not responsible for transfer errors by the sending or receiving bank and will not be liable for any loss incurred due to a wire transfer not having been received.

 
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In accordance with certain federal regulations, the Trust is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each entity that applies to open an account. For this reason, when you open (or change ownership of) an account, the Trust will request certain information, including your name, residential/business address, date of birth (for individuals) and taxpayer identification number or other government identification number and other information that will allow us to identify you which will be used to verify your identity. We may also request to review other identification documents such as driver license, passport or documents showing the existence of the business entity. If you do not provide sufficient information to verify your identity, the Trust will not open an account for you. As required by law, the Trust may employ various procedures, such as comparing your information to fraud databases or requesting additional information and documentation from you, to ensure that the information supplied by you is correct. The Trust reserves the right to reject any purchase for any reason, including failure to provide the Trust with information necessary to confirm your identity as required by law.

Redeeming Shares .  An investor may redeem all or any portion of its investment at the NAV next determined after it submits a redemption request, in proper form, to the Funds. Redemption orders are processed at the NAV next determined after a Fund receives a redemption order in good form. If a Fund receives a redemption order prior to its Valuation Time on a business day, the Fund may send payment for redeemed shares on that day. No dividends will be paid on shares that are redeemed and wired the same day. Otherwise, and except as noted below for the ILR Fund, the shares will normally be redeemed, and payment for redeemed shares sent, on the next business day. Dividends will be earned for the trade date of the redemption but not on the date that the wire is sent. Each Fund, other than the ILR Fund, reserves the right to pay for redeemed shares within seven days after receiving a redemption order if, in the judgment of the Adviser, an earlier payment could adversely affect the Fund.  For the ILR Fund, shares are redeemed, and payment for redeemed shares sent, no later than the next business day.
 
The right of any investor to receive payment with respect to any redemption may be suspended or the payment of the redemption proceeds postponed during any period in which the NYSE is closed (other than weekends or holidays) or trading on the NYSE is restricted or, to the extent otherwise permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), if an emergency exists as a result of which disposal by the Fund of securities owned by it is not reasonably practicable or it is not reasonably practicable for the Fund fairly to determine the value of its net assets. In addition, the SEC may by order permit suspension of redemptions for the protection of shareholders of the Funds. Although each Fund attempts to maintain its NAV at $1 per share, there can be no assurance that it will be successful, and there can be no assurance that a shareholder will receive $1 per share upon any redemption.

A request for a partial redemption by an investor whose account balance is below the minimum amount or a request for partial redemption by an investor that would bring the account below the minimum amount may be treated as a request for a complete redemption of the account. These minimums may be different for investments made through certain financial intermediaries as determined by their policies and may be waived in the Adviser’s discretion. The Funds reserve the right to modify minimum account requirements at any time with or without prior notice. The Funds also reserve the right to involuntarily redeem an investor’s account if the investor’s account balance falls below the applicable minimum amount due to transaction activity.

How to Redeem Shares
By Mail
Send a signed letter to:
State Street Institutional Investment Trust Funds
P.O. Box 8048
Boston, MA 02266-8048
The letter should include information necessary to process your request as described below. The Fund may require a medallion guarantee in certain circumstances. See “Medallion Guarantees” below.
By Overnight
State Street Institutional Investment Trust Funds
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809
By Telephone
Please Call (866) 392-0869 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET.
 
The Funds will need the following information to process your redemption request:
Ø  name(s) of account owners;
Ø  account number(s);
Ø  the name of the Fund;
Ø  your daytime telephone number; and
Ø  the dollar amount or number of shares being redeemed.

On any day that the Funds calculate NAV earlier than normal, the Funds reserve the right to adjust the times noted above for purchasing and redeeming shares.

Medallion Guarantees .  Certain redemption requests must include a medallion guarantee for each registered account owner if any of the following apply:

 
Ø  
Your account address has changed within the last 10 business days.

 
Ø  
Redemption proceeds are being transferred to an account with a different registration.

 
Ø  
A wire is being sent to a financial institution other than the one that has been established on your Fund account.

 
Ø  
Other unusual situations as determined by the Funds’ transfer agent.

 
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All redemption requests regarding shares of the Funds placed after 3:00 p.m. may only be placed by telephone. The Funds reserve the right to postpone payments for redemption requests received after 3:00 p.m. until the next business day. The Funds reserve the right to waive medallion guarantee requirements, require a medallion guarantee under other circumstances or reject or delay redemption if the medallion guarantee is not in good form. Medallion guarantees may be provided by an eligible financial institution such as a commercial bank, a FINRA member firm such as a stock broker, a savings association or a national securities exchange. A notary public cannot provide a medallion guarantee. The Funds reserve the right to reject a medallion guarantee if it is not provided by a STAMP Medallion guarantor.

About Telephone Transactions .  Telephone transactions are extremely convenient but are not free from risk. Neither the Funds nor the Funds’ agents will be responsible for any losses resulting from unauthorized telephone transactions if reasonable security procedures are followed. In addition, you are responsible for: (i) verifying the accuracy of all data and information transmitted by telephone, (ii) verifying the accuracy of your account statements immediately upon receipt, and (iii) promptly notifying the Funds of any errors or inaccuracies including, without limitation, any errors or inaccuracies relating to shareholder data or information transmitted by telephone. During periods of heavy market activity or other times, it may be difficult to reach the Funds by telephone. If you are unable to reach us by telephone, consider sending written instructions.

The Funds may terminate the receipt of redemption or exchange orders by telephone at any time, in which case you may redeem or exchange shares by other means.

Policies to Prevent Market Timing .  Frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares may present risks for other shareholders of the Funds, which may include, among other things, interference in the efficient management of a Fund’s portfolio, dilution in the value of shares held by long-term shareholders, increased brokerage and administrative costs and forcing the Funds to hold excess levels of cash.

The Trust’s Board of Trustees has adopted policies and procedures designed to detect and prevent inappropriate short-term trading activity that is harmful to the Funds. Because most of the shares of the Funds are held by investors indirectly through one or more financial intermediaries, the Funds do not generally have information about the identity of those investors or about transactions effected by those investors. Rather, the Funds and service providers to the Funds periodically review cash inflows and outflows from and to those intermediaries in an attempt to detect inappropriate trading activity by investors holding shares through those intermediaries. The Funds may seek to obtain underlying account trading activity information from financial intermediaries when, in the Adviser’s judgment, the trading activity suggests possible market timing. There is no assurance that the Funds or the Adviser will be able to determine whether trading in the Funds’ shares by an investor holding shares through a financial intermediary is trading activity that may be harmful to the Funds or the Funds’ shareholders.

The Funds reserve the right in their discretion to reject any purchase, in whole or in part, including, without limitation, by a person whose trading activity in Fund shares the Adviser believes could be harmful to the Funds. The Funds may decide to restrict purchase activity in their shares based on various factors, including, without limitation, whether frequent purchase and sale activity will disrupt portfolio management strategies or adversely affect performance. There can be no assurance that the Funds, the Adviser, State Street or their agents will identify all frequent purchase and sale activity affecting the Funds.

Payments to Financial Intermediaries

The Adviser, or an affiliate of the Adviser, out of its own resources, and without additional cost to a Fund or its shareholders, may make additional payments to financial intermediaries (including affiliates of the Adviser) whose clients or customers invest in the Funds. Generally, such financial intermediaries may (though they will not necessarily) provide shareholder servicing and support for their customers who purchase shares of the Funds. Not all financial intermediaries receive additional compensation and the amount of compensation paid varies for each financial intermediary. If payments to financial intermediaries by a particular mutual fund complex’s distributor or adviser exceed payments by other mutual fund complexes, your financial adviser and the financial intermediary employing him or her may have an incentive to recommend that fund complex over others. Please speak with your financial adviser to learn more about the total amounts paid to your financial adviser and his or her firm by the Adviser and its affiliates, and by sponsors of other mutual funds he or she may recommend to you. You should also consult disclosures made by your financial intermediary at the time of purchase.

Dividends, Distributions and Tax Considerations

The Funds intend to declare dividends on shares from net investment income daily and pay them as of the last business day of each month. Distributions from capital gains, if any, will be made annually in December.

The following discussion is a summary of some important U.S. federal tax considerations generally applicable to investments in the Funds. Your investment in the Funds may have other tax implications. Please consult your tax advisor about foreign, federal, state, local or other tax laws applicable to you. Investors, including non-U.S. investors, should consult the SAI tax section for more complete disclosure.

 
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Each Fund intends to elect to be treated and qualify each year as a regulated investment company. A regulated investment company is generally not subject to tax at the corporate level on income and gains that are distributed to shareholders. However, a Fund’s failure to qualify as a regulated investment company would result in corporate level taxation, and consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to shareholders.

For federal income tax purposes, distributions of investment income (other than "exempt-interest dividends" described below) are generally taxable to you as ordinary income . Taxes on distributions of capital gains generally are determined by how long the Portfolio owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long you have owned your Fund shares.  The Funds generally do not expect to make distributions that are eligible for taxation as long-term capital gains.

Distributions from the Tax Free Fund properly designated as "exempt-interest dividends" are not generally subject to federal income tax, including the federal alternative minimum tax for both individual and corporate shareholders, but may be subject to state and local taxes. If you receive Social Security or railroad retirement benefits, you should consult your tax advisor to determine what effect, if any, an investment in the Tax Free Fund may have on the federal taxation of your benefits. Distributions of the Tax Free Fund's income other than exempt-interest dividends generally will be taxable as ordinary income, and distributions of the Tax Free Fund’s net long-term and short-term capital gains (if any) generally will be taxable to you as long-term or short-term capital gain, as applicable, including in respect of gains generated from the sale or other disposition of tax-exempt municipal obligations. The Tax Free Portfolio may also invest a portion of its assets in securities that generate income (that will be allocated to and distributed by the Fund) that will be subject to both federal and state taxes.

Distributions (other than distributions of exempt-interest dividends) are taxable whether you receive them in cash or reinvest them in additional shares. Any gains resulting from the redemption or exchange of Fund shares will generally be taxable to you as either short-term or long-term capital gain, depending upon how long you have held your shares in the Fund.

If you are not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, each Fund’s ordinary income dividends will generally be subject to a 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless a lower treaty rate applies or unless such income is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. A Fund may, under certain circumstances, designate all or a portion of a dividend as an “interest-related dividend” that if received by a nonresident alien or foreign entity generally would be exempt from the 30% U.S. withholding tax, provided that certain other requirements are met. The Funds may also, under certain circumstances, designate all or a portion of a dividend as a “short-term capital gain dividend” which if received by a nonresident alien or foreign entity generally would be exempt from the 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless the foreign person is a nonresident alien individual present in the United States for a period or periods aggregating 183 days or more during the taxable year. The provisions contained in the legislation relating to dividends to foreign persons would apply to dividends with respect to taxable years of a Fund beginning after December 31, 2004 and before January 1, 2010.

 
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Financial Highlights

The Financial Highlights table is intended to help you understand the financial performance of the ILR Fund, the Tax Free Fund, the U.S. Government Fund, the Treasury Fund, and the Treasury Plus Fund, since their inception. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Institutional Class share of each fund. The total return in the table represents the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in Institutional Class shares of each Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been audited by ________, whose report, along with each listed Fund’s financial statements, is included in the Funds’ annual report, which is available upon request. The financial information included in this table should be read in conjunction with the financial statements incorporated by reference in the SAI.
 
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For more information about the Funds:

The Funds’ SAI includes additional information about the Funds and is incorporated by reference into this document. Additional information about the Funds’ investments is available in the Funds’ annual and semiannual reports to shareholders.

 The SAI and the Funds’ annual and semi-annual reports are available, without charge, upon request. Shareholders in the Funds may make inquiries to the Funds to receive such information by calling State Street Global Markets, LLC at (800) 997-7327 or by writing to the Funds, c/o State Street Global Markets, LLC, State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111-2900. These documents are also available on the Funds’ website at http://www.sttfunds.com.

Information about the Funds (including the SAI) can be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the Commission at 1-202-942-8090. Reports and other information about the Funds are available free of charge on the EDGAR Database on the Commission’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of this information also may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following E-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing the Commission’s Public Reference Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.

SSgA FUNDS MANAGEMENT, INC.
STATE STREET FINANCIAL CENTER
ONE LINCOLN STREET
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02111

The State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Investment Company Act File Number is 811-09819.

 
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State Street Institutional Investment Trust
  


STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL LIQUID RESERVES FUND (SSVXX)
STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL TAX FREE MONEY MARKET FUND (TFVXX)
STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL U.S. GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET FUND (GVVXX)
STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL TREASURY MONEY MARKET FUND (TRVXX)
STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL TREASURY PLUS MONEY MARKET FUND (TPVXX)
INVESTMENT CLASS
 

 
Prospectus Dated April __, 2010


 
THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION HAS NOT APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

AN INVESTMENT IN ANY OF THE FUNDS OFFERED BY THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT A BANK DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY. ALTHOUGH THE FUNDS SEEK TO PRESERVE THE VALUE OF YOUR INVESTMENT AT $1.00 PER SHARE, IT IS POSSIBLE TO LOSE MONEY BY INVESTING IN THE FUNDS.

EACH FUND OFFERS THREE CLASSES OF SHARES:  INSTITUTIONAL CLASS, INVESTMENT CLASS AND SERVICE CLASS. THIS PROSPECTUS COVERS ONLY THE INVESTMENT CLASS.

 
 

 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Fund Summaries
    3
State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund
    4
State Street Institutional Tax Free Money Market Fund
    8
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund
    11
State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund
    14
State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund
    17
Additional Information About Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds and Portfolios
    20
Additional Information About the Funds’ and Portfolios’ Investment Strategies and Risks
    22
Management and Organization
    26
Shareholder  Information
    26
Portfolio Holdings Disclosure
    26
Class Expenses and Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Payments
    29
Payments to Financial Intermediaries
    30
Dividends, Distributions and Tax Considerations
    30
Financial Highlights
    31

 
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Fund Summaries

This section of the Prospectus is composed of a summary description of each Fund. Additional information about each Fund may be found in the other sections of this Prospectus, the first of which begins on page __ of this Prospectus, as well as the Statement of Additional Information dated April __, 2010 applicable to that Fund.

 
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STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL LIQUID RESERVES FUND

Investment Objective

The investment objective of State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund (the “ILR Fund” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Fund”) is to seek to maximize current income, to the extent consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity and the maintenance of a stable $1.00 per share net asset value (“NAV”) by investing in U.S. dollar-denominated money market securities. There is no assurance the Fund will be able to maintain a stable NAV per share, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund.

The investment objective of the ILR Fund as stated above may be changed without shareholder approval.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Investment Class of the ILR Fund. As a shareholder in the State Street Money Market Portfolio (the “Money Market Portfolio” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Portfolio”), the Fund bears its ratable share of the Portfolio’s expenses, including advisory and administrative fees, and at the same time continues to pay its own fees and expenses. The table and the Example reflect the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) (1)
 
Management Fees
0.10%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
0.10%
Other Expenses
___ %
-Service Fee
0.25%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
___ %
Less Reimbursement (2)
(___%)
Total Annual Net Operating Expenses (2)
___
 
 
(1)   
Amounts reflect the total expenses of the Money Market Portfolio and the Fund.

 
(2)
The Adviser has contractually agreed to cap the ILR Fund’s Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding taxes, interest and extraordinary expenses) attributable to the Investment Class to the extent that expenses exceed 0.47% of Investment Class net assets, through April 30, 2011.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the ILR Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that all dividends and distributions are reinvested, and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 Year
   
3 Years
   
5 Years
   
10 Years
 
$  ______     $  ______     $  ______     $  ______  

Principal Investment Strategies

The ILR Fund invests substantially all of its investable assets in the Money Market Portfolio.

The Money Market Portfolio follows a disciplined investment process in which the Portfolio’s investment adviser bases its decisions on the relative attractiveness of different money market instruments. In the adviser’s opinion, the attractiveness of an instrument may vary depending on the general level of interest rates, as well as imbalances of supply and demand in the market. The Portfolio invests in accordance with regulatory requirements applicable to money market funds, which impose strict conditions on the quality of portfolio securities, the maturity of individual securities and the portfolio as a whole, and portfolio diversification.

The Portfolio attempts to meet its investment objective by investing in a broad range of money market instruments. The Portfolio considers the following instruments or investment strategies to be principal to the achievement of its investment objective: U.S. government securities, including U.S. Treasury bills, notes and bonds and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies; certificates of deposits and time deposits of U.S. and foreign banks; commercial paper and other high quality obligations of U.S. or foreign companies; asset-backed securities, including asset-backed commercial paper; and repurchase agreements. These instruments may bear fixed, variable or floating rates of interest or may be zero coupon securities. The Portfolio also may invest in shares of other money market funds, including funds advised by the fund’s investment adviser. Under normal market conditions, the Portfolio intends to invest more than 25% of its total assets in bank obligations.
 
 
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Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.  Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.
 
 
Risks of Investing Principally in Money Market Instruments:

 
Interest Rate Risk—The risk that interest rates will rise, causing the value of the Portfolio’s investments to fall. Also, the risk that as interest rates decline, the income that the Portfolio receives on its new investments generally will decline.

 
Credit Risk—The risk that an issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of an instrument will fail, including the perception that such an entity will fail, to make scheduled interest or principal payments, which may reduce the Portfolio’s income and the market value of the instrument.

 
Liquidity Risk—The risk that the Portfolio may not be able to sell some or all of its securities at desired prices, or may be unable to sell the securities at all, because of a lack of demand in the market for such securities, or a liquidity provider defaults on its obligation to purchase the securities when properly tendered by the Portfolio.
 
 
Risk Associated with Maintaining a Stable Share Price:   To the extent that the aggregate market value of the Portfolio’s assets materially varies from the aggregate of the acquisition prices of those assets, the Fund may not be able to maintain a stable share price of $1.00.  This risk typically is higher during periods of rapidly changing interest rates or when issuer credit quality generally is falling, and is made worse when the Portfolio experiences significant redemption requests.

Master/Feeder Structure Risk : The Fund’s performance may suffer as a result of large cash inflows or outflows of the Master Portfolio in which the Fund invests.

Low Short-Term Interest Rates . As short-term interest rates approach 0%, the Portfolio may maintain substantial cash balances. The Portfolio typically does not receive any income from uninvested cash. In addition, if the Portfolio generates insufficient income to pay its expenses, it may not pay a daily dividend.

 
Exposure to Financial Institutions: Many instruments in which the Portfolio invests are issued or guaranteed by financial institutions, such as banks and brokers, or are collateralized by securities issued or guaranteed by financial institutions. Changes in the credit worthiness of any of these institutions may adversely affect the value of instruments held by the Portfolio. Adverse developments in the banking industry may cause the Portfolio to underperform other money market funds that invest more broadly across different industries.

Repurchase Agreement Risk : If a seller is unable to honor its commitments, the Portfolio could lose money.

Asset-Backed Securities Risk: Defaults on the underlying assets of the asset-backed securities held by the Portfolio may impair the value of the securities, and there may be limitations on the enforceability of any security interest granted with respect to those assets. These securities also present a higher degree of prepayment risk (when repayment of principal occurs before scheduled maturity) and extension risk (when rates of repayment of principal are slower than expected) than do other types of fixed income securities.

 
Foreign Securities. The Portfolio may invest in U.S. dollar denominated instruments issued by foreign governments, corporations and financial institutions. Financial information relating to foreign issuers may be more limited than financial information generally available for domestic issuers. In addition, the value of instruments of foreign issuers may be adversely affected by local or regional political and economic developments.

Variable and Floating Rate Securities Risk : The extent of increases and decreases in the values of variable and floating rate securities generally will be less than comparable changes in value of an equal principal amount of a similar fixed rate security and, if interest rates decline, the Portfolio may forego the opportunity for price appreciation on the security.

Please refer to “Additional Information About Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds and Portfolios” in the Prospectus for further details.

 
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The ILR Fund may not achieve its objective and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or any other government agency.

Performance

The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the ILR Fund by illustrating the variability of the Fund’s returns during the years since inception. The Fund’s past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Additionally, the performance information prior to October 1, 2007, the inception date for the Investment Class of the Fund, is that of the Fund before the Investment Class and Institutional Class were operational. The Fund had lower expenses and typically higher returns than the Investment Class. The primary difference in expenses is the lower distribution (12b-1) fee and absence of shareholder servicing plan and associated fees. Please call (877) 521-4083 for the Fund’s current 7-day yield.

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund
Total Return for the Calendar Years Ended December 31

Bar Chart:
 
2005:
    3.19 %
2006:
    5.07 %
2007:
    5.28 %
2008:
    2.46 %
2009:
 
___
 
During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____) and the lowest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____). Additionally, the performance information prior to October 1, 2007, the inception date for the Investment Class of the Fund, is that of the Fund before the Investment Class was operational. The Fund had lower expenses and typically higher returns than the Investment Class. The primary difference in expenses is the lower distribution (12b-1) fee and absence of shareholder servicing plan and associated fees. The Fund’s inception date was August 12, 2004.

Average Annual Total Returns
For the Periods Ended December 31, 2009

   
Past 1-Year
   
Past 5-Year
   
Since the Inception
Date of the Fund
(Annualized)
 
State Street Institutional
Liquid Reserves Fund
    ______ %     ______ %     ______ %


Investment Adviser

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Purchase Minimums
To establish an account
  $ 25,000,000  
To add to an existing account
 
No minimum
 

Written Requests and Wire Transfers . You may redeem Fund shares by written request or wire transfer. Written requests should be sent to:

By Mail:
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
P.O. Box 8048
Boston, MA 02266-8048

By Overnight:
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809

By Telephone:
For wire transfer instructions, please call (866) 392-0869 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time.  Redemptions by telephone are permitted only if you previously have been authorized for these transactions.

Through Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries.  If you wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, please contact that financial intermediary directly. Your financial intermediary may have an earlier cut-off time for the submission of purchase or redemption orders or may be closed at times when the Fund is open.

 
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Tax Information

For mutual funds generally, dividends from net investment income (other than qualified dividend income) and distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you as ordinary income under U.S. federal income tax laws whether paid in cash or in additional shares.  Distributions from net long-term gains are taxable as long-term taxable gains regardless of the length of time you have held the shares and whether you were paid in cash or additional shares.  Dividend and capital gains distributions that you receive, as well as your gains or losses from any sale or exchange of fund shares, may be subject to state and local income taxes.

Payments to Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase the Fund through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker, bank or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s Website for more information.
 
 
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STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL TAX FREE MONEY MARKET FUND

Investment Objective

The investment objective of State Street Institutional Tax Free Money Market Fund (the “Tax Free Fund” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Fund”) is to seek to maximize current income, exempt from federal income taxes, to the extent consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity and the maintenance of a stable $1.00 per share NAV. There is no assurance the Fund will be able to maintain a stable NAV per share, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund.

The investment objective of the Tax Free Fund as stated above is fundamental, which means that it may not be changed without shareholder approval.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Investment Class of the Tax Free Fund. As a shareholder in the State Street Tax Free Portfolio (the “Tax Free Portfolio” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Portfolio”), the Fund bears its ratable share of the Portfolio’s expenses, including advisory and administrative fees, and at the same time continues to pay its own fees and expenses. The table and the Example reflect the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) (1)

Management Fees
    0.10 %
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
    0.10 %
Other Expenses
 
___
-Service Fee
    0.25 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
 
___

 
(1)  
Amounts reflect the total expenses of the Tax Free Portfolio and the Fund.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Tax Free Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that all dividends and distributions are reinvested, and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions yours costs would be:

1 Year
   
3 Years
   
5 Years
   
10 Years
 
$ ___     $ ___     $ ___     $ ___  

Principal Investment Strategies

The Tax Free Fund invests substantially all of its investable assets in the Tax Free Money Market Portfolio.

The Tax Free Portfolio has a fundamental policy of investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings, if any) in federal tax–exempt, high quality, short-term municipal securities of all types. The Portfolio generally invests all of its assets in instruments exempt from ordinary federal income tax. The Portfolio may not invest more than 20% of its net assets in federally taxable money market instruments, including securities issued by or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. government or its agencies and instrumentalities, as well as certificates of deposit, commercial paper and repurchase agreements. The Portfolio may buy or sell securities on a when-issued or forward commitment basis.

The Portfolio follows a disciplined investment process that attempts to provide stability of principal, liquidity and current income through all market conditions, by investing in high quality money market instruments. Among other things, the Portfolio’s investment adviser conducts its own credit analyses of potential investments and portfolio holdings, and relies substantially on a dedicated short-term credit research team. In addition, the Portfolio follows regulatory requirements applicable to money market funds. Those requirements are intended to limit the risks of investing in a money market fund by requiring the Portfolio generally to invest in high quality securities with short-term remaining maturities, and be diversified as to issuers, guarantors and other liquidity providers. All securities held by the Portfolio are U.S. dollar-denominated, and they may have fixed, variable or floating interest rates, or may be zero coupon securities. The Portfolio’s weighted average maturity may not exceed 90 days, and is typically much shorter.

The Portfolio attempts to meet its investment objective by investing in, among other things:

 
Securities issues by states, municipalities and their political subdivisions and agencies and certain territories and possessions of the U.S., including:
 
General obligation bonds and notes;
 
Revenue bonds and notes;
 
Commercial paper and other privately issued securities;
 
Tender option bonds;
 
Private activity bonds;
 
Industrial development bonds; and

 
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Municipal lease contracts; and
 
Securities of other investment companies with similar investment guidelines.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.  Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.

In addition, the Fund is subject to the following risks:

Master/Feeder Structure Risk : The Fund’s performance may suffer as a result of large cash inflows or outflows of the Master Portfolio in which the Fund invests.

Risk Associated with Maintaining a Stable Share Price: The ability of the Fund to maintain a stable share price of $1.00 largely depends on the aggregate market value of the Portfolio’s securities being substantially similar to the aggregate of the acquisition prices of those securities to the Portfolio. To the extent that aggregate market value materially varies from the aggregate of those acquisition prices, the Fund may not be able to maintain a stable share price of $1.00. This risk typically is higher during periods of rapidly changing interest rates or issuer credit quality generally is falling, and is made worse when the Portfolio experiences significant redemption requests.

 
Municipal Obligations Risk: The municipal securities market in which the Portfolio invests may be volatile and may be significantly affected by adverse tax, legislative, or political changes and the financial condition of the issuers of municipal securities. Municipal revenue obligations are backed by the revenues generated from a specific project or facility and include industrial development bonds and private activity bonds. Private activity and industrial development bonds are dependent on the ability of the facility’s user to meet its financial obligations and the value of any real or personal property pledged as security for such payment. Many municipal securities are issued to finance projects relating to education, health care, transportation and utilities. Conditions in those sectors may affect the overall municipal market. In addition, municipal securities backed by current or anticipated revenues from a specific project or specific asset may be adversely affected by the discontinuance of the taxation supporting the project or asset or the inability to collect revenues for the project or from assets. If any issuer of a municipal security does not comply with applicable tax requirements, or there are adverse changes in federal tax laws, interest paid on the security may become taxable and the security could decline in value.

 
Exposure to Financial Institutions: Many instruments in which the Portfolio invests are issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by banks, brokers and other financial institutions, or are collateralized by securities issued or guaranteed by those institutions. Although the Portfolio attempts to invest only with high quality financial institutions, most financial institutions are dependent on other institutions to fulfill their obligations in the financial markets. Events that would adversely affect one financial institution or financial institutions generally also may have an adverse effect on the financial institution in which the Portfolio invests or that serve as counterparties in transactions with the Portfolio. Changes in the credit worthiness of any of these institutions may cause the Portfolio a loss that affects its share price.

 
Low Short-Term Interest Rates: As short-term interest rates approach 0%, the Portfolio may maintain substantial cash balances. The Portfolio typically does not receive any income from uninvested cash. In addition, if instruments held by the Portfolio pay interest at very low rates, the Portfolio may generate insufficient income to pay its expenses. At such times, the Portfolio may pay some or all of its expenses from Portfolio assets, and generally the Portfolio would not pay a daily dividend.

Please refer to “Additional Information About Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds and Portfolios” in the Prospectus for further details.

The Tax Free Fund may not achieve its objective and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency.

Performance

The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Tax Free Fund by illustrating the variability of the Fund’s returns during the years since inception. The Fund’s past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Additionally, the performance information prior to October 1, 2007, the inception date for the Investment Class of the Fund, is that of the Fund before the Investment Class was operational. The Institutional Class had lower expenses and typically higher returns than the Investment Class. The primary difference in expenses is the lower distribution (12b-1) fee and absence of shareholder servicing plan and associated fees. Please call (877) 521-4083 for the Fund’s current 7-day yield.

 
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State Street Institutional Tax Free Money Market Fund
Total Return for the Calendar Years Ended December 31

Bar Chart:
 
2008:
    1.96 %
2009:
 
___
 
During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was___% (quarter ended____) and the lowest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____). Additionally, the performance information prior to October 1, 2007, the inception date for the Investment Class of the Fund, is that of the Fund before the Investment Class was operational. The Fund had lower expenses and typically higher returns than the Investment Class. The primary difference in expenses is the lower distribution (12b-1) fee and absence of shareholder servicing plan and associated fees. The Fund’s inception date was February 7, 2007.

Average Annual Total Returns
For the Periods Ended December 31, 2009

   
Past 1-Year
   
Since the Inception
Date of the Fund
(Annualized)
 
State Street Institutional
Tax Free Money Market Fund
    ______ %     ______ %


Investment Adviser

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Purchase Minimums
To establish an account
  $ 25,000,000  
To add to an existing account
 
No minimum
 

Written Requests and Wire Transfers . You may redeem Fund shares by written request or wire transfer. Written requests should be sent to:

By Mail:
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
P.O. Box 8048
Boston, MA 02266-8048

By Overnight:
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809

By Telephone:
For wire transfer instructions, please call (866) 392-0869 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time.  Redemptions by telephone are permitted only if you previously have been authorized for these transactions.

Through Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries.    If you wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, please contact that financial intermediary directly. Your financial intermediary may have an earlier cut-off time for the submission of purchase or redemption orders or may be closed at times when the Fund is open.

Tax Information

The Fund’s distributions normally consist of exempt-interest dividends, which are generally not taxable to you for Federal income or alternative minimum tax purposes; it is possible that a portion of the exempt-interest dividends will be taxable to you under the Federal alternative minimum tax. It is also possible that a portion of the Fund’s distributions will not qualify as exempt interest dividends; such distributions will generally be taxable to you as ordinary income, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(K) plan or an individual retirement account.

Payments to Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase the Fund through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker, bank or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s Website for more information.
 
 
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STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL U.S. GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET FUND

Investment Objective

The investment objective of State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund (the “U.S. Government Fund” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Fund”) is to seek to maximize current income, to the extent consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity and the maintenance of a stable $1.00 per share NAV. The Fund invests in U.S. government securities and in repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities. There is no assurance the Fund will be able to maintain a stable NAV per share, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund.

The investment objective of the U.S. Government Fund as stated above may be changed without shareholder approval.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Investment Class of the U.S. Government Fund. As a shareholder in the State Street U.S. Government Portfolio (the “U.S. Government Portfolio” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Portfolio”), the Fund bears its ratable share of the Portfolio’s expenses, including advisory and administrative fees, and at the same time continues to pay its own fees and expenses. The table and the Example reflect the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
 (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) (1)
 
Management Fees
0.10%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
0.10%
Other Expenses
___ %
-Service Fee
0.25%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
___ %
Less Reimbursement (2)
(___%)
Total Annual Net Operating Expenses (2)
___%

 
(1)   
Amounts reflect the total expenses of the U.S. Government Portfolio and the Fund.

 
(2)
The Adviser has contractually agreed to cap the U.S. Government Fund’s Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding taxes, interest and extraordinary expenses) attributable to the Investment Class to the extent that expenses exceed 0.47% of Investment Class net assets, through April 30, 2011.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the U.S. Government Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that all dividends and distributions are reinvested, and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 Year
   
3 Years
   
5 Years
   
10 Years
 
$ ___     $ ___     $ ___     $ ___  

Principal Investment Strategies

The U.S. Government Fund invests substantially all of its investable assets in the U.S. Government Money Market Portfolio.

The U.S. Government Portfolio typically invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings, if any) in obligations issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. government or its agencies and instrumentalities, as well as repurchase agreements secured by such instruments. The Portfolio will not invest more that 10% of its net assets (taken at current market value) in repurchase agreements maturing in more than seven days.

The Portfolio follows a disciplined investment process that attempts to provide stability of principal, liquidity and current income through all market conditions, by investing in high quality money market instruments. Among other things, the Portfolio’s investment adviser conducts its own credit analyses of potential investments and portfolio holdings, and relies substantially on a dedicated short-term credit research team. In addition, the Portfolio follows regulatory requirements applicable to money market funds. Those requirements are intended to limit the risks of investing in a money market fund by requiring the Portfolio generally to invest in high quality securities with short-term remaining maturities, and be diversified as to issuers, guarantors and other liquidity providers. All securities held by the Portfolio are U.S. dollar-denominated, and they may have fixed, variable or floating interest rates. The Portfolio’s weighted average maturity may not exceed 90 days, and is typically much shorter.

 
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The Portfolio attempts to meet its investment objective by investing in, among other things:

 
Obligations issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. government or its agencies and instrumentalities, such as the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and the Federal National Mortgage Association, and U.S. government-sponsored entities such as the Federal Home Loan Bank, which are neither insured no guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury; and

 
Repurchase agreements collateralized with high quality securities and other assets.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.  Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.

In addition, the Fund is subject to the following risks:

Master/Feeder Structure Risk : The Fund’s performance may suffer as a result of large cash inflows or outflows of the Master Portfolio in which the Fund invests.

Government Securities Risks: Securities of certain U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities are not guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury, and to the extent the Portfolio owns such securities, it must look principally to the agency or instrumentality issuing or guaranteeing the securities for repayment. Because the Portfolio emphasizes investment in U.S. government securities, and because U.S. government securities generally are perceived as having low risks compared to most other types of investments, the Portfolio’s performance compared to money marked funds that invest principally in other types of money market instruments may be lower.

 
Significant Exposure to U.S. Government Agencies and Financial Institutions: Although the Portfolio attempts to invest substantially all of its assets in securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and high quality instruments issued by financial institutions, events that would adversely affect the market prices of securities issued or guaranteed by one government agency may adversely affect the market price of securities issued or guaranteed by other government agencies. Similarly, events that would affect the market value of instruments issued by one financial institution may adversely affect the market value of instruments issued by similarly situated financial institutions.

 
Repurchase Agreement Risk : If a seller is unable to honor its commitments, the Portfolio could lose money.

 
Risk Associated with Maintaining a Stable Share Price: The ability of the Fund to maintain a stable share price of $1.00 largely depends on the aggregate market value of the Portfolio’s securities being substantially similar to the aggregate of the acquisition prices of those securities to the Portfolio. To the extent that aggregate market value materially varies from the aggregate of those acquisition prices, the Fund may not be able to maintain a stable share price of $1.00. This risk typically is higher during periods of rapidly changing interest rates or issuer credit quality generally is falling, and is made worse when the Portfolio experiences significant redemption requests.

 
Low Short-Term Interest Rates: As short-term interest rates approach 0%, the Portfolio may maintain substantial cash balances. The Portfolio typically does not receive any income from uninvested cash. In addition, if instruments held by the Portfolio pay interest at very low rates, the Portfolio may generate insufficient income to pay its expenses. At such times, the Portfolio may pay some or all of its expenses from Portfolio assets, and generally the Portfolio would not pay a daily dividend.

Please refer to “Additional Information About Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds and Portfolios” in the Prospectus for further details.

The U.S. Government Fund may not achieve its objective and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency.

Performance

The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the U.S. Government Fund by illustrating the variability of the Fund’s returns during the years since inception. The Fund’s past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Please call (877) 521-4083 for the Fund’s current 7-day yield.

 
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State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money Market Fund
Total Return for the Calendar Years Ended December 31

Bar Chart:
 
2008:
    1.81 %
2009:
 
___
 
During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____) and the lowest return for a quarter was___% (quarter ended____).

Average Annual Total Returns
For the Periods Ended December 31, 2009

   
Past 1-Year
   
Since the Inception
Date of the Fund
(Annualized)
 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money Market Fund
    ______ %     ______ %

Investment Adviser

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Purchase Minimums
To establish an account
  $ 25,000,000  
To add to an existing account
 
No minimum
 

Written Requests and Wire Transfers . You may redeem Fund shares by written request or wire transfer. Written requests should be sent to:

By Mail:
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
P.O. Box 8048
Boston, MA 02266-8048

By Overnight:
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809

By Telephone:
For wire transfer instructions, please call (866) 392-0869 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time.  Redemptions by telephone are permitted only if you previously have been authorized for these transactions.
 
Through Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries.    If you wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, please contact that financial intermediary directly. Your financial intermediary may have an earlier cut-off time for the submission of purchase or redemption orders or may be closed at times when the Fund is open.

Tax Information

For mutual funds generally, dividends from net investment income (other than qualified dividend income) and distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you as ordinary income under U.S. federal income tax laws whether paid in cash or in additional shares.  Distributions from net long-term gains are taxable as long-term taxable gains regardless of the length of time you have held the shares and whether you were paid in cash or additional shares.  Dividend and capital gains distributions that you receive, as well as your gains or losses from any sale or exchange of fund shares, may be subject to state and local income taxes.

Payments to Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase the Fund through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker, bank or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s Website for more information.

 
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STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL TREASURY MONEY MARKET FUND

Investment Objective

The investment objective of State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund (the “Treasury Fund” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Fund”) is to seek a high level of current income consistent with preserving principal and liquidity and the maintenance of a stable $1.00 per share NAV. There is no assurance the Fund will be able to maintain a stable NAV per share, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund.

The investment objective of the Treasury Fund as stated above may be changed without shareholder approval.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Investment Class of the Treasury Fund. As a shareholder in the State Street Treasury Portfolio (the “Treasury Portfolio” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Portfolio”), the Fund bears its ratable share of the Portfolio’s expenses, including advisory and administrative fees, and at the same time continues to pay its own fees and expenses. The table and the Example reflect the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
 (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) (1)

Management Fees
    0.10 %
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
    0.10 %
Other Expenses
 
___
-Service Fee
    0.25 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
 
___

(1)   
Amounts reflect the total expenses of the Treasury Portfolio and the Fund.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Treasury Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that all dividends and distributions are reinvested, and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 Year
   
3 Years
   
5 Years
   
10 Years
 
$ ___     $ ___     $ ___     $ ___  

Principal Investment Strategies

The Treasury Fund invests substantially all of its investable assets in the Treasury Money Market Portfolio.

The Treasury Portfolio attempts to meet its investment objective by investing principally in U.S. Treasury bills, notes and bonds (which are direct obligations of the U.S. government) and repurchase agreements backed by such securities.  The Portfolio also may invest in shares of other money market funds, including funds advised by the Portfolio’s investment adviser.

The Portfolio follows a disciplined investment process in which the Portfolio’s investment adviser bases its decision on the relative attractiveness of different money market instruments. In the adviser’s opinion, the attractiveness of an instrument may vary depending on the general level of interest rates, as well as imbalances of supply and demand in the market. The Portfolio invests in accordance with regulatory requirements applicable to money market funds, which impose strict conditions on the quality of portfolio securities, the maturity of individual securities and the portfolio as a whole, and portfolio diversification.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.  Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.

 
Risks of Investing Principally in Money Market Instruments:

 
Interest Rate Risk—The risk that interest rates will rise, causing the value of the Portfolio’s investments to fall. Also, the risk that as interest rates decline, the income that the Portfolio receives on its new investments generally will decline.

 
Credit Risk—The risk that an issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of an instrument will fail, including the perception that such an entity will fail, to make scheduled interest or principal payments, which may reduce the Portfolio’s income and the market value of the instrument.

 
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Liquidity Risk—The risk that the Portfolio may not be able to sell some or all of its securities at desired prices, or may be unable to sell the securities at all, because of a lack of demand in the market for such securities, or a liquidity provider defaults on its obligation to purchase the securities when properly tendered by the Portfolio.

Master/Feeder Structure Risk : The Fund’s performance may suffer as a result of large cash inflows or outflows of the Master Portfolio in which the Fund invests.

Risk Associated with Maintaining a Stable Share Price:   To the extent that the aggregate market value of the Portfolio’s assets materially varies from the aggregate of the acquisition prices of those assets, the Fund may not be able to maintain a stable share price of $1.00.  This risk typically is higher during periods of rapidly changing interest rates or when issuer credit quality generally is falling, and is made worse when the Portfolio experiences significant redemption requests.

 
Low Short-Term Interest Rates . As short-term interest rates approach 0%, the Portfolio may maintain substantial cash balances. The Portfolio typically does not receive any income from uninvested cash. In addition, if the Portfolio generates insufficient income to pay its expenses, it may not pay a daily dividend.

Please refer to “Additional Information About Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds and Portfolios” in the Prospectus for further details.

The Treasury Fund may not achieve its objective and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency.

Performance

The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Treasury Fund by illustrating the variability of the Fund’s returns during the years since inception. The Fund’s past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Please call (877) 521-4083 for the Fund’s current 7-day yield.

State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund
Total Return for the Calendar Years Ended December 31

Bar Chart:
 
2008:
    0.93 %
2009:
 
___
 
During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____) and the lowest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____).

Average Annual Total Returns
For the Periods Ended December 31, 2009

   
Past 1-Year
   
Since the Inception
Date of the Fund
(Annualized)
 
State Street Institutional
Treasury Money Market Fund
    ______ %     ______ %

Investment Adviser

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Purchase Minimums
To establish an account
  $ 25,000,000  
To add to an existing account
 
No minimum
 

Written Requests and Wire Transfers . You may redeem Fund shares by written request or wire transfer. Written requests should be sent to:

By Mail:
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
P.O. Box 8048
Boston, MA 02266-8048

By Overnight:
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809

By Telephone:
For wire transfer instructions, please call (866) 392-0869 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time.  Redemptions by telephone are permitted only if you previously have been authorized for these transactions.

 
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Through Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries.    If you wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, please contact that financial intermediary directly. Your financial intermediary may have an earlier cut-off time for the submission of purchase or redemption orders or may be closed at times when the Fund is open.

Tax Information

For mutual funds generally, dividends from net investment income (other than qualified dividend income) and distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you as ordinary income under U.S. federal income tax laws whether paid in cash or in additional shares.  Distributions from net long-term gains are taxable as long-term taxable gains regardless of the length of time you have held the shares and whether you were paid in cash or additional shares.  Dividend and capital gains distributions that you receive, as well as your gains or losses from any sale or exchange of fund shares, may be subject to state and local income taxes.

Payments to Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase the Fund through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker, bank or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s Website for more information.

 
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STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL TREASURY PLUS MONEY MARKET FUND

Investment Objective

The investment objective of State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund (the “Treasury Plus Fund” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Fund”) is to seek a high level of current income consistent with preserving principal and liquidity and the maintenance of a stable $1.00 per share NAV. The Fund invests in a portfolio consisting principally of U.S. Treasury securities and repurchase agreements collateralized by such securities. There is no assurance the Fund will be able to maintain a stable NAV per share, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund.

The investment objective of the Treasury Plus Fund as stated above may be changed without shareholder approval.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Investment Class of the Treasury Plus Fund. As a shareholder in the State Street Treasury Plus Portfolio (the “Treasury Plus Portfolio” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Portfolio”), the Fund bears its ratable share of the Portfolio’s expenses, including advisory and administrative fees, and at the same time continues to pay its own fees and expenses. The table and the Example reflect the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
 (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) (1)
 
Management Fees
0.10%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
0.10%
Other Expenses
___ %
-Service Fee
0.25%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
___ %
Less Reimbursement (2)
(___%)
Total Annual Net Operating Expenses (2)
___%
 
 
(1)  
Amounts reflect the total expenses of the Treasury Plus Portfolio and the Fund.

 
(2)
The Adviser has contractually agreed to cap the Treasury Plus Fund’s Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding taxes, interest and extraordinary expenses) attributable to the Investment Class to the extent that expenses exceed 0.47% of Investment Class net assets, through April 30, 2011.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Treasury Plus Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that all dividends and distributions are reinvested, and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 Year
 
3 Years
   
5 Years
   
10 Years
 
$_____  
  $ _____     $ _____     $ _____  

Principal Investment Strategies

The Treasury Plus Fund invests substantially all of its investable assets in the Treasury Plus Money Market Portfolio.

The Treasury Plus Portfolio attempts to meet its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in U.S. Treasury bills, notes and bonds (which are direct obligations of the U.S. government) and repurchase agreements collateralized by these obligations.  The Portfolio also may invest in shares of other money market funds, including funds advised by the Portfolio’s investment adviser.

The Portfolio follows a disciplined investment process in which the Portfolio’s investment adviser bases its decision on the relative attractiveness of different money market instruments. In the adviser’s opinion, the attractiveness of an instrument may vary depending on the general level of interest rates, as well as imbalances of supply and demand in the market. The Portfolio invests in accordance with regulatory requirements applicable to money market funds, which impose strict conditions on the quality of portfolio securities, the maturity of individual securities and the portfolio as a whole, and portfolio diversification.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.  Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.

Risks of Investing Principally in Money Market Instruments:

 
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Interest Rate Risk—The risk that interest rates will rise, causing the value of the Portfolio’s investments to fall. Also, the risk that as interest rates decline, the income that the Portfolio receives on its new investments generally will decline.

Credit Risk—The risk that an issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of an instrument will fail, including the perception that such an entity will fail, to make scheduled interest or principal payments, which may reduce the Portfolio’s income and the market value of the instrument.

Liquidity Risk—The risk that the Portfolio may not be able to sell some or all of its securities at desired prices, or may be unable to sell the securities at all, because of a lack of demand in the market for such securities, or a liquidity provider defaults on its obligation to purchase the securities when properly tendered by the Portfolio.

Master/Feeder Structure Risk : The Fund’s performance may suffer as a result of large cash inflows or outflows of the Master Portfolio in which the Fund invests.

Risk Associated with Maintaining a Stable Share Price:   To the extent that the aggregate market value of the Portfolio’s assets materially varies from the aggregate of the acquisition prices of those assets, the Fund may not be able to maintain a stable share price of $1.00.  This risk typically is higher during periods of rapidly changing interest rates or when issuer credit quality generally is falling, and is made worse when the Portfolio experiences significant redemption requests.

Low Short-Term Interest Rates : As short-term interest rates approach 0%, the Portfolio may maintain substantial cash balances. The Portfolio typically does not receive any income from uninvested cash. In addition, if the Portfolio generates insufficient income to pay its expenses, it may not pay a daily dividend.

Repurchase Agreement Risk :  If a seller is unable to honor its commitments, the Portfolio could lose money.

Please refer to “Additional Information About Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds and Portfolios” in the Prospectus for further details.

The Treasury Plus Fund may not achieve its objective and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency.

Performance

The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Treasury Plus Fund by illustrating the variability of the Fund’s returns during the years since inception. The Fund’s past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Please call (877) 521-4083 for the Fund’s current 7-day yield.

State Street Institutional
Treasury Plus Money Market Fund
Total Return for the Calendar Years Ended December 31

Bar Chart:

2008:
    1.27 %
2009:
 
___
%

During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____) and the lowest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____).

Average Annual Total Returns
For the Periods Ended December 31, 2009

   
Past 1-Year
   
Since the Inception
Date of the Fund
(Annualized)
 
State Street Institutional
Treasury Plus Money Market Fund
 
______
%  
______
%

Investment Adviser

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Purchase Minimums
To establish an account
  $ 25,000,000  
To add to an existing account
 
No minimum
 

Written Requests and Wire Transfers . You may redeem Fund shares by written request or wire transfer. Written requests should be sent to:

 
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By Mail:
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
P.O. Box 8048
Boston, MA 02266-8048

By Overnight:
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809

By Telephone:
For wire transfer instructions, please call (866) 392-0869 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time.  Redemptions by telephone are permitted only if you previously have been authorized for these transactions.

Through Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries.    If you wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, please contact that financial intermediary directly. Your financial intermediary may have an earlier cut-off time for the submission of purchase or redemption orders or may be closed at times when the Fund is open.

Tax Information

For mutual funds generally, dividends from net investment income (other than qualified dividend income) and distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you as ordinary income under U.S. federal income tax laws whether paid in cash or in additional shares.  Distributions from net long-term gains are taxable as long-term taxable gains regardless of the length of time you have held the shares and whether you were paid in cash or additional shares.  Dividend and capital gains distributions that you receive, as well as your gains or losses from any sale or exchange of fund shares, may be subject to state and local income taxes.

Payments to Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase the Fund through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker, bank or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s Website for more information.

 
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Additional Information About Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds and Portfolios

Additional information about risks associated with some of the Funds’ and Portfolios’ investment policies and investment strategies is provided below.

 
Banking Industry Risk. If a Portfolio concentrates more than 25% of its assets in bank obligations, adverse developments in the banking industry may have a greater effect on that Portfolio than on a mutual fund that invests more broadly. Banks may be particularly sensitive to certain economic factors such as interest rate changes, adverse developments in the real estate market, fiscal and monetary policy and general economic cycles. Recent instability in the financial markets has heavily influenced the bank obligations of certain financial institutions, resulting in some cases in extreme price volatility and a lack of liquidity. Governments or their agencies may acquire distressed assets from financial institutions and ownership interests in those institutions. The implications of government ownership and disposition of these assets are unclear, and such a program may have positive or negative effects on the liquidity, valuation and performance of certain bank obligations.  [ILR Fund]

 
Foreign Investment Risk . A Portfolio may invest in U.S. dollar-denominated obligations issued by non-U.S. issuers. While such instruments may be denominated in U.S. dollars, this does not eliminate the risk inherent in investing in the securities of foreign issuers. Dollar-denominated instruments issued by entities located in foreign countries could lose value as a result of political, financial and economic events in foreign countries. Issuers of these instruments are not necessarily subject to the same regulatory requirements that apply to U.S. banks and corporations, although the information available for dollar-denominated instruments may be subject to the accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards of the U.S. domestic market or exchange on which they are traded, which standards may be more uniform and more exacting than those to which many foreign issuers are subject. Furthermore, by investing in dollar-denominated instruments rather than directly in a foreign issuer’s stock, a Portfolio can avoid currency risks during the settlement period for either purchases or sales. [ILR Fund]

 
Interest Rate Risk . During periods of rising interest rates, a Portfolio’s yield generally is lower than prevailing market rates causing the value of the Portfolio to fall. In periods of falling interest rates, a Portfolio’s yield generally is higher than prevailing market rates, causing the value of the Portfolio to rise. Typically, the more distant the expected cash flow that the Portfolio is to receive from a security, the more sensitive the market price of the security is to movements in interest rates. If a Portfolio owns securities that have variable or floating interest rates, as interest rates fall, the income the Portfolio receives from those securities also will fall. [All Funds]

Credit Risk. Credit risk is the risk that an issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of a fixed-income security held by a fund may default on its obligation to pay scheduled interest and repay principal. It includes the risk that one or more of the securities will be downgraded by a credit rating agency; generally, lower rated issuers have higher credit risks. Credit risk also includes the risk that an issuer or guarantor of a security, or a bank or other financial institution that has entered into a repurchase agreement with the fund, may default on its payment or repurchase obligation, as the case may be. Credit risk generally is inversely related to credit quality.

 
Prepayment Risk and Extension Risk. Prepayment risk and extension risk apply primarily to asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities and certain municipal securities.

Prepayment risk is the risk that principal on mortgages or other loan obligations underlying a security may be repaid prior to the stated maturity date. If the Portfolio has purchased a security at a premium, any repayment that is faster than expected reduces the market value of the security and the anticipated yield-to-maturity. Repayment of loans underlying certain securities tends to accelerate during periods of declining interest rates.

Extension risk is the risk that an issuer will exercise its right to repay principal on an obligation held by a Portfolio later than expected. This may happen when there is a rise in interest rates. Under these circumstances, the value of the obligation will decrease, thus preventing the Portfolio from investing expected repayment proceeds in securities paying yields higher than the yields paid by the securities that were expected to be repaid.

 
Liquidity Risk. Adverse market or economic conditions or investor perceptions may result in little or no trading activity in one or more particular securities, thus, making it difficult for a Portfolio holding the securities to determine their values. A Portfolio holding those securities may have to value them at prices that reflect unrealized losses, or if it elects to sell them, it may have to accept lower prices than the prices at which it is then valuing them. The Portfolio also may not be able to sell the securities at any price. [All Funds]

 
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Market Risk .   The values of the securities in which a Portfolio invests may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual companies and/or general economic conditions. Price changes may be temporary or may last for extended periods. Recent instability in the financial markets has led the U.S. Government to take a number of unprecedented actions designed to support certain financial institutions and segments of the financial markets that have experienced extreme volatility, and in some cases a lack of liquidity. Federal, state, and other governments, their regulatory agencies, or self regulatory organizations may take actions that affect the regulation of the instruments in which the Portfolios invest, or the issuers of such instruments, in ways that are unforeseeable. Legislation or regulation may also change the way in which the Funds and Portfolios themselves are regulated. Such legislation or regulation could limit or preclude a Fund’s or Portfolio’s ability to achieve its investment objective. Governments or their agencies may also acquire distressed assets from financial institutions and ownership interests in those institutions. The implications of government ownership and disposition of these assets are unclear, and such a program may have positive or negative effects on the liquidity, valuation and performance of the Portfolios’ portfolio holdings. Furthermore, volatile financial markets can expose the Portfolios to greater market and liquidity risk and potential difficulty in valuing portfolio instruments held by the Portfolios. [All Funds]

 
Master/Feeder Structure Risk.   Unlike traditional mutual funds that invest directly in securities, each of the Funds pursues its objective by investing substantially all of its assets in the Master Portfolio with substantially the same investment objectives, policies and restrictions. The ability of a Fund to meet its investment objective is directly related to the ability of the Portfolio to meet its objective. The ability of a Fund to meet its objective may be adversely affected by the purchase and redemption activities of other investors in the corresponding Portfolio. The ability of the Fund to meet redemption requests depends on its ability to redeem its interest in the Portfolio. The Adviser also serves as investment adviser to the Portfolio. Therefore, conflicts may arise as the Adviser fulfills its fiduciary responsibilities to a Fund and its corresponding Portfolio. For example, the Adviser may have an economic incentive to maintain a Fund's investment in the Portfolio at a time when it might otherwise not choose to do so. [All Funds]

 
Money Market Risk. An investment in the Funds is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency. Although the Funds seek to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, there can be no assurance that they will do so, and it is possible to lose money by investing in the Funds.  [All Funds]

 
Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities Risk: Mortgage-backed securities, including collateralized mortgage obligations and certain stripped mortgage-backed securities, represent a participation in, or are secured by,  mortgage loans. Asset-backed securities are structured like mortgage-backed securities, but instead of mortgage loans or interests in mortgage loans, the underlying assets may include such items as motor vehicle installment sales or installment loan contracts, leases of various types of real and personal property, and receivables from credit card agreements. During periods of falling interest rates, mortgage- and asset- backed securities, which typically provide the issuer with the right to call or prepay the security prior to maturity, may be called or prepaid, which may result in the Portfolio having to reinvest proceeds in other investments at a lower interest rate. During periods of rising interest rates, the average life of mortgage- and asset-backed securities may be extended because of slower-than expected principal payments. This may lock in a below-market interest rate, increase the security’s duration, and reduce the value of the security. As a result, mortgage and asset-backed securities may have less potential for capital appreciation during periods of declining interest rates than other securities of comparable maturities, although they may have a similar risk of decline in market values during periods of rising interest rates. Prepayment rates are difficult to predict and the potential impact of prepayments on the value of a mortgage- or asset-backed security depends on the terms of the instrument and can result in significant volatility. The price of a mortgage- or asset backed security also depends on the credit quality and adequacy of the underlying assets or collateral. Enforcing rights against the underlying assets or collateral may be difficult, or the underlying assets or collateral may be insufficient if the issuer defaults. Subprime mortgage loans, which typically are made to less creditworthy borrowers, have a higher risk of default than conventional mortgage loans. Therefore, mortgage-backed securities backed by subprime mortgage loans may suffer significantly greater declines in value due to defaults. Some mortgage-backed securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government (e.g., mortgage-backed securities issued by the Government National Mortgage Association, commonly known as “Ginnie Mae”), while other mortgage-backed securities (e.g., mortgage-backed securities issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, commonly known as “Fannie Mae” and “Freddie Mac”), are backed only by the credit of the government entity issuing them. In addition, some mortgage-backed securities are issued by private entities and, as such, are not guaranteed by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality of the U.S. government. [ILR Fund]

 
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Municipal Obligations Risk. The values of municipal obligations can fluctuate and may be affected by adverse tax, legislative, or political changes, and by financial developments affecting municipal issuers. Because many municipal obligations are issued to finance specific projects, especially those relating to education, health care, housing, utilities, and water and sewer projects, conditions in these sectors can affect the overall municipal market. Payment of municipal obligations may depend on an issuer’s general unrestricted revenues, revenue generated by a specific project or the operator of a project, government appropriations, or aid from other governments. There is greater credit risk if investors can look only to the revenue generated by a project or the operator of the project because of the relatively limited source of revenue. In addition, future changes in federal tax laws or the activity of an issuer may adversely affect the tax-exempt status of municipal obligations, causing interest received and distributed to shareholders by the Portfolio to be taxable and resulting in a significant decline in the values of such municipal obligations. There is generally less public information available for municipal obligations compared to corporate equities or debt securities, and the investment performance of a Portfolio holding municipal obligations may therefore be more dependent on the analytical abilities of the Portfolio’s adviser.

Municipal obligations may also be subject to call risk (a security could be redeemed prior to maturity) and extension risk (a security’s duration could lengthen due to the deceleration of payments). [Tax Free Fund]

 
Repurchase Agreement Risk. A repurchase agreement is an agreement to buy a security from a seller at one price and a simultaneous agreement to sell it back to the original seller at an agreed-upon price. Repurchase agreements may be viewed as loans made by the Portfolio which are collateralized by the securities subject to repurchase. The Portfolio’s investment return on such transactions will depend on the counterparties’ willingness and ability to perform their obligations under the repurchase agreements. If the Portfolio’s counterparty should default on its obligations and the Portfolio is delayed or prevented from recovering the collateral, or if the value of the collateral is insufficient, the Portfolio may realize a loss. [ILR Fund, U.S. Government Fund and Treasury Plus Fund]
 
 
U.S. Government Sponsored Enterprises Risk. U.S. government securities are securities issued or guaranteed as to the payment of interest or principal by the U.S. government, by an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. government, or by a U.S. government-sponsored entity. Certain U.S. government securities may not be supported as to the payment of principal and interest by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government or the ability to borrow from the U.S. Treasury. Some U.S. government securities may be supported as to the payment of principal and interest only by the credit of the entity issuing or guaranteeing the security. Investments in U.S. government sponsored enterprises may return less than investments in non-government fixed-income securities.  [ILR Fund and U.S. Government Fund]

Additional Information about the Funds’ and Portfolios’ Investment Strategies and Risks

The investments described below reflect the Funds’ and Portfolios’ current practices. In addition to the principal risks described above, other risks are described in some of the descriptions of the investments below:

Asset-Backed Securities .   Asset-backed securities are securities whose principal and interest payments are collateralized by pools of assets such as auto loans, credit card receivables, leases, installment contracts and personal property. Payments of principal and interest are passed through to holders of the securities and are typically supported by some form of credit enhancement, such as over collateralization, a letter of credit, surety bond, limited guarantee by another entity or by priority to certain of the borrower’s other securities. The degree of credit enhancement varies, generally applying only until exhausted and covering only a fraction of the security’s par value. If the credit enhancement of an asset-backed security held by a Portfolio has been exhausted, and if any required payments of principal and interest are not made with respect to the underlying loans, the Portfolio may experience loss or delay in receiving payment and a decrease in the value of the security.

Like mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities are often subject to more rapid repayment than their stated maturity date would indicate as a result of the pass-through of prepayments of principal on the underlying loans. During periods of declining interest rates, prepayment of loans underlying asset-backed securities can be expected to accelerate. A Portfolio’s ability to maintain positions in such securities will be affected by reductions in the principal amount of such securities resulting from prepayments, and its ability to reinvest the returns of principal at comparable yields is subject to generally prevailing interest rates at that time. To the extent that a Portfolio invests in asset-backed securities, the values of such Portfolio’s portfolio securities will vary with changes in market interest rates generally and the differentials in yields among various kinds of asset-backed securities.

 
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Asset-backed securities present certain additional risks that are not presented by mortgage-backed securities because asset-backed securities generally do not have the benefit of a security interest in collateral that is comparable to mortgage assets. Credit card receivables are generally unsecured and the debtors on such receivables are entitled to the protection of a number of state and federal consumer credit laws, many of which give such debtors the right to set-off certain amounts owed on the credit cards, thereby reducing the balance due. Automobile receivables generally are secured, but by automobiles rather than residential real property. Most issuers of automobile receivables permit the loan servicers to retain possession of the underlying obligations. If the servicer were to sell these obligations to another party, there is a risk that the purchaser would acquire an interest superior to that of the holders of the asset backed securities. In addition, because of the large number of vehicles involved in a typical issuance and technical requirements under state laws, the trustee for the holders of the automobile receivables may not have a proper security interest in the underlying automobiles. Therefore, there is the possibility that, in some cases, recoveries on repossessed collateral may not be available to support payments on these securities. [ILR Fund]

ECDs, ETDs and YCDs . ECDs are U.S. dollar-denominated certificates of deposit issued by a bank outside of the United States. ETDs are U.S. dollar-denominated deposits in foreign branches of U.S. banks and foreign banks. YCDs are U.S. dollar-denominated certificates of deposit issued by U.S. branches of foreign banks. These instruments have different risks than those associated with the obligations of domestic banks. The banks issuing these instruments, or their domestic or foreign branches, are not necessarily subject to the same regulatory requirements that apply to U.S. banks operating in the United States. Foreign laws and accounting standards typically are not as strict as they are in the U.S. so there may be fewer restrictions on loan limitations, less frequent examinations and less stringent requirements regarding reserve accounting, auditing, recordkeeping and public reporting requirements. [ILR Fund]

Investment in other Investment Companies . A Portfolio may invest in other money market funds that are registered as investment companies under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds that are sponsored or advised by the Adviser or its affiliates, to the extent permitted by applicable law or SEC exemptive relief. If a Portfolio invests in other money market funds, shareholders of the Fund will bear not only their proportionate share of the expenses described in this Prospectus, but also, indirectly, the similar expenses, including, for example, advisory and administrative fees, of the money market funds in which the Portfolio invests. Shareholders would also be exposed to the risks associated not only with the investments of the Portfolio (indirectly through the Fund’s investment in the Portfolio) but also to the portfolio investments of the money market funds in which the Portfolio invests. [All Funds]

Mortgage-Backed Securities . Mortgage-backed securities, including collateralized mortgage obligations and certain stripped mortgage-backed securities, represent a participation in, or an investment in a pool secured by, mortgage loans.  Each mortgage pool underlying mortgage-backed securities consists of mortgage loans evidenced by promissory notes secured by first mortgages or first deeds of trust or other similar security instruments creating a first lien on owner occupied and non-owner occupied one-unit to four unit residential properties, multifamily (i.e., five or more) properties, agricultural properties, commercial properties and mixed use properties (the “Mortgaged Properties”). The Mortgaged Properties may consist of detached individual dwelling units, multifamily dwelling units, individual condominiums, townhouses, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, row houses, individual units in planned unit developments and other attached dwelling units. The Mortgaged Properties may also include residential investment properties and second homes.

Types of mortgage-related securities in which a Portfolio may invest include: Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”) Certificates (“Ginnie Maes”), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“FHLMC”) Mortgage Participation Certificates (“Freddie Macs”), Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”) Guaranteed Mortgage Certificates (“Fannie Maes”) and Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (“CMBS”). Mortgage certificates are mortgage-backed securities representing undivided fractional interests in pools of mortgage backed loans. These loans are made by mortgage bankers, commercial banks, savings and loan associations and other lenders. GNMA is authorized to guarantee the timely payment of the principal of an interest on certificates that are based on and backed by a pool of mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA Loans), or guaranteed by the Veterans Administration (VA Loans), or by pools of other eligible mortgage loans. In order to meet its obligations under any guaranty, GNMA is authorized to borrow from the United States Treasury in an unlimited amount. Each Fannie Mae is issued and guaranteed by FNMA and represents an undivided interest in a pool of mortgage loans formed by FNMA. The principal activity of FHLMC currently is the purchase of first lien, conventional, residential mortgage loans and participation interests in such mortgage loans and their resale in the form of mortgage securities, primarily Freddie Mac Certificates.

 
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Since September 2008, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (together, the “GSEs”) have been placed under the conservatorship of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”).  The US Treasury, FHFA and the Federal Reserve have taken the steps to support the conservatorship.  No assurance can be given that those initiatives with respect to the debt and mortgage-backed securities issued by the GSEs and acquired by any of the funds will be successful.

Traditional debt investments typically pay a fixed rate of interest until maturity, when the entire principal amount is due. By contrast, payments on mortgage-backed and many asset-backed investments typically include both interest and partial payment of principal.  Principal may also be prepaid voluntarily, or as a result of refinancing or foreclosure.  A Portfolio may have to invest the proceeds from prepaid investments in other investments with less attractive terms and yields. As a result, these securities may have less potential for capital appreciation during periods of declining interest rates than other securities of comparable maturities, although they may have a similar risk of decline in market value during periods of rising interest rates.  Because the prepayment rate generally declines as interest rates rise, an increase in interest rates will likely increase the duration, and thus the volatility, of mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities.  In addition to interest rate risk, investments in mortgage-backed securities composed of subprime mortgages may be subject to a higher degree of credit risk, valuation risk and liquidity risk.  Duration is a measure of the expected life of a fixed income security that is used to determine the sensitivity of the security's price to changes in interest rates.  Unlike the maturity of a fixed income security, which measures only the time until final payment is due, duration takes into account the time until all payments of interest and principal on a security are expected to be made, including how these payments are affected by prepayments and by changes in interest rates.

A Portfolio may gain investment exposure to mortgage-backed investments by entering into agreements with financial institutions to buy the investments at a fixed price at a future date. A Portfolio may or may not take delivery of the investments at the termination date of such an agreement, but will nonetheless be exposed to changes in value of the underlying investments during the term of the agreement. [ILR Fund]

Municipal Securities . Municipal securities may be issued to obtain funds to be used for various public purposes, including general purpose financing for state and local governments, refunding outstanding obligations, and financings for specific projects or public facilities. General obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the issuer. These securities include, for example, tax anticipation notes, bond anticipation notes and general obligation bonds. Revenue obligations are generally backed by the revenues generated from a specific project or facility and include industrial development bonds and private activity bonds. Private activity and industrial development bonds are dependent on the ability of the facility's user to meet its financial obligations and the value of any real or personal property pledged as security for such payment. Private activity and industrial development bonds, although issued by industrial development authorities, may be backed only by the assets of the non-governmental users, and the user, rather than the municipality, assumes the credit risk.  A municipal bond, like a bond issued by a corporation or the U.S. government, obligates the obligor on the bond to pay the bondholder a fixed or variable amount of interest periodically, and to repay the principal value of the bond on a specific maturity date. Municipal notes are short-term instruments which are issued and sold in anticipation of a bond sale, collection of taxes or receipt of other revenues.

Some municipal securities are insured by private insurance companies, while others may be supported by letters of credit furnished by domestic or foreign banks. In determining the credit quality of insured or letter of credit-backed securities, the Adviser reviews the financial condition and creditworthiness of such parties including insurance companies, banks and corporations.

Unlike most other bonds, however, municipal bonds pay interest that is exempt from federal income taxes and, in some cases, also from state and local taxes. Municipal bonds, and municipal bond funds, can therefore be advantageous to investors in higher tax brackets. However, because the interest is tax-exempt, municipal bond yields typically are lower than yields on taxable bonds and bond funds with comparable maturity ranges. [Tax Free Fund]

Section 4(2) Commercial Paper and Rule 144A Securities . A Portfolio may invest in commercial paper issued in reliance on the private placement exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the ‘‘1933 Act’’). This commercial paper is commonly called ‘‘Section 4(2) paper.’’ A Portfolio may also invest in securities that may be offered and sold only to ‘‘qualified institutional buyers’’ under Rule 144A of the 1933 Act (‘‘Rule 144A securities’’).

Section 4(2) paper is sold to institutional investors who must agree to purchase the paper for investment and not with a view to public distribution. Any resale by the purchaser must be in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act. Section 4(2) paper normally is resold to other institutional investors like a Portfolio through or with the assistance of the issuer or investment dealers that make a market in Section 4(2) paper. As a result it suffers from liquidity risk, the risk that the securities may be difficult to value because of the absence of an active market and the risk that it may be sold only after considerable expense and delay, if at all. Rule 144A securities generally must be sold only to other qualified institutional buyers.

 
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Section 4(2) paper and Rule 144A securities will not be considered illiquid for purposes of a Portfolio’s limitation on illiquid securities if the Adviser (pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Board) determines that a liquid trading market exists for the securities in question. There can be no assurance that a liquid trading market will exist at any time for any particular Section 4(2) paper or Rule 144A securities. The Statement of Additional Information (‘‘SAI’’) addresses the Funds’ and Portfolios’ limitation on illiquid securities. [ILR Fund]

Tax Exempt Commercial Paper . Tax exempt commercial paper is a short-term obligation with a stated maturity of 365 days or less. It is typically issued to finance seasonal working capital needs or as short-term financing in anticipation of longer term financing. Each instrument may be backed only by the credit of the issuer or may be backed by some form of credit enhancement, typically in the form of a guarantee by a commercial bank. Commercial paper backed by guarantees of foreign banks may involve additional risk due to the difficulty of obtaining and enforcing judgments against such banks and the generally less restrictive regulations to which such banks are subject. A Portfolio will only invest in commercial paper rated at the time of purchase not less than Prime-1 by Moody's Investors Service, Inc., A-1 by Standard & Poor's Rating Group or F-1 by Fitch Ratings. [Tax Free Fund]

U.S. Government Securities .   U.S. Government securities include a variety of securities (including U.S. Treasury bills, notes, and bonds) that differ in their interest rates, maturities, and dates of issue. While securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury and some agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. Government (such as the Government National Mortgage Association) are supported by the full faith and credit of the United States, securities issued or guaranteed by certain other agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S.  Government (such as Federal Home Loan Banks) are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Government, and securities issued or guaranteed by certain other agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. Government (such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) are supported only by the credit of the issuer itself. Investments in these securities are also subject to interest rate risk and prepayment risk (as described above under "Mortgage-Backed Securities"), and the risk that the value of the securities will fluctuate in response to political, market, or economic developments. [ILR Fund, U.S. Government Fund, Treasury Fund and Treasury Plus Fund]

Variable and Floating Rate Securities. Variable and floating rate securities are instruments issued or guaranteed by entities such as: (1) the U.S. Government, or an agency or instrumentality thereof, (2) corporations, (3) financial institutions, (4) insurance companies, or (5) trusts. A Portfolio may purchase variable and floating rate securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, or an agency or instrumentality thereof. A variable rate security provides for the automatic establishment of a new interest rate on set dates. Variable rate obligations whose interest is readjusted no less frequently than annually will be deemed to have a maturity equal to the period remaining until the next readjustment of the interest rate. A floating rate security provides for the automatic adjustment of its interest rate whenever a specified interest rate changes. Interest rates on these securities are ordinarily tied to, and are a percentage of, a widely recognized interest rate, such as the yield on 90-day U.S. Treasury bills or the prime rate of a specified bank. Generally, changes in interest rates will have a smaller effect on the market value of variable and floating rate securities than on the market value of comparable fixed-income obligations. Thus, investing in variable and floating rate securities generally allows less opportunity for capital appreciation and depreciation than investing in comparable fixed income securities. Securities purchased by a Portfolio may include variable and floating rate instruments, which may have a stated maturity in excess of the Portfolio’s maturity limitations but which will, except for certain U.S. government obligations, permit the Portfolio to demand payment of the principal of the instrument at least once every 13 months upon not more than 30 days’ notice. Variable and floating rate instruments may include variable amount master demand notes that permit the indebtedness thereunder to vary in addition to providing for periodic adjustments in the interest rate. There may be no active secondary market for a particular variable or floating rate instrument. Nevertheless, the periodic readjustments of their interest rates tend to assure that their value to a Portfolio will approximate their par value. Illiquid variable and floating rate instruments (instruments which are not payable upon seven days’ notice and do not have an active trading market) are subject to a Portfolio’s percentage limitations regarding securities that are illiquid or not readily marketable. The Adviser will continuously monitor the creditworthiness of issuers of variable and floating rate instruments in which the Portfolios invest, and their ability to repay principal and interest. Variable and floating rate securities are subject to interest rate and credit/default risk. [ILR Fund, Tax Free Fund and U.S. Government Fund]

Temporary Defensive Positions . From time to time, a Portfolio may take temporary defensive positions in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic or other conditions. Temporary defensive positions may be taken, for example, to preserve capital or if a Portfolio is unable to acquire the types of securities in which it normally invests. Temporary defensive positions may include, but are not limited to, investment in U.S. government securities, repurchase agreements collateralized by such securities, the maintenance of uninvested cash, or investment in cash equivalents. A Portfolio’s holdings in temporary defensive positions may be inconsistent with the Portfolio’s principal investment strategy, and, as a result, the Portfolio may not achieve its investment objective. [All Funds]

 
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Portfolio Holdings Disclosure

The Funds’ portfolio holdings disclosure policy is described in the SAI.

Management and Organization

The Funds and the Portfolios .   Each Fund is a separate, diversified series of the State Street Institutional Investment Trust (the “Trust”), which is an open-end management investment company organized as a business trust under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Each Fund invests as part of a “master-feeder” structure. A Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its investable assets in a separate mutual fund (a “Portfolio”) that has a substantially identical investment objective, investment policies, and risks as the Fund. All discussions about a Fund’s investment objective, policies and risks should be understood to refer also to the investment objectives, policies and risks of the Portfolio.

A Fund can withdraw its investment in a Portfolio if, at any time, the Fund’s Board of Trustees determines that it would be in the best interests of the Fund’s shareholders, or if the investment objectives of the Portfolio changed so that they were inconsistent with the objectives of the Fund. If a Fund withdraws its investment from a Portfolio, the Fund may invest all of its assets in another Portfolio that has the same investment objective as the Fund, the Adviser may directly manage the Fund’s assets, or the Board may take such other action it deems appropriate and in the best interests of shareholders of the Fund, which may include liquidation of the Fund.

The Adviser .  State Street Global Advisors (“SSgA”) is the investment management group of State Street Corporation, a publicly held bank holding company, and includes the Adviser, SSgA FM, a wholly-owned subsidiary. SSgA is one of the world’s largest institutional money managers, and uses quantitative and traditional techniques to manage approximately $1.91 trillion as of December 31, 2009 in investment programs and portfolios for institutional and individual investors. SSgA FM, as the investment adviser to the Funds and the Portfolios, is registered with the SEC under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. SSgA FM had approximately $168.4 billion in assets under management at December 31, 2009. Each Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with the Adviser pursuant to which the Adviser will manage the Fund’s assets directly, for compensation paid at an annual rate of 0.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, in the event that the Fund were to cease investing substantially all of its assets in its corresponding portfolio. The Adviser does not receive any fees from a Fund under that agreement so long as the Fund continues to invest substantially all of its assets in the corresponding portfolio or in another investment company. The Adviser may reimburse expenses or waive fees in order to avoid a negative yield. Any such waiver or reimbursement would be voluntary and may be revised or cancelled at any time. There is no guarantee that a Fund will be able to avoid a negative yield. The Adviser places all orders for purchases and sales of the portfolios’ investments.

A summary of the factors considered by the Board of Trustees in connection with the renewals of the investment advisory agreements for the Funds is available in the Funds’ annual report dated December 31, 2009.

The Adviser’s principal address is State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.

The Administrator and Custodian .  State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), a subsidiary of State Street Corporation, is the administrator and custodian.

The Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent .  Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. is the transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent.

The Distributor .  State Street Global Markets, LLC serves as the Funds’ distributor (the “Distributor”) pursuant to the Distribution Agreement between the Distributor and the Trust.

Shareholder Information

Determination of Net Asset Value .  The Tax Free Fund determines its NAV per share once each business day at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) or the close of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), whichever is earlier. The Treasury Fund determines its NAV per share once each business day at 2:00 p.m.  ET or the close of the NYSE, whichever is earlier. Each of the other Funds determines its NAV per share once each business day at 5:00 p.m. ET except for days when the NYSE closes earlier than its regular closing time (the time when a Fund determines its NAV per share is referred to herein as the “Valuation Time”). Pricing does not occur on NYSE holidays. A business day is one on which the NYSE is open for regular trading. Payment for Fund shares must be in Federal Funds (or converted to Federal Funds by the Transfer Agent) by the Fund’s Valuation Time before a purchase order can be accepted. The Federal Reserve is closed on certain holidays on which the NYSE is open. These holidays are Columbus Day and Veteran’s Day. On these holidays, you will not be able to purchase shares by wiring Federal Funds because Federal Funds wiring does not occur on days that the Federal Reserve is closed.

 
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Each of the Funds seeks to maintain a $1.00 per share NAV and, accordingly, uses the amortized cost valuation method to value its portfolio instruments. The amortized cost valuation method initially prices an instrument at its cost and thereafter assumes a constant amortization to maturity of any discount or premium, regardless of the impact of fluctuating interest rates on the market value of the instrument.

If you hold shares of a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, your intermediary may offer additional services and account features that are not described in this Prospectus. Please contact your intermediary directly for an explanation of these services.

Purchasing Shares .  The price for Fund shares is the NAV per share. Orders will be priced at the NAV next calculated after the order is accepted by the Funds.

Purchase orders in good form and payment received the same day by Fed Wire will receive that day’s NAV and will earn dividends declared on the date of the purchase.  All purchases that are made by check will begin earning dividends the following business day after the purchase date.

The minimum initial investment in Investment Class shares of the Funds is $25 million, although the Adviser may waive the minimum in its discretion. There is no minimum subsequent investment, except in relation to maintaining certain minimum account balances (See “Redeeming Shares” below). The Funds intend to be as fully invested as is practicable; therefore, investments must be made in Federal Funds (i.e., monies credited to the account of the Funds’ custodian bank by a Federal Reserve Bank). The Funds require prior notification of subsequent investments in excess of: $5,000,000 for the Tax Free Fund; $10,000,000 for the Treasury Fund; and $50,000,000 for the ILR Fund, U.S. Government Fund, and Treasury Plus Fund.

The Funds reserve the right to cease accepting investments at any time or to reject any investment order. In addition, the ILR Fund and U.S. Government Fund may limit the amount of a purchase order received after 3:00 p.m. ET.  The Treasury Fund and the Treasury Plus Fund may limit the amount of a purchase order received after 1:00 p.m. ET.

How to Purchase Shares
By Mail:
An initial investment in the Funds must be preceded or accompanied by a completed, signed Institutional Account Application Form, sent to:
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
P.O. Box 8048
Boston, MA 02266-8048
By Overnight:
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809
By Telephone/Fax:
An initial investment in the Funds must be preceded or accompanied by a completed, signed Institutional Account Application Form, faxed to (816) 218-0400. Call the Fund at (866) 392-0869 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. ET and 5:00 p.m. ET to:
 
Ø confirm receipt of the faxed Institutional Account Application Form (initial purchases only),
Ø request your new account number (initial purchases only),
Ø confirm the amount being wired and wiring bank, and
Ø receive a confirmation number for your purchase order (your trade is not effective until you have received a confirmation number from the Fund).
 
For your initial investment, send the original, signed Institutional Account Application Form to the address above.
Wire Instructions:
 
Instruct your bank to transfer money by Federal Funds wire to:
State Street Bank and
Trust Company
2 Avenue de Lafayette
Boston, MA 02111
 
ABA# 011000028
DDA# 9905-801-8
State Street Institutional Investment Trust ________Fund _______ Class
Account Number
Account Registration
 
On Columbus Day and Veteran’s Day, you will not be able to purchase shares by wiring Federal Funds because the Federal Funds wiring does not occur on those days. Payment for Fund shares must be in Federal Funds (or converted to Federal Funds by the Transfer Agent) by the Fund’s Valuation Time before a purchase order can be accepted.
 
You will not be able to redeem shares from the account until the original Application has been received. The Funds and the Funds’ agents are not responsible for transfer errors by the sending or receiving bank and will not be liable for any loss incurred due to a wire transfer not having been received.

In accordance with certain federal regulations, the Trust is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each entity that applies to open an account. For this reason, when you open (or change ownership of) an account, the Trust will request certain information, including your name, residential/business address, date of birth (for individuals) and taxpayer identification number or other government identification number and other information that will allow us to identify you which will be used to verify your identity. We may also request to review other identification documents such as driver license, passport or documents showing the existence of the business entity. If you do not provide sufficient information to verify your identity, the Trust will not open an account for you. As required by law, the Trust may employ various procedures, such as comparing your information to fraud databases or requesting additional information and documentation from you, to ensure that the information supplied by you is correct. The Trust reserves the right to reject any purchase for any reason, including failure to provide the Trust with information necessary to confirm your identity as required by law.
 
 
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Redeeming Shares .   An investor may redeem all or any portion of its investment at the NAV next determined after it submits a redemption request, in proper form, to the Funds. Redemption orders are processed at the NAV next determined after a Fund receives a redemption order in good form. If a Fund receives a redemption order prior to its Valuation Time on a business day, the Fund may send payment for redeemed shares on that day. No dividends will be paid on shares that are redeemed and wired the same day. Otherwise, and except as noted below for the ILR Fund, the shares will normally be redeemed, and payment for redeemed shares sent, on the next business day. Dividends will be earned for the trade date of the redemption but not on the date that the wire is sent. Each Fund, other than the ILR Fund, reserves the right to pay for redeemed shares within seven days after receiving a redemption order if, in the judgment of the Adviser, an earlier payment could adversely affect the Fund.  For the ILR Fund, shares are redeemed, and payment for redeemed shares sent, no later than the next business day.
 
The right of any investor to receive payment with respect to any redemption may be suspended or the payment of the redemption proceeds postponed during any period in which the NYSE is closed (other than weekends or holidays) or trading on the NYSE is restricted or, to the extent otherwise permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), if an emergency exists as a result of which disposal by the Fund of securities owned by it is not reasonably practicable or it is not reasonably practicable for the Fund fairly to determine the value of its net assets. In addition, the SEC may by order permit suspension of redemptions for the protection of shareholders of the Funds. Although each Fund attempts to maintain its NAV at $1 per share, there can be no assurance that it will be successful, and there can be no assurance that a shareholder will receive $1 per share upon any redemption.

A request for a partial redemption by an investor whose account balance is below the minimum amount or a request for partial redemption by an investor that would bring the account below the minimum amount may be treated as a request for a complete redemption of the account. These minimums may be different for investments made through certain financial intermediaries as determined by their policies and may be waived in the Adviser’s discretion. The Funds reserve the right to modify minimum account requirements at any time with or without prior notice. The Funds also reserve the right to involuntarily redeem an investor’s account if the investor’s account balance falls below the applicable minimum amount due to transaction activity.

How to Redeem Shares
By Mail
Send a signed letter to:
State Street Institutional Investment Trust Funds
P.O. Box 8048
Boston, MA 02266-8048
The letter should include information necessary to process your request as described below. The Fund may require a medallion guarantee in certain circumstances. See “Medallion Guarantees” below.
 
By Overnight
 
State Street Institutional Investment Trust Funds
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809
 
By Telephone
 
Please Call (866) 392-0869 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET.
 
The Funds will need the following information to process your redemption request:
Ø   name(s) of account owners;
Ø   account number(s);
Ø   the name of the Fund;
Ø   your daytime telephone number; and
Ø   the dollar amount or number of shares being redeemed.

On any day that the Funds calculate NAV earlier than normal, the Funds reserve the right to adjust the times noted above for purchasing and redeeming shares.

Medallion Guarantees .  Certain redemption requests must include a medallion guarantee for each registered account owner if any of the following apply:

 
Ø  
Your account address has changed within the last 10 business days.

 
Ø  
Redemption proceeds are being transferred to an account with a different registration.

 
Ø  
A wire is being sent to a financial institution other than the one that has been established on your Fund account.

 
Ø  
Other unusual situations as determined by the Funds’ transfer agent.

All redemption requests regarding shares of the Funds placed after 3:00 p.m. may only be placed by telephone. The Funds reserve the right to postpone payments for redemption requests received after 3:00 p.m. until the next business day. The Funds reserve the right to waive medallion guarantee requirements, require a medallion guarantee under other circumstances or reject or delay redemption if the medallion guarantee is not in good form. Medallion guarantees may be provided by an eligible financial institution such as a commercial bank, a FINRA member firm such as a stock broker, a savings association or a national securities exchange. A notary public cannot provide a medallion guarantee. The Funds reserve the right to reject a medallion guarantee if it is not provided by a STAMP Medallion guarantor.

 
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About Telephone Transactions . Telephone transactions are extremely convenient but are not free from risk. Neither the Funds nor the Funds’ agents will be responsible for any losses resulting from unauthorized telephone transactions if reasonable security procedures are followed. In addition, you are responsible for: (i) verifying the accuracy of all data and information transmitted by telephone, (ii) verifying the accuracy of your account statements immediately upon receipt, and (iii) promptly notifying the Funds of any errors or inaccuracies including, without limitation, any errors or inaccuracies relating to shareholder data or information transmitted by telephone. During periods of heavy market activity or other times, it may be difficult to reach the Funds by telephone. If you are unable to reach us by telephone, consider sending written instructions.

The Funds may terminate the receipt of redemption or exchange orders by telephone at any time, in which case you may redeem or exchange shares by other means.

Policies to Prevent Market Timing .  Frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares may present risks for other shareholders of the Funds, which may include, among other things, interference in the efficient management of a Fund’s portfolio, dilution in the value of shares held by long-term shareholders, increased brokerage and administrative costs and forcing the Funds to hold excess levels of cash.

The Trust’s Board of Trustees has adopted policies and procedures designed to detect and prevent inappropriate short-term trading activity that is harmful to the Funds. Because most of the shares of the Funds are held by investors indirectly through one or more financial intermediaries, the Funds do not generally have information about the identity of those investors or about transactions effected by those investors. Rather, the Funds and service providers to the Funds periodically review cash inflows and outflows from and to those intermediaries in an attempt to detect inappropriate trading activity by investors holding shares through those intermediaries. The Funds may seek to obtain underlying account trading activity information from financial intermediaries when, in the Adviser’s judgment, the trading activity suggests possible market timing. There is no assurance that the Funds or the Adviser will be able to determine whether trading in the Funds’ shares by an investor holding shares through a financial intermediary is trading activity that may be harmful to the Funds or the Funds’ shareholders.

The Funds reserve the right in their discretion to reject any purchase, in whole or in part, including, without limitation, by a person whose trading activity in Fund shares the Adviser believes could be harmful to the Funds. The Funds may decide to restrict purchase activity in their shares based on various factors, including, without limitation, whether frequent purchase and sale activity will disrupt portfolio management strategies or adversely affect performance. There can be no assurance that the Funds, the Adviser, State Street or their agents will identify all frequent purchase and sale activity affecting the Funds.

Class Expenses and Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Payments

To compensate the Distributor for the services it provides and for the expenses it bears in connection with the distribution of Investment Class shares of the Funds, each Fund makes payments, from the assets attributable to its Investment Class shares, to the Distributor under a distribution plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act (the “Plan”). The Plan is a compensation plan that provides for payments at annual rates (based on average daily net assets) of up to 0.10% of a Fund’s net assets attributable to its Investment Class shares. Because Rule 12b-1 fees are paid out of the Funds’ Investment Class assets on an ongoing basis, they will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. All Investment Class shareholders share in the expense of Rule 12b-1 fees paid by the Funds. It is expected that the Distributor will pay substantially all of the amounts it receives under the Plan to intermediaries involved in the sale of Investment Class shares of the Funds.

The Funds’ Investment Class shares generally are sold to clients of financial intermediaries (“Service Organizations”), including affiliates of the Adviser, which have entered into shareholder servicing agreements with the Funds or Distributor. Service Organizations agree to perform certain shareholder servicing, administrative and accounting services for their clients and customers who are beneficial owners of shares of the Funds. The Funds will make payments to Service Organizations for services provided at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of a Fund’s net assets. The Funds expect to reimburse the Distributor for any such payments made by the Distributor to Service Organizations.

 
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Payments to Financial Intermediaries

The Adviser, or an affiliate of the Adviser, out of its own resources, and without additional cost to a Fund or its shareholders, may make additional payments to financial intermediaries (including affiliates of the Adviser) whose clients or customers invest in the Funds. Generally, such financial intermediaries may (though they will not necessarily) provide shareholder servicing and support for their customers who purchase shares of the Funds. Not all financial intermediaries receive additional compensation and the amount of compensation paid varies for each financial intermediary. If payments to financial intermediaries by a particular mutual fund complex’s distributor or adviser exceed payments by other mutual fund complexes, your financial adviser and the financial intermediary employing him or her may have an incentive to recommend that fund complex over others. Please speak with your financial adviser to learn more about the total amounts paid to your financial adviser and his or her firm by the Adviser and its affiliates, and by sponsors of other mutual funds he or she may recommend to you. You should also consult disclosures made by your financial intermediary at the time of purchase.

Dividends, Distributions and Tax Considerations

The Funds intend to declare dividends on shares from net investment income daily and pay them as of the last business day of each month. Distributions from capital gains, if any, will be made annually in December.

The following discussion is a summary of some important U.S. federal tax considerations generally applicable to investments in the Funds. Your investment in the Funds may have other tax implications. Please consult your tax advisor about foreign, federal, state, local or other tax laws applicable to you. Investors, including non-U.S. investors, should consult the SAI tax section for more complete disclosure.

Each Fund intends to elect to be treated and qualify each year as a regulated investment company. A regulated investment company is generally not subject to tax at the corporate level on income and gains that are distributed to shareholders. However, a Fund’s failure to qualify as a regulated investment company would result in corporate level taxation, and consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to shareholders.

For federal income tax purposes, distributions of investment income (other than "exempt-interest dividends" described below) are generally taxable to you as ordinary income. Taxes on distributions of capital gains generally are determined by how long the Portfolio owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long you have owned your Fund shares.  The Funds generally do not expect to make distributions that are eligible for taxation as long-term capital gains.

Distributions from the Tax Free Fund properly designated as "exempt-interest dividends" are not generally subject to federal income tax, including the federal alternative minimum tax for both individual and corporate shareholders, but may be subject to state and local taxes. If you receive Social Security or railroad retirement benefits, you should consult your tax advisor to determine what effect, if any, an investment in the Tax Free Fund may have on the federal taxation of your benefits. Distributions of the Tax Free Fund's income other than exempt-interest dividends generally will be taxable as ordinary income, and distributions of the Tax Free Fund’s net long-term and short-term capital gains (if any) generally will be taxable to you as long-term or short-term capital gain, as applicable, including in respect of gains generated from the sale or other disposition of tax-exempt municipal obligations. The Tax Free Portfolio may also invest a portion of its assets in securities that generate income (that will be allocated to and distributed by the Fund) that will be subject to both federal and state taxes.

Distributions (other than distributions of exempt-interest dividends) are taxable whether you receive them in cash or reinvest them in additional shares. Any gains resulting from the redemption or exchange of Fund shares will generally be taxable to you as either short-term or long-term capital gain, depending upon how long you have held your shares in the Fund.

If you are not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, each Fund’s ordinary income dividends will generally be subject to a 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless a lower treaty rate applies or unless such income is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. A Fund may, under certain circumstances, designate all or a portion of a dividend as an “interest-related dividend” that if received by a nonresident alien or foreign entity generally would be exempt from the 30% U.S. withholding tax, provided that certain other requirements are met. The Funds may also, under certain circumstances, designate all or a portion of a dividend as a “short-term capital gain dividend” which if received by a nonresident alien or foreign entity generally would be exempt from the 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless the foreign person is a nonresident alien individual present in the United States for a period or periods aggregating 183 days or more during the taxable year. The provisions contained in the legislation relating to dividends to foreign persons would apply to dividends with respect to taxable years of a Fund beginning after December 31, 2004 and before January 1, 2010.

 
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Financial Highlights

The Financial Highlights table is intended to help you understand the financial performance of the ILR Fund, the Tax Free Fund, the U.S. Government Fund, the Treasury Fund, and the Treasury Plus Fund, since their inception. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Investment Class share of each fund. The total return in the table represents the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in Investment Class shares of each Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been audited by __________, whose report, along with each listed Fund’s financial statements, is included in the Funds’ annual report, which is available upon request. The financial information included in this table should be read in conjunction with the financial statements incorporated by reference in the SAI.

 
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For more information about the Funds :

The Funds’ SAI includes additional information about the Funds and is incorporated by reference into this document. Additional information about the Funds’ investments is available in the Funds’ annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders.

The SAI and the Funds’ annual and semi-annual reports are available, without charge, upon request. Shareholders in the Funds may make inquiries to the Funds to receive such information by calling State Street Global Markets, LLC at (800) 997-7327 or by writing to the Funds, c/o State Street Global Markets, LLC, State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111-2900. These documents are also available on the Funds’ website at http://www.sttfunds.com.

Information about the Funds (including the SAI) can be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the Commission at 1-202-942-8090. Reports and other information about the Funds are available free of charge on the EDGAR Database on the Commission’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of this information also may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following E-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing the Commission’s Public Reference Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.

SSgA FUNDS MANAGEMENT, INC.
STATE STREET FINANCIAL CENTER
ONE LINCOLN STREET
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02111

The State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Investment Company Act File Number is 811-09819.

 
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State Street Institutional Investment Trust
 


STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL LIQUID RESERVES FUND (LRSXX)
STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL TAX FREE MONEY MARKET FUND (TASXX)
STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL U.S. GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET FUND (GVSXX)
STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL TREASURY MONEY MARKET FUND (TYSXX)
STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL TREASURY PLUS MONEY MARKET FUND (TPSXX)

SERVICE CLASS
 

 
Prospectus Dated April __, 2010
 


THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION HAS NOT APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

AN INVESTMENT IN ANY OF THE FUNDS OFFERED BY THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT A BANK DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY. ALTHOUGH THE FUNDS SEEK TO PRESERVE THE VALUE OF YOUR INVESTMENT AT $1.00 PER SHARE, IT IS POSSIBLE TO LOSE MONEY BY INVESTING IN THE FUNDS.

EACH FUND OFFERS THREE CLASSES OF SHARES:  INSTITUTIONAL CLASS, INVESTMENT CLASS AND SERVICE CLASS. THIS PROSPECTUS COVERS ONLY THE SERVICE CLASS.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Fund Summaries
3
State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund
4
State Street Institutional Tax Free Money Market Fund
7
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund
10
State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund
13
State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund
16
Additional Information About Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds and Portfolios
19
Additional Information About the Funds’ and Portfolios’ Investment Strategies and Risks
21
Management and Organization
25
Shareholder  Information
25
Portfolio Holdings Disclosure
25
Shareholder Servicing Payments
28
Payments to Financial Intermediaries
28
Dividends, Distributions and Tax Considerations
29

 
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Fund Summaries

This section of the Prospectus is composed of a summary description of each Fund. Additional information about each Fund may be found in the other sections of this Prospectus, the first of which begins on page __ of this Prospectus, as well as the Statement of Additional Information dated April __, 2010 applicable to that Fund.

 
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STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL LIQUID RESERVES FUND

Investment Objective

The investment objective of State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund (the “ILR Fund” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Fund”) is to seek to maximize current income, to the extent consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity and the maintenance of a stable $1.00 per share net asset value (“NAV”). The Fund invests in U.S. dollar-denominated money market securities. There is no assurance the Fund will be able to maintain a stable NAV per share, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund.

The investment objective of the ILR Fund as stated above may be changed without shareholder approval.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Service Class of the ILR Fund. As a shareholder in the State Street Money Market Portfolio (the “Money Market Portfolio” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Portfolio”), the Fund bears its ratable share of the Portfolio’s expenses, including advisory and administrative fees, and at the same time continues to pay its own fees and expenses. The table and the Example reflect the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
 (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) (1)

Management Fees
    0.10 %
Other Expenses
 
___
%
-Service Fee
    0.05 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
 
___
%

 
(1)   
Amounts reflect the total expenses of the Money Market Portfolio and the Fund.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the ILR Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that all dividends and distributions are reinvested, and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 Year
 
3 Years
   
5 Years
   
10 Years
 
$
___
  $ ___     $ ___     $ ___  

Principal Investment Strategies

The ILR Fund invests substantially all of its investable assets in the Money Market Portfolio.

The Money Market Portfolio follows a disciplined investment process in which the Portfolio’s investment adviser bases its decisions on the relative attractiveness of different money market instruments. In the adviser’s opinion, the attractiveness of an instrument may vary depending on the general level of interest rates, as well as imbalances of supply and demand in the market. The Portfolio invests in accordance with regulatory requirements applicable to money market funds, which impose strict conditions on the quality of portfolio securities, the maturity of individual securities and the portfolio as a whole, and portfolio diversification.

The Portfolio attempts to meet its investment objective by investing in a broad range of money market instruments. The Portfolio considers the following instruments or investment strategies to be principal to the achievement of its investment objective: U.S. government securities, including U.S. Treasury bills, notes and bonds and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies; certificates of deposits and time deposits of U.S. and foreign  banks; commercial paper and other high quality obligations of U.S. or foreign companies; asset-backed securities, including asset-backed commercial paper; and repurchase agreements. These instruments may bear fixed, variable or floating rates of interest or may be zero coupon securities. The Portfolio also may invest in shares of other money market funds, including funds advised by the fund’s investment adviser. Under normal market conditions, the Portfolio intends to invest more than 25% of its total assets in bank obligations.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.  Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.

 
Risks of Investing Principally in Money Market Instruments:
 
Interest Rate Risk—The risk that interest rates will rise, causing the value of the Portfolio’s investments to fall. Also, the risk that as interest rates decline, the income that the Portfolio receives on its new investments generally will decline.

 
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Credit Risk—The risk that an issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of an instrument will fail, including the perception that such an entity will fail, to make scheduled interest or principal payments, which may reduce the Portfolio’s income and the market value of the instrument.

 
Liquidity Risk—The risk that the Portfolio may not be able to sell some or all of its securities at desired prices, or may be unable to sell the securities at all, because of a lack of demand in the market for such securities, or a liquidity provider defaults on its obligation to purchase the securities when properly tendered by the Portfolio.

 
Master/Feeder Structure Risk : The Fund’s performance may suffer as a result of large cash inflows or outflows of the Master Portfolio in which the Fund invests.

 
Risk Associated with Maintaining a Stable Share Price:   To the extent that the aggregate market value of the Portfolio’s assets materially varies from the aggregate of the acquisition prices of those assets, the Fund may not be able to maintain a stable share price of $1.00.  This risk typically is higher during periods of rapidly changing interest rates or when issuer credit quality generally is falling, and is made worse when the Portfolio experiences significant redemption requests.

 
Low Short-Term Interest Rates : As short-term interest rates approach 0%, the Portfolio may maintain substantial cash balances. The Portfolio typically does not receive any income from uninvested cash. In addition, if the Portfolio generates insufficient income to pay its expenses, it may not pay a daily dividend.

 
Exposure to Financial Institutions: Many instruments in which the Portfolio invests are issued or guaranteed by financial institutions, such as banks and brokers, or are collateralized by securities issued or guaranteed by financial institutions. Changes in the credit worthiness of any of these institutions may adversely affect the value of instruments held by the Portfolio. Adverse developments in the banking industry may cause the Portfolio to underperform other money market funds that invest more broadly across different industries.
 
 
Asset-Backed Securities Risk: Defaults on the underlying assets of the asset-backed securities held by the Portfolio may impair the value of the securities, and there may be limitations on the enforceability of any security interest granted with respect to those assets. These securities also present a higher degree of prepayment risk (when repayment of principal occurs before scheduled maturity) and extension risk (when rates of repayment of principal are slower than expected) than do other types of fixed income securities.

 
Repurchase Agreement Risk : If a seller is unable to honor its commitments, the Portfolio could lose money.

 
Foreign Securities. The Portfolio may invest in U.S. dollar denominated instruments issued by foreign governments, corporations and financial institutions. Financial information relating to foreign issuers may be more limited than financial information generally available for domestic issuers. In addition, the value of instruments of foreign issuers may be adversely affected by local or regional political and economic developments.

 
Variable and Floating Rate Securities Risk : The extent of increases and decreases in the values of variable and floating rate securities generally will be less than comparable changes in value of an equal principal amount of a similar fixed rate security and, if interest rates decline, the Portfolio may forego the opportunity for price appreciation on the security.

Please refer to “Additional Information About Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds and Portfolios” in the Prospectus for further details.

The ILR Fund may not achieve its objective and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or any other government agency.

Performance

The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the ILR Fund (as represented by the performance of the Fund’s Institutional Class) by illustrating the variability of the Fund’s returns during the years since inception. The Fund’s past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Performance history will be available for the Service Class of the Fund after it has been in operation for one calendar year. The Institutional Class has lower expenses and higher expected returns than the Service Class. The primary difference in expenses is that the Institutional Class does not bear shareholder servicing fees. Please call (877) 521-4083 for the Fund’s current 7-day yield.

 
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State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund
Total Return for the Calendar Years Ended December 31

Bar Chart:

2005:
    3.19 %
2006:
    5.07 %
2007:
    5.28 %
2008:
    2.82 %
2009:
 
___
%

During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____) and the lowest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended  ____).

Average Annual Total Returns
For the Periods Ended December 31, 2009

   
Past 1-Year
   
Past 5-Year
   
Since the Inception
Date of the Fund
(Annualized)
 
State Street Institutional
Liquid Reserves Fund-
Institutional Class
    ___ %     ___ %     ___ %

 
Investment Adviser

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Purchase Minimums
To establish an account
  $ 10,000,000  
To add to an existing account
 
No minimum
 

Written Requests and Wire Transfers . You may redeem Fund shares by written request or wire transfer. Written requests should be sent to:

By Mail :
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
P.O. Box 8048
Boston, MA 02266-8048

By Overnight:
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809
 
By Telephone:
For wire transfer instructions, please call (866) 392-0869 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time.  Redemptions by telephone are permitted only if you previously have been authorized for these transactions.

Through Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries.    If you wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, please contact that financial intermediary directly. Your financial intermediary may have an earlier cut-off time for the submission of purchase or redemption orders or may be closed at times when the Fund is open.

Tax Information

For mutual funds generally, dividends from net investment income (other than qualified dividend income) and distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you as ordinary income under U.S. federal income tax laws whether paid in cash or in additional shares.  Distributions from net long-term gains are taxable as long-term taxable gains regardless of the length of time you have held the shares and whether you were paid in cash or additional shares.  Dividend and capital gains distributions that you receive, as well as your gains or losses from any sale or exchange of fund shares, may be subject to state and local income taxes.

Payments to Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase the Fund through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker, bank or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s Website for more information.

 
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STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL TAX FREE MONEY MARKET FUND

Investment Objective

The investment objective of State Street Institutional Tax Free Money Market Fund (the “Tax Free Fund” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Fund”) is to seek to maximize current income, exempt from federal income taxes, to the extent consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity and the maintenance of a stable $1.00 per share NAV. There is no assurance the Fund will be able to maintain a stable NAV per share, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund.

The investment objective of the Tax Free Fund as stated above is fundamental, which means that it may not be changed without shareholder approval.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Service Class of the Tax Free Fund. As a shareholder in the State Street Tax Free Portfolio (the “Tax Free Portfolio” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Portfolio”), the Fund bears its ratable share of the Portfolio’s expenses, including advisory and administrative fees, and at the same time continues to pay its own fees and expenses. The table and the Example reflect the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
 (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) (1)
 
Management Fees
0.10%
Other Expenses
0.14 %
  -Service Fee
0.05%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
___ %

(1)  
Amounts reflect the total expenses of the Tax Free Portfolio and the Fund.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Tax Free Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that all dividends and distributions are reinvested, and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions yours costs would be:

1 Year
 
3 Years
   
5 Years
   
10 Years
 
$
___
  $ ___     $ ___     $ ___  

Principal Investment Strategies

The Tax Free Fund invests substantially all of its investable assets in the Tax Free Money Market Portfolio.

The Tax Free Portfolio has a fundamental policy of investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings, if any) in federal tax–exempt, high quality, short-term municipal securities of all types. The Portfolio generally invests all of its assets in instruments exempt from ordinary federal income tax. The Portfolio may not invest more than 20% of its net assets in federally taxable money market instruments, including securities issued by or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. government or its agencies and instrumentalities, as well as certificates of deposit, commercial paper and repurchase agreements. The Portfolio may buy or sell securities on a when-issued or forward commitment basis.

The Portfolio follows a disciplined investment process that attempts to provide stability of principal, liquidity and current income through all market conditions, by investing in high quality money market instruments. Among other things, the Portfolio’s investment adviser conducts its own credit analyses of potential investments and portfolio holdings, and relies substantially on a dedicated short-term credit research team. In addition, the Portfolio follows regulatory requirements applicable to money market funds. Those requirements are intended to limit the risks of investing in a money market fund by requiring the Portfolio generally to invest in high quality securities with short-term remaining maturities, and be diversified as to issuers, guarantors and other liquidity providers. All securities held by the Portfolio are U.S. dollar-denominated, and they may have fixed, variable or floating interest rates, or may be zero coupon securities. The Portfolio’s weighted average maturity may not exceed 90 days, and is typically much shorter.

The Portfolio attempts to meet its investment objective by investing in, among other things:

 
Securities issues by states, municipalities and their political subdivisions and agencies and certain territories and possessions of the U.S., including:
 
General obligation bonds and notes;
 
Revenue bonds and notes;
 
Commercial paper and other privately issued securities;
 
Tender option bonds;
 
Private activity bonds;
 
Industrial development bonds; and

 
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Municipal lease contracts; and
 
Securities of other investment companies with similar investment guidelines.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.  Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.

In addition, the Fund is subject to the following risks:

 
Master/Feeder Structure Risk : The Fund’s performance may suffer as a result of large cash inflows or outflows of the Master Portfolio in which the Fund invests.

 
Risk Associated with Maintaining a Stable Share Price: The ability of the Fund to maintain a stable share price of $1.00 largely depends on the aggregate market value of the Portfolio’s securities being substantially similar to the aggregate of the acquisition prices of those securities to the Portfolio. To the extent that aggregate market value materially varies from the aggregate of those acquisition prices, the Fund may not be able to maintain a stable share price of $1.00. This risk typically is higher during periods of rapidly changing interest rates or issuer credit quality generally is falling, and is made worse when the Portfolio experiences significant redemption requests.

 
Municipal Obligations Risk: The municipal securities market in which the Portfolio invests may be volatile and may be significantly affected by adverse tax, legislative, or political changes and the financial condition of the issuers of municipal securities. Municipal revenue obligations are backed by the revenues generated from a specific project or facility and include industrial development bonds and private activity bonds. Private activity and industrial development bonds are dependent on the ability of the facility’s user to meet its financial obligations and the value of any real or personal property pledged as security for such payment. Many municipal securities are issued to finance projects relating to education, health care, transportation and utilities. Conditions in those sectors may affect the overall municipal market. In addition, municipal securities backed by current or anticipated revenues from a specific project or specific asset may be adversely affected by the discontinuance of the taxation supporting the project or asset or the inability to collect revenues for the project or from assets. If any issuer of a municipal security does not comply with applicable tax requirements, or there are adverse changes in federal tax laws, interest paid on the security may become taxable and the security could decline in value.

 
Exposure to Financial Institutions: Many instruments in which the Portfolio invests are issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by banks, brokers and other financial institutions, or are collateralized by securities issued or guaranteed by those institutions. Although the Portfolio attempts to invest only with high quality financial institutions, most financial institutions are dependent on other institutions to fulfill their obligations in the financial markets. Events that would adversely affect one financial institution or financial institutions generally also may have an adverse effect on the financial institution in which the Portfolio invests or that serve as counterparties in transactions with the Portfolio. Changes in the credit worthiness of any of these institutions may cause the Portfolio a loss that affects its share price.

 
Low Short-Term Interest Rates: As short-term interest rates approach 0%, the Portfolio may maintain substantial cash balances. The Portfolio typically does not receive any income from uninvested cash. In addition, if instruments held by the Portfolio pay interest at very low rates, the Portfolio may generate insufficient income to pay its expenses. At such times, the Portfolio may pay some or all of its expenses from Portfolio assets, and generally the Portfolio would not pay a daily dividend.

Please refer to “Additional Information About Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds and Portfolios” in the Prospectus for further details.

The Tax Free Fund may not achieve its objective and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency.

Performance

The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Tax Free Fund (as represented by the performance of the Fund’s Institutional Class) by illustrating the variability of the Fund’s returns during the years since inception. The Fund’s past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Performance history will be available for the Service Class of the Fund after it has been in operation for one calendar year. The Institutional Class has lower expenses and higher expected returns than the Service Class. The primary difference in expenses is that the Institutional Class does not bear shareholder servicing fees. Please call (877) 521-4083 for the Fund’s current 7-day yield.

 
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State Street Institutional Tax Free Money Market Fund
Total Return for the Calendar Years Ended December 31

Bar Chart:

2008:
    2.31 %
2009:
 
___
%

During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____) and the lowest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____).

Average Annual Total Returns
For the Periods Ended December 31, 2009

   
Past 1-Year
   
Since the Inception
Date of the Fund
(Annualized)
 
State Street Institutional
Tax Free Money Market Fund-
Institutional Class
    ___ %     ___ %


Investment Adviser

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Purchase Minimums
To establish an account
  $ 10,000,000  
To add to an existing account
 
No minimum
 

Written Requests and Wire Transfers . You may redeem Fund shares by written request or wire transfer. Written requests should be sent to:

By Mail :
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
P.O. Box 8048
Boston, MA 02266-8048

By Overnight:
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809

By Telephone:
For wire transfer instructions, please call (866) 392-0869 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time.  Redemptions by telephone are permitted only if you previously have been authorized for these transactions.

Through Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries.    If you wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, please contact that financial intermediary directly. Your financial intermediary may have an earlier cut-off time for the submission of purchase or redemption orders or may be closed at times when the Fund is open.

Tax Information

The Fund’s distributions normally consist of exempt-interest dividends, which are generally not taxable to you for Federal income or alternative minimum tax purposes; it is possible that a portion of the exempt-interest dividends will be taxable to you under the Federal alternative minimum tax. It is also possible that a portion of the Fund’s distributions will not qualify as exempt interest dividends; such distributions will generally be taxable to you as ordinary income, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(K) plan or an individual retirement account.

Payments to Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase the Fund through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker, bank or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s Website for more information.

 
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STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL U.S. GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET FUND

Investment Objective

The investment objective of State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund (the “U.S. Government Fund” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Fund”) is to seek to maximize current income, to the extent consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity and the maintenance of a stable $1.00 per share NAV. The Fund invests in U.S. government securities and in repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities. There is no assurance the Fund will be able to maintain a stable NAV per share, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund.

The investment objective of the U.S. Government Fund as stated above may be changed without shareholder approval.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Service Class of the U.S. Government Fund. As a shareholder in the State Street U.S. Government Portfolio (the “U.S. Government Portfolio” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Portfolio”), the Fund bears its ratable share of the Portfolio’s expenses, including advisory and administrative fees, and at the same time continues to pay its own fees and expenses. The table and the Example reflect the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
 (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) (1)
 
Management Fees
0.10%
Other Expenses
___ %
  -Service Fee
0.05%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
___ %

(1)   
Amounts reflect the total expenses of the U.S. Government Portfolio and the Fund.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the U.S. Government Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that all dividends and distributions are reinvested, and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 Year
 
3 Years
   
5 Years
   
10 Years
 
$
___
  $ ___     $ ___     $ ___  

Principal Investment Strategies

The U.S. Government Fund invests substantially all of its investable assets in the U.S. Government Money Market Portfolio.

The U.S. Government Portfolio typically invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings, if any) in obligations issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. government or its agencies and instrumentalities, as well as repurchase agreements secured by such instruments. The Portfolio will not invest more that 10% of its net assets (taken at current market value) in repurchase agreements maturing in more than seven days.

The Portfolio follows a disciplined investment process that attempts to provide stability of principal, liquidity and current income through all market conditions, by investing in high quality money market instruments. Among other things, the Portfolio’s investment adviser conducts its own credit analyses of potential investments and portfolio holdings, and relies substantially on a dedicated short-term credit research team. In addition, the Portfolio follows regulatory requirements applicable to money market funds. Those requirements are intended to limit the risks of investing in a money market fund by requiring the Portfolio generally to invest in high quality securities with short-term remaining maturities, and be diversified as to issuers, guarantors and other liquidity providers. All securities held by the Portfolio are U.S. dollar-denominated, and they may have fixed, variable or floating interest rates. The Portfolio’s weighted average maturity may not exceed 90 days, and is typically much shorter.

The Portfolio attempts to meet its investment objective by investing in, among other things:

 
Obligations issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. government or its agencies and instrumentalities, such as the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and the Federal National Mortgage Association, and U.S. government-sponsored entities such as the Federal Home Loan Bank, which are neither insured no guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury; and

 
Repurchase agreements collateralized with high quality securities and other assets.

 
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Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.  Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.

In addition, the Fund is subject to the following risks:

 
Master/Feeder Structure Risk : The Fund’s performance may suffer as a result of large cash inflows or outflows of the Master Portfolio in which the Fund invests.

 
Government Securities Risks: Securities of certain U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities are not guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury, and to the extent the Portfolio owns such securities, it must look principally to the agency or instrumentality issuing or guaranteeing the securities for repayment. Because the Portfolio emphasizes investment in U.S. government securities, and because U.S. government securities generally are perceived as having low risks compared to most other types of investments, the Portfolio’s performance compared to money marked funds that invest principally in other types of money market instruments may be lower.

 
Significant Exposure to U.S. Government Agencies and Financial Institutions: Although the Portfolio attempts to invest substantially all of its assets in securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and high quality instruments issued by financial institutions, events that would adversely affect the market prices of securities issued or guaranteed by one government agency may adversely affect the market price of securities issued or guaranteed by other government agencies. Similarly, events that would affect the market value of instruments issued by one financial institution may adversely affect the market value of instruments issued by similarly situated financial institutions.

 
Repurchase Agreement Risk : If a seller is unable to honor its commitments, the Portfolio could lose money.

 
Risk Associated with Maintaining a Stable Share Price: The ability of the Fund to maintain a stable share price of $1.00 largely depends on the aggregate market value of the Portfolio’s securities being substantially similar to the aggregate of the acquisition prices of those securities to the Portfolio. To the extent that aggregate market value materially varies from the aggregate of those acquisition prices, the Fund may not be able to maintain a stable share price of $1.00. This risk typically is higher during periods of rapidly changing interest rates or issuer credit quality generally is falling, and is made worse when the Portfolio experiences significant redemption requests.

 
Low Short-Term Interest Rates: As short-term interest rates approach 0%, the Portfolio may maintain substantial cash balances. The Portfolio typically does not receive any income from uninvested cash. In addition, if instruments held by the Portfolio pay interest at very low rates, the Portfolio may generate insufficient income to pay its expenses. At such times, the Portfolio may pay some or all of its expenses from Portfolio assets, and generally the Portfolio would not pay a daily dividend.

Please refer to “Additional Information About Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds and Portfolios” in the Prospectus for further details.

The U.S. Government Fund may not achieve its objective and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency.

Performance

The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the U.S. Government Fund (as represented by the performance of the Fund’s Institutional Class) by illustrating the variability of the Fund’s returns during the years since inception. The Fund’s past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Performance history will be available for the Service Class of the Fund after it has been in operation for one calendar year. The Institutional Class has lower expenses and higher expected returns than the Service Class. The primary difference in expenses is that the Institutional Class does not bear shareholder servicing fees. Please call (877) 521-4083 for the Fund’s current 7-day yield.

State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money Market Fund
Total Return for the Calendar Years Ended December 31

Bar Chart:

2008:
    2.17 %
2009:
 
___
%

 
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During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____) and the lowest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____).

Average Annual Total Returns
For the Periods Ended December 31, 2009

   
Past 1-Year
   
Since the Inception
Date of the Fund
(Annualized)
 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money Market Fund-
Institutional Class
    ______ %     ______ %

Investment Adviser

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Purchase Minimums
To establish an account
  $ 10,000,000  
To add to an existing account
 
No minimum
 

Written Requests and Wire Transfers . You may redeem Fund shares by written request or wire transfer. Written requests should be sent to:

By Mail :
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
P.O. Box 8048
Boston, MA 02266-8048

By Overnight:
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809

By Telephone:
For wire transfer instructions, please call (866) 392-0869 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time.  Redemptions by telephone are permitted only if you previously have been authorized for these transactions.

Through Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries.    If you wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, please contact that financial intermediary directly. Your financial intermediary may have an earlier cut-off time for the submission of purchase or redemption orders or may be closed at times when the Fund is open.
 
Tax Information

For mutual funds generally, dividends from net investment income (other than qualified dividend income) and distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you as ordinary income under U.S. federal income tax laws whether paid in cash or in additional shares.  Distributions from net long-term gains are taxable as long-term taxable gains regardless of the length of time you have held the shares and whether you were paid in cash or additional shares.  Dividend and capital gains distributions that you receive, as well as your gains or losses from any sale or exchange of fund shares, may be subject to state and local income taxes.

Payments to Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase the Fund through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker, bank or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s Website for more information.

 
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STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL TREASURY MONEY MARKET FUND

Investment Objective

The investment objective of State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund (the “Treasury Fund” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Fund”) is to seek a high level of current income consistent with preserving principal and liquidity and the maintenance of a stable $1.00 per share NAV. There is no assurance the Fund will be able to maintain a stable NAV per share, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund.

The investment objective of the Treasury Fund as stated above may be changed without shareholder approval.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Service Class of the Treasury Fund. As a shareholder in the State Street Treasury Portfolio (the “Treasury Portfolio” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Portfolio”), the Fund bears its ratable share of the Portfolio’s expenses, including advisory and administrative fees, and at the same time continues to pay its own fees and expenses. The table and the Example reflect the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) (1)
 
Management Fees
0.10%
Other Expenses
___ %
-Service Fee
0.05%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
___ %

(1)   
Amounts reflect the total expenses of the Treasury Portfolio and the Fund.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Treasury Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that all dividends and distributions are reinvested, and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 Year
 
3 Years
   
5 Years
   
10 Years
 
$
___
  $ ___     $ ___     $ ___  

Principal Investment Strategies

The Treasury Fund invests substantially all of its investable assets in the Treasury Money Market Portfolio.

The Treasury Portfolio attempts to meet its investment objective by investing principally in U.S. Treasury bills, notes and bonds (which are direct obligations of the U.S. government) and repurchase agreements backed by such securities.  The Portfolio also may invest in shares of other money market funds, including funds advised by the Portfolio’s investment adviser.

The Portfolio follows a disciplined investment process in which the Portfolio’s investment adviser bases its decision on the relative attractiveness of different money market instruments.  In the adviser’s opinion, the attractiveness of an instrument may vary depending on the general level of interest rates, as well as imbalances of supply and demand in the market.  The Portfolio invests in accordance with regulatory requirements applicable to money market funds, which impose strict conditions on the quality of portfolio securities, the maturity of individual securities and the portfolio as a whole, and portfolio diversification.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.  Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.

 
Risks of Investing Principally in Money Market Instruments:

 
Interest Rate Risk—The risk that interest rates will rise, causing the value of the Portfolio’s investments to fall. Also, the risk that as interest rates decline, the income that the Portfolio receives on its new investments generally will decline.

 
Credit Risk—The risk that an issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of an instrument will fail, including the perception that such an entity will fail, to make scheduled interest or principal payments, which may reduce the Portfolio’s income and the market value of the instrument.

 
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Liquidity Risk—The risk that the Portfolio may not be able to sell some or all of its securities at desired prices, or may be unable to sell the securities at all, because of a lack of demand in the market for such securities, or a liquidity provider defaults on its obligation to purchase the securities when properly tendered by the Portfolio.

 
Master/Feeder Structure Risk : The Fund’s performance may suffer as a result of large cash inflows or outflows of the Master Portfolio in which the Fund invests.

 
Risk Associated with Maintaining a Stable Share Price:   To the extent that the aggregate market value of the Portfolio’s assets materially varies from the aggregate of the acquisition prices of those assets, the Fund may not be able to maintain a stable share price of $1.00.  This risk typically is higher during periods of rapidly changing interest rates or when issuer credit quality generally is falling, and is made worse when the Portfolio experiences significant redemption requests.

 
Low Short-Term Interest Rates : As short-term interest rates approach 0%, the Portfolio may maintain substantial cash balances. The Portfolio typically does not receive any income from uninvested cash. In addition, if the Portfolio generates insufficient income to pay its expenses, it may not pay a daily dividend.

Please refer to “Additional Information About Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds and Portfolios” in the Prospectus for further details.

The Treasury Fund may not achieve its objective and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency.

Performance

The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Treasury Fund (as represented by the performance of the Fund’s Institutional Class) by illustrating the variability of the Fund’s returns during the years since inception. The Fund’s past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Performance history will be available for the Service Class of the Fund after it has been in operation for one calendar year. The Institutional Class has lower expenses and higher expected returns than the Service Class. The primary difference in expenses is that the Institutional Class does not bear shareholder servicing fees. Please call (877) 521-4083 for the Fund’s current 7-day yield.

State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund
Total Return for the Calendar Years Ended December 31

Bar Chart:

2008:
    1.24 %
2009:
 
___
%
 
During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____) and the lowest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____).

Average Annual Total Returns
For the Periods Ended December 31, 2009

   
Past 1-Year
   
Since the Inception
Date of the Fund
(Annualized)
 
State Street Institutional
Treasury Money Market Fund-
Institutional Class
    ___ %     _____ %

Investment Adviser

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Purchase Minimums
To establish an account
  $ 10,000,000  
To add to an existing account
 
No minimum
 

Written Requests and Wire Transfers . You may redeem Fund shares by written request or wire transfer. Written requests should be sent to:

By Mail :
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
P.O. Box 8048
Boston, MA 02266-8048

By Overnight:
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809

By Telephone:
For wire transfer instructions, please call (866) 392-0869 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time.  Redemptions by telephone are permitted only if you previously have been authorized for these transactions.

 
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Through Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries.    If you wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, please contact that financial intermediary directly. Your financial intermediary may have an earlier cut-off time for the submission of purchase or redemption orders or may be closed at times when the Fund is open.

Tax Information

For mutual funds generally, dividends from net investment income (other than qualified dividend income) and distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you as ordinary income under U.S. federal income tax laws whether paid in cash or in additional shares.  Distributions from net long-term gains are taxable as long-term taxable gains regardless of the length of time you have held the shares and whether you were paid in cash or additional shares.  Dividend and capital gains distributions that you receive, as well as your gains or losses from any sale or exchange of fund shares, may be subject to state and local income taxes.

Payments to Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase the Fund through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker, bank or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s Website for more information.

 
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STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL TREASURY PLUS MONEY MARKET FUND

Investment Objective

The investment objective of State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund (the “Treasury Plus Fund” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Fund”) is to seek a high level of current income consistent with preserving principal and liquidity and the maintenance of a stable $1.00 per share NAV. The Fund invests in a portfolio consisting principally of U.S. Treasury securities and repurchase agreements collateralized by such securities. There is no assurance the Fund will be able to maintain a stable NAV per share, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund.

The investment objective of the Treasury Plus Fund as stated above may be changed without shareholder approval.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Service Class of the Treasury Plus Fund. As a shareholder in the State Street Treasury Plus Portfolio (the “Treasury Plus Portfolio” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Portfolio”), the Fund bears its ratable share of the Portfolio’s expenses, including advisory and administrative fees, and at the same time continues to pay its own fees and expenses. The table and the Example reflect the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
 (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) (1)
 
Management Fees
0.10%
Other Expenses
___ %
-Service Fee
0.05%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
___ %

 
(1)  
Amounts reflect the total expenses of the Treasury Plus Portfolio and the Fund.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Treasury Plus Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that all dividends and distributions are reinvested, and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 Year
 
3 Years
   
5 Years
   
10 Years
 
$
___
  $ ___     $ ___     $ ___  

Principal Investment Strategies

The Treasury Plus Fund invests substantially all of its investable assets in the Treasury Plus Money Market Portfolio.

The Treasury Plus Portfolio attempts to meet its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in U.S. Treasury bills, notes and bonds (which are direct obligations of the U.S. government) and repurchase agreements collateralized by these obligations.  The Portfolio also may invest in shares of other money market funds, including funds advised by the Portfolio’s investment adviser.

The Portfolio follows a disciplined investment process in which the Portfolio’s investment adviser bases its decision on the relative attractiveness of different money market instruments. In the adviser’s opinion, the attractiveness of an instrument may vary depending on the general level of interest rates, as well as imbalances of supply and demand in the market.  The Portfolio invests in accordance with regulatory requirements applicable to money market funds, which impose strict conditions on the quality of portfolio securities, the maturity of individual securities and the portfolio as a whole, and portfolio diversification.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.  Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.

 
Risks of Investing Principally in Money Market Instruments:

 
Interest Rate Risk—The risk that interest rates will rise, causing the value of the Portfolio’s investments to fall. Also, the risk that as interest rates decline, the income that the Portfolio receives on its new investments generally will decline.
 
 
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Credit Risk—The risk that an issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of an instrument will fail, including the perception that such an entity will fail, to make scheduled interest or principal payments, which may reduce the Portfolio’s income and the market value of the instrument.

 
Liquidity Risk—The risk that the Portfolio may not be able to sell some or all of its securities at desired prices, or may be unable to sell the securities at all, because of a lack of demand in the market for such securities, or a liquidity provider defaults on its obligation to purchase the securities when properly tendered by the Portfolio.

Master/Feeder Structure Risk : The Fund’s performance may suffer as a result of large cash inflows or outflows of the Master Portfolio in which the Fund invests.

 
Risk Associated with Maintaining a Stable Share Price:   To the extent that the aggregate market value of the Portfolio’s assets materially varies from the aggregate of the acquisition prices of those assets, the Fund may not be able to maintain a stable share price of $1.00.  This risk typically is higher during periods of rapidly changing interest rates or when issuer credit quality generally is falling, and is made worse when the Portfolio experiences significant redemption requests.

 
Low Short-Term Interest Rates : As short-term interest rates approach 0%, the Portfolio may maintain substantial cash balances. The Portfolio typically does not receive any income from uninvested cash. In addition, if the Portfolio generates insufficient income to pay its expenses, it may not pay a daily dividend.

 
Repurchase Agreement Risk :  If a seller is unable to honor its commitments, the Portfolio could lose money.

Please refer to “Additional Information About Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds and Portfolios” in the Prospectus for further details.

The Treasury Plus Fund may not achieve its objective and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency.

Performance

The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Treasury Plus Fund (as represented by the performance of the Fund’s Institutional Class) by illustrating the variability of the Fund’s returns during the years since inception. The Fund’s past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Performance history will be available for the Service Class of the Fund after it has been in operation for one calendar year. The Institutional Class has lower expenses and higher expected returns than the Service Class. The primary difference in expenses is that the Institutional Class does not bear shareholder servicing fees. Please call (877) 521-4083 for the Fund’s current 7-day yield.

State Street Institutional
Treasury Plus Money Market Fund
Total Return for the Calendar Years Ended December 31

Bar Chart:

2008:
    1.55 %
2009:
    ___ %

During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended___) and the lowest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____).

Average Annual Total Returns
For the Periods Ended December 31, 2009
   
Past 1-Year
   
Since the Inception
Date of the Fund
(Annualized)
 
State Street Institutional
Treasury Plus Money Market Fund-
Institutional Class
    ___ %     ______ %

Investment Adviser

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Purchase Minimums
To establish an account
  $ 10,000,000  
To add to an existing account
 
No minimum
 

Written Requests and Wire Transfers . You may redeem Fund shares by written request or wire transfer. Written requests should be sent to:

 
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By Mail :
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
P.O. Box 8048
Boston, MA 02266-8048

By Overnight:
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809

By Telephone:
For wire transfer instructions, please call (866) 392-0869 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time.  Redemptions by telephone are permitted only if you previously have been authorized for these transactions.

Through Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries.    If you wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, please contact that financial intermediary directly. Your financial intermediary may have an earlier cut-off time for the submission of purchase or redemption orders or may be closed at times when the Fund is open.

Tax Information

For mutual funds generally, dividends from net investment income (other than qualified dividend income) and distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you as ordinary income under U.S. federal income tax laws whether paid in cash or in additional shares.  Distributions from net long-term gains are taxable as long-term taxable gains regardless of the length of time you have held the shares and whether you were paid in cash or additional shares.  Dividend and capital gains distributions that you receive, as well as your gains or losses from any sale or exchange of fund shares, may be subject to state and local income taxes.

Payments to Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase the Fund through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker, bank or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s Website for more information.

 
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Additional Information About Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds and Portfolios

Additional information about risks associated with some of the Funds’ and Portfolios’ investment policies and investment strategies is provided below.

 
Banking Industry Risk. If a Portfolio concentrates more than 25% of its assets in bank obligations, adverse developments in the banking industry may have a greater effect on that Portfolio than on a mutual fund that invests more broadly. Banks may be particularly sensitive to certain economic factors such as interest rate changes, adverse developments in the real estate market, fiscal and monetary policy and general economic cycles. Recent instability in the financial markets has heavily influenced the bank obligations of certain financial institutions, resulting in some cases in extreme price volatility and a lack of liquidity. Governments or their agencies may acquire distressed assets from financial institutions and ownership interests in those institutions. The implications of government ownership and disposition of these assets are unclear, and such a program may have positive or negative effects on the liquidity, valuation and performance of certain bank obligations.  [ILR Fund]

 
Foreign Investment Risk . A Portfolio may invest in U.S. dollar-denominated obligations issued by non-U.S. issuers. While such instruments may be denominated in U.S. dollars, this does not eliminate the risk inherent in investing in the securities of foreign issuers. Dollar-denominated instruments issued by entities located in foreign countries could lose value as a result of political, financial and economic events in foreign countries. Issuers of these instruments are not necessarily subject to the same regulatory requirements that apply to U.S. banks and corporations, although the information available for dollar-denominated instruments may be subject to the accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards of the U.S. domestic market or exchange on which they are traded, which standards may be more uniform and more exacting than those to which many foreign issuers are subject. Furthermore, by investing in dollar-denominated instruments rather than directly in a foreign issuer’s stock, a Portfolio can avoid currency risks during the settlement period for either purchases or sales. [ILR Fund]

 
Interest Rate Risk . During periods of rising interest rates, a Portfolio’s yield generally is lower than prevailing market rates causing the value of the Portfolio to fall. In periods of falling interest rates, a Portfolio’s yield  generally is higher than prevailing market rates, causing the value of the Portfolio to rise. Typically, the more distant the expected cash flow that the Portfolio is to receive from a security, the more sensitive the market price of the security is to movements in interest rates. If a Portfolio owns securities that have variable or floating interest rates, as interest rates fall, the income the Portfolio receives from those securities also will fall.  [All Funds]

 
Credit Risk. Credit risk is the risk that an issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of a fixed-income security held by a fund may default on its obligation to pay scheduled interest and repay principal. It includes the risk that one or more of the securities will be downgraded by a credit rating agency; generally, lower rated issuers have higher credit risks. Credit risk also includes the risk that an issuer or guarantor of a security, or a bank or other financial institution that has entered into a repurchase agreement with the fund, may default on its payment or repurchase obligation, as the case may be. Credit risk generally is inversely related to credit quality.

 
Prepayment Risk and Extension Risk. Prepayment risk and extension risk apply primarily to asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities and certain municipal securities.

Prepayment risk is the risk that principal on mortgages or other loan obligations underlying a security may be repaid prior to the stated maturity date. If the Portfolio has purchased a security at a premium, any repayment that is faster than expected reduces the market value of the security and the anticipated yield-to-maturity. Repayment of loans underlying certain securities tends to accelerate during periods of declining interest rates.

Extension risk is the risk that an issuer will exercise its right to repay principal on an obligation held by a Portfolio later than expected. This may happen when there is a rise in interest rates. Under these circumstances, the value of the obligation will decrease, thus preventing the Portfolio from investing expected repayment proceeds in securities paying yields higher than the yields paid by the securities that were expected to be repaid.

 
Liquidity Risk. Adverse market or economic conditions or investor perceptions may result in little or no trading activity in one or more particular securities, thus, making it difficult for a Portfolio holding the securities to determine their values. A Portfolio holding those securities may have to value them at prices that reflect unrealized losses, or if it elects to sell them, it may have to accept lower prices than the prices at which it is then valuing them. The Portfolio also may not be able to sell the securities at any price. [All Funds]

 
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Market Risk .   The values of the securities in which a Portfolio invests may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual companies and/or general economic conditions. Price changes may be temporary or may last for extended periods. Recent instability in the financial markets has led the U.S. Government to take a number of unprecedented actions designed to support certain financial institutions and segments of the financial markets that have experienced extreme volatility, and in some cases a lack of liquidity. Federal, state, and other governments, their regulatory agencies, or self regulatory organizations may take actions that affect the regulation of the instruments in which the Portfolios invest, or the issuers of such instruments, in ways that are unforeseeable. Legislation or regulation may also change the way in which the Funds and Portfolios themselves are regulated. Such legislation or regulation could limit or preclude a Fund’s or Portfolio’s ability to achieve its investment objective. Governments or their agencies may also acquire distressed assets from financial institutions and ownership interests in those institutions. The implications of government ownership and disposition of these assets are unclear, and such a program may have positive or negative effects on the liquidity, valuation and performance of the Portfolios’ portfolio holdings. Furthermore, volatile financial markets can expose the Portfolios to greater market and liquidity risk and potential difficulty in valuing portfolio instruments held by the Portfolios. [All Funds]

 
Master/Feeder Structure Risk.   Unlike traditional mutual funds that invest directly in securities, each of the Funds pursues its objective by investing substantially all of its assets in the Master Portfolio with substantially the same investment objectives, policies and restrictions. The ability of a Fund to meet its investment objective is directly related to the ability of the Portfolio to meet its objective. The ability of a Fund to meet its objective may be adversely affected by the purchase and redemption activities of other investors in the corresponding Portfolio. The ability of the Fund to meet redemption requests depends on its ability to redeem its interest in the Portfolio. The Adviser also serves as investment adviser to the Portfolio. Therefore, conflicts may arise as the Adviser fulfills its fiduciary responsibilities to a Fund and its corresponding Portfolio. For example, the Adviser may have an economic incentive to maintain a Fund's investment in the Portfolio at a time when it might otherwise not choose to do so. [All Funds]

 
Money Market Risk. An investment in the Funds is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency. Although the Funds seek to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, there can be no assurance that they will do so, and it is possible to lose money by investing in the Funds.  [All Funds]

 
Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities Risk: Mortgage-backed securities, including collateralized mortgage obligations and certain stripped mortgage-backed securities, represent a participation in, or are secured by,  mortgage loans. Asset-backed securities are structured like mortgage-backed securities, but instead of mortgage loans or interests in mortgage loans, the underlying assets may include such items as motor vehicle installment sales or installment loan contracts, leases of various types of real and personal property, and receivables from credit card agreements. During periods of falling interest rates, mortgage- and asset- backed securities, which typically provide the issuer with the right to call or prepay the security prior to maturity, may be called or prepaid, which may result in the Portfolio having to reinvest proceeds in other investments at a lower interest rate. During periods of rising interest rates, the average life of mortgage- and asset-backed securities may be extended because of slower-than expected principal payments. This may lock in a below-market interest rate, increase the security’s duration, and reduce the value of the security. As a result, mortgage and asset-backed securities may have less potential for capital appreciation during periods of declining interest rates than other securities of comparable maturities, although they may have a similar risk of decline in market values during periods of rising interest rates. Prepayment rates are difficult to predict and the potential impact of prepayments on the value of a mortgage- or asset-backed security depends on the terms of the instrument and can result in significant volatility. The price of a mortgage- or asset backed security also depends on the credit quality and adequacy of the underlying assets or collateral. Enforcing rights against the underlying assets or collateral may be difficult, or the underlying assets or collateral may be insufficient if the issuer defaults. Subprime mortgage loans, which typically are made to less creditworthy borrowers, have a higher risk of default than conventional mortgage loans. Therefore, mortgage-backed securities backed by subprime mortgage loans may suffer significantly greater declines in value due to defaults. Some mortgage-backed securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government (e.g., mortgage-backed securities issued by the Government National Mortgage Association, commonly known as “Ginnie Mae”), while other mortgage-backed securities (e.g., mortgage-backed securities issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, commonly known as “Fannie Mae” and “Freddie Mac”), are backed only by the credit of the government entity issuing them. In addition, some mortgage-backed securities are issued by private entities and, as such, are not guaranteed by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality of the U.S. government. [ILR Fund]

 
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Municipal Obligations Risk. The values of municipal obligations can fluctuate and may be affected by adverse tax, legislative, or political changes, and by financial developments affecting municipal issuers. Because many municipal obligations are issued to finance specific projects, especially those relating to education, health care, housing, utilities, and water and sewer projects, conditions in these sectors can affect the overall municipal market. Payment of municipal obligations may depend on an issuer’s general unrestricted revenues, revenue generated by a specific project or the operator of a project, government appropriations, or aid from other governments. There is greater credit risk if investors can look only to the revenue generated by a project or the operator of the project because of the relatively limited source of revenue. In addition, future changes in federal tax laws or the activity of an issuer may adversely affect the tax-exempt status of municipal obligations, causing interest received and distributed to shareholders by the Portfolio to be taxable and resulting in a significant decline in the values of such municipal obligations. There is generally less public information available for municipal obligations compared to corporate equities or debt securities, and the investment performance of a Portfolio holding municipal obligations may therefore be more dependent on the analytical abilities of the Portfolio’s adviser.

Municipal obligations may also be subject to call risk (a security could be redeemed prior to maturity) and extension risk (a security’s duration could lengthen due to the deceleration of payments). [Tax Free Fund]

 
Repurchase Agreement Risk. A repurchase agreement is an agreement to buy a security from a seller at one price and a simultaneous agreement to sell it back to the original seller at an agreed-upon price. Repurchase agreements may be viewed as loans made by the Portfolio which are collateralized by the securities subject to repurchase. The Portfolio’s investment return on such transactions will depend on the counterparties’ willingness and ability to perform their obligations under the repurchase agreements. If the Portfolio’s counterparty should default on its obligations and the Portfolio is delayed or prevented from recovering the collateral, or if the value of the collateral is insufficient, the Portfolio may realize a loss. [ILR Fund, U.S. Government Fund and Treasury Plus Fund]

 
U.S. Government Sponsored Enterprises Risk. U.S. government securities are securities issued or guaranteed as to the payment of interest or principal by the U.S. government, by an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. government, or by a U.S. government-sponsored entity. Certain U.S. government securities may not be supported as to the payment of principal and interest by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government or the ability to borrow from the U.S. Treasury. Some U.S. government securities may be supported as to the payment of principal and interest only by the credit of the entity issuing or guaranteeing the security. Investments in U.S. government sponsored enterprises may return less than investments in non-government fixed-income securities.  [ILR Fund and U.S. Government Fund]

Additional Information about the Funds’ and Portfolios’ Investment Strategies and Risks

The investments described below reflect the Funds’ and Portfolios’ current practices. In addition to the principal risks described above, other risks are described in some of the descriptions of the investments below:

Asset-Backed Securities .   Asset-backed securities are securities whose principal and interest payments are collateralized by pools of assets such as auto loans, credit card receivables, leases, installment contracts and personal property. Payments of principal and interest are passed through to holders of the securities and are typically supported by some form of credit enhancement, such as over collateralization, a letter of credit, surety bond, limited guarantee by another entity or by priority to certain of the borrower’s other securities. The degree of credit enhancement varies, generally applying only until exhausted and covering only a fraction of the security’s par value. If the credit enhancement of an asset-backed security held by a Portfolio has been exhausted, and if any required payments of principal and interest are not made with respect to the underlying loans, the Portfolio may experience loss or delay in receiving payment and a decrease in the value of the security.

Like mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities are often subject to more rapid repayment than their stated maturity date would indicate as a result of the pass-through of prepayments of principal on the underlying loans. During periods of declining interest rates, prepayment of loans underlying asset-backed securities can be expected to accelerate. A Portfolio’s ability to maintain positions in such securities will be affected by reductions in the principal amount of such securities resulting from prepayments, and its ability to reinvest the returns of principal at comparable yields is subject to generally prevailing interest rates at that time. To the extent that a Portfolio invests in asset-backed securities, the values of such Portfolio’s portfolio securities will vary with changes in market interest rates generally and the differentials in yields among various kinds of asset-backed securities.

 
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Asset-backed securities present certain additional risks that are not presented by mortgage-backed securities because asset-backed securities generally do not have the benefit of a security interest in collateral that is comparable to mortgage assets. Credit card receivables are generally unsecured and the debtors on such receivables are entitled to the protection of a number of state and federal consumer credit laws, many of which give such debtors the right to set-off certain amounts owed on the credit cards, thereby reducing the balance due. Automobile receivables generally are secured, but by automobiles rather than residential real property. Most issuers of automobile receivables permit the loan servicers to retain possession of the underlying obligations. If the servicer were to sell these obligations to another party, there is a risk that the purchaser would acquire an interest superior to that of the holders of the asset backed securities. In addition, because of the large number of vehicles involved in a typical issuance and technical requirements under state laws, the trustee for the holders of the automobile receivables may not have a proper security interest in the underlying automobiles. Therefore, there is the possibility that, in some cases, recoveries on repossessed collateral may not be available to support payments on these securities. [ILR Fund]

ECDs, ETDs and YCDs . ECDs are U.S. dollar-denominated certificates of deposit issued by a bank outside of the United States. ETDs are U.S. dollar-denominated deposits in foreign branches of U.S. banks and foreign banks. YCDs are U.S. dollar-denominated certificates of deposit issued by U.S. branches of foreign banks. These instruments have different risks than those associated with the obligations of domestic banks. The banks issuing these instruments, or their domestic or foreign branches, are not necessarily subject to the same regulatory requirements that apply to U.S. banks operating in the United States. Foreign laws and accounting standards typically are not as strict as they are in the U.S. so there may be fewer restrictions on loan limitations, less frequent examinations and less stringent requirements regarding reserve accounting, auditing, recordkeeping and public reporting requirements. [ILR Fund]

Investment in other Investment Companies . A Portfolio may invest in other money market funds that are registered as investment companies under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds that are sponsored or advised by the Adviser or its affiliates, to the extent permitted by applicable law or SEC exemptive relief. If a Portfolio invests in other money market funds, shareholders of the Fund will bear not only their proportionate share of the expenses described in this Prospectus, but also, indirectly, the similar expenses, including, for example, advisory and administrative fees, of the money market funds in which the Portfolio invests. Shareholders would also be exposed to the risks associated not only with the investments of the Portfolio (indirectly through the Fund’s investment in the Portfolio) but also to the portfolio investments of the money market funds in which the Portfolio invests. [All Funds]

Mortgage-Backed Securities . Mortgage-backed securities, including collateralized mortgage obligations and certain stripped mortgage-backed securities, represent a participation in, or an investment in a pool secured by, mortgage loans.  Each mortgage pool underlying mortgage-backed securities consists of mortgage loans evidenced by promissory notes secured by first mortgages or first deeds of trust or other similar security instruments creating a first lien on owner occupied and non-owner occupied one-unit to four unit residential properties, multifamily (i.e., five or more) properties, agricultural properties, commercial properties and mixed use properties (the “Mortgaged Properties”). The Mortgaged Properties may consist of detached individual dwelling units, multifamily dwelling units, individual condominiums, townhouses, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, row houses, individual units in planned unit developments and other attached dwelling units. The Mortgaged Properties may also include residential investment properties and second homes.

Types of mortgage-related securities in which a Portfolio may invest include: Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”) Certificates (“Ginnie Maes”), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“FHLMC”) Mortgage Participation Certificates (“Freddie Macs”), Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”) Guaranteed Mortgage Certificates (“Fannie Maes”) and Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (“CMBS”). Mortgage certificates are mortgage-backed securities representing undivided fractional interests in pools of mortgage backed loans. These loans are made by mortgage bankers, commercial banks, savings and loan associations and other lenders. GNMA is authorized to guarantee the timely payment of the principal of an interest on certificates that are based on and backed by a pool of mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA Loans), or guaranteed by the Veterans Administration (VA Loans), or by pools of other eligible mortgage loans. In order to meet its obligations under any guaranty, GNMA is authorized to borrow from the United States Treasury in an unlimited amount. Each Fannie Mae is issued and guaranteed by FNMA and represents an undivided interest in a pool of mortgage loans formed by FNMA. The principal activity of FHLMC currently is the purchase of first lien, conventional, residential mortgage loans and participation interests in such mortgage loans and their resale in the form of mortgage securities, primarily Freddie Mac Certificates.

 
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Since September 2008, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (together, the “GSEs”) have been placed under the conservatorship of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”).  The US Treasury, FHFA and the Federal Reserve have taken the steps to support the conservatorship.  No assurance can be given that those initiatives with respect to the debt and mortgage-backed securities issued by the GSEs and acquired by any of the funds will be successful.

Traditional debt investments typically pay a fixed rate of interest until maturity, when the entire principal amount is due. By contrast, payments on mortgage-backed and many asset-backed investments typically include both interest and partial payment of principal.  Principal may also be prepaid voluntarily, or as a result of refinancing or foreclosure. A Portfolio may have to invest the proceeds from prepaid investments in other investments with less attractive terms and yields. As a result, these securities may have less potential for capital appreciation during periods of declining interest rates than other securities of comparable maturities, although they may have a similar risk of decline in market value during periods of rising interest rates. Because the prepayment rate generally declines as interest rates rise, an increase in interest rates will likely increase the duration, and thus the volatility, of mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities. In addition to interest rate risk, investments in mortgage-backed securities composed of subprime mortgages may be subject to a higher degree of credit risk, valuation risk and liquidity risk.  Duration is a measure of the expected life of a fixed income security that is used to determine the sensitivity of the security's price to changes in interest rates. Unlike the maturity of a fixed income security, which measures only the time until final payment is due, duration takes into account the time until all payments of interest and principal on a security are expected to be made, including how these payments are affected by prepayments and by changes in interest rates.

A Portfolio may gain investment exposure to mortgage-backed investments by entering into agreements with financial institutions to buy the investments at a fixed price at a future date. A Portfolio may or may not take delivery of the investments at the termination date of such an agreement, but will nonetheless be exposed to changes in value of the underlying investments during the term of the agreement. [ILR Fund]

Municipal Securities . Municipal securities may be issued to obtain funds to be used for various public purposes, including general purpose financing for state and local governments, refunding outstanding obligations, and financings for specific projects or public facilities. General obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the issuer. These securities include, for example, tax anticipation notes, bond anticipation notes and general obligation bonds. Revenue obligations are generally backed by the revenues generated from a specific project or facility and include industrial development bonds and private activity bonds. Private activity and industrial development bonds are dependent on the ability of the facility's user to meet its financial obligations and the value of any real or personal property pledged as security for such payment. Private activity and industrial development bonds, although issued by industrial development authorities, may be backed only by the assets of the non-governmental users, and the user, rather than the municipality, assumes the credit risk.  A municipal bond, like a bond issued by a corporation or the U.S. government, obligates the obligor on the bond to pay the bondholder a fixed or variable amount of interest periodically, and to repay the principal value of the bond on a specific maturity date. Municipal notes are short-term instruments which are issued and sold in anticipation of a bond sale, collection of taxes or receipt of other revenues.

Some municipal securities are insured by private insurance companies, while others may be supported by letters of credit furnished by domestic or foreign banks. In determining the credit quality of insured or letter of credit-backed securities, the Adviser reviews the financial condition and creditworthiness of such parties including insurance companies, banks and corporations.

Unlike most other bonds, however, municipal bonds pay interest that is exempt from federal income taxes and, in some cases, also from state and local taxes. Municipal bonds, and municipal bond funds, can therefore be advantageous to investors in higher tax brackets. However, because the interest is tax-exempt, municipal bond yields typically are lower than yields on taxable bonds and bond funds with comparable maturity ranges. [Tax Free Fund]

Section 4(2) Commercial Paper and Rule 144A Securities . A Portfolio may invest in commercial paper issued in reliance on the private placement exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the ‘‘1933 Act’’). This commercial paper is commonly called ‘‘Section 4(2) paper.’’ A Portfolio may also invest in securities that may be offered and sold only to ‘‘qualified institutional buyers’’ under Rule 144A of the 1933 Act (‘‘Rule 144A securities’’).

Section 4(2) paper is sold to institutional investors who must agree to purchase the paper for investment and not with a view to public distribution. Any resale by the purchaser must be in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act. Section 4(2) paper normally is resold to other institutional investors like a Portfolio through or with the assistance of the issuer or investment dealers that make a market in Section 4(2) paper. As a result it suffers from liquidity risk, the risk that the securities may be difficult to value because of the absence of an active market and the risk that it may be sold only after considerable expense and delay, if at all. Rule 144A securities generally must be sold only to other qualified institutional buyers.

 
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Section 4(2) paper and Rule 144A securities will not be considered illiquid for purposes of a Portfolio’s limitation on illiquid securities if the Adviser (pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Board) determines that a liquid trading market exists for the securities in question. There can be no assurance that a liquid trading market will exist at any time for any particular Section 4(2) paper or Rule 144A securities. The Statement of Additional Information (‘‘SAI’’) addresses the Funds’ and Portfolios’ limitation on illiquid securities. [ILR Fund]

Tax Exempt Commercial Paper . Tax exempt commercial paper is a short-term obligation with a stated maturity of 365 days or less. It is typically issued to finance seasonal working capital needs or as short-term financing in anticipation of longer term financing. Each instrument may be backed only by the credit of the issuer or may be backed by some form of credit enhancement, typically in the form of a guarantee by a commercial bank. Commercial paper backed by guarantees of foreign banks may involve additional risk due to the difficulty of obtaining and enforcing judgments against such banks and the generally less restrictive regulations to which such banks are subject. A Portfolio will only invest in commercial paper rated at the time of purchase not less than Prime-1 by Moody's Investors Service, Inc., A-1 by Standard & Poor's Rating Group or F-1 by Fitch Ratings. [Tax Free Fund]

U.S. Government Securities .   U.S. Government securities include a variety of securities (including U.S. Treasury bills, notes, and bonds) that differ in their interest rates, maturities, and dates of issue. While securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury and some agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. Government (such as the Government National Mortgage Association) are supported by the full faith and credit of the United States, securities issued or guaranteed by certain other agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S.  Government (such as Federal Home Loan Banks) are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Government, and securities issued or guaranteed by certain other agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. Government (such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) are supported only by the credit of the issuer itself. Investments in these securities are also subject to interest rate risk and prepayment risk (as described above under "Mortgage-Backed Securities"), and the risk that the value of the securities will fluctuate in response to political, market, or economic developments. [ILR Fund, U.S. Government Fund, Treasury Fund and Treasury Plus Fund]

Variable and Floating Rate Securities. Variable and floating rate securities are instruments issued or guaranteed by entities such as: (1) the U.S. Government, or an agency or instrumentality thereof, (2) corporations, (3) financial institutions, (4) insurance companies, or (5) trusts. A Portfolio may purchase variable and floating rate securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, or an agency or instrumentality thereof. A variable rate security provides for the automatic establishment of a new interest rate on set dates. Variable rate obligations whose interest is readjusted no less frequently than annually will be deemed to have a maturity equal to the period remaining until the next readjustment of the interest rate. A floating rate security provides for the automatic adjustment of its interest rate whenever a specified interest rate changes. Interest rates on these securities are ordinarily tied to, and are a percentage of, a widely recognized interest rate, such as the yield on 90-day U.S. Treasury bills or the prime rate of a specified bank. Generally, changes in interest rates will have a smaller effect on the market value of variable and floating rate securities than on the market value of comparable fixed-income obligations. Thus, investing in variable and floating rate securities generally allows less opportunity for capital appreciation and depreciation than investing in comparable fixed income securities. Securities purchased by a Portfolio may include variable and floating rate instruments, which may have a stated maturity in excess of the Portfolio’s maturity limitations but which will, except for certain U.S. government obligations, permit the Portfolio to demand payment of the principal of the instrument at least once every 13 months upon not more than 30 days’ notice. Variable and floating rate instruments may include variable amount master demand notes that permit the indebtedness thereunder to vary in addition to providing for periodic adjustments in the interest rate. There may be no active secondary market for a particular variable or floating rate instrument. Nevertheless, the periodic readjustments of their interest rates tend to assure that their value to a Portfolio will approximate their par value. Illiquid variable and floating rate instruments (instruments which are not payable upon seven days’ notice and do not have an active trading market) are subject to a Portfolio’s percentage limitations regarding securities that are illiquid or not readily marketable. The Adviser will continuously monitor the creditworthiness of issuers of variable and floating rate instruments in which the Portfolios invest, and their ability to repay principal and interest. Variable and floating rate securities are subject to interest rate and credit/default risk. [ILR Fund, Tax Free Fund and U.S. Government Fund]

Temporary Defensive Positions . From time to time, a Portfolio may take temporary defensive positions in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic or other conditions. Temporary defensive positions may be taken, for example, to preserve capital or if a Portfolio is unable to acquire the types of securities in which it normally invests. Temporary defensive positions may include, but are not limited to, investment in U.S. government securities, repurchase agreements collateralized by such securities, the maintenance of uninvested cash, or investment in cash equivalents. A Portfolio’s holdings in temporary defensive positions may be inconsistent with the Portfolio’s principal investment strategy, and, as a result, the Portfolio may not achieve its investment objective. [All Funds]

 
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Portfolio Holdings Disclosure

The Funds’ portfolio holdings disclosure policy is described in the SAI.

Management and Organization

The Funds and the Portfolios .  Each Fund is a separate, diversified series of the State Street Institutional Investment Trust (the “Trust”), which is an open-end management investment company organized as a business trust under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Each Fund invests as part of a “master-feeder” structure. A Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its investable assets in a separate mutual fund (a “Portfolio”) that has a substantially identical investment objective, investment policies, and risks as the Fund. All discussions about a Fund’s investment objective, policies and risks should be understood to refer also to the investment objectives, policies and risks of the Portfolio.

A Fund can withdraw its investment in a Portfolio if, at any time, the Fund’s Board of Trustees determines that it would be in the best interests of the Fund’s shareholders, or if the investment objectives of the Portfolio changed so that they were inconsistent with the objectives of the Fund. If a Fund withdraws its investment from a Portfolio, the Fund may invest all of its assets in another Portfolio that has the same investment objective as the Fund, the Adviser may directly manage the Fund’s assets, or the Board may take such other action it deems appropriate and in the best interests of shareholders of the Fund, which may include liquidation of the Fund.

The Adviser .  State Street Global Advisors (“SSgA”) is the investment management group of State Street Corporation, a publicly held bank holding company, and includes the Adviser, SSgA FM, a wholly-owned subsidiary. SSgA is one of the world’s largest institutional money managers, and uses quantitative and traditional techniques to manage approximately $1.91 trillion as of December 31, 2009 in investment programs and portfolios for institutional and individual investors. SSgA FM, as the investment adviser to the Funds and the Portfolios, is registered with the SEC under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. SSgA FM had approximately $168.4 billion in assets under management at December 31, 2009. Each Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with the Adviser pursuant to which the Adviser will manage the Fund’s assets directly, for compensation paid at an annual rate of 0.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, in the event that the Fund were to cease investing substantially all of its assets in its corresponding portfolio. The Adviser does not receive any fees from a Fund under that agreement so long as the Fund continues to invest substantially all of its assets in the corresponding portfolio or in another investment company. The Adviser may reimburse expenses or waive fees in order to avoid a negative yield. Any such waiver or reimbursement would be voluntary and may be revised or cancelled at any time. There is no guarantee that a Fund will be able to avoid a negative yield. The Adviser places all orders for purchases and sales of the portfolios’ investments.

A summary of the factors considered by the Board of Trustees in connection with the renewals of the investment advisory agreements for the Funds is available in the Funds’ annual report dated December 31, 2009.

The Adviser’s principal address is State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.

The Administrator and Custodian .  State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), a subsidiary of State Street Corporation, is the administrator and custodian.

The Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent .   Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. is the transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent.

The Distributor .  State Street Global Markets, LLC serves as the Funds’ distributor (the “Distributor”) pursuant to the Distribution Agreement between the Distributor and the Trust.

Shareholder Information

Determination of Net Asset Value .  The Tax Free Fund determines its NAV per share once each business day at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) or the close of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), whichever is earlier. The Treasury Fund determines its NAV per share once each business day at 2:00 p.m.  ET or the close of the NYSE, whichever is earlier. Each of the other Funds determines its NAV per share once each business day at 5:00 p.m. ET except for days when the NYSE closes earlier than its regular closing time (the time when a Fund determines its NAV per share is referred to herein as the “Valuation Time”). Pricing does not occur on NYSE holidays. A business day is one on which the NYSE is open for regular trading. Payment for Fund shares must be in Federal Funds (or converted to Federal Funds by the Transfer Agent) by the Fund’s Valuation Time before a purchase order can be accepted. The Federal Reserve is closed on certain holidays on which the NYSE is open. These holidays are Columbus Day and Veteran’s Day. On these holidays, you will not be able to purchase shares by wiring Federal Funds because Federal Funds wiring does not occur on days that the Federal Reserve is closed.

 
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Each of the Funds seeks to maintain a $1.00 per share NAV and, accordingly, uses the amortized cost valuation method to value its portfolio instruments. The amortized cost valuation method initially prices an instrument at its cost and thereafter assumes a constant amortization to maturity of any discount or premium, regardless of the impact of fluctuating interest rates on the market value of the instrument.

If you hold shares of a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, your intermediary may offer additional services and account features that are not described in this Prospectus. Please contact your intermediary directly for an explanation of these services.

Purchasing Shares .  Investors pay no sales load to invest in the Service Class of the Funds. The price for Fund shares is the NAV per share. Orders will be priced at the NAV next calculated after the order is accepted by the Funds.

  Purchase orders in good form and payment received the same day by Fed Wire will receive that day’s NAV and will earn dividends declared on the date of the purchase.  All purchases that are made by check will begin earning dividends the following business day after the purchase date.

The minimum initial investment in Service Class shares of the Funds is $10 million, although the Adviser may waive the minimum in its discretion. Holdings of related customer accounts may be aggregated for purposes of determining the minimum investment amount.  “Related customer accounts” may include, but are not limited to, accounts held by the same investment or retirement plan, financial institution, broker, dealer or intermediary.  The Fund reserves the right to increase or decrease the minimum amount required. There is no minimum subsequent investment, except in relation to maintaining certain minimum account balances (See “Redeeming Shares” below). The Funds intend to be as fully invested as is practicable; therefore, investments must be made in Federal Funds (i.e., monies credited to the account of the Funds’ custodian bank by a Federal Reserve Bank). The Funds require prior notification of subsequent investments in excess of: $5,000,000 for the Tax Free Fund; $10,000,000 for the Treasury Fund; and $50,000,000 for the ILR Fund, U.S. Government Fund, and Treasury Plus Fund.

The Funds reserve the right to cease accepting investments at any time or to reject any investment order. In addition, the ILR Fund and U.S. Government Fund may limit the amount of a purchase order received after 3:00 p.m. ET.  The Treasury Fund and the Treasury Plus Fund may limit the amount of a purchase order received after 1:00 p.m. ET.

How to Purchase Shares
By Mail:
An initial investment in the Funds must be preceded or accompanied by a completed, signed Institutional Account Application Form, sent to:
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
P.O. Box 8048
Boston, MA 02266-8048
By Overnight:
State Street Institutional Trust Funds
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809
By Telephone/Fax:
An initial investment in the Funds must be preceded or accompanied by a completed, signed Institutional Account Application Form, faxed to (816) 218-0400. Call the Fund at (866) 392-0869 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. ET and 5:00 p.m. ET to:
 
Ø
confirm receipt of the faxed Institutional Account Application Form (initial purchases only),
Ø
request your new account number (initial purchases only),
Ø
confirm the amount being wired and wiring bank, and
Ø
receive a confirmation number for your purchase order (your trade is not effective until you have received a confirmation number from the Fund).
 
For your initial investment, send the original, signed Institutional Account Application Form to the address above.
Wire Instructions:
 
Instruct your bank to transfer money by Federal Funds wire to:
State Street Bank and
Trust Company
2 Avenue de Lafayette
Boston, MA 02111
 
ABA# 011000028
DDA# 9905-801-8
State Street Institutional Investment Trust ________Fund _______ Class
Account Number
Account Registration
 
On Columbus Day and Veteran’s Day, you will not be able to purchase shares by wiring Federal Funds because the Federal Funds wiring does not occur on those days. Payment for Fund shares must be in Federal Funds (or converted to Federal Funds by the Transfer Agent) by the Fund’s Valuation Time before a purchase order can be accepted.

You will not be able to redeem shares from the account until the original Application has been received. The Funds and the Funds’ agents are not responsible for transfer errors by the sending or receiving bank and will not be liable for any loss incurred due to a wire transfer not having been received.

 
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In accordance with certain federal regulations, the Trust is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each entity that applies to open an account. For this reason, when you open (or change ownership of) an account, the Trust will request certain information, including your name, residential/business address, date of birth (for individuals) and taxpayer identification number or other government identification number and other information that will allow us to identify you which will be used to verify your identity. We may also request to review other identification documents such as driver license, passport or documents showing the existence of the business entity. If you do not provide sufficient information to verify your identity, the Trust will not open an account for you. As required by law, the Trust may employ various procedures, such as comparing your information to fraud databases or requesting additional information and documentation from you, to ensure that the information supplied by you is correct. The Trust reserves the right to reject any purchase for any reason, including failure to provide the Trust with information necessary to confirm your identity as required by law.
 
Redeeming Shares.   An investor may redeem all or any portion of its investment at the NAV next determined after it submits a redemption request, in proper form, to the Funds. Redemption orders are processed at the NAV next determined after a Fund receives a redemption order in good form. If a Fund receives a redemption order prior to its Valuation Time on a business day, the Fund may send payment for redeemed shares on that day. No dividends will be paid on shares that are redeemed and wired the same day. Otherwise, and except as noted below for the ILR Fund, the shares will normally be redeemed, and payment for redeemed shares sent, on the next business day. Dividends will be earned for the trade date of the redemption but not on the date that the wire is sent. Each Fund, other than the ILR Fund, reserves the right to pay for redeemed shares within seven days after receiving a redemption order if, in the judgment of the Adviser, an earlier payment could adversely affect the Fund.  For the ILR Fund, shares are redeemed, and payment for redeemed shares sent, no later than the next business day.
 
The right of any investor to receive payment with respect to any redemption may be suspended or the payment of the redemption proceeds postponed during any period in which the NYSE is closed (other than weekends or holidays) or trading on the NYSE is restricted or, to the extent otherwise permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), if an emergency exists as a result of which disposal by the Fund of securities owned by it is not reasonably practicable or it is not reasonably practicable for the Fund fairly to determine the value of its net assets. In addition, the SEC may by order permit suspension of redemptions for the protection of shareholders of the Funds. Although each Fund attempts to maintain its NAV at $1 per share, there can be no assurance that it will be successful, and there can be no assurance that a shareholder will receive $1 per share upon any redemption.

A request for a partial redemption by an investor whose account balance is below the minimum amount or a request for partial redemption by an investor that would bring the account below the minimum amount may be treated as a request for a complete redemption of the account. These minimums may be different for investments made through certain financial intermediaries as determined by their policies and may be waived in the Adviser’s discretion. The Funds reserve the right to modify minimum account requirements at any time with or without prior notice. The Funds also reserve the right to involuntarily redeem an investor’s account if the investor’s account balance falls below the applicable minimum amount due to transaction activity.

How to Redeem Shares
 
By Mail
Send a signed letter to:
State Street Institutional Investment Trust Funds
P.O. Box 8048
Boston, MA 02266-8048
The letter should include information necessary to process your request as described below. The Fund may require a medallion guarantee in certain circumstances. See “Medallion Guarantees” below.
 
By Overnight
State Street Institutional Investment Trust Funds
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809
 
By Telephone
Please Call (866) 392-0869 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET.
 
The Funds will need the following information to process your redemption request:
Ø             name(s) of account owners;
Ø             account number(s);
Ø             the name of the Fund;
Ø             your daytime telephone number; and
Ø             the dollar amount or number of shares being redeemed.

On any day that the Funds calculate NAV earlier than normal, the Funds reserve the right to adjust the times noted above for purchasing and redeeming shares.

Medallion Guarantees .  Certain redemption requests must include a medallion guarantee for each registered account owner if any of the following apply:

 
Ø  
Your account address has changed within the last 10 business days.

 
Ø  
Redemption proceeds are being transferred to an account with a different registration.

 
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Ø  
A wire is being sent to a financial institution other than the one that has been established on your Fund account.

 
Ø  
Other unusual situations as determined by the Funds’ transfer agent.

All redemption requests regarding shares of the Funds placed after 3:00 p.m. may only be placed by telephone. The Funds reserve the right to postpone payments for redemption requests received after 3:00 p.m. until the next business day. The Funds reserve the right to waive medallion guarantee requirements, require a medallion guarantee under other circumstances or reject or delay redemption if the medallion guarantee is not in good form. Medallion guarantees may be provided by an eligible financial institution such as a commercial bank, a FINRA member firm such as a stock broker, a savings association or a national securities exchange. A notary public cannot provide a medallion guarantee. The Funds reserve the right to reject a medallion guarantee if it is not provided by a STAMP Medallion guarantor.

 About Telephone Transactions . Telephone transactions are extremely convenient but are not free from risk. Neither the Funds nor the Funds’ agents will be responsible for any losses resulting from unauthorized telephone transactions if reasonable security procedures are followed. In addition, you are responsible for: (i) verifying the accuracy of all data and information transmitted by telephone, (ii) verifying the accuracy of your account statements immediately upon receipt, and (iii) promptly notifying the Funds of any errors or inaccuracies including, without limitation, any errors or inaccuracies relating to shareholder data or information transmitted by telephone. During periods of heavy market activity or other times, it may be difficult to reach the Funds by telephone. If you are unable to reach us by telephone, consider sending written instructions.

The Funds may terminate the receipt of redemption or exchange orders by telephone at any time, in which case you may redeem or exchange shares by other means.

Policies to Prevent Market Timing .  Frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares may present risks for other shareholders of the Funds, which may include, among other things, interference in the efficient management of a Fund’s portfolio, dilution in the value of shares held by long-term shareholders, increased brokerage and administrative costs and forcing the Funds to hold excess levels of cash.

The Trust’s Board of Trustees has adopted policies and procedures designed to detect and prevent inappropriate short-term trading activity that is harmful to the Funds. Because most of the shares of the Funds are held by investors indirectly through one or more financial intermediaries, the Funds do not generally have information about the identity of those investors or about transactions effected by those investors. Rather, the Funds and service providers to the Funds periodically review cash inflows and outflows from and to those intermediaries in an attempt to detect inappropriate trading activity by investors holding shares through those intermediaries. The Funds may seek to obtain underlying account trading activity information from financial intermediaries when, in the Adviser’s judgment, the trading activity suggests possible market timing. There is no assurance that the Funds or the Adviser will be able to determine whether trading in the Funds’ shares by an investor holding shares through a financial intermediary is trading activity that may be harmful to the Funds or the Funds’ shareholders.

The Funds reserve the right in their discretion to reject any purchase, in whole or in part, including, without limitation, by a person whose trading activity in Fund shares the Adviser believes could be harmful to the Funds. The Funds may decide to restrict purchase activity in their shares based on various factors, including, without limitation, whether frequent purchase and sale activity will disrupt portfolio management strategies or adversely affect performance. There can be no assurance that the Funds, the Adviser, State Street or their agents will identify all frequent purchase and sale activity affecting the Funds.

Shareholder Servicing Payments

The Funds’ Service Class shares generally are sold to clients of financial intermediaries (“Service Organizations”), including affiliates of the Adviser, which have entered into shareholder servicing agreements with the Funds or Distributor. Service Organizations agree to perform certain shareholder servicing, administrative and accounting services for their clients and customers who are beneficial owners of shares of the Funds. The Funds will make payments to Service Organizations for services provided at an annual rate of up to 0.05% of a Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to the Service Organization.

Payments to Financial Intermediaries

The Adviser, or an affiliate of the Adviser, out of its own resources, and without additional cost to a Fund or its shareholders, may make additional payments to financial intermediaries (including affiliates of the Adviser) whose clients or customers invest in the Funds. Generally, such financial intermediaries may (though they will not necessarily) provide shareholder servicing and support for their customers who purchase shares of the Funds. Not all financial intermediaries receive additional compensation and the amount of compensation paid varies for each financial intermediary. If payments to financial intermediaries by a particular mutual fund complex’s distributor or adviser exceed payments by other mutual fund complexes, your financial adviser and the financial intermediary employing him or her may have an incentive to recommend that fund complex over others. Please speak with your financial adviser to learn more about the total amounts paid to your financial adviser and his or her firm by the Adviser and its affiliates, and by sponsors of other mutual funds he or she may recommend to you. You should also consult disclosures made by your financial intermediary at the time of purchase.

 
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Dividends, Distributions and Tax Considerations

The Funds intend to declare dividends on shares from net investment income daily and pay them as of the last business day of each month. Distributions from capital gains, if any, will be made annually in December.

The following discussion is a summary of some important U.S. federal tax considerations generally applicable to investments in the Funds. Your investment in the Funds may have other tax implications. Please consult your tax advisor about foreign, federal, state, local or other tax laws applicable to you. Investors, including non-U.S. investors, should consult the SAI tax section for more complete disclosure.

Each Fund intends to elect to be treated and qualify each year as a regulated investment company. A regulated investment company is generally not subject to tax at the corporate level on income and gains that are distributed to shareholders. However, a Fund’s failure to qualify as a regulated investment company would result in corporate level taxation, and consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to shareholders.

For federal income tax purposes, distributions of investment income (other than "exempt-interest dividends" described below) are generally taxable to you as ordinary income . Taxes on distributions of capital gains generally are determined by how long the Portfolio owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long you have owned your Fund shares.  The Funds generally do not expect to make distributions that are eligible for taxation as long-term capital gains.

Distributions from the Tax Free Fund properly designated as "exempt-interest dividends" are not generally subject to federal income tax, including the federal alternative minimum tax for both individual and corporate shareholders, but may be subject to state and local taxes. If you receive Social Security or railroad retirement benefits, you should consult your tax advisor to determine what effect, if any, an investment in the Tax Free Fund may have on the federal taxation of your benefits. Distributions of the Tax Free Fund's income other than exempt-interest dividends generally will be taxable as ordinary income, and distributions of the Tax Free Fund’s net long-term and short-term capital gains (if any) generally will be taxable to you as long-term or short-term capital gain, as applicable, including in respect of gains generated from the sale or other disposition of tax-exempt municipal obligations. The Tax Free Portfolio may also invest a portion of its assets in securities that generate income (that will be allocated to and distributed by the Fund) that will be subject to both federal and state taxes.

Distributions (other than distributions of exempt-interest dividends) are taxable whether you receive them in cash or reinvest them in additional shares. Any gains resulting from the redemption or exchange of Fund shares will generally be taxable to you as either short-term or long-term capital gain, depending upon how long you have held your shares in the Fund.

If you are not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, each Fund’s ordinary income dividends will generally be subject to a 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless a lower treaty rate applies or unless such income is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. A Fund may, under certain circumstances, designate all or a portion of a dividend as an “interest-related dividend” that if received by a nonresident alien or foreign entity generally would be exempt from the 30% U.S. withholding tax, provided that certain other requirements are met. The Funds may also, under certain circumstances, designate all or a portion of a dividend as a “short-term capital gain dividend” which if received by a nonresident alien or foreign entity generally would be exempt from the 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless the foreign person is a nonresident alien individual present in the United States for a period or periods aggregating 183 days or more during the taxable year. The provisions contained in the legislation relating to dividends to foreign persons would apply to dividends with respect to taxable years of a Fund beginning after December 31, 2004 and before January 1, 2010.

 
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Financial Highlights

The Financial Highlights table is not presented because Service Class shares of the Funds had not commenced operations as of the date of this Prospectus.

 
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For more information about the Funds :

The Funds’ SAI includes additional information about the Funds and is incorporated by reference into this document. Additional information about the Funds’ investments is available in the Funds’ annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders.

 The SAI and the Funds’ annual and semi-annual reports are available, without charge, upon request. Shareholders in the Funds may make inquiries to the Funds to receive such information by calling State Street Global Markets, LLC at (800) 997-7327 or by writing to the Funds, c/o State Street Global Markets, LLC, State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111-2900. These documents are also available on the Funds’ website at http://www.sttfunds.com.

Information about the Funds (including the SAI) can be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the Commission at 1-202-942-8090. Reports and other information about the Funds are available free of charge on the EDGAR Database on the Commission’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of this information also may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following E-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing the Commission’s Public Reference Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.

SSgA FUNDS MANAGEMENT, INC.
STATE STREET FINANCIAL CENTER
ONE LINCOLN STREET
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02111

The State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Investment Company Act File Number is 811-09819.

 
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STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT TRUST
 
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STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL SHORT-TERM TAX EXEMPT BOND FUND (STFLX)
 
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Prospectus Dated April __, 2010

THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION HAS NOT APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

AN INVESTMENT IN THE STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL SHORT-TERM TAX EXEMPT BOND FUND IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY.


 
 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Fund Summary
 
Additional Information About the Fund’s and Portfolio’s Investment Strategies and Risks
 
Management and Organization
 
Shareholder  Information
 
Portfolio Holdings Disclosure
 
Distribution Servicing Plan and Payments to Financial Intermediaries
 
Dividends, Distributions and Tax Considerations
 
Financial Highlights
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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Fund Summary

This section of the Prospectus is composed of a summary description of the Fund. Additional information about the Fund may be found in the other sections of this Prospectus, the first of which begins on page __ of this Prospectus, as well as the Statement of Additional Information dated April __, 2010 applicable to the Fund.


 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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Investment Objective

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek to provide federally tax-exempt current income and liquidity. The investment objective of the Fund as stated above is fundamental, which means that it may not be changed without shareholder approval.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. As a shareholder in the Portfolio, the Fund bears its ratable share of the Portfolio’s expenses, including advisory and administrative fees, and at the same time continues to pay its own fees and expenses. The table and the Example reflect the estimated expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

Shareholder Fees
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) (1)

Management Fees
0.10%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
0.05%
Other Expenses
___%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
___%
Less Waivers and Reimbursements (2)
___%
Net Expenses (2)
___ %

(1)
Amounts reflect the total expenses of the Portfolio and the Fund.

(2)
The Adviser has contractually agreed to limit the Fund’s total annual operating expenses (including the pass-through expenses of the Portfolio) to 0.25% (on an annualized basis) of the Fund’s average daily net assets until April 30, 2011.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that all dividends and distributions are reinvested, and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions yours costs would be:

1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$___
$___
$___
$___

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). As a shareholder of the Portfolio the Fund bears its ratable share of the transaction costs associated with the portfolio turnover of the Portfolio. A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was ___% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its investable assets in the State Street Institutional Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Portfolio (the “Portfolio”) of State Street Master Funds, which has the same investment objective as, and investment policies that are substantially similar to those of, the Fund.  The Adviser is the investment adviser to the Portfolio. In reviewing the investment objective and strategies of the Fund below, you should assume that the investment objective and strategies of the Portfolio are the same in all material respects as those of the Fund and that, so long as the Fund has invested its assets in the Portfolio, the descriptions below of the Fund’s investment strategies and risks should be read as also applicable to the Portfolio.

The Portfolio has a fundamental policy of investing at least 80% of its net assets under normal market conditions in investment grade municipal securities, the interest from which is, in the opinion of bond counsel, exempt from federal income tax, including the alternative minimum tax. These securities are issued by states, municipalities and their political subdivisions and agencies, instrumentalities and other governmental units, and certain territories and possessions of the United States. Investments may include general obligation bonds and notes, revenue bonds and notes, commercial paper, private placements, tender option bonds, private activity bonds, industrial development bonds and municipal lease contracts. Securities purchased may bear fixed, variable or floating rates of interest or may be zero coupon securities. The Portfolio may buy or sell securities on a when-issued or forward commitment basis. The Portfolio may invest in municipal securities by investing in other mutual funds.

The Portfolio may invest up to 20% of its assets in federally taxable securities including obligations issued by or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities, certificates of deposit, commercial paper and repurchase agreements.
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The municipal debt obligations in which the Portfolio may invest include investments in certain revenue sectors that may be more volatile than others due to changing economic and regulatory issues. These may include industrial development, pollution control, resource recovery, housing, and hospital revenue bond issues. The Portfolio will invest in debt obligations rated, at the time of investment, investment grade by Moody’s, S&P, or comparable quality as determined by the Adviser. The Portfolio does not currently intend to invest in securities subject to the alternative minimum tax.

Investment grade securities are (i) rated in one of the four highest categories (or in the case of commercial paper, in the two highest categories) by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”); or (ii) if not rated, are of comparable quality, as determined by the Adviser. If a security is downgraded and is no longer investment grade, the Portfolio may continue to hold the security if the Adviser determines that to be in the best interest of the Portfolio.

Principal Risks

 
·
Call Risk . The risk that an issuer will exercise its right to pay principal on an obligation held by the Portfolio (such as a mortgage-backed security) earlier than expected. This may happen, for example, when there is a decline in interest rates. Under these circumstances, the Portfolio may be unable to recoup all of its initial investment and will also suffer from having to reinvest in lower yielding securities.

 
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Risks of Investing Principally in Fixed Income Instruments:

 
Interest Rate Risk—The risk that interest rates will rise, causing the value of the fund’s investments to fall.

 
Credit Risk—The risk that an issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of an instrument will fail to make scheduled interest or principal payments, which may reduce the fund’s income and the market value of the instrument.

 
Liquidity Risk—The risk that the fund may not be able to sell some or all of its securities at desired prices, or may be unable to sell the securities at all, because of a lack of demand in the market for such securities, or a liquidity provider defaults on its obligation to purchase the securities when properly tendered by the fund.

 
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Municipal Obligations Risk .   Municipal obligations are affected by economic, business and political developments. The yields of municipal securities may move differently and adversely compared to the yields of the overall debt securities markets.  Changes in applicable tax laws or tax treatments could reduce or eliminate the current federal income tax exemption on municipal securities or otherwise adversely affect the current federal or state tax status of municipal securities. These securities may be subject to provisions of litigation, bankruptcy and other laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors, or may become subject to future laws extending the time for payment of principal and/or interest, or limiting the rights of municipalities to levy taxes.   The secondary market for municipal bonds also tends to be less well-developed and less liquid than many other debt securities markets.  Less liquid obligations can  become more difficult to value, may be subject to e rratic price   movements , and may limit the Portfolio’s ability to acquire and dispose of municipal securities at desirable yield and price levels.

 
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Master/Feeder Structure Risk . Unlike a traditional mutual fund that invests directly in securities, the Fund pursues its objective by investing substantially all of its assets in the Master Portfolio, which has substantially the same investment objectives, policies and restrictions. The ability of the Fund to meet its investment objective is directly related to the ability of the Portfolio to meet its objective. The ability of the Fund to meet its objective may be adversely affected by the purchase and redemption activities of other investors in the corresponding Portfolio. The ability of the Fund to meet redemption requests depends on its ability to redeem its interest in the Portfolio. The Adviser also serves as investment adviser to the Portfolio. Therefore, conflicts may arise as the Adviser fulfills its fiduciary responsibilities to the Fund and the Portfolio. For example, the Adviser may have an economic incentive to maintain the Fund’s investment in the Portfolio at a time when it might otherwise choose not to do so.

 
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Variable and Floating Rate Securities Risk : The extent of increases and decreases in the values of variable and floating rate securities generally will be less than comparable changes in value of an equal principal amount of a similar fixed rate security and, if interest rates decline, the Portfolio may forego the opportunity for price appreciation on the security.
 
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THE FUND’S SHARES WILL CHANGE IN VALUE, AND YOU COULD LOSE MONEY BY INVESTING IN THE FUND. THE FUND MAY NOT ACHIEVE ITS OBJECTIVE. AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUND IS NOT A DEPOSIT WITH A BANK AND IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY .

Performance

The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund by illustrating the variability of the Fund’s returns during the year since inception. The Fund’s past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

State Street Institutional Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund Total Return for the Calendar Year Ended December 31

Bar Chart:

 
2008:
___%
2009
___%
 
During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended ____) and the lowest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended ____).

Average Annual Total Returns
For the Periods Ended December 31, 2009

 
Past 1-Year
 
Since the Inception
Date of the Fund
(Annualized)
State Street
Institutional
Short-Term Tax
Exempt Bond
Fund
______%
 
______%

Investment Adviser

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

Nuveen Asset Management (the “Sub-Adviser” or “Nuveen”) serves as the sub-adviser to the Fund.

Tim Ryan is the leader of a team at the Sub-Adviser that is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund. Mr. Ryan has served as portfolio manager of the Fund since 2007.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Purchase Minimums
To establish an account
$5,000,000
To add to an existing account
No minimum

Written Requests and Wire Transfers . You may redeem Fund shares by written request or wire transfer. Written requests should be sent to:

BY MAIL:

State Street Institutional Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund
P.O. Box 8048
Boston, MA 02266-8048

BY OVERNIGHT:

State Street Institutional Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809

BY TELEPHONE:

For wire transfer instructions, please call (866) 392-0869 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time. Redemption
s by telephone are permitted only if you previously have been authorized for these transactions.

Through Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries.    If you wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, please contact that financial intermediary directly. Your financial intermediary may have an earlier cut-off time for the submission of purchase or redemption orders or may be closed at times when the Fund is open.

Tax Information

The Fund’s distributions normally consist of exempt-interest dividends, which are generally not taxable to you for Federal income or alternative minimum tax purposes; it is possible that a portion of the exempt-interest dividends will be taxable to you under the Federal alternative minimum tax. It is also possible that a portion of the Fund’s distributions will not qualify as exempt interest dividends; such distributions will generally be taxable to you as ordinary income, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(K) plan or an individual retirement account.
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Payments to Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase the Fund through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker, bank or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s Website for more information.
 
 
 
 

 

 
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Additional Information About the Fund’s and Portfolio’s Investment Strategies and Risks

The investment strategies and risks below reflect the Fund’s  and Portfolio’s current practices. This information supplements the principal investment strategies and risks explained above.

Commercial Paper, Rule 144A and Other Short-Term Obligations . Commercial paper (including variable amount master notes and funding agreements) are short-term promissory notes issued by corporations, partnerships, trusts or other entities, to finance short-term credit needs. Short-term obligations held by the Portfolio include non-convertible debt securities (e.g., bonds and debentures) with not more than 397 days (13 months) remaining to maturity at the time of purchase. Short-term obligations issued by trusts may include, but are not limited to, mortgage-related or asset-backed debt instruments, including pass-through certificates such as participations in, or Treasury bonds or notes backed by, pools of mortgages, or credit card, automobile or other types of receivables.

Municipal Obligations . Municipal obligations may be issued to obtain funds to be used for various public purposes, including general purpose financing for state and local governments, refunding outstanding obligations, and financings for specific projects or public facilities. General obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the issuer. These securities include, for example, tax anticipation notes, bond anticipation notes and general obligation bonds. Revenue obligations are generally backed by the revenues generated from a specific project or facility and include industrial development bonds and private activity bonds. Private activity and industrial development bonds are dependent on the ability of the facility’s user to meet its financial obligations and the value of any real or personal property pledged as security for such payment. Private activity and industrial development bonds, although issued by industrial development authorities, may be backed only by the assets of the non-governmental users, and the user, rather than the municipality, assumes the credit risk. A municipal bond, like a bond issued by a corporation or the U.S. government, obligates the obligor on the bond to pay the bondholder a fixed or variable amount of interest periodically, and to repay the principal value of the bond on a specific maturity date. Municipal notes are short-term instruments which are issued and sold in anticipation of a bond sale, collection of taxes or receipt of other revenues.

Some municipal securities are insured by private insurance companies, while others may be supported by letters of credit furnished by domestic or foreign banks. In determining the credit quality of insured or letter of credit backed securities, the Adviser reviews the financial condition and creditworthiness of such parties including insurance companies, banks and corporations.

Unlike most other bonds, however, municipal bonds pay interest that is exempt from federal income taxes and, in some cases, also from state and local taxes. Municipal bonds, and municipal bond funds, can therefore be advantageous to investors in higher tax brackets. However, because the interest is tax-exempt, municipal bond yields typically are lower than yields on taxable bonds and bond funds with comparable maturity ranges.

Portfolio Duration . The Fund will maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio duration of two years or less. Duration is a measure of the price sensitivity of a security to changes in interest rates. Unlike maturity, which measures the period of time until final payment is to be made on a security, duration measures the dollar-weighted average maturity of a security’s expected cash flows (i.e., interest and principal payments), discounted to their present values, after giving effect to all maturity shortening features, such as call or redemption rights. With respect to a variable or floating-rate instrument, duration is adjusted to indicate the price sensitivity of the instrument to changes in the interest rate in effect until the next reset date. For substantially all securities, the duration of a security is equal to or less than its stated maturity.

Variable and Floating Rate Securities . Variable and floating rate securities are instruments issued or guaranteed by entities such as: (1) the U.S. Government, or an agency or instrumentality thereof, (2) corporations, (3) financial institutions, (4) insurance companies, or (5) trusts. The Portfolio may purchase variable and floating rate securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, or an agency or instrumentality thereof. A variable rate security provides for the automatic establishment of a new interest rate on set dates. Variable rate obligations whose interest is readjusted no less frequently than annually will be deemed to have a maturity equal to the period remaining until the next readjustment of the interest rate. A floating rate security provides for the automatic adjustment of its interest rate whenever a specified interest rate changes. Interest rates on these securities are ordinarily tied to, and are a percentage of, a widely recognized interest rate, such as the yield on 90-day U.S. Treasury bills or the prime rate of a specified bank. Generally, changes in interest rates will have a smaller effect on the market value of variable and floating rate securities than on the market value of comparable fixed-income obligations. Thus, investing in variable and floating rate securities generally allows less opportunity for capital appreciation and depreciation than investing in comparable fixed income securities. Securities purchased by a Portfolio may include variable and floating rate instruments, which may have a stated maturity in excess of the Portfolio’s maturity limitations but which will, except for certain U.S. government obligations, permit the Portfolio to demand payment of the principal of the instrument at least once every 13 months upon not more than 30 days’ notice. Variable and floating rate instruments may include variable amount master demand notes that permit the indebtedness thereunder to vary in addition to providing for periodic adjustments in the interest rate. There may be no active secondary market for a particular variable or floating rate instrument. Nevertheless, the periodic readjustments of their interest rates tend to assure that their value to the Portfolio will approximate their par value. Illiquid variable and floating rate instruments (instruments which are not payable upon seven days’ notice and do not have an active trading market) are subject to the Portfolio’s percentage limitations regarding securities that are illiquid or not readily marketable. The Adviser will continuously monitor the creditworthiness of issuers of variable and floating rate instruments in which the Portfolio invests, and their ability to repay principal and interest. Variable and floating rate securities are subject to interest rate and credit/default risk .
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Temporary Defensive Strategy . From time to time, for temporary defensive purposes, the Portfolio may invest without limit in taxable short-term investments. Dividends paid by the Portfolio that are attributable to income earned by the Portfolio from these instruments will be taxable to investors. This temporary defensive strategy may be inconsistent with the Portfolio’s principal investment strategy, and the Portfolio may not achieve its investment objective.

Portfolio Holdings Disclosure

The Fund’s portfolio holdings disclosure policy is described in the Statement of Additional Information.

Management and Organization

The Fund and the Portfolio .  The State Street Institutional Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund (the “Fund”) is a mutual fund whose investment objective is to seek to provide federally tax-exempt current income and liquidity. The Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in a diversified portfolio of investment grade municipal debt securities and maintains a dollar-weighted average portfolio duration of two years or less. The Fund is not a money market fund, and the Fund’s net asset value per share will fluctuate. The Fund is a separate, diversified series of the State Street Institutional Investment Trust (the “Trust”), which is an open-end management investment company organized as a business trust under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The Fund invests as part of a “master-feeder” structure. The Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing all of its investable assets in a separate mutual fund (a “Portfolio”) that has substantially identical investment objective, investment policies, and risks as the Fund. All discussions about the Fund’s investment objective, policies and risks should be understood to refer also to the investment objectives, policies and risks of the Portfolio.

The Fund can withdraw its investment in a Portfolio if, at any time, the Fund’s Board of Trustees determines that it would be in the best interests of the Fund’s shareholders, or if the investment objectives of the Portfolio changed so that they were inconsistent with the objectives of the Fund. If the Fund withdraws its investment from a Portfolio, the Fund may invest all of its assets in another Portfolio that has the same investment objective as the Fund, the Adviser may directly manage the Fund’s assets, or the Board may take such other action it deems appropriate and in the best interests of shareholders of the Fund, which may include liquidation of the Fund.

The Adviser . State Street Global Advisors (“SSgA”) is the investment management group of State Street Corporation, a publicly held bank holding company, and includes the Adviser, SSgA FM, a wholly-owned subsidiary. SSgA is one of the world’s largest institutional money managers, and uses quantitative and traditional techniques to manage approximately $1.91 trillion in assets as of December 31, 2009 in investment programs and portfolios for institutional and individual investors. SSgA FM, as the investment adviser to the Fund and the Portfolio, is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. SSgA FM had approximately $168.4 billion in assets under management at December 31, 2009. The Adviser’s principal address is State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.

The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with the Adviser pursuant to which the Adviser will manage the Fund’s assets directly, at an annual rate of .10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, in the event that the Fund were to cease investing substantially all of its assets in the Portfolio The Adviser does not receive any fees from the Fund under that agreement so long as the Fund continues to invest substantially all of its assets in the Portfolio or in another investment company.

A summary of the factors considered by the Board of Trustees in connection with the renewal of the investment advisory agreement for the Fund is available in the annual report for the Fund, dated December 31, 2009.

Investment Subadviser . The Sub-Adviser . Nuveen, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc., is organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and an investment adviser registered with the SEC.  On November 13, 2007, Nuveen Investments was acquired by investors led by Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, which is a private equity investment firm based in Chicago, Illinois (the “MDP Acquisition”). The investor group led by Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC includes affiliates of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”).  As of September 30, 2009, Nuveen managed more than $68.5 billion in portfolios of municipal securities for a wide array of mutual funds, closed-end funds, retail managed accounts and institutional managed accounts. The Sub-Adviser’s principal address is 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606.
 
 
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The Adviser shall pay the Sub-Adviser an advisory fee with respect to the Portfolio at an annual rate of ___%.

A summary of the factors considered by the Board of Trustees in connection with the approval of the investment sub-advisory agreement for the Fund will be available in the Fund’s semi-annual report dated June 30, 2010.

Portfolio Management. Timothy Ryan, CFA, is the Portfolio Manager for the Portfolio.

Additional information about the portfolio managers’ compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers and the portfolio managers’ ownership of securities in the Fund and the Portfolio is available in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”).

The Administrator and Custodian . State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), a subsidiary of State Street Corporation, is the administrator and custodian.

The Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent . Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. is the transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent.

The Distributor .  State Street Global Markets, LLC. serves as the Fund’s distributor (the “Distributor”) pursuant to the Distribution Agreement between the Distributor and the Trust.

Shareholder Information

Determination of Net Asset Value . The Fund determines the net asset value (“NAV”) per share each business day as of the close of the regular trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”). Pricing does not occur on NYSE holidays. A business day is one on which the NYSE is open for regular trading. The Federal Reserve is closed on certain holidays on which the NYSE is open. These holidays are Columbus Day and Veteran’s Day. On these holidays, you will not be able to purchase shares by wiring federal funds because federal funds wiring does not occur on days that the Federal Reserve is closed. The NAV per share for the Fund is computed by adding the value of all securities and other assets of the Fund, deducting accrued liabilities, dividing by the number of shares outstanding and rounding to the nearest cent.

Ordinarily, the Fund values each portfolio security based upon the last reported sales price or other market quotation for the security in the market in which the security principally trades. If market quotations are not readily available for a security or if subsequent events suggest that a market quotation is not reliable, the Fund will use the security’s fair value, as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Debt obligation securities maturing within 60 days of the valuation date are valued at amortized cost.

If you hold shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, your intermediary may offer additional services and account features that are not described in this Prospectus. Please contact your intermediary directly for an explanation of these services.

Purchasing Shares .   Investors pay no sales load to invest in the Fund. The price for Fund shares is the NAV per share. Purchase orders in good form and payment received the same day by Fed Wire will receive that day’s NAV and will begin earning dividends declared on the following business day.  All purchases that are made by check will begin earning dividends the following business day after the purchase date.

The minimum initial investment in the Fund is $5 million, although the Adviser may waive the minimum in its discretion. Holdings of all customer accounts of each Intermediary shall be aggregated for the purpose of determining these account balances. There is no minimum subsequent investment, except in relation to maintaining certain minimum account balances (See “Redeeming Shares” below). The Fund intends to be as fully invested as is practicable; therefore, investments must be made in Federal Funds (i.e., monies credited to the account of the Fund’s custodian bank by a Federal Reserve Bank) received by the Fund before the order will be accepted. The Fund reserves the right to cease accepting investments at any time or to reject any purchase order.

BY MAIL:

An initial investment in the Fund must be preceded or accompanied by a completed, signed Institutional Account Application Form, sent to:

State Street Institutional Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund
P.O. Box 8048
Boston, MA 02266-8048

BY OVERNIGHT:

State Street Institutional Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809
 
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BY TELEPHONE/FAX:

An initial investment in the Fund must be preceded or accompanied by a completed, signed Institutional Account Application Form, faxed to (816) 218-0400. Call the Fund at (866) 392-0869 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. ET and 5:00 p.m. ET to:

 
-
confirm receipt of the faxed Institutional Account Application Form (initial purchases only),

 
-
request your new account number (initial purchases only),

 
-
confirm the amount being wired and wiring bank,

 
-
receive a confirmation number for your purchase order (your trade is not effective until you have received a confirmation number from the Fund),

For your initial investment, send the original, signed Institutional Account Application Form to the address above.

WIRE INSTRUCTIONS:

Instruct your bank to transfer money by Federal Funds wire to:

State Street Bank and Trust Company
2 Avenue de Lafayette
Boston, MA 02111

ABA# 011000028
DDA# 9905-801-8
State Street Institutional Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund
Account Number
Account Registration

You will not be able to redeem shares from the account until the original Application has been received. The Fund and its agents are not responsible for transfer errors by the sending or receiving bank and will not be liable for any loss incurred due to a wire transfer not having been received.

In accordance with certain federal regulations, the Trust is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each entity that applies to open an account. For this reason, when you open (or change ownership of) an account, the Trust will request certain information, including your name, residential/business address, date of birth (for individuals) and taxpayer identification number or other government identification number and other information that will allow us to identify you  which will be used to verify your identity. We may also request to review other identification documents such as driver license, passport or documents showing the existence of the business entity. If you do not provide sufficient information to verify your identity, the Trust will not open an account for you. As required by law, the Trust may employ various procedures, such as comparing your information to fraud databases or requesting additional information and documentation from you, to ensure that the information supplied by you is correct. The Trust reserves the right to reject any purchase for any reason, including failure to provide the Trust with information necessary to confirm your identity as required by law.

Redeeming Shares . An investor may withdraw all or any portion of its investment at the NAV next determined after it submits a withdrawal request, in proper form, to the Fund. Redemption requests must be received prior to 4:00 p.m. ET on a business day to be effective on the date received. Payments of redemption proceeds ordinarily will be sent the next business day. The Fund reserves the right to pay for redeemed shares within seven days after receiving your redemption order if, in the judgment of the Adviser, an earlier payment could adversely affect the Fund. The right of any investor to receive payment with respect to any withdrawal may be suspended or the payment of the withdrawal proceeds postponed during any period in which the NYSE is closed (other than weekends or holidays) or trading on the NYSE is restricted or, to the extent otherwise permitted by the 1940 Act, if an emergency exists.

If you are redeeming some, but not all, of your shares, your remaining account balance should be above $1,000,000 and subsequent purchases of shares of the Fund may be rejected unless, after such purchase, your account balance will be at or greater than $1,000,000. A request for a partial redemption by an investor whose account balance is below the minimum amount or a request for partial redemption by an investor that would bring the account below the minimum amount may be treated as a request for a complete redemption of the account. These minimums may be different for investments made through certain financial intermediaries as determined by their policies and may be waived in the Adviser’s discretion. The Fund reserves the right to modify or waive minimum account requirements at any time with or without prior notice. The Fund also reserves the right to involuntarily redeem an investor’s account if the investor’s account balance falls below the applicable minimum amount due to transaction activity. Notification will be sent to the shareholder and the shareholder will be given 60 days to increase the balance to the required minimum or the account may be closed.

BY MAIL:

Send a signed letter to:

State Street Institutional Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund
P.O. Box 8048
Boston, MA 02266-8048
 
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The letter should include information necessary to process your request as described below. The Fund may require a medallion guarantee in certain circumstances. See “Medallion Guarantees” below.

BY OVERNIGHT:

State Street Institutional Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809

BY TELEPHONE

(866) 392-0869

Between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET.

The Fund will need the following information to process your redemption request:

 
Ø
name(s) of account owners;

 
Ø
your Tax ID or Social Security number;

 
Ø
account number(s);

 
Ø
the name of the Fund;

 
Ø
your daytime telephone number; and

 
Ø
the dollar amount or number of shares being redeemed.

On any day that the Fund calculates its NAV earlier than normal, the Fund reserves the right to adjust the times noted above for purchasing and redeeming shares, except the 9:00 a.m. ET beginning time.

Medallion Guarantees . Certain redemption requests must include a medallion guarantee for each registered account owner if any of the following apply:

 
Ø
Your account address has changed within the last 10 business days.

 
Ø
A wire is being made payable to someone other than the account owner.

 
Ø
Redemption proceeds are being transferred to an account with a different registration.

 
Ø
A wire is being sent to a financial institution other than the one that has been established on your Fund account.

 
Ø
Other unusual situations as determined by the Fund’s transfer agent.

The Fund reserves the right to waive medallion guarantee requirements, require a medallion guarantee under other circumstances or reject or delay a redemption if the medallion guarantee is not in good form. Medallion guarantees may be provided by an eligible financial institution such as a commercial bank, a FINRA member firm such as a stock broker, a savings association or a national securities exchange. A notary public cannot provide a medallion guarantee. The Fund reserves the right to reject a medallion guarantee if it is not provided by a STAMP Medallion guarantor.

About Telephone Transactions .  Telephone transactions are extremely convenient but are not free from risk. Neither the Fund nor the Fund’s agents will be responsible for any losses resulting from unauthorized telephone transactions if reasonable security procedures are followed. In addition, you are responsible for: (i) verifying the accuracy of all data and information transmitted by telephone, (ii) verifying the accuracy of your account statements immediately upon receipt, and (iii) promptly notifying the Fund of any errors or inaccuracies including, without limitation, any errors or inaccuracies relating to shareholder data or information transmitted by telephone. During periods of heavy market activity or other times, it may be difficult to reach the Fund by telephone. If you are unable to reach us by telephone, consider sending written instructions.

The Fund may terminate the receipt of redemption or exchange orders by telephone at any time, in which case you may redeem or exchange shares by other means.

Policies to Prevent Market Timing . Frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares may present risks for other shareholders of the Fund, which may include, among other things, interference in the efficient management of the Fund’s portfolio, dilution in the value of shares held by long-term shareholders, increased brokerage and administrative costs and forcing the Fund to hold excess levels of cash.

The Trust’s Board of Trustees has adopted policies and procedures designed to detect and prevent inappropriate short-term trading activity that is harmful to the Fund. Because most of the interests in the Fund are held by investors indirectly through one or more financial intermediaries, the Fund does not generally have information about the identity of those investors or about transactions effected by those investors. Rather, the Fund and its service providers periodically review cash inflows and outflows from and to those intermediaries in an attempt to detect inappropriate trading activity by investors holding shares through those intermediaries. The Fund may seek to obtain underlying account trading activity information from financial intermediaries when, in the Adviser’s judgment, the trading activity suggests possible market timing. There is no assurance that the Fund or the Adviser will be able to determine whether trading in the Fund’s shares by an investor holding shares through a financial intermediary is engaged in trading activity that may be harmful to the Fund or its shareholders.
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The Fund reserves the right in its discretion to reject any purchase, in whole or in part including, without limitation, by a person whose trading activity in Fund shares the Adviser believes could be harmful to the Fund. The Fund may decide to restrict purchase activity in its shares based on various factors, including, without limitation, whether frequent purchase and sale activity will disrupt portfolio management strategies or adversely affect performance. There can be no assurance that the Fund, the Adviser or State Street will identify all frequent purchase and sale activity affecting the Fund.

Distribution/Servicing (Rule 12b-1) Plan

The Fund has adopted a distribution plan under which the Fund may compensate its distributor (or others) for services in connection with the distribution of the Fund’s shares and for services provided to Fund shareholders. The plan calls for payments at an annual rate (based on average daily net assets) of 0.05%. Because these fees are paid out of the Fund’s assets on an ongoing basis, they will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more over time than paying other types of sales charges.

Additional Payments to Financial Intermediaries

The Adviser, or an affiliate of the Adviser, out of its own resources, and without additional cost to the Fund and its shareholders, may make additional payments to financial intermediaries (including affiliates of the Adviser) whose client or customer invests in the Fund. Generally, such financial intermediaries may (though they will not necessarily) provide shareholder servicing and support for their customers who purchase shares of the Fund. Not all financial intermediaries receive additional compensation and the amount of compensation paid varies for each financial intermediary. If payments to financial intermediaries by a particular mutual fund complex’s distributor or adviser exceed payments by other mutual fund complexes, your financial adviser and the financial intermediary employing him or her may have an incentive to recommend that fund complex over others. Please speak with your financial adviser to learn more about the total amounts paid to your financial adviser and his or her firm by the Adviser and its affiliates, and by sponsors of other mutual funds he or she may recommend to you. You should also consult disclosures made by your financial intermediary at the time of purchase.

Dividends, Distributions and Tax Considerations

The Fund intends to declare dividends on shares from net investment income daily and have them payable as of the last business day of each month. Distributions from capital gains, if any, will be made annually in December.

The following discussion is a summary of some important U.S. federal tax considerations generally applicable to investments in the Fund. Your investment in the Fund may have other tax implications. Please consult your tax advisor about foreign, federal, state, local or other tax laws applicable to you. Investors, including non-U.S. investors should consult the SAI for more information.

The Fund intends to elect to be treated and qualify each year as a regulated investment company. A regulated investment company is generally not subject to tax at the corporate level on income and gains that are distributed to shareholders. However, the Fund’s failure to qualify as a regulated investment company would result in corporate-level taxation, and consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to shareholders.

Distributions from the Fund properly designated as “exempt-interest dividends” are not generally subject to federal income tax, including the federal alternative minimum tax for both individual and corporate shareholders but may be subject to state and local taxes. If you receive Social Security or railroad retirement benefits, you should consult your tax adviser to determine what effect, if any, an investment in the Fund may have on the federal taxation of your benefits. Distributions of the Fund’s income other than exempt-interest dividends generally will be taxable as ordinary income,  and distributions of the Fund’s net long-term and short-term capital gains (if any) generally will be taxable to you as long-term or short-term capital gain, as applicable, including in respect of gains generated from the sale or other disposition of tax-exempt municipal obligations. The Portfolio may also invest a portion of its assets in securities that generate income (that will be allocated to and distributed by the Fund) that will be subject to both federal and state taxes.

For federal income tax purposes, distributions of investment income (other that “exempt interest dividends” described above) are generally taxable to you as ordinary income. Taxes on distributions of capital gains are determined by how long the Portfolio owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long you have owned your Fund shares. Distributions of net capital gains (that is, the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses) from investments that the Portfolio owned for more than one year and that are properly designated by the Fund as capital gain dividends generally will be taxable as long-term capital gains. Generally, the Fund does not expect a significant portion of its distributions to be capital gain dividends. For individual taxpayers, long-term capital gain rates have been temporarily reduced-in general, to 15% with lower rates applying to taxpayers in the 10% and 15% rate brackets-for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011. Distributions of gains from the sale of investments that the Portfolio owned for one year or less generally will be taxable to you as ordinary income. For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, distributions of investment income designated by the Fund as derived from “qualified dividend income” are taxed at the rates applicable to long-term capital gain provided holding period and other requirements are met by both the shareholder and the Fund; however, the Fund does not expect a significant portion of Fund distributions to be derived from qualified dividend income. Distributions (other than distributions of exempt-interest dividends) are taxable whether you receive them in cash or reinvest them in additional shares.
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Any gains resulting from the redemption or exchange of your Fund shares will generally be taxable to you as either short-term or long-term capital gain, depending upon how long you have held your shares in the Fund.
 
If you are not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, each Fund’s ordinary income dividends will generally be subject to a 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless a lower treaty rate applies or unless such income is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. A Fund may, under certain circumstances, designate all or a portion of a dividend as an “interest-related dividend” that if received by a nonresident alien or foreign entity generally would be exempt from the 30% U.S. withholding tax, provided that certain other requirements are met. The Funds may also, under certain circumstances, designate all or a portion of a dividend as a “short-term capital gain dividend” which if received by a nonresident alien or foreign entity generally would be exempt from the 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless the foreign person is a nonresident alien individual present in the United States for a period or periods aggregating 183 days or more during the taxable year. The provisions contained in the legislation relating to dividends to foreign persons would apply to dividends with respect to taxable years of a Fund beginning after December 31, 2004 and before January 1, 2010.

 
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Financial Highlights

The Financial Highlights table is intended to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance since inception. Certain information reflects financial results for a single share.  The total return in the table represents the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund’s shares (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been audited by___________, whose report, along with the Fund’s financial statements, is included in the Fund’s annual report, which is available upon request. The financial information included in this table should be read in conjunction with the financial statements incorporated by reference in the SAI.
 
 
 
 

 
 
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For more information about STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL SHORT-TERM TAX EXEMPT BOND FUND:

The Fund’s SAI includes additional information about the Fund and is incorporated by reference into this document. Additional information about the Fund’s investments will be available in the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders. In the Fund’s annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s performance during its last fiscal year.

The SAI and the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports are available, without charge, upon request. Shareholders in the Fund may make inquiries to the Fund to receive such information by calling State Street Global Markets, LLC at (800) 997-7327 or by writing to the Fund, c/o State Street Global Markets, LLC, State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111-2900. These documents are also available on the Fund’s website at http://www.sttfunds.com.

Information about the Fund (including the SAI) can be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the Commission at 1-202-942-8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are available free of charge on the EDGAR Database on the Commission’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of this information also may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following E-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing the Commission’s Public Reference Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.

SSgA FUNDS MANAGEMENT, INC.
STATE STREET FINANCIAL CENTER
ONE LINCOLN STREET
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02111

The State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Investment Company Act File Number is 811-09819.

 
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STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT TRUST

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STATE STREET EQUITY 500 INDEX FUND (STFAX)
ADMINISTRATIVE SHARES

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PROSPECTUS DATED APRIL__, 2010

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THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION HAS NOT APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. THIS FUND OFFERS THREE CLASSES OF SHARES: ADMINISTRATIVE CLASS, SERVICE CLASS AND R CLASS. THIS PROSPECTUS COVERS ONLY THE ADMINISTRATIVE CLASS.

AN INVESTMENT IN THE STATE STREET EQUITY 500 INDEX FUND IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY.



Fund Summary
 
Other Investment Considerations and Risks
 
Management and Organization
 
Shareholder  Information
 
Portfolio Holdings Disclosure
 
Distribution Servicing Plan
 
Payments to Financial Intermediaries
 
Dividends, Distributions and Tax Considerations
 
Financial Highlights
 
 
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Fund Summary

This section of the Prospectus is composed of a summary description of the Fund. Additional information about the Fund may be found in the other sections of this Prospectus, the first of which begins on page __ of this Prospectus, as well as the Statement of Additional Information dated April __, 2010 applicable to the Fund.
 
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Investment Objective

The Fund’s investment objective is to replicate as closely as possible, before expenses, the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (the “S&P 500” or the “Index”).

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Administrative Shares of the Fund. As a shareholder in the State Street Equity 500 Index Portfolio (the “Equity 500 Index Portfolio” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Portfolio”), the Fund bears its ratable share of the Portfolio’s expenses, including advisory and administrative fees, and at the same time continues to pay its own fees and expenses. The table and the Example reflect the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) (1)

Management Fees
0.045%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
0.15%
Other Expenses
___%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
___%
____________

(1)
Amounts reflect the total expenses of the corresponding Portfolio of the State Street Master Funds and the Fund.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund’s Administrative Shares with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund’s Administrative Shares for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that all dividends and distributions are reinvested, and that the Fund’s Administrative Shares’ operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 YEAR
3 YEARS
5 YEARS
10 YEARS
$___
$___
$___
$___

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). As a shareholder of the Portfolio the Fund bears its ratable share of the transaction costs associated with the portfolio turnover of the Portfolio. A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was ___% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its investable assets in a corresponding portfolio (the “Portfolio”) of State Street Master Funds that has the same investment objective as, and investment policies that are substantially similar to those of, the Fund.

The Portfolio uses a passive management strategy designed to track the performance of the S&P 500. The Index is a well-known stock market index that includes common stocks of 500 companies from several industrial sectors representing a significant portion of the market value of all stocks publicly traded in the United States.

The Portfolio is not managed according to traditional methods of “active” investment management, which involve the buying and selling of securities based upon economic, financial and market analysis and investment judgment.  Instead, the Portfolio, using a “passive” or “indexing” investment approach, attempts to replicate, before expenses, the performance of the S&P 500.

The Portfolio generally intends to invest in all 500 stocks comprising the S&P 500 in proportion to their weightings in the Index. However, under various circumstances, it may not be possible or practicable to purchase all 500 stocks in those weightings. In those circumstances, the Portfolio may purchase a sample of the stocks in the Index in proportions expected by the Adviser to match generally the performance of the Index as a whole. In addition, from time to time stocks are added to or removed from the Index. The Portfolio may sell securities that are represented in the Index, or purchase securities that are not yet represented in the Index, in anticipation of their removal from or addition to the Index. Under normal market conditions, the Portfolio will not invest less than 80% of its total assets in stocks in the Index. Shareholders will receive 60 days’ notice prior to a change in the 80% investment policy.
 
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In addition, the Portfolio may at times purchase or sell futures contracts on the Index, or options on those futures, in lieu of investing directly in the stocks making up the Index. The Portfolio might do so, for example, in order to increase its investment exposure pending investment of cash in the stocks comprising the Index. Alternatively, the Portfolio might use futures or options on futures to reduce its investment exposure in situations where it intends to sell a portion of the stocks in its portfolio but the sale has not yet been completed. The Portfolio may also enter into other derivatives transactions, including the use of options or swap transactions, to assist in attempting to replicate the performance of the Index. The Portfolio may also, to the extent permitted by applicable law, invest in shares of other mutual funds whose investment objectives and policies are similar to those of the Portfolio.

Principal Risks

General risks associated with the Fund’s and Portfolio’s investment policies and investment strategies are discussed below.

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Stock values could decline generally or could under-perform other investments.

·
Because the S&P 500 includes mainly large U.S. companies, the Portfolio’s emphasis on securities issued by large capitalization companies makes it susceptible to the risks of investing in larger companies. For example, larger companies may be unable to respond as quickly as smaller companies to competitive challenges. Larger companies also tend not to be able to maintain the high growth rates of well-managed smaller companies, especially during strong economic periods.

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The Portfolio’s return may not match the return of the Index for a number of reasons. For example, the return on the securities and other investments selected by the Adviser may not correlate precisely with the return on the Index. The Portfolio incurs a number of operating expenses not applicable to the Index, and incurs costs in buying and selling securities. The Portfolio may not be fully invested at times, either as a result of cash flows into or out of the Portfolio or reserves of cash held by the Portfolio to meet redemptions. The return on the sample of securities purchased by the Portfolio, or futures or other derivative positions taken by the Portfolio, to replicate the performance of the Index may not correlate precisely with the return on the Index.

·
Derivatives Risk . Derivative transactions typically involve leverage and may be highly volatile. It is possible that a derivative transaction will result in a loss greater than the principal amount invested, and the Portfolio may not be able to close out a derivative transaction at a favorable time or price.

·
Master/Feeder Structure Risk . Unlike a traditional mutual fund that invests directly in securities, the Fund pursues its objective by investing substantially all of its assets in the Master Portfolio with substantially the same investment objectives, policies and restrictions. The ability of the Fund to meet its investment objective is directly related to the ability of the Portfolio to meet its objective. The ability of the Fund to meet its objective may be adversely affected by the purchase and redemption activities of other investors in the corresponding Portfolio. The ability of the Fund to meet redemption requests depends on its ability to redeem its interest in the Portfolio. The Adviser also serves as investment adviser to the Portfolio. Therefore, conflicts may arise as the Adviser fulfills its fiduciary responsibilities to the Fund and its corresponding Portfolio. For example, the Adviser may have an economic incentive to maintain the Fund’s investment in the Portfolio at a time when it might otherwise choose not to do so.

THE FUND’S SHARES WILL CHANGE IN VALUE, AND YOU COULD LOSE MONEY BY INVESTING IN THE FUND. THE FUND MAY NOT ACHIEVE ITS INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE. AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUND IS NOT A DEPOSIT WITH A BANK AND IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY.

Performance

The bar chart below shows the performance of the Fund’s Administrative Shares during the Fund’s complete calendar years since inception. The chart provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund’s Administrative Shares by showing changes in the Administrative Shares’ performance from year to year. Please keep in mind that past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund’s Administrative Shares will perform in the future.
 
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State Street Equity 500 Index Fund
Administrative Shares
Total Return For The Calendar Years
Ended December 31

BAR CHART:
2002:
-22.31%
2003:
28.37%
2004:
10.63%
2005:
4.66%
2006:
15.52%
2007:
5.35%
2008:
-36.89%
2009:
_____%

During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____) and the lowest return for a quarter was ____% (quarter ended____).

Average Annual Total Returns
For the Periods Ended December 31, 2009
Administrative Shares

The information in the following table gives some indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund’s Administrative Shares by comparing the Administrative Shares’ performance to the performance of the S&P 500 over various periods of time.

The Fund’s Administrative Shares’ after-tax returns listed below are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Additionally, actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown below, and after-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

 
PAST
1-YEAR
PAST
5-YEAR
SINCE THE INCEPTION
DATE
OF THE FUND
(ANNUALIZED)
State Street Equity 500 Index Fund
Return Before Taxes
___%
___%
___%
Return After Taxes on Distributions
___%
___%
___%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
___%
___%
___%
S&P 500 (reflects no deduction for expenses of taxes)
___%
___%
___%
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Investment Adviser

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

John A. Tucker has been a Portfolio Manager for the Portfolio since 2007. Karl Schneider has been a Portfolio Manager for the Portfolio since 2002.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Purchase Minimums
To establish an account
$25,000,000
To add to an existing account
No minimum

Written Requests and Wire Transfers . You may redeem Fund shares by written request or wire transfer. Written requests should be sent to:

BY MAIL:

State Street Equity 500 Index Fund
P.O. Box 5493
Boston, MA 02206

BY OVERNIGHT:

State Street Equity 500 Index Fund
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116

BY TELEPHONE:

For wire transfer instructions, please call (866) 392-0869 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time.  Redemptions by telephone are permitted only if you previously have been authorized for these transactions .

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Through Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries. If you wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, please contact that financial intermediary directly. Your financial intermediary may have an earlier cut-off time for the submission of purchase or redemption orders or may be closed at times when the Fund is open.

Tax Information

For mutual funds generally, dividends from net investment income (other than qualified dividend income) and distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you as ordinary income under U.S. federal income tax laws whether paid in cash or in additional shares.  Distributions from net long-term gains are taxable as long-term taxable gains regardless of the length of time you have held the shares and whether you were paid in cash or additional shares.  Dividend and capital gains distributions that you receive, as well as your gains or losses from any sale or exchange of fund shares, may be subject to state and local income taxes.

Payments to Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase the Fund through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker, bank or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s Website for more information.
 
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Other Investment Considerations and Risks

Changes in Policies . The Trust’s Board of Trustees may change the Fund’s investment strategies and other policies without shareholder approval, except as otherwise indicated. The Board of Trustees will not materially change the Fund’s investment objective without shareholder approval.

The S&P 500 . The S&P 500 is a well-known stock market index that includes common stocks of 500 companies from several industrial sectors representing a significant portion of the market value of all common stocks publicly traded in the United States, most of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the “NYSE”). Stocks in the S&P 500 are weighted according to their float adjusted market capitalizations (i.e., the number of shares outstanding multiplied by the stock’s current price). The companies selected for inclusion in the S&P 500 are those of large publicly held companies which generally have the largest market values within their respective industries. The composition of the S&P 500 is determined by Standard & Poor’s and is based on such factors as the market capitalization and trading activity of each stock and its adequacy as a representation of stocks in a particular industry group, and may be changed from time to time. “Standard & Poor’s(R),” “S&P,” “S&P 500,” “Standard & Poor’s 500” and “500” are trademarks of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and have been licensed for use by the Fund. The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by S&P, and S&P makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

Index Futures Contracts and Related Options . The Portfolio may buy and sell futures contracts on the Index and options on those futures contracts. An “index futures” contract is a contract to buy or sell units of an index at an agreed price on a specified future date. Depending on the change in value of the Index between the time when the Portfolio enters into and closes out an index future or option transaction, the Portfolio realizes a gain or loss. Options and futures transactions involve risks. For example, it is possible that changes in the prices of futures contracts on the Index will not correlate precisely with changes in the value of the Index. In those cases, use of futures contracts and related options might decrease the correlation between the return of the Portfolio and the return of the Index. In addition, the Portfolio incurs transaction costs in entering into, and closing out, positions in futures contracts and related options. These costs typically have the effect of reducing the correlation between the return of the Portfolio and the return of the Index. Because the secondary market for futures contracts and options may be illiquid, the Portfolio may have to hold a contract or option when the Adviser would otherwise have sold it, or it may only be able to sell at a price lower than what the Adviser believes is the fair value of the contract or option, thereby potentially reducing the return of the Portfolio.

Other Derivative Transactions . The Portfolio may enter into derivatives transactions involving options and swaps. These transactions involve many of the same risks as those described above under “Index Futures Contracts and Related Options.” In addition, since many of such transactions are conducted directly with counterparties, and not on an exchange or board of trade, the Portfolio’s ability to realize any investment return on such transactions may depend on the counterparty’s ability or willingness to meet its obligations.

Securities Lending . The Portfolio may lend portfolio securities with a value of up to 33-1/3% of its total assets. For these purposes, total assets shall include the value of all assets received as collateral for the loan. Such loans may be terminated at any time, and the Portfolio will receive cash or other obligations as collateral. In a loan transaction, as compensation for lending its securities, the Portfolio will receive a portion of the dividends or interest accrued on the securities held as collateral or, in the case of cash collateral, a portion of the income from the investment of such cash. In addition, the Portfolio will receive the amount of all dividends, interest and other distributions on the loaned securities. However, the borrower has the right to vote the loaned securities. The Portfolio will call loans to vote proxies if a material issue affecting the investment is to be voted upon. Should the borrower of the securities fail financially, the Portfolio may experience delays in recovering the securities or exercising its rights in the collateral. Loans are made only to borrowers that are deemed by the securities lending agent to be of good financial standing. In a loan transaction, the Portfolio will also bear the risk of any decline in value of securities acquired with cash collateral. The Portfolio will attempt to minimize this risk by limiting the investment of cash collateral to high quality instruments of short maturity. This strategy is not used to leverage the Portfolio.

Comparison Index. The S&P 500 is a capitalization-weighted index of 500 industry-leading stocks and is widely regarded to be representative of the stock market in general. The S&P 500 is unmanaged and does not reflect the actual cost of investing in the instruments that comprise the index. Additionally, the returns of the S&P 500 Index do not reflect the effect of fees, expenses and taxes.

Portfolio Holdings Disclosure

The Fund’s portfolio holdings disclosure policy is described in the Statement of Additional Information.

Management and Organization

The Fund and the Portfolio . The State Street Equity 500 Index Fund (the “Fund”) is a separate, diversified series of the State Street Institutional Investment Trust (the “Trust”), which is an open-end management investment company organized as a business trust under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
 
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The Fund invests as part of a “master-feeder” structure. The Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its investable assets in a separate mutual fund (a “Portfolio”) that has a substantially identical investment objective, investment policies, and risks as the Fund. All discussions about the Fund’s investment objective, policies and risks should be understood to refer also to the investment objectives, policies and risks of the Portfolio.

The Fund can withdraw its investment in a Portfolio if, at any time, the Fund’s Board of Trustees determines that it would be in the best interests of the Fund’s shareholders, or if the investment objectives of the Portfolio changed so that they were inconsistent with the objectives of the Fund. If the Fund withdraws its investment from a Portfolio, the Fund may invest all of its assets in another Portfolio that has the same investment objective as the Fund, the Adviser may directly manage the Fund’s assets, or the Board may take such other action it deems appropriate and in the best interests of shareholders of the Fund, which may include liquidation of the Fund.

The Equity 500 Index Fund offers three classes of shares:  Administrative Shares, Service Shares and Class R Shares. Only the Administrative Shares of the Fund are discussed in this prospectus.

The Adviser . State Street Global Advisors (“SSgA”) is the investment management group of State Street Corporation , a publicly held bank holding company, and includes the Adviser, SSgA FM, a wholly owned subsidiary. SSgA is one of the world’s largest institutional money managers, and uses quantitative and traditional techniques to manage approximately $1.91 trillion as of December 31, 2009 in investment programs and portfolios for institutional and individual investors. SSgA FM, as the investment adviser to the Fund and the Portfolio, is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. SSgA FM had approximately $168.4 billion in assets under management at December 31, 2009. The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with the Adviser pursuant to which the Adviser will manage the Fund’s assets directly, for compensation paid at an annual rate of 0.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, in the event that the Fund were to cease investing substantially all of its assets in the Portfolio. The Adviser does not receive any fees from the Fund under that agreement so long as the Fund continues to invest substantially all of its assets in the Portfolio or in another investment company. The Adviser places all orders for purchases and sales of the Portfolio’s investments.
 
A summary of the factors considered by the Board of Trustees in connection with the renewal of the investment advisory agreement for the Fund is available in the Fund’s annual report dated December 31, 2009.

The Adviser manages the Portfolio using a team of investment professionals. The team approach is used to create an environment that encourages the flow of investment ideas. The portfolio managers within the team work together in a cohesive manner to develop and enhance techniques that drive the investment process for the respective investment strategy. This approach requires portfolio managers to share a variety of responsibilities including investment strategy and analysis while retaining responsibility for the implementation of the strategy within any particular portfolio. The approach also enables the team to draw upon the resources of other groups within the firm. Each portfolio management team is overseen by the SSgA Investment Committee. Key professionals involved in the day-to-day portfolio management for the Portfolio include the following:
 
John A. Tucker, CFA

Mr. Tucker is a Managing Director of State Street Global Advisors, a Principal of SSgA FM, and Head of US Equity Markets in the Global Structured Products Group. He is responsible for overseeing the management of all U.S. equity index strategies and Exchange Traded Funds and is a member of the Senior Management Group.

Previously, Mr. Tucker was head of the Structured Products group in SSgA’s London office, where he was responsible for the management of all index strategies in SSgA’s second largest investment center. Prior to joining the investment management group, he was the Operations Manager for SSgA’s International Structured Products group, where he was responsible for the operations staff and functions. He joined State Street in 1988 and has served as a Portfolio Manager of the Portfolio since 2007.

Mr. Tucker received a BA in Economics from Trinity College and an MS in Finance from Boston College. He has also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society and the CFA Institute.

Karl Schneider

Mr. Schneider is a Vice President of SSgA, a Principal  of SSgA FM and a Senior Portfolio Manager within the Global Structured Products Group. Mr. Schneider joined SSgA in 1996 and has served as a Portfolio Manager of the Portfolio since 2002. Mr. Schneider currently manages several of the firm’s commingled US index strategies as well as other separately managed domestic and international funds. Within the Global Structured Products Group, he serves as the point person for synthetic beta and manages several synthetic beta strategies, including commodities, buy/write, and hedge fund replication. Mr. Schneider is also a member of the SSgA Derivatives Committee. Prior to joining the Global Structured Products Group, Mr. Schneider worked as a portfolio manager in SSgA’s Currency Management Group, managing both active currency selection and traditional passive hedging overlay portfolios.
 
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Mr. Schneider holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Investments from Babson College and also a Master of Science degree in Finance from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. Additionally, he holds a Series 3 license from the National Futures Association.

Additional information about the portfolio managers’ compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers, and the portfolio managers’ ownership of securities in the Fund and the Portfolio is available in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”).

The Adviser’s principal address is State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.

The Administrator, Custodian, and Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent . State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), a subsidiary of State Street Corporation, is the administrator, custodian, transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent for the Fund.

The Distributor .  State Street Global Markets, LLC serves as the Fund’s distributor (the “Distributor”) pursuant to the Distribution Agreement between the Distributor and the Trust.

Shareholder Information

Determination of Net Asset Value . The Fund determines its net asset value (“NAV”) per share once each business day as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE. The NAV per share is based on the market value of the investments held in the Fund. The NAV of the Fund’s Administrative Shares is calculated by dividing the value of the assets of the Fund attributable to its Administrative Shares less the liabilities of the Fund attributable to its Administrative Shares by the number of Administrative Shares outstanding. The Fund values each security or other investment pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Board of Trustees. Securities or other investments may be valued at fair value, as determined in good faith and pursuant to procedures approved by the Portfolio’s Board of Trustees, under certain limited circumstances. For example, fair value pricing may be used when market quotations are not readily available or reliable, such as when (i) trading for a security is restricted; or (ii) a significant event, as determined by the Adviser, that may affect the value of one or more securities or other investments held by the Fund occurs after the close of a related exchange but before the determination of the Fund’s NAV. Attempts to determine the fair value of securities or other investments introduce an element of subjectivity to the pricing of securities or other investments. As a result, the price of a security or other investment determined through fair valuation techniques may differ from the price quoted or published by other sources and may not accurately reflect the price the Fund would have received had it sold the investment. To the extent that the Fund invests in the shares of other registered open-end investment companies that are not traded on an exchange (mutual funds), such shares are valued at their published net asset values per share as reported by the funds. The prospectuses of these funds explain the circumstances under which the funds will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing.

Purchasing Shares . Investors pay no sales load to invest in the Fund. The price for Fund shares is the NAV per share. Orders will be priced at the NAV next calculated after the order is accepted by the Fund. The minimum initial investment in the Class is $25 million, although the Adviser may waive the minimum in its discretion. There is no minimum subsequent investment. The Fund intends to be as fully invested as is practicable; therefore, investments must be made either in Federal Funds (i.e., monies credited to the account of the Fund’s custodian bank by a Federal Reserve Bank) or securities (“in-kind”) acceptable to the Adviser. (Please consult your tax adviser regarding in-kind transactions.) The Fund reserves the right to cease accepting investments at any time or to reject any purchase order.

In accordance with certain federal regulations, the Trust is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each entity that applies to open an account. For this reason, when you open (or change ownership of) an account, the Trust will request certain information, including your name, address and taxpayer identification number, which will be used to verify your identity. If you are unable to provide sufficient information to verify your identity, the Trust will not open an account for you. As required by law, the Trust may employ various procedures, such as comparing your information to fraud databases or requesting additional information and documentation from you, to ensure that the information supplied by you is correct. The Trust reserves the right to reject any purchase order for any reason, including failure to provide the Trust with information necessary to confirm your identity as required by law.

Redeeming Shares . An investor may withdraw all or any portion of its investment at the NAV next determined after it submits a withdrawal request, in proper form, to the Fund. The Fund will pay the proceeds of the withdrawal either in Federal Funds or in securities at the discretion of the Adviser, normally on the next Fund business day after the withdrawal, but in any event no more than seven days after the withdrawal. (Please consult your tax adviser regarding in-kind transactions.) The right of any investor to receive payment with respect to any withdrawal may be suspended or the payment of the withdrawal proceeds postponed during any period in which the NYSE is closed (other than weekends or holidays) or trading on the NYSE is restricted or, to the extent otherwise permitted by the 1940 Act, as amended, if an emergency exists.
 
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Policies to Prevent Market Timing . Frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares may present risks for other shareholders of the Fund, which may include, among other things, interference in the efficient management of the Fund’s portfolio, dilution in the value of Fund shares held by long-term shareholders, increased brokerage and administrative costs and forcing the Fund to hold excess levels of cash.

The Fund is intended as a long-term investment. Therefore, the Trust’s Board of Trustees has adopted policies and procedures designed to detect and prevent inappropriate short-term trading activity that is harmful to the Fund. Because most of the interests in the Fund are held by investors indirectly through one or more financial intermediaries, the Fund does not generally have information about the identity of those investors or about transactions effected by those investors. Rather, the Fund and its service providers periodically review cash inflows and outflows from and to those intermediaries in an attempt to detect inappropriate trading activity by investors holding shares through those intermediaries. The Fund may seek to obtain underlying account trading activity information from financial intermediaries when, in the Adviser’s judgment, the trading activity suggests possible market timing. There is no assurance that the Fund or the Adviser will be able to determine whether trading by an investor holding shares through a financial intermediary is engaged in trading activity that may be harmful to the Fund or its shareholders.

The Fund reserves the right in its discretion to reject any purchase, in whole or in part including, without limitation, by a person whose trading activity in Fund shares the Adviser believes could be harmful to the Fund. The Fund may decide to restrict purchase activity in its shares based on various factors, including, without limitation, whether frequent purchase and sale activity will disrupt portfolio management strategies and adversely affect performance. There can be no assurance that the Fund, the Adviser or State Street will identify all frequent purchase and sale activity affecting the Fund.

Distribution/Servicing (Rule 12b-1) Plan

The Fund has adopted a distribution plan under which the Fund may compensate its distributor (or others) for services in connection with the distribution of the Fund’s Administrative Shares and for services provided to Fund shareholders. The plan calls for payments at an annual rate (based on average daily net assets) of 0.15% of the Fund’s net assets attributable to its Administrative Shares. Because these fees are paid out of the assets of the Fund attributable to its Administrative Shares on an ongoing basis, they will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more over time than paying other types of sales charges.

Additional Payments to Financial Intermediaries

The Adviser, or an affiliate of the Adviser, out of its own resources, and without additional cost to the Fund and its shareholders, may make additional payments to financial intermediaries (including affiliates of the Adviser) whose client or customer invests in the Fund. Generally, such financial intermediaries may (though they will not necessarily) provide shareholder servicing and support for their customers who purchase shares of the Fund. Not all financial intermediaries receive additional compensation and the amount of compensation paid varies for each financial intermediary. If payments to financial intermediaries by a particular mutual fund complex’s distributor or adviser exceed payments by other mutual fund complexes, your financial adviser and the financial intermediary employing him or her may have an incentive to recommend that fund complex over others. Please speak with your financial adviser to learn more about the total amounts paid to your financial adviser and his or her firm by the Adviser and its affiliates, and by sponsors of other mutual funds he or she may recommend to you. You should also consult disclosures made by your financial intermediary at the time of purchase.

Dividends, Distributions and Tax Considerations

Income dividends and capital gains distributions of the Fund will be declared and paid at least annually.

The following discussion is a summary of some important U.S. federal tax considerations generally applicable to investments in the Fund. Your investment in the Fund may have other tax implications. Please consult your tax advisor about foreign, federal, state, local or other tax laws applicable to you. Investors, including non-U.S. investors, should consult the Statement of Additional Information tax section for more complete disclosure.

The Fund intends to elect to be treated and qualify each year as a regulated investment company. A regulated investment company is generally not subject to tax at the corporate level on income and gains that are distributed to shareholders. However, the Fund’s failure to qualify as a regulated investment company would result in corporate level taxation, and consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to shareholders.
 
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For federal income tax purposes, distributions of investment income are generally taxable to you as ordinary income. Taxes on distributions of capital gains generally are determined by how long the Portfolio owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long you have owned your Fund shares. Distributions are taxable to you even if they are paid from income or gains earned by the Fund before your investment (and thus were included in the price you paid for your shares). Distributions may also be subject to state and local taxes and are taxable whether you receive them in cash or reinvest them in additional shares. Distributions of net capital gains (that is, the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses) from the sale of investments that the Portfolio owned for more than one year that are properly designated by the Fund as capital gains dividends generally will be taxable to you as long-term capital gains. For individual taxpayers long-term capital gain rates have been temporarily reduced -- in general, to 15% with lower rates applying to taxpayers in the 10% and 15% rate brackets -- for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011. Distributions of gains from investments that the Portfolio owned for one year or less generally will be taxable to you as ordinary income. For the taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, distributions of investment income designated by the Fund as derived from “qualified dividend income” are taxed at the rates applicable to long-term capital gain, provided holding period and other requirements are met by both the shareholder and the Fund.
 
Any gain resulting from the sale, exchange, or redemption of your shares will generally also be taxable to you as either  short-term or long-term capital gain, depending upon how long you held your shares in the Fund.

If you are not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, each Fund’s ordinary income dividends will generally be subject to a 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless a lower treaty rate applies or unless such income is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. A Fund may, under certain circumstances, designate all or a portion of a dividend as an “interest-related dividend” that if received by a nonresident alien or foreign entity generally would be exempt from the 30% U.S. withholding tax, provided that certain other requirements are met. The Funds may also, under certain circumstances, designate all or a portion of a dividend as a “short-term capital gain dividend” which if received by a nonresident alien or foreign entity generally would be exempt from the 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless the foreign person is a nonresident alien individual present in the United States for a period or periods aggregating 183 days or more during the taxable year. The provisions contained in the legislation relating to dividends to foreign persons would apply to dividends with respect to taxable years of a Fund beginning after December 31, 2004 and before January 1, 2010.
 
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Financial Highlights

The Financial Highlights table is intended to help you understand the Fund’s Administrative Shares financial performance for the past 5 years. Certain information reflects financial results for a single share of the Administrative Shares. The total return in the table represents the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund’s Administrative Shares (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been audited by_________, whose report, along with the Fund’s financial statements, is included in the Fund’s annual report, which is available upon request. The financial information included in this table should be read in conjunction with the financial statements incorporated by reference in the Statement of Additional Information.

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For more information about STATE STREET EQUITY 500 INDEX FUND:

The Fund’s statement of additional information (SAI) includes additional information about the Fund and is incorporated by reference into this document. Additional information about the Fund’s investments is available in the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders. In the Fund’s annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s performance during its last fiscal year.

The SAI and the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports are available, without charge, upon request. Shareholders in the Fund may make inquiries to the Fund to receive such information by calling (877) 521-4083 or the customer service center at the telephone number shown in the accompanying contract prospectus, if applicable. The Fund does not have an Internet website.

Information about the Fund (including the SAI) can be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the Commission at 1-202-942-8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are available free of charge on the EDGAR Database on the Commission’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of this information also may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following E-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing the Commission’s Public Reference Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.

SSgA FUNDS MANAGEMENT, INC.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02111

The State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Investment Company Act File Number is 811-09819.
 
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STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT TRUST

_______________

STATE STREET EQUITY 500 INDEX FUND
CLASS R SHARES

_______________

PROSPECTUS DATED APRIL __, 2010

_______________

THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION HAS NOT APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. THIS FUND OFFERS THREE CLASSES OF SHARES: R CLASS, ADMINISTRATIVE CLASS AND SERVICE CLASS. THIS PROSPECTUS COVERS ONLY THE R CLASS.

AN INVESTMENT IN THE STATE STREET EQUITY 500 INDEX FUND IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY.


 
Fund Summary
 
Other Investment Considerations and Risks
 
Management and Organization
 
Shareholder  Information
 
Portfolio Holdings Disclosure
 
Distribution Servicing Plan and Payments to Financial Intermediaries
 
Dividends, Distributions and Tax Considerations
 
Financial Highlights
 

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Fund Summary

This section of the Prospectus is composed of a summary description of the Fund. Additional information about the Fund may be found in the other sections of this Prospectus, the first of which begins on page __ of this Prospectus, as well as the Statement of Additional Information dated April __, 2010 applicable to the Fund.
 
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Investment Objective

The Fund’s investment objective is to replicate as closely as possible, before expenses, the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (the “S&P 500” or the “Index”).

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Class R Shares of the Fund. As a shareholder in the State Street Equity 500 Index Portfolio (the “Equity 500 Index Portfolio” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Portfolio”), the Fund bears its ratable share of the Portfolio’s expenses, including advisory and administrative fees, and at the same time continues to pay its own fees and expenses. The table and the Example reflect the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) (1)

Management Fees
0.045%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
0.60%
Other Expenses
___ %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
___ %
____________

(1)
Amounts reflect the total expenses of the corresponding Portfolio of the State Street Master Funds and the Fund.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund’s Class R Shares with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund’s Class R Shares for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that all dividends and distributions are reinvested, and that the Fund’s Class R Shares’ operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 YEAR
3 YEARS
5 YEARS
10 YEARS
$___
$___
$___
$___

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). As a shareholder of the Portfolio the Fund bears its ratable share of the transaction costs associated with the portfolio turnover of the Portfolio. A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was ___% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its investable assets in a corresponding portfolio (the “Portfolio”) of State Street Master Funds that has the same investment objective as, and investment policies that are substantially similar to those of, the Fund.

The Portfolio uses a passive management strategy designed to track the performance of the S&P 500. The Index is a well-known stock market index that includes common stocks of 500 companies from several industrial sectors representing a significant portion of the market value of all stocks publicly traded in the United States.

The Portfolio is not managed according to traditional methods of “active” investment management, which involve the buying and selling of securities based upon economic, financial and market analysis and investment judgment.  Instead, the Portfolio, using a “passive” or “indexing” investment approach, attempts to replicate, before expenses, the performance of the S&P 500.

The Portfolio generally intends to invest in all 500 stocks comprising the S&P 500 in proportion to their weightings in the Index. However, under various circumstances, it may not be possible or practicable to purchase all 500 stocks in those weightings. In those circumstances, the Portfolio may purchase a sample of the stocks in the Index in proportions expected by the Adviser to match generally the performance of the Index as a whole. In addition, from time to time stocks are added to or removed from the Index. The Portfolio may sell securities that are represented in the Index, or purchase securities that are not yet represented in the Index, in anticipation of their removal from or addition to the Index. Under normal market conditions, the Portfolio will not invest less than 80% of its total assets in stocks in the Index. Shareholders will receive 60 days’ notice prior to a change in the 80% investment policy.
 
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In addition, the Portfolio may at times purchase or sell futures contracts on the Index, or options on those futures, in lieu of investing directly in the stocks making up the Index. The Portfolio might do so, for example, in order to increase its investment exposure pending investment of cash in the stocks comprising the Index. Alternatively, the Portfolio might use futures or options on futures to reduce its investment exposure in situations where it intends to sell a portion of the stocks in its portfolio but the sale has not yet been completed. The Portfolio may also enter into other derivatives transactions, including the use of options or swap transactions, to assist in attempting to replicate the performance of the Index. The Portfolio may also, to the extent permitted by applicable law, invest in shares of other mutual funds whose investment objectives and policies are similar to those of the Portfolio.

Principal Risks

General risks associated with the Fund’s and Portfolio’s investment policies and investment strategies are discussed below.

·
Stock values could decline generally or could under-perform other investments.

·
Because the S&P 500 includes mainly large U.S. companies, the Portfolio’s emphasis on securities issued by large capitalization companies makes it susceptible to the risks of investing in larger companies. For example, larger companies may be unable to respond as quickly as smaller companies to competitive challenges. Larger companies also tend not to be able to maintain the high growth rates of well-managed smaller companies, especially during strong economic periods.

·
The Portfolio’s return may not match the return of the Index for a number of reasons. For example, the return on the securities and other investments selected by the Adviser may not correlate precisely with the return on the Index. The Portfolio incurs a number of operating expenses not applicable to the Index, and incurs costs in buying and selling securities. The Portfolio may not be fully invested at times, either as a result of cash flows into or out of the Portfolio or reserves of cash held by the Portfolio to meet redemptions. The return on the sample of securities purchased by the Portfolio, or futures or other derivative positions taken by the Portfolio, to replicate the performance of the Index may not correlate precisely with the return on the Index.

·
Derivatives Risk . Derivative transactions typically involve leverage and may be highly volatile. It is possible that a derivative transaction will result in a loss greater than the principal amount invested, and the Portfolio may not be able to close out a derivative transaction at a favorable time or price.

·
Master/Feeder Structure Risk . Unlike a traditional mutual fund that invests directly in securities, the Fund pursues its objective by investing substantially all of its assets in the Master Portfolio with substantially the same investment objectives, policies and restrictions. The ability of the Fund to meet its investment objective is directly related to the ability of the Portfolio to meet its objective. The ability of the Fund to meet its objective may be adversely affected by the purchase and redemption activities of other investors in the corresponding Portfolio. The ability of the Fund to meet redemption requests depends on its ability to redeem its interest in the Portfolio. The Adviser also serves as investment adviser to the Portfolio. Therefore, conflicts may arise as the Adviser fulfills its fiduciary responsibilities to the Fund and its corresponding Portfolio. For example, the Adviser may have an economic incentive to maintain the Fund’s investment in the Portfolio at a time when it might otherwise choose not to do so.

THE FUND’S SHARES WILL CHANGE IN VALUE, AND YOU COULD LOSE MONEY BY INVESTING IN THE FUND. THE FUND MAY NOT ACHIEVE ITS INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE. AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUND IS NOT A DEPOSIT WITH A BANK AND IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY.

Performance

The bar chart below shows the performance of the Fund’s Class R Shares during the Fund’s complete calendar years since inception. The chart provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund’s Class R Shares by showing changes in the Class R Shares’ performance from year to year. Please keep in mind that past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund’s Class R Shares will perform in the future. Additionally, the performance information prior to June 7, 2005, the inception date for Class R shares, is that of the Administrative Shares of the Fund, which incur lower expenses and typically experience higher returns than the Class R Shares. The primary difference in expenses is the lower distribution (12b-1) fee of 0.15% for Administrative Shares compared to 0.60% for Class R Shares on an annual basis. The Administrative Shares’ inception date was April 18, 2001.
 
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State Street Equity 500 Index Fund
Class R Shares
Total Return For The Calendar Years
Ended December 31

Bar Chart:

2002:
-22.31%
2003:
28.37%
2004:
10.63%
2005:
4.92%
2006:
15.02%
2007:
4.88%
2008:
-37.20%
2009:
____%

During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____) and the lowest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended____).

Average Annual Total Returns
For the Periods Ended December 31, 2009
Class R Shares

The information in the following table gives some indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund’s Class R Shares by comparing the Class R Shares’ performance to the performance of the S&P 500 over various periods of time.

The Fund’s Class R Shares’ after-tax returns listed below are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Additionally, actual after tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown below, and after-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. Additionally, the performance information prior to June 7, 2005, the inception date for Class R Shares, is that of the Administrative Shares of the Fund, which incur lower expenses and typically experience higher returns than the Class R Shares. The primary difference in expenses is the lower distribution (12b-1) fee of 0.15% for Administrative Shares compared to 0.60% for Class R Shares on an annual basis. The Administrative Shares’ inception date was April 18, 2001.

 
PAST
1-YEAR
PAST 5-YEAR
SINCE THE INCEPTION
DATE OF THE FUND
(ANNUALIZED)
State Street Equity 500 Index Fund
     
Return Before Taxes
___%
___%
___%
Return After Taxes on Distributions
___%
___%
___%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
___%
___%
___%
S&P 500 (reflects no deduction for expenses of taxes)
___%
___%
___%
____________

Investment Adviser

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

John A. Tucker has been a Portfolio Manager for the Portfolio since 2007. Karl Schneider has been a Portfolio Manager for the Portfolio since 2002.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Purchase Minimums
To establish an account
$25,000,000
To add to an existing account
No minimum

Written Requests and Wire Transfers . You may redeem Fund shares by written request or wire transfer. Written requests should be sent to:

BY MAIL:

State Street Equity 500 Index Fund
P.O. Box 5493
Boston, MA 02206

BY OVERNIGHT:

State Street Equity 500 Index Fund
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116

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BY TELEPHONE:

For wire transfer instructions, please call (866) 392-0869 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time.  Redemptions by telephone are permitted only if you previously have been authorized for these transactions.

Through Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries. If you wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, please contact that financial intermediary directly. Your financial intermediary may have an earlier cut-off time for the submission of purchase or redemption orders or may be closed at times when the Fund is open.

Tax Information

For mutual funds generally, dividends from net investment income (other than qualified dividend income) and distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you as ordinary income under U.S. federal income tax laws whether paid in cash or in additional shares.  Distributions from net long-term gains are taxable as long-term taxable gains regardless of the length of time you have held the shares and whether you were paid in cash or additional shares.  Dividend and capital gains distributions that you receive, as well as your gains or losses from any sale or exchange of fund shares, may be subject to state and local income taxes.

Payments to Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase the Fund through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker, bank or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s Website for more information.
 
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Other Investment Considerations and Risks

Changes in Policies . The Trust’s Board of Trustees may change the Fund’s investment strategies and other policies without shareholder approval, except as otherwise indicated. The Board of Trustees will not materially change the Fund’s investment objective without shareholder approval.

The S&P 500 . The S&P 500 is a well-known stock market index that includes common stocks of 500 companies from several industrial sectors representing a significant portion of the market value of all common stocks publicly traded in the United States, most of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the “NYSE”). Stocks in the S&P 500 are weighted according to their float adjusted market capitalizations (i.e., the number of shares outstanding multiplied by the stock’s current price). The companies selected for inclusion in the S&P 500 are those of large publicly held companies which generally have the largest market values within their respective industries. The composition of the S&P 500 is determined by Standard & Poor’s and is based on such factors as the market capitalization and trading activity of each stock and its adequacy as a representation of stocks in a particular industry group, and may be changed from time to time. “Standard & Poor’s(R),” “S&P,” “S&P 500,” “Standard & Poor’s 500” and “500” are trademarks of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and have been licensed for use by the Fund. The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by S&P, and S&P makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

Index Futures Contracts and Related Options . The Portfolio may buy and sell futures contracts on the Index and options on those futures contracts. An “index futures” contract is a contract to buy or sell units of an index at an agreed price on a specified future date. Depending on the change in value of the Index between the time when the Portfolio enters into and closes out an index future or option transaction, the Portfolio realizes a gain or loss. Options and futures transactions involve risks. For example, it is possible that changes in the prices of futures contracts on the Index will not correlate precisely with changes in the value of the Index. In those cases, use of futures contracts and related options might decrease the correlation between the return of the Portfolio and the return of the Index. In addition, the Portfolio incurs transaction costs in entering into, and closing out, positions in futures contracts and related options. These costs typically have the effect of reducing the correlation between the return of the Portfolio and the return of the Index. Because the secondary market for futures contracts and options may be illiquid, the Portfolio may have to hold a contract or option when the Adviser would otherwise have sold it, or it may only be able to sell at a price lower than what the Adviser believes is the fair value of the contract or option, thereby potentially reducing the return of the Portfolio.
 
Other Derivative Transactions . The Portfolio may enter into derivatives transactions involving options and swaps. These transactions involve many of the same risks as those described above under “Index Futures Contracts and Related Options.” In addition, since many of such transactions are conducted directly with counterparties, and not on an exchange or board of trade, the Portfolio’s ability to realize any investment return on such transactions may depend on the counterparty’s ability or willingness to meet its obligations.

Securities Lending . The Portfolio may lend portfolio securities with a value of up to 33-1/3% of its total assets. For these purposes, total assets shall include the value of all assets received as collateral for the loan. Such loans may be terminated at any time, and the Portfolio will receive cash or other obligations as collateral. In a loan transaction, as compensation for lending its securities, the Portfolio will receive a portion of the dividends or interest accrued on the securities held as collateral or, in the case of cash collateral, a portion of the income from the investment of such cash. In addition, the Portfolio will receive the amount of all dividends, interest and other distributions on the loaned securities. However, the borrower has the right to vote the loaned securities. The Portfolio will call loans to vote proxies if a material issue affecting the investment is to be voted upon. Should the borrower of the securities fail financially, the Portfolio may experience delays in recovering the securities or exercising its rights in the collateral. Loans are made only to borrowers that are deemed by the securities lending agent to be of good financial standing. In a loan transaction, the Portfolio will also bear the risk of any decline in value of securities acquired with cash collateral. The Portfolio will attempt to minimize this risk by limiting the investment of cash collateral to high quality instruments of short maturity. This strategy is not used to leverage the Portfolio.

Comparison Index. The S&P 500 is a capitalization-weighted index of 500 industry-leading stocks and is widely regarded to be representative of the stock market in general. The S&P 500 is unmanaged and does not reflect the actual cost of investing in the instruments that comprise the index. Additionally, the returns of the S&P 500 do not reflect the effect of fees, expenses and taxes.

Portfolio Holdings Disclosure

The Fund’s portfolio holdings disclosure policy is described in the Statement of Additional Information.

Management and Organization

The Fund and the Portfolio .  The State Street Equity 500 Index Fund (the “Fund”) is a separate, diversified series of the State Street Institutional Investment Trust (the “Trust”), which is an open-end management investment company organized as a business trust under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
 
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The Fund invests as part of a “master-feeder” structure. The Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its investable assets in a separate mutual fund (a “Portfolio”) that has a substantially identical investment objective, investment policies, and risks as the Fund. All discussions about the Fund’s investment objective, policies and risks should be understood to refer also to the investment objectives, policies and risks of the Portfolio.

The Fund can withdraw its investment in a Portfolio if, at any time, the Fund’s Board of Trustees determines that it would be in the best interests of the Fund’s shareholders, or if the investment objectives of the Portfolio changed so that they were inconsistent with the objectives of the Fund. If the Fund withdraws its investment from a Portfolio, the Fund may invest all of its assets in another Portfolio that has the same investment objective as the Fund, the Adviser may directly manage the Fund’s assets, or the Board may take such other action it deems appropriate and in the best interests of shareholders of the Fund, which may include liquidation of the Fund.

The Equity 500 Index Fund offers three classes of shares: Administrative Shares, Service Shares and Class R Shares. Only the Class R Shares of the Fund are discussed in this prospectus.

The Adviser . State Street Global Advisors (“SSgA”) is the investment management group of State Street Corporation, a publicly held bank holding company and includes the Adviser, SSgA FM, a wholly-owned subsidiary. SSgA is one of the world’s largest institutional money managers, and uses quantitative and traditional techniques to manage approximately $1.91 trillion as of December 31, 2009 in investment programs and portfolios for institutional and individual investors. SSgA FM, as the investment adviser to the Fund and the Portfolio, is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. SSgA FM had approximately $168.4 billion in assets under management at December 31, 2009. The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with the Adviser pursuant to which the Adviser will manage the Fund’s assets directly, for compensation paid at an annual rate of 0.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, in the event that the Fund were to cease investing substantially all of its assets in the Portfolio. The Adviser does not receive any fees from the Fund under that agreement so long as the Fund continues to invest substantially all of its assets in the Portfolio or in another investment company. The Adviser places all orders for purchases and sales of the Portfolio’s investments.

A summary of the factors considered by the Board of Trustees in connection with the renewal of the investment advisory agreement for the Fund is available in the Fund’s annual report dated December 31, 2009.

The Adviser manages the Portfolio using a team of investment professionals. The team approach is used to create an environment that encourages the flow of investment ideas. The portfolio managers within the team work together in a cohesive manner to develop and enhance techniques that drive the investment process for the respective investment strategy. This approach requires portfolio managers to share a variety of responsibilities including investment strategy and analysis while retaining responsibility for the implementation of the strategy within any particular portfolio. The approach also enables the team to draw upon the resources of other groups within the firm. Each portfolio management team is overseen by the SSgA Investment Committee. Key professionals involved in the day-to-day portfolio management for the Portfolio include the following:

John A. Tucker, CFA

Mr. Tucker is a Managing Director of State Street Global Advisors, a Principal of SSgA FM, and Head of US Equity Markets in the Global Structured Products Group. He is responsible for overseeing the management of all U.S. equity index strategies and Exchange Traded Funds and is a member of the Senior Management Group.

Previously, Mr. Tucker was head of the Structured Products group in SSgA’s London office, where he was responsible for the management of all index strategies in SSgA’s second largest investment center. Prior to joining the investment management group, he was the Operations Manager for SSgA’s International Structured Products group, where he was responsible for the operations staff and functions. He joined State Street in 1988 and has served as a Portfolio Manager of the Portfolio since 2007.

Mr. Tucker received a BA in Economics from Trinity College and an MS in Finance from Boston College. He has also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society and the CFA Institute.

Karl Schneider

Mr. Schneider is a Vice President of SSgA, a Principal of SSgA FM and a Senior Portfolio Manager within the Global Structured Products Group. Mr. Schneider joined SSgA in 1996 and has served as a Portfolio Manager of the Portfolio since 2002. Mr. Schneider currently manages several of the firm’s commingled US index strategies as well as other separately managed domestic and international funds. Within the Global Structured Products Group, he serves as the point person for synthetic beta and manages several synthetic beta strategies, including commodities, buy/write, and hedge fund replication. Mr. Schneider is also a member of the SSgA Derivatives Committee. Prior to joining the Global Structured Products Group, Mr. Schneider worked as a portfolio manager in SSgA’s Currency Management Group, managing both active currency selection and traditional passive hedging overlay portfolios.
 
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Mr. Schneider holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Investments from Babson College and also a Master of Science degree in Finance from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. Additionally, he holds a Series 3 license from the National Futures Association.

Additional information about the portfolio managers’ compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers, and the portfolio managers’ ownership of securities in the Fund and the Portfolio is available in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”).

The Adviser’s principal address is State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.

The Administrator, Custodian, and Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent . State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), a subsidiary of State Street Corporation, is the administrator, custodian, transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent for the Fund.

The Distributor .  State Street Global Markets, LLC serves as the Fund’s distributor (the “Distributor”) pursuant to the Distribution Agreement between the Distributor and the Trust.

Shareholder Information

Determination of Net Asset Value . The Fund determines its net asset value (“NAV”) per share once each business day as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE. The NAV per share is based on the market value of the investments held in the Fund. The NAV of the Fund’s R Shares is calculated by dividing the value of the assets of the Fund attributable to its R shares less the liabilities of the Fund attributable to its R shares by the number of R Shares outstanding. The Fund values each security or other investment pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Board of Trustees. Securities or other investments may be valued at fair value, as determined in good faith and pursuant to procedures approved by the Portfolio’s Board of Trustees, under certain limited circumstances. For example, fair value pricing may be used when market quotations are not readily available or reliable, such as when (i) trading for a security is restricted; or (ii) a significant event, as determined by the Adviser, that may affect the value of one or more securities or other investments held by the Fund occurs after the close of a related exchange but before the determination of the Fund’s NAV. Attempts to determine the fair value of securities or other investments introduce an element of subjectivity to the pricing of securities or other investments. As a result, the price of a security or other investment determined through fair valuation techniques may differ from the price quoted or published by other sources and may not accurately reflect the price the Fund would have received had it sold the investment. To the extent that the Fund invests in the shares of other registered open-end investment companies that are not traded on an exchange (mutual funds), such shares are valued at their published net asset values per share as reported by the funds. The prospectuses of these funds explain the circumstances under which the funds will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing.

Purchasing Shares . Investors pay no sales load to invest in the Fund. The price for Fund shares is the NAV per share. Orders will be priced at the NAV next calculated after the order is accepted by the Fund.

The minimum initial investment in the Class is $25 million, although the Adviser may waive the minimum in its discretion. There is no minimum subsequent investment. The Fund intends to be as fully invested as is practicable; therefore, investments must be made either in Federal Funds (i.e., monies credited to the account of the Fund’s custodian bank by a Federal Reserve Bank) or securities (“in-kind”) acceptable to the Adviser. (Please consult your tax adviser regarding in-kind transactions.) The Fund reserves the right to cease accepting investments at any time or to reject any purchase order.

In accordance with certain federal regulations, the Trust is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each entity that applies to open an account. For this reason, when you open (or change ownership of) an account, the Trust will request certain information, including your name, address and taxpayer identification number, which will be used to verify your identity. If you are unable to provide sufficient information to verify your identity, the Trust will not open an account for you. As required by law, the Trust may employ various procedures, such as comparing your information to fraud databases or requesting additional information and documentation from you, to ensure that the information supplied by you is correct. The Trust reserves the right to reject any purchase order for any reason, including failure to provide the Trust with information necessary to confirm your identity as required by law.

Redeeming Shares . An investor may withdraw all or any portion of its investment at the NAV next determined after it submits a withdrawal request, in proper form, to the Fund. The Fund will pay the proceeds of the withdrawal either in Federal Funds or in securities at the discretion of the Adviser, normally on the next Fund business day after the withdrawal, but in any event no more than seven days after the withdrawal. (Please consult your tax adviser regarding in-kind transactions.) The right of any investor to receive payment with respect to any withdrawal may be suspended or the payment of the withdrawal proceeds postponed during any period in which the NYSE is closed (other than weekends or holidays) or trading on the NYSE is restricted or, to the extent otherwise permitted by the 1940 Act, as amended, if an emergency exists.
 
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Policies to Prevent Market Timing . Frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares may present risks for other shareholders of the Fund, which may include, among other things, interference in the efficient management of the Fund’s portfolio, dilution in the value of Fund shares held by long-term shareholders, increased brokerage and administrative costs and forcing the Fund to hold excess levels of cash.

The Fund is intended as a long-term investment. Therefore, the Trust’s Board of Trustees has adopted policies and procedures designed to detect and prevent inappropriate short-term trading activity that is harmful to the Fund. Because most of the interests in the Fund are held by investors indirectly through one or more financial intermediaries, the Fund does not generally have information about the identity of those investors or about transactions effected by those investors. Rather, the Fund and its service providers periodically review cash inflows and outflows from and to those intermediaries in an attempt to detect inappropriate trading activity by investors holding shares through those intermediaries. The Fund may seek to obtain underlying account trading activity information from financial intermediaries when, in the Adviser’s judgment, the trading activity suggests possible market timing. There is no assurance that the Fund or the Adviser will be able to determine whether trading by an investor holding shares through a financial intermediary is engaged in trading activity that may be harmful to the Fund or its shareholders.

The Fund reserves the right in its discretion to reject any purchase, in whole or in part including, without limitation, by a person whose trading activity in Fund shares the Adviser believes could be harmful to the Fund. The Fund may decide to restrict purchase activity in its shares based on various factors, including, without limitation, whether frequent purchase and sale activity will disrupt portfolio management strategies and adversely affect performance. There can be no assurance that the Fund, the Adviser or State Street will identify all frequent purchase and sale activity affecting the Fund.

Distribution/Servicing (Rule 12b-1 ) Plan

The Fund has adopted a distribution plan under which the Fund may compensate its distributor (or others) for services in connection with the distribution of the Fund’s Class R Shares and for services provided to Fund shareholders. The plan calls for payments at an annual rate (based on average daily net assets) of 0.60% of the Fund’s net assets attributable to its R Shares. Because these fees are paid out of the assets of the Fund attributable to its R Shares, on an ongoing basis, they will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more over time than paying other types of sales charges.

Additional Payments to Financial Intermediaries

The Adviser, or an affiliate of the Adviser, out of its own resources, and without additional cost to the Fund and its shareholders, may make additional payments to financial intermediaries (including affiliates of the Adviser) whose client or customer invests in the Fund. Generally, such financial intermediaries may (though they will not necessarily) provide shareholder servicing and support for their customers who purchase shares of the Fund. Not all financial intermediaries receive additional compensation and the amount of compensation paid varies for each financial intermediary. If payments to financial intermediaries by a particular mutual fund complex’s distributor or adviser exceed payments by other mutual fund complexes, your financial adviser and the financial intermediary employing him or her may have an incentive to recommend that fund complex over others. Please speak with your financial adviser to learn more about the total amounts paid to your financial adviser and his or her firm by the Adviser and its affiliates, and by sponsors of other mutual funds he or she may recommend to you. You should also consult disclosures made by your financial intermediary at the time of purchase.

Dividends, Distributions and Tax Considerations

Income dividends and capital gains distributions of the Fund will be declared and paid at least annually.

The following discussion is a summary of some important U.S. federal tax considerations generally applicable to investments in the Fund. Your investment in the Fund may have other tax implications. Please consult your tax advisor about foreign, federal, state, local or other tax laws applicable to you. Investors, including non-U.S. investors, should consult the Statement of Additional Information tax section for more complete disclosure.

The Fund intends to elect to be treated and qualify each year as a regulated investment company. A regulated investment company is generally not subject to tax at the corporate level on income and gains that are distributed to shareholders. However, the Fund’s failure to qualify as a regulated investment company would result in corporate level taxation, and consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to shareholders.
 
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For federal income tax purposes, distributions of investment income are generally taxable to you as ordinary income. Taxes on distributions of capital gains generally are determined by how long the Portfolio owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long you have owned your Fund shares.  Distributions are taxable to you even if they are paid from income or gains earned by the Fund before your investment (and thus were included in the price you paid for your shares). Distributions may also be subject to state and local taxes and are taxable whether you receive them in cash or reinvest them in additional shares. Distributions of net capital gains (that is, the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses) from the sale of investments that the Portfolio owned for more than one year that are properly designated by the Fund as capital gains dividends generally will be taxable to you as long-term capital gains. For individual taxpayers, long-term capital gain rates have been temporarily reduced--in general, to 15% with lower rates applying to taxpayers in the 10% and 15% rate brackets--for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011. Distributions of gains from investments that the Portfolio owned for one year or less generally will be taxable to you as ordinary income. For the taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, distributions of investment income designated by the Fund as derived from “qualified dividend income” are taxed at the rates applicable to long-term capital gain, provided holding period and other requirements are met by both the shareholder and the Fund.

Any gain resulting from the sale, exchange, or redemption of your shares will generally also be taxable to you as either short-term or long-term capital gain, depending upon how long you held your shares in the Fund.

If you are not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, each Fund’s ordinary income dividends will generally be subject to a 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless a lower treaty rate applies or unless such income is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. A Fund may, under certain circumstances, designate all or a portion of a dividend as an “interest-related dividend” that if received by a nonresident alien or foreign entity generally would be exempt from the 30% U.S. withholding tax, provided that certain other requirements are met. The Funds may also, under certain circumstances, designate all or a portion of a dividend as a “short-term capital gain dividend” which if received by a nonresident alien or foreign entity generally would be exempt from the 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless the foreign person is a nonresident alien individual present in the United States for a period or periods aggregating 183 days or more during the taxable year. The provisions contained in the legislation relating to dividends to foreign persons would apply to dividends with respect to taxable years of a Fund beginning after December 31, 2004 and before January 1, 2010.
 
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Financial Highlights

The Financial Highlights table is intended to help you understand the Fund’s Class R Shares financial performance since inception. Certain information reflects financial results for a single share of the Class R Shares. The total return in the table represents the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund’s Class R Shares (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been audited by_________, whose report, along with the Fund’s financial statements, is included in the Fund’s annual report, which is available upon request. The financial information included in this table should be read in conjunction with the financial statements incorporated by reference in the Statement of Additional Information.
 
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For more information about STATE STREET EQUITY 500 INDEX FUND:

The Fund’s statement of additional information (SAI) includes additional information about the Fund and is incorporated by reference into this document. Additional information about the Fund’s investments is available in the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders. In the Fund’s annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s performance during its last fiscal year.

The SAI and the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports are available, without charge, upon request. Shareholders in the Fund may make inquiries to the Fund to receive such information by calling (877) 521-4083 or the customer service center at the telephone number shown in the accompanying contract prospectus, if applicable. The Fund does not have an Internet website.

Information about the Fund (including the SAI) can be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the Commission at 1-202-942-8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are available free of charge on the EDGAR Database on the Commission’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of this information also may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following E-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing the Commission’s Public Reference Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.

SSgA FUNDS MANAGEMENT, INC.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02111

The State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Investment Company Act File Number is 811-09819.

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STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT TRUST

_______________

STATE STREET EQUITY 500 INDEX FUND (STBIX)
SERVICE SHARES

_______________

PROSPECTUS DATED APRIL__, 2010

_______________

THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION HAS NOT APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. THIS FUND OFFERS THREE CLASSES OF SHARES: SERVICE CLASS, R CLASS AND ADMINISTRATIVE CLASS. THIS PROSPECTUS COVERS ONLY THE SERVICE CLASS.

AN INVESTMENT IN THE STATE STREET EQUITY 500 INDEX FUND IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY.
 

 
Fund Summary
 
Other Investment Considerations and Risks
 
Management and Organization
 
Shareholder  Information
 
Portfolio Holdings Disclosure
 
Distribution Servicing Plan and Payments to Financial Intermediaries
 
Dividends, Distributions and Tax Considerations
 
Financial Highlights
 
 

 
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Fund Summary

This section of the Prospectus is composed of a summary description of the Fund. Additional information about the Fund may be found in the other sections of this Prospectus, the first of which begins on page __ of this Prospectus, as well as the Statement of Additional Information dated April __, 2010 applicable to the Fund.
 
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Investment Objective

The Fund’s investment objective is to replicate as closely as possible, before expenses, the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (the “S&P 500” or the “Index”).

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Service Shares of the Fund. As a shareholder in the State Street Equity 500 Index Portfolio (the “Equity 500 Index Portfolio” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Portfolio”), the Fund bears its ratable share of the Portfolio’s expenses, including advisory and administrative fees, and at the same time continues to pay its own fees and expenses. The table and the Example reflect the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) (1)

Management Fees
0.045%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
0.25%
Other Expenses
___%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
___%

(1)
Amounts reflect the total expenses of the corresponding Portfolio of the State Street Master Funds and the Fund.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund’s Service Shares with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund’s Service Shares for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that all dividends and distributions are reinvested, and that the Fund’s Service Shares’ operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 YEAR
3 YEARS
5 YEARS
10 YEARS
$___
$___
$___
$___

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). As a shareholder of the Portfolio the Fund bears its ratable share of the transaction costs associated with the portfolio turnover of the Portfolio. A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was ___% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its investable assets in a corresponding portfolio (the “Portfolio”) of State Street Master Funds that has the same investment objective as, and investment policies that are substantially similar to those of, the Fund.

The Portfolio uses a passive management strategy designed to track the performance of the S&P 500. The Index is a well-known stock market index that includes common stocks of 500 companies from several industrial sectors representing a significant portion of the market value of all stocks publicly traded in the United States.

The Portfolio is not managed according to traditional methods of “active” investment management, which involve the buying and selling of securities based upon economic, financial and market analysis and investment judgment.  Instead, the Portfolio, using a “passive” or “indexing” investment approach, attempts to replicate, before expenses, the performance of the S&P 500.

The Portfolio generally intends to invest in all 500 stocks comprising the S&P 500 in proportion to their weightings in the Index. However, under various circumstances, it may not be possible or practicable to purchase all 500 stocks in those weightings. In those circumstances, the Portfolio may purchase a sample of the stocks in the Index in proportions expected by the Adviser to match generally the performance of the Index as a whole. In addition, from time to time stocks are added to or removed from the Index. The Portfolio may sell securities that are represented in the Index, or purchase securities that are not yet represented in the Index, in anticipation of their removal from or addition to the Index. Under normal market conditions, the Portfolio will not invest less than 80% of its total assets in stocks in the Index. Shareholders will receive 60 days’ notice prior to a change in the 80% investment policy.
 
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In addition, the Portfolio may at times purchase or sell futures contracts on the Index, or options on those futures, in lieu of investing directly in the stocks making up the Index. The Portfolio might do so, for example, in order to increase its investment exposure pending investment of cash in the stocks comprising the Index. Alternatively, the Portfolio might use futures or options on futures to reduce its investment exposure in situations where it intends to sell a portion of the stocks in its portfolio but the sale has not yet been completed. The Portfolio may also enter into other derivatives transactions, including the use of options or swap transactions, to assist in attempting to replicate the performance of the Index. The Portfolio may also, to the extent permitted by applicable law, invest in shares of other mutual funds whose investment objectives and policies are similar to those of the Portfolio.

Principal Risks

General risks associated with the Fund’s and Portfolio’s investment policies and investment strategies are discussed below.

·
Stock values could decline generally or could under-perform other investments.

·
Because the S&P 500 includes mainly large U.S. companies, the Portfolio’s emphasis on securities issued by large capitalization companies makes it susceptible to the risks of investing in larger companies. For example, larger companies may be unable to respond as quickly as smaller companies to competitive challenges. Larger companies also tend not to be able to maintain the high growth rates of well-managed smaller companies, especially during strong economic periods.

·
The Portfolio’s return may not match the return of the Index for a number of reasons. For example, the return on the securities and other investments selected by the Adviser may not correlate precisely with the return on the Index. The Portfolio incurs a number of operating expenses not applicable to the Index, and incurs costs in buying and selling securities. The Portfolio may not be fully invested at times, either as a result of cash flows into or out of the Portfolio or reserves of cash held by the Portfolio to meet redemptions. The return on the sample of securities purchased by the Portfolio, or futures or other derivative positions taken by the Portfolio, to replicate the performance of the Index may not correlate precisely with the return on the Index.

·
Derivatives Risk . Derivative transactions typically involve leverage and may be highly volatile. It is possible that a derivative transaction will result in a loss greater than the principal amount invested, and the Portfolio may not be able to close out a derivative transaction at a favorable time or price.

·
Master/Feeder Structure Risk . Unlike a traditional mutual fund that invests directly in securities, the Fund pursues its objective by investing substantially all of its assets in the Master Portfolio with substantially the same investment objectives, policies and restrictions. The ability of the Fund to meet its investment objective is directly related to the ability of the Portfolio to meet its objective. The ability of the Fund to meet its objective may be adversely affected by the purchase and redemption activities of other investors in the corresponding Portfolio. The ability of the Fund to meet redemption requests depends on its ability to redeem its interest in the Portfolio. The Adviser also serves as investment adviser to the Portfolio. Therefore, conflicts may arise as the Adviser fulfills its fiduciary responsibilities to the Fund and its corresponding Portfolio. For example, the Adviser may have an economic incentive to maintain the Fund’s investment in the Portfolio at a time when it might otherwise choose not to do so.

THE FUND’S SHARES WILL CHANGE IN VALUE, AND YOU COULD LOSE MONEY BY INVESTING IN THE FUND. THE FUND MAY NOT ACHIEVE ITS INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE. AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUND IS NOT A DEPOSIT WITH A BANK AND IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY.

Performance

The bar chart below shows the performance of the Fund’s Service Shares during the Fund’s complete calendar years since inception. The chart provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund’s Service Shares by showing changes in the Service Shares’ performance from year to year. Please keep in mind that past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund’s Service Shares will perform in the future.   Additionally, the performance information prior to March 10, 2003, the inception date for Service Shares, is that of Administrative Shares of the Fund, which incur lower expenses and typically experience higher returns than the Service Shares. The primary difference in expenses is the lower distribution (12b-1) fee of 0.15% for Administrative Shares compared to 0.25% for Service Shares on an annual basis. The Administrative Shares’ inception date was April 18, 2001.
 
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State Street Equity 500 Index Fund
Service Shares
Total Return For The Calendar Years
Ended December 31

BAR CHART:

2002:
-22.31%
2003:
28.33%
2004:
10.51%
2005:
4.56%
2006:
15.41%
2007:
5.16%
2008:
-36.93%
2009:
___%

During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended ___) and the lowest return for a quarter was ___% (quarter ended ___ ).

Average Annual Total Returns
For the Periods Ended December 31, 2009
Service Shares

The information in the following table gives some indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund’s Service Shares by comparing the Fund’s Service Shares performance to the performance of the S&P 500 over various periods of time.

The Fund’s Service Shares’ after-tax returns listed below are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Additionally, actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown below, and after-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. Additionally, the following performance information prior to March 10, 2003, the inception date for Service Shares, is that of Administrative Shares of the Fund, which incur lower expenses and typically experience higher returns than the Service Shares. The Administrative Shares’ inception date was April 18, 2001.

 
PAST 1-YEAR
PAST 5-YEAR
SINCE THE INCEPTION
DATE OF THE FUND
(ANNUALIZED)
State Street Equity 500 Index Fund
     
Return Before Taxes
___%
___%
___%
Return After Taxes on Distributions
___%
___%
___%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
___%
___%
___%
S&P 500(reflects no deduction for expenses of taxes)
___%
___%
___%
__________


Investment Adviser

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

John A. Tucker has been a Portfolio Manager for the Portfolio since 2007. Karl Schneider has been a Portfolio Manager for the Portfolio since 2002.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Purchase Minimums
To establish an account
$25,000,000
To add to an existing account
No minimum

Written Requests and Wire Transfers . You may redeem Fund shares by written request or wire transfer. Written requests should be sent to:

BY MAIL:

State Street Equity 500 Index Fund
P.O. Box 5493
Boston, MA 02206

BY OVERNIGHT:

State Street Equity 500 Index Fund
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116
 
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BY TELEPHONE:

For wire transfer instructions, please call (866) 392-0869 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time.  Redemptions by telephone are permitted only if you previously have been authorized for these transactions.

Through Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries. If you wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, please contact that financial intermediary directly. Your financial intermediary may have an earlier cut-off time for the submission of purchase or redemption orders or may be closed at times when the Fund is open.

Tax Information

For mutual funds generally, dividends from net investment income (other than qualified dividend income) and distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you as ordinary income under U.S. federal income tax laws whether paid in cash or in additional shares.  Distributions from net long-term gains are taxable as long-term taxable gains regardless of the length of time you have held the shares and whether you were paid in cash or additional shares.  Dividend and capital gains distributions that you receive, as well as your gains or losses from any sale or exchange of fund shares, may be subject to state and local income taxes.

Payments to Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase the Fund through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker, bank or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s Website for more information.
 
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Other Investment Considerations and Risks

Changes in Policies . The Trust’s Board of Trustees may change the Fund’s investment strategies and other policies without shareholder approval, except as otherwise indicated. The Board of Trustees will not materially change the Fund’s investment objective without shareholder approval.

The S&P 500 . The S&P 500 is a well-known stock market index that includes common stocks of 500 companies from several industrial sectors representing a significant portion of the market value of all common stocks publicly traded in the United States, most of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the “NYSE”). Stocks in the S&P 500 are weighted according to their float adjusted market capitalizations (i.e., the number of shares outstanding multiplied by the stock’s current price). The companies selected for inclusion in the S&P 500 are those of large publicly held companies which generally have the largest market values within their respective industries. The composition of the S&P 500 is determined by Standard & Poor’s and is based on such factors as the market capitalization and trading activity of each stock and its adequacy as a representation of stocks in a particular industry group, and may be changed from time to time. “Standard & Poor’s(R),” “S&P,” “S&P 500,” “Standard & Poor’s 500” and “500” are trademarks of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and have been licensed for use by the Fund. The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by S&P, and S&P makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

Index Futures Contracts and Related Options . The Portfolio may buy and sell futures contracts on the Index and options on those futures contracts. An “index futures” contract is a contract to buy or sell units of an index at an agreed price on a specified future date. Depending on the change in value of the Index between the time when the Portfolio enters into and closes out an index future or option transaction, the Portfolio realizes a gain or loss. Options and futures transactions involve risks. For example, it is possible that changes in the prices of futures contracts on the Index will not correlate precisely with changes in the value of the Index. In those cases, use of futures contracts and related options might decrease the correlation between the return of the Portfolio and the return of the Index. In addition, the Portfolio incurs transaction costs in entering into, and closing out, positions in futures contracts and related options. These costs typically have the effect of reducing the correlation between the return of the Portfolio and the return of the Index. Because the secondary market for futures contracts and options may be illiquid, the Portfolio may have to hold a contract or option when the Adviser would otherwise have sold it, or it may only be able to sell at a price lower than what the Adviser believes is the fair value of the contract or option, thereby potentially reducing the return of the Portfolio.

Other Derivative Transactions . The Portfolio may enter into derivatives transactions involving options and swaps. These transactions involve many of the same risks as those described above under “Index Futures Contracts and Related Options.” In addition, since many of such transactions are conducted directly with counterparties, and not on an exchange or board of trade, the Portfolio’s ability to realize any investment return on such transactions may depend on the counterparty’s ability or willingness to meet its obligations.

Securities Lending . The Portfolio may lend portfolio securities with a value of up to 33-1/3% of its total assets. For these purposes, total assets shall include the value of all assets received as collateral for the loan. Such loans may be terminated at any time, and the Portfolio will receive cash or other obligations as collateral. In a loan transaction, as compensation for lending its securities, the Portfolio will receive a portion of the dividends or interest accrued on the securities held as collateral or, in the case of cash collateral, a portion of the income from the investment of such cash. In addition, the Portfolio will receive the amount of all dividends, interest and other distributions on the loaned securities. However, the borrower has the right to vote the loaned securities. The Portfolio will call loans to vote proxies if a material issue affecting the investment is to be voted upon. Should the borrower of the securities fail financially, the Portfolio may experience delays in recovering the securities or exercising its rights in the collateral. Loans are made only to borrowers that are deemed by the securities lending agent to be of good financial standing. In a loan transaction, the Portfolio will also bear the risk of any decline in value of securities acquired with cash collateral. The Portfolio will attempt to minimize this risk by limiting the investment of cash collateral to high quality instruments of short maturity. This strategy is not used to leverage the Portfolio.

Comparison Index. The S&P 500 is a capitalization-weighted index of 500 industry-leading stocks and is widely regarded to be representative of the stock market in general. The S&P 500 is unmanaged and does not reflect the actual cost of investing in the instruments that comprise the index. Additionally, the returns of the S&P 500 Index do not reflect the effect of fees, expenses and taxes.

Portfolio Holdings Disclosure

The Fund’s portfolio holdings disclosure policy is described in the Statement of Additional Information.

Management and Organization

The Fund and the Portfolio .  The State Street Equity 500 Index Fund (the “Fund”) is a separate, diversified series of the State Street Institutional Investment Trust (the “Trust”), which is an open-end management investment company organized as a business trust under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
 
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The Fund invests as part of a “master-feeder” structure. The Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its investable assets in a separate mutual fund (a “Portfolio”) that has a substantially identical investment objective, investment policies, and risks as the Fund. All discussions about the Fund’s investment objective, policies and risks should be understood to refer also to the investment objectives, policies and risks of the Portfolio.

The Fund can withdraw its investment in a Portfolio if, at any time, the Fund’s Board of Trustees determines that it would be in the best interests of the Fund’s shareholders, or if the investment objectives of the Portfolio changed so that they were inconsistent with the objectives of the Fund. If the Fund withdraws its investment from a Portfolio, the Fund may invest all of its assets in another Portfolio that has the same investment objective as the Fund, the Adviser may directly manage the Fund’s assets, or the Board may take such other action it deems appropriate and in the best interests of shareholders of the Fund, which may include liquidation of the Fund.

The Equity 500 Index Fund offers three classes of shares:  Administrative Shares, Service Shares and Class R Shares. Only the Service Shares of the Fund are discussed in this prospectus.

The Adviser . State Street Global Advisors (“SSgA”) is the investment management group of State Street Corporation, a publicly held bank holding company, and includes the Adviser, SSgA FM, a wholly-owned subsidiary. SSgA is one of the world’s largest institutional money managers, and uses quantitative and traditional techniques to manage approximately $1.91 trillion as of December 31, 2009 in investment programs and portfolios for institutional and individual investors. SSgA FM, as the investment adviser to the Fund and the Portfolio, is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 as amended. SSgA FM had approximately $168.4 billion in assets under management at December 31, 2009. The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with the Adviser pursuant to which the Adviser will manage the Fund’s assets directly, for compensation paid at an annual rate of 0.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, in the event that the Fund were to cease investing substantially all of its assets in the Portfolio. The Adviser does not receive any fees from the Fund under that agreement so long as the Fund continues to invest substantially all of its assets in the Portfolio or in another investment company. The Adviser places all orders for purchases and sales of the Portfolio’s investments.

A summary of the factors considered by the Board of Trustees in connection with the renewal of the investment advisory agreement for the Fund is available in the Fund’s annual report dated December 31, 2009.

The Adviser manages the Portfolio using a team of investment professionals. The team approach is used to create an environment that encourages the flow of investment ideas. The portfolio managers within the team work together in a cohesive manner to develop and enhance techniques that drive the investment process for the respective investment strategy. This approach requires portfolio managers to share a variety of responsibilities including investment strategy and analysis while retaining responsibility for the implementation of the strategy within any particular portfolio. The approach also enables the team to draw upon the resources of other groups within the firm. Each portfolio management team is overseen by the SSgA Investment Committee. Key professionals involved in the day-to-day portfolio management for the Portfolio include the following:

John A. Tucker, CFA

Mr. Tucker is a Managing Director of State Street Global Advisors, a Principal of SSgA FM, and Head of US Equity Markets in the Global Structured Products Group. He is responsible for overseeing the management of all U.S. equity index strategies and Exchange Traded Funds and is a member of the Senior Management Group.

Previously, Mr. Tucker was head of the Structured Products group in SSgA’s London office, where he was responsible for the management of all index strategies in SSgA’s second largest investment center. Prior to joining the investment management group, he was the Operations Manager for SSgA’s International Structured Products group, where he was responsible for the operations staff and functions. He joined State Street in 1988 and has served as a Portfolio Manager of the Portfolio since 2007.

Mr. Tucker received a BA in Economics from Trinity College and an MS in Finance from Boston College. He has also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society and the CFA Institute.

Karl Schneider

Mr. Schneider is a Vice President of SSgA, a Principal of SSgA FM and a Senior Portfolio Manager within the Global Structured Products Group. Mr. Schneider joined SSgA in 1996 and has served as a Portfolio Manager of the Portfolio since 2002. Mr. Schneider currently manages several of the firm’s commingled US index strategies as well as other separately managed domestic and international funds. Within the Global Structured Products Group, he serves as the point person for synthetic beta and manages several synthetic beta strategies, including commodities, buy/write, and hedge fund replication. Mr. Schneider is also a member of the SSgA Derivatives Committee. Prior to joining the Global Structured Products Group, Mr. Schneider worked as a portfolio manager in SSgA’s Currency Management Group, managing both active currency selection and traditional passive hedging overlay portfolios.
 
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Mr. Schneider holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Investments from Babson College and also a Master of Science degree in Finance from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. Additionally, he holds a Series 3 license from the National Futures Association.

Additional information about the portfolio managers’ compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers, and the portfolio managers’ ownership of securities in the Fund and the Portfolio is available in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”).

The Adviser’s principal address is State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.

The Administrator, Custodian, and Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent . State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), a subsidiary of State Street Corporation, is the administrator, custodian, transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent for the Fund.

The Distributor .  State Street Global Markets, LLC serves as the Fund’s distributor (the “Distributor”) pursuant to the Distribution Agreement between the Distributor and the Trust.

Shareholder Information

Determination of Net Asset Value . The Fund determines its net asset value (“NAV”) per share once each business day as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE. The NAV per share is based on the market value of the investments held in the Fund. The NAV of the Fund’s Service shares is calculated by dividing the value of the assets of the Fund attributable to its Service Shares less the liabilities of the Fund attributable to its Service Shares by the number of Service Shares outstanding. The Fund values each security or other investment pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Board of Trustees. Securities or other investments may be valued at fair value, as determined in good faith and pursuant to procedures approved by the Portfolio’s Board of Trustees, under certain limited circumstances. For example, fair value pricing may be used when market quotations are not readily available or reliable, such as when (i) trading for a security is restricted; or (ii) a significant event, as determined by the Adviser, that may affect the value of one or more securities or other investments held by the Fund occurs after the close of a related exchange but before the determination of the Fund’s NAV. Attempts to determine the fair value of securities or other investments introduce an element of subjectivity to the pricing of securities or other investments. As a result, the price of a security or other investment determined through fair valuation techniques may differ from the price quoted or published by other sources and may not accurately reflect the price the Fund would have received had it sold the investment. To the extent that the Fund invests in the shares of other registered open-end investment companies that are not traded on an exchange (mutual funds), such shares are valued at their published net asset values per share as reported by the funds. The prospectuses of these funds explain the circumstances under which the funds will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing.

Purchasing Shares . Investors pay no sales load to invest in the Fund. The price for Fund shares is the NAV per share. Orders will be priced at the NAV next calculated after the order is accepted by the Fund.

The minimum initial investment in the Class is $25 million, although the Adviser may waive the minimum in its discretion. There is no minimum subsequent investment. The Fund intends to be as fully invested as is practicable; therefore, investments must be made either in Federal Funds (i.e., monies credited to the account of the Fund’s custodian bank by a Federal Reserve Bank) or securities (“in-kind”) acceptable to the Adviser. (Please consult your tax adviser regarding in-kind transactions.) The Fund reserves the right to cease accepting investments at any time or to reject any purchase order.

In accordance with certain federal regulations, the Trust is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each entity that applies to open an account. For this reason, when you open (or change ownership of ) an account, the Trust will request certain information, including your name, address and taxpayer identification number, which will be used to verify your identity. If you are unable to provide sufficient information to verify your identity, the Trust will not open an account for you. As required by law, the Trust may employ various procedures, such as comparing your information to fraud databases or requesting additional information and documentation from you, to ensure that the information supplied by you is correct. The Trust reserves the right to reject any purchase order for any reason, including failure to provide the Trust with information necessary to confirm your identity as required by law.

Redeeming Shares . An investor may withdraw all or any portion of its investment at the NAV next determined after it submits a withdrawal request, in proper form, to the Fund. The Fund will pay the proceeds of the withdrawal either in Federal Funds or in securities at the discretion of the Adviser, normally on the next Fund business day after the withdrawal, but in any event no more than seven days after the withdrawal. (Please consult your tax adviser regarding in-kind transactions.) The right of any investor to receive payment with respect to any withdrawal may be suspended or the payment of the withdrawal proceeds postponed during any period in which the NYSE is closed (other than weekends or holidays) or trading on the NYSE is restricted or, to the extent otherwise permitted by the 1940 Act, as amended, if an emergency exists.
 
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Policies to Prevent Market Timing . Frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares may present risks for other shareholders of the Fund, which may include, among other things, interference in the efficient management of the Fund’s portfolio, dilution in the value of Fund shares held by long-term shareholders, increased brokerage and administrative costs and forcing the Fund to hold excess levels of cash.

The Fund is intended as a long-term investment. Therefore, the Trust’s Board of Trustees has adopted policies and procedures designed to detect and prevent inappropriate short-term trading activity that is harmful to the Fund. Because most of the interests in the Fund are held by investors indirectly through one or more financial intermediaries, the Fund does not generally have information about the identity of those investors or about transactions effected by those investors. Rather, the Fund and its service providers periodically review cash inflows and outflows from and to those intermediaries in an attempt to detect inappropriate trading activity by investors holding shares through those intermediaries. The Fund may seek to obtain underlying account trading activity information from financial intermediaries when, in the Adviser’s judgment, the trading activity suggests possible market timing. There is no assurance that the Fund or the Adviser will be able to determine whether trading by an investor holding shares through a financial intermediary is engaged in trading activity that may be harmful to the Fund or its shareholders.

The Fund reserves the right in its discretion to reject any purchase, in whole or in part including, without limitation, by a person whose trading activity in Fund shares the Adviser believes could be harmful to the Fund. The Fund may decide to restrict purchase activity in its shares based on various factors, including, without limitation, whether frequent purchase and sale activity will disrupt portfolio management strategies and adversely affect performance. There can be no assurance that the Fund, the Adviser or State Street will identify all frequent purchase and sale activity affecting the Fund.

Distribution/Servicing (Rule 12b-1) Plan

The Fund has adopted a distribution plan under which the Fund may compensate its distributor (or others) for services in connection with the distribution of the Fund’s Service Shares and for services provided to Fund shareholders. The plan calls for payments at an annual rate (based on average daily net assets) of 0.25% of the Fund’s net assets attributable to its Service Shares. Because these fees are paid out of the assets of the Fund attributable to its Service Shares, on an ongoing basis, they will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more over time than paying other types of sales charges.

Additional Payments to Financial Intermediaries

The Adviser, or an affiliate of the Adviser, out of its own resources, and without additional cost to the Fund and its shareholders, may make additional payments to financial intermediaries (including affiliates of the Adviser) whose client or customer invests in the Fund. Generally, such financial intermediaries may (though they will not necessarily) provide shareholder servicing and support for their customers who purchase shares of the Fund. Not all financial intermediaries receive additional compensation and the amount of compensation paid varies for each financial intermediary. If payments to financial intermediaries by a particular mutual fund complex’s distributor or adviser exceed payments by other mutual fund complexes, your financial adviser and the financial intermediary employing him or her may have an incentive to recommend that fund complex over others. Please speak with your financial adviser to learn more about the total amounts paid to your financial adviser and his or her firm by the Adviser and its affiliates, and by sponsors of other mutual funds he or she may recommend to you. You should also consult disclosures made by your financial intermediary at the time of purchase.

Dividends, Distributions and Tax Considerations

Income dividends and capital gains distributions of the Fund will be declared and paid at least annually.

The following discussion is a summary of some important U.S. federal tax considerations generally applicable to investments in the Fund. Your investment in the Fund may have other tax implications. Please consult your tax advisor about foreign, federal, state, local or other tax laws applicable to you. Investors, including non-U.S. investors, should consult the Statement of Additional Information tax section for more complete disclosure.

The Fund intends to elect to be treated and qualify each year as a regulated investment company. A regulated investment company is generally not subject to tax at the corporate level on income and gains that are distributed to shareholders. However, the Fund’s failure to qualify as a regulated investment company would result in corporate level taxation, and consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to shareholders.
 
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For federal income tax purposes, distributions of investment income are generally taxable to you as ordinary income. Taxes on distributions of capital gains generally are determined by how long the Portfolio owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long you have owned your Fund shares. Distributions are taxable to you even if they are paid from income or gains earned by the Fund before your investment (and thus were included in the price you paid for your shares). Distributions may also be subject to state and local taxes and are taxable whether you receive them in cash or reinvest them in additional shares. Distributions of net capital gains (that is, the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses) from the sale of investments that the Portfolio owned for more than one year that are properly designated by the Fund as capital gains dividends generally will be taxable to you as long-term capital gains. For individual taxpayers, long-term capital gain rates have been temporarily reduced -- in general, to 15% with lower rates applying to taxpayers in the 10% and 15% rate brackets -- for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011. Distributions of gains from investments that the Portfolio owned for one year or less generally will be taxable to you as ordinary income. For the taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, distributions of investment income designated by the Fund as derived from “qualified dividend income” are taxed at the rates applicable to long-term capital gain, provided holding period and other requirements are met by both the shareholder and the Fund.
 
Any gain resulting from the sale, exchange, or redemption of your shares will generally also be taxable to you as either short-term or long-term capital gain, depending upon how long you held your shares in the Fund.

If you are not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, each Fund’s ordinary income dividends will generally be subject to a 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless a lower treaty rate applies or unless such income is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. A Fund may, under certain circumstances, designate all or a portion of a dividend as an “interest-related dividend” that if received by a nonresident alien or foreign entity generally would be exempt from the 30% U.S. withholding tax, provided that certain other requirements are met. The Funds may also, under certain circumstances, designate all or a portion of a dividend as a “short-term capital gain dividend” which if received by a nonresident alien or foreign entity generally would be exempt from the 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless the foreign person is a nonresident alien individual present in the United States for a period or periods aggregating 183 days or more during the taxable year. The provisions contained in the legislation relating to dividends to foreign persons would apply to dividends with respect to taxable years of a Fund beginning after December 31, 2004 and before January 1, 2010.

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Financial Highlights

The Financial Highlights table is intended to help you understand the Fund’s Service Shares financial performance for the past 5 years. Certain information reflects financial results for a single share of the Service Shares. The total return in the table represents the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund’s Service Shares (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been audited by________, whose report, along with the Fund’s financial statements, is included in the Fund’s annual report, which is available upon request. The financial information included in this table should be read in conjunction with the financial statements incorporated by reference in the Statement of Additional Information.
 
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For more information about STATE STREET EQUITY 500 INDEX FUND:

The Fund’s statement of additional information (SAI) includes additional information about the Fund and is incorporated by reference into this document. Additional information about the Fund’s investments is available in the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders. In the Fund’s annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s performance during its last fiscal year.

The SAI and the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports are available, without charge, upon request. Shareholders in the Fund may make inquiries to the Fund to receive such information by calling (877) 521-4083 or the customer service center at the telephone number shown in the accompanying contract prospectus, if applicable. The Fund does not have an Internet website.

Information about the Fund (including the SAI) can be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the Commission at 1-202-942-8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are available free of charge on the EDGAR Database on the Commission’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of this information also may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following E-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing the Commission’s Public Reference Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.

SSgA FUNDS MANAGEMENT, INC .
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02111

The State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Investment Company Act File Number is 811-09819.

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STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT TRUST

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STATE STREET EQUITY 400 INDEX FUND

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PROSPECTUS DATED APRIL__, 2010

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THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION HAS NOT APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

AN INVESTMENT IN THE STATE STREET EQUITY 400 INDEX FUND IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY.



Fund Summary
 
Other Investment Considerations and Risks
 
Management and Organization
 
Shareholder  Information
 
Portfolio Holdings Disclosure
 
Distribution Servicing Plan and Payments to Financial Intermediaries
 
Dividends, Distributions and Tax Considerations
 
Financial Highlights
 

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Fund Summary

This section of the Prospectus is composed of a summary description of the Fund. Additional information about the Fund may be found in the other sections of this Prospectus, the first of which begins on page __ of this Prospectus, as well as the Statement of Additional Information dated April __, 2010 applicable to the Fund.
 
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Investment Objective

The Fund’s investment objective is to replicate as closely as possible, before expenses, the performance of the Standard & Poor’s MidCap 400 Index (the “S&P MidCap 400” or the “Index”). The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its investable assets in the State Street Equity 400 Index Portfolio (the “Equity 400 Index Portfolio” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Portfolio”) of the State Street Master Funds that has the same investment objective as, and investment policies that are substantially similar to those of, the Fund. In reviewing the investment objective and policies of the Fund below, you should assume that the investment objective and policies of the Portfolio are the same in all material respects as those of the Fund. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The table describes the estimated fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. As a shareholder in the State Street Equity 400 Index Portfolio (the “Equity 400 Index Portfolio” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Portfolio”), the Fund bears its ratable share of the Portfolio’s expenses, including advisory and administrative fees, and at the same time continues to pay its own fees and expenses. The table and the Example reflect the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

Shareholder Fees
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) (1)

Management Fees
0.08%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
0.25%
Other Expenses (2)
___ %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
___ %
____________

(1)
Amounts reflect total estimated expenses for the Portfolio and the Fund.

(2)
Other Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that all dividends and distributions are reinvested, and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 YEAR
3 YEARS
$__
$__

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). As a shareholder of the Portfolio the Fund bears its ratable share of the transaction costs associated with the portfolio turnover of the Portfolio. A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate has been omitted because the Fund had not commenced investment operations as of the date of this Prospectus.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Portfolio uses a passive management strategy designed to track the S&P MidCap 400. The Index is a well-known stock market index that includes common stocks of 400 mid-sized companies from several industrial sectors representing a significant portion of the market value of all stocks publicly traded in the United States.

The Portfolio is not managed according to traditional methods of “active” management, which involve the buying and selling of securities based upon economic, financial and market analysis and investment judgment. Instead, the Portfolio, using a “passive” or “indexing” investment approach, attempts to replicate, before expenses, the performance of the S&P MidCap 400.

The Portfolio generally intends to invest in all of the stocks comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index. However, under various circumstances, it may not be possible or practicable to purchase all 400 stocks in those weightings. In those circumstances, the Portfolio may purchase a sample of the stocks in the Index in proportions expected by the Adviser to match generally the performance of the Index as a whole. In addition, from time to time stocks are added to or removed from the Index. The Portfolio may sell stocks that are represented in the Index, or purchase stocks that are not yet represented in the Index, in anticipation of their removal from or addition to the Index. Under normal market conditions, the Portfolio will not invest less than 80% of its total assets in stocks in the Index. Shareholders will receive 60 days’ notice prior to a change in the 80% investment policy.
 
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In addition, the Portfolio may at times purchase or sell futures contracts on the Index, or options on those futures, in lieu of investing directly in the stocks making up the Index. The Portfolio might do so, for example, in order to increase its investment exposure pending investment of cash in the stocks comprising the Index. Alternatively, the Portfolio might use futures or options on futures to reduce its investment exposure in situations where it intends to sell a portion of the stocks in its portfolio but the sale has not yet been completed. The Portfolio may also enter into other derivatives transactions, including the use of options or swap transactions, to assist in attempting to replicate the performance of the Index. The Portfolio may also, to the extent permitted by applicable law, invest in shares of other mutual funds whose investment objectives and policies are similar to those of the Portfolio.

Principal Risks

 
·
Stock values could decline generally or could under-perform other investments.

 
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Because the S&P MidCap 400 includes stocks of mainly mid-capitalization (“mid-cap”) companies, the Portfolio’s investments consist mainly of stocks of mid-cap companies. Returns on investments in mid-cap stocks could be more volatile than, or trail the returns on, investments in larger or smaller capitalization (“large-cap” and “small-cap,” respectively) U.S. stocks.

 
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Mid-cap companies may be more likely than large-cap companies to have relatively limited product lines, markets or financial resources, or depend on a few key employees.

 
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The Portfolio’s return may not match the return of the Index for a number of reasons. For example, the return on the securities and other investments selected by the Adviser may not correlate precisely with the return on the Index. The Portfolio incurs a number of operating expenses not applicable to the Index, and incurs costs in buying and selling securities. The Portfolio may not be fully invested at times, either as a result of cash flows into the Portfolio or reserves of cash held by the Portfolio to meet redemptions. The return on the sample of securities purchased by the Portfolio, or futures or other derivative positions taken by the Portfolio, to replicate the performance of the Index may not correlate precisely with the return on the Index.

 
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Derivatives Risk . Derivative transactions typically involve leverage and may be highly volatile. It is possible that a derivative transaction will result in a loss greater than the principal amount invested, and the Portfolio may not be able to close out a derivative transaction at a favorable time or price.

 
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Master/Feeder Structure Risk . Unlike a traditional mutual fund that invests directly in securities, the Fund pursues its objective by investing substantially all of its assets in the Master Portfolio with substantially the same investment objectives, policies and restrictions. The ability of the Fund to meet its investment objective is directly related to the ability of the Portfolio to meet its objective. The ability of the Fund to meet its objective may be adversely affected by the purchase and redemption activities of other investors in the corresponding Portfolio. The ability of the Fund to meet redemption requests depends on its ability to redeem its interest in the Portfolio. The Adviser also serves as investment adviser to the Portfolio. Therefore, conflicts may arise as the Adviser fulfills its fiduciary responsibilities to the Fund and its corresponding Portfolio. For example, the Adviser may have an economic incentive to maintain the Fund’s investment in the Portfolio at a time when it might otherwise choose not to do so.

THE FUND’S SHARES WILL CHANGE IN VALUE, AND YOU COULD LOSE MONEY BY INVESTING IN THE FUND. THE FUND MAY NOT ACHIEVE ITS INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE. AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUND IS NOT A DEPOSIT WITH A BANK AND IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY.

Performance

Performance information for the Fund has been omitted because the Fund had not commenced investment operations as of the date of this Prospectus.

Investment Adviser

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Purchase Minimums
To establish an account
$25,000,000
To add to an existing account
No minimum

Written Requests and Wire Transfers . You may redeem Fund shares by written request or wire transfer. Written requests should be sent to:
 
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BY MAIL:

State Street Equity 400 Index Fund
P.O. Box 5493
Boston, MA 02206

BY OVERNIGHT:

State Street Equity 400 Index Fund
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116

BY TELEPHONE:

For wire transfer instructions, please call (866) 392-0869 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time.  Redemptions by telephone are permitted only if you previously have been authorized for these transactions.

Through Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries .  If you wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, please contact that financial intermediary directly. Your financial intermediary may have an earlier cut-off time for the submission of purchase or redemption orders or may be closed at times when the Fund is open.

Tax Information

For mutual funds generally, dividends from net investment income (other than qualified dividend income) and distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you as ordinary income under U.S. federal income tax laws whether paid in cash or in additional shares.  Distributions from net long-term gains are taxable as long-term taxable gains regardless of the length of time you have held the shares and whether you were paid in cash or additional shares.  Dividend and capital gains distributions that you receive, as well as your gains or losses from any sale or exchange of fund shares, may be subject to state and local income taxes.

Payments to Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase the Fund through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker, bank or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s Website for more information.
 
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Other Investment Considerations and Risks

Changes in Policies . The Trust’s Board of Trustees may change the Fund’s investment strategies and other policies without shareholder approval, except as otherwise indicated. The Board of Trustees will not materially change the Fund’s investment objective without shareholder approval.

The S&P MidCap 400. The S&P MidCap 400 is a well-known stock market index that includes common stocks of 400 companies from several industrial sectors representing a large cross-section of mid-cap stocks publicly traded in the United States, most of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the “NYSE”). Unlike the S&P 500, which is designed to represent the performance of the large-cap sector of the U.S. securities market, the S&P MidCap 400 is designed to represent the performance of the mid-cap sector of the U.S. securities market. Stocks in the S&P MidCap 400 are weighted according to their market capitalizations (i.e., the number of shares outstanding multiplied by the stock’s current price). The companies chosen for the S&P MidCap 400 generally have market values between $1 billion and $4 billion, depending upon current equity market valuations. (Stocks in the S&P MidCap 400 will not simultaneously be listed in the S&P 500.) The composition of the S&P MidCap 400 is determined by Standard & Poor’s(R) and is based on such factors as the market capitalization and trading activity of each stock and its adequacy as a representation of stocks in a particular industry group, and may be changed from time to time. “Standard & Poor’s(R),” “S&P,” “S&P MidCap 400,” “Standard & Poor’s 400” and “400” are trademarks of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and have been licensed for use by the Fund and the Portfolio. The Fund and the Portfolio are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by S&P, and S&P makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund or the Portfolio.

Index Futures Contracts and Related Options. The Portfolio may buy and sell futures contracts on the S&P MidCap 400 and options on those futures contracts. An “index futures” contract is a contract to buy or sell units of an index at an agreed price on a specified future date. Depending on the change in value of the Index between the time when the Portfolio enters into and closes out an index future or option transaction, the Portfolio realizes a gain or loss. Options and futures transactions involve risks. For example, it is possible that changes in the prices of futures contracts on the Index will not correlate precisely with changes in the value of the Index. In those cases, use of futures contracts and related options might decrease the correlation between the return of the Portfolio and the return of the Index. In addition, the Portfolio incurs transaction costs in entering into, and closing out, positions in futures contracts and related options. These costs typically have the effect of reducing the correlation between the return of the Portfolio and the return of the Index. Because the secondary market for futures contracts and options may be illiquid, the Portfolio may have to hold a contract or option when the Adviser would otherwise have sold it, or it may only be able to sell at a price lower than what the Adviser believes is the fair value of the contract or option, thereby potentially reducing the return of the Portfolio.

Other Derivative Transactions . The Portfolio may enter into derivatives transactions involving options and swaps. These transactions involve many of the same risks as those described above under “Index Futures Contracts and Related Options.” In addition, since many of such transactions are conducted directly with counterparties, and not on an exchange or board of trade, the Portfolio’s ability to realize any investment return on such transactions may depend on the counterparty’s ability or willingness to meet its obligations.

Portfolio Holdings Disclosure

The Fund’s portfolio holdings disclosure policy is described in the Statement of Additional Information.

Management and Organization

The Fund and the Portfolio .  The State Street Equity 400 Index Fund (the “Fund”) is a series of the State Street Institutional Investment Trust (the “Trust”), which is an open-end management investment company organized as a business trust under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The Fund invests as part of a “master-feeder” structure. The Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its investable assets in a separate mutual fund (a “Portfolio”) that has a substantially identical investment objective, investment policies, and risks as the Fund. All discussions about the Fund’s investment objective, policies and risks should be understood to refer also to the investment objectives, policies and risks of the Portfolio.

The Fund can withdraw its investment in a Portfolio if, at any time, the Fund’s Board of Trustees determines that it would be in the best interests of the Fund’s shareholders, or if the investment objectives of the Portfolio changed so that they were inconsistent with the objectives of the Fund. If the Fund withdraws its investment from a Portfolio, the Fund may invest all of its assets in another Portfolio that has the same investment objective as the Fund, the Adviser may directly manage the Fund’s assets, or the Board may take such other action it deems appropriate and in the best interests of shareholders of the Fund, which may include liquidation of the Fund.

The Adviser . State Street Global Advisors (“SSgA”) is the investment management group of State Street Corporation, a publicly held bank holding company, and includes the Adviser, SSgA FM, a wholly-owned subsidiary. SSgA is one of the world’s largest institutional money managers, and uses quantitative and traditional techniques to manage approximately $1.91 trillion as of December 31, 2009 in investment programs and portfolios for institutional and individual investors. SSgA FM, as the investment adviser to the Fund and the Portfolio, is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. SSgA FM had approximately $168.4 billion in assets under management at December 31, 2009. The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with the Adviser pursuant to which the Adviser will manage the Fund’s assets directly, for compensation paid at an annual rate of 0.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, in the event that the Fund were to cease investing substantially all of its assets in the Portfolio. The Adviser does not receive any fees from the Fund under that agreement so long as the Fund continues to invest substantially all of its assets in the Portfolio or in another investment company. The Adviser places all orders for purchases and sales of the Portfolio’s investments.
 
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A summary of the factors considered by the Board of Trustees in connection with the renewal of the investment advisory agreement for the Fund will be available in the Fund’s annual report or semi-annual report, as applicable, after the Fund commences operations.

The Adviser manages the Portfolio using a team of investment professionals. The team approach is used to create an environment that encourages the flow of investment ideas. The portfolio managers within the team work together in a cohesive manner to develop and enhance techniques that drive the investment process for the respective investment strategy. This approach requires portfolio managers to share a variety of responsibilities including investment strategy and analysis while retaining responsibility for the implementation of the strategy within any particular portfolio. The approach also enables the team to draw upon the resources of other groups within the firm. Each portfolio management team is overseen by the SSgA Investment Committee.

The Adviser’s principal address is State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.

The Administrator, Custodian, and Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent . State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), a subsidiary of State Street Corporation, is the administrator, custodian, transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent for the Fund.

The Distributor .  State Street Global Markets, LLC serves as the Fund’s distributor (the “Distributor”) pursuant to the Distribution Agreement between the Distributor and the Trust.

Shareholder Information

Determination of Net Asset Value . The Fund determines its net asset value (“NAV”) per share once each business day as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE. The NAV per share is based on the market value of the securities held in the Fund. The NAV per share is calculated by dividing the assets less liabilities of the Fund by the number of shares outstanding. The Fund values each security pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Board of Trustees. Securities may be valued at fair value, as determined in good faith and pursuant to procedures approved by the Portfolio’s Board of Trustees, under certain limited circumstances. For example, fair value pricing may be used when market quotations are not readily available or reliable, such as when (i) trading for a security is restricted; or (ii) a significant event, as determined by the Adviser, that may affect the value of one or more securities held by the Fund occurs after the close of a related exchange but before the determination of the Fund’s NAV. Attempts to determine the fair value of securities introduce an element of subjectivity to the pricing of securities. As a result, the price of a security determined through fair valuation techniques may differ from the price quoted or published by other sources and may not accurately reflect the price the Fund would have received had it sold the investment. To the extent that the Fund invests in the shares of other registered open-end investment companies that are not traded on an exchange (mutual funds), such shares are valued at their published net asset values per share as reported by the funds. The prospectuses of these funds explain the circumstances under which the funds will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing.

Purchasing Shares . Investors pay no sales load to invest in this Fund. The price for Fund shares is the NAV per share. Orders will be priced at the NAV next calculated after the order is accepted by the Fund.

The minimum initial investment in the Fund is $25 million, although the Adviser may waive the minimum in its discretion. There is no minimum subsequent investment. The Fund intends to be as fully invested as is practicable; therefore, investments must be made either in Federal Funds (i.e., monies credited to the account of the Fund’s custodian bank by a Federal Reserve Bank) or securities (“in-kind”) acceptable to the Adviser. (Please consult your tax adviser regarding in-kind transactions.) The Fund reserves the right to cease accepting investments at any time or to reject any purchase order.

In accordance with certain federal regulations, the Trust is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each entity who applies to open an account. For this reason, when you open (or change ownership of) an account, the Trust will request certain information, including your name, address and taxpayer identification number, which will be used to verify your identity. If you are unable to provide sufficient information to verify your identity, the Trust will not open an account for you. As required by law, the Trust may employ various procedures, such as comparing your information to fraud databases or requesting additional information and documentation from you, to ensure that the information supplied by you is correct. The Trust reserves the right to reject any purchase for any reason, including failure to provide the Trust with information necessary to confirm your identity as required by law.
 
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Redeeming Shares . An investor may withdraw all or any portion of its investment at the NAV next determined after it submits a withdrawal request, in proper form, to the Fund. The Fund will pay the proceeds of the withdrawal either in Federal Funds or in securities at the discretion of the Adviser, normally on the next Fund business day after the withdrawal, but in any event no more than seven days after the withdrawal. (Please consult your tax adviser regarding in-kind transactions.) The right of any investor to receive payment with respect to any withdrawal may be suspended or the payment of the withdrawal proceeds postponed during any period in which the NYSE is closed (other than weekends or holidays) or trading on the NYSE is restricted or, to the extent otherwise permitted by the 1940 Act, as amended, if an emergency exists.

Policies to Prevent Market Timing . Frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares may present risks for other shareholders of the Fund, which may include, among other things, interference in the efficient management of the Fund’s portfolio, dilution in the value of Fund shares held by long-term shareholders, increased brokerage and administrative costs and forcing the Fund to hold excess levels of cash.

The Fund is intended as a long-term investment. Therefore, the Trust’s Board of Trustees has adopted policies and procedures designed to detect and prevent inappropriate short-term trading activity that is harmful to the Fund. Because most of the interests in the Fund are held by investors indirectly through one or more financial intermediaries, the Fund does not generally have information about the identity of those investors or about transactions effected by those investors. Rather, the Fund and its service providers periodically review cash inflows and outflows from and to those intermediaries in an attempt to detect inappropriate trading activity by investors holding shares through those intermediaries. The Fund may not be able to determine whether trading by an investor holding shares through a financial intermediary is engaged in trading activity in the Fund’s shares that may be harmful to the Fund or its shareholders.

The Fund reserves the right in its discretion to reject any purchase, in whole or in part including, without limitation, by a person whose trading activity in Fund shares the Adviser believes could be harmful to the Fund. The Fund may decide to restrict purchase activity in its shares based on various factors, including, without limitation, whether frequent purchase and sale activity will disrupt portfolio management strategies and adversely affect performance. There can be no assurance that the Fund, the Adviser or State Street will identify all frequent purchase and sale activity affecting the Fund.

Distribution/Servicing (Rule 12b-1) Plan

The Fund has adopted a distribution plan under which the Fund may compensate its distributor (or others) for services in connection with the distribution of the Fund’s shares and for services provided to Fund shareholders. The plan calls for payments at an annual rate (based on average daily net assets) of 0.25%. Because these fees are paid out of the Fund’s assets on an ongoing basis, they will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more over time than paying other types of sales charges.

Additional Payments to Financial Intermediaries

The Adviser, or an affiliate of the Adviser, out of its own resources, and without additional cost to the Fund and its shareholders, may make additional payments to financial intermediaries (including affiliates of the Adviser) whose client or customer invests in the Fund. Generally, such financial intermediaries may (though they will not necessarily) provide shareholder servicing and support for their customers who purchase shares of the Fund. Not all financial intermediaries receive additional compensation and the amount of compensation paid varies for each financial intermediary. If payments to financial intermediaries by a particular mutual fund complex’s distributor or adviser exceed payments by other mutual fund complexes, your financial adviser and the financial intermediary employing him or her may have an incentive to recommend that fund complex over others. Please speak with your financial adviser to learn more about the total amounts paid to your financial adviser and his or her firm by the Adviser and its affiliates, and by sponsors of other mutual funds he or she may recommend to you. You should also consult disclosures made by your financial intermediary at the time of purchase.

Dividends, Distributions and Tax Considerations

Income dividends and capital gains distributions of the Fund will be declared and paid at least annually.

The following discussion is a summary of some important U.S. federal tax considerations generally applicable to investments in the Fund. Your investment in the Fund may have other tax implications. Please consult your tax advisor about foreign, federal, state, local or other tax laws applicable to you. Investors, including non-U.S. investors, should consult the Statement of Additional Information tax section for more complete disclosure.
 
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The Fund intends to elect to be treated and qualify each year as a regulated investment company. A regulated investment company is generally not subject to tax at the corporate level on income and gains that are distributed to shareholders. However, the Fund’s failure to qualify as a regulated investment company would result in corporate level taxation, and consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to shareholders.

For federal income tax purposes, distributions of investment income are generally taxable to you as ordinary income. Taxes on distributions of capital gains generally are determined by how long the Portfolio owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long you have owned your Fund shares. Distributions are taxable to you even if they are paid from income or gains earned by the Fund before your investment (and thus were included in the price you paid for your shares). Distributions may also be subject to state and local taxes and are taxable whether you receive them in cash or reinvest them in additional shares. Distributions of net capital gains (that is, the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses) from the sale of investments that the Portfolio owned for more than one year that are properly designated by the Fund as capital gains dividends generally will be taxable to you as long-term capital gains. For individual taxpayers long-term capital gain rates have been temporarily reduced--in general, to 15% with lower rates applying to taxpayers in the 10% and 15% rate brackets--for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011. Distributions of gains from investments that the Portfolio owned for one year or less generally will be taxable to you as ordinary income. For the taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, distributions of investment income designated by the Fund as derived from “qualified dividend income” are taxed at the rates applicable to long-term capital gain, provided holding period and other requirements are met by both the shareholder and the Fund.
 
Any gain resulting from the sale, exchange, or redemption of your shares will generally also be taxable to you as either short-term or long-term capital gain, depending upon how long you held your shares in the Fund.

If you are not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, each Fund’s ordinary income dividends will generally be subject to a 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless a lower treaty rate applies or unless such income is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. A Fund may, under certain circumstances, designate all or a portion of a dividend as an “interest-related dividend” that if received by a nonresident alien or foreign entity generally would be exempt from the 30% U.S. withholding tax, provided that certain other requirements are met. The Funds may also, under certain circumstances, designate all or a portion of a dividend as a “short-term capital gain dividend” which if received by a nonresident alien or foreign entity generally would be exempt from the 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless the foreign person is a nonresident alien individual present in the United States for a period or periods aggregating 183 days or more during the taxable year. The provisions contained in the legislation relating to dividends to foreign persons would apply to dividends with respect to taxable years of a Fund beginning after December 31, 2004 and before January 1, 2010.
 
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Financial Highlights

The Financial Highlights table is not presented because the Fund had not commenced operations as of the date of this Prospectus.
 
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For more information about STATE STREET EQUITY 400 INDEX FUND:

The Fund’s statement of additional information (SAI) includes additional information about the Fund and is incorporated by reference into this document. Additional information about the Fund’s investments will be available in the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders. In the Fund’s annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s performance during its last fiscal year.

The SAI and the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports will be available, without charge, upon request. Shareholders in the Fund may make inquiries to the Fund to receive such information by calling (877) 521-4083. The Fund does not have an Internet website.

Information about the Fund (including the SAI) can be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the Commission at 1-202-942-8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are available free of charge on the EDGAR Database on the Commission’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of this information also may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following E-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing the Commission’s Public Reference Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.

SSgA FUNDS MANAGEMENT, INC.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02111

The State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Investment Company Act File Number is 811-09819.

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STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT TRUST

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STATE STREET EQUITY 2000 INDEX FUND

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PROSPECTUS DATED APRIL __, 2010

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THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION HAS NOT APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

AN INVESTMENT IN THE STATE STREET EQUITY 2000 INDEX FUND IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY.



Fund Summary
 
Other Investment Considerations and Risks
 
Management and Organization
 
Shareholder  Information
 
Portfolio Holdings Disclosure
 
Distribution Servicing Plan and Payments to Financial Intermediaries
 
Dividends, Distributions and Tax Considerations
 
Financial Highlights
 

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Fund Summary

This section of the Prospectus is composed of a summary description of the Fund. Additional information about the Fund may be found in the other sections of this Prospectus, the first of which begins on page __ of this Prospectus, as well as the Statement of Additional Information dated April __, 2010 applicable to the Fund.
 
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Investment Objective

The Fund’s investment objective is to replicate as closely as possible, before expenses, the performance of the Russell 2000 Index.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The table describes the estimated fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. As a shareholder in the Portfolio, the Fund bears its ratable share of the Portfolio’s expenses, including advisory and administrative fees, and at the same time continues to pay its own fees and expenses. The table and the Example reflect the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

Shareholder Fees
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) (1)

Management Fees
0.10%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
0.25%
Other Expenses (2)
___ %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
___%
Less Fee Waivers and/or Reimbursements (3)
 
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After
    Fee waivers and Expense
    Reimbursements
0.20%
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(1)
Amounts reflect total estimated expenses for the Portfolio and the Fund.

(2)
Other Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

(3)
Through December 31, 2011, the total annualized operating expenses of the Fund are not expected to exceed 0.20% (excluding non-recurring account fees and extraordinary expenses of the Fund or Portfolio) because the Adviser has contractually agreed to: (i) waive fees and/or reimburse certain operating expenses of the Portfolio in amounts necessary to limit the total annual operating expenses of the Portfolio to 0.15% and (ii) waive fees and/or reimburse certain operating expenses of the Fund in amounts necessary to limit the total annual operating expenses of the Fund to 0.05% (excluding pass-through expenses from the Portfolio). Prior to December 31, 2011, these contractual waivers and reimbursements may not be terminated without the approval of the Board of Trustees of the Fund and/or Portfolio, as applicable.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that all dividends and distributions are reinvested, and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 YEAR
3 YEARS
$___
$___

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). As a shareholder of the Portfolio the Fund bears its ratable share of the transaction costs associated with the portfolio turnover of the Portfolio. A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate has been omitted because the Fund had not commenced investment operations as of the date of this Prospectus.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its investable assets in a corresponding portfolio (the “Portfolio”) of the State Street Master Funds that has the same investment objective as, and investment policies that are substantially similar to those of, the Fund. In reviewing the investment policies of the Fund below, you should assume that the investment policies of the Portfolio are the same in all material respects as those of the Fund. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.

The Portfolio uses a management strategy designed to track the performance of the Russell 2000 Index. The Russell 2000 Index is one of the most widely accepted benchmarks of U.S. small capitalization stock market total return. It includes the smallest 2,000 securities in the Russell 3000(R) Index.

The Portfolio, using an “indexing” investment approach, attempts to replicate, before expenses, the performance of the Russell 2000 Index.
 
The Portfolio may invest in all of the stocks comprising the Russell 2000 Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index. However, under various circumstances, it may not be possible or practicable to purchase all of those stocks in those weightings. In those circumstances, the Portfolio may purchase a representative sample of the stocks in the Index in proportions expected by the Adviser to replicate generally the performance of the Index as a whole. In addition, from time to time stocks are added to or removed from the Index. The Portfolio may sell stocks that are represented in the Index, or purchase stocks that are not yet represented in the Index, in anticipation of their removal from or addition to the Index. Under normal market conditions, the Portfolio will not invest less than 80% of its total assets in stocks in the Index. Shareholders will receive 60 days’ notice prior to a change in the 80% investment policy.
 
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In addition, the Portfolio may at times purchase or sell futures contracts on the Index, or on securities, or options on those futures, in lieu of investing directly in the stocks making up the Index. The Portfolio might do so, for example, in order to increase its investment exposure pending investment of cash in the stocks comprising the Index or to reduce its investment exposure in situations where it intends to sell a portion of the stocks in its portfolio but the sale has not yet been completed. The Portfolio may also enter into other derivatives transactions, including the use of options or swap transactions, to assist in attempting to replicate the performance of the Index. The Portfolio may also, to the extent permitted by applicable law, invest in shares of other mutual funds whose investment objectives and policies are similar to those of the Portfolio, including other mutual funds and exchange-traded funds advised or sponsored by the Adviser or its affiliates.

Principal Risks

 
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Stock Market Risk. Stock values could decline generally or could under-perform other investments.

 
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Small-Cap Stock Risk. Returns on investments in stocks of small U.S. companies could be more volatile than, or trail the returns on, investments in stocks of larger or medium capitalization companies.

 
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Small companies may be more likely than mid-cap and large-cap companies to have relatively limited product lines, markets or financial resources, or depend on a few key employees.

 
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Tracking Error Risk. The Portfolio’s return may not match the return of the Russell 2000 Index for a number of reasons. For example, the return on the securities and other investments selected by the Adviser may not correlate precisely with the return on the Index. The Portfolio incurs a number of operating expenses not applicable to the Index, and incurs costs in buying and selling securities. The Portfolio may not be fully invested at times, either as a result of cash flows into the Portfolio or reserves of cash held by the Portfolio to meet redemptions. The return on the sample of securities purchased by the Portfolio, or futures or other derivative positions taken by the Portfolio, to replicate the performance of the Index may not correlate precisely with the return on the Index.

 
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Derivatives Risk . Futures, options and other derivative transactions typically involve leverage and may be highly volatile. It is possible that a derivative transaction will result in a loss greater than the principal amount invested, and the Portfolio may not be able to close out a derivative transaction at a favorable time or price.

 
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Master/Feeder Structure Risk . Unlike a traditional mutual fund that invests directly in securities, the Fund pursues its objective by investing substantially all of its assets in the Master Portfolio with substantially the same investment objectives, policies and restrictions. The ability of the Fund to meet its investment objective is directly related to the ability of the Portfolio to meet its objective. The ability of the Fund to meet its objective may be adversely affected by the purchase and redemption activities of other investors in the corresponding Portfolio. The ability of the Fund to meet redemption requests depends on its ability to redeem its interest in the Portfolio. The Adviser also serves as investment adviser to the Portfolio. Therefore, conflicts may arise as the Adviser fulfills its fiduciary responsibilities to the Fund and its corresponding Portfolio. For example, the Adviser may have an economic incentive to maintain the Fund’s investment in the Portfolio at a time when it might otherwise choose not to do so.

THE FUND’S SHARES WILL CHANGE IN VALUE, AND YOU COULD LOSE MONEY BY INVESTING IN THE FUND. THE FUND MAY NOT ACHIEVE ITS INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE. AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUND IS NOT A DEPOSIT WITH A BANK AND IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY.

Performance

Performance information for the Fund has been omitted because the Fund had not commenced investment operations as of the date of this Prospectus.
 
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Investment Adviser

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Purchase Minimums
To establish an account
$25,000,000
To add to an existing account
No minimum

Written Requests and Wire Transfers . You may redeem Fund shares by written request or wire transfer. Written requests should be sent to:

BY MAIL:

State Street Equity 2000 Index Fund
P.O. Box 5493
Boston, MA 02206

BY OVERNIGHT:

State Street Equity 2000 Index Fund
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116

BY TELEPHONE:

For wire transfer instructions, please call (866) 392-0869 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time.  Redemptions by telephone are permitted only if you previously have been authorized for these transactions.

Through Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries.    If you wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, please contact that financial intermediary directly. Your financial intermediary may have an earlier cut-off time for the submission of purchase or redemption orders or may be closed at times when the Fund is open.

Tax Information

For mutual funds generally, dividends from net investment income (other than qualified dividend income) and distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you as ordinary income under U.S. federal income tax laws whether paid in cash or in additional shares.  Distributions from net long-term gains are taxable as long-term taxable gains regardless of the length of time you have held the shares and whether you were paid in cash or additional shares.  Dividend and capital gains distributions that you receive, as well as your gains or losses from any sale or exchange of fund shares, may be subject to state and local income taxes.

Payments to Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase the Fund through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker, bank or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s Website for more information.

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Other Investment Considerations and Risks

The following information supplements the principal investment strategies and risks described above under “Fund Summary.”

Changes in Policies. The Trust’s Board of Trustees may change the Fund’s investment strategies and other policies without shareholder approval, except as otherwise indicated. The Board of Trustees will not materially change the Fund’s investment objective without shareholder approval.

The Russell 2000 Index. The Russell 2000 Index is composed of 2,000 common stocks, which are selected by Frank Russell Company (“Russell”), based upon market capitalization. Each year on May 31 st , Russell ranks the 3,000 largest U.S. stocks by market capitalization in order to create the Russell 3000 Index, which represents approximately 98% of the total U.S. equity market. After the initial list of 3,000 eligible stocks is determined, the shares outstanding for each company are adjusted for corporate cross-ownership and large private holdings. The Russell 2000 Index is a subset of the Russell 3000 Index, representing the smallest 2,000 stocks of the Russell 3000 Index. The purpose of the Russell 2000 Index is to provide a comprehensive representation of the investable U.S. small-capitalization equity market. The inclusion of a stock in the Russell 2000 Index in no way implies that Russell believes the stock to be an attractive investment, nor is Russell a sponsor or in any way affiliated with the Fund or Portfolio. The securities in the Russell 2000 Index, most of which trade on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) and Nasdaq, represent approximately 8% of the market value of all U.S. common stocks. The Russell 2000 Index only includes common stocks domiciled in the United States and its territories.

Index Futures Contracts and Related Options . The Portfolio may buy and sell futures contracts on the Russell 2000 Index and options on those futures contracts. An “index futures” contract is a contract to buy or sell units of an index at an agreed price on a specified future date. Depending on the change in value of the Index between the time when the Portfolio enters into and closes out an index future or option transaction, the Portfolio realizes a gain or loss. Options and futures transactions involve risks. For example, it is possible that changes in the prices of futures contracts on the Index will not correlate precisely with changes in the value of the Index. In those cases, use of futures contracts and related options might decrease the correlation between the return of the Portfolio and the return of the Index. In addition, the Portfolio incurs transaction costs in entering into, and closing out, positions in futures contracts and related options. These costs typically have the effect of reducing the correlation between the return of the Portfolio and the return of the Index. Because the secondary market for futures contracts and options may be illiquid, the Portfolio may have to hold a contract or option when the Adviser would otherwise have sold it, or it may only be able to sell at a price lower than what the Adviser believes is the fair value of the contract or option, thereby potentially reducing the return of the Portfolio.

Other Derivative Transactions . The Portfolio may enter into derivatives transactions involving options and swaps. These transactions involve many of the same risks as those described above under “Index Futures Contracts and Related Options.” In addition, since many of such transactions are conducted directly with counterparties, and not on an exchange or board of trade, the Portfolio’s ability to realize any investment return on such transactions may depend on the counterparty’s ability or willingness to meet its obligations.

Real Estate Investment Trusts . The Fund may invest in real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). REITs involve certain special risks in addition to those risks associated with investing in the real estate industry in general (such as possible declines in the value of real estate, lack of availability of mortgage funds or extended vacancies of property). Equity REITs may be affected by changes in the value of the underlying property owned by the REITs, while mortgage REITs may be affected by the quality of any credit extended. REITs are dependent upon management skills, are subject to heavy cash flow dependency, risks of default by borrowers, and self-liquidation. REITs are also subject to the possibilities of failing to qualify for tax-free pass-through of income under the Internal Revenue Code, and failing to maintain their exemptions from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Investing in REITs involves risks similar to those associated with investing in small capitalization companies. REITs may have limited financial resources, may trade less frequently and in limited volume and may be subject to more volatility than other investments.

Portfolio Holdings Disclosure

The Fund’s portfolio holdings disclosure policy is described in the Statement of Additional Information.

Management and Organization

The Fund and the Portfolio .  The State Street Equity 2000 Index Fund (the “Fund”) is a mutual fund that seeks to provide an investment return matching, as closely as possible before expenses, the performance of the Russell 2000(R) Index (the “Russell 2000 Index” or the “Index”). The Fund is a separate, diversified series of the State Street Institutional Investment Trust (the “Trust”), which is an open-end management investment company organized as a business trust under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
 
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The Fund invests as part of a “master-feeder” structure. The Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its investable assets in a separate mutual fund (a “Portfolio”) that has a substantially identical investment objective, investment policies, and risks as the Fund. All discussions about the Fund’s investment objective, policies and risks should be understood to refer also to the investment objectives, policies and risks of the Portfolio.

The Fund can withdraw its investment in a Portfolio if, at any time, the Fund’s Board of Trustees determines that it would be in the best interests of the Fund’s shareholders, or if the investment objectives of the Portfolio changed so that they were inconsistent with the objectives of the Fund. If the Fund withdraws its investment from a Portfolio, the Fund may invest all of its assets in another Portfolio that has the same investment objective as the Fund, the Adviser may directly manage the Fund’s assets, or the Board may take such other action it deems appropriate and in the best interests of shareholders of the Fund, which may include liquidation of the Fund.

The Adviser . State Street Global Advisors (“SSgA”) is the investment management group of State Street Corporation, a publicly held bank holding company, and includes the Adviser, SSgA FM, a wholly-owned subsidiary. SSgA is one of the world’s largest institutional money managers, and uses quantitative and traditional techniques to manage approximately $1.91 trillion as of December 31, 2009 in investment programs and portfolios for institutional and individual investors. SSgA FM, as the investment adviser to the Fund and the Portfolio, is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. SSgA FM had approximately $168.4 billion in assets under management at December 31, 2009. The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with the Adviser, pursuant to which the Adviser will manage the Fund’s assets directly, for compensation paid at an annual rate of .10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, in the event that the Fund were to cease investing substantially all of its assets in the Portfolio. The Adviser does not receive any fees from the Fund under that agreement so long as the Fund continues to invest substantially all of its assets in the Portfolio or in another investment company. The Adviser places all orders for purchases and sales of the Portfolio’s investments.

A summary of the factors considered by the Board of Trustees in connection with the renewal of the investment advisory agreement for the Fund will be available in the Fund’s annual report or semi-annual report, as applicable, after the Fund commences operations.

The Adviser manages the Portfolio using a team of investment professionals. The team approach is used to create an environment that encourages the flow of investment ideas. The portfolio managers within the team work together in a cohesive manner to develop and enhance techniques that drive the investment process for the respective investment strategy. This approach requires portfolio managers to share a variety of responsibilities including investment strategy and analysis while retaining responsibility for the implementation of the strategy within any particular portfolio. The approach also enables the team to draw upon the resources of other groups within the firm. Each portfolio management team is overseen by the SSgA Investment Committee.

The Adviser’s principal address is State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.

The Administrator, Custodian, Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent . State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street “), a subsidiary of State Street Corporation, is the administrator, custodian, transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent for the Fund.

The Distributor .  State Street Global Markets, LLC serves as the Fund’s distributor (the “Distributor”) pursuant to the Distribution Agreement between the Distributor and the Trust.
 
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Shareholder Information

Determination of Net Asset Value . The Fund determines its net asset value (“NAV”) per share once each business day as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE. The NAV per share is based on the market value of the securities held in the Fund. The NAV per share is calculated by dividing the assets less liabilities of the Fund by the number of shares outstanding. The Fund values each security pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Board of Trustees. Securities may be valued at fair value, as determined in good faith and pursuant to procedures approved by the Portfolio’s Board of Trustees, under certain limited circumstances. For example, fair value pricing may be used when market quotations are not readily available or reliable, such as when (i) trading for a security is restricted; or (ii) a significant event, as determined by the Adviser, that may affect the value of one or more securities held by the Fund occurs after the close of a related exchange but before the determination of the Fund’s NAV. Attempts to determine the fair value of securities introduce an element of subjectivity to the pricing of securities. As a result, the price of a security determined through fair valuation techniques may differ from the price quoted or published by other sources and may not accurately reflect the price the Fund would have received had it sold the investment. To the extent that the Fund invests in the shares of other registered open-end investment companies that are not traded on an exchange (mutual funds), such shares are valued at their published net asset values per share as reported by the funds. The prospectuses of these funds explain the circumstances under which the funds will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing.

Purchasing Shares . Investors pay no sales load to invest in this Fund. The price for Fund shares is the NAV per share. Orders will be priced at the NAV next calculated after the order is accepted by the Fund.

The minimum initial investment in the Fund is $25 million, although the Adviser may waive the minimum in its discretion. There is no minimum subsequent investment. The Fund intends to be as fully invested as is practicable; therefore, investments must be made either in Federal Funds (i.e., monies credited to the account of the Fund’s custodian bank by a Federal Reserve Bank) or securities (“in-kind”) acceptable to the Adviser. (Please consult your tax adviser regarding in-kind transactions.) The Fund reserves the right to cease accepting investments at any time or to reject any purchase order.

In accordance with certain federal regulations, the Trust is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each entity who applies to open an account. For this reason, when you open (or change ownership of) an account, the Trust will request certain information, including your name, address and taxpayer identification number, which will be used to verify your identity. If you are unable to provide sufficient information to verify your identity, the Trust will not open an account for you. As required by law, the Trust may employ various procedures, such as comparing your information to fraud databases or requesting additional information and documentation from you, to ensure that the information supplied by you is correct. The Trust reserves the right to reject any purchase for any reason, including failure to provide the Trust with information necessary to confirm your identity as required by law.

Redeeming Shares . An investor may withdraw all or any portion of its investment at the NAV next determined after it submits a withdrawal request, in proper form, to the Fund. The Fund will pay the proceeds of the withdrawal either in Federal Funds or in securities at the discretion of the Adviser, normally on the next Fund business day after the withdrawal, but in any event no more than seven days after the withdrawal. (Please consult your tax adviser regarding in-kind transactions.) The right of any investor to receive payment with respect to any withdrawal may be suspended or the payment of the withdrawal proceeds postponed during any period in which the NYSE is closed (other than weekends or holidays) or trading on the NYSE is restricted or, to the extent otherwise permitted by the 1940 Act, as amended, if an emergency exists.

Policies to Prevent Market Timing . Frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares may present risks for other shareholders of the Fund, which may include, among other things, interference in the efficient management of the Fund’s portfolio, dilution in the value of Fund shares held by long-term shareholders, increased brokerage and administrative costs and forcing the Fund to hold excess levels of cash.

The Fund is intended as a long-term investment. Therefore, the Trust’s Board of Trustees has adopted policies and procedures designed to detect and prevent inappropriate short-term trading activity that is harmful to the Fund. Because most of the interests in the Fund are held by investors indirectly through one or more financial intermediaries, the Fund does not generally have information about the identity of those investors or about transactions effected by those investors. Rather, the Fund and its service providers periodically review cash inflows and outflows from and to those intermediaries in an attempt to detect inappropriate trading activity by investors holding shares through those intermediaries. The Fund may not be able to determine whether trading by an investor holding shares through a financial intermediary is engaged in trading activity in the Fund’s shares that may be harmful to the Fund or its shareholders.

The Fund reserves the right in its discretion to reject any purchase, in whole or in part including, without limitation, by a person whose trading activity in Fund shares the Adviser believes could be harmful to the Fund. The Fund may decide to restrict purchase activity in its shares based on various factors, including, without limitation, whether frequent purchase and sale activity will disrupt portfolio management strategies and adversely affect performance. There can be no assurance that the Fund, the Adviser or State Street will identify all frequent purchase and sale activity affecting the Fund.
 
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Distribution/Servicing (Rule 12b-1) Plan

The Fund has adopted a distribution plan under which the Fund may compensate its distributor (or others) for services in connection with the distribution of the Fund’s shares and for services provided to Fund shareholders. The plan calls for payments at an annual rate (based on average daily net assets) of 0.25%. Because these fees are paid out of the Fund’s assets on an ongoing basis, they will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more over time than paying other types of sales charges.

Additional Payments to Financial Intermediaries

The Adviser, or an affiliate of the Adviser, out of its own resources, and without additional cost to the Fund and its shareholders, may make additional payments to financial intermediaries (including affiliates of the Adviser) whose client or customer invests in the Fund. Generally, such financial intermediaries may (though they will not necessarily) provide shareholder servicing and support for their customers who purchase shares of the Fund. Not all financial intermediaries receive additional compensation and the amount of compensation paid varies for each financial intermediary. If payments to financial intermediaries by a particular mutual fund complex’s distributor or adviser exceed payments by other mutual fund complexes, your financial adviser and the financial intermediary employing him or her may have an incentive to recommend that fund complex over others. Please speak with your financial adviser to learn more about the total amounts paid to your financial adviser and his or her firm by the Adviser and its affiliates, and by sponsors of other mutual funds he or she may recommend to you. You should also consult disclosures made by your financial intermediary at the time of purchase.

Dividends, Distributions and Tax Considerations

Income dividends and capital gains distributions of the Fund will be declared and paid at least annually.

The following discussion is a summary of some important U.S. federal tax considerations generally applicable to investments in the Fund. Your investment in the Fund may have other tax implications. Please consult your tax advisor about foreign, federal, state, local or other tax laws applicable to you. Investors, including non-U.S. investors, should consult the Statement of Additional Information tax section for more complete disclosure.

The Fund intends to elect to be treated and qualify each year as a regulated investment company. A regulated investment company is generally not subject to tax at the corporate level on income and gains that are distributed to shareholders. However, the Fund’s failure to qualify as a regulated investment company would result in corporate level taxation, and consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to shareholders.

For federal income tax purposes, distributions of investment income are generally taxable to you as ordinary income. Taxes on distributions of capital gains generally are determined by how long the Portfolio owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long you have owned your Fund shares. Distributions of net capital gains (that is, the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses) from the sale of investments that the Portfolio owned for more than one year that are properly designated by the Fund as capital gains dividends generally will be taxable to you as long-term capital gains. For individual taxpayers long-term capital gain rates have been temporarily reduced--in general, to 15% with lower rates applying to taxpayers in the 10% and 15% rate brackets--for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011. Distributions of gains from investments that the Portfolio owned for one year or less generally will be taxable to you as ordinary income. For the taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, distributions of investment income designated by the Fund as derived from “qualified dividend income” are taxed at the rates applicable to long-term capital gain, provided holding period and other requirements are met by both the shareholder and the Fund level.

Distributions are taxable to you even if they are paid from income or gains earned by the Fund before your investment (and thus were included in the price you paid for your shares). Distributions may also be subject to state and local taxes and are taxable whether you receive them in cash or reinvest them in additional shares.

Any gain resulting from the sale, exchange, or redemption of your shares will generally also be taxable to you as either short-term or long-term capital gain, depending upon how long you held your shares in the Fund.

If you are not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, each Fund’s ordinary income dividends will generally be subject to a 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless a lower treaty rate applies or unless such income is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. A Fund may, under certain circumstances, designate all or a portion of a dividend as an “interest-related dividend” that if received by a nonresident alien or foreign entity generally would be exempt from the 30% U.S. withholding tax, provided that certain other requirements are met. The Funds may also, under certain circumstances, designate all or a portion of a dividend as a “short-term capital gain dividend” which if received by a nonresident alien or foreign entity generally would be exempt from the 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless the foreign person is a nonresident alien individual present in the United States for a period or periods aggregating 183 days or more during the taxable year. The provisions contained in the legislation relating to dividends to foreign persons would apply to dividends with respect to taxable years of a Fund beginning after December 31, 2004 and before January 1, 2010.
 
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Financial Highlights

The Financial Highlights table is not presented because the Fund had not commenced operations as of the date of this Prospectus.
 
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For more information about STATE STREET EQUITY 2000 INDEX FUND:

The Fund’s statement of additional information (SAI) includes additional information about the Fund and is incorporated by reference into this document. Additional information about the Fund’s investments will be available in the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders. In the Fund’s annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s performance during its last fiscal year.

The SAI and the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports will be available, without charge, upon request. Shareholders in the Fund may make inquiries to the Fund to receive such information by calling (877) 521-4083. The Fund does not have an Internet website.

Information about the Fund (including the SAI) can be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the Commission at 1-202-942-8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are available free of charge on the EDGAR Database on the Commission’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of this information also may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following E-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing the Commission’s Public Reference Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.

SSgA FUNDS MANAGEMENT, INC.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02111

The State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Investment Company Act File Number is 811-09819.
 
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STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT TRUST

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STATE STREET AGGREGATE
BOND INDEX FUND

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PROSPECTUS DATED APRIL __, 2010

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THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION HAS NOT APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

AN INVESTMENT IN THE STATE STREET AGGREGATE BOND INDEX FUND IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY.
 

 
Fund Summary
 
Other Investment Considerations And Risks
 
Management and Organization
 
Shareholder  Information
 
Portfolio Holdings Disclosure
 
Distribution Servicing Plan and Payments to Financial Intermediaries
 
Dividends, Distributions and Tax Considerations
 
Financial Highlights
 

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Fund Summary

This section of the Prospectus is composed of a summary description of the Fund. Additional information about the Fund may be found in the other sections of this Prospectus, the first of which begins on page __ of this Prospectus, as well as the Statement of Additional Information dated April __, 2010 applicable to the Fund.
 
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Investment Objective

The Fund’s investment objective is to replicate as closely as possible, before expenses, the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index (the “U.S. Aggregate Index”). The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its investable assets in  the State Street Aggregate Bond Index Portfolio (the “Aggregate Bond Index Portfolio” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Portfolio”) of the State Street Master Funds that has the same investment objective as, and investment policies that are substantially similar to those of, the Fund. In reviewing the investment policies of the Fund below, you should assume that the investment policies of the Portfolio are the same in all material respects as those of the Fund. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The table describes the estimated fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. As a shareholder in a Portfolio, the Fund bears its ratable share of the Portfolio’s expenses, including advisory and administrative fees, and at the same time continues to pay its own fees and expenses. The table and the Example reflect the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

Shareholder Fees
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) (1)

Management Fees
0.10%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
0.25%
Other Expenses (2)
___ %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
___ %
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(1)
Amounts reflect the total estimated expenses of the Portfolio and the Fund.

(2)
Other Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that all dividends and distributions are reinvested, and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 YEAR
3 YEARS
$___
$___

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). As a shareholder of the Portfolio the Fund bears its ratable share of the transaction costs associated with the portfolio turnover of the Portfolio. A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate has been omitted because the Fund had not commenced investment operations as of the date of this Prospectus.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Portfolio uses a management strategy designed to track the performance of the U.S. Aggregate Index. The U.S. Aggregate Index is a well-known fixed-income securities index, that represents investment grade debt securities and includes U.S. government securities, mortgage-backed securities and corporate debt securities.

The Adviser seeks to track the performance of the  U.S. Aggregate Index by investing in debt securities and other investments that are representative of the U.S. Aggregate Index as a whole. Due to the large number of securities in the  U.S. Aggregate Index and the fact that certain Index securities are unavailable for purchase, complete replication is not possible. Rather, the Portfolio intends to select securities that the Adviser believes will track the  U.S. Aggregate Index in terms of industry weightings, market capitalization and other characteristics. Under normal market conditions, the Portfolio will not invest less than 80% of its total assets in securities in the Index. Shareholders will receive 60 days’ notice prior to a change  in the 80% investment policy.

The Portfolio may make direct investments in U.S. government securities; corporate debt securities; mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities; commercial paper, notes, and bonds issued by domestic and foreign corporations; and instruments of U.S. and foreign banks, including certificates of deposit, time deposits, letters of credit, and bankers’ acceptances. Securities in which the Portfolio invests may be fixed-income securities, zero-coupon securities, or variable rate securities.
 
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In addition, the Portfolio may at times purchase or sell futures contracts on fixed-income securities, or options on those futures, in lieu of investing directly in fixed-income securities themselves. The Portfolio may also purchase or sell futures contracts and options on the  U.S. Aggregate Index (or other fixed-income securities indices), if and when they become available. The Portfolio might do so, for example, in order to adjust the interest-rate sensitivity of the Portfolio to bring it more closely in line with that of the Index. It might also do so to increase its investment exposure pending investment of cash in the bonds comprising the Index or to reduce its investment exposure in situations where it intends to sell a portion of the securities in its portfolio but the sale has not yet been completed. The Portfolio may also enter into other derivatives transactions, including the use of options or swap transactions, to assist in attempting to replicate the performance of the Index. The Portfolio may also, to the extent permitted by applicable law, invest in shares of other mutual funds whose investment objectives and policies are similar to those of the Portfolio.

Principal Risks

 
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Values of fixed-income securities could decline generally in response to changes in interest rates or other factors. In general, the price of a fixed-income security will fall when interest rates rise and will rise when interest rates fall. Securities with longer maturities may be more sensitive to interest rate changes than securities with shorter maturities.

 
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Returns on investments in fixed-income securities could trail the returns on other investment options, including investments in equity securities.

 
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Issuers of the Portfolio’s investments may not make timely payments of interest and principal or may fail to make such payments at all.

 
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The Portfolio’s return may not match the return of the Index for a number of reasons. For example, the return on the securities and other investments selected by the Adviser may not correlate precisely with the return on the Index. The Portfolio incurs a number of operating expenses not applicable to the Index, and incurs costs in buying and selling securities. The Portfolio may not be fully invested at times, either as a result of cash flows into the Portfolio or reserves of cash held by the Portfolio to meet redemptions. The return on the sample of securities purchased by the Portfolio, or futures or other derivative positions taken by the Portfolio, to replicate the performance of the Index may not correlate precisely with the return of the Index.

 
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Derivatives Risk . Derivative transactions typically involve leverage and may be highly volatile. It is possible that a derivative transaction will result in a loss greater than the principal amount invested, and the Portfolio may not be able to close out a derivative transaction at a favorable time or price.

 
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Master/Feeder Structure Risk . Unlike a traditional mutual fund that invests directly in securities, the Fund pursues its objective by investing substantially all of its assets in the Master Portfolio with substantially the same investment objectives, policies and restrictions. The ability of the Fund to meet its investment objective is directly related to the ability of the Portfolio to meet its objective. The ability of the Fund to meet its objective may be adversely affected by the purchase and redemption activities of other investors in the corresponding Portfolio. The ability of the Fund to meet redemption requests depends on its ability to redeem its interest in the Portfolio. The Adviser also serves as investment adviser to the Portfolio. Therefore, conflicts may arise as the Adviser fulfills its fiduciary responsibilities to the Fund and its corresponding Portfolio. For example, the Adviser may have an economic incentive to maintain the Fund’s investment in the Portfolio at a time when it might otherwise choose not to do so.

THE FUND’S SHARES WILL CHANGE IN VALUE, AND YOU COULD LOSE MONEY BY INVESTING IN THE FUND. THE FUND MAY NOT ACHIEVE ITS INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE. AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUND IS NOT A DEPOSIT WITH A BANK AND IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY.

Performance
 
Performance information for the Fund has been omitted because the Fund had not commenced investment operations as of the date of this Prospectus.

Investment Adviser

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Purchase Minimums
To establish an account
$25,000,000
To add to an existing account
No minimum
 
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Written Requests and Wire Transfers . You may redeem Fund shares by written request or wire transfer. Written requests should be sent to:

BY MAIL:

State Street Aggregate Bond Index Fund
P.O. Box 5493
Boston, MA 02206

BY OVERNIGHT:

State Street Aggregate Bond Index Fund
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116

BY TELEPHONE:

For wire transfer instructions, please call (866) 392-0869 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time.  Redemptions by telephone are permitted only if you previously have been authorized for these transactions.

Through Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries. If you wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, please contact that financial intermediary directly. Your financial intermediary may have an earlier cut-off time for the submission of purchase or redemption orders or may be closed at times when the Fund is open.

Tax Information

For mutual funds generally, dividends from net investment income (other than qualified dividend income) and distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you as ordinary income under U.S. federal income tax laws whether paid in cash or in additional shares.  Distributions from net long-term gains are taxable as long-term taxable gains regardless of the length of time you have held the shares and whether you were paid in cash or additional shares.  Dividend and capital gains distributions that you receive, as well as your gains or losses from any sale or exchange of fund shares, may be subject to state and local income taxes.

Payments to Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase the Fund through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker, bank or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s Website for more information.
 
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Other Investment Considerations and Risks

Changes in Policies . The Trust’s Board of Trustees may change the Fund’s investment strategies and other policies without shareholder approval, except as otherwise indicated.  The Board of Trustees will not materially change the Fund’s investment objective without shareholder approval.

The U.S. Aggregate Index . The U.S. Aggregate Index is a well-known bond market index that covers the U.S. investment-grade fixed-income bond market, including government, corporate, mortgage-backed and asset-backed bonds, all with maturities of over one year. Bonds in the Index are weighted according to their market capitalizations. The composition of the Index is determined by Barclays Capital  and is based on such factors as the market capitalization of each bond, its remaining time to maturity and quality rating as determined by Moody’s Investor Securities, Inc., an outside rating agency, and may be changed from time to time. The Fund and Portfolio are not sponsored, endorsed, sold, or promoted by Barclays Capital, and  Barclays Capital makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund or Portfolio.

Debt Securities . The values of debt securities generally rise and fall inversely with changes in interest rates. Interest rate risk is usually greater for debt securities with longer maturities. The Portfolio’s investments will normally include debt securities with longer maturities, although the Adviser will seek to ensure that the maturity characteristics of the Portfolio as a whole will generally be similar to those of the U.S. Aggregate Index. Mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities are also subject to increased interest rate risk, because prepayment rates on such securities typically increase as interest rates decline and decrease as interest rates rise. Changes in prepayment rates on mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities effectively increase and decrease the Portfolio’s average maturity when that is least desirable. The Portfolio will also be subject to credit risk (the risk that the issuer of a security will fail to make timely payments of interest and principal).

Futures Contracts and Related Options . The Portfolio may buy and sell futures contracts on securities contained in the U.S. Aggregate Index and options on those futures contracts. A “futures contract” on debt securities (such as U.S. Treasury securities) is a contract to buy or sell the securities at an agreed price on a specified future date. Depending on the change in value of the futures contract between the time when the Portfolio enters into and closes out a future or option transaction, the Portfolio realizes a gain or loss. Options and futures transactions involve risks. For example, it is possible that changes in the prices of futures contracts will not correlate precisely with changes in the value of the underlying security. In those cases, use of futures contracts and related options might decrease the correlation between the return of the Portfolio and the return of the Index. In addition, the Portfolio incurs transaction costs in entering into, and closing out, positions in futures contracts and related options. These costs typically have the effect of reducing the correlation between the return of the Portfolio and the return of the Index. Because the secondary market for futures contracts and options may be illiquid, the Portfolio may have to hold a contract or option when the Adviser would otherwise have sold it, or it may only be able to sell at a price lower than what the Adviser believes is the fair value of the contract or option, thereby potentially reducing the return of the Portfolio.

Other Derivative Transactions . The Portfolio may enter into derivatives transactions involving options and swaps. These transactions involve many of the same risks as those described above under “Futures Contracts and Related Options.” In addition, since many of such transactions are conducted directly with counterparties, and not on an exchange or board of trade, the Portfolio’s ability to realize any investment return on such transactions may depend on the counterparty’s ability or willingness to meet its obligations.

Securities Lending . The Portfolio may lend portfolio securities with a value of up to 33-1/3% of its total assets. For these purposes, total assets shall include the value of all assets received as collateral for the loan. Such loans may be terminated at any time, and the Portfolio will receive cash or other obligations as collateral. In a loan transaction, as compensation for lending its securities, the Portfolio will receive a portion of the dividends or interest accrued on the securities held as collateral or, in the case of cash collateral, a portion of the income from the investment of such cash. In addition, the Portfolio will receive the amount of all dividends, interest and other distributions on the loaned securities. However, the borrower has the right to vote the loaned securities. The Portfolio will call loans to vote proxies if a material issue affecting the investment is to be voted upon. Should the borrower of the securities fail financially, the Portfolio may experience delays in recovering the securities or exercising its rights in the collateral. Loans are made only to borrowers that are deemed by the securities lending agent to be of good financial standing. In a loan transaction, the Portfolio will also bear the risk of any decline in value of securities acquired with cash collateral. The Portfolio will minimize this risk by limiting the investment of cash collateral to high quality instruments of short maturity. This strategy is not used to leverage the Portfolio.

Portfolio Holdings Disclosure

The Fund’s portfolio holdings disclosure policy is described in the Statement of Additional Information.
 
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Management and Organization

The Fund and the Portfolio .  The State Street Aggregate Bond Index Fund (the “Fund”) is a mutual fund that seeks to provide an investment return matching, as closely as possible before expenses, the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index (the “U.S. Aggregate Index”). The Fund is a separate, diversified series of the State Street Institutional Investment Trust (the “Trust”), which is an open-end management investment company organized as a business trust under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The Fund invests as part of a “master-feeder” structure. The Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its investable assets in a separate mutual fund (a “Portfolio”) that has a substantially identical investment objective, investment policies, and risks as the Fund. All discussions about the Fund’s investment objective, policies and risks should be understood to refer also to the investment objectives, policies and risks of the Portfolio.

The Fund can withdraw its investment in a Portfolio if, at any time, the Fund’s Board of Trustees determines that it would be in the best interests of the Fund’s shareholders, or if the investment objectives of the Portfolio changed so that they were inconsistent with the objectives of the Fund. If the Fund withdraws its investment from a Portfolio, the Fund may invest all of its assets in another Portfolio that has the same investment objective as the Fund, the Adviser may directly manage the Fund’s assets, or the Board may take such other action it deems appropriate and in the best interests of shareholders of the Fund, which may include liquidation of the Fund.

The Adviser . State Street Global Advisors “SSgA” is the investment management group of State Street Corporation, a publicly held bank holding company, and includes the Adviser, SSgA FM a wholly-owned subsidiary. SSgA is one of the world’s largest institutional money managers, and uses quantitative and traditional techniques to manage approximately $1.91 trillion as of December 31, 2009 in investment programs and portfolios for institutional and individual investors. SSgA FM, as the investment adviser to the Fund and the Portfolio, is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. SSgA FM had approximately $168.4 billion in assets under management at December 31, 2009. The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with the Adviser, pursuant to which the Adviser will manage the Fund’s assets directly, for compensation paid at an annual rate of 0.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, in the event that the Fund were to cease investing substantially all of its assets in the Portfolio. The Adviser does not receive any fees from the Fund under that agreement so long as the Fund continues to invest substantially all of its assets in the Portfolio or in another investment company. The Adviser places all orders for purchases and sales of the Portfolio’s investments.

A summary of the factors considered by the Board of Trustees in connection with the renewal of the investment advisory agreement for the Fund will be available in the Fund’s annual report or semi-annual report, as applicable, after the Fund commences operations.

The Adviser manages the Portfolio using a team of investment professionals. The team approach is used to create an environment that encourages the flow of investment ideas. The portfolio managers within the team work together in a cohesive manner to develop and enhance techniques that drive the investment process for the respective investment strategy. This approach requires portfolio managers to share a variety of responsibilities including investment strategy and analysis while retaining responsibility for the implementation of the strategy within any particular portfolio. The approach also enables the team to draw upon the resources of other groups within the firm. Each portfolio management team is overseen by the SSgA Investment Committee.

The Adviser’s principal address is State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.

The Administrator, Custodian, and Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent . State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), a subsidiary of State Street Corporation, is the administrator, custodian, transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent for the Fund.

The Distributor .  State Street Global Markets, LLC serves as the Fund’s distributor (the “Distributor”) pursuant to the Distribution Agreement between the Distributor and the Trust.

Shareholder Information

Determination of Net Asset Value. The Fund determines its net asset value (“NAV”) per share each business day as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). The NAV per share is based on the market value of the securities held in the Fund. The NAV per share is calculated by dividing the value of the assets  less liabilities of the Fund by the number of shares outstanding. The Fund values each security pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Board of Trustees. Securities may be valued at fair value, as determined in good faith and pursuant to procedures approved by the Portfolio’s Board of Trustees, under certain limited circumstances. For example, fair value pricing may be used when market quotations are not readily available or reliable, such as when (i) trading for a security is restricted; or (ii) a significant event, as determined by the Adviser, that may affect the value of one or more securities held by the Fund occurs after the close of a related exchange but before the determination of the Fund’s NAV. Attempts to determine the fair value of securities introduce an element of subjectivity to the pricing of securities. As a result, the price of a security determined through fair valuation techniques may differ from the price quoted or published by other sources and may not accurately reflect the price the Fund would have received had it sold the investment.
 
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Purchasing Shares . Investors pay no sales load to invest in this Fund. The price for Fund shares is the NAV per share. Orders will be priced at the NAV next calculated after the order is accepted by the Fund.

The minimum initial investment in the Fund is $25 million, although the Adviser may waive the minimum in its discretion. There is no minimum subsequent investment. The Fund intends to be as fully invested as is practicable; therefore, investments must be made either in Federal Funds (i.e., monies credited to the account of the Fund’s custodian bank by a Federal Reserve Bank) or securities (“in-kind”) acceptable to the Adviser. (Please consult your tax adviser regarding in-kind transactions.) The Fund reserves the right to cease accepting investments at any time or to reject any purchase order.

In accordance with certain federal regulations, the Trust is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each entity who applies to open an account. For this reason, when you open (or change ownership of) an account, the Trust will request certain information, including your name, address and taxpayer identification number, which will be used to verify your identity. If you are unable to provide sufficient information to verify your identity, the Trust will not open an account for you. As required by law, the Trust may employ various procedures, such as comparing your information to fraud databases or requesting additional information and documentation from you, to ensure that the information supplied by you is correct. The Trust reserves the right to reject any purchase for any reason, including failure to provide the Trust with information necessary to confirm your identity as required by law.

Redeeming Shares . An investor may withdraw all or any portion of its investment at the NAV next determined after it submits a withdrawal request, in proper form, to the Fund. The Fund will pay the proceeds of the withdrawal either in Federal Funds or in securities at the discretion of the Adviser, normally on the next Fund business day after the withdrawal, but in any event no more than seven days after the withdrawal. (Please consult your tax adviser regarding in-kind transactions.) The right of any investor to receive payment with respect to any withdrawal may be suspended or the payment of the withdrawal proceeds postponed during any period in which the NYSE is closed (other than weekends or holidays) or trading on the NYSE is restricted or, to the extent otherwise permitted by the 1940 Act, as amended, if an emergency exists.

Policies to Prevent Market Timing . Frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares may present risks for other shareholders of the Fund, which may include, among other things, interference in the efficient management of the Fund’s portfolio, dilution in the value of Fund shares held by long-term shareholders, increased brokerage and administrative costs and forcing the Fund to hold excess levels of cash.

The Fund is intended as a long-term investment. Therefore, the Trust’s Board of Trustees has adopted policies and procedures designed to detect and prevent inappropriate short-term trading activity that is harmful to the Fund. Because most of the interests in the Fund are held by investors indirectly through one or more financial intermediaries, the Fund does not generally have information about the identity of those investors or about transactions effected by those investors. Rather, the Fund and its service providers periodically review cash inflows and outflows from and to those intermediaries in an attempt to detect inappropriate trading activity by investors holding shares through those intermediaries. The Fund may not be able to determine whether trading by an investor holding shares through a financial intermediary is engaged in trading activity in the Fund’s shares that may be harmful to the Fund or its shareholders.

The Fund reserves the right in its discretion to reject any purchase, in whole or in part including, without limitation, by a person whose trading activity in Fund shares the Adviser believes could be harmful to the Fund. The Fund may decide to restrict purchase activity in its shares based on various factors, including, without limitation, whether frequent purchase and sale activity will disrupt portfolio management strategies and adversely affect performance. There can be no assurance that the Fund, the Adviser or State Street will identify all frequent purchase and sale activity affecting the Fund.

Distribution/Servicing (Rule 12b-1) Plan

The Fund has adopted a distribution plan under which the Fund may compensate its distributor (or others) for services in connection with the distribution of the Fund’s shares and for services provided to Fund shareholders. The plan calls for payments at an annual rate (based on average daily net assets) of 0.25%. Because these fees are paid out of the Fund’s assets on an ongoing basis, they will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more over time than paying other types of sales charges.
 
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Additional Payments to Financial Intermediaries

The Adviser, or an affiliate of the Adviser, out of its own resources, and without additional cost to the Fund and its shareholders, may make additional payments to financial intermediaries (including affiliates of the Adviser) whose client or customer invests in the Fund. Generally, such financial intermediaries may (though they will not necessarily) provide shareholder servicing and support for their customers who purchase shares of the Fund. Not all financial intermediaries receive additional compensation and the amount of compensation paid varies for each financial intermediary. If payments to financial intermediaries by a particular mutual fund complex’s distributor or adviser exceed payments by other mutual fund complexes, your financial adviser and the financial intermediary employing him or her may have an incentive to recommend that fund complex over others. Please speak with your financial adviser to learn more about the total amounts paid to your financial adviser and his or her firm by the Adviser and its affiliates, and by sponsors of other mutual funds he or she may recommend to you. You should also consult disclosures made by your financial intermediary at the time of purchase.

Dividends, Distributions and Tax Considerations

Income dividends and capital gains distributions of the Fund will be declared and paid at least annually.

The following discussion is a summary of some important U.S. federal tax considerations generally applicable to investments in the Fund. Your investment in the Fund may have other tax implications. Please consult your tax advisor about foreign, federal, state, local or other tax laws applicable to you. Investors, including non-U.S. investors, should consult the Statement of Additional Information tax section for more complete disclosures.

The Fund intends to elect to be treated and qualify each year as a regulated investment company. A regulated investment company is generally not subject to tax at the corporate level on income and gains that are distributed to shareholders. However, the Fund’s failure to qualify as a regulated investment company would result in corporate level taxation, and consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to shareholders.

For federal income tax purposes, distributions of investment income are generally taxable to you as ordinary income. Taxes on distributions of capital gains generally are determined by how long the Portfolio owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long you have owned your Fund shares. Distributions of net capital gains (that is, the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses) from investments that the Portfolio owned for more than one year that are properly designated by the Fund as capital gain dividends generally will be taxable to you as long-term capital gains. Generally, the Fund does not expect a significant portion of its distributions to be capital gain dividends. For individual taxpayers long-term capital gain rates have been temporarily reduced--in general, to 15% with lower rates applying to taxpayers in the 10% and 15% rate brackets--for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011. Distributions of gains from investments that the Portfolio owned for one year or less generally will be taxable to you as ordinary income.  For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, distributions of investment income designated by the Fund as derived from “qualified dividend income” are taxed at the rates applicable to long-term capital gain provided holding period and other requirements are met by both the shareholder and the Fund; however, the Fund does not expect a significant portion of Fund distributions to be derived from qualified dividend income.

Distributions are taxable to you even if they are paid from income or gains earned by the Fund before your investment (and thus were included in the price you paid for your shares.) Distributions may also be subject to state and local taxes and are taxable whether you receive them in cash or reinvest them in additional shares.

Any gain resulting from the sale, exchange, or redemption of your shares will generally also be taxable to you as either short-term or long-term capital gain, depending upon how long you held your shares in the Fund.

If you are not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, each Fund’s ordinary income dividends will generally be subject to a 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless a lower treaty rate applies or unless such income is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. A Fund may, under certain circumstances, designate all or a portion of a dividend as an “interest-related dividend” that if received by a nonresident alien or foreign entity generally would be exempt from the 30% U.S. withholding tax, provided that certain other requirements are met. The Funds may also, under certain circumstances, designate all or a portion of a dividend as a “short-term capital gain dividend” which if received by a nonresident alien or foreign entity generally would be exempt from the 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless the foreign person is a nonresident alien individual present in the United States for a period or periods aggregating 183 days or more during the taxable year. The provisions contained in the legislation relating to dividends to foreign persons would apply to dividends with respect to taxable years of a Fund beginning after December 31, 2004 and before January 1, 2010.
 
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Financial Highlights

The Financial Highlights table is not presented because the Fund had not commenced operations as of the date of this Prospectus.
 
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For more information about STATE STREET AGGREGATE BOND INDEX FUND:

The Fund’s statement of additional information (SAI) includes additional information about the Fund and is incorporated by reference into this document. Additional information about the Fund’s investments will be available in the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders. In the Fund’s annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s performance during its last fiscal year.

The SAI and the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports will be available, without charge, upon request. Shareholders in the Fund may make inquiries to the Fund to receive such information by calling (877) 521-4083. The Fund does not have an Internet website.

Information about the Fund (including the SAI) can be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the Commission at 1-202-942-8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are available free of charge on the EDGAR Database on the Commission’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of this information also may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following E-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing the Commission’s Public Reference Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.

SSGA FUNDS MANAGEMENT, INC .
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02111

The State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Investment Company Act File Number is 811-09819.
 
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STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT TRUST
 


STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL LIMITED DURATION BOND FUND
 

 
Prospectus Dated April __, 2010

THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION HAS NOT APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

AN INVESTMENT IN THE STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL LIMITED DURATION BOND FUND IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY.
 
 
 

 

Fund Summary
3
Additional Information About the Fund’s and Portfolio’s Investment Strategies and Risks
8
Management and Organization
11
Shareholder  Information
12
Portfolio Holdings Disclosure
11
Distribution Servicing Plan and Payments to Financial Intermediaries
15
Dividends, Distributions and Tax Considerations
15
Financial Highlights
17

 
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Fund Summary

This section of the Prospectus is composed of a summary description of the Fund. Additional information about the Fund may be found in the other sections of this Prospectus, the first of which begins on page __ of this Prospectus, as well as the Statement of Additional Information dated April __, 2010 applicable to the Fund.

 
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Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its investable assets in the State Street Limited Duration Bond Portfolio (the “Limited Duration Bond Portfolio” or sometimes referred to in context as the “Portfolio”) of State Street Master Funds, which has the same investment objective as, and investment policies that are substantially similar to those of, the Fund. The Adviser is the investment adviser to the Portfolio. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The table describes the estimated fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. As a shareholder in the Portfolio, the Fund bears its ratable share of the Portfolio’s expenses, including advisory and administrative fees, and at the same time pays its own fees and expenses. The table and the Example reflect the estimated expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

Shareholder Fees
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) (1)

Management Fees
    0.10 %
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
    0.05 %
Other Expenses (2)
 
____
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
 
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(1)
Amounts reflect total estimated expenses of the Portfolio and the Fund.

 
(2)
Other Expenses are estimated for the current fiscal year.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that all dividends and distributions are reinvested, and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions yours costs would be:

1 year
   
3 years
 
$ ___     $ ___  

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate has been omitted because the Fund had not commenced investment operations as of the date of this Prospectus.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund invests in a Portfolio, which attempts to meet its objective by investing at least 65% of its assets in a diversified portfolio of dollar-denominated debt securities (those of medium and high quality) and maintains a dollar-weighted average portfolio duration of two years or less. These securities include mortgage related securities, corporate notes, variable and floating rate notes and asset-backed securities. The Portfolio may also invest in derivative instruments, such as futures contracts, options, interest rate swaps, default/credit swaps, total return swaps and other structured investments, as a substitute for investments directly in securities, to adjust the sensitivity of the Portfolio’s portfolio of investments to changes in interest rates, or otherwise to increase the Portfolio’s investment return. The Adviser will actively trade the Portfolio’s portfolio securities in an attempt to benefit from short-term yield disparities among different issues of fixed-income securities, or otherwise to increase the Portfolio’s investment return.

Investment grade securities are (i) rated in one of the four highest categories (or in the case of commercial paper, in the two highest categories) by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”); or (ii) if not rated, are of comparable quality, as determined by the Adviser. If a security is downgraded and is no longer investment grade, the Portfolio may continue to hold the security if the Adviser determines that to be in the best interest of the Portfolio.

Principal Risks

 
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Asset-Backed Securities Risk . Asset-backed securities are obligations whose principal and interest payments are supported or collateralized by pools of other assets, such as automobile loans, credit card receivables or leases. Defaults on the underlying assets may impair the value of an asset-backed security. There may be legal and practical limitations on the enforceability of any security interest granted with respect to those underlying assets. Asset-backed securities are also subject to prepayment risk, described below.

 
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Call Risk . The risk that an issuer will exercise its right to pay principal on an obligation held by the Portfolio (such as a mortgage-backed security) earlier than expected. This may happen, for example, when there is a decline in interest rates. Under these circumstances, the Portfolio may be unable to recoup all of its initial investment and will also suffer from having to reinvest in lower yielding securities.

 
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Credit/Default Risk . Credit risk is the risk that an issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of a fixed-income security held by a fund may default on its obligation to pay scheduled interest and repay principal. It includes the risk that one or more of the securities will be downgraded by a credit rating agency; generally, lower rated issuers have higher credit risks. Credit risk also includes the risk that an issuer or guarantor of a security, or a bank or other financial institution that has entered into a repurchase agreement with the fund, may default on its payment or repurchase obligation, as the case may be. Credit risk generally is inversely related to credit quality.

 
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Derivatives Risk . Derivative transactions typically involve leverage and may be highly volatile. It is possible that a derivative transaction will result in a loss greater than the principal amount invested, and the Portfolio may not be able to close out a derivative transaction at a favorable time or price.

 
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Extension Risk .  Extension risk is the risk that an issuer will exercise its right to repay principal on an obligation held by a Portfolio later than expected. This may happen when there is a rise in interest rates. Under these circumstances, the value of the obligation will decrease, thus preventing the Portfolio from investing expected repayment proceeds in securities paying yields higher than the yields paid by the securities that were expected to be repaid.

 
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Foreign Investment Risk . The Portfolio may invest in U.S. dollar-denominated obligations issued by non-U.S. issuers. While such instruments may be denominated in U.S. dollars, this does not eliminate the risk inherent in investing in the securities of foreign issuers. Dollar-denominated instruments issued by entities located in foreign countries could lose value as a result of political, financial and economic events in foreign countries. Issuers of these instruments are not necessarily subject to the same regulatory requirements that apply to U.S. banks and corporations, although the information available for dollar-denominated instruments may be subject to the accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards of the U.S. domestic market or exchange on which they are traded, which standards may be more uniform and more exacting than those to which many foreign issuers are subject. Furthermore, by investing in dollar-denominated instruments rather than directly in a foreign issuer’s stock, the Portfolio can avoid currency risks during the settlement period for either purchases or sales .

 
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Interest Rate Risk . During periods of rising interest rates, the Portfolio’s yield generally is lower than prevailing market rates causing the value of the Portfolio to fall. In periods of falling interest rates, the Portfolio’s yield generally is higher than prevailing market rates, causing the value of the Portfolio to rise.  Typically, the more distant the expected cash flow that the Portfolio is to receive from a security, the more sensitive the market price of the security is to movements in interest rates. If a Portfolio owns securities that have variable or floating interest rates, as interest rates fall, the income the Portfolio receives from those securities also will fall.

 
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Liquidity Risk .  Adverse market or economic conditions or investor perceptions may result in little or no trading activity in one or more particular securities, thus, making it difficult for a Portfolio holding the securities to determine their values. A Portfolio holding those securities may have to value them at prices that reflect unrealized losses, or if it elects to sell them, it may have to accept lower prices than the prices at which it is then valuing them. The Portfolio also may not be able to sell the securities at any price.

 
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Master/Feeder Structure Risk . Unlike a traditional mutual fund that invests directly in securities, the Fund pursues its objective by investing substantially all of its assets in the Master Portfolio which has substantially the same investment objectives, policies and restrictions. The ability of the Fund to meet its investment objective is directly related to the ability of the Portfolio to meet its objective. The ability of the Fund to meet its objective may be adversely affected by the purchase and redemption activities of other investors in the corresponding Portfolio. The ability of the Fund to meet redemption requests depends on its ability to redeem its interest in the Portfolio. The Adviser also serves as investment adviser to the Portfolio. Therefore, conflicts may arise as the Adviser fulfills its fiduciary responsibilities to the Fund and its corresponding Portfolio. For example, the Adviser may have an economic incentive to maintain the Fund’s investment in the Portfolio at a time when it might otherwise choose not to do so.

 
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Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk .  Mortgage-backed securities represent a participation in, or an investment in a pool secured by, mortgage loans. Each mortgage pool underlying mortgage-backed securities consists of mortgage loans. Traditional debt instruments typically pay a fixed rate of interest until maturity, when the entire principal amount is due. By contrast, payments on mortgage-backed and many asset-backed instruments typically include both interest and partial payment of principal. These securities may have less potential for capital appreciation and prepayment rates on mortgage-backed securities may reduce the Portfolio’s yield.

 
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Prepayment Risk .  Prepayment risk and extension risk apply primarily to asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities and certain municipal securities.

Prepayment risk is the risk that principal on mortgages or other loan obligations underlying a security may be repaid prior to the stated maturity date. If the Portfolio has purchased a security at a premium, any repayment that is faster than expected reduces the market value of the security and the anticipated yield-to-maturity. Repayment of loans underlying certain securities tends to accelerate during periods of declining interest rates.

 
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Sector Risk . The risk that the Portfolio concentrates its investment in specific industry sectors that have historically experienced substantial price volatility. The Portfolio is subject to greater risk of loss as a result of adverse economic, business or other developments than if its investments were diversified across different industry sectors. Securities of issuers held by the Portfolio may lack sufficient market liquidity to enable the Portfolio to sell the securities at an advantageous time or without a substantial drop in price.

 
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U.S. Government Sponsored Enterprises Risk . Securities issued or guaranteed by certain agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. government are not guaranteed or supported by the full faith and credit of the United States.

THE FUND’S SHARES WILL CHANGE IN VALUE, AND YOU COULD LOSE MONEY BY INVESTING IN THE FUND. THE FUND MAY NOT ACHIEVE ITS OBJECTIVE. AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUND IS NOT A DEPOSIT WITH A BANK AND IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY.

Performance

Performance information for the Fund has been omitted because the Fund had not commenced investment operations as of the date of this Prospectus.

Investment Adviser

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Purchase Minimums
To establish an account
  $ 5,000,000  
To add to an existing account
 
No minimum
 

Written Requests and Wire Transfers . You may redeem Fund shares by written request or wire transfer. Written requests should be sent to:

BY MAIL:

State Street Limited Duration Bond Fund
P.O. Box 8048
Boston, MA 02266-8048

BY OVERNIGHT:

State Street Institutional Limited Duration Bond Fund
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809

BY TELEPHONE:

For wire transfer instructions, please call (866) 392-0869 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time.  Redemptions by telephone are permitted only if you previously have been authorized for these transactions.

Through Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries.    If you wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, please contact that financial intermediary directly. Your financial intermediary may have an earlier cut-off time for the submission of purchase or redemption orders or may be closed at times when the Fund is open.

 
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Tax Information

For mutual funds generally, dividends from net investment income (other than qualified dividend income) and distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you as ordinary income under U.S. federal income tax laws whether paid in cash or in additional shares.  Distributions from net long-term gains are taxable as long-term taxable gains regardless of the length of time you have held the shares and whether you were paid in cash or additional shares.  Dividend and capital gains distributions that you receive, as well as your gains or losses from any sale or exchange of fund shares, may be subject to state and local income taxes.

Payments to Brokers, Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase the Fund through a broker, bank or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker, bank or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s Website for more information.
 
 
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Additional Information About the Fund’s and Portfolio’s Investment Strategies and Risks

The investment strategies and risks below reflect the Fund’s and Portfolio’s current practices. This information supplements the principal investment strategies and risks explained above.

Asset-Backed Securities . Asset-backed securities are securities whose principal and interest payments are collateralized by pools of assets such as auto loans, credit card receivables, leases, installment contracts and personal property. Payments of principal and interest are passed through to holders of the securities and are typically supported by some form of credit enhancement, such as over collateralization, a letter of credit, surety bond, limited guarantee by another entity or by priority to certain of the borrower’s other securities. The degree of credit enhancement varies, generally applying only until exhausted and covering only a fraction of the security’s par value. If the credit enhancement of an asset-backed security held by the Portfolio has been exhausted, and if any required payments of principal and interest are not made with respect to the underlying loans, the Portfolio may experience loss or delay in receiving payment and a decrease in the value of the security.

Like mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities are often subject to more rapid repayment than their stated maturity date would indicate as a result of the pass-through of prepayments of principal on the underlying loans. During periods of declining interest rates, prepayment of loans underlying asset-backed securities can be expected to accelerate. The Portfolio’s ability to maintain positions in such securities will be affected by reductions in the principal amount of such securities resulting from prepayments, and its ability to reinvest the returns of principal at comparable yields is subject to generally prevailing interest rates at that time. To the extent that the Portfolio invests in asset-backed securities, the values of the Portfolio’s portfolio securities will vary with changes in market interest rates generally and the differentials in yields among various kinds of asset-backed securities.

Asset-backed securities present certain additional risks that are not presented by mortgage-backed securities because asset-backed securities generally do not have the benefit of a security interest in collateral that is comparable to mortgage assets. Credit card receivables are generally unsecured and the debtors on such receivables are entitled to the protection of a number of state and federal consumer credit laws, many of which give such debtors the right to set-off certain amounts owed on the credit cards, thereby reducing the balance due. Automobile receivables generally are secured, but by automobiles rather than residential real property. Most issuers of automobile receivables permit the loan servicers to retain possession of the underlying obligations. If the servicer were to sell these obligations to another party, there is a risk that the purchaser would acquire an interest superior to that of the holders of the asset backed securities. In addition, because of the large number of vehicles involved in a typical issuance and technical requirements under state laws, the trustee for the holders of the automobile receivables may not have a proper security interest in the underlying automobiles. Therefore, there is the possibility that, in some cases, recoveries on repossessed collateral may not be available to support payments on these securities .

The Portfolio may gain investment exposure to mortgage-backed investments by entering into agreements with financial institutions to buy the investments at a fixed price at a future date. The Portfolio may or may not take delivery of the investments at the termination date of such an agreement, but will nonetheless be exposed to changes in value of the underlying investments during the term of the agreement.

Futures Contracts and Options on Futures . To invest cash for purposes of hedging the Portfolio’s other investments, the Portfolio may enter into futures contracts that relate to securities in which it may directly invest and indices comprised of such securities and may purchase and write call and put options on such contracts. The Portfolio may also purchase futures and options if cheaper than the underlying stocks or bonds.

A financial futures contract is a contract to buy or sell a specified quantity of financial instruments such as U.S. Treasury bills, notes and bonds, commercial paper and bank certificates of deposit or the cash value of a Financial instrument index at a specified future date at a price agreed upon when the contract is made. Under such contracts no delivery of the actual securities making up the index takes place. Rather, upon expiration of the contract, settlement is made by exchanging cash in an amount equal to the difference between the contract price and the closing price of the index at expiration, net at variation margin previously paid.

Substantially all futures contracts are closed out before settlement date or called for cash settlement. A futures contract is closed out by buying or selling an identical offsetting futures contract. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Portfolio is required to deposit an initial margin with a custodian for the benefit of the futures broker. The initial margin serves as a “good faith” deposit that the Portfolio will honor its futures commitments. Subsequent payments (called “variation margin”) to and from the broker are made on a daily basis as the price of the underlying investment fluctuates.

Options on futures contracts give the purchaser the right to assume a position at a specified price in a futures contract at any time before expiration of the option contract.

 
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When trading futures contracts, the Portfolio will not commit more than 5% of the market value of its total assets to initial margin deposits on futures and premiums paid for options on futures. The Portfolio’s transactions, if any, in options, futures, options on futures and equity swaps involve additional risk of loss. Loss can result from a lack of correlation between changes in the value of derivative instruments and the portfolio assets (if any) being hedged, the potential illiquidity of the markets for derivative instruments, or the risks arising from margin requirements and related leverage factors associated with such transactions. The use of these management techniques also involves the risk of loss if the Adviser is incorrect in its expectation of fluctuations in securities prices, interest rates or currency prices. Please see Derivatives Risk in the Principal Risks section.

Government Securities . U.S. Government securities include U.S. Treasury bills, notes, and bonds and other obligations issued or guaranteed as to interest and principal by the U.S. Government or its agencies or instrumentalities. Obligations issued or guaranteed as to interest and principal by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities include securities that are supported by the full faith and credit of the United States Treasury, securities that are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the United States Treasury, discretionary authority of the U.S. Government agency or instrumentality, and securities supported solely by the creditworthiness of the issuer.

Interest Rate Swaps, Default/Credit Swaps, Total Return Swaps, and Interest Rate Caps, Floors and Collars . Interest rate swaps involve the exchange by the Portfolio with another party of their respective commitments to pay or receive interest, such as an exchange of fixed-rate payments for floating rate payments. Default/credit swaps involve the receipt of floating or fixed-rate payments in exchange for assuming potential credit losses of an underlying security. Default/credit swaps give one party to a transaction the right to dispose of or acquire an asset (or group of assets), or the right to receive or make a payment from the other party, upon the occurrence of specified credit events. Total return swaps involve the receipt or payment of the “total return” of a defined underlying asset in exchange for the payment or receipt of a cash flow based on a predetermined floating rate. The purchase of an interest rate cap entitles the purchaser, to the extent that a specified index exceeds a predetermined interest rate, to receive payment of interest on a notional principal amount from the party selling such interest rate cap. The purchase of an interest rate floor entitles the purchaser, to the extent that a specified index falls below a predetermined interest rate, to receive payments of interest on a notional principal amount from the party selling the interest rate floor. An interest rate collar is the combination of a cap and a floor that preserves a certain return within a predetermined range of interest rates. The Portfolio may enter into swap transactions for hedging purposes or to seek to increase total return. The use of interest rate and default/credit swaps and total return swaps, as well as interest rate caps, floors and collars, is a highly specialized activity which involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. If the Adviser is incorrect in its forecasts of market values or interest rates, the investment performance of the Portfolio would be less favorable than it would have been if these investment techniques were not used. The Portfolio expects to enter into these transactions primarily to preserve a return or spread on a particular investment or portion of its portfolio or to protect against any increase in the price of securities it anticipates purchasing at a later date. These transactions are intended to be used as a hedge and not as a speculative investment. Please see Derivative Risk in the Principal Risks section.

Mortgage-Backed Securities . Mortgage-backed securities, including collateralized mortgage obligations and certain stripped mortgage-backed securities, represent a participation in, or an investment in a pool secured by, mortgage loans.   Each mortgage pool underlying mortgage-backed securities consists of mortgage loans evidenced by promissory notes secured by first mortgages or first deeds of trust or other similar security instruments creating a first lien on owner occupied and non-owner occupied one-unit to four unit residential properties, multifamily (i.e., five or more) properties, agricultural properties, commercial properties and mixed use properties (the “Mortgaged Properties”). The Mortgaged Properties may consist of detached individual dwelling units, multifamily dwelling units, individual condominiums, townhouses, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, row houses, individual units in planned unit developments and other attached dwelling units. The Mortgaged Properties may also include residential investment properties and second homes.

Types of mortgage-related securities in which the Portfolio may invest include: Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”) Certificates (“Ginnie Maes”), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“FHLMC”) Mortgage Participation Certificates (“Freddie Macs”), Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”) Guaranteed Mortgage Certificates (“Fannie Maes”) and Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (“CMBS”). Mortgage certificates are mortgage-backed securities representing undivided fractional interests in pools of mortgage backed loans. These loans are made by mortgage bankers, commercial banks, savings and loan associations and other lenders. GNMA is authorized to guarantee the timely payment of the principal of an interest on certificates that are based on and backed by a pool of mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA Loans), or guaranteed by the Veterans Administration (VA Loans), or by pools of other eligible mortgage loans. In order to meet its obligations under any guaranty, GNMA is authorized to borrow from the United States Treasury in an unlimited amount. Each Fannie Mae is issued and guaranteed by FNMA and represents an undivided interest in a pool of mortgage loans formed by FNMA. The principal activity of FHLMC currently is the purchase of first lien, conventional, residential mortgage loans and participation interests in such mortgage loans and their resale in the form of mortgage securities, primarily Freddie Mac Certificates.

 
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Since September 2008, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (together, the “GSEs”) have been placed under the conservatorship of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”).  The US Treasury, FHFA and the Federal Reserve have taken the steps to support the conservatorship.  No assurance can be given that those initiatives with respect to the debt and mortgage-backed securities issued by the GSEs and acquired by any of the funds will be successful.

Traditional debt investments typically pay a fixed rate of interest until maturity, when the entire principal amount is due. By contrast, payments on mortgage-backed investments typically include both interest and partial payment of principal.  Principal may also be prepaid voluntarily, or as a result of refinancing or foreclosure. The Portfolio may have to invest the proceeds from prepaid investments in other investments with less attractive terms and yields. As a result, these securities may have less potential for capital appreciation during periods of declining interest rates than other securities of comparable maturities, although they may have a similar risk of decline in market value during periods of rising interest rates. Because the prepayment rate generally declines as interest rates rise, an increase in interest rates will likely increase the duration, and thus the volatility, of mortgage-backed securities. In addition to interest rate risk, investments in mortgage-backed securities composed of subprime mortgages may be subject to a higher degree of credit risk, valuation risk and liquidity risk.  Duration is a measure of the expected life of a fixed income security that is used to determine the sensitivity of the security's price to changes in interest rates. Unlike the maturity of a fixed income security, which measures only the time until final payment is due, duration takes into account the time until all payments of interest and principal on a security are expected to be made, including how these payments are affected by prepayments and by changes in interest rates.

Options on Securities . The Portfolio may write and purchase covered put and call options on securities in which it may directly invest. The total amount of premiums paid by the Portfolio for all put and call options held by it at any time will not exceed 5% of the value of the Portfolio’s total assets. Further, the Portfolio will not write a put or call option or combination thereof if, as a result, the aggregate value of all securities or collateral deliverable under its outstanding options would exceed 25% of the value of the Portfolio’s total assets.

Portfolio Duration . The Portfolio will maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio duration of two years or less. Duration is a measure of the price sensitivity of a security to changes in interest rates. Unlike maturity, which measures the period of time until final payment is to be made on a security, duration measures the dollar-weighted average maturity of a security’s expected cash flows (i.e., interest and principal payments), discounted to their present values, after giving effect to all maturity shortening features, such as call or redemption rights. With respect to a variable or floating-rate instrument, duration is adjusted to indicate the price sensitivity of the instrument to changes in the interest rate in effect until the next reset date. For substantially all securities, the duration of a security is equal to or less than its stated maturity.

Repurchase Agreements . The Portfolio enters into repurchase agreements with banks and other financial institutions, such as broker-dealers. In substance, a repurchase agreement is a loan for which the Portfolio receives securities as collateral. Under a repurchase agreement, the Portfolio purchases securities from a financial institution that agrees to repurchase the securities at the Portfolio’s original purchase price plus interest within a specified time. Repurchase transactions are limited to those member banks of the Federal Reserve System and broker-dealers whose creditworthiness the Adviser considers satisfactory. If the other party or “seller” defaults, the Portfolio might suffer a loss to the extent that the proceeds from the sale of the underlying securities and other collateral held by the Portfolio are less than the repurchase price and the Portfolio’s cost associated with delay and enforcement of the repurchase agreement. In addition, in the event of a bankruptcy of the seller, the Portfolio may be delayed or prevented from recovering the collateral.

Section 4(2) Commercial Paper and Rule 144A Securities . The Portfolio may invest in commercial paper issued in reliance on the private placement exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). This commercial paper is commonly called “Section 4(2) paper.” The Portfolio may also invest in securities that may be offered and sold only to “qualified institutional buyers” under Rule 144A of the 1933 Act (“Rule 144A securities”).

Section 4(2) paper is sold to institutional investors who must agree to purchase the paper for investment and not with a view to public distribution. Any resale by the purchaser must be in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act. Section 4(2) paper normally is resold to other institutional investors like the Portfolio through or with the assistance of the issuer or investment dealers that make a market in Section 4(2) paper. As a result it suffers from liquidity risk, the risk that the securities may be difficult to value because of the absence of an active market and the risk that it may be sold only after considerable expense and delay, if at all. Rule 144A securities generally must be sold only to other qualified institutional buyers.

 
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Section 4(2) paper and Rule 144A securities will not be considered illiquid for purposes of the Portfolio’s limitation on illiquid securities if the Adviser (pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Board) determines that a liquid trading market exists for the securities in question. There can be no assurance that a liquid trading market will exist at any time for any particular Section 4(2) paper or Rule 144A securities. The Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) addresses the Fund’s and Portfolio’s limitation on illiquid securities.

Variable and Floating Rate Securities . Variable and floating rate securities are instruments issued or guaranteed by entities such as: (1) the U.S. Government, or an agency or instrumentality thereof, (2) corporations, (3) financial institutions, (4) insurance companies, or (5) trusts. The Portfolio may purchase variable and floating rate securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, or an agency or instrumentality thereof. A variable rate security provides for the automatic establishment of a new interest rate on set dates. Variable rate obligations whose interest is readjusted no less frequently than annually will be deemed to have a maturity equal to the period remaining until the next readjustment of the interest rate. A floating rate security provides for the automatic adjustment of its interest rate whenever a specified interest rate changes. Interest rates on these securities are ordinarily tied to, and are a percentage of, a widely recognized interest rate, such as the yield on 90-day U.S. Treasury bills or the prime rate of a specified bank. Generally, changes in interest rates will have a smaller effect on the market value of variable and floating rate securities than on the market value of comparable fixed-income obligations. Thus, investing in variable and floating rate securities generally allows less opportunity for capital appreciation and depreciation than investing in comparable fixed income securities. Securities purchased by a Portfolio may include variable and floating rate instruments, which may have a stated maturity in excess of the Portfolio’s maturity limitations but which will, except for certain U.S. government obligations, permit the Portfolio to demand payment of the principal of the instrument at least once every 13 months upon not more than 30 days’ notice. Variable and floating rate instruments may include variable amount master demand notes that permit the indebtedness thereunder to vary in addition to providing for periodic adjustments in the interest rate. There may be no active secondary market for a particular variable or floating rate instrument. Nevertheless, the periodic readjustments of their interest rates tend to assure that their value to the Portfolio will approximate their par value. Illiquid variable and floating rate instruments (instruments which are not payable upon seven days’ notice and do not have an active trading market) are subject to the Portfolio’s percentage limitations regarding securities that are illiquid or not readily marketable. The Adviser will continuously monitor the creditworthiness of issuers of variable and floating rate instruments in which the Portfolio invests, and their ability to repay principal and interest. Variable and floating rate securities are subject to interest rate and credit/default risk .

Temporary Defensive Strategies . At times, the Adviser may judge that market conditions make pursuing the Portfolio’s basic investment strategy inconsistent with the best interests of its shareholders. At such times, the Adviser may (but will not necessarily), without notice, temporarily use alternative strategies primarily designed to reduce fluctuations in the values of the Portfolio’s assets. In implementing these defensive strategies, the Portfolio may hold assets in cash and cash equivalents and in other investments that the Adviser believes to be consistent with the Portfolio’s best interests. Taking such a temporary defensive position may result in the Portfolio not achieving its investment objective.

Portfolio Holdings Disclosure

The Fund’s portfolio holdings disclosure policy is described in the Statement of Additional Information.

Management and Organization

The Fund and the Portfolio .  The State Street Institutional Limited Duration Bond Fund (the “Fund”) is a mutual fund whose investment objective is to seek high current income and liquidity. The Fund is not a money market fund, and the Fund’s net asset value per share will fluctuate. The Fund is a separate, diversified series of the State Street Institutional Investment Trust (the “Trust”), which is an open-end management investment company organized as a business trust under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The investment objective of the Fund as stated above is non-fundamental, which means that it may be changed without shareholder approval.

The Fund invests as part of a “master-feeder” structure. The Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its investable assets in a separate mutual fund (a “Portfolio”) that has a substantially identical investment objective, investment policies, and risks as the Fund. All discussions about the Fund’s investment objective, policies and risks should be understood to refer also to the investment objectives, policies and risks of the Portfolio.

The Fund can withdraw its investment in a Portfolio if, at any time, the Fund’s Board of Trustees determines that it would be in the best interests of the Fund’s shareholders, or if the investment objectives of the Portfolio changed so that they were inconsistent with the objectives of the Fund. If the Fund withdraws its investment from a Portfolio, the Fund may invest all of its assets in another Portfolio that has the same investment objective as the Fund, the Adviser may directly manage the Fund’s assets, or the Board may take such other action it deems appropriate and in the best interests of shareholders of the Fund, which may include liquidation of the Fund.

 
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The Adviser . State Street Global Advisors (“SSgA”) is the investment management group of State Street Corporation, a publicly held bank holding company, and includes the Adviser, SSgA FM, a wholly-owned subsidiary. SSgA is one of the world’s largest institutional money managers, and uses quantitative and traditional techniques to manage approximately $1.91 trillion as of December 31, 2009 in investment programs and portfolios for institutional and individual investors. SSgA FM, as the investment adviser to the Fund and the Portfolio, is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). SSgA FM had approximately $168.4 billion in assets under management at December 31, 2009. The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with the Adviser pursuant to which the Adviser will manage the Fund’s assets directly, at an annual rate of .10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, in the event that the Fund were to cease investing substantially all of its assets in the Portfolio. The Adviser does not receive any fees from the Fund under that agreement so long as the Fund continues to invest substantially all of its assets in the Portfolio or in another investment company. The Adviser places all orders for purchases and sales of the Portfolio’s investments.

A summary of the factors considered by the Board of Trustees in connection with the renewal of the investment advisory agreement for the Fund will be available in the Fund’s annual report or semi-annual report, as applicable, after the Fund commences operations.

The Adviser manages the Portfolio using a team of investment professionals. The team approach is used to create an environment that encourages the flow of investment ideas. The portfolio managers within the team work together in a cohesive manner to develop and enhance techniques that drive the investment process for the respective investment strategy. This approach requires portfolio managers to share a variety of responsibilities including investment strategy and analysis while retaining responsibility for the implementation of the strategy within any particular portfolio. The approach also enables the team to draw upon the resources of other groups within the firm. Each portfolio management team is overseen by the SSgA Investment Committee.

The Adviser’s principal address is State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.

The Administrator and Custodian . State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), a subsidiary of State Street Corporation, is the administrator and custodian.

The Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent . Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. is the transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent.

The Distributor .  State Street Global Markets, LLC serves as the Fund’s distributor (the “Distributor”) pursuant to the Distribution Agreement between the Distributor and the Trust.

Shareholder Information

Determination of Net Asset Value . The Fund determines the net asset value (“NAV”) per share once each business day as of the close of the regular trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”). Pricing does not occur on NYSE holidays. A business day is one on which the NYSE is open for regular trading. The Federal Reserve is closed on certain holidays on which the NYSE is open. These holidays are Columbus Day and Veteran’s Day. On these holidays, you will not be able to purchase shares by wiring federal funds because federal funds wiring does not occur on days that the Federal Reserve is closed. The NAV per share for the Fund is computed by adding the value of all securities and other assets of the Fund, deducting accrued liabilities, dividing by the number of shares outstanding and rounding to the nearest cent.

Ordinarily, the Fund values each portfolio security based upon the last reported sales price or other market quotation for the security in the market in which the security principally trades. If market quotations are not readily available for a security or if subsequent events suggest that a market quotation is not reliable, the Fund will use the security’s fair value, as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Because foreign securities sometimes trade on days when Fund shares are not priced, the value of the Fund’s portfolio may change on days when Fund shares cannot generally be purchased or redeemed. Debt obligation securities maturing within 60 days of the valuation date are valued at amortized cost.

If you hold shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, your intermediary may offer additional services and account features that are not described in this Prospectus. Please contact your intermediary directly for an explanation of these services.

Purchasing Shares .   Investors pay no sales load to invest in the Fund. The price for Fund shares is the NAV per share. Purchase orders in good form and payment received the same day by Fed Wire will receive that day’s NAV and will earn dividends declared on the date of the purchase.  All purchases that are made by check will begin earning dividends the following business day after the purchase date.

 
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The minimum initial investment in the Fund is $5 million, although the Adviser may waive the minimum in its discretion. Holdings of all customer accounts of each Intermediary shall be aggregated for determining these account balances. There is no minimum subsequent investment, except in relation to maintaining certain minimum account balances (See “Redeeming Shares” below). The Fund intends to be as fully invested as is practicable; therefore, investments must be made in Federal Funds (i.e., monies credited to the account of the Fund’s custodian bank by a Federal Reserve Bank) received by the Fund before the order will be accepted. The Fund reserves the right to cease accepting investments at any time or to reject any investment order.

BY MAIL:

An initial investment in the Fund must be preceded or accompanied by a completed, signed Institutional Account Application Form, sent to:

State Street Institutional Limited Duration Bond Fund
P.O. Box 8048
Boston, MA 02266-8048

BY OVERNIGHT:

State Street Institutional Limited Duration Bond Fund
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809

BY TELEPHONE/FAX:

An initial investment in the Fund must be preceded or accompanied by a completed, signed Institutional Account Application Form, faxed to (816) 218-0400. Call the Fund at (866) 392-0869 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. ET and 5:00 p.m. ET to:

 
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confirm receipt of the faxed Institutional Account Application Form (initial purchases only),

 
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request your new account number (initial purchases only),

 
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confirm the amount being wired and wiring bank, and

 
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receive a confirmation number for your purchase order (your trade is not effective until you have received a confirmation number from the Fund),

For your initial investment, send the original, signed Institutional Account Application Form to the address above.
 
WIRE INSTRUCTIONS:

Instruct your bank to transfer money by Federal Funds wire to:

State Street Bank and Trust Company
2 Avenue de Lafayette
Boston, MA 02111

ABA# 011000028
DDA# 9905-801-8
State Street Institutional Limited Duration Bond Fund
Account Number
Account Registration

You will not be able to redeem shares from the account until the original Application has been received. The Fund and its agents are not responsible for transfer errors by the sending or receiving bank and will not be liable for any loss incurred due to a wire transfer not having been received.

In accordance with certain federal regulations, the Trust is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each entity who applies to open an account. For this reason, when you open (or change ownership of) an account, the Trust will request certain information, including your name, address and taxpayer identification number, which will be used to verify your identity. If you are unable to provide sufficient information to verify your identity, the Trust will not open an account for you. As required by law, the Trust may employ various procedures, such as comparing your information to fraud databases or requesting additional information and documentation from you, to ensure that the information supplied by you is correct. The Trust reserves the right to reject any purchase for any reason, including failure to provide the Trust with information necessary to confirm your identity as required by law.

Redeeming Shares . An investor may withdraw all or any portion of its investment at the NAV next determined after it submits a withdrawal request, in proper form, to the Fund. Payments of redemption proceeds ordinarily will be sent the next business day. The Fund reserves the right to pay for redeemed shares within seven days after receiving your redemption order if, in the judgment of the Adviser, an earlier payment could adversely affect the Fund. The right of any investor to receive payment with respect to any withdrawal may be suspended or the payment of the withdrawal proceeds postponed during any period in which the NYSE is closed (other than weekends or holidays) or trading on the NYSE is restricted or, to the extent otherwise permitted by the 1940 Act, if an emergency exists.

 
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If you are redeeming some, but not all, of your shares, your remaining account balance should be above $1,000,000 and subsequent purchases of shares of the Fund may be rejected unless, after such purchase, your account balance will be at or greater than $1,000,000. A request for a partial redemption by an investor whose account balance is below the minimum amount or a request for partial redemption by an investor that would bring the account below the minimum amount may be treated as a request for a complete redemption of the account. These minimums may be different for investments made through certain financial intermediaries as determined by their policies and may be waived in the Adviser’s discretion. The Fund reserves the right to modify or waive its minimum account requirements at any time with or without prior notice. The Fund also reserves the right to involuntarily redeem an investor’s account if the investor’s account balance falls below the applicable minimum amount due to transaction activity. Notification will be sent to the shareholder giving the shareholder 60 days to increase the account to the required minimum or the account may be closed.

BY MAIL

Send a signed letter to:

State Street Institutional Limited Duration Bond Fund
P.O. Box 8048
Boston, MA 02266-8048

The letter should include information necessary to process your request as described below. The Fund may require a medallion guarantee in certain circumstances. See “Medallion Guarantees” below.

BY OVERNIGHT:

State Street Institutional Limited Duration Bond Fund
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809

BY TELEPHONE

(866) 392-0869

Between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET.

The Fund will need the following information to process your redemption request:

 
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name(s) of account owners;

 
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account number(s);

 
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the name of the Fund;

 
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your daytime telephone number; and

 
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the dollar amount or number of shares being redeemed.

On any day that the Fund calculates its NAV earlier than normal, the Fund reserves the right to adjust the times noted above for purchasing and redeeming shares, except the 9:00 a.m. ET beginning time.

Medallion Guarantees . Certain redemption requests must include a medallion guarantee for each registered account owner if any of the following apply:

 
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Your account address has changed within the last 10 business days.

 
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A wire is being made payable to someone other than the account owner.

 
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Redemption proceeds are being transferred to an account with a different registration.

 
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A wire is being sent to a financial institution other than the one that has been established on your Fund account.

 
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Other unusual situations as determined by the Fund’s transfer agent.

The Fund reserves the right to waive medallion guarantee requirements, require a medallion guarantee under other circumstances or reject or delay a redemption if the medallion guarantee is not in good form. Medallion guarantees may be provided by an eligible financial institution such as a commercial bank, a FINRA member firm such as a stock broker, a savings association or a national securities exchange. A notary public cannot provide a medallion guarantee. The Fund reserves the right to reject a medallion guarantee if it is not provided by a STAMP Medallion guarantor.

About Telephone Transactions . Telephone transactions are extremely convenient but are not free from risk. Neither the Fund nor the Fund’s agents will be responsible for any losses resulting from unauthorized telephone transactions if reasonable security procedures are followed. In addition, you are responsible for: (i) verifying the accuracy of all data and information transmitted by telephone, (ii) verifying the accuracy of your account statements immediately upon receipt, and (iii) promptly notifying the Fund of any errors or inaccuracies including, without limitation, any errors or inaccuracies relating to shareholder data or information transmitted by telephone. During periods of heavy market activity or other times, it may be difficult to reach the Fund by telephone. If you are unable to reach us by telephone, consider sending written instructions.

The Fund may terminate the receipt of redemption or exchange orders by telephone at any time, in which case you may redeem or exchange shares by other means.

 
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Policies to Prevent Market Timing . Frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares may present risks for other shareholders of the Fund, which may include, among other things, interference in the efficient management of the Fund’s portfolio, dilution in the value of Fund shares held by long-term shareholders, increased brokerage and administrative costs and forcing the Fund to hold excess levels of cash.

The Trust’s Board of Trustees has adopted policies and procedures designed to detect and prevent inappropriate short-term trading activity that is harmful to the Fund. Because most of the interests in the Fund are held by investors indirectly through one or more financial intermediaries, the Fund does not generally have information about the identity of those investors or about transactions effected by those investors. Rather, the Fund and its service providers periodically review cash inflows and outflows from and to those intermediaries in an attempt to detect inappropriate trading activity by investors holding shares through those intermediaries. The Fund may seek to obtain underlying account trading activity information from financial intermediaries when, in the Adviser’s judgment, the trading activity suggests possible market timing. There is no assurance that the Fund or the Adviser will be able to determine whether trading in the Fund’s shares by an investor holding shares through a financial intermediary is engaged in trading activity that may be harmful to the Fund or its shareholders.

The Fund reserves the right in its discretion to reject any purchase, in whole or in part including, without limitation, by a person whose trading activity in Fund shares the Adviser believes could be harmful to the Fund. The Fund may decide to restrict purchase and sale activity in its shares based on various factors, including, without limitation, whether frequent purchase and sale activity will disrupt portfolio management strategies and adversely affect performance. There can be no assurance that the Fund, the Adviser or State Street will identify all frequent purchase and sale activity affecting the Fund.

Distribution/Servicing (Rule 12b-1) Plan

The Fund has adopted a distribution plan under which the Fund may compensate its distributor (or others) for services in connection with the distribution of the Fund’s shares and for services provided to Fund shareholders. The plan calls for payments at an annual rate (based on average daily net assets) of 0.05%. Because these fees are paid out of the Fund’s assets on an ongoing basis, they will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more over time than paying other types of sales charges.

Additional Payments to Financial Intermediaries

The Adviser, or an affiliate of the Adviser, out of its own resources, and without additional cost to the Fund and its shareholders, may make additional payments to financial intermediaries (including affiliates of the Adviser) whose client or customer invests in the Fund. Generally, such financial intermediaries may (though they will not necessarily) provide shareholder servicing and support for their customers who purchase shares of the Fund. Not all financial intermediaries receive additional compensation and the amount of compensation paid varies for each financial intermediary. If payments to financial intermediaries by a particular mutual fund complex’s distributor or adviser exceed payments by other mutual fund complexes, your financial adviser and the financial intermediary employing him or her may have an incentive to recommend that fund complex over others. Please speak with your financial adviser to learn more about the total amounts paid to your financial adviser and his or her firm by the Adviser and its affiliates, and by sponsors of other mutual funds he or she may recommend to you. You should also consult disclosures made by your financial intermediary at the time of purchase.

Dividends, Distributions and Tax Considerations

Income dividends and capital gains distributions of the Fund will be declared and paid at least annually.

The following discussion is a summary of some important U.S. federal tax considerations generally applicable to investments in the Fund. Your investment in the Fund may have other tax implications. Please consult your tax advisor about foreign, federal, state, local or other tax laws applicable to you. Investors, including non-U.S. investors should consult the SAI for more information.

The Fund intends to elect to be treated and qualify each year as a regulated investment company. A regulated investment company is generally not subject to tax at the corporate level on income and gains that are distributed to shareholders. However, the Fund’s failure to qualify as a regulated investment company would result in corporate-level taxation, and consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to shareholders.

 
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For federal income tax purposes, distributions of investment income are generally taxable to you  as ordinary income. Taxes on distributions of capital gains generally are determined by how long the Portfolio owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long you have owned your Fund shares. Distributions of net capital gains (that is, the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses) investments that the Portfolio owned for more than one year that are properly designated by the Fund as capital gain dividends generally will be taxable to you as long-term capital gains. The Fund does not expect a significant portion of its distributions to be capital gain dividends. For individual taxpayers, long-term capital gain rates have been temporarily reduced-in general, to 15% with lower rates applying to taxpayers in the 10% and 15% rate brackets-for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011. Distributions of gains from investments that the Portfolio owned for one year or less generally will be taxable to you as ordinary income. For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, distributions of investment income designated by the Fund as derived from “qualified dividend income” are taxed at the rates applicable to long-term capital gain , provided holding period and other requirements are met by both the shareholder and the Fund; however, the Fund does not expect a significant portion of Fund distributions to be derived from qualified dividend income. Distributions are taxable to you even if they are paid from income or gains earned by the Fund before your investment (and thus were included in the price you paid for your shares). Distributions may also be subject to state and local taxes and are taxable whether you receive them in cash or reinvest them in additional shares.
 
Any gain resulting from the sale, exchange, or redemption of your shares will generally also be taxable to you as either short-term or long-term capital gain, depending upon how long you held your shares in the Fund.

If you are not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, each Fund’s ordinary income dividends will generally be subject to a 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless a lower treaty rate applies or unless such income is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. A Fund may, under certain circumstances, designate all or a portion of a dividend as an “interest-related dividend” that if received by a nonresident alien or foreign entity generally would be exempt from the 30% U.S. withholding tax, provided that certain other requirements are met. The Funds may also, under certain circumstances, designate all or a portion of a dividend as a “short-term capital gain dividend” which if received by a nonresident alien or foreign entity generally would be exempt from the 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless the foreign person is a nonresident alien individual present in the United States for a period or periods aggregating 183 days or more during the taxable year. The provisions contained in the legislation relating to dividends to foreign persons would apply to dividends with respect to taxable years of a Fund beginning after December 31, 2004 and before January 1, 2010.

 
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Financial Highlights

The Financial Highlights table is not presented because the Fund had not commenced operations as of the date of this Prospectus.
 
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For more information about STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL LIMITED DURATION BOND FUND:

The Fund’s SAI includes additional information about the Fund and is incorporated by reference into this document.  Additional information about the Fund’s investments will be available in the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders. In the Fund’s annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s performance during the last fiscal year.  The SAI and the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports will be available without charge, upon request. Shareholders in the Fund may make inquiries to the Fund to receive such information by calling State Street Global Markets, LLC at (800) 997-7327 or by writing to the Fund, c/o State Street Global Markets, LLC, State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111-2900. These documents are also available on the Fund’s website at http://www.sttfunds.com .

Information about the Fund (including the SAI) can be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the Commission at 1-202-942-8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are available free of charge on the EDGAR Database on the Commission’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of this information also may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following E-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing the Commission’s Public Reference Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.

SSgA FUNDS MANAGEMENT, INC.
STATE STREET FINANCIAL CENTER
ONE LINCOLN STREET
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02111

The State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Investment Company Act File Number is 811-09819.

 
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 STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT TRUST  
(the “Trust”)
 P.O. Box 5049
Boston, Massachusetts 02206

STATE STREET EQUITY 500 INDEX FUND
 STATE STREET EQUITY 400 INDEX FUND
STATE STREET EQUITY 2000 INDEX FUND
STATE STREET AGGREGATE BOND INDEX FUND
STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL LIMITED DURATION BOND FUND
STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL LIQUID RESERVES FUND
STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL SHORT-TERM TAX EXEMPT BOND FUND
STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL U.S. GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET FUND
STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL TAX FREE MONEY MARKET FUND
STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL TREASURY MONEY MARKET FUND
STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL TREASURY PLUS MONEY MARKET FUND

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

APRIL __, 2010

This Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) relates to the prospectuses dated April __, 2010, as amended from time to time thereafter for each of the Funds listed above.

The SAI is not a prospectus and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectuses. A copy of each Prospectus can be obtained free of charge by calling (866) 293-0869 or by written request to the Trust at the address listed above.

The Trust’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, including the independent registered public accounting firm report thereon, are included in the Trust’s annual report and are incorporated into this SAI by reference. A copy of the Trust’s annual report is available, without charge, upon request, by calling (866) 392-0869 or by written request to the Trust at the address above.

 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Trust History
 
Description of the Funds and Their Investments and Risks
 
Additional Investments and Risks
 
Management of the Trust
 
Control Persons and Principal Holders of Securities
 
Investment Advisory and Other Services
 
Portfolio Managers
 
Brokerage Allocation and Other Practices
 
Capital Stock and Other Securities
 
Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Shares
 
Taxation of the Funds
 
Underwriter
 
Financial Statements
 
Appendix A - Ratings of Debt Instruments
 
Appendix B - Trust’s Proxy Voting Procedures
 
Appendix C - Adviser’s Proxy Voting Procedures
 

TRUST HISTORY

The Trust was organized as a business trust under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts on February 16, 2000.

The Trust is an open-end management investment company. The Trust comprises the following diversified series:

 
·
State Street Equity 500 Index Fund (the “Equity 500 Index Fund”);

 
·
State Street Equity 400 Index Fund (the “Equity 400 Index Fund”);

 
·
State Street Equity 2000 Index Fund (the “Equity 2000 Index Fund”);

 
·
State Street Aggregate Bond Index Fund (the “Aggregate Bond Index Fund”);

 
·
State Street Institutional Limited Duration Bond Fund (the “Limited Duration Bond Fund”);

 
·
State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund (the “ILR Fund”);

 
·
Street Institutional Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund (the “Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund”);

 
·
State Street Institutional Tax Free Money Market Fund (the “Tax Free Fund”);

 
·
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund (the “U.S. Government Fund”)

 
·
State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund (the “Treasury Fund”); and

 
·
State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund (the “Treasury Plus Fund”)

The Equity 500 Index Fund, Equity 400 Index Fund, Equity 2000 Index Fund and Aggregate Bond Index Fund are referred to in this SAI as the “Index Funds.” The ILR Fund, Treasury Fund, Treasury Plus Fund, Tax Free Fund and U.S. Government Fund are referred to in this SAI as the “Money Funds” or “Money Market Funds.” The Treasury Fund and Treasury Plus Fund are referred to in this SAI as the “Treasury Funds.” The Limited Duration Bond Fund and Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund are referred to in this SAI as the “Bond Funds.” All Funds together are referred to in this SAI as the “Funds” and each Fund may be referred to in context as the “Fund” as appropriate.

Each Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its investable assets in a corresponding master portfolio of the State Street Master Funds (each a “Portfolio” and collectively the “Portfolios”) that has the same investment objective as, and investment policies that are substantially similar to those of, the Fund.  The table below shows the respective Portfolio in which each Fund invests.
 
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Feeder Fund
Master Portfolio
Equity 500 Index Fund
State Street Equity 500 Index Portfolio (“Equity 500 Index Portfolio”)
Equity 400 Index Fund
State Street Equity 400 Index Portfolio (“Equity 400 Index Portfolio”)
Equity 2000 Index Fund
State Street Equity 2000 Index Portfolio (“Equity 2000 Index Portfolio)
Aggregate Bond Index Fund
State Street Aggregate Bond Index Portfolio (“Aggregate Bond Index Portfolio”)
Limited Duration Bond Fund
State Street Limited Duration Pond Portfolio (“Limited Duration Bond Portfolio”)
ILR Fund
State Street Money Market Portfolio (“Money Market Portfolio”)
Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund
State Street Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Portfolio (“Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Portfolio”)
Tax Free Fund
State Street Tax Free Money Market Portfolio (“Tax Free Portfolio”)
U.S. Government Fund
State Street U.S. Government Money Market Portfolio (“U.S. Government Portfolio”)
Treasury Fund
State Street Treasury Money Market Portfolio (“Treasury Portfolio”)
Treasury Plus Fund
State Street Treasury Plus Money Market Portfolio (“Treasury Plus Portfolio”)

The Equity 500 Index Portfolio, Equity 400 Index Portfolio, Equity 2000 Index Portfolio and Aggregate Bond Index Portfolio are referred to in this SAI as the “Index Portfolios.” The Money Market Portfolio, Treasury Portfolio, Treasury Plus Portfolio and U.S. Government Portfolio are referred to in this SAI as the “Money Portfolios” or “Money Market Portfolios.” The Treasury Portfolio and Treasury Plus Portfolio are referred to in this SAI as the “Treasury Portfolios.” The Limited Duration Bond Portfolio and Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Portfolio are referred to in this SAI as the “Bond Portfolios.” All Portfolios together are referred to in this SAI as the “Portfolios” and each Portfolio may be referred to in context as the “Portfolio” as appropriate.

DESCRIPTION OF THE FUNDS AND THEIR INVESTMENTS AND RISKS

Each Fund’s Prospectus contains information about the investment objective and policies of that Fund. This SAI should only be read in conjunction with the Prospectus of the Fund or Funds in which you intend to invest.

In addition to the principal investment strategies and the principal risks of the Funds and Portfolios described in each Fund’s Prospectus, a Fund or Portfolio may employ other investment practices and may be subject to additional risks, which are described below. In reviewing these practices of the Funds, you should assume that the practices of the corresponding Portfolio are the same in all material respects.

Additional Information Concerning the S&P 500

The Equity 500 Index Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Standard & Poor’s(R), a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“S&P”). S&P makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of shares of the Equity 500 Index Fund or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Fund particularly or the ability of the S&P 500 to track general stock market performance. S&P’s only relationship to the Equity 500 Index Fund is the licensing of certain trademarks and trade names of S&P and of the S&P 500, which is determined, composed and calculated by S&P without regard to the Fund. S&P has no obligation to take the needs of the Equity 500 Index Fund or the owners of shares of the Fund into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the S&P 500. S&P is not responsible for and has not participated in the determination of the price and number of shares of the Equity 500 Index Fund or the timing of the issuance or sale of shares of the Fund, or calculation of the equation by which shares of the Fund are redeemable for cash. S&P has no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of shares of the Equity 500 Index Fund.

S&P does not guarantee the accuracy or the completeness of the S&P 500 or any data included therein and S&P shall have no liability for any errors, omissions or interruptions therein. S&P makes no warranty, express or implied, as to results to be obtained by the Equity 500 Index Fund, owners of shares of the Fund or any other person or entity from the use of the S&P 500 or any data included therein. S&P makes no express or implied warranties, and expressly disclaims all warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or use with respect to the S&P 500   or any data included therein. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall S&P have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages (including lost profits), even if notified of the possibility of such damages.
 
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Additional Information Concerning the S&P MidCap 400

The Equity 400 Index Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by S&P. S&P makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of shares of the Equity 400 Index Fund or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Fund particularly or the ability of the S&P MidCap 400 to track general stock market performance. S&P’s only relationship to the Equity 400 Index Fund is the licensing of certain trademarks and trade names of S&P and of the S&P MidCap 400, which is determined, composed and calculated by S&P without regard to the Equity 400 Index Fund. S&P has no obligation to take the needs of the Equity 400 Index Fund or the owners of shares of the Fund into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the S&P MidCap 400. S&P is not responsible for and has not participated in the determination of the price and number of shares of the Equity 400 Index Fund or the timing of the issuance or sale of shares of the Fund, or calculation of the equation by which shares of the Fund are redeemable for cash. S&P has no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of shares of the Equity 400 Index Fund.

S&P does not guarantee the accuracy or the completeness of the S&P MidCap 400 or any data included therein and S&P shall have no liability for any errors, omissions or interruptions therein. S&P makes no warranty, express or implied, as to results to be obtained by the Equity 400 Index Fund, owners of shares of the Fund or any other person or entity from the use of the S&P MidCap 400 or any data included therein. S&P makes no express or implied warranties, and expressly disclaims all warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or use with respect to the S&P MidCap 400 or any data included therein. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall S&P have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages (including lost profits), even if notified of the possibility of such damages.

Additional Information Concerning the Russell 2000 Index

The Equity 2000 Index Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, promoted by, or in any way affiliated with Frank Russell Company (“Russell”). Russell is not responsible for and has not reviewed the Equity 2000 Index Fund or any associated literature or publications, and Russell makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to their accuracy or completeness, or otherwise. Russell reserves the right, at any time and without notice, to alter, amend, terminate or in any way change the Russell 2000 Index. Russell has no obligation to take the needs of any particular fund or its participants or any other product or person into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the Russell 2000 Index. Russell’s publication of the Index in no way suggests or implies an opinion by Russell as to the attractiveness or appropriateness of investment in any or all securities upon which the Index is based. Russell makes no representation, warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or otherwise of the Russell 2000 Index or any data included in the Index. Russell makes no representation or warranty regarding the use, or the results of use, of the Russell 2000 Index or any data included therein, or any security (or combination thereof) comprising the Index. Russell makes no express or implied warranties, and expressly disclaims all warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose with respect to the Russell 2000 Index or any data or any security (or combination thereof) included therein.

Additional Information Concerning the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index (the “U.S. Aggregate Index”)

The Aggregate Bond Index Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Barclays Capital. Barclays Capital makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of shares of the Aggregate Bond Index Fund or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Fund particularly or the ability of the U.S. Aggregate Index to track general performance. Barclays Capital’s only relationship to the Aggregate Bond Index Fund is the licensing of certain trademarks and trade names of Barclays Capital and of the U.S. Aggregate Index, which is determined, composed and calculated by Barclays Capital without regard to the Fund. Barclays Capital has no obligation to take the needs of the Aggregate Bond Index Fund or the owners of shares of the Fund into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the U.S. Aggregate Index. Barclays Capital is not responsible for and has not participated in the determination of the price and number of shares of the Aggregate Bond Index Fund or the timing of the issuance or sale of shares of the Fund. Barclays Capital has no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of shares of the Aggregate Bond Index Fund.

Barclays Capital does not guarantee the accuracy or the completeness of the U.S. Aggregate Index or any data included therein and Barclays Capital shall have no liability for any errors, omissions or interruptions therein. Barclays Capital makes no warranty, express or implied, as to results to be obtained by the Aggregate Bond Index Fund, owners of shares of the Fund or any other person or entity from the use of the U.S. Aggregate Index or any data included therein. Barclays Capital makes no express or implied warranties, and expressly disclaims all warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or use with respect to the U.S. Aggregate Index or any data included therein. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall Barclays Capital have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages (including lost profits), even if notified of the possibility of such damages.
 
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ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS AND RISKS

To the extent consistent with its investment objective and restrictions, each Fund or Portfolio may invest in the following instruments and use the following techniques.

Cash Reserves

Each Index Portfolio and the Tax Free Portfolio may hold portions of its assets in short-term debt instruments with remaining maturities of 397 days or less pending investment or to meet anticipated redemptions and day-to-day operating expenses. Short-term debt instruments consist of: (i) short-term obligations of the U.S. government, its agencies, instrumentalities, authorities or political subdivisions; (ii) other short-term debt securities rated at the time of purchase Aa or higher by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or AA or higher by S&P or, if unrated, of comparable quality in the opinion of SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “SSgA FM”); (iii) commercial paper; (iv) bank obligations, including negotiable certificates of deposit, time deposits and bankers’ acceptances; and (v) repurchase agreements. At the time an Index Portfolio invests in commercial paper, bank obligations or repurchase agreements, the issuer or the issuer’s parent must have outstanding debt rated Aa or higher by Moody’s or AA or higher by S&P or outstanding commercial paper or bank obligations rated Prime-1 by Moody’s or A-1 by S&P; or, if no such ratings are available, the instrument must be of comparable quality in the opinion of the Adviser. To the extent that an Index Portfolio holds the foregoing instruments its ability to track its corresponding Index may be adversely affected. See Appendix A for more information on the ratings of debt instruments.

Credit Default Swaps

The Limited Duration Bond Portfolio may enter into credit default swap transactions. A credit default swap is an agreement between the Portfolio and a counterparty that enables the Portfolio to buy or sell protection against a credit event related to a specified issuer. One party, acting as a “protection buyer,” make periodic payments to the other party, a “protection seller,” in exchange for a promise by the protection seller to make a payment to the protection buyer if a negative credit event (such as a delinquent payment or default) occurs with respect to a referenced bond or group of bonds. Acting as a protection seller allows the Portfolio to create an investment exposure similar to owning a bond. Acting as a protection buyer allows the Portfolio potentially to reduce its credit exposure to a bond it owns or to take a “short” position in a bond it does not own.

As the protection buyer in a credit default swap, the Portfolio may pay a premium (by means of periodic payments) in return for the right to deliver specified bonds or loans (such as those of a U.S. or foreign issuer or a basket of such issuers) to the protection seller and receive the par (or other agreed-upon) value upon default (or similar events) by the reference issuer. If no default occurs, the protection seller would keep the stream of payments and would have no further obligations to the Portfolio. As the protection buyer, the Portfolio bears the risk that the investment might expire worthless and/or that the protection seller may fail to satisfy its payment obligations to the Portfolio in the event of a default (or similar event). In addition, when the Portfolio is a protection buyer, the Portfolio’s investment would only generate income in the event of an actual default (or similar event) by the issuer of the underlying reference obligation.

The Portfolio may also use credit default swaps for investment purposes by selling a credit default swap, in which case, the Portfolio would be required to pay the par (or other agreed-upon) value of a referenced debt obligation to the protection buyer in the event of a default (or similar event) by the third-party reference issuer. In return for its obligation, the Portfolio would receive from the protection buyer a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract. If no credit event occurs, the Portfolio would keep the stream of payments and would have no payment obligations. As the protection seller in a credit default swap, the Portfolio effectively adds economic leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Portfolio is subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap.

The use of credit default swaps, like all swap agreements, is subject to certain risks. If a counterparty’s creditworthiness declines, the value of the swap would likely decline because of the heightened risk that the counterparty may be unable to satisfy its payment obligations (particularly if the counterparty was the protection seller under the credit default swap contract). In addition, there is no guarantee that the Portfolio can eliminate its exposure under an outstanding swap agreement by entering into an offsetting swap agreement with the same or another party.
 
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Futures Contracts and Options on Futures

Each Index Portfolio may enter into futures contracts on securities in which it may invest or on indices comprised of such securities and may purchase and write call and put options on such contracts.

Futures contracts . A financial futures contract is a contract to buy or sell a specified quantity of financial instruments such as U.S. Treasury bills, notes and bonds at a specified future date at a price agreed upon when the contract is made. An index futures contract is a contract to buy or sell specified units of an index at a specified future date at a price agreed upon when the contract is made. The value of a unit is based on the current value of the index. Under such contracts no delivery of the actual securities making up the index takes place. Rather, upon expiration of the contract, settlement is made by exchanging cash in an amount equal to the difference between the contract price and the closing price of the index at expiration, net of variation margin previously paid. Futures contracts are traded in the United States only on commodity exchanges or boards of trade -- known as “contract markets” -- approved for such trading by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”), and must be executed through a futures commission merchant or brokerage firm which is a member of the relevant contract market.

Although futures contracts (other than index futures) by their terms call for actual delivery or acceptance of commodities or securities, in most cases the contracts are closed out before the settlement date without the making or taking of delivery, but rather by entering into an offsetting contract (a “closing transaction”). Upon entering into a futures contract, an Index Portfolio is required to deposit an initial margin with the futures broker. The initial margin serves as a “good faith” deposit that an Index Portfolio will honor its futures commitments. Subsequent payments (called “variation margin” or “maintenance margin”) to and from the broker are made on a daily basis as the price of the underlying security or commodity fluctuates, making the long and short positions in the futures contract more or less valuable, a process known as “marking to the market.” Futures contracts also involve brokerage costs. If the Portfolio is unable to enter into a closing transaction, the amount of the Portfolio’s potential loss may be unlimited.

Each Index Portfolio will not commit more than 5% of the market value of its total assets to initial margin deposits on futures and premiums paid for options on futures.

The Limited Duration Bond Portfolio may enter into futures contracts on securities in which it may invest and may purchase and write call and put options on such contracts.

The Limited Duration Bond Portfolio has claimed an exclusion from the definition of the term “commodity pool operator” under the Commodity Exchange Act (the “CEA”), and therefore, is not subject to registration or regulation as a pool operator under the CEA.

Options on futures contracts . In return for the premium paid, options on futures contracts give the purchaser the right to assume a position in a futures contract at the specified option exercise price at any time during the period of the option. Options on futures are similar to options on securities except that options on futures give the purchaser the right, in return for the premium paid, to assume a position in an futures contract (a long position if the option is a call and a short position if the option is a put) at a specified exercise price at any time during the period of the option. Upon exercise of the option, the delivery of the futures position by the writer of the option to the holder of the option will be accompanied by delivery of the accumulated balance in the writer’s futures margin account which represents the amount by which the market price of the futures contract, at exercise, exceeds (in the case of a call) or is less than (in the case of a put) the exercise price of the option on the futures. If an option is exercised on the last trading day prior to its expiration date, the settlement will be made entirely in cash. Purchasers of options who fail to exercise their options prior to the exercise date suffer a loss of the premium paid.

As with options on securities, the holder or writer of an option may terminate his position by selling or purchasing an offsetting option. There is no guarantee that such closing transactions can be effected.

The Limited Duration Bond Portfolio will be required to deposit initial margin and maintenance margin with respect to put and call options on futures contracts written by it pursuant to brokers’ requirements similar to those described above in connection with the discussion of futures contracts.

Risks of transactions in futures contracts and related options . Successful use of futures contracts by the Limited Duration Bond Portfolio is subject to the Adviser’s ability to predict movements in various factors affecting financial markets. Compared to the purchase or sale of futures contracts, the purchase of call or put options on futures contracts involves less potential risk to the Portfolio because the maximum amount at risk is the premium paid for the options (plus transaction costs). However, there may be circumstances when the purchase of a call or put option on a futures contract would result in a loss to the Portfolio when the purchase or sale of a futures contract would not, such as when there is no movement in the prices of the hedged investments. The writing of an option on a futures contract involves risks similar to those risks relating to the sale of futures contracts.
 
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The use of options and futures strategies involves the risk of imperfect correlation among movements in the prices of the securities underlying the futures and options purchased and sold by the Limited Duration Bond Portfolio, of the options and futures contracts themselves, and, in the case of hedging transactions, of the securities which are the subject of a hedge. The successful use of these strategies further depends on the ability of the Adviser to forecast interest rates and market movements correctly.

There is no assurance that higher than anticipated trading activity or other unforeseen events might not, at times, render certain market clearing facilities inadequate, and thereby result in the institution by exchanges of special procedures which may interfere with the timely execution of customer orders.

To reduce or eliminate a position held by the Limited Duration Bond Portfolio, the Portfolio may seek to close out such a position. The ability to establish and close out positions will be subject to the development and maintenance of a liquid secondary market. It is not certain that this market will develop or continue to exist for a particular futures contract or option. Reasons for the absence of a liquid secondary market on an exchange include the following: (i) there may be insufficient trading interest in certain contracts or options; (ii) restrictions may be imposed by an exchange on opening transactions or closing transactions or both; (iii) trading halts, suspensions or other restrictions may be imposed with respect to particular classes or series of contracts or options, or underlying securities; (iv) unusual or unforeseen circumstances may interrupt normal operations on an exchange; (v) the facilities of an exchange or a clearing corporation may not at all times be adequate to handle current trading volume; or (vi) one or more exchanges could, for economic or other reasons, decide or be compelled at some future date to discontinue the trading of contracts or options (or a particular class or series of contracts or options), in which event the secondary market on that exchange for such contracts or options (or in the class or series of contracts or options) would cease to exist, although outstanding contracts or options on the exchange that had been issued by a clearing corporation as a result of trades on that exchange would likely continue to be exercisable in accordance with their terms.

U.S. Treasury security futures contracts and options . U.S. Treasury security futures contracts require the seller to deliver, or the purchaser to take delivery of, the type of U.S. Treasury security called for in the contract at a specified date and price. Options on U.S. Treasury security futures contracts give the purchaser the right in return for the premium paid to assume a position in a U.S. Treasury security futures contract at the specified option exercise price at any time during the period of the option.

Successful use of U.S. Treasury security futures contracts by the Limited Duration Bond Portfolio is subject to the Adviser’s ability to predict movements in the direction of interest rates and other factors affecting markets for debt securities. For example, if the Portfolio has sold U.S. Treasury security futures contracts in order to hedge against the possibility of an increase in interest rates which would adversely affect the values of securities held in its portfolio, and the prices of the Portfolio’s securities increase instead as a result of a decline in interest rates, the Portfolio will lose part or all of the benefit of the increased value of its securities which it has hedged because it will have offsetting losses in its futures positions. In addition, in such situations, if the Portfolio has insufficient cash, it may have to sell securities to meet daily maintenance margin requirements at a time when it may be disadvantageous to do so.

There is also a risk that price movements in U.S. Treasury security futures contracts and related options will not correlate closely with price movements in markets for particular securities. For example, if the Limited Duration Bond Portfolio has hedged against a decline in the values of tax-exempt securities held by it by selling Treasury security futures and the values of Treasury securities subsequently increase while the values of the Portfolio’s tax-exempt securities decrease, the Portfolio would incur losses on both the Treasury security futures contracts written by it and the tax-exempt securities held in its portfolio.

Illiquid Securities

Each Portfolio, except for the Treasury Portfolio, may invest in illiquid securities. Each Index Portfolio, the Bond Portfolios and the Tax Free Portfolio will invest no more than 15% of its net assets, and each Money Market Portfolio will invest no more than 10% of its net assets, in illiquid securities or securities that are not readily marketable, including repurchase agreements and time deposits of more than seven days’ duration. The absence of a regular trading market for illiquid securities imposes additional risks on investments in these securities. Illiquid securities may be difficult to value and may often be disposed of only after considerable expense and delay.
 
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Lending of Portfolio Securities

Each Index Portfolio has the authority to lend portfolio securities to brokers, dealers and other financial organizations in amounts up to 33 1/3% of the total value of its assets. Any such loan must be continuously secured by collateral in cash or cash equivalents maintained on a current basis in an amount at least equal to the market value of the securities loaned by an Index Portfolio. An Index Portfolio would continue to receive the equivalent of the interest or dividends paid by the issuer on the securities loaned, and would receive an additional return that may be in the form of a fixed fee or a percentage of the collateral. An Index Portfolio would have the right to call the loan and obtain the securities loaned at any time on notice of not more than five business days. In the event of bankruptcy or other default of the borrower, an Index Portfolio could experience both delays in liquidating the loan collateral or recovering the loaned securities and losses including (a) possible decline in the value of collateral or in the value of the securities loaned during the period while the Portfolio seeks to enforce its rights thereto, (b) possible sub-normal levels of income and lack of access to income during this period, and (c) expenses of enforcing its rights.

Options on Securities and Securities Indices

Each Index Portfolio may purchase or sell options on securities in which it may invest and on indices that are comprised of securities in which it may invest, subject to the limitations set forth above and provided such options are traded on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market. Options on securities indices are similar to options on securities except there is no transfer of a security and settlement is in cash. A call option on a securities index grants the purchaser of the call, for a premium paid to the seller, the right to receive in cash an amount equal to the difference between the closing value of the index and the exercise price of the option times a multiplier established by the exchange upon which the option is traded. Typically, a call option will be profitable to the holder of the option if the value of the security or the index increases during the term of the option; a put option will be valuable if the value of the security or the index decreases during the term of the option. The Index Portfolios may also invest in warrants, which entitle the holder to buy equity securities at a specific price for a specific period of time.

Purchase of Other Investment Company Shares

Each Portfolio may, to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) and exemptive rules and orders thereunder, invest in shares of other investment companies which invest exclusively in money market instruments or in investment companies with investment policies and objectives which are substantially similar to the Portfolio’s. These investments may be made temporarily, for example, to invest uncommitted cash balances or, in limited circumstances, to assist in meeting shareholder redemptions.

Repurchase Agreements

Each Portfolio, except for the Treasury Portfolio, may enter into repurchase agreements with banks and other financial institutions, such as broker-dealers. In substance, a repurchase agreement is a loan for which the Portfolio receives securities as collateral. Under a repurchase agreement, the Portfolio purchases securities from a financial institution that agrees to repurchase the securities at the Portfolio’s original purchase price plus interest within a specified time (normally one business day). The Portfolio will limit repurchase transactions to those member banks of the Federal Reserve System and broker-dealers whose creditworthiness the Adviser considers satisfactory. Should the counterparty to a transaction fail financially, the Portfolio may encounter delay and incur costs before being able to sell the securities, or may be prevented from realizing on the securities. Further, the amount realized upon the sale of the securities may be less than that necessary to fully compensate the Portfolio.

Section 4(2) Commercial Paper/Rule 144A Securities

Each Portfolio, other than the Treasury Portfolios and the Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Portfolio, may also invest in commercial paper issued in reliance on the private placement exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“1933 Act”) (“Section 4(2) paper”) or in securities that that can be offered and sold only to “qualified institutional buyers” under Rule 144A of the 1933 Act (“Rule 144A securities”). The U.S. Government Portfolio may invest in Rule 144A securities, but not Section 4(2) paper.

Section 4(2) paper is restricted as to disposition under the federal securities laws and generally is sold to institutional investors that agree that they are purchasing the paper for investment and not with a view to public distribution. Any resale by the purchaser must be a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act. Section 4(2) paper normally is resold to other institutional investors like the Portfolios through or with the assistance of the issuer or investment dealers that make a market in Section 4(2) paper. Rule 144A securities generally must be sold only to other qualified institutional buyers.
 
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Section 4(2) paper and Rule 144A securities will not be considered illiquid for purposes of each Fund’s and Portfolio’s percentage limitations on illiquid securities when the Adviser (pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Board of Trustees) determines that a liquid trading market exists for the securities in question. There can be no assurance that a liquid trading market will exist at any time for any particular Section 4(2) paper or Rule 144A securities.

U.S. Government Securities

Each Portfolio may purchase U.S. government securities. With respect to U.S. Government securities, the Treasury Portfolio will invest exclusively in direct obligations of the U.S. Treasury, such as U.S. Treasury bills, notes and bonds maturing within 397 days, and other mutual funds, subject to regulatory limitations, that invest exclusively in such obligations. The Treasury Plus Portfolio will invest substantially all of its net assets in direct obligations of the U.S. Treasury (U.S. Treasury bills, notes and bonds) and repurchase agreements collateralized by these obligations. The types of U.S. government obligations in which each other Portfolio may at times invest include: (1) U.S. Treasury obligations and (2) obligations issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities which are supported by any of the following: (a) the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury, (b) the right of the issuer to borrow an amount limited to a specific line of credit from the U.S. Treasury, (c) discretionary authority of the U.S. government agency or instrumentality, or (d) the credit of the instrumentality (examples of agencies and instrumentalities are: Federal Land Banks, Federal Housing Administration, Federal Farm Credit Bank, Farmers Home Administration, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Central Bank for Cooperatives, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, Federal Home Loan Banks, General Services Administration, Maritime Administration, Tennessee Development Bank, Asian-American Development Bank, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Federal National Mortgage Association). No assurance can be given that in the future the U.S. government will provide financial support to such U.S. government agencies or instrumentalities described in (2)(b), (2)(c) and (2)(d), other than as set forth above, since it is not obligated to do so by law.

The Money Portfolios may purchase U.S. government obligations on a forward commitment basis. The Money Portfolios, except for the Treasury Portfolios, may also purchase Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities, a type of inflation-indexed Treasury security. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities provide for semiannual payments of interest and a payment of principal at maturity which are adjusted for changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (“CPI-U”).

Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities

The Limited Duration Bond Portfolio may invest in Inflation-Protection Securities (“IPSs”), a type of inflation-indexed Treasury security. IPSs typically provide for semiannual payments of interest and a payment of principal at maturity. In general, each payment will be adjusted to take into account any inflation or deflation that occurs between the issue date of the security and the payment date based on the CPI-U.

Each semiannual payment of interest will be determined by multiplying a single fixed rate of interest by the inflation-adjusted principal amount of the security for the date of the interest payment. Thus, although the interest rate will be fixed, the amount of each interest payment will vary with changes in the principal of the security as adjusted for inflation and deflation.

IPSs also provide for an additional payment (a “minimum guarantee payment”) at maturity if the security’s inflation-adjusted principal amount for the maturity date is less than the security’s principal amount at issuance. The amount of the additional payment will equal the excess of the security’s principal amount at issuance over the security’s inflation-adjusted principal amount for the maturity date.

When-Issued Securities

Each Portfolio may purchase securities on a when-issued basis. Delivery of and payment for these securities may take place as long as a month or more after the date of the purchase commitment. The value of these securities is subject to market fluctuation during this period, and no income accrues to the Portfolio until settlement takes place. The Portfolio segregates liquid securities in an amount at least equal to these commitments. For the purpose of determining the adequacy of these securities, the segregated securities will be valued at market. If the market value of such securities declines, additional cash or securities will be segregated on the Portfolio’s records on a daily basis so that the market value of the account will equal the amount of such commitments by the Portfolio. When entering into a when-issued transaction, the Portfolio will rely on the other party to consummate the transaction; if the other party fails to do so, the Portfolio may be disadvantaged. The Money Portfolios will not invest more than 25% of their respective net assets in when-issued securities.
 
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Securities purchased on a when-issued basis and held by a Portfolio are subject to changes in market value based upon the public’s perception of changes in the level of interest rates. Generally, the value of such securities will fluctuate inversely to changes in interest rates -- i.e., they will appreciate in value when interest rates decline and decrease in value when interest rates rise. Therefore, if in order to achieve higher interest income a Portfolio remains substantially fully invested at the same time that it has purchased securities on a “when-issued” basis, there will be a greater possibility of fluctuation in the Portfolio’s net asset value (“NAV”).

When payment for when-issued securities is due, a Portfolio will meet its obligations from then-available cash flow, the sale of segregated securities, the sale of other securities or, and although it would not normally expect to do so, from the sale of the when-issued securities themselves (which may have a market value greater or less than the Portfolio’s payment obligation). The sale of securities to meet such obligations carries with it a greater potential for the realization of capital gains, which are subject to federal income taxes.

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

The Aggregate Bond Index Portfolio, the Tax Free Portfolio, the Limited Duration Bond Portfolio, the Money Market Portfolio and the U.S. Government Portfolio may enter into reverse repurchase agreements under the circumstances described in “Investment Restrictions.” In substance, a reverse repurchase agreement is a borrowing for which a Portfolio provides securities as collateral. Under a reverse repurchase agreement, a Portfolio sells portfolio securities to a financial institution in return for cash in an amount equal to a percentage of the portfolio securities’ market value and agrees to repurchase the securities at a future date at a prescribed repurchase price equal to the amount of cash originally received plus interest on such amount. A Portfolio retains the right to receive interest and principal payments with respect to the securities while they are in the possession of the financial institutions. Cash or liquid high-quality debt obligations from a Portfolio’s portfolio equal in value to the repurchase price including any accrued interest will be segregated by the Portfolio’s custodian on the Portfolio’s records while a reverse repurchase agreement is in effect. Reverse repurchase agreements involve the risk that the market value of securities sold by a Portfolio may decline below the price at which it is obligated to repurchase the securities. Reverse repurchase agreements also involve a risk of default by the counterparty, which may adversely affect a Portfolio’s ability to reacquire the underlying securities.

Total Return Swaps and Interest Rate Swaps

The Aggregate Bond Index Portfolio and the Bond Portfolios may contract with a counterparty to pay a stream of cash flows and receive the total return of an index or a security for purposes of attempting to obtain a particular desired return at a lower cost to the Portfolio than if the Portfolio had invested directly in an instrument that yielded that desired return. A Portfolio’s return on a swap will depend on the ability of its counterparty to perform its obligations under the swap. The Adviser will cause the Portfolio to enter into swap agreements only with counterparties that would be eligible for consideration as repurchase agreement counterparties under the Portfolio’s repurchase agreement guidelines.

The Aggregate Bond Index Portfolio and Limited Duration Bond Portfolio may enter into interest rate swap transactions with respect to any security it is entitled to hold. Interest rate swaps involve the exchange by a Portfolio with another party of their respective rights to receive interest, e.g., an exchange of floating rate payments for fixed rate payments. A Portfolio expects to enter into these transactions primarily to preserve a return or spread on a particular investment or portion of its portfolio or to protect against any increase in the price of securities it anticipates purchasing at a later date. The Portfolios intend to use these transactions as a hedge and not as a speculative investment. For example, the Portfolios may enter into an interest rate swap in order to protect against declines in the value of fixed income securities held by the Portfolios. In such an instance, the Portfolios may agree with a counterparty to pay a fixed rate (multiplied by a notional amount) and the counterparty to pay a floating rate multiplied by the same notional amount. If interest rates rise, resulting in a diminution in the value of the portfolio of a Portfolio, the Portfolio would receive payments under the swap that would offset, in whole or in part, such diminution in value; if interest rates fall, the Portfolio would likely lose money on the swap transaction.
 
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Eurodollar Certificates of Deposit (“ECDs”), Eurodollar Time Deposits (“ETDs”) and Yankee Certificates of Deposit (“YCDs”)

The Aggregate Bond Index Portfolio, the Limited Duration Bond Portfolio, the Money Market Portfolio and the U.S. Government Portfolio may invest in ECDs, ETDs and YCDs. ECDs and ETDs are U.S. dollar denominated certificates of deposit issued by foreign branches of domestic banks and foreign banks. YCDs are U.S. dollar denominated certificates of deposit issued by U.S. branches of foreign banks.

Different risks than those associated with the obligations of domestic banks may exist for ECDs, ETDs and YCDs because the banks issuing these instruments, or their domestic or foreign branches, are not necessarily subject to the same regulatory requirements that apply to domestic banks, such as loan limitations, examinations and reserve, accounting, auditing, recordkeeping and public reporting requirements. Obligations of foreign issuers also involve risks such as future unfavorable political and economic developments, withholding tax, seizures of foreign deposits, currency controls, interest limitations, and other governmental restrictions that might affect repayment of principal or payment of interest, or the ability to honor a credit commitment.

Forward Commitments

The Aggregate Bond Index Portfolio, the Bond Portfolios, the Tax Free Portfolio and the Money Portfolios may enter into contracts to purchase securities for a fixed price at a future date beyond customary settlement time (“forward commitments”) if the Portfolio holds, and maintains until the settlement date in a segregated account, cash or liquid securities in an amount sufficient to meet the purchase price, or if the Portfolio enters into offsetting contracts for the forward sale of other securities it owns. Forward commitments may be considered securities in themselves, and involve a risk of loss if the value of the security to be purchased declines prior to the settlement date, which risk is in addition to the risk of decline in the value of the Portfolio’s other assets. Where such purchases are made through dealers, the Portfolio relies on the dealer to consummate the sale. The dealer’s failure to do so may result in the loss to the Portfolio of an advantageous yield or price.

Although a Portfolio will generally enter into forward commitments with the intention of acquiring securities for its portfolio or for delivery pursuant to options contracts it has entered into, a Portfolio may dispose of a commitment prior to settlement if Adviser deems it appropriate to do so. A Portfolio may realize short-term profits or losses upon the sale of forward commitments.

Investment-Grade Bonds

The Aggregate Bond Index Portfolio and the Money Market Portfolio may invest in corporate notes and bonds that are rated investment-grade by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”) (and, in the case of the Money Market Portfolio, rated in one of the two short-term highest rating categories by at least two NRSROs or by one NRSRO if only one NRSRO has rated the security) or, if unrated, are of comparable quality to the rated securities described above, as determined by the Adviser, in accordance with procedures established by the Board of Trustees. Investment-grade securities include securities rated Baa by Moody’s or BBB- by S&P (and securities of comparable quality), which have speculative characteristics.

Asset-Backed Securities

The Aggregate Bond Index Portfolio and the Money Market Portfolio may invest in asset-backed securities. Asset-backed securities represent undivided fractional interests in pools of instruments, such as consumer loans, and are similar in structure to mortgage-related securities described below. Payments of principal and interest are passed through to holders of the securities and are typically supported by some form of credit enhancement, such as a letter of credit, surety bond, limited guarantee by another entity or by priority to certain of the borrower’s other securities. The degree of credit enhancement varies, generally applying only until exhausted and covering only a fraction of the security’s par value. The ability of an issuer of asset-backed securities to enforce its security interest in the underlying assets may be limited. If the credit enhancement of an asset-backed security held by a Portfolio has been exhausted, and if any required payments of principal and interest are not made with respect to the underlying loans, the Portfolio may experience loss or delay in receiving payment and a decrease in the value of the security. Use of asset-backed securities will represent less than 5% of the Money Market Portfolio’s total assets by issuer.

Mortgage-Backed and Mortgage-Related Securities

The Aggregate Bond Index Portfolio, the Limited Duration Bond Portfolio, the Money Market Portfolio and the U.S. Government Portfolio and solely as collateral for repurchase agreements in the case of the Money Market Portfolio and U.S. Government Portfolio, may invest in mortgage-backed and mortgage-related securities. Mortgage-backed securities, including collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”) and certain stripped mortgage-backed securities represent a participation in, or are secured by, mortgage loans.
 
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Mortgage-backed securities have yield and maturity characteristics corresponding to the underlying assets. Unlike traditional debt securities, which may pay a fixed rate of interest until maturity, when the entire principal amount comes due, payments on certain mortgage-backed securities include both interest and a partial repayment of principal. Besides the scheduled repayment of principal, repayments of principal may result from the voluntary prepayment, refinancing or foreclosure of the underlying mortgage loans. If property owners make unscheduled prepayments of their mortgage loans, these prepayments will result in early payment of the applicable mortgage-related securities. In that event a Portfolio may be unable to invest the proceeds from the early payment of the mortgage-related securities in an investment that provides as high a yield as the mortgage-related securities. Consequently, early payment associated with mortgage-related securities may cause these securities to experience significantly greater price and yield volatility than that experienced by traditional fixed-income securities.

The occurrence of mortgage prepayments is affected by factors including the level of interest rates, general economic conditions, the location and age of the mortgage and other social and demographic conditions. During periods of falling interest rates, the rate of mortgage prepayments tends to increase, thereby tending to decrease the life of mortgage-related securities. During periods of rising interest rates, the rate of mortgage prepayments usually decreases, thereby tending to increase the life of mortgage-related securities. If the life of a mortgage-related security is inaccurately predicted, a Portfolio may not be able to realize the rate of return the adviser expected.

Mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities are less effective than other types of securities as a means of “locking in” attractive long-term interest rates. One reason is the need to reinvest prepayments of principal; another is the possibility of significant unscheduled prepayments resulting from declines in interest rates. These prepayments would have to be reinvested at lower rates. As a result, these securities may have less potential for capital appreciation during periods of declining interest rates than other securities of comparable maturities, although they may have a similar risk of decline in market value during periods of rising interest rates. Prepayments may also significantly shorten the effective maturities of these securities, especially during periods of declining interest rates. Conversely, during periods of rising interest rates, a reduction in prepayments may increase the effective maturities of these securities, subjecting them to a greater risk of decline in market value in response to rising interest rates than traditional debt securities, and, therefore, potentially increasing the volatility of a Portfolio. Prepayments may cause losses on securities purchased at a premium. At times, some mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities will have higher than market interest rates and therefore will be purchased at a premium above their par value.

Mortgage-backed securities are issued by governmental, government-related and private organizations and are backed by pools of mortgage loans. These mortgage loans are made by savings and loan associations, mortgage bankers, commercial banks and other lenders to home buyers throughout the United States. The securities are “pass-through” securities because they provide investors with monthly payments of principal and interest that, in effect, are a “pass-through” of the monthly payments made by the individual borrowers on the underlying mortgage loans, net of any fees paid to the issuer or guarantor of the pass-through certificates. The principal governmental issuer of such securities is the Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”), which is a wholly-owned U.S. government corporation within the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Government-related issuers include the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“FHLMC”), which is a shareholder-owned government-sponsored enterprise established by Congress, and the Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”), a government sponsored corporation owned entirely by private stockholders. Commercial banks, savings and loan associations, private mortgage insurance companies, mortgage bankers and other secondary market issuers also create pass-through pools of conventional residential mortgage loans. Such issuers may be the originators of the underlying mortgage loans as well as the guarantors of the mortgage-related securities.

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GNMA Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (“Ginnie Maes”). Ginnie Maes represent an undivided interest in a pool of mortgage loans that are insured by the Federal Housing Administration or the Farmers Home Administration or guaranteed by the Veterans Administration. Ginnie Maes entitle the holder to receive all payments (including prepayments) of principal and interest owed by the individual mortgagors, net of fees paid to GNMA and to the issuer which assembles the loan pool and passes through the monthly mortgage payments to the certificate holders (typically, a mortgage banking firm), regardless of whether the individual mortgagor actually makes the payment. Because payments are made to certificate holders regardless of whether payments are actually received on the underlying loans, Ginnie Maes are of the “modified pass-through” mortgage certificate type. GNMA is authorized to guarantee the timely payment of principal and interest on the Ginnie Maes as securities backed by an eligible pool of mortgage loans. The GNMA guaranty is backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, and GNMA has unlimited authority to borrow funds from the U.S. Treasury to make payments under the guaranty. The market for Ginnie Maes is highly liquid because of the size of the market and the active participation in the secondary market by securities dealers and a variety of investors.
 
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FHLMC Mortgage Participation Certificates (“Freddie Macs”). Freddie Macs represent interests in groups of specified first lien residential conventional mortgage loans underwritten and owned by FHLMC. Freddie Macs entitle the holder to timely payment of interest, which is guaranteed by FHLMC. FHLMC guarantees either ultimate collection or timely payment of all principal payments on the underlying mortgage loans. In cases where FHLMC has not guaranteed timely payment of principal, FHLMC may remit the amount due on account of its guarantee of ultimate payment of principal at any time after default on an underlying loan, but in no event later than one year after it becomes payable. Freddie Macs are not guaranteed by the United States or by any of the Federal Home Loan Banks and do not constitute a debt or obligation of the United States or of any Federal Home Loan Bank. The secondary market for Freddie Macs is highly liquid because of the size of the market and the active participation in the secondary market by FHLMC, securities dealers and a variety of investors.

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FNMA Guaranteed Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (“Fannie Maes”). Fannie Maes represent an undivided interest in a pool of conventional mortgage loans secured by first mortgages or deeds of trust, on one-family to four-family residential properties. FNMA is obligated to distribute scheduled monthly installments of principal and interest on the loans in the pool, whether or not received, plus full principal of any foreclosed or otherwise liquidated loans. The obligation of FNMA under its guaranty is solely the obligation of FNMA and is not backed by, nor entitled to, the full faith and credit of the United States.

CMOs may be issued by a U.S. Government agency or instrumentality or by a private issuer. Although payment of the principal of, and interest on, the underlying collateral securing privately issued CMOs may be guaranteed by the U.S. Government or its agencies or instrumentalities, these CMOs represent obligations solely of the private issuer and are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities or any other person or entity.

Prepayments could cause early retirement of CMOs. CMOs are designed to reduce the risk of prepayment for investors by issuing multiple classes of securities, each having different maturities, interest rates and payment schedules, and with the principal and interest on the underlying mortgages allocated among the several classes in various ways. Payment of interest or principal on some classes or series of CMOs may be subject to contingencies or some classes or series may bear some or all of the risk of default on the underlying mortgages. CMOs of different classes or series are generally retired in sequence as the underlying mortgage loans in the mortgage pool are repaid. If enough mortgages are repaid ahead of schedule, the classes or series of a CMO with the earliest maturities generally will be retired prior to their maturities. Thus, the early retirement of particular classes or series of a CMO would have the same effect as the prepayment of mortgages underlying other mortgage-backed securities. Conversely, slower than anticipated prepayments can extend the effective maturities of CMOs, subjecting them to a greater risk of decline in market value in response to rising interest rates than traditional debt securities, and, therefore, potentially increasing their volatility.

Prepayments could result in losses on stripped mortgage-backed securities. Stripped mortgage-backed securities are usually structured with two classes that receive different portions of the interest and principal distributions on a pool of mortgage loans. The yield to maturity on an interest only or “IO” class of stripped mortgage-backed securities is extremely sensitive not only to changes in prevailing interest rates but also to the rate of principal payments (including prepayments) on the underlying assets. A rapid rate of principal prepayments may have a measurable adverse effect on a Portfolio’s yield to maturity to the extent it invests in IOs. If the assets underlying the IO experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, a Portfolio may fail to recoup fully, or at all, its initial investment in these securities. Conversely, principal only securities or “POs” tend to increase in value if prepayments are greater than anticipated and decline if prepayments are slower than anticipated. The secondary market for stripped mortgage-backed securities may be more volatile and less liquid than that for other mortgage-backed securities, potentially limiting a Portfolio’s ability to buy or sell those securities at any particular time.

The market value of mortgage-related securities depends on, among other things, the level of interest rates, the certificates’ coupon rates and the payment history of the underlying borrowers.

Mortgage-Backed Security Rolls

The Aggregate Bond Index Portfolio may enter into “forward roll” transactions with respect to mortgage-backed securities issued by GNMA, FNMA or FHLMC. In a forward roll transaction, the Portfolio will sell a mortgage security to a dealer or other permitted entity and simultaneously agree to repurchase a similar security from the institution at a later date at an agreed upon price. The mortgage securities that are repurchased will bear the same interest rate as those sold, but generally will be collateralized by different pools of mortgages with different prepayment histories than those sold. There are two primary risks associated with the roll market for mortgage-backed securities. First, the value and safety of the roll depends entirely upon the counterparty’s ability to redeliver the security at the termination of the roll. Therefore, the counterparty to a roll must meet the same credit criteria as the Portfolio’s repurchase agreement counterparties. Second, the security which is redelivered at the end of the roll period must be substantially the same as the initial security, i.e., it must have the same coupon, be issued by the same agency and be of the same type, have the same original stated term to maturity, be priced to result in similar market yields and must be “good delivery.” Within these parameters, however, the actual pools that are redelivered could be less desirable than those originally rolled, especially with respect to prepayment characteristics.
 
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Variable and Floating Rate Securities

The Aggregate Bond Index Portfolio, the Bond Portfolios, the Money Market Portfolio and the U.S. Government Portfolio may invest in variable and floating rate securities. A variable rate security provides for the automatic establishment of a new interest rate on set dates. Interest rates on these securities are ordinarily tied to, and are a percentage of, a widely recognized interest rate, such as the yield on 90-day U.S. Treasury bills or the prime rate of a specified bank. These rates may change as often as twice daily. Generally, changes in interest rates will have a smaller effect on the market value of variable and floating rate securities than on the market value of comparable fixed income obligations. Thus, investing in variable and floating rate securities generally allows less opportunity for capital appreciation and depreciation than investing in comparable fixed income securities. Variable rate obligations whose interest is readjusted no less frequently than annually will be deemed to have a maturity equal to the period remaining until the next readjustment of the interest rate. The Limited Duration Bond Portfolio may also invest in funding agreements, which are privately placed, unregistered obligations negotiated with a purchaser.

Variable Amount Master Demand Notes

The Money Market Portfolio, the U.S. Government Portfolio and the Bond Portfolios may invest in variable amount master demand notes which are unsecured obligations that are redeemable upon demand and are typically unrated. These instruments are issued pursuant to written agreements between their issuers and holders. The agreements permit the holders to increase (subject to an agreed maximum) and the holders and issuers to decrease the principal amount of the notes, and specify that the rate of interest payable on the principal fluctuates according to an agreed formula. Generally, changes in interest rates will have a smaller effect on the market value of these securities than on the market value of comparable fixed income obligations. Thus, investing in these securities generally allows less opportunity for capital appreciation and depreciation than investing in comparable fixed income securities. There may be no active secondary market with respect to a particular variable rate instrument.

Zero Coupon Securities

The Aggregate Bond Index Portfolio, the Bond Portfolios, the Money Market Portfolio and the U.S. Government Portfolio may invest in zero coupon securities. Zero coupon securities are notes, bonds and debentures that: (1) do not pay current interest and are issued at a substantial discount from par value; (2) have been stripped of their unmatured interest coupons and receipts; or (3) pay no interest until a stated date one or more years into the future. These securities also include certificates representing interests in such stripped coupons and receipts. Generally, changes in interest rates will have a greater impact on the market value of a zero coupon security than on the market value of the comparable securities that pay interest periodically during the life of the instrument. The Portfolios will not receive cash payments on a current basis from the issuer in respect of accrued original issue discount (“OID”), but investors will be required to accrue OID for U.S. federal income tax purposes. To generate sufficient cash for a Fund to make the requisite distributions to maintain its qualification for treatment as a “regulated investment company” (“RIC”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), a Fund may be required to redeem a portion of its interest in a Portfolio in order to obtain sufficient cash to satisfy the 90% distribution requirement with respect to the OID accrued on zero coupon bonds.  The Portfolio in turn may sell investments in order to meet such redemption requests, including at a time when it may not be advantageous to do so.

The Money Portfolio, the U.S. Government Portfolio and the Bond Portfolios may invest no more than 25% of their respective total assets in stripped securities that have been stripped by their holder, typically a custodian bank or investment brokerage firm. A number of securities firms and banks have stripped the interest coupons and resold them in custodian receipt programs with different names such as Treasury Income Growth Receipts (“TIGRS”) and Certificates of Accrual on Treasuries (“CATS”). Privately-issued stripped securities such as TIGRS and CATS are not themselves guaranteed by the U.S. government, but the future payment of principal or interest on U.S. Treasury obligations which they represent is so guaranteed.
 
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Municipal and Municipal-Related Securities

Municipal securities may bear fixed, floating or variable rates of interest or may be zero coupon securities. Municipal securities are generally of two types: general obligations and revenue obligations. General obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the issuer. These securities include tax anticipation notes, bond anticipation notes, general obligation bonds and commercial paper. Revenue obligations are backed by the revenues generated from a specific project or facility and include industrial development bonds and private activity bonds. Tax anticipation notes are issued to finance working capital needs of municipalities and are generally issued in anticipation of future tax revenues. Bond anticipation notes are issued in expectation of the issuer obtaining longer-term financing.

The Tax Free Portfolio and the Bond Portfolios may invest in municipal and municipal-related securities. Municipal obligations are affected by economic, business or political developments. These securities may be subject to provisions of litigation, bankruptcy and other laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors, or may become subject to future laws extending the time for payment of principal and/or interest, or limiting the rights of municipalities to levy taxes. The Portfolios may be more adversely impacted by changes in tax rates and policies than other funds. Because interest income from municipal securities is normally not subject to regular federal income taxation, the attractiveness of municipal securities in relation to other investment alternatives is affected by changes in federal income tax rates applicable to, or the continuing federal income tax-exempt status of, such interest income. Any proposed or actual changes in such rates or exempt status, therefore, can significantly affect the demand for and supply, liquidity and marketability of municipal securities. This could in turn affect a Portfolio’s ability to acquire and dispose of municipal securities at desirable yield and price levels. Concentration of a Portfolio’s investments in these municipal obligations will subject the Portfolio, to a greater extent than if such investment was not so concentrated, to the risks of adverse economic, business or political developments affecting the particular state, industry or other area of concentration.

Auction Rate Securities . Auction rate municipal securities permit the holder to sell the securities in an auction at par value at specified intervals. The dividend or interest is typically reset by “Dutch” auction in which bids are made by broker-dealers and other institutions for a certain amount of securities at a specified minimum yield. The rate set by the auction is the lowest interest or dividend rate that covers all securities offered for sale. While this process is designed to permit auction rate securities to be traded at par value, there is the risk that an auction will fail due to insufficient demand for the securities. A Portfolio will take the time remaining until the next scheduled auction date into account for purposes of determining the securities’ duration. The Tax Free Portfolio does not invest in auction rate securities.

Industrial Development and Private Activity Bonds . Industrial development bonds are issued to finance a wide variety of capital projects including: electric, gas, water and sewer systems; ports and airport facilities; colleges and universities; and hospitals. The principal security for these bonds is generally the net revenues derived from a particular facility, group of facilities, or in some cases, the proceeds of a special excise tax or other specific revenue sources. Although the principal security behind these bonds may vary, many provide additional security in the form of a debt service reserve fund whose money may be used to make principal and interest payments on the issuer’s obligations. Some authorities provide further security in the form of a state’s ability without obligation to make up deficiencies in the debt service reserve fund.

Private activity bonds are considered municipal securities if the interest paid thereon is exempt from federal income tax and are issued by or on behalf of public authorities to raise money to finance various privately operated facilities for business and manufacturing, housing, sports, and pollution control. These bonds are also used to finance public facilities such as airports, mass transit systems, ports and parking. The payment of the principal and interest on such bonds is dependent solely on the ability of the facility’s user to meet its financial obligations and the value of any real or personal property pledged as security for such payment. As noted in each Portfolio’s Prospectus and discussed below under “Taxation of the Funds,” interest income on these bonds may be an item of tax preference subject to federal alternative minimum tax for individuals and corporations.

Insured Municipal Securities . Insured municipal securities are those for which scheduled payments of interest and principal are guaranteed by a private (non-governmental) insurance company. The insurance entitles a fund to receive only the face or par value of the securities held by the fund, but the ability to be paid is limited to the claims paying ability of the insurer. The insurance does not guarantee the market value of the municipal securities or the net asset value of a fund’s shares. Insurers are selected based upon the diversification of its portfolio and the strength of the management team which contributes to the claims paying ability of the entity. However, the Adviser selects securities based upon the underlying credit with bond insurance viewed as an enhancement only. The Adviser’s objective is to have an enhancement that provides additional liquidity to insulate against volatility in changing markets.
 
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Municipal Leases . The Tax Free Portfolio and Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Portfolio may purchase participation interests in municipal obligations, including municipal lease/purchase agreements. Municipal leases are an undivided interest in a portion of an obligation in the form of a lease or installment purchase issued by a state or local government to acquire equipment or facilities. These instruments may have fixed, floating or variable rates of interest, with remaining maturities of 13 months or less. Certain participation interests may permit a Portfolio to demand payment on not more than seven days’ notice, for all or any part of the fund’s interest, plus accrued interest.

Municipal leases frequently have special risks not normally associated with general obligation or revenue bonds. Some leases or contracts include “non-appropriation” clauses, which provide that the governmental issuer has no obligation to make future payments under the lease or contract unless money is appropriated for such purpose by the appropriate legislative body on a yearly or other periodic basis. To reduce these risks, the Portfolios will only purchase municipal leases subject to a non-appropriation clause when the payment of principal and accrued interest is backed by a letter of credit or guarantee of a bank.

Whether a municipal lease agreement will be considered illiquid for the purpose of a Portfolio’s restriction on investments in illiquid securities will be determined in accordance with procedures established by the Board of Trustees.

Pre-Refunded Municipal Securities . The interest and principal payments on pre-refunded municipal securities are typically paid from the cash flow generated from an escrow fund consisting of U.S. Government securities. These payments have been “pre-refunded” using the escrow fund.

Tender Option Bonds . A tender option is a municipal obligation (generally held pursuant to a custodial arrangement) having a relatively long maturity and bearing interest at a fixed rate substantially higher than prevailing short-term tax exempt rates, that has been coupled with the agreement of a third party, such as a bank, broker-dealer or other financial institution, pursuant to which such institution grants the security holders the option, at periodic intervals, to tender their securities to the institution and receive the face value thereof. As consideration for providing the option, the financial institution receives periodic fees equal to the difference between the municipal obligation’s fixed coupon rate and the rate, as determined by a remarketing or similar agent at or near the commencement of such period, that would cause the securities, coupled with the tender option, to trade at par on the date of such determination. Thus, after payment of this fee, the security holder effectively holds a demand obligation that bears interest at the prevailing short-term tax exempt rate. Subject to applicable regulatory requirements, a Portfolio may buy tender option bonds if the agreement gives the Portfolio the right to tender the bond to its sponsor no less frequently than once every 397 days. The Adviser will consider on an ongoing basis the creditworthiness of the issuer of the underlying obligation, any custodian and the third party provider of the tender option. In certain instances and for certain tender option bonds, the option may be terminable in the event of a default in payment of principal or interest on the underlying municipal obligation and for other reasons.

Tax Exempt Commercial Paper

The Tax Free Portfolio and the Bond Portfolios may invest in tax exempt commercial paper. Tax exempt commercial paper is a short-term obligation with a stated maturity of 365 days or less. It is typically issued to finance seasonal working capital needs or as short-term financing in anticipation of longer term financing. Each instrument may be backed only by the credit of the issuer or may be backed by some form of credit enhancement, typically in the form of a guarantee by a commercial bank. Commercial paper backed by guarantees of foreign banks may involve additional risk due to the difficulty of obtaining and enforcing judgments against such banks and the generally less restrictive regulations to which such banks are subject. The Portfolios will only invest in commercial paper rated at the time of purchase not less than Prime-1 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., A-1 by Standard & Poor’s Rating Group or F-1 by Fitch Ratings. See Appendix A for more information on the ratings of debt instruments.

Investment Restrictions

The Portfolios in which the Funds invest each have substantially the same investment restrictions as their corresponding Funds. In reviewing the description of a Fund’s investment restrictions below, you should assume that the investment restrictions of the corresponding Portfolio are the same in all material respects as those of the Fund.

The Trust has adopted the following restrictions applicable to the Index Funds, which may not be changed without the affirmative vote of a “majority of the outstanding voting securities” of a Fund, which is defined in the 1940 Act, to mean the affirmative vote of the lesser of (1) more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and (2) 67% or more of the shares present at a meeting if more than 50% of the outstanding shares are present at the meeting in person or by proxy. Each Index Fund may not:
 
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(1)
Borrow more than 33 1/3% of the value of its total assets less all liabilities and indebtedness (other than such borrowings).

 
(2)
Underwrite securities issued by other persons except to the extent that, in connection with the disposition of its portfolio investments, it may be deemed to be an underwriter under certain federal securities laws.

 
(3)
Purchase or sell real estate, although it may purchase securities of issuers which deal in real estate, securities which are secured by interests in real estate, and securities which represent interests in real estate, and it may acquire and dispose of real estate or interests in real estate acquired through the exercise of its rights as a holder of debt obligations secured by real estate or interests therein.

 
(4)
Purchase or sell commodities or commodity contracts, except that it may purchase and sell financial futures contracts and options and may enter into foreign exchange contracts and other financial transactions not involving the direct purchase or sale of physical commodities.

 
(5)
Make loans, except by purchase of debt obligations in which the Fund may invest consistent with its investment policies, by entering into repurchase agreements, or by lending its portfolio securities.

 
(6)
With respect to 75% of its total assets, invest in the securities of any issuer if, immediately after such investment, more than 5% of the total assets of the Fund (taken at current value) would be invested in the securities of such issuer; provided that this limitation does not apply to obligations issued or guaranteed as to interest or principal by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities, or to securities issued by other investment companies.

 
(7)
With respect to 75% of its total assets, acquire more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any issuer, provided that such limitation does not apply to securities issued by other investment companies.

 
(8)
Purchase securities (other than securities of the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities), if, as a result of such purchase, more than 25% of the Fund’s total assets would be invested in any one industry.

 
(9)
Issue any class of securities which is senior to the Fund’s shares, to the extent prohibited by the 1940 Act.

In addition, it is contrary to each Index Fund’s present policy, which may be changed without shareholder approval, to invest in (a) securities which are not readily marketable, (b) securities restricted as to resale (excluding securities determined by the Trustees of the Trust (or the person designated by the Trustees of the Trust to make such determinations) to be readily marketable), and (c) repurchase agreements maturing in more than seven days, if, as a result, more than 15% of the Fund’s net assets (taken at current value) would be invested in securities described in (a), (b) and (c) above.

The Trust has also adopted the following fundamental investment policies, which, with respect to the Money Funds (excluding the Tax Free Fund), may not be changed without the approval of a majority of the shareholders of the respective Fund, as defined above. Each Money Fund (excluding the Tax Free Fund) will not:

 
(1)
Invest 25% or more of the value of its total assets in securities of companies primarily engaged in any one industry (other than the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities). Concentration may occur as a result of changes in the market value of portfolio securities, but may not result from investment. Foreign and domestic branches of U.S. and foreign banks are not considered a single industry for purposes of this restriction.

 
(2)
Borrow money, except as a temporary measure for extraordinary or emergency purposes or to facilitate redemptions (not for leveraging or investment), provided that borrowings do not exceed an amount equal to 33 1/3% of the current value of the Fund’s assets taken at market value, less liabilities other than borrowings. If at any time the Fund’s borrowings exceed this limitation due to a decline in net assets, such borrowings will within three days be reduced to the extent necessary to comply with this limitation. The Fund will not purchase investments once borrowed funds (including reverse repurchase agreements) exceed 5% of its total assets.

 
(3)
Pledge, mortgage or hypothecate its assets. However, the Fund may pledge securities having a market value (on a daily marked-to-market basis) at the time of the pledge not exceeding 33 1/3% of the value of the Fund’s total assets to secure borrowings permitted by paragraph (2) above.
 
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(4)
Invest in securities of any one issuer (other than securities issued by the U.S. government, its agencies, and instrumentalities or securities issued by other investment companies), if immediately after and as a result of such investment the current market value of the Fund’s holdings in the securities of such issuer exceeds 5% of the value of the Fund’s assets or the Fund would hold more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer.

 
(5)
Make loans to any person or firm; provided, however, that the making of a loan shall not include: (i) the acquisition for investment of bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of any corporation or government which are publicly distributed or of a type customarily purchased by institutional investors, or (ii) the entry into “repurchase agreements.” The Fund may lend its portfolio securities to broker-dealers or other institutional investors if the aggregate value of all securities loaned does not exceed 33 1/3% of the value of the Fund’s total assets.

 
(6)
Invest more than 10% of its net assets in the aggregate, on an ongoing basis, in illiquid securities or securities that are not readily marketable, including repurchase agreements and time deposits of more than seven days’ duration.

 
(7)
Engage in the business of underwriting securities issued by others, except that the Fund will not be deemed to be an underwriter or to be underwriting on account of the purchase of securities subject to legal or contractual restrictions on disposition.

 
(8)
Issue senior securities, except as permitted by its investment objective, policies and restrictions, and except as permitted by the 1940 Act.

Notwithstanding the concentration policy of the Money Funds (as set forth in Investment Restriction No. 1, above) the Money Funds are permitted to invest, without limit, in bankers’ acceptances, certificates of deposit and similar instruments issued by: (i) U.S. banks, (ii) U.S. branches of foreign banks (in circumstances in which the U.S. branches of foreign banks are subject to the same regulation as U.S. banks), (iii) foreign branches of U.S. banks (in circumstances in which the Money Funds will have recourse to the U.S. bank for the obligations of the foreign branch), and (iv) foreign branches of foreign banks (although the Fund would only do so if the Adviser were to determine that the foreign branches of foreign banks are subject to the same or substantially similar regulations as U.S. banks). The Money Funds may concentrate in such instruments when, in the opinion of the Adviser, the yield, marketability and availability of investments meeting the Money Funds’ quality standards in the banking industry justify any additional risks associated with the concentration of the Fund’s assets in such industry. To the extent these restrictions reflect matters of operating policy which may be changed without shareholder vote, these restrictions may be amended upon approval by the Board of Trustees and notice to shareholders. If a percentage restriction is adhered to at the time of investment, a subsequent increase or decrease in a percentage resulting from a change in the values of assets will not constitute a violation of that restriction, except as otherwise noted.

All percentage limitations on investments will apply at the time of the making of an investment and shall not be considered violated unless an excess or deficiency occurs or exists immediately after and as a result of such investment. Except for the investment restrictions listed above as fundamental or to the extent designated as such in the Prospectus with respect to a Fund, the other investment policies described in this SAI or in the Prospectus are not fundamental and may be changed by approval of the Trustees.

The Trust has also adopted the following fundamental investment restrictions, which, with respect to the Tax Free Fund and the Bond Funds, may not be changed without the approval of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the respective Fund, which is defined in the 1940 Act to mean the affirmative vote of the lesser of (i) more than 50% of the outstanding interests of the Fund and (ii) 67% or more of the interests present at a meeting if more than 50% of the outstanding interests are present at the meeting in person or by proxy.

Each of the Tax Free Fund and the Bond Funds will not:

 
(1)
issue any class of securities which is senior to the Fund’s shares of beneficial interest, except to the extent the Fund is permitted to borrow money or otherwise to the extent consistent with applicable law from time to time.

Note : The 1940 Act currently prohibits an open-end investment company from issuing any senior securities, except to the extent it is permitted to borrow money (see Note following restriction 2, below).

 
(2)
borrow money, except to the extent permitted by applicable law from time to time, or purchase securities when outstanding borrowings of money exceed 5% of the Fund’s total assets;

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Note : The 1940 Act currently permits an open-end investment company to borrow money from a bank (including by entering into reverse repurchase agreements) so long as the ratio which the value of the total assets of the investment company (including the amount of any such borrowing), less the amount of all liabilities and indebtedness (other than such borrowing) of the investment company, bears to the amount of such borrowing is at least 300%.

 
(3)
act as underwriter of securities of other issuers except to the extent that, in connection with the disposition of portfolio securities, it may be deemed to be an underwriter under certain federal securities laws

 
(4)
(i) as to 75% of its total assets, purchase any security (other than U.S. Government securities and securities of other investment companies), if as a result more than 5% of the Fund’s total assets (taken at current value) would then be invested in securities of a single issuer or the Fund would hold more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer, or (ii) purchase any security (other than securities of the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities) if as a result 25% or more of the Fund’s total assets (taken at current value) would be invested in a single industry; there is no limit on the Tax Free Fund’s investments in municipal securities (for purposes of this investment restriction, investment companies are not considered to be part of any industry);

 
(5)
make loans, except by purchase of debt obligations or other financial instruments, by entering into repurchase agreements, or through the lending of its portfolio securities;

 
(6)
purchase or sell commodities or commodity contracts, except that the Fund may purchase or sell financial futures contracts, options on financial futures contracts, and futures contracts, forward contracts, and options with respect to foreign currencies, and may enter into swap transactions or other financial transactions, and except as required in connection with otherwise permissible options, futures, and commodity activities as described elsewhere in the Prospectuses or this SAI at the time; and

 
(7)
purchase or sell real estate or interests in real estate, including real estate mortgage loans, although it may purchase and sell securities which are secured by real estate and securities of companies, including limited partnership interests, that invest or deal in real estate and it may purchase interests in real estate investment trusts. (For purposes of this restriction, investments by a Fund in mortgage-backed securities and other securities representing interests in mortgage pools shall not constitute the purchase or sale of real estate or interests in real estate or real estate mortgage loans).

All percentage limitations on investments will apply at the time of the making of an investment and shall not be considered violated unless an excess or deficiency occurs or exists immediately after and as a result of such investment. Except for the investment restrictions listed above as fundamental or to the extent designated as such in the Prospectus with respect to a Fund, the other investment policies described in this Statement or in the Prospectus are not fundamental and may be changed by approval of the Trustees.

Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings

Introduction

Each Fund currently invests all of its assets in a related Portfolio, each of which is a series of State Street Master Funds (“Master Trust”), that has the same investment objectives and substantially the same investment policies as the relevant Fund. The Master Trust and the Trust, on behalf of each of their respective series (collectively, the “Trusts”), have adopted a joint portfolio holdings disclosure policy (the “Policy”).

The Trusts disclose to the general public the complete schedule of portfolio holdings of their respective Portfolios or Funds for the second and fourth fiscal quarters on Form N-CSR, and for the first and third fiscal quarters on Form N-Q, within 60 days of the end of the respective quarter, by filing the applicable Form with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

General Policy

In general, the Policy provides that portfolio holdings may be disclosed by the Trusts on a selective basis only by an officer of the Trusts or a member of the Adviser’s compliance department (“Authorizing Officer”) where it is determined that (i) there is a legitimate business purpose for the information, (ii) recipients are subject to a duty of confidentiality, including a duty not to trade on the nonpublic information; and (iii) disclosure is in the best interests of Fund shareholders. The Authorizing Officer shall attempt to uncover any apparent conflict between the interests of Fund shareholders on the one hand and those of the Adviser, the Fund’s underwriter and their affiliates on the other. For example, an Authorizing Officer may inquire whether a portfolio manager of a Fund has entered into any special arrangements with the requestor to share confidential portfolio holdings information in exchange for a substantial investment in the Funds or other products managed by the portfolio manager. Any potential conflicts between shareholders and affiliated persons of the Funds that arise as a result of a request for portfolio holdings information shall be evaluated by the Authorizing Officer in the best interests of shareholders.
 
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The Policy provides that portfolio holdings information for the Funds may be made available more frequently and prior to its public availability in accordance with the foregoing to:

1.
Unaffiliated Service Providers . Various firms, such as pricing services, proxy voting services, financial printers, pricing information vendors, third parties that deliver analytical, statistical, or consulting services, and other unaffiliated third parties that provide services and may require portfolio holdings information to provide services to the Funds. The frequency with which portfolio holdings may be disclosed to an Unaffiliated Service Provider, and the length of the time delay, if any, between the date of the information and the date on which the information is disclosed to the Unaffiliated Service Provider, is determined based on the facts and circumstances surrounding the disclosure, including, without limitation, the nature of the portfolio holdings information to be disclosed, the risk of harm to the Funds and their shareholders, and the legitimate business purposes served by such disclosure. The frequency of disclosure to an Unaffiliated Service Provider varies and may be as frequent as daily, with no time delay. In general, the Funds’ contractual arrangements with Unaffiliated Service Providers subject them to a duty of confidentiality. Each of the Funds’ Unaffiliated Service Providers as of the date of this SAI for which the Funds may provide portfolio holdings information is identified in the Funds’ Prospectus and this SAI; in addition, Bowne, Inc. (financial printer) is an Unaffiliated Service Provider.

2.
Ratings and Rankings Agencies . Organizations that publish ratings and/or rankings of the Funds. The table below sets forth the names of those organizations as of the date of this SAI to whom the Funds (or the Master Trust on behalf of the Funds) may provide portfolio holdings information on a monthly or quarterly basis within one to ten business days after the end of the period:

NAME
Bloomberg L.P.
Lipper Analytical Services
Moody’s Investors Service
Morningstar, Inc.
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services
Thomson Financial

3.
Fund Affiliates and Fiduciaries . Various firms, such as (1) the Adviser, State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”) and its affiliates (in their capacities as administrator, transfer agent and custodian) and the distributor to a Fund; and (2) an accounting firm, an auditing firm, or outside legal counsel retained by the Adviser, an affiliate of the Adviser, or a Fund. The frequency with which portfolio holdings may be disclosed to Fund Affiliates and Fiduciaries, and the length of the time delay, if any, between the date of the information and the date on which the information is disclosed to the Fund Affiliates and Fiduciaries, is determined based on the facts and circumstances surrounding the disclosure, including, without limitation, the nature of the portfolio holdings information to be disclosed, the risk of harm to the Funds and their shareholders, and the legitimate business purposes served by such disclosure. The frequency of disclosure to Fund Affiliates and Fiduciaries varies and may be as frequent as daily, with no lag.

4.
As Required by Law . Any party as required by applicable laws, rules, and regulations. Examples of such required disclosures include, but are not limited to, disclosure of Fund portfolio holdings (1) in a filing or submission with the SEC or another regulatory body (including, without limitation, filings by the Adviser and its affiliates on Schedules 13D, 13G and 13F), (2) upon the request of the SEC or another regulatory body, (3) in connection with a lawsuit, or (4) as required by court order.

5.
Waiver . Any other party, for a legitimate business purpose, upon waiver or exception, with the consent of the Trust’s officers, which will be disclosed to the Board of Trustees no later than its next regularly scheduled quarterly meeting.

Prohibition on Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings

The Policy provides that portfolio managers and other senior officers or spokespersons of the Adviser, State Street or the Trusts may disclose or confirm the ownership of any individual portfolio holding position to reporters, brokers, shareholders, consultants or other interested persons only if such information has been previously publicly disclosed in accordance with the Policy. For example, the Adviser may indicate that a Fund owns shares of XYZ Company only if the Fund’s ownership of such company has previously been publicly disclosed.
 
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Additional Matters

None of the Funds, the Adviser, State Street or any other party may receive compensation or other consideration in connection with the disclosure of information about portfolio securities. The Trust’s Board of Trustees has approved the Policy, and will review any material changes to the Policy, and will periodically review persons or entities receiving non-public disclosure.

MANAGEMENT OF THE TRUST

The Trustees are responsible for generally overseeing the Trust’s business. The following table provides information with respect to each Trustee, including those Trustees who are not considered to be “interested” as that term is defined in the 1940 Act (the “Independent Trustees”), and officer of the Trust.

 
 
 
NAME, ADDRESS,
AND AGE
 
 
 
POSITION(S)
HELD WITH
    TRUST
TERM OF
OFFICE AND
LENGTH OF
TIME
 SERVED
 
 
 
 
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION
DURING PAST FIVE YEARS
NUMBER OF
FUNDS IN
FUND
COMPLEX
OVERSEEN
BY TRUSTEE
 
OTHER
DIRECTORSHIPS
  HELD BY TRUSTEE DURING PAST FIVE YEARS
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES
         
Michael F. Holland
Holland & Company, LLC
375 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10152
 
Age:
Trustee and Chairman of the Board
Term:
Indefinite
Elected: 7/99
Chairman, Holland & Company L.L.C. (investment adviser)
(1995 - present).
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Trustee, State Street Master Funds; Director, the Holland Series Fund, Inc.; Director, The China Fund, Inc.; Director, The Taiwan Fund, Inc.; and Director, Reaves Utility Income Fund, Inc.
           
William L. Boyan
State Street Master Funds
P.O. Box 5049
Boston, MA 02206
 
Age:
Trustee
Term:
Indefinite
Elected: 7/99
Trustee of Old Mutual South Africa Master Trust (investments) (1995 - present); Chairman emeritus, Children’s Hospital (1984 - present); Director, Boston Plan For Excellence (non-profit) (1994 - present); President and Chief Operations Officer, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company (1959 -1999).
Mr. Boyan retired in 1999.
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Trustee, State Street Master Funds; Trustee, Old Mutual South Africa Master Trust; and Trustee, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA.
           
Rina K. Spence
State Street Master Funds
P.O. Box 5049
Boston, MA 02206
 
Age:
Trustee
Term:
Indefinite
Elected: 7/99
President of SpenceCare International LLC (1998 - present); Member of the Advisory Board, Ingenium Corp. (technology company) (2001 - present); Chief Executive Officer, IEmily.com (internet company) (2000 - 2001); Chief Executive Officer of Consensus Pharmaceutical, Inc. (1998 -1999); Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Spence Center for Women’s Health
(1994 - 1998); Trustee, Eastern Enterprise (utilities) (1988- 2000).
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Trustee, State Street Master Funds; Director, Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America 1993-2009; Director, IEmily.com, Inc. 2000-present; Trustee, National Osteoporosis Foundation 2005-2008 International LLC, 1998-Present
 
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Douglas T. Williams
State Street Master Funds
P.O. Box 5049
Boston, MA 02206
 
Age:
Trustee
Term:
Indefinite
Elected: 7/99
Executive Vice President of Chase Manhattan Bank (1987 -1999).  Mr. Williams retired in 1999.
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Trustee, State Street Master Funds; Treasurer, Nantucket Educational Trust, 2002-2007
           
INTERESTED TRUSTEES (1)
         
James E. Ross
SSgA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2900
 
Age:
Trustee/ President
Term:
Indefinite
Elected
Trustee: 2/07
 
Elected
President:
4/05
President and Chief Executive Officer from January 2006 to Present; Principal Executive Officer since 2005; 2005 to Present, President (2001 to 2005, Principal), SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (investment adviser); March 2006 to Present, Senior Managing Director (2000 to 2006, Principal), State Street Global Advisors.
 
2 2
Trustee, State Street Master Funds ; Trustee, Select Sector SPDR(R) Trust
 
(1)            Mr. Ross is an Interested Trustee because of his employment by SSgA Funds Management, Inc., an affiliate of the Trust.

NAME, ADDRESS,
AND AGE
POSITION(S)
HELD WITH
TRUST
TERM OF
OFFICE AND
LENGTH OF
TIME SERVED
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION
DURING PAST FIVE YEARS
OFFICERS:
     
Gary L. French
State Street Bank and Trust Company
2 Avenue de Lafayette
Boston, MA  02111
 
Age:
Treasurer
Term:
Indefinite
Elected: 5/05
Senior Vice President of State Street Bank and Trust Company (2002 – present).
       
Ellen M. Needham
SSgA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2900
 
Age:
Vice President
Term:
Indefinite
Elected: 9/09
Principal, SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (investment adviser); July 2007 to Present, Managing Director (June 2006 to July 2007, Vice President; 2000 to June 2006, Principal), State Street Global Advisors.
       
Laura F. Healy
State Street Bank and Trust Company
2 Avenue de Lafayette
Boston, MA 02111
 
Age:
Assistant
Treasurer
Term:
Indefinite
Elected: 11/08
Vice President of State Street Bank and Trust Company (prior to July 2, 2008, Investors Financial Corporation) since 2002.
       
Brian D. O’Sullivan
State Street Bank and Trust Company
801 Pennsylvania Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64105
 
Age:
Assistant
Treasurer
Term:
Indefinite
Elected: 11/08
Vice President of State Street Bank and Trust Company (2006 - present) with which he has been affiliated since 1997.
 
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Peter T. Sattelmair
State Street Bank and Trust Company
801 Pennsylvania Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64105
 
Age:
Assistant
Treasurer
Term:
Indefinite
Elected: 11/08
Director of Fund Administration of State Street Bank and Trust Company (2007 - present) with which he has been affiliated since 1999.
       
Julie Piatelli
SSgA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
 
Age:
Chief
Compliance
Officer
Term:
Indefinite
Elected: 7/07
Principal and Senior Compliance and Risk Management Officer, SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (2004-present) and Vice President State Street Global Advisors (2004-present).
       
David James
State Street Bank and Trust Company
4 Copley Place, 5 th Floor
Boston, MA  02116
 
Age:
Secretary
Term:
Indefinite
Elected: 11/09
  Vice President and Managing Counsel, State Street Bank and Trust Company, 2009 to present; Vice President and Counsel, PNC Global Investment Servicing (US), Inc. 2006 to 2009; Assistant Vice President and Counsel, State Street Bank and Trust Company, October 2000 to December 2004 and was retired in 2005.
       
Brian C. Poole
State Street Bank and Trust Company
4 Copley Place, 5 th Floor
Boston, MA 02116
 
Age:
Assistant
Secretary
Term:
Indefinite
Elected: 9/08
Vice President and Counsel (2008 - present) and Associate Counsel (2004 –-2007), State Street Bank and Trust Company (formerly known as Investors Bank and Trust Company).

The By-Laws of the Trust provide that the Trust shall indemnify each person who is or was a Trustee of the Trust against all expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceedings if the person in good faith and reasonably believes that his or her conduct was in the Trust’s best interest. The Trust, at its expense, provides liability insurance for the benefit of its Trustees and officers.

[Registrant will add Summary of Trustee qualifications in Rule 485(b)]

Standing Committees

The Board of Trustees has established various committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of various matters of importance to Independent Trustees, the Trust, and the Trust’s shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. Currently, the Board has created an Audit Committee, Nominating Committee and Pricing Committee.

The Audit Committee is composed of all of the Independent Trustees. The Audit Committee meets twice a year, or more often as required, in conjunction with meetings of the Board of Trustees. The Audit Committee oversees and monitors the Trust’s internal accounting and control structure, its auditing function and its financial reporting process. The Audit Committee is responsible for selecting and retaining the independent accountants for the Trust. The Audit Committee is responsible for approving the audit plans, fees and other material arrangements in respect of the engagement of the independent accountants, including non-audit services performed. The Audit Committee reviews the qualifications of the independent accountant’s key personnel involved in the foregoing activities and monitors the independent accountant’s independence. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, the Audit Committee held three meetings.

The Nominating Committee is composed of all of the Independent Trustees. The Nominating Committee is responsible for nominating for election as Trustees all Trustee candidates. The Nominating Committee will consider nominees to the Board of Trustees recommended by shareholders. Recommendations should be submitted to the Nominating Committee in care of the Secretary of the Trust. The Nominating Committee meets as is required. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, the Nominating Committee did not meet.
 
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[Registrant will add disclosure on Board structure and Board oversight of risk.]

The Trustees have delegated to the Adviser the day-to day valuation of the Funds’ investments. The Pricing Committee, composed of all of the Independent Trustees, is responsible for generally overseeing the valuation of the Funds’ investments. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, the Pricing Committee did not meet.

Trustee Ownership of Securities of the Trust, Adviser and Distributor

As of April __, 2010 none of the Independent Trustees or their immediate family members had any ownership of securities of the Adviser or State Street Global Markets, LLC (“SSGM”), the Trust’s distributor, or any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser or SSGM.

The following table sets forth information describing the dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned by each Trustee in the Trust as of December 31, 2009.

 
Dollar Range of Equity
Securities in the Funds
 
Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity
Securities in All Registered Investment
Companies Overseen by Trustee in
Family of Investment Companies
Name of Independent Trustee
     
William L. Boyan
None
 
None
Michael F. Holland
None
 
None
Rina K. Spence
None
 
None
Douglas T. Williams
None
 
None
Name of Interested Trustee
     
James E. Ross
None
 
None

Trustee Compensation

The following table sets forth the total remuneration of Trustees and officers of the Trust for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.

 
AGGREGATE
COMPENSATION
FROM TRUST
 
PENSION OR
RETIREMENT
BENEFITS
ACCRUED AS
PART OF TRUST
EXPENSES
 
ESTIMATED
ANNUAL
BENEFITS UPON
RETIREMENT
 
TOTAL
COMPENSATION
FROM TRUST &
FUND COMPLEX
PAID TO TRUSTEES
NAME OF INDEPENDENT TRUSTEE
             
William L. Boyan, Trustee
0
 
0
 
0
 
$____
Michael F. Holland, Trustee
0
 
0
 
0
 
$____
Rina K. Spence, Trustee
0
 
0
 
0
 
$____
Douglas T. Williams, Trustee
0
 
0
 
0
 
$____
NAME OF INTERESTED TRUSTEE
 
 
 
 
 
   
James E. Ross, Trustee
0
 
0
 
0
 
0

Code of Ethics

The Trust, the Adviser and SSGM have adopted codes of ethics (the “Codes of Ethics”) under Rule 17j-1 of the 1940 Act. The Codes of Ethics permit personnel, subject to the Codes of Ethics and their provisions, to invest in securities, including securities that may be purchased or held by the Trust, Adviser, State Street or SSGM.

PROXY VOTING PROCEDURES

The Trust has adopted proxy voting procedures pursuant to which the Trust delegates the responsibility for voting proxies relating to portfolio securities held by the Portfolios to the Adviser as part of the Adviser’s general management of the Portfolios, subject to the Board’s continuing oversight. A copy of the Trust’s proxy voting procedures is located in Appendix B and a copy of the Adviser’s proxy voting procedures is located in Appendix C.
 
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Shareholders may receive information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ending June 30 (i) by calling (877) 521-4083 or (ii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov .

CONTROL PERSONS AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

As of April __, 2010, the Trustees and officers of the Trust owned in the aggregate less than 1% of the shares of each class (if applicable) of each Fund of the Trust.

Persons or organizations owning 25% or more of the outstanding shares of a Fund may be presumed to “control” (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) a Fund. As a result, these persons or organizations could have the ability to approve or reject those matters submitted to the shareholders of such Fund for their approval. As of April __, 2010, to the knowledge of the Trust, the following persons held of record or beneficially through one or more accounts 25% or more of the outstanding shares of any class of the Funds.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND OTHER SERVICES

Investment Advisory Agreements

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (“SSgA FM” or the “Adviser”) is responsible for the investment management of the Funds pursuant to Investment Advisory Agreements dated May 1, 2001, February 14, 2002, February 7, 2007 and October 2, 2007, as amended from time to time (the “Advisory Agreement”), by and between the Adviser and the Trust. The Adviser and State Street are wholly-owned subsidiaries of State Street Corporation, a publicly held bank holding company.

Each Fund currently invests all of its assets in a related Portfolio that has the same investment objectives and substantially the same investment policies as the relevant Fund. As long as a Fund remains completely invested in a Portfolio (or any other investment company), the Adviser is not entitled to receive any investment advisory fee with respect to the Fund. A Fund may withdraw its investment from the related Portfolio at any time. The Trust has retained the Adviser as investment adviser to manage a Fund’s assets in the event that the Fund withdraws its investment from its related Portfolio.

The Adviser is also the investment adviser to each of the related Portfolios pursuant to investment advisory agreements (the “Portfolio Advisory Agreement”) between the Adviser and State Street Master Funds, on behalf of the Portfolios. The Adviser receives an investment advisory fee with respect to each related Portfolio. The Portfolio Advisory Agreement is the same in all material respects as the Advisory Agreement between the Trust on behalf of the Funds and the Adviser. Each Fund that invests in a related Portfolio bears a proportionate part of the management fees paid by the Portfolio (based on the percentage of the Portfolio’s assets attributable to the Fund).

The Advisory Agreement will continue from year to year provided that a majority of the Trustees and a majority of the Independent Trustees or a majority of the shareholders of the Trust approve its continuance. The Advisory Agreement may be terminated by the Adviser or the Trust without penalty upon sixty days’ notice and will terminate automatically upon its assignment. The Advisory Agreement was most recently approved by the Trustees, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, on November19, 2009.

The Adviser and its affiliates may have deposit, loan and other commercial banking relationships with the issuers of obligations that may be purchased on behalf of the Funds, including outstanding loans to such issuers that could be repaid in whole or in part with the proceeds of securities so purchased. Such affiliates deal, trade and invest for their own accounts in such obligations and are among the leading dealers of various types of such obligations. The Adviser has informed the Funds that, in making its investment decisions, it will not obtain or use material inside information in its possession or in the possession of any of its affiliates. In making investment recommendations for a Fund, the Adviser will not inquire or take into consideration whether an issuer of securities proposed for purchase or sale by the Fund is a customer of the Adviser, its parent or its subsidiaries or affiliates and, in dealing with its customers, the Adviser, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates will not inquire or take into consideration whether securities of such customers were held by any Fund managed by the Adviser or any such affiliate.

In certain instances there may be securities that are suitable for a Fund as well as for one or more of the Adviser’s other clients. Investment decisions for the Trust and for the Adviser’s other clients are made with a view to achieving their respective investment objectives. It may develop that a particular security is bought or sold for only one client even though it might be held by, or bought or sold for, other clients. Likewise, a particular security may be bought for one or more clients when one or more clients are selling that same security. Some simultaneous transactions are inevitable when several clients receive investment advice from the same investment adviser, particularly when the same security is suitable for the investment objectives of more than one client. When two or more clients are simultaneously engaged in the purchase or sale of the same security, the securities are allocated among clients in a manner believed to be equitable to each. It is recognized that in some cases this system could have a detrimental effect on the price or volume of the security as far as the Fund is concerned. However, it is believed that the ability of each Fund to participate in volume transactions will produce better executions for the Funds.
 
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Prior to April 30, 2009, SSgA FM contractually agreed to cap the total operating expenses of the ILR Fund (not including the pass-through expenses of its corresponding Portfolio) at 0.05% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. This agreement has expired. Effective August 1, 2009, SSgA FM contractually agreed to cap the total operating expenses of Institutional Class and Investment Class of the ILR Fund, to the extent expenses exceed 0.12% and 0.47%, respectively, of each class's net assets, until April 30, 2011. For the years ended December 31, 2009, December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, SSgA FM reimbursed the ILR Fund $____, $0 and $1,139,263, respectively, under these agreements.

Prior to April 30, 2009, SSgA contractually agreed to cap the total operating expenses of the Tax Free Fund (not including the pass-through expenses of its corresponding Portfolio) at 0.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. This agreement has expired. For the years ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, SSgA FM reimbursed the Tax Free Fund $___ and $0, respectively, under this agreement.

SSgA FM has contractually agreed to cap the total operating expenses of the Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund (not including the pass-through expenses of its corresponding Portfolio) at 0.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets until April 30, 2010. For the years ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, SSgA FM reimbursed the Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund $___and $87,548, respectively, under this agreement.

Effective August 1, 2009, SSgA FM has contractually agreed to the total operating expenses of the Institutional Class and Investment Class of the U.S. Government Fund, to the extent expenses exceed 0.12% and 0.47% respectively, of each class's net assets, until April 30, 2011. For the year ended December 31, 2009, SSgA FM reimbursed the U.S. Government Fund $___under this agreement.

Effective August 1, 2009, SSgA FM contractually agreed to cap the total operating expenses of the Institutional Class and Investment Class of the Treasury Plus Fund, to the extent expenses exceeded 0.12% and 0.47%, respectively, of each class's net assets, until April 30, 2011. For the year ended December 31, 2009, SSgA FM reimbursed the Treasury Plus Fund $___under this agreement.

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreements

Nuveen Asset Management ("Nuveen") serves as sub-adviser to the Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Portfolio pursuant to the Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement dated ______, as amended from time to time (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”), by and between the Sub-Advisor and SSgA FM.
 
For its services under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, SSgA FM, and not the Portfolio, pays Nuveen a monthly fee at an annual rate equal to one-half of the earned management fee received by SSgA FM under the investment Sub-Advisory Agreement with the Portfolio, as calculated based on the Portfolio's average daily net assets during the period.  At _____, 2010, the Sub-Advisory fee paid to Nuveen would have been 0.05%.
 
The Sub-Adviser and its affiliates may have deposit, loan and other commercial banking relationships with the issuers of obligations that may be purchased on behalf of the Fund, including outstanding loans to such issuers that could be repaid in whole or in part with the proceeds of securities so purchased. Such affiliates deal, trade and invest for their own accounts in such obligations and are among the leading dealers of various types of such obligations. The Sub-Adviser has informed the Fund that, in making its investment decisions, it will not obtain or use material inside information in its possession or in the possession of any of its affiliates. In making investment recommendations for the Fund, the Sub-Adviser will not inquire or take into consideration whether an issuer of securities proposed for purchase or sale by the Fund is a customer of the Sub-Adviser, its parent or its subsidiaries or affiliates and, in dealing with its customers, the Sub-Adviser, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates will not inquire or take into consideration whether securities of such customers were held by the Fund managed by the Sub-Adviser or any such affiliate.

The Sub-Advisory Agreement would continue in effect for a period more than two years from the date of its execution only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by (i) the vote of a majority of the Trustees of the Master Trust who are not “interested persons” (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) of any party to the Sub-Advisory Agreement, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval and either (A) the Trustees of the Master Trust or (B) a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio. The Sub-Advisory Agreement will terminate automatically in the event of its assignment.  The Sub-Advisory Agreement is terminable at any time without penalty by the Trustees of the Master Trust, by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio or by SSgA FM, in each case, upon sixty (60) days’ written notice to Nuveen.  The Sub-Advisory Agreement is terminable at any time without penalty by Nuveen upon sixty (60) days’ written notice to SSgA FM.  In addition, SSgA FM or Nuveen generally may terminate the Sub-Advisory Agreement upon material breach of the Sub-Advisory Agreement by the other if such breach is not cured within thirty (30) days of the breaching party receiving written notice of such breach.
 
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Administrator, Custodian and Transfer Agent

Under the Administrative Services Agreement (the “Administration Agreement”), State Street is obligated on a continuous basis to provide such administrative services as the Board of Trustees of the Trust reasonably deems necessary for the proper administration of the Trust and the Funds. State Street will generally assist in all aspects of the Trust’s and the Funds’ operations; supply and maintain office facilities (which may be in State Street’s own offices); provide statistical and research data, data processing services, clerical, accounting, bookkeeping and record keeping services (including without limitation the maintenance of such books and records as are required under the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder, except as maintained by other agents), internal auditing, executive and administrative services, and stationery and office supplies; prepare reports to shareholders or investors; prepare and file tax returns; supply financial information and supporting data for reports to and filings with the SEC and various state Blue Sky authorities; supply supporting documentation for meetings of the Board of Trustees; provide monitoring reports and assistance regarding compliance with Declarations of Trust, by-laws, the Funds’ investment objectives and policies and with Federal and state securities laws; arrange for appropriate insurance coverage; calculate NAVs, net income and realized capital gains or losses; and negotiate arrangements with, and supervise and coordinate the activities of, agents and others to supply services. Pursuant to the Administration Agreement, the Trust has agreed to a limitation on damages and to indemnify the Administrator for certain liabilities, including certain liabilities arising under federal securities laws, unless such loss or liability results from the Administrator’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of its duties.

State Street serves as Custodian for the Funds pursuant to the Custody Agreement and holds the Funds’ assets.

State Street also serves as Transfer Agent of the Equity 500 Index Fund, Equity 400 Index Fund, Equity 2000 Index Fund and Aggregate Bond Index Fund. As of July 31, 2009 Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. serves as Transfer Agent to all other Funds in this SAI. Prior to July 31, 2009, ALPS Fund Services, Inc. served as the Transfer Agent to all other Funds in this SAI.

As consideration for State Street’s services as administrator, transfer agent and custodian to the Equity 500 Index Fund, and for State Street’s assumption of the ordinary expenses of that Fund, State Street shall be entitled to receive from the Equity 500 Index Fund an annual fee, accrued daily at the rate of 1/365th of the applicable fee rate and payable monthly on the first business day of each month, of the following annual percentages of the Equity 500 Index Fund’s average daily net assets during the month:

 
Index Fund
 
Annual percentage of
average daily net assets
 
Equity 500 Index Fund
     
- Administrative Shares
    0.05 %
- Service Shares
    0.05 %
- Class R Shares
    0.05 %

As consideration for State Street’s services as administrator and custodian to the other Funds, State Street shall receive from the Funds an annual fee, accrued daily at the rate of 1/365th and payable monthly on the first business day of each month, pursuant to the following schedule:

Annual Fee Schedule
$25,000 for Administration Services
$12,000 for Custody and Accounting Services

The administration, custodian and transfer agency fees accrued payable to State Street for the last three fiscal years are set forth in the table below.

Fund
 
Fiscal year ended
December 31, 2007
   
Fiscal year ended
December 31, 2008
   
Fiscal year ended
December 31, 2009
 
Equity 500 Index Fund
  $ 138,107     $ 109,747     $    
Liquid Reserves Fund
  $ 75,389     $ 78,831     $    
Tax Free Money Market Fund
  $ 64,891     $ 85,130     $    
U.S. Government Money Market Fund
  $ 18,294     $ 85,131     $    
Treasury Money Market Fund
  $ 18,516     $ 83,858     $    
Treasury Plus Money Market Fund
  $ 18,515     $ 83,905     $    
Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund
  $ 64,892     $ 79,674     $    
 
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Transfer and Dividend Paying Agent

Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. (“BFDS”) serves as the Transfer and Dividend Paying Agent. BFDS is a joint venture of State Street Corporation and DST Systems, Inc. BFDS is paid the following annual account services fees: $13.35 open account fee; $2.57 closed account fee; $1.85 investor fee; $3.09 CDSC fee; and $20,000 Fund minimum (26 to 35 CUSIPs) or $12,000 Fund minimum (over 35 CUSIPs); and omnibus transparency Full services fees of $.45 per underlying sub-position on an Intermediary’s system for an omnibus account (an “accountlet”) from 0-500,000; $.45 for 500,001 to 2,000,000 (waived), and $.10 for 2,000,0001 and greater; investigation fees of $3,000 to $5,000 per month depending on the number of accountlets.  BFDS is also paid the following activity based fees:  $3 telephone call fee; $5 teleservicing fee; $5 telephone transaction fee for purchases or redemptions; $5 fulfillment fee; $10 IRA custodial fee for annual maintenance per IRA account; and charges related to compliance and regulatory services of 15 cents per non-networked level 3 account, 5 cents for each foreign account annually and a minimum monthly fee of $200 for each management company.  Portfolio fees are allocated to each Fund based on the average net asset value of each Fund and are billable on a monthly basis at the rate of 1/12 of the annual fee. BFDS is reimbursed by each Fund for supplying certain out-of-pocket expenses including confirmation statements, investor statements, banking fees, postage, forms, audio response, telephone, records retention, customized programming/enhancements, reports, transcripts, microfilm, microfiche, and expenses incurred at the specific direction of the Fund. BFDS’s principal business address is 2 Heritage Drive, North Quincy, MA  02171.

The transfer agency fees accrued payable to BFDS for the last three fiscal years are set forth in the table below.

Fund
 
Fiscal year ended
December 31, 2007
   
Fiscal year ended
December 31, 2008
   
Fiscal year ended
December 31, 2009
 
Liquid Reserves Fund
  $ 0     $ 0     $    
Tax Free Money Market Fund
  $ 0     $ 0     $    
U.S. Government Money Market Fund
  $ 0     $ 0     $    
Treasury Money Market Fund
  $ 0     $ 0     $    
Treasury Plus Money Market Fund
  $ 0     $ 0     $    
Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund
  $ 0     $ 0     $    

Shareholder Servicing and Distribution Plans

To compensate State Street Global Markets, LLC (“SSGM”) for the services it provides and for the expenses it bears in connection with the distribution of shares of the Funds, each Fund may make payments from the assets attributable to certain classes of its shares to SSGM under a distribution plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act (the “Distribution Plan”). The Distribution Plan is a compensation plan that provides for payments at annual rates (based on average daily net assets) set out below. Because Rule 12b-1 fees are paid on an ongoing basis, they will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales loads. It is expected that SSGM will pay substantially all of the amounts it receives under the Plan to intermediaries involved in the sale of shares of the Funds, including affiliates of the Advisor. The principal business address of SSGM is   One Lincoln Street, Boston, MA 02111.  As of August 1, 2009, SSGM is the Funds’ distributor. Prior to August 1, 2009, ALPS Distributors, Inc. served as the Funds’ distributor.

The Distribution Plan will continue in effect with respect to a class of shares of a Fund only if such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by a vote of both a majority of the Board of Trustees of the Trust and a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”) and have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the Distribution Plan or in any agreements related thereto (the “Qualified Distribution Plan Trustees”).  The Plan may not be amended to increase materially the amount of a Fund’s permitted expenses thereunder without the approval of a majority of the outstanding shares of the affected share class and may not be materially amended in any case without a vote of the majority of both the Trustees and the Qualified Distribution Plan Trustees.  As of December 31, 2009 none of the Independent Trustees of the Trust had a direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the Rule 12b-1 Plan.  The Rule 12b-1 Plan calls for payments at an annual rate (based on average net assets) as follows:
 
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State Street Equity 500 Index Fund - Administrative Shares:
0.15%
State Street Equity 500 Index Fund - Service Shares:
0.25%
State Street Equity 500 Index Fund - Class R Shares:
0.60%
State Street Equity 400 Index Fund:
0.25%
State Street Equity 2000 Index Fund:
0.25%
State Street Aggregate Bond Index Fund:
0.25%
ILR Fund - Investment Class:
0.10%
U.S. Government Fund - Investment Class:
0.10%
Tax Free Fund -  Investment Class:
0.10%
Treasury Fund - Investment Class:
0.10%
Treasury Plus Fund - Investment Class:
0.10%
Limited Duration Bond Fund
0.05%
Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund
0.05%

Distributor fees paid to SSGM and ALPS Distributors, Inc. pursuant to the Rule 12b-1 Plan for the last fiscal year are reflected in the chart below.

Fund
SSGM
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2009
ALPS Distributors, Inc.
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2009
Equity 500 Index Fund: Administrative Shares
$______
$______
Equity 500 Index Fund: Service Shares
$______
$______
Equity 500 Index Fund: Class R Shares
$______
$______
ILR Fund: Investment Class
$______
$______
Tax Free Fund: Investment Class
$______
$______
U.S. Government Fund: Investment Class
$______
$______
Treasury Fund: Investment Class
$______
$______
Treasury Plus Fund: Investment Class
$______
$______
Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund
$______
$______

Pursuant to a Shareholder Servicing Plan, the Trust may pay a shareholder servicing fee for the provision of personal services to and the maintenance of shareholder accounts of investors in the Investment Class and Service Class of the Money Market Funds. Shareholder servicing fees paid for the last fiscal year included amounts paid to State Street Bank and Trust Company, Wealth Management Services (“WMS”), an affiliate of the Adviser. WMS is among the financial intermediaries which may receive fees from the Rule 12b-1 Plan.

Counsel and Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Ropes & Gray LLP serves as counsel to the Trust. The principal business address of Ropes & Gray LLP is One International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110.

___________serves as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Trust and provides (i) audit services, (ii) tax services and (iii) assistance and consultation with respect to the preparation of filings with the SEC. In connection with the audit of the 2009 financial statements, the Trust entered into an engagement agreement with _______that sets forth the terms of ________ audit engagement. That agreement is subject to alternative dispute resolution procedures and a mutual exclusion of punitive damages. The principal business address of ______ is ______________________________.

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

The following persons serve as the portfolio managers of the Equity 500 and Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Portfolios as of the date of this SAI. The following table lists the number and types of accounts managed by each individual and assets under management in those accounts as of December 31, 2009:
 
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Portfolio
Manager
 
Portfolio
 
Registered
Investment
Company
Accounts
   
Assets
Managed
($ billions)
   
Other
Pooled
Investment
Vehicle
Accounts
   
Assets
Managed
($ billions)
   
Other
Accounts
   
Assets
Managed
($ billions)
   
Total
Assets
Managed
($ billions)
 
John A. Tucker
 
Equity 500 Index Portfolio
    104     $ 59.29       192     $ 258.85       262     $ 190.54     $ 508.68  
                                                             
Karl Schneider
 
Equity 500 Index Portfolio
    104     $ 59.29       192     $ 258.85       262     $ 190.54     $ 508.68  
                                                             
Timothy Ryan, CFA
 
Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Portfolio
    4     $ 1.78       0     $ 0.00       8     $ 0.56     $ 2.34  
                                                             
Matthew D. Pappas
 
Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Portfolio
    4     $ 1.78       0     $ 0.00       8     $ 0.56     $ 2.34  

As indicated in the table above, portfolio managers at the Adviser may manage numerous accounts for multiple clients. These accounts may include registered investment companies (which include exchange-traded funds), other types of pooled accounts (e.g., collective investment funds), and separate accounts (i.e., accounts managed on behalf of individuals or public or private institutions). Portfolio managers make investment decisions for each account based on the investment objectives and policies and other relevant investment considerations applicable to that portfolio. The portfolio managers do not beneficially own any shares of any Portfolio as of December 31, 2009.

When a portfolio manager has responsibility for managing more than one account, potential conflicts of interest may arise. Those conflicts may arise out of: (a) the portfolio manager’s execution of different investment strategies for various accounts; or (b) the allocation of resources or investment opportunities.

A potential conflict of interest may arise as a result of the portfolio managers’ responsibility for multiple accounts with similar investment guidelines. Under these circumstances, a potential investment may be suitable for more than one of the portfolio manager’s accounts, but the quantity of the investment available for purchase is less than the aggregate amount the accounts would ideally devote to the opportunity. Similar conflicts may arise when multiple accounts seek to dispose of the same investment. The portfolio manager may also manage accounts whose objectives and policies differ from that of the respective Portfolio. These differences may be such that under certain circumstances, trading activity appropriate for one account managed by the portfolio manager may have adverse consequences for another account managed by the portfolio manager. For example, an account may sell a significant position in a security, which could cause the market price of that security to decrease, while the fund maintained its position in that security.

A potential conflict may arise when the portfolio manager is responsible for accounts that have different advisory fees. The difference in fees could create an incentive for the portfolio manager to favor one account over another, for example, in terms of access to investment opportunities. This conflict may be heightened if an account is subject to a performance-based fee. Another potential conflict may arise when the portfolio manager has an investment in one or more accounts that participates in transactions with other accounts. His or her investment(s) may create an incentive for the portfolio manager to favor one account over another. The Adviser has adopted policies and procedures reasonably designed to address these potential material conflicts. For instance, portfolio managers within the Adviser are normally responsible for all accounts within a certain investment discipline and do not, absent special circumstances, differentiate among the various accounts when allocating resources. Additionally, the Adviser and its advisory affiliates have processes and procedures for allocating investment opportunities among portfolios that are designed to provide a fair and equitable.

The compensation of the Adviser’s investment professionals is based on a number of factors. The first factor considered is external market. Through a compensation survey process, the Adviser seeks to understand what its competitors are paying people to perform similar roles. This data is then used to determine a competitive baseline in the areas of base pay, bonus, and other incentives.  The second factor taken into consideration is the size of the pool available for compensation.  The Adviser is a part of State Street Corporation, and therefore works within its corporate environment on determining the overall level of its incentive compensation pool.  Once determined, this pool is then allocated to the various locations and departments of the Adviser and its affiliates. The discretionary determination of the allocation amounts to these locations and departments is influenced by the competitive market data, as well as the overall performance of the group, and in the case of investment teams, the investment performance of their strategies.  The pool is then allocated on a discretionary basis to individual employees based on their individual performance.  The same process is followed in determining incentive equity allocations.
 
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BROKERAGE ALLOCATION AND OTHER PRACTICES

The Funds invests all of their investable assets in a corresponding Portfolio and therefore do not directly incur transactional costs for purchases and sales of portfolio investments. The Funds purchase and redeem shares of the corresponding Portfolio each day depending on the number of shares of such Fund purchased or redeemed by investors on that day. Shares of the Portfolios are available for purchase by the Funds at their NAV without any sales charges, transaction fees, or brokerage commissions being charged.

All portfolio transactions are placed on behalf of the Portfolios by the Adviser. Purchases and sales of securities on a securities exchange are effected through brokers who charge a commission for their services. Ordinarily commissions are not charged on over the counter orders (including, for example, debt securities and money market investments) because a Portfolio pays a spread which is included in the cost of the security, and is the difference between the dealer’s cost and the cost to a Portfolio. When a Portfolio executes an over the counter order with an electronic communications network, an alternative trading system or a non-market maker, a commission is charged because there is no spread on the trade. Securities may be purchased from underwriters at prices that include underwriting fees. The Money Portfolios, Treasury Portfolios, Tax Free Portfolio and the Aggregate Bond Index Portfolio normally do not pay a stated brokerage commission on transactions.

Each Portfolio’s investment advisory agreement authorizes the Adviser to place, in the name of the Portfolio, orders for the execution of the securities transactions in which the Portfolio is authorized to invest, provided the Adviser seeks the best overall terms for the transaction. In selecting brokers or dealers (including affiliates of the Adviser), the Adviser chooses the broker-dealer deemed most capable of providing the services necessary to obtain the most favorable execution (the most favorable cost or net proceeds reasonably obtainable under the circumstances). The full range of brokerage services applicable to a particular transaction may be considered when making this judgment, which may include, but is not limited to: liquidity, price, commission, timing, aggregated trades, capable floor brokers or traders, competent block trading coverage, ability to position, capital strength and stability, reliable and accurate communications and settlement processing, use of automation, knowledge of other buyers or sellers, arbitrage skills, administrative ability, underwriting, and provision of information on a particular security or market in which the transaction is to occur. The specific criteria will vary depending on the nature of the transaction, the market in which it is executed, and the extent to which it is possible to select from among multiple broker-dealers. The Adviser does not currently use any Portfolio’s assets for soft-dollar arrangements. The Adviser does not presently participate in any soft dollar arrangements. It may aggregate trades with clients of State Street Global Advisors whose commission dollars are used to generate soft dollar credits for State Street Global Advisors. Although the Adviser’s clients’ commissions are not used for soft dollars, the Adviser and State Street Global Advisors’ clients may benefit from the soft dollar products/services received by State Street Global Advisors.

The Adviser assumes general supervision over placing orders on behalf of the Trust for the purchase or sale of portfolio securities.

CAPITAL STOCK AND OTHER SECURITIES

Under the Declaration of Trust, the Trustees are authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of each Fund. Upon liquidation or dissolution of a Fund, investors are entitled to share pro rata in the Fund’s net assets available for distribution to its investors. Investments in a Fund have no preference, preemptive, conversion or similar rights and are fully paid and non-assessable, except as set forth below. Investments in a Fund may not be transferred.

Each investor is entitled to a vote in proportion to the number of Fund shares it owns. Shares do not have cumulative voting rights, and investors holding more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding shares in the Trust may elect all of the Trustees if they choose to do so. The Trust is not required and has no current intention to hold annual meetings of investors but the Trust will hold special meetings of shareholders when in the judgment of the Trustees it is necessary or desirable to submit matters for a shareholder vote.

Under Massachusetts law, shareholders in a Massachusetts business trust could, under certain circumstances, be held personally liable for the obligations of the trust. However, the Declaration of Trust disclaims shareholder liability for acts or obligations of the Trust and provides for indemnification out of the Trust’s property for any claim or liability to which the shareholder may become subject by reason of being or having been a shareholder and for reimbursement of the shareholder for all legal and other expenses reasonably incurred by the shareholder in connection with any such claim or liability. Thus the risk of a shareholder incurring financial loss on account of shareholder liability is limited to circumstances in which the Trust would be unable to meet its obligations.
 
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PURCHASE, REDEMPTION AND PRICING OF SHARES

Shares of the Funds are offered continuously at a price equal to the NAV attributable to each share. Each Fund determines the NAV per share on each day on which the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) is open for trading (“Business Day”). This determination is made each Business Day at the close of regular trading on the NYSE (the “Valuation Time”) by dividing the value of the Fund’s net assets (i.e., the value of its securities and other assets less its liabilities, including expenses payable or accrued) by the number of shares outstanding at the time the determination is made.

The NYSE is open for trading every weekday except for: (a) the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday, Washington’s Birthday (the third Monday in February), Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas; and (b) the preceding Friday or the subsequent Monday when one of the calendar-determined holidays falls on a Saturday or Sunday, respectively. Purchases and withdrawals will be effected at the time of determination of NAV next following the receipt of any purchase or withdrawal order which is determined to be in good order.

It is the policy of the Money Market Funds and the Tax Free Fund to use their best efforts to attempt to maintain a constant price per share of $1.00 respectively, although there can be no assurance that the $1.00 NAV per share will be maintained. In accordance with this effort and pursuant to Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act, each Money Market Fund and the Tax Free Fund uses the amortized cost valuation method to value its portfolio instruments. This method involves valuing an instrument at its cost and thereafter assuming a constant amortization to maturity of any discount or premium, even though the portfolio security may increase or decrease in market value generally in response to changes in interest rates. While this method provides certainty in valuation, it may result in periods during which value, as determined by amortized cost, is higher or lower than the price each Money Market Fund or Tax Free Fund would receive if it sold the instrument.

For example, in periods of declining interest rates, the daily yield on each of the Money Market Fund’s and the Tax Free Fund’s shares computed by dividing the annualized daily income on the Fund’s portfolio by the NAV based upon the amortized cost valuation technique may tend to be higher than a similar computation made by using a method of valuation based upon market prices and estimates. In periods of rising interest rates, the daily yield on each Fund’s shares computed the same way may tend to be lower than a similar computation made by using a method of calculation based upon market prices and estimates.

The Trustees have established procedures reasonably designed to stabilize each Money Market Fund’s and the Tax Free Fund’s price per share at $1.00. These procedures include: (1) the determination of the deviation from $1.00, if any, of each Fund’s NAV using market values; (2) periodic review by the Trustees of the amount of and the methods used to calculate the deviation; and (3) maintenance of records of such determination. The Trustees will promptly consider what action, if any, should be taken if such deviation exceeds 1/2 of one percent.

The Funds’ securities will be valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees.

TAXATION OF THE FUNDS

The following discussion of U.S. federal income tax consequences of investment in the Funds is based on the Code, U.S. Treasury regulations, and other applicable authority, as of the date of this SAI. These authorities are subject to change by legislative or administrative action, possibly with retroactive effect. The following discussion is only a summary of some of the important U.S. federal tax considerations generally applicable to investments in the Funds. There may be other tax considerations applicable to particular shareholders. Shareholders should consult their own tax advisors regarding their particular situation and the possible application of foreign, state and local tax laws.

Special tax rules apply to investments through defined contribution plans and other tax-qualified plans. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers to determine the suitability of shares of a Fund as an investment through such plans and the precise effect of an investment on their particular tax situations.

Qualification as a Regulated Investment Company

Each Fund intends to elect to be treated and qualify each year as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code. In order to qualify for the special tax treatment accorded regulated investment companies and their shareholders, each Fund must, among other things, (a) derive at least 90% of its gross income for each taxable year from (i) dividends, interest, payments with respect to certain securities loans, gains from the sale of securities or foreign currencies, or other income (including but not limited to gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived with respect to its business of investing in such stock, securities or currencies and (ii) net income derived from interests in “qualified publicly traded partnerships” (as defined below); (b) diversify its holdings so that, at the end of each quarter of the Fund’s taxable year, (i) at least 50% of the value of the Fund’s total assets consists of cash and cash items, U.S. government securities, securities of other RICs, and other securities limited in respect  of any one issuer to a value not greater than 5% of the value of the Fund’s total assets and no more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer, and (ii) no more than 25% of its assets are invested (x) in the securities (other than those of the U.S. government or other RICs) of any one issuer or of two or more issuers which the Fund controls and which are engaged in the same, similar or related trades and businesses, or (y) in the securities of one or more qualified publicly traded partnerships (as defined below); and (c) distribute with respect to each taxable year at least 90% of the sum of its investment company taxable income (as that term is defined in the Code without regard to the deduction for dividends paid -- generally taxable ordinary income and the excess, if any, of net short-term capital gains over net long-term capital losses) and net tax-exempt income, for such year.
 
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In general, for purposes of the 90% gross income requirement described in (a) above, income derived from a partnership will be treated as qualifying income only to the extent such income is attributable to items of income of the partnership which would be qualifying income if realized by the RIC. Where, as here, each Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its investable assets in a corresponding Portfolio, the nature and character of each Fund’s income and gains will generally be determined at the Portfolio level and each Fund will be allocated its share of Portfolio income and gains. Consequently, references in this discussion of Taxation of the Funds to income, gains and losses of a Fund will generally be to income, gains and losses recognized at the Portfolio level and allocated to the Fund. In the discussion below, “Portfolio” refers to the series of the State Street Master Funds in which the relevant Fund(s) invest their assets.

In addition, 100% of the net income derived from an interest in a “qualified publicly traded partnership” (x) the interests in which are traded on an established securities market or readily tradable on a secondary market or the substantial equivalent thereof, and (y) that derives less than 90% of its income from the qualifying income described in section (a)(i) above, will be treated as qualifying income.  In general, such entities will be treated as partnerships for federal income tax purposes, because they meet the passive-type income requirement under Code section 7704(c)(2).

For purposes of the diversification test in (b) above, the term “outstanding voting securities of such issuer” will include the equity securities of a qualified publicly traded partnership. Also, for purposes of the diversification test in (b) above, the identification of the issuer (or, in some cases, issuers) of a particular Portfolio investment can depend on the terms and conditions of that investment.  In some cases, identification of the issuer (or issuers) is uncertain under current law, and an adverse determination or future guidance by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) with respect to issuer identification for a particular type of investment may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to meet the diversification test in (b) above.

If the Fund qualifies as a RIC that is accorded special tax treatment, the Fund will not be subject to federal income tax on income distributed in a timely manner to its shareholders in the form of dividends (including Capital Gain Dividends, as defined below). If the Fund were to fail to qualify as a RIC accorded special tax treatment in any taxable year, the Fund would be subject to tax at the Fund level on its taxable income at corporate rates, and all distributions from earnings and profits, including any distributions of net tax-exempt income and net long-term capital gains, would be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income. Some portions of such distributions may be eligible for the dividends received deduction in the case of corporate shareholders and may be eligible to be treated as "qualified dividend income" in the case of shareholders taxed as individuals, provided, in both cases, the shareholder meets certain holding period and other requirements in respect of the Fund's shares (as described below). In addition, the Fund could be required to recognize unrealized gains, pay substantial taxes and interest and make substantial distributions before re-qualifying as a RIC that is accorded special tax treatment.

Each Fund intends to distribute at least annually to its shareholders all or substantially all of its investment company taxable income (computed without regard to the dividends-paid deduction) and its net tax-exempt income (if any), and may distribute its net capital gain. Any taxable income retained by a Fund will be subject to tax at the Fund level at regular corporate rates. If a Fund retains any net capital gain, it will be subject to tax at regular corporate rates on the amount retained, but  is permitted to designate the retained amount as undistributed capital gain in a timely notice to its shareholders who (a) will be required to include in income for federal income tax purposes, as long-term capital gain, their shares of such undistributed amount, and (b) will be entitled to credit their proportionate shares of the tax paid by the Fund on such undistributed amount against their federal income tax liabilities, if any, and to claim refunds on a properly-filed U.S. tax return to the extent the credit exceeds such liabilities. If the Fund makes this designation, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the tax basis of shares owned by a shareholder of the Fund will be increased by an amount equal under current law to the difference between the amount of undistributed capital gains included in the shareholder’s gross income under clause (a) of the preceding sentence and the tax deemed paid by the shareholder under clause (b) of the preceding sentence. The Funds are not required to, and there can be no assurance a Fund will, make this designation if it retains all or a portion of its net capital gain in a taxable year.
 
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In determining its net capital gain for Capital Gain Dividend purposes, a RIC must treat any net capital loss or any net long-term capital loss incurred after October 31 as if it had been incurred in the succeeding year. In addition, a RIC is permitted, in determining its investment company taxable income and net capital gain, to elect to treat all or part of any net capital loss, any net long-term capital loss or any net foreign currency loss incurred after October 31 as if it had been incurred in the succeeding year.

 If a Fund were to fail to distribute in a calendar year at least an amount equal, in general, to the sum of 98% of its ordinary income for  such year and 98% of its capital gain net income  for the one-year period ending October 31 of such year (or December, 31 of that year if the Fund is permitted to elect and so elects) , plus any such amounts retained from the prior year, the Fund would be subject to a nondeductible 4% excise tax on the undistributed amounts. For these purposes, a Fund will be treated as having distributed any amount on which it is subject to corporate income tax for the taxable year ending within the calendar year. Each Fund intends generally to make distributions sufficient to avoid imposition of the excise tax. Distributions declared by a Fund during October, November and December to shareholders of record on a date in any such month and paid by the Fund during the following January will be treated for federal tax purposes as paid by the Fund and received by shareholders on December 31 of the year in which declared. Each Fund intends generally to make distributions sufficient to avoid imposition of the 4% excise tax, although there can be no assurance that it will be able to do so.

Capital losses in excess of capital gains (“net capital losses”) are not permitted to be deducted against a Fund’s net investment income.  A Fund may carry net capital losses forward for eight years and use them to offset realized capital gains allocated to it from its respective Portfolio during this period; any net capital losses remaining at the conclusion of the eighth taxable year succeeding the taxable year in which such net capital losses arose will expire unused.  All net capital losses carried forward are treated as short-term capital losses, and will offset any short-term capital gains before offsetting any long-term capital gains.  A Fund’s ability to use net capital losses to offset gains may be limited as a result of certain (a) acquisitive reorganizations and (b) shifts in the ownership of the Fund by a shareholder owning or treated as owning 5% or more of the stock of the Fund.  See a Fund’s most recent annual shareholder report for the Fund’s available capital loss carryovers as of the end of its most recently ended fiscal year.

Taxation of Distributions Received by Shareholders

For U.S. federal income tax purposes, distributions of investment income (other than “exempt-interest dividends,” described below) are generally taxable as ordinary income. Taxes on distributions of capital gains are determined by how long the Portfolio owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long a shareholder has owned his or her Fund shares.  In general, a Fund will recognize its allocable share of long-term capital gain or loss on assets a Portfolio has owned (or is deemed to have owned) for more than one year , and short-term capital gain or loss on investments a Portfolio has owned (or is deemed to have owned) for one year or less. Distributions of net-capital gain (that is, the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss) that are properly designated by the Fund as capital gain dividends (“Capital Gain Dividends”) will be taxable to shareholders as long-term capital gains. Distributions from capital gains are generally made after applying any available capital loss carryovers.  The Money Market Funds and Tax Free Fund do not expect to distribute Capital Gain Dividends. The Aggregate Bond Index Fund and the Bond Funds generally do not expect a significant portion of their distributions to be Capital Gain Dividends. Long-term capital gain rates applicable to individuals have been temporarily reduced -- in general, to 15% with lower rates applying to taxpayers in the 10% and 15% rate brackets -- for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011. Distributions of net short-term capital gain (as reduced by any net long-term capital loss for the taxable year) will be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income. For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, distributions of investment income designated by a Fund as derived from “qualified dividend income” will be taxed in the hands of individuals at the rates applicable to long-term capital gain, provided holding period and other requirements are met at both the shareholder and Portfolio level. The Aggregate Bond Index Fund, the Tax Free Fund, the Bond Funds and the Money Market Funds do not expect Fund distributions to be derived from qualified dividend income.

Shareholders of a Fund will be subject to federal income taxes as described herein on distributions made by the Fund whether received in cash or reinvested in additional shares of the Fund.

Distributions on a Fund’s shares are generally subject to U.S. federal income tax as described herein to the extent they do not exceed the Fund’s allocable share of its Portfolio’s realized income and gains, even though such distributions may economically represent a return of a particular shareholder’s investment.  Such distributions are likely to occur in respect of shares purchased at a time when a Fund’s net asset value reflects either unrealized gains, or realized but undistributed income or gains, that were therefore included in the price the shareholder paid.  Such distributions may reduce the fair market value of the Fund’s shares below the shareholder’s cost basis in those shares.  As described above, a Fund is required to distribute realized income and gains regardless of whether the Fund’s net asset value also reflects unrealized losses.
 
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In order for some portion of the dividends received by a Fund shareholder to be “qualified dividend income,” the Fund must meet holding period and other requirements with respect to the dividend-paying stocks in its Portfolio and the shareholder must meet holding period and other requirements with respect to the Fund’s shares. A dividend will not be treated as qualified dividend income (at either the Fund or shareholder level) (a) if the dividend is received with respect to any share of stock held for fewer than 61 days during the 121-day period beginning on the date which is 60 days before the date on which such share becomes ex-dividend with respect to such dividend (or, in the case of certain preferred stock, 91 days during the 181-day period beginning 90 days before such date), (b) to the extent that the recipient is under an obligation (whether pursuant to a short sale or otherwise) to make related payments with respect to positions in substantially similar or related property, (c) if the recipient elects to have the dividend income treated as investment income for purposes of the limitation on deductibility of investment interest, or (d) if the dividend is received from a foreign corporation that is (i) not eligible for the benefits of a comprehensive income tax treaty with the United States (with the exception of dividends paid on stock of such a foreign corporation readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States) or (ii) treated as a passive foreign investment company.

In general, distributions of investment income designated by a Fund as derived from qualified dividend income will be treated as qualified dividend income in the hands of a shareholder taxed as an individual, provided the shareholder meets the holding period and other requirements described above with respect to the Fund’s shares. If the aggregate qualified dividends allocated to a Fund by a Portfolio during any taxable year are 95% or more of the Fund’s gross income (excluding net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss), then 100% of the Fund’s dividends (other than dividends properly designated as Capital Gain Dividends) will be eligible to be treated as qualified dividend income.

Dividends of net investment income received by corporate shareholders of a Fund will qualify for the 70% dividends received deduction generally available to corporations to the extent of the amount of qualifying dividends received by a Portfolio and allocated to the Fund from domestic corporations for the taxable year. A dividend so allocated to a Fund will not be treated as a dividend eligible for the dividends-received deduction (a)  if it has been received with respect to any share of stock that the Portfolio has held for less than 46 days (91 days in the case of certain preferred stock) during the 91-day period beginning on the date which is 45 days before the date on which such share becomes ex-dividend with respect to such dividend (during the 181-day period beginning 90 days before such date in the case of certain preferred stock) or (b) to the extent that the Portfolio is under an obligation (pursuant to a short sale or otherwise) to make related payments with respect to positions in substantially similar or related property. Moreover, the dividends received deduction may otherwise be disallowed or reduced (x) if the corporate shareholder fails to satisfy the foregoing requirements with respect to its shares of the Fund or (y) by application of various provisions of the Code (for instance, the dividends-received deduction is reduced in the case of a dividend received on debt-financed stock (generally, stock acquired with borrowed funds)).

Any Fund distribution of income that is attributable to (a) income received by a Portfolio in lieu of dividends with respect to securities on loan pursuant to a securities lending transaction or (b) dividend income received by a Portfolio on securities it temporarily purchased from a counterparty pursuant to a repurchase agreement, such distribution may not constitute qualified dividend income to individual shareholders and may not be eligible for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.  Similarly, any Fund distribution of income that is attributable to (x) income received by a Portfolio in lieu of tax-exempt interest with respect to securities on loan or (y) tax-exempt interest received by a Portfolio on tax-exempt securities it temporarily purchased from a counterparty pursuant to a repurchase agreement, may not constitute an exempt-interest dividend to shareholders.

If a Fund makes a distribution to a shareholder in excess of the Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits in any taxable year, the excess distribution will be treated as a return of capital to the extent of such shareholder’s tax basis in its shares, and thereafter as capital gain. A return of capital is not taxable, but it reduces a shareholder’s tax basis in its shares, thus reducing any loss or increasing any gain on a subsequent taxable disposition by the shareholder of its shares.

If a Portfolio holds, directly or indirectly, one or more "tax credit bonds" (including   build America bonds, clean renewable energy bonds, and qualified tax credit bonds ) on one or more applicable dates during a taxable year, a Fund investing in the Portfolio may elect to permit its shareholders to claim a tax credit on their income tax returns equal to each shareholder's proportionate share of tax credits from the bond otherwise allowed to the Fund.  In such a case, shareholders must include in gross income (as interest) their proportionate share of the income attributable to the tax credits.  A shareholder's ability to claim a tax credit associated with one or more tax credit bonds may be subject to certain limitations imposed by the Code, and the amount of the tax credits may not exceed the amount designated by the Fund in a written notice mailed to shareholders not later than 60 days after the close of the Fund's taxable year.  Even if a Fund is eligible to pass through tax credits to shareholders, the Fund may choose not to do so.
 
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Investments in Other Regulated Investment Companies

In certain cases, the amount of income and gains realized by a Portfolio from its investments in shares of regulated investment companies ("underlying funds")  may be greater (or less) than such amounts would have been had the Portfolio invested directly in securities held by the underlying funds.  For similar reasons, the tax attributes of such income and gains (e.g., long-term capital gain, eligibility for the dividends-received deduction, etc.) may   not be the same as it would have been had the Portfolio invested directly in the securities held by the underlying funds.

If a fund received tax credit bond credits from an underlying fund that qualifies as a RIC, and the underlying fund made an election to pass through such tax credits to its shareholders, then the fund is permitted in turn to elect to pass through its proportionate share of those tax credits to its shareholders, provided that the fund meets the shareholder notice and other requirements.  

Derivatives, Hedging, and Related Transactions

 A Portfolio’s transactions in derivative instruments (e.g. options, futures , forward contracts, swap agreements), as well as any of its other hedging transactions, may be subject to one or more special tax rules ( e.g. notional principal contract, straddle, constructive sale, wash sale and short sale rules). These rules may affect whether gains and losses recognized by a Portfolio are treated as ordinary or capital or as short-term or long-term, accelerate the recognition of income or gains to a Fund, defer losses to a Fund, and cause adjustments in the holding periods of a Portfolio’s securities. These rules could therefore affect the amount, timing and/or character of income allocated to a Fund and its distributions to shareholders.  Because the tax rules applicable to these types of transactions are in some cases uncertain under current law, an adverse determination or future guidance by the IRS with respect to these rules (which determination or guidance could be retroactive) may affect whether the Fund has made sufficient distributions, and otherwise satisfied the relevant requirements, to maintain its qualification as a RIC and avoid a Fund-level tax.

Certain of a Portfolio’s investments in derivative instruments and its hedging activities are likely to produce a difference between the book income and the taxable income of a Fund investing in the Portfolio.  If there are differences between a Fund’s book income and the sum of its taxable income and net tax-exempt income (if any), the Fund may be required to distribute amounts in excess of its book income or a portion of Fund distributions may be treated as a return of capital to shareholders.  If a Fund’s book income exceeds the sum of its taxable income (including realized capital gains) and net tax-exempt income (if any), the distribution (if any) of such excess generally will be treated as (i) a dividend to the extent of the Fund’s remaining earnings and profits (including earnings and profits arising from tax-exempt income), (ii) thereafter, as a return of capital to the extent of the recipient’s basis in its shares, and (iii) thereafter as gain from the sale or exchange of a capital asset.  If a Fund’s book income is less than the sum of its taxable income and net tax-exempt income (if any), the Fund could be required to make distributions exceeding book income to qualify as a RIC that is accorded special tax treatment.

Exempt-Interest Dividends

The Tax Free Fund and Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund intend to pay dividends (“exempt-interest dividends”) that pass through to shareholders the tax-exempt character of exempt interest earned by the Tax Free and Short-term Tax-Exempt Bond Portfolios for U.S. federal income tax purposes. A Fund is eligible to pay exempt-interest dividends only for taxable years in which, at the end of each quarter, at least 50% of the value of its total assets consists of securities generating interest that is exempt from federal tax under section 103(a) of the Code. Each of the Tax Free and Short-term Tax-Exempt Bond Portfolios (and therefore each of the Tax Free and Short-term Tax-Exempt Bond Funds) intends to satisfy this requirement. Fund distributions designated as exempt-interest dividends are not generally taxable to Fund shareholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes, but they may be subject to state and local taxes. In addition, an investment in the Fund may result in liability for the federal alternative minimum tax, both for individual and corporate shareholders.  For example, if the Fund invests in “private activity bonds,” certain shareholders may become subject to alternative minimum tax on the part of the Fund’s distributions derived from interest on such bonds.  

Distributions of the Tax Free Fund and Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund’s income and gains other than exempt-interest dividends generally will be taxable as ordinary income, except that any distributions of Capital Gain Dividends (defined above) will be taxable as long-term capital gains.
 
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Entities or persons who are “substantial users” (or persons related to substantial users) of facilities financed by PABs or industrial development bonds (“IDBs”) should consult their tax advisors before purchasing shares of a Fund because, for users of certain of these facilities, the interest on those bonds is not exempt from federal income tax. For these purposes, the term “substantial user” is defined generally to include a non-exempt person who regularly uses in trade or business a part of a facility financed from the proceeds of PABs or IDBs.

Up to 85% of social security and railroad retirement benefits may be included in taxable income for recipients whose adjusted gross income (including income from tax-exempt sources such as the Funds) plus 50% of their benefits exceeds certain base amounts. Exempt-interest dividends paid by the Funds still are tax-exempt to the extent described in each Fund’s prospectus; but they are included in the calculation of whether a recipient’s income exceeds the base amounts, and may therefore increase the amount of benefits that is taxable to the recipient.

Foreign Income

Income received by a Portfolio from sources within foreign countries may be subject to withholding and other foreign taxes. Tax conventions between certain countries and the United States may reduce or eliminate such taxes. It is impossible to determine the effective rate of foreign tax in advance since the amount of a Portfolio’s assets to be invested in various countries (if any) will vary. Shareholders generally will not be entitled to claim a credit or deduction with respect to foreign taxes incurred by a Portfolio or a Fund.

Investments in Original Issue Discount Securities

A Portfolio’s investment in securities issued at a discount and certain other obligations will (and investments in securities purchased at a discount may) require a Fund to accrue and distribute income not yet received. Some debt obligations with a fixed maturity date of more than one year from the date of issuance (and all zero-coupon debt obligations with a fixed maturity date of more than one year from the date of issuance) that are acquired by a Portfolio will be treated as debt obligations that are issued originally at a discount. Generally, the amount of the original issue discount (“OID”) is treated as interest income and is included in a Portfolio’s income (and required to be distributed) over the term of the debt security, even though payment of that amount is not received until a later time, usually when the debt security matures.

In addition, some debt obligations with a fixed maturity date of more than one year from the date of issuance that are acquired in the secondary market by a Portfolio may be treated as having market discount. Generally, any gain recognized on the disposition of, and any partial payment of principal on, a debt security having market discount is treated as ordinary income to the extent the gain, or principal payment, does not exceed the “accrued market discount” on such debt security. Market discount generally accrues in equal daily installments. The Portfolio may make one or more of the elections applicable to debt obligations having market discount, which could affect the character and timing of recognition of income allocated to a Fund that invests in the Portfolio.

Furthermore, some debt obligations with a fixed maturity date of one year or less from the date of issuance that are acquired by a Portfolio may be treated as having market discount or OID. Generally, a Fund investing in such a Portfolio will be required to include the market discount or OID in income over the term of the debt security, even though payment of that amount is not received until a later time, usually when the debt security matures. The Portfolio may make one or more of the elections applicable to debt obligations having market discount or OID, which could affect the character and timing of recognition of income allocated to a Fund investing in the Portfolio.

If a Portfolio holds the foregoing kinds of securities, a Fund investing in the Portfolio may be required to pay out as an income distribution each year an amount which is greater than the total amount of cash interest the Portfolio actually received and distributed to its investors. Such distributions may be made from the cash assets of the Fund or by liquidation of the Fund’s interests in the Portfolio and/or by liquidation of the Portfolio’s securities (including at a time when it may not be advantageous to do so), if necessary. The Portfolio may realize gains or losses from the sale of underlying securities, and, as a result, the Fund’s shareholders may receive a larger Capital Gain Dividend than they would in the absence of such transactions.

Certain Investments in REITs and other Mortgage Pooling Vehicles  

Any investment by a Portfolio in equity securities of real estate investment trusts qualifying as such under Subchapter M of the Code (“REITs”) may result in the Portfolio's receipt of cash in excess of the REIT’s earnings; if the Fund, in turn, distributes these amounts, these distributions could constitute a return of capital to Fund shareholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  Investments in REIT equity securities also may require a Portfolio, and therefore a Fund, to accrue income not yet received.  To generate sufficient cash for a Fund to make the requisite distributions to maintain its qualification for treatment as a RIC under the Code, a Fund may be required to redeem a portion of its interest in a Portfolio.  The Portfolio in turn may sell investments in order to meet such redemption requests, including at a time when it may not be advantageous to do so. Dividends received from a REIT will not qualify for the corporate dividends-received deduction and generally will not constitute qualified dividend income.
 
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A Portfolio may invest directly or indirectly in residual interests in real estate mortgage investment conduits (“REMICs”) (including by investing in residual interests in collateralized mortgage obligations ("CMOs") with respect to which an election to be treated as a REMIC is in effect) or equity interests in taxable mortgage pools ("TMPs").  Under a notice issued by the IRS in October 2006 and Treasury regulations that have yet to be issued but may apply retroactively, a portion of a Fund’s income (including income allocated to the Portfolio from a REIT or other pass-through entity) that is attributable to a residual interest in a REMIC or an equity interest in a TMP (referred to in the Code as an “excess inclusion”) will be subject to U.S. federal income tax in all events.  This notice also provides, and the regulations are expected to provide, that excess inclusion income of a RIC will be allocated to shareholders of the RIC in proportion to the dividends received by such shareholders, with the same consequences as if the shareholders held the related interest directly.  As a result, a Fund that invests in a Portfolio holding such interests may not be a suitable investment for charitable remainder trusts, as noted below.

In general, excess inclusion income allocated by a Fund to its shareholders (i) cannot be offset by net operating losses (subject to a limited exception for certain thrift institutions), (ii) will constitute unrelated business taxable income (“UBTI”) to entities (including a qualified pension plan, an individual retirement account, a 401(k) plan, a Keogh plan or other tax-exempt entity) subject to tax on UBTI, thereby potentially requiring such an entity that is allocated excess inclusion income, and otherwise might not be required to file a tax return, to file a tax return and pay tax on such income, and (iii) in the case of a non-U.S. shareholder, will not qualify for any reduction in U.S. federal withholding tax.

Backup Withholding

A Fund generally is required to withhold and remit to the U.S. Treasury a percentage of the taxable distributions and redemption proceeds paid to any individual shareholder who fails to properly furnish the Fund with a correct taxpayer identification number (“TIN”), who has under-reported dividend or interest income, or who fails to certify to the Fund that he or she is not subject to such withholding. The backup withholding rules may also apply to distributions that are properly designated as exempt-interest dividends. The backup withholding rate is 28% for amounts paid through 2010. This rate will expire and the backup withholding rate will be 31% for amounts paid after December 31, 2010, unless Congress enacts tax legislation providing otherwise.

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld may be credited against the shareholder’s U.S. federal income tax liability, provided the appropriate information is furnished to the Internal Revenue Service.

Redemptions and Exchanges

Redemptions and exchanges of each Fund’s shares are taxable events and, accordingly, shareholders may realize gain or loss on these transactions. In general, any gain or loss realized upon a taxable disposition of shares will be treated as long-term capital gain or loss if the shares have been held for more than one year. Otherwise, the gain or loss on the sale, exchange or redemption of Fund shares will be treated as short-term capital gain or loss. However, if a shareholder sells Fund shares at a loss within six months after purchasing the shares, the loss will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of any  Capital Gain Dividends received (or deemed received) by the shareholder with respect to the shares. In addition, any loss realized upon a taxable disposition of Fund shares held by a shareholder for six months or less will be disallowed, to the extent of any exempt-interest dividends received by the shareholder with respect to the shares. Furthermore, no loss will be allowed on the sale of Fund shares to the extent the shareholder acquired other substantially identical shares within 30 days before or after the sale of the loss shares. In such a case, the basis of the newly purchased shares will be adjusted to reflect the disallowed loss.

Tax-Exempt Shareholders

 Income of a RIC that would be unrelated business taxable income (“UBTI”) if earned directly by a tax-exempt entity will not generally be attributed as UBTI to a tax-exempt shareholder of the RIC. Notwithstanding this “blocking” effect, a tax-exempt shareholder could realize UBTI by virtue of its investment in a Fund if shares in the Fund constitute debt-financed property in the hands of the tax-exempt shareholder within the meaning of Code Section 514(b).
 
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A tax-exempt shareholder may also recognize UBTI if a Fund recognizes “excess inclusion income” derived from direct or indirect investments in residual interests in REMICS or equity interests in TMPs if the amount of such income recognized by the Fund exceeds the Fund’s investment company taxable income (after taking into account deductions for dividends paid by the Fund).

In addition, special tax consequences apply to charitable remainder trusts (“CRTs”) that invest in RICs that invest directly or indirectly in residual interests in REMICs or equity interests in TMPs.  Under legislation enacted in December 2006, a CRT (as defined in section 664 of the Code) that realizes any UBTI for a taxable year must pay an excise tax annually of an amount equal to such UBTI.  Under IRS guidance issued in October 2006, a CRT will not recognize UBTI as a result of investing in a Fund that recognizes “excess inclusion income.”  Rather, if at any time during any taxable year a CRT (or one of certain other tax-exempt shareholders, such as the United States, a state or political subdivision, or an agency or instrumentality thereof, and certain energy cooperatives) is a record holder of a share in a Fund that recognizes “excess inclusion income,” then the Fund will be subject to a tax on that portion of its “excess inclusion income” for the taxable year that is allocable to such shareholders at the highest federal corporate income tax rate. The extent to which this IRS guidance remains applicable in light of the December 2006 legislation is unclear. To the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, each Fund may elect to specially allocate any such tax to the applicable CRT, or other shareholder, and thus reduce such shareholder’s distributions for the year by the amount of the tax that relates to such shareholder’s interest in each Fund.  CRTs are urged to consult their tax advisors concerning the consequences of investing in each Fund.

Tax Shelter Reporting

If a Fund shareholder recognizes a loss of $2 million or more for an individual shareholder or $10 million or more for a corporate shareholder, the shareholder must file with the Internal Revenue Service a disclosure statement on Form 8886. Direct shareholders of portfolio securities are in many cases excepted from this reporting requirement, but under current guidance, shareholders of a RIC are not excepted. Future guidance may extend the current exception from this reporting requirement to shareholders of most or all regulated investment companies. The fact that a loss is reportable under these regulations does not affect the legal determination of whether the taxpayer’s treatment of the loss is proper. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers to determine the applicability of these regulations in light of their individual circumstances.

Non-U.S. Investors

Non-U.S. investors in the Funds should consult their tax advisors concerning the tax consequences of ownership of shares in the Funds. Distributions properly designated as Capital Gain Dividends and exempt-interest dividends generally will not be subject to withholding of U.S. federal income tax. However, exempt-interest dividends may be subject to backup withholding (as discussed above). In general, dividends other than Capital Gain Dividends and exempt-interest dividends paid by a Fund to a shareholder that is not a “U.S. person” within the meaning of the Code ( a “foreign person”) are subject to withholding of U.S. federal income tax at a rate of 30% (or lower applicable treaty rate) even if they are funded by income or gains (such as portfolio interest, short-term capital gains, or foreign-source dividend and interest income) that, if paid to a foreign person directly, would not be subject to withholding. However, effective for taxable years of a Fund beginning before January 1, 2010, the Fund will not be required to withhold any amounts (a) with respect to distributions (other than distributions to a foreign person (i) that has not provided a satisfactory statement that the beneficial owner is not a U.S. person, (ii) to the extent that the dividend is attributable to certain interest on an obligation if the foreign person is the issuer or is a 10% shareholder of the issuer, (iii) that is within certain foreign countries that have inadequate information exchange with the United States, or (iv) to the extent the dividend is attributable to interest paid by a person that is a related person of the foreign person and the foreign person is a controlled foreign corporation) from U.S.-source interest income of types similar to those not subject to U.S. federal income tax if earned directly by an individual foreign person, to the extent such distributions are properly designated by each Fund ("interest-related dividends"), and (b) with respect to distributions (other than (i) distributions to an individual foreign person who is present in the United States for a period or periods aggregating 183 days or more during the year of the distribution and (ii) distributions subject to special rules regarding the disposition of U.S. real property interests (described below) of net short-term capital gains in excess of net long-term capital losses to the extent such distributions are properly designated by the Fund ("short-term capital gain dividends").  Depending on the circumstances, a Fund may make designations of interest-related and/or short-term capital gain dividends with respect to all, some or none of its potentially eligible dividends and/or treat such dividends, in whole or in part, as ineligible for these exemptions from withholding.  Absent legislation extending these exemptions for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2010, these special withholding exemptions for interest-related and short-term capital gain dividends will expire and these dividends generally will be subject to withholding as described above.  It is currently unclear whether Congress will extend the exemptions for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2010.

In the case of shares held through an intermediary, the intermediary may withhold even if the Fund makes a designation with respect to a payment.  Foreign persons should contact their intermediaries regarding the application of these rules to their accounts.
 
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A beneficial holder of shares who is a foreign person is not, in general, subject to U.S. federal income tax on gains (and is not allowed a deduction for losses) realized on the sale of shares of a Fund or on Capital Gain Dividends or exempt-interest dividends unless (a) such gain or dividend is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business carried on by such holder within the United States, (b) in the case of an individual holder, the holder is present in the United States for a period or periods aggregating 183 days or more during the year of the sale or the receipt of the Capital Gain Dividend and certain other conditions are met, or (c) the Capital Gain Dividends are attributable to gains from the sale or exchange of “U.S. real property interests” (“USRPIs”) as defined generally below.

If a foreign person is eligible for the benefits of a tax treaty, any effectively connected income or gain will generally be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net basis only if it is also attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by the shareholder in the United States.

Special rules apply to distributions to certain foreign shareholders from a RIC that is either a “U.S. real property holding corporation” (“USRPHC”) or would be a USRPHC absent exclusions from USRPI treatment for interests in domestically controlled REITs or RICs and not-greater-than-5% interests in publicly traded classes of stock in REITs or RICs.  Additionally, special rules apply to the sale of shares in a RIC that is a USRPHC.  Very generally, a USRPHC is a domestic corporation that holds USRPIs (including indirectly through a Portfolio) — USRPIs are defined generally as any interest in U.S. real property or any equity interest in a USRPHC — the fair market value of which equals or exceeds 50% of the sum of the fair market values of the corporation’s USRPIs, interests in real property located outside the United States and other assets. Each Fund generally does not expect that it will be a USRPHC or would be a USRPHC but for the operation of these exceptions, and thus does not expect these special tax rules to apply.

In order for a foreign person to qualify for any exemptions from withholding described above or from lower withholding tax rates under income tax treaties, or to establish an exemption from back back-up withholding, the foreign person must comply with special certification and filing requirements relating to its non-U.S. status (including, in general, furnishing an IRS Form W-8BEN or substitute form). Non-U.S. investors in the Funds should consult their tax advisers in this regard.

Special rules (including withholding and reporting requirements) apply to foreign partnerships and those holding Fund shares through foreign partnerships.  Additional considerations may apply to foreign trusts and estates.  Investors holding Fund shares through foreign entities should consult their tax advisers about their particular situation.

A beneficial holder of shares who is a foreign person may be subject to state and local tax and to the U.S. federal estate tax in addition to the U.S. federal income tax on income referred to above.

General Considerations

The foregoing discussion summarizes some of the consequences under the current U.S. federal income tax law of an investment in the Funds. It is for general information only and not a substitute for personal tax advice. Consult your personal tax advisor about the potential U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in the Fund, as well as the effects of state, local and foreign tax laws and any proposed tax law changes.

UNDERWRITER

As of August 1, 2009, State Street Global Markets, LLC serves as the Funds’ Distributor (the “Distributor”) pursuant to the Distribution Agreement by and between the Distributor and the Trust. Pursuant to the Distribution Agreement, the Funds pay the Distributor fees under the Rule 12b-1 Plan in effect for the Funds. For a description of the fees paid to the Distributor under the Rule 12b-1 Plan, see “Shareholder Servicing and Distribution Plans,” above. The Distributor is not obligated to sell any specific number of shares and will sell shares of a Fund on a continuous basis only against orders to purchase shares. The principal business address of the Distributor is One Lincoln Street, Boston, MA 02111. Prior to August 1, 2009, ALPS Distributors Inc. served as the Funds’ Distributor pursuant to the Distribution Agreement by and between the Distributor and the Trust.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 for the Funds in operation at that date are included in the Annual Report of the Trust, which was filed with the SEC on March ____, 2010 as part of the Trust’s filing on Form N-CSR and are incorporated into this SAI by reference. The Annual Report is available, without charge, upon request, by calling (866) 392-0869.

 
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APPENDIX A

RATINGS OF DEBT INSTRUMENTS

MOODY’S INVESTORS SERVICE, INC. (“MOODY’S”) - LONG TERM DEBT RATINGS. The following is a description of Moody’s debt instrument ratings.

Aaa - Bonds that are rated Aaa are judged to be of the highest quality, with minimal credit risk. They carry the smallest degree of investment risk and are generally referred to as “gilt edged.” Interest payments are protected by a large or exceptionally stable margin, and principal is secure. While the various protective elements are likely to change, such changes as can be visualized are most unlikely to impair the fundamentally strong position of such issues.

Aa - Bonds that are rated Aa are judged to be of high quality by all standards, and are subject to very low credit risk. Together with the Aaa group they comprise what are generally known as high-grade bonds. They are rated lower than the best bonds because margins of protection may not be as large as in Aaa securities, fluctuation of protective elements may be of greater amplitude, or there may be other elements present that make the long-term risk appear somewhat larger than that of the Aaa securities.

A - Bonds that are rated A are considered upper-medium grade and are subject to low credit risk. They possess many favorable investment attributes and are to be considered as upper-medium-grade obligations. Factors giving security to principal and interest are considered adequate, but elements may be present that suggest a susceptibility to impairment sometime in the future.

Moody’s applies numerical modifiers 1, 2 and 3 in each generic rating classification from Aa through B. The modifier 1 indicates that the obligation ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a midrange ranking; and the modifier 3 indicates a ranking in the lower end of that generic rating category.

STANDARD & POOR’S RATING GROUP (“S&P”). S&P’s ratings are based, in varying degrees, on the following considerations: (i) the likelihood of default - capacity and willingness of the obligor as to the timely payment of interest and repayment of principal in accordance with the terms of the obligation; (ii) the nature of and provisions of the obligation; and (iii) the protection afforded by, and relative position of, the obligation in the event of bankruptcy, reorganization, or other arrangement under the laws of bankruptcy and other laws affecting creditors’ rights.

AAA - Debt rated AAA has the highest rating assigned by S&P. Capacity to pay interest and repay principal is extremely strong.

AA - Debt rated AA has a very strong capacity to pay interest and repay principal and differs from the highest rated issues only in small degree.

A - Debt rated A has a strong capacity to pay interest and repay principal, although it is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than debt in higher rated categories.

Plus (+) or minus (-): The ratings from AA to CCC may be modified by the addition of a plus or minus sign to show relative standing within the major rating categories.

RATINGS OF COMMERCIAL PAPER

MOODY’S. Moody’s short-term debt ratings are opinions of the ability of issuers to repay punctually senior debt obligations. These obligations have an original maturity not exceeding one year, unless explicitly noted. Moody’s employs the following three designations, all judged to be investment grade, to indicate the relative repayment ability of rated issuers:

Issuers rated Prime-1 (or supporting institutions) have a superior ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations. Prime-1 repayment ability will often be evidenced by many of the following characteristics:

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Leading market positions in well-established industries.

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High rates of return on funds employed.
 
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Conservative capitalization structure with moderate reliance on debt and ample asset protection.
 
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Broad margins in earnings coverage of fixed financial charges and high internal cash generation.

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Well-established access to a range of financial markets and assured sources of alternate liquidity.

Issuers rated Prime-2 (or supporting institutions) have a strong ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations. This will normally be evidenced by many of the characteristics cited above but to a lesser degree. Earnings trends and coverage ratios, while sound, may be more subject to variation. Capitalization characteristics, while still appropriate, may be more affected by external conditions. Ample alternative liquidity is maintained.

Issuers rated Not Prime do not fall within any of the Prime rating categories.

S&P. An S&P commercial paper rating is a current assessment of the likelihood of timely payment of debt considered short-term in the relevant market. Ratings are graded into several categories, ranging from A-1 for the highest quality obligations to D for the lowest. These categories are as follows:

A-1 - This highest category indicates that the degree of safety regarding timely payment is strong. Those issues determined to possess extremely strong safety characteristics are deemed with a plus sign (+) designation.

A-2 - Capacity for timely payment on issues with this designation is satisfactory. However, the relative degree of safety is not as high as for issues designated A-1.

FITCH RATINGS. (“FITCH”). Commercial paper rated by Fitch reflects Fitch’s current appraisal of the degree of assurance of timely payment of such debt. An appraisal results in the rating of an issuer’s paper as F-1, F-2, F-3, or F-4.

F-1 - This designation indicates that the commercial paper is regarded as having the strongest degree of assurance for timely payment.

F-2 - Commercial paper issues assigned this rating reflect an assurance of timely payment only slightly less in degree than those issues rated F-1.

 
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APPENDIX B

STATE STREET MASTER FUNDS
STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT TRUST

PROXY VOTING POLICY AND PROCEDURES

The Board of Trustees of State Street Master Funds and State Street Institutional Investment Trust (the “Trusts”) has determined that it is in the best interests of the Trusts and their respective series (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) for the Trusts to adopt the following policy and procedures with respect to voting proxies relating to portfolio securities held by certain of the Funds.

I.
POLICY

It is the policy of the Trusts to delegate the responsibility for voting proxies relating to portfolio securities held by the Funds to SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Adviser”) as a part of the Adviser’s general management of the Funds’ portfolios, subject to the Board’s continuing oversight. The Board of Trustees of the Trusts (the “Board”) hereby delegates such responsibility to the Adviser, and directs the Adviser to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities held by each Fund consistent with the duties and procedures set forth below. The Adviser may retain one or more vendors to review, monitor and recommend how to vote proxies in a manner consistent with the duties and procedures set forth below, to ensure that such proxies are voted on a timely basis and to provide reporting and/or record retention services in connection with proxy voting for the Funds.

II.
FIDUCIARY DUTY

The right to vote a proxy with respect to portfolio securities held by a Fund is an asset of such Fund. The Adviser, to which authority to vote on behalf of the Funds is delegated, acts as a fiduciary of the Funds and must vote proxies in a manner consistent with the best interest of the Funds and their shareholders. In discharging this fiduciary duty, the Adviser must maintain and adhere to its policies and procedures for addressing conflicts of interest and must vote proxies in a manner substantially consistent with its policies, procedures and guidelines, as presented to the Board.

III.
PROCEDURES

The following are the procedures adopted by the Board for the administration of this policy:

A. Review of Adviser Proxy Voting Procedures . The Adviser shall present to the Board its policies, procedures and other guidelines for voting proxies at least annually, and must notify the Board promptly of material changes to any policies and procedures.

B. Voting Record Reporting . The Adviser shall provide the voting record information necessary for the completion and filing of Form N-PX to the Trusts at least annually. Such voting record information shall be in a form acceptable to the Trusts and shall be provided at such time(s) as are required for the timely filing of Form N-PX and at such additional time(s) as the Trusts and the Adviser may agree to from time to time. With respect to those proxies that the Adviser has identified as involving a conflict of interest(1), the Adviser shall submit a separate report indicating the nature of the conflict of interest and how that conflict was resolved with respect to the voting of the proxy.

C. Record Retention . The Adviser shall maintain such records with respect to the voting of proxies as may be required by the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the rules promulgated thereunder or by the 1940 Act and the rules promulgated thereunder.
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(1)
As it is used in this document, the term “conflict of interest” refers to a situation in which the principal underwriter, Adviser or affiliated persons of the principal underwriter or Adviser have an interest in a matter presented by a proxy other than the obligation it incurs as a service provider to the Funds which could potentially compromise the principal underwriter’s or Adviser’s independence of judgment and action with respect to the voting of the proxy.
 
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D. Conflicts of Interest . Any actual or potential conflicts of interest between a Fund’s principal underwriter or Adviser and the applicable Fund’s shareholders arising from the proxy voting process will be addressed by the Adviser and the Adviser’s application of its proxy voting procedures pursuant to the delegation of proxy voting responsibilities to the Adviser. In the event that the Adviser notifies the officer(s) of the Trusts that a conflict of interest cannot be resolved under the Adviser’s Proxy Voting Procedures, such officer(s) are responsible for notifying the Audit Committee of the Trusts of the irreconcilable conflict of interest and assisting the Audit Committee with any actions it determines are necessary.

IV.
REVOCATION

The delegation by the Board of the authority to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities of the Funds is entirely voluntary and may be revoked by the Board, in whole or in part, at any time.

V.
ANNUAL FILING

The Trusts shall file an annual report of each proxy voted with respect to portfolio securities of the Funds during the twelve-month period ended June 30 on Form N-PX not later than August 31 of each year.(2)

VI.
DISCLOSURES

A. The Trusts shall include in its registration statement:

1. A description of this policy and of the policies and procedures used by the Adviser to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities; and

2. A statement disclosing that information regarding how the Trusts voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request, by calling the Trusts’ toll-free telephone number; or through a specified Internet address; or both; and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC”) website.

B. The Trusts shall include in its annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders:

1. A statement disclosing that a description of the policies and procedures used by or on behalf of the Trusts to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities of the Funds is available without charge, upon request, by calling the Trusts’ toll-free telephone number; through a specified Internet address, if applicable; and on the SEC’s website; and

2. A statement disclosing that information regarding how the Trusts voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request, by calling the Trusts’ toll-free telephone number; or through a specified Internet address; or both; and on the SEC’s website.

VII.
REVIEW OF POLICY .

The Board shall review this policy to determine its sufficiency and shall make and approve any changes that it deems necessary from time to time.
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(2)           The Trusts must file their first report on Form N-PX not later than August 31, 2004, for the twelve-month period beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004.

 
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APPENDIX C

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Introduction

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (“FM”) seeks to vote proxies for which it has discretionary authority in the best interests of its clients.  This entails voting proxies in a way which SSgA believes will maximize the monetary value of each portfolio’s holdings with respect to proposals that are reasonably anticipated to have an impact on the current or potential value of a security.  Absent unusual circumstances or specific client instructions, we vote proxies on a particular matter in the same way for all clients, regardless of their investment style or strategies.  FM takes the view that voting in a manner consistent with maximizing the value of our clients’ holdings will benefit our direct clients (e.g. investment funds) and, indirectly, the ultimate owners and beneficiaries of those clients (e.g. fund shareholders).

Oversight of the proxy voting process is the responsibility of the SSgA Investment Committee.  The SSgA Investment Committee reviews and approves amendments to the FM Proxy Voting Policy and delegates authority to vote in accordance with this policy to the FM Proxy Review Committee, a subcommittee of the SSgA Investment Committee, which is supported by the SSgA Governance Team.  FM retains the final authority and responsibility for voting. In addition to voting proxies, SSgA:

 
1)
describes its proxy voting procedures to its clients in Part II of its Form ADV;
 
 
2)
provides the client with this written proxy policy, upon request;
 
 
3)
discloses to its clients how they may obtain information on how FM voted the client’s proxies;
 
 
4)
matches proxies received with holdings as of record date;
 
 
5)
reconciles holdings as of record date and rectifies any discrepancies;
 
 
6)
generally applies its proxy voting policy consistently and keeps records of votes for each client;
 
 
7)
documents the reason(s) for voting for all non-routine items; and
 
 
8)
keeps records of such proxy voting available for inspection by the client or governmental agencies.
 
Process

The SSgA Corporate Governance Team is comprised of corporate governance professionals and governance analysts. The responsibilities of the SSgA Corporate Governance Team include corporate governance research and analysis across domestic and global investment strategies, with oversight of all governance and proxy voting processing on SSgA discretionary portfolios.. In addition, the Corporate Governance Team assumes responsibility for voting decisions on certain case-by-case items, informal commencement of engagement activities for the purposes of advocating SSgA positions on various governance issues, and the research and analysis of all governance related issues impacting shareholder value. As stated above, oversight of the proxy voting process is the responsibility of the SSgA Investment Committee.

In order to facilitate our proxy voting process, FM retains RiskMetrics Group, Inc. (“RMG”), a firm with expertise in the proxy voting and corporate governance fields.  RMG assists in the proxy voting process, including acting as our voting agent (i.e. actually processing the proxies), advising us as to current and emerging governance issues that we may wish to address, interpreting this policy and applying it to individual proxy items, and providing analytical information concerning specific issuers and proxy items as well as governance trends and developments.  This Policy does not address all issues as to which we may receive proxies nor does it seek to describe in detail all factors that we may consider relevant to any particular proposal.  To assist RMG in interpreting and applying this Policy, we meet with RMG at least annually, provide written guidance on certain topics generally on an annual basis and communicate more regularly as necessary to discuss how specific issues should be addressed.  This guidance permits RMG to apply this Policy without consulting us as to each proxy but in a manner that is consistent with our investment view and not their own governance opinions.  If an issue raised by a proxy is not addressed by this Policy or our prior guidance to RMG, RMG refers the proxy to us for direction on voting.  On issues that we do not believe affect the economic value of our portfolio holdings or are considered by us to be routine matters as to which we have not provided specific guidance, we have agreed with RMG to act as our voting agent in voting such proxies in accordance with its own recommendations which, to the extent possible, take into account this Policy and FM’s general positions on similar matters.  The Corporate Governance Team is responsible, working with RMG, for submitting proxies in a timely manner and in accordance with our policy.  The Corporate Governance Team works with RMG to establish and update detailed procedures to implement this policy.

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From time to time, proxy votes will be solicited which fall into one of the following categories:

 
(i)
proxies which involve special circumstances and require additional research and discussion (e.g. a material merger or acquisition, or a material governance issue with the potential to become a significant precedent in corporate governance); or
 
(ii)
proxies which are not directly addressed by our policies and which are reasonably anticipated to have an impact on the current or potential value of a security or which we do not consider to be routine.

The Governance Team identifies these proxies using a number of methods, including but not limited to in house governance research, notifications from RMG and other third party research providers, concerns of clients or issuers, review by Governance Team analysts, and questions from consultants.  The role of third parties in identifying special circumstances does not mean that we will depart from our guidelines; these third parties are all treated as information sources.  If they raise issues that we determine to be prudent before voting a particular proxy or departing from our prior guidance to RMG, we will weigh the issue along with other relevant factors before making an informed decision.  In all cases, we vote proxies as to which we have voting discretion in a manner that we determine to be in the best interest of our clients.  As stated above, if the proposal has a quantifiable effect on shareholder value, we seek to maximize the value of a portfolio’s holdings.  With respect to matters that are not so quantifiable, we exercise greater judgment but still seek to maximize long-term value by promoting sound governance policies.  The goal of the Proxy Voting Committee is to make the most informed decision possible.

In instances of special circumstances or issues not directly addressed by our policies or guidance to RMG that are deemed highly significant, the issue is referred to the Chairman of the Investment Committee for a determination of the proxy vote.  The first determination is whether there is a material conflict of interest between the interests of our client and those of FM or its affiliates (as explained in greater detail below under “Potential Conflicts”).  If the Manager of Corporate Governance and the Chairman of the Investment Committee determine that there is a material conflict, the process detailed below under “Potential Conflicts” is followed.  If there is no material conflict, we examine the proposals that involve special circumstances or are not addressed by our policy or guidance in detail in seeking to determine what vote would be in the best interests of our clients.  At this point, the Chairman of the Investment Committee makes a voting decision in our clients’ best interest.  However, the Chairman of the Investment Committee may determine that a proxy involves the consideration of particularly significant issues and present the proxy item to the Proxy Review Committee and/or to the entire Investment Committee for a final decision on voting the proxy.  The Investment Committee will use the same rationale for determining the appropriate vote.

FM reviews proxies of non-US issuers in the context of these guidelines.  However, FM also endeavors to show sensitivity to local market practices when voting these proxies. This may lead to contrasting votes to the extent that local practices around items requiring shareholder approval differ from market to market. For example, in certain non-US markets, items are put to vote which have little or no effect on shareholder value, but which are routinely voted on in those jurisdictions; in the absence of material effect on our clients, we will follow market practice.   FM votes in all markets where it is feasible to do so.  Note that certain custodians utilized by our clients do not offer proxy voting in every non-US jurisdiction.  In such a case, FM will be unable to vote such a proxy.
 
Voting

For most issues and in most circumstances, we abide by the following general guidelines.  However, it is important to remember that these are simply guidelines.  As discussed above, in certain circumstances, we may determine that it would be in the best interests of our clients to deviate from these guidelines.
 
I.
Generally, FM votes for the following ballot items:
 
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Board of Directors

 
·
Elections of directors who (i) we determine to be adequately independent of management and (ii) do not simultaneously serve on an unreasonable (as determined by FM ) number of other boards   (other than those affiliated with the issue r ) .  Factors that we consider in evaluating independence include whether the nominee is an employee of or related to an employee of the issuer or its auditor, whether the nominee provides professional services to the issuer, whether the nominee has attended an appropriate number of scheduled board meetings (as determined by SSgA) , or whether the nominee receives non-board related compensation from the issuer.
 
 
·
Directors' compensation , provided the amounts are not excessive relative to other issuers in the market or industry.  In making such a determination, we review whether the compensation is overly dilutive to existing shareholders.
 
 
·
Proposals to limit directors' liability and/or expand indemnification of directors , provided that a director shall only be eligible for indemnification and liability protection if he or she has not acted in bad faith , gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office
 
 
·
Discharge of board members ’ duties * , in the absence of pending litigation, governmental investigation, charges of fraud or other indicia of significant concern
 
 
·
The establishment of annual elections of the board of directors unless the board is comprised of a supermajority of independent directors, including wholly independent board committees, and the company does not have a shareholder rights plan (poison pill)
 
 
·
Mandates requiring a majority of independent directors on the Board of Directors
 
 
·
Mandates that Audit, Compensation and Nominating Committee members should all be independent directors
 
 
·
Mandates giving the Audit Committee the sole responsibility for the selection and dismissal of the auditing firm and any subsequent result of audits are reported to the audit committee
 
 
·
Elimination of cumulative voting
 
 
·
Establishment of confidential voting
 
 
·
Proposals seeking to establish or decrease an existing required ownership threshold contained within the company by-laws that offer shareholders the right to call special meetings.
 
Auditors

 
·
Approval of auditors, unless the fees paid to auditors are excessive; auditors’ fees will be deemed excessive if the non-audit fees for the prior year constituted 50% or more of the total fees paid to the auditors
 
 
·
Auditors' compensation, provided the issuer has properly disclosed audit and non-audit fees relative to market practice and that non-audit fees for the prior year constituted no more than 50% of the total fees paid to the auditors
 
 
·
Discharge of auditors *
 

 
 
·
Approval of financial statements, auditor reports and allocation of income
 
 
·
Requirements that auditors attend the annual meeting of shareholders
 
 
·
Disclosure of Auditor and Consulting relationships when the same or related entities are conducting both activities
 
 
·
Establishment of a selection committee responsible for the final approval of significant management consultant contract awards where existing firms are already acting in an auditing function
 
Capitalization

 
·
Dividend payouts that are greater than or equal to country and industry standards; we generally support a dividend which constitutes 30% or more of net income
 
 
·
Authorization of share repurchase programs, unless the issuer does not clearly state the business purpose for the program, a definitive number of shares to be repurchased, and the time frame for the repurchase
 
 
·
Capitalization changes which eliminate other classes of stock and/or unequal voting rights
 
 
·
Changes in capitalization authorization for stock splits, stock dividends, and other specified needs which are no more than 50% of the existing authorization for U.S. companies and no more than 100% of existing authorization for non-U.S. companies.
 
 
·
Elimination of pre-emptive rights for share issuance of less than a certain  percentage (country specific - ranging from 5% to 20%) of the outstanding shares, unless even such small amount could have a material dilutive effect on existing shareholders (e.g. in illiquid markets)
 
Anti-Takeover Measures
 
 
·
Elimination of shareholder rights plans (“poison pill”)
 
 
·
Amendment to a shareholder rights plans (“poison pill”) where the terms of the new plans are more favorable to shareholders’ ability to accept unsolicited offers (i.e. if one of the following conditions are met: (i) minimum trigger, flip-in or flip-over of 20%, (ii) maximum term of three years, (iii) no “dead hand,” “slow hand,” “no hand” or similar feature that limits the ability of a future board to redeem the pill, and (iv) inclusion of a shareholder redemption feature (qualifying offer clause), permitting ten percent of the shares to call a special meeting or seek a written consent to vote on rescinding the pill if the board refuses to redeem the pill 90 days after a qualifying offer is announced)
 
 
·
Adoption or renewal of a non-US issuer’s shareholder rights plans (“poison pill”) if the following conditions are met: (i) minimum trigger, flip-in or flip-over of 20%, (ii) maximum term of three years, (iii) no “dead hand,” “slow hand,” “no hand” or similar feature that limits the ability of a future board to redeem the pill, and (iv) inclusion of a shareholder redemption feature (qualifying offer clause), permitting ten percent of the shares to call a special meeting or seek a written consent to vote on rescinding the pill if the board refuses to redeem the pill 90 days after a qualifying offer is announced
 
 
·
Reduction or elimination of super-majority vote requirements, unless management of the issuer was concurrently seeking to or had previously made such reduction or elimination
 
 
·
Mandates requiring shareholder approval of a shareholder rights plans (“poison pill”)
 
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·
Repeals of various anti-takeover related provisions
 
Executive Compensation/Equity Compensation
 
 
·
Stock purchase plans with an exercise price of not less that 85% of fair market value
 
 
·
Stock option plans which are incentive based and not excessively dilutive.  In order to assess the dilutive effect, we divide the number of shares required to fully fund the proposed plan, the number of authorized but unissued shares, and the issued but unexercised shares by fully diluted share count.  We review that number in light of certain factors, including the industry of the issuer, in order to make our determination as to whether the dilution is excessive.
 
 
·
Other stock-based plans which are not excessively dilutive, using the same process set forth in the preceding bullet
 
 
·
Expansions to reporting of financial or compensation-related information, within reason
 
 
·
Proposals requiring the disclosure of executive retirement benefits if the issuer does not have an independent compensation committee
 
 
·
Remuneration policies that are judged to be in-line with local market practices.
 
Routine Business Items

 
·
General updating of or corrective amendments to charter not otherwise specifically addressed herein, unless such amendments would reasonably be expected to diminish shareholder rights (e.g. extension of directors’ term limits, amending shareholder vote requirement to amend the charter documents, insufficient information provided as to the reason behind the amendment)

 
·
Change in Corporation Name

 
·
Mandates that amendments to bylaws or charters have shareholder approval
 
Other

 
·
Adoption of anti-"greenmail" provisions, provided that the proposal: (i) defines greenmail; (ii) prohibits buyback offers to large block holders (holders of at least 1% of the outstanding shares and in certain cases, a greater amount, as determined by the Proxy Review Committee) not made to all shareholders or not approved by disinterested shareholders; and (iii) contains no anti-takeover measures or other provisions restricting the rights of shareholders
 
 
·
Repeals or prohibitions of "greenmail" provisions
 
 
·
"Opting-out" of business combination provision
 
II. Generally, FM votes against the following items:
 
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Board of Directors

 
·
Establishment of classified boards of directors, unless 80% of the board is independent and the company does not have shareholder rights plan (poison pill),
 
 
·
Proposals requesting re-election of insiders or affiliated directors who serve on audit, compensation, or nominating committees
 
 
·
Limits to tenure of directors
 
 
·
Requirements that candidates for directorships own large amounts of stock before being eligible to be elected
 
 
·
Restoration of cumulative voting in the election of directors
 
 
·
Removal of a director, unless we determine the director (i) is not adequately independent of management or (ii) simultaneously serves on an unreasonable (as determined by FM) number of other boards (other than those affiliated with the issuer).  Factors that we consider in evaluating independence include whether the director is an employee of or related to an employee of the issuer or its auditor, whether the director  provides professional services to the issuer, or whether the director receives non-board related compensation from the issuer
 
 
·
The elimination of shareholders’ right to call special meetings or attempts to raise the ownership threshold beyond reasonable levels (as determined by SSgA).
 
 
·
Proposals that relate to the "transaction of other business as properly comes before the meeting", which extend "blank check" powers to those acting as proxy
 
 
·
Approval of Directors who have failed to act on a shareholder proposal that has been approved by a majority of outstanding shares
 
 
·
Directors at companies where prior non-cash compensation was improperly "backdated" or "springloaded" where one of the following scenarios exists:

 
o
(i) it is unknown whether the Compensation Committee had knowledge of such backdating at the time, (ii) the Compensation Committee was not independent at the time, and (iii) the director seeking reelection served on the Compensation Committee at the time; or
 
 
o
(i) it is unknown whether the Compensation Committee had knowledge of such backdating at the time, (ii) the Compensation Committee was independent at the time, and (iii) sufficient controls have not been implemented to avoid similar improper payments going forward; or
 
 
o
(i) the Compensation Committee had knowledge of such backdating at the time, and (ii) the director seeking reelection served on the Compensation Committee at the time; or
 
 
o
(i) the Compensation Committee did not have knowledge of such backdating at the time, and (ii) sufficient controls have not been implemented to avoid similar improper payments going forward
 
Capitalization

 
·
Capitalization changes that add "blank check" classes of stock (i.e. classes of stock with undefined voting rights) or classes that dilute the voting interests of existing shareholders
 
 
·
Capitalization changes that exceed 100% of the issuer’s current authorized capital unless management provides an appropriate rationale for such change
 
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Anti-Takeover Measures

 
·
Anti-takeover and related provisions that serve to prevent the majority of shareholders from exercising their rights or effectively deter appropriate tender offers and other offers
 
 
·
Adjournment of Meeting to Solicit Additional Votes
 
 
·
Shareholder rights plans that do not include a shareholder redemption feature (qualifying offer clause), permitting ten percent of the shares to call a special meeting or seek a written consent to vote on rescinding the pill if the board refuses to redeem the pill 90 days after a qualifying offer is announced
 
 
·
Adoption or renewal of a US issuer’s shareholder rights plan (“poison pill”)
 
Executive Compensation/Equity Compensation

 
·
Excessive compensation (i.e. compensation plans which are deemed by FM to be overly dilutive)
 
 
·
Retirement bonuses for non-executive directors and auditors
 
 
·
Proposals requiring the disclosure of executive retirement benefits if the issuer has an independent compensation committee
 
Routine Business Items

 
·
Amendments to bylaws which would require super-majority shareholder votes to pass or repeal certain provisions
 
 
·
Reincorporation in a location which has more stringent anti-takeover and related provisions
 
 
·
Proposals asking the board to adopt any form of majority voting, unless the majority standard indicated is based on a majority of shares outstanding.
 
Other

 
·
Requirements that the company provide costly, duplicative, or redundant reports, or reports of a non-business nature
 
 
·
Restrictions related to social, political, or special interest issues which affect the ability of the company to do business or be competitive and which have significant financial or best-interest impact
 
 
·
Proposals which require inappropriate endorsements or corporate actions
 
 
·
Proposals asking companies to adopt full tenure holding periods for their executives
 
III.           FM evaluates Mergers and Acquisitions on a case-by-case basis.  Consistent with our proxy policy, we support management in seeking to achieve their objectives for shareholders.  However, in all cases, FM uses its discretion in order to maximize shareholder value. FM generally votes as follows:

 
·
Against offers with potentially damaging consequences for minority shareholders because of illiquid stock, especially in some non-US markets
 
 
·
Against offers when we believe that  reasonable prospects exist for an enhanced bid or other bidders
 
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·
Against offers where, at the time of voting, the current market price of the security exceeds the bid price
 
 
·
For proposals to restructure or liquidate closed end investment funds in which the secondary market price is substantially lower than the net asset value
 
 
·
For offers made at a premium where no other higher bidder exists
 
Protecting Shareholder Value

We at FM agree entirely with the United States Department of Labor's position that "where proxy voting decisions may have an effect on the economic value of the plan's underlying investment, plan fiduciaries should make proxy voting decisions with a view to enhancing the value of the shares of stock" (IB 94-2). Our proxy voting policy and procedures are designed with the intent that our clients receive the best possible returns on their investments. We meet directly with corporation representatives and participate in conference calls and third-party inquiries in order to ensure our processes are as fully informed as possible.  However, we use each piece of information we receive – whether from clients, consultants, the media, the issuer, RMG or other sources -- as one part of our analysis in seeking to carry out our duties as a fiduciary and act in the best interest of our clients.  We are not unduly influenced by the identity of any particular source, but use all the information to form our opinion as to the best outcome for our clients.

Through our membership in the Council of Institutional Investors as well as our contact with corporate pension plans, public funds, and unions, we are also able to communicate extensively with other shareholders regarding events and issues relevant to individual corporations, general industry, and current shareholder concerns.

FM regularly engages with companies to discuss a variety of corporate governance issues, with the goal of obtaining insight on the principles and practices that drive our voting decisions.  Through our discussions with boards and management, we seek to strengthen the quality of corporate governance, as a means to protect and enhance shareholder value. During our discussions, we focus on the attributes and practices that we believe enhance our clients’ returns.

In addition to tracking lists provided by third party advisory firms, the Governance Team screens for underperforming issuers that may trigger a deeper review of company governance profiles and practices.  The Governance Team, along with the Proxy Review Committee when necessary, will monitor and perform case-by-case analyses of companies identified through these screens.

As an active shareholder, FM's role is to support corporate policies that serve the best interests of our clients. Though we do not seek involvement in the day-to-day operations of an organization, we recognize the need for conscientious oversight of and input into management decisions that may affect a company's value. To that end, our monitoring of corporate management and industry events is substantially more detailed than that of the typical shareholder.   We have demonstrated our willingness to vote against management-sponsored initiatives and to support shareholder proposals when appropriate.  To date we have not filed proposals or initiated letter-writing or other campaigns, but have used our active participation in the corporate governance process--especially the proxy voting process--as the most effective means by which to communicate our and our clients' legitimate shareholder concerns.  Should an issue arise in conjunction with a specific corporation that cannot be satisfactorily resolved through these means, we shall consider other approaches.
 
Potential Conflicts

As discussed above under Process, from time to time, FM will review a proxy which may present a potential conflict of interest.  As a fiduciary to its clients, FM takes these potential conflicts very seriously  While FM’s only goal in addressing any such potential conflict is to ensure that proxy votes are cast in the clients’ best interests and are not affected by FM’s potential conflict, there are a number of courses FM may take.  Although various relationships could be deemed to give rise to a conflict of interest, we have determined that two categories of relationships present a sufficiently serious concern to warrant an alternative process:  customers of FM or its affiliates which are among the top 100 clients of FM and its affiliates based upon revenue; and the 10 largest broker-dealers used by SSgA, based upon revenue (a “Material Relationship”).
 
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When the matter falls clearly within the polices set forth above or the guidance previously provided by FM to RMG and the proxy is to be voted in accordance with that guidance, we do not believe that such decision represents a conflict of interest and no special procedures are warranted.

In circumstances where either (i) the matter does not fall clearly within the policies set forth above or the guidance previously provided to RMG, or (ii) FM determines that voting in accordance with such policies or guidance is not in the best interests of its clients, the Head of Corporate Governance will compare the name of the issuer against a list of the top 100 revenue generating clients of State Street Corporation and its affiliates and a list of the top 10 broker-dealer relationships to determine if a Material Relationship exists.  (These lists are updated quarterly.)  If the issuer’s name appears on either list and the pre-determined policy is not being followed, FM will employ the services of a third party, wholly independent of FM, its affiliates and those parties involved in the proxy issue, to determine the appropriate vote. However, in certain circumstances the SSgA Proxy Review Committee may determine that the use of a third party fiduciary is not necessary or appropriate, either because the matter involved does not involve a material issue or because the issue in question affects the underlying value of the portfolio position and it is appropriate for FM, notwithstanding the potential conflict of interest, to vote the security in a manner that it determines will maximize the value to its client.    In such situations, the SSgA Proxy Committee, or if a broader discussion is warranted, the SSgA Investment Committee, shall make a decision as to the voting of the proxy.  The basis for the voting decision, including the basis for the determination that the decision is in the best interests of FM’s clients, shall be formalized in writing as a part of the minutes to the Investment Committee.
 
Recordkeeping

In accordance with applicable law, FM shall retain the following documents for not less than five years from the end of the year in which the proxies were voted, the first two years in FM’s office:

 
1)
FM’s Proxy Voting Policy and any additional procedures created pursuant to such Policy;
 
 
2)
a copy of each proxy statement FM receives regarding securities held by its clients (note: this requirement may be satisfied by a third party who has agreed in writing to do so or by obtaining a copy of the proxy statement from the EDGAR database);
 
 
3)
a record of each vote cast by FM (note: this requirement may be satisfied by a third party who has agreed in writing to do so);
 
 
4)
a copy of any document created by FM that was material in making its voting decision or that memorializes the basis for such decision; and
 
 
5)
a copy of each written request from a client, and response to the client, for information on how FM voted the client’s proxies.
 
Disclosure of Client Voting Information

Any client who wishes to receive information on how its proxies were voted should contact its FM client service officer.
 
 
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PART C.  Other Information

Item 23.  Exhibits

(a)(1)
Declaration of Trust dated February 16, 2000 is incorporated herein by reference to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on February 16, 2000.

    (2)
Amendment No.1 dated February 14, 2002 to Agreement and Declaration of Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on April 30, 2008.

    (3)
Amendment No. 2 dated May 13, 2004 to Agreement and Declaration of Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on July 24, 2008.

    (4)
Amendment No. 3 dated May 19, 2005 to Agreement and Declaration of Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on April 30, 2008.

    (5)
Amendment No. 4 dated January 26, 2007 to Agreement and Declaration of Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on February 6, 2007.

    (6)
Amendment No. 5 dated October 2, 2007 to Agreement and Declaration of Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on October 2, 2007.

    (7)
Amendment No. 6 dated September 18, 2008 to Agreement and Declaration of Trust is  incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on April 29, 2009.

(b)
Third Amended and Restated By-laws of the Trust dated May 13, 2004 is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on April 30, 2008.

(c)
Not applicable.

(d)(1)
Investment Advisory Agreement dated May 1, 2001 between SSgA Funds Management, Inc. and the Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 + to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on April 30, 2002.

    (2)
Notice dated February 14, 2002 to Investment Advisory Contract dated May 1, 2001 between SSgA Funds Management, Inc. and the Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on April 30, 2008.
 

 
    (3)
Notice dated February 7, 2007 to Investment Advisory Contract between SSgA Funds Management, Inc. and the Trust dated May 1, 2001 with respect to the State Street Institutional Limited Duration Bond Fund, State Street Institutional Tax Free Limited Duration Bond Fund and State Street Institutional Tax Free Money Market Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on July 24, 2008.

    (4)
Notice dated October 2, 2007 to Investment Advisory Contract between SSgA Funds Management, Inc. and the Trust dated May 1, 2001 with respect to the State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund, and State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on July 24, 2008.

    (5)
Voluntary Fee Waiver letter dated April 29, 2009 between SSgA Funds Management, Inc. and the Trust with respect to the State Street Institutional Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund is   incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on April 29, 2009.

    (6)
Voluntary Fee Waiver letter dated July 2, 2009 between SSgA Funds Management, Inc. and the Trust with respect to the State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund and State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund is filed herein.

(e)(1)
Distribution Agreement dated August 1, 2009 between State Street Global Markets, LLC, and the Trust is filed herein.

(f)
Not applicable.

(g)(1)
Amended and Restated Custodian Agreement dated February 14, 2001 between State Street Bank and Trust Company and the Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 + to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on April 30, 2002.

    (2)
Notice dated February 14, 2002 to Amended and Restated Custodian Agreement dated February 14, 2001 with respect to the State Street Money Market Fund and the State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on April 30, 2008.

    (3)
Notice dated February 12, 2004 to Amended and Restated Custodian Agreement dated February 14, 2001 between State Street Bank and Trust Company and the Trust with respect to the State Street Institutional Money Market Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on April 30, 2008.

    (4)
Notice dated July 22, 2008 to Amended and Restated Custodian Agreement dated February 14, 2001 between State Street Bank and Trust Company and the Trust with respect to the State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund and the State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on July 24, 2008.
 

 
(h)(1)(a)
Transfer Agency and Service Agreement dated February 28, 2000 between State Street Bank and Trust Company and the Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 + to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on April 30, 2002.

    (1)(b)
Transfer Agency and Service Agreement dated July 31, 2009 between Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. and the Trust is filed herein.

    (1)(c)
Anti-Money Laundering Services Amendment dated October 31, 2006 to Transfer Agency and Service Agreement dated February 28, 2000 between State Street Bank and Trust Company and the Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on July 24, 2008.

    (1)(d)
Services Amendment dated April 5, 2004 to Transfer Agency and Service Agreement dated February 28, 2000 between State Street Bank and Trust Company and the Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on April 30, 2008.

    (1)(e)
Notice dated February 14, 2002 to Transfer Agency and Service Agreement dated February 28, 2000 between State Street Bank and Trust Company and the Trust with respect to the State Street Institutional Money Market Fund and the State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on April 29, 2009.

    (1)(f)
Notice dated February 12, 2004 to Transfer Agency and Service Agreement dated February 28, 2000 between State Street Bank and Trust Company and the Trust with respect to the State Street Institutional Money Market Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on April 29, 2009.

    (2)
Administration Agreement dated February 28, 2000 between State Street Bank and Trust Company and the Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 + to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on April 30, 2002.

    (2)(a)
Notice dated February 14, 2002 to Administration Agreement dated February 28, 2000 with respect to the State Street Institutional Money Market Fund and the State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on April 30, 2008.

    (2)(b)
Notice dated February 12, 2004 to Administration Agreement dated February 28, 2000 between State Street Bank and Trust Company and the Trust with respect to the State Street Institutional Money Market Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on April 30, 2008.

    (2)(c)
Notice dated September 10, 2007 to Administration Agreement dated February 28, 2000 between State Street Bank and Trust Company and the Trust with respect to the State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund and the State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on July 24, 2008.
 

 
    (3)
Form of Master-Feeder Participation Agreement between State Street Master Funds and the Trust with respect to the State Street Equity 500 Index Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on April 28, 2006.

    (4)
Form of Master-Feeder Participation Agreement between State Street Master Funds and the Trust with respect to the State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on April 28, 2006.

    (5)
Form of Master-Feeder Participation Agreement between State Street Master Funds and the Trust with respect to the State Street Institutional Limited Duration Bond Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on April 28, 2006.

    (6)
Master-Feeder Participation Agreement between State Street Master Funds and the Trust with respect to the State Street Institutional Tax Free Limited Duration Bond Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on July 24, 2008.

    (7)
Master-Feeder Participation Agreement between State Street Master Funds and the Trust with respect to the State Street Institutional Tax Free Money Market Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on July 24, 2008.

    (8)
Master-Feeder Participation Agreement between State Street Master Funds and the Trust with respect to the State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on July 24, 2008.

    (9)
Master-Feeder Participation Agreement between State Street Master Funds and the Trust with respect to the State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on July 24, 2008.

    (10)
Master-Feeder Participation Agreement between State Street Master Funds and Henderson Global Funds dated April 20, 2009 is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on April 29, 2009.

(i)(1)
Legal Opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP is incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission in September 2000.

    (2)
Legal Opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP with respect to the State Street Money Market Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on November 13, 2002.
 

 
    (3)
Legal Opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP with respect to the Class R Shares of the State Street Equity 500 Index Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on June 3, 2005.

    (4)
Legal Opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP with respect to the State Street Institutional Limited Duration Bond Fund, State Street Institutional Tax Free Limited Duration Bond Fund and State Street Institutional Tax Free Money Market Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on February 6, 2007.

(j)
Not applicable to this filing.

(k)
Not applicable.

(l)
Not applicable.

(m)(1)
Amended Rule 12b-1 Plan dated May 14, 2009 is filed herein.

    (2)
Amended Shareholder Servicing Plan for Service Class effective May 14, 2009 is filed herein.

    (3)
Amended Shareholder Servicing Plan for Investment Class effective May 14, 2009 is filed herein.

(n)(1)
Rule 18f-3 Plan dated May 15, 2008 is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on July 24, 2008.

(o)
Reserved.

(p)(1)
Joint Code of Ethics dated May 17, 2000, as amended September 16, 2004 with State Street Master Funds is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on February 25, 2005.

(p)(1)(ii)
Joint Code of Ethics dated May 17, 2000, as amended September 16, 2004 and February 18, 2010 with State Street Master Funds is filed herein.
 
(p)(2)
Amended Code of Ethics of SSgA Funds Management, Inc. dated October 2005 is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on April 28, 2006.

(p)(2)(ii)
Amendment to SSgA Code of Ethics of SSgA Funds Management, Inc. dated May 2007 is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on April 30, 2008.

(p)(3)
Amended Code of Ethics of ALPS Distributors, Inc. dated May 1994, revised December 31, 2004, revised February 3, 2006, effective March 31, 2006 is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to the State Street Institutional Investment Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on April 28, 2006.

 

 
+ Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 was filed with the Commission on January 30, 2002. The next Post-Effective Amendment, filed on April 30, 2002, should have been sequentially numbered Post-Effective Amendment No. 9. Due to a scrivener's error, it was numbered Post-Effective Amendment No. 10. Such
Post-Effective Amendment has been referred to in this Part C as Post-Effective Amendment No. 9.

Item 24.  Persons Controlled By or Under Common Control with the Fund

See the Statement of Additional Information regarding the Trust’s control relationships.

Item 25.  Indemnification

Pursuant to Article 4 of the Trust’s Amended and Restated By-Laws, the Trust shall indemnify each of its Trustees and officers (including persons who serve at the Trust’s request as directors, officers or trustees of another organization in which the Trust has any interest as a shareholder, creditor or otherwise) (hereinafter referred to as a “Covered Person”) against all liabilities and expenses, including but not limited to amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise or as fines and penalties, and counsel fees reasonably incurred by any Covered Person in connection with the defense or disposition of any action, suit or other proceeding, whether civil or criminal, before any court or administrative or legislative body, in which such Covered Person may be or may have been involved as a party or otherwise or with which such Covered Person may be or may have been threatened, while in office or thereafter, by reason of any alleged act or omission as a Trustee or officer or by reason of his or her being or having been such a Trustee or officer, except with respect to any matter as to which such Covered Person shall have been finally adjudicated in any such action, suit or other proceeding not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that such Covered Person’s action was in the best interest of the Trust and except that no Covered Person shall be indemnified against any liability to the Trust or its Shareholders to which such Covered Person would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of such Covered Person’s office.  Expenses, including counsel fees so incurred by any such Covered Person, may be paid from time to time by the Trust in advance of the final disposition of any such action, suit or proceeding on the condition that the amounts so paid shall be repaid to the Trust if it is ultimately determined that indemnification of such expenses is not authorized under this Article.

As to any matter disposed of by a compromise payment by any such Covered Person referred to above, pursuant to a consent decree or otherwise, no such indemnification either for said payment or for any other expenses shall be provided unless such compromise shall be approved as in the best interests of the Trust, after notice that it involved such indemnification, (a) by a disinterested majority of the Trustees then in office; or (b) by a majority of the disinterested Trustees then in office; or (c) by any disinterested person or persons to whom the question may be referred by the Trustees, provided that in the case of approval pursuant to clause (b) or (c) there has been obtained an opinion in writing of independent legal counsel to the effect that such Covered Person appears to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his or her action was in the best interests of the Trust and that such indemnification would not protect such person against any liability to the Trust or its Shareholders to which such person would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of office; or (d) by vote of Shareholders holding a majority of the Shares entitled to vote thereon, exclusive of any Shares beneficially owned by any interested Covered Person.  Approval by the Trustees pursuant to clause (a) or (b) or by any disinterested person or persons pursuant to clause (c) of this Section shall not prevent the recovery from any Covered Person of any amount paid to such Covered Person in accordance with any of such clauses as indemnification if such Covered Person is subsequently adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that such Covered Person’s action was in the best interests of the Trust or to have been liable to the Trust or its Shareholders by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of such Covered Person’s office.

The right of indemnification hereby provided shall not be exclusive of or affect any other rights to which any such Covered Person may be entitled.  As used in this Article 4, the term “Covered Person” shall include such person’s heirs, executors and administrators; an “interested Covered Person” is one against whom the action, suit or other proceeding in question or another action, suit or other proceeding on the same or similar grounds is then or has been pending; and a “disinterested Trustee” or “disinterested person” is a Trustee or a person against whom none of such actions, suits or other proceedings or another action, suit or other proceeding on the same or similar grounds is then or has been pending.  Nothing contained in this Article shall affect any rights to indemnification to which personnel of the Trust, other than Trustees and officers, and other persons may be entitled by contract or otherwise under law, nor the power of the Trust to purchase and maintain liability insurance on behalf of any such person.
 

 
Item 26.  Business and Other Connections of the Investment Adviser

SSgA Funds Management, Inc.

See “Management of the Trust” in Part B.  Information as to the directors and officers of the Adviser is included in its Form ADV filed with the SEC and is incorporated herein by reference thereto.

Nuveen Asset Management

 
The Sub-Adviser .  Nuveen Asset Management (“Nuveen”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc., is organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and an investment adviser registered with the SEC.  On November 13, 2007, Nuveen Investments was acquired by investors led by Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, which is a private equity investment firm based in Chicago, Illinois (the “MDP Acquisition”). The investor group led by Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC includes affiliates of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”).  Merrill Lynch has since been acquired by Bank of America Corporation. Nuveen has adopted policies and procedures that address arrangements involving Nuveen and Bank of America Corporation (including Merrill Lynch) that may give rise to certain conflicts of interest.  Nuveen Investments significantly increased its level of debt in connection with the MDP Acquisition. Nuveen Investments believes that monies generated from operations and cash on hand will be adequate to fund debt service requirements, capital expenditures and working capital requirements for the foreseeable future.  However, Nuveen Investments’ ability to continue to fund these items, to service its debt and to maintain compliance with covenants in its debt agreements may be affected by general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, legal and regulatory factors and by its ability to refinance or repay outstanding indebtedness with scheduled maturities beginning in 2013. In the event that Nuveen Investments breaches certain of the covenants included in its debt agreements, the breach of such covenants may result in the accelerated payment of its outstanding debt, increase the cost of such debt or generally have an adverse effect on the financial condition of Nuveen Investments.
 

As of September 30, 2009, Nuveen managed more than $68.5 billion in portfolios of municipal securities for a wide array of mutual funds, closed-end funds, retail managed accounts and institutional managed accounts.

Item 27.                       Principal Underwriter

(a)  State Street Global Markets, LLC acts as the distributor for the Registrant and the following investment companies:
SPDR ETFs
SPDR DJ Global Titans ETF
SPDR Dow Jones Large Cap Value ETF
SPDR Dow Jones Large Cap Growth ETF
SPDR Dow Jones Small Cap Value ETF
SPDR Dow Jones Small Cap Growth ETF
SPDR Morgan Stanley Technology ETF
SPDR Dow Jones Total Market ETF
SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF
SPDR Dow Jones Large Cap ETF
SPDR Dow Jones Mid Cap ETF
SPDR Dow Jones Mid Cap Value ETF
 

 
SPDR Dow Jones Mid Cap Growth ETF
SPDR Dow Jones Small Cap ETF
SPDR KBW Bank ETF
SPDR KBW Insurance ETF
SPDR KBW Capital Markets ETF
SPDR S&P Dividend ETF
SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF
SPDR S&P Biotech ETF
SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF
SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Equipment & Services ETF
SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF
SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals ETF
SPDR S&P Retail ETF
SPDR KBW Regional Banking ETF
SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF
SPDR Barclays Capital 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
SPDR Barclays Capital Intermediate Term Treasury ETF
SPDR Barclays Capital Long Term Treasury ETF
SPDR Barclays Capital TIPS ETF
SPDR Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond ETF
SPDR Barclays Capital Municipal Bond ETF
SPDR Barclays Capital Short Term Municipal Bond ETF
SPDR Barclays Capital California Municipal Bond ETF
SPDR Barclays Capital New York Municipal Bond ETF
SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF
SPDR Barclays Capital International Treasury Bond ETF
SPDR DB International Government Inflation-Protected Bond ETF
SPDR Barclays Capital Short Term International Treasury Bond ETF
SPDR Barclays Capital Mortgage Backed Bond ETF
SPDR Barclays Capital Intermediate Term Credit Bond ETF
SPDR Barclays Capital Long Term Credit Bond ETF
SPDR Barclays Capital Convertible Bond ETF
SPDR KBW Mortgage Finance ETF
SPDR Wells Fargo Preferred Stock ETF
SPDR S&P VRDO Municipal Bond ETF
SPDR DJ EURO Stoxx 50 ETF
SPDR DJ Stoxx 50 ETF
SPDR Russell/Nomura PRIME Japan ETF
SPDR Russell/Nomura Small Cap Japan ETF
SPDR Dow Jones International Real Estate ETF
SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF
SPDR FTSE/Macquarie Global Infrastructure 100 ETF
SPDR S&P Emerging Markets ETF
SPDR S&P Emerging Latin America ETF
SPDR S&P Emerging Middle East & Africa ETF
SPDR S&P Emerging Europe ETF
SPDR S&P Emerging Asia Pacific ETF
SPDR S&P China ETF
SPDR S&P World ex-US ETF
SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF
SPDR S&P BRIC 40 ETF
SPDR S&P International Dividend ETF
SPDR S&P International Mid Cap ETF
SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Small Cap ETF
SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate ETF
SPDR S&P International Consumer Discretionary Sector ETF
 

 
SPDR S&P International Consumer Staples Sector ETF
SPDR S&P International Energy Sector ETF
SPDR S&P International Financial Sector ETF
SPDR S&P International Health Care Sector ETF
SPDR S&P International Industrial Sector ETF
SPDR S&P International Materials Sector ETF
SPDR S&P International Technology Sector ETF
SPDR S&P International Telecommunications Sector ETF
SPDR S&P International Utilities Sector ETF

(b) To the best of Registrant’s knowledge, the directors and executive officers of State Street Global Markets, LLC, are as follows:

Nicholas J. Bonn
President
   
Vincent Manzi
Chief Compliance Officer
   
Alfred Menis
Principal/SROP and CROP
   
Howard Fairweather
Director
   
Stefan Gavell
Director
   
R. Bryan Woodard
Board Secretary
   
Addy Mohan
Director
   
Mark Snyder
Director
   
Anthony Rochte
Director
   
Peter Economou
Director

* The principal business address for each of the above directors and executive officers is 1 Lincoln Street, Boston, MA 02111.

Item 28.  Location Of Accounts And Records

The accounts and records of the Trust are located, in whole or in part, at the office of the Trust and the following locations:

State Street Institutional Investment Trust (“Trust”)
P.O. Box 5501
Boston, MA 02206

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (“Adviser”)
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111

Nuveen Investments, Inc. (“Sub Adviser”)
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606.
 

 
State Street Bank and Trust Company (“Custodian, Administrator, Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent”, except not the Transfer Agent/Dividend Disbursing Agent for the State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, State Street Institutional Limited Duration Bond Fund, State Street Institutional Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund, State Street Institutional Tax Free Money Market Fund, State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund, and the State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund.
Box 5501
Boston, MA 02206

Boston Financial Data Services, Inc.
Boston Financial Data Services, Inc.  (Transfer Agent/Dividend Disbursing Agent for the State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, State Street Institutional Limited Duration Bond Fund, State Street Institutional Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund, State Street Institutional Tax Free Money Market Fund, State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund, and the State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund.
Boston Financial Data Services, Inc.
2 Heritage Drive
North Quincy, Massachusetts 02171-2119

Item 29.  Management Services

Not applicable.

Item 30.  Undertakings

Not applicable.
 

 
SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant, State Street Institutional Investment Trust (the “Trust”) has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 under the 1940 Act to the Trust’s Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boston and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 25 th day of February, 2010.



STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT TRUST

By:   /s/ James E. Ross
          James E. Ross
                 President


Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, as amended, this Registration Statement for the Trust has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 25 th day of February 2010:

Signature
 
Title
     
     
/s/ James E. Ross
   
James E. Ross
 
Trustee and
   
President (Principal Executive Officer)
     
     
/s/ Gary L. French
   
Gary L. French
 
Treasurer
   
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
     
     
                        *
 
Trustee
William L.  Boyan
   
     
     
                        *
 
Trustee
Michael F.  Holland
   
     
     
                        *
 
Trustee
Rina K.  Spence
   
     
     
                        *
 
Trustee
Douglas T.  Williams
   
     
* Attorney-in-fact: /s/ Julie Tedesco
 


EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
Document
 
(d)(6)
Voluntary Fee Waiver letter dated July 2, 2009 between SSgA Funds Management, Inc. and the Trust with respect to the State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund and State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund
(e)(1)
Distribution Agreement dated August 1, 2009 between State Street Global Markets, LLC, and the Trust
(h)(1)(b)
Transfer Agency and Service Agreement dated July 31, 2009 between Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. and the Trust
(m)(1)
Amended Rule 12b-1 Plan dated February 18, 2010
(m)(2)
Amended Shareholder Servicing Plan for Service Class effective May 14, 2009
(m)(3)
Amended Shareholder Servicing Plan for Investment Class effective May 14, 2009
(p)(1)(ii)
Joint Code of Ethics dated May 17, 2000, as amended September 16, 2004 and February 18, 2010 with State Street Master Funds



Exhibit (d)(6)

SSgA Funds Management Inc.
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111

 
July 2, 2009

Nancy L. Conlin, Secretary
State Street Master Funds
State Street Institutional Investment Trust
4 Copley Place, 5 th floor, CPH 0326
Boston, MA 02116


Dear Ms. Conlin:

This letter serves to inform the above-named Trusts that SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (“SSgA FM”), as investment adviser to State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves, US Government Money Market and Treasury Plus Funds (the “Funds”), has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its management fee or to reimburse certain expenses to the extent necessary such   that the total combined annual operating expenses of each class of the Fund (exclusive of interest, taxes, and extraordinary expenses) do not exceed the following amounts:

0. 12% of each Fund’s average daily net assets attributed to each Fund’s Institutional Class as measured on an annualized basis.

0. 47% of each Fund’s average daily net assets attributed to each Fund’s Investment Class as measured on an annualized basis.

This waiver will initially remain in effect until April   30, 2011 and shall automatically renew for successive annual periods, unless SSgA FM provides notice to a Fund of its intent not to renew prior to the start of the next annual period. The terms of the waiver are subject to the terms and conditions of the respective Investment Advisory Agreements between SSgA FM and each of State Street Master Funds and State Street Institutional Investment Trust, each dated May 1, 2001 and as amended from time to time.

SSgA Funds Management, Inc.
 
           
By: 
/s/ James Ross
   
 
 
Name: 
James Ross
   
 
 
Title:
President
   
 
 
 

Exhibit (e)(1)
 
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

Distribution Agreement made this 1st day of August, 2009, by and between State Street Institutional Investment Trust, a Massachusetts trust (the “Trust”), and State Street Global Markets, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Distributor”).

WHEREAS, the Trust is a registered open-end management investment company organized as a series trust offering a number of portfolios of securities (each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”), each investing primarily in interests of a portfolio of the State Street Master Trust, having filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;

WHEREAS, the Trust desires to retain the services of the Distributor in connection with the promotion and distribution of the shares of each Fund (the “Shares”);

WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Trust has adopted a plan of distribution (the “12b-1 Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to each Fund and may make payments to the Distributor pursuant to such 12b-1 Plan, subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof and any related agreements;

WHEREAS, the Distributor is a registered broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) and a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”); and

WHEREAS, the Distributor desires to provide such services to the Trust.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and undertakings herein contained, the parties agree as follows:

1.            Appointment .  The Trust hereby appoints the Distributor as the exclusive distributor for Shares of each Fund listed in Annex I hereto, as the same may be amended by the parties from time to time, on the terms and for the period set forth in this Agreement and subject to the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and of the laws governing the sale of securities in the various states, and the Distributor hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to act in such capacity hereunder.

2.            Definitions .  Wherever they are used herein, the following terms have the following respective meanings:

a.           “1940 Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules and regulations thereunder as amended from time to time;

b.           “Prospectus” means the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information constituting parts of the Registration Statement of the Trust under the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act as such Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information may be amended or supplemented and filed with the Commission from time to time;

 
 

 
c.           “Registration Statement” means the registration statement most recently filed from time to time by the Trust with the Commission and effective under the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act, as such registration statement is amended by any amendments thereto at the time in effect;

d.           All capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

3.            Duties of the Distributor .

(a)           The Trust grants to the Distributor the right to sell the Shares as agent on behalf of each Fund, during the term of this Agreement, subject to the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act and of the laws governing the sale of securities in the various states (“Blue Sky Laws”), under the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.  The Distributor shall have the right to sell, as agent on behalf of each Fund, the Shares covered by the registration statement, prospectus and statement of additional information for the Trust then in effect under the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act.

(b)           The Distributor agrees to act as agent of the Trust with respect to the continuous distribution of Shares of each Fund as set forth in the Registration Statement and in accordance with the provisions thereof.  The Distributor further agrees as follows:  (a) the Distributor shall generate and transmit confirmations of Share purchase order acceptances to the purchaser; (b) the Distributor shall deliver copies of the prospectus, included in the Registration Statement, to purchasers of such Shares and upon request the Statement of Additional Information; and (c) the Distributor shall maintain telephonic, facsimile and/or access to direct computer communications links with the Transfer Agent.

(c)           The rights granted to the Distributor shall be nonexclusive in that the Trust reserves the right to sell Shares to investors on applications received and accepted by the Trust.

(d)           The Distributor agrees to administer the Rule 12b-1 Plan on behalf of the Trust.  The Distributor shall, at its own expense, set up and maintain a system of recording and payments for fees and reimbursement of expenses disseminated pursuant to this Agreement and any other related agreements under the Funds’ Rule 12b-1 Plan and shall, pursuant to the 1940 Act, report such payment activity under the Rule 12b-1 Plan to the Trust at least quarterly.

(e)           All activities by the Distributor and its agents and employees which are primarily intended to result in the sale of Shares shall comply with the Registration Statement and Prospectus, the instructions of the Board of Trustees of the Trust and all applicable laws, rules and regulations including, without limitation, all rules and regulations made or adopted pursuant to the 1940 Act by the Commission or any securities association registered under the 1934 Act, including the FINRA.

(f)           Except as otherwise noted in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, the offering price for all Shares will be the aggregate net asset value of the Shares of the relevant Fund, as determined in the manner described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus.

(g)           If and whenever the determination of net asset value is suspended and until such suspension is terminated, no further orders for Shares will be processed by the Distributor except such unconditional orders as may have been placed with the Distributor before it had knowledge of the suspension.  In addition, the Trust reserves the right to suspend sales and Distributor’s authority to process orders for Shares on behalf of the Trust, upon due notice to the Distributor, if, in the judgment of the Trust, it is in the best interests of the Trust to do so.  Suspension will continue for such period as may be determined by the Trust.

 
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(h)           The Distributor is not authorized by the Trust to give any information or to make any representations other than those contained in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or contained in shareholder reports or other material that may be prepared by or on behalf of the Trust for the Distributor’s use.  The Distributor shall be entitled to rely on and shall not be responsible in any way for information provided to it by the Trust and its respective service providers and shall not be liable or responsible for the errors and omissions of such service providers, provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to protect the Distributor against any liability to the Trust or the Trust’s shareholders to which the Distributor would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement.

(i)           At the request of the Trust, the Distributor shall enter into agreements in the form specified by the Trust (each a “Participant Agreement”) with participants in the system for book-entry of The Depository Trust Company and the NSCC as described in the Prospectus.

(j)           The Distributor shall ensure that all direct requests for Prospectuses and Statements of Additional of Information are fulfilled.  The Distributor will generally make it known in the brokerage community that prospectuses and statements of additional information are available, including by (i) making such disclosure in all marketing and advertising materials prepared and/or filed by the Distributor with the FINRA, and (ii) as may otherwise be required by the Commission.

(k)           The Distributor agrees to make available, at the Trust’s request, one or more members of its staff to attend Board meetings of the Trust in order to provide information with regard to the ongoing distribution process and for such other purposes as may be requested by the Board of Trustees of the Trust.

4.            Duties of the Trust .

(a)           The Trust agrees to issue Shares of each Fund and to request The Depository Trust Company to record on its books the ownership of such Shares in accordance with the book-entry system procedures described in the Prospectus in such amounts as the Distributor has requested through the Transfer Agent in writing or by other means of data transmission, as promptly as practicable after receipt by the Trust of the requisite purchase price and acceptance of such order, upon the terms described in the Registration Statement.  The Trust may reject any order for Shares or stop all receipts of such orders at any time upon reasonable notice to the Distributor, in accordance with the provisions of the Prospectus.

(b)           The Trust agrees that it will take all action necessary to register an indefinite number of Shares under the 1933 Act.  The Trust will make available to the Distributor such number of copies of its then currently effective Prospectus as the Distributor may reasonably request.  The Trust will furnish to the Distributor copies of all information, financial statements and other papers that the Distributor may reasonably request for use in connection with the distribution of Shares.  The Trust shall keep the Distributor informed of the jurisdictions in which Shares of the Trust are authorized for sale and shall promptly notify the Distributor of any change in this information.  The Distributor shall not be liable for damages resulting from the sale of Shares in authorized jurisdictions where the Distributor had no information from the Trust that such sale or sales were unauthorized at the time of such sale or sales.

(c)           The Trust represents to the Distributor that the Registration Statement and Prospectus filed by the Trust with the Commission with respect to the Trust have been prepared in conformity with the requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.  The Trust will notify the Distributor promptly of any amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus and any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

 
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5.            Fees and Expenses .

(a)           The Trust will, with respect to each Fund, pay to the Distributor all fees and expenses pursuant to the terms of the Rule 12b-1 Plan in effect for each respective Fund.

(b)           The Distributor will bear the following costs and expenses relating to the distribution of Shares of the Funds:  (a) the costs of maintaining the records required of a broker-dealer registered under the 1934 Act; (b) the expenses of maintaining its registration or qualification as a dealer or broker under federal or state laws; (c) the expenses incurred by the Distributor in connection with normal (non-expedited) FINRA filing fees; and (d) all other expenses incurred in connection with the distribution services contemplated herein, except as specifically provided in this Agreement.

(c)           The Distributor will pay, from the fees received by it from the Funds pursuant to the Rule 12b-1 Plan, all fees with respect to expedited FINRA filing fees.

6.            Indemnification .

(a)           The Trust agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Distributor and each of the directors, officers, agents and employees and any person who controls the Distributor within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act (any of the Distributor, its officers, agents, employees and directors or such control persons, for purposes of this paragraph, an “Indemnitee”) against any loss, liability, claim, damages or expense (including the reasonable cost of investigating or defending any alleged loss, liability, claim, damages or expense and reasonable counsel fees incurred in connection therewith) arising out of or based upon the claim that the Registration Statement, Prospectus, shareholder reports or other information filed or made public by the Trust (as from time to time amended) included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein (and in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading under the 1933 Act, or any other statute or the common law.  However, the Trust does not agree to indemnify the Distributor or hold it harmless to the extent that the statement or omission was made in reliance upon, and in conformity with information furnished to the Trust by or on behalf of the Distributor.  The Trust will also not indemnify any Indemnitee with respect to any untrue statement or omission made in the Registration Statement or Prospectus that is subsequently corrected in such document (or an amendment thereof or supplement thereto) if a copy of the Prospectus (or such amendment or supplement) was not sent or given to the person asserting any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense at or before the written confirmation to such person in any case where such delivery is required by the 1933 Act and the Trust had notified the Distributor of the amendment or supplement prior to the sending of the confirmation.  In no case (i) is the indemnity of the Trust in favor of any Indemnitee to be deemed to protect the Indemnitee against any liability to the Trust or its shareholders to which the Indemnitee would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement, or (ii) is the Trust to be liable under its indemnity agreement contained in this paragraph with respect to any claim made against any Indemnitee unless the Indemnitee shall have notified the Trust in writing of the claim within a reasonable time after the summons or other first written notification giving information of the nature of the claim shall have been served upon Indemnitee (or after Indemnitee shall have received notice of service on any designated agent).  However, failure to notify the Trust of any claim shall not relieve the Trust from any liability which it may have to any Indemnitee against whom such action is brought otherwise than on account of its indemnity agreement contained in this paragraph.  The Trust shall be entitled to participate at its own expense in the defense, or, if it so elects, to assume the defense of any suit brought to enforce any claims, but if the Trust elects to assume the defense, the defense shall be conducted by counsel chosen by it and satisfactory to Indemnitee, defendant or defendants in the suit.  In the event the Trust elects to assume the defense of any suit and retain counsel, Indemnitee, defendant or defendants in the suit, shall bear the fees and expenses of any additional counsel retained by them.  If the Trust does not elect to assume the defense of any suit, it will reimburse the Indemnitee, defendant or defendants in the suit, for the reasonable fees and expenses of any counsel retained by them.  The Trust agrees to notify the Distributor and any Indemnified Dealer promptly of the commencement of any litigation or proceedings against it or any of its officers or trustees in connection with the issuance or sale of any of the Shares.

 
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(b)           The Distributor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Trust and each of its Trustees and officers and any person who controls the Trust within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act (for purposes of this paragraph, the Trust and each of its Trustees and officers and its controlling persons are collectively referred to as the “Trust Affiliates”) against any loss, liability, claim, damages or expense (including the reasonable cost of investigating or defending any alleged loss, liability, claim, damages or expense and reasonable counsel fees incurred in connection therewith) which the Trust Affiliate may incur under the 1933 Act or any other statute or common law, but only to the extent that such loss, liability, claim, damages or expense shall arise out of or be based upon (i) the allegation of any wrongful act of the Distributor or any of its employees or (ii) allegation that the Registration Statement, Prospectus, shareholder reports or other information filed or made public by the Trust (as from time to time amended) included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated or necessary in order to make the statements not misleading, insofar as the statement or omission was made in reliance upon, and in conformity with information furnished to the Trust by or on behalf of the Distributor.  In no case (i) is the indemnity of the Distributor in favor of any Trust Affiliate to be deemed to protect any Trust Affiliate against any liability to the Trust or its security holders to which such Trust Affiliate would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement, or (ii) is the Distributor to be liable under its indemnity agreement contained in this paragraph with respect to any claim made against any Trust Affiliate unless the Trust Affiliate shall have notified the Distributor in writing of the claim within a reasonable time after the summons or the first written notification giving information of the nature of the claim shall have been served upon the Trust Affiliate (or after the Trust Affiliate shall have received notice of service on any designated agent).  However, failure to notify the Distributor of any claim shall not relieve the Distributor from any liability which it may have to the Trust Affiliate against whom the action is brought otherwise than on account of its indemnity agreement contained in this paragraph.  The Distributor shall be entitled to participate at its own expense in the defense or, if it so elects, to assume the defense of any suit brought to enforce the claim, but if the Distributor elects to assume the defense, the defense shall be conducted by counsel chosen by it and satisfactory to the Trust, its officers and Board and to any controlling person or persons, defendant or defendants in the suit.  In the event that Distributor elects to assume the defense of any suit and retain counsel, the Trust or controlling person or persons, defendant or defendants in the suit, shall bear the fees and expenses of any additional counsel retained by them.  If the Distributor does not elect to assume the defense of any suit, it will reimburse the Trust, its officers and Board or controlling person or persons, defendant or defendants in the suit, for the reasonable fees and expenses of any counsel retained by them.

The Distributor agrees to notify the Trust promptly of the commencement of any litigation or proceedings against it in connection with the issuance and sale of any of the shares.

(c)           No indemnified party shall settle any claim against it for which it intends to seek indemnification from the indemnifying party, under the terms of section 6(a) or 6(b) above, without the prior written notice to and consent from the indemnifying party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.  No indemnified or indemnifying party shall settle any claim unless the settlement contains a full release of liability with respect to the other party in respect of such action.  This section 6 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 
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7.            Representations .

(a)           The Distributor represents and warrants that (i) it is duly organized as a Delaware limited liability company and is and at all times will remain duly authorized and licensed to carry out its services as contemplated herein; (ii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement are within its power and have been duly authorized by all necessary action; and (iii) its entering into this Agreement or providing the services contemplated hereby does not conflict with or constitute a default or require a consent under or breach of any provision of any agreement or document to which the Distributor is a party or by which it is bound and (iv) it is registered as a broker-dealer under the 1934 Act and is a member of the FINRA.

(b)           The Trust represents and warrants that (i) it is duly organized as a Massachusetts trust and is and at all times will remain duly authorized to carry out its obligations as contemplated herein; (ii) it is registered as an investment company under the 1940 Act; (iii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement are within its power and have been duly authorized by all necessary action; and (iv) its entering into this Agreement does not conflict with or constitute a default or require a consent under or breach of any provision of any agreement or document to which the Trust is a party or by which it is bound.

8.            Duration, Termination and Amendment .

(a)           This Agreement shall be effective on the date set forth above and unless terminated as provided herein, shall continue for one year from its effective date, and thereafter from year to year, provided such continuance is approved annually by the vote of a majority of the Board of Trustees, and by the vote of those Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”) and, if a plan under Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act is in effect, by the vote of those Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust and who are not parties to such plan or this Agreement and have no financial interest in the operation of such plan or in any agreements related to such plan, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on the approval.  This Agreement may be terminated at any time, without the payment of any penalty, as to each Fund (i) by vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees or (ii) by vote of a majority (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund, on at least sixty (60) days prior written notice to the Distributor.  In addition, this Agreement may be terminated at any time by the Distributor upon at least sixty (60) days prior written notice to the Trust.  This Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of its assignment.  As used in this paragraph, the terms “assignment” and “interested persons” shall have the respective meanings specified in the 1940 Act.

(b)           During such period as the Distributor receives compensation pursuant to the 12b-1 Plan, and this Agreement constitutes a Rule 12b-1 Plan related agreement, (i) any material amendment to this Agreement requires the approval provided for in paragraph (a) with respect to annual renewals of this Agreement, and (ii) any amendment that materially increases the amount to be spent for distribution services requires the additional approval of the majority of the Trust’s outstanding voting securities (as defined in the 1940 Act) of each affected Fund; and (iii) the selection and nomination of those Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust shall be committed to the discretion of the Trustees of the Trust who are not such “interested persons” of the Trust;

 
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(c)           No provision of this Agreement may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated except by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which an enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.

9.            Notice .  Any notice or other communication authorized or required by this Agreement to be given to either party shall be in writing and deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by confirmed facsimile, or posted by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the following address (or such other address as a party may specify by written notice to the other):  if to the Distributor:  State Street Global Markets, LLC, One Lincoln Street, Boston, MA 02111, Attn.: General Counsel, fax: (617) 664-9590; if to the Trust: State Street Bank and Trust Company, Attn.: Fund Administration Legal Department, P.O. Box 1713, Boston, MA 02105-1713, fax:  (617) 662-3805.

10.            Limitation of Liability .  The Distributor is expressly put on notice of the limitation of shareholder liability as set forth in the Declaration of Trust of the Trust and agrees that the obligations assumed by the Trust under this contract shall be limited in all cases to the Trust and its assets.  The Distributor shall not seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the shareholders or any shareholder of the Trust, nor shall the Distributor seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the Trustees or any individual Trustee of the Trust.  The Distributor understands that the rights and obligations of each series of shares of the Trust under the Declaration of Trust are separate and distinct from those of any and all other series.

11.            Choice of Law .  This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving effect to the choice of laws provisions thereof.

12.            Counterparties .  This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

13.            Severability .  If any provisions of this Agreement shall be held or made invalid, in whole or in part, then the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in force.  Invalid provisions shall, in accordance with this Agreement’s intent and purpose, be amended, to the extent legally possible, by valid provisions in order to effectuate the intended results of the invalid provisions.

14.            Insurance .  The Distributor will maintain at its expense an errors and omissions insurance policy that covers services by the Distributor hereunder.

15.            Segregation of Fees and Expenses .  Amounts paid by each Fund to the Distributor under its Rule 12b-1 Plan either for distribution related services or shareholder services shall not be used to pay for the distribution of Shares of, or shareholder servicing in respect of, any other Fund.  However, fees under the Rule 12b-1 Plan attributable to the Trust as a whole shall be allocated to each Fund according to the method adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees.  Fees attributable to the Trust as a whole shall include any amounts payable under the Rule 12b-1 Plan to the Distributor for its services rendered hereunder.  The Distributor’s allocation of such Rule 12b-1 Plan fees shall be subject to review by the Trust’s Board of Trustees.


 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their officers designated below as of the date first set forth above.

  STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT TRUST  
       
 
By:
/s/ James Ross  
  Name: James Ross  
  Title: President  
 
 
  STATE STREET GLOBAL MARKETS, LLC  
       
 
By:
/s/ Anthony Rochte  
  Name: Anthony Rochte  
  Title: Senior Managing Director and Supervisory Principal  

 
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Annex I
 
FUNDS

State Street Equity 500 Index Fund (Administrative Class/Service Class/R Class)
State Street Equity 400 Index Fund
State Street Equity 2000 Index Fund
State Street Aggregate Bond Index Fund
State Street Institutional Limited Duration Bond Fund
State Street Institutional Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund
State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund ( Institutional Class//Service Class Investment Class)
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund (Institutional Class//Service Class Investment Class)
State Street Institutional Tax Free Money Market Fund (Institutional Class/ /Service Class Investment Class)
State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund (Institutional Class/ /Service Class Investment Class)
State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund (Institutional Class/ /Service Class Investment Class)

 
As of August, 2009


 
 

 



Exhibit h(1)(b)



 

 
TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT
 
BETWEEN

STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT TRUST ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND
EACH OF THE ENTITIES, INDIVIDUALLY AND NOT JOINTLY,
AS LISTED ON SCHEDULE A

AND
 
BOSTON FINANCIAL DATA SERVICES, INC.
 





SSgA Institutional

 
 

 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Page
1.
Terms of Appointment and Duties
1
     
2.
Third Party Administrators for Defined Contribution Plans
7
     
3.
Exception Services
8
     
4.
Fees and Expenses
8
     
5.
Representations and Warranties of the Transfer Agent
10
     
6.
Representations and Warranties of the Fund
10
     
7.
Wire Transfer Operating Guidelines
11
     
8.
Data Access and Proprietary Information
13
     
9.
Indemnification
15
     
10.
Standard of Care
17
     
11.
Confidentiality
18
     
12.
Covenants of the Funds and the Transfer Agent
20
     
13.
Termination of Agreement
22
     
14.
Assignment and Third Party Beneficiaries
25
     
15.
Subcontractors
25
     
16.
Changes and Modifications
25
     
17.
Miscellaneous
26
     
18.
Additional Portfolios/Funds
28
     
19.
Massachusetts Business Trust
28
     
20.
The Parties
28

Schedule A
Funds and Portfolios
Schedule 1.8
AML Delegation
Schedule 1.13
Omnibus Transparency Services
Schedule 2.1
Third Party Administrator(s) Procedures
Schedule 4.1
Fees and Expenses

 
 

 
 
TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT made as of the 31 st day of July, 2009 , by and between STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT TRUST , a Massachusetts business trust, having its   principal office and place of business at State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 (the “Fund”), on behalf of itself and each of the entities listed on Schedule A separately and not jointly, and BOSTON FINANCIAL DATA SERVICES, INC., a Massachusetts corporation having its principal office and place of business at Two Heritage Drive, North Quincy, Massachusetts 02171 (the “Transfer Agent”).

WHEREAS, the Fund is authorized to issue shares in separate series, with each such series representing interests in a separate portfolio of securities and other assets;

WHEREAS, the Fund currently offers shares in the   series set in the attached Schedule A, which may be amended by the parties from time to time, (such series, together with all other series subsequently established by the Fund and made subject to this Agreement in accordance with Section 18 , being herein referred to as a “Portfolio”, and collectively as the “Portfolios”); and

WHEREAS, the Fund, on behalf of itself and the Portfolios, desires to appoint the Transfer Agent as its transfer agent, dividend disbursing agent and agent in connection with certain other activities, and the Transfer Agent desires to accept such appointment.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.
Terms of Appointment and Duties

 
1.1
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Fund, on behalf of itself and the Portfolios, hereby employs and appoints the Transfer Agent to act as, and the Transfer Agent agrees to act as, its transfer agent for the Fund’s authorized and issued shares of beneficial interest (“Shares”), its dividend disbursing agent and its agent in connection with any accumulation, open-account or similar plans provided to the shareholders of the respective Portfolios of the Fund (“Shareholders”)   and described in the currently effective prospectus and statement of additional information of the Fund, on behalf of the applicable Portfolio , including without limitation any periodic investment plan, dividend reinvestment plan or periodic withdrawal program.

 
1.2
In accordance with procedures established from time to time by agreement between the Fund, on behalf of itself and each of the Portfolios, as applicable and the Transfer Agent, (the “Procedures”) with such changes or deviations there from as have been (or may from time to time be) agreed upon in writing by the parties, the Transfer Agent agrees that it will perform the following services:

(a)           Establish each Shareholder’s account in the Portfolios on the Transfer Agent’s recordkeeping system and maintain such account for the benefit of such Shareholder in accordance with the Procedures;
 
 
 

 
 
(b)           Receive for acceptance and process orders for the purchase of Shares, and promptly deliver payment and appropriate documentation thereof to the Custodian of a Portfolio as identified by the Portfolio (the “Custodian”);

(c)           Pursuant to purchase orders, issue the appropriate number of Shares and hold such Shares in the appropriate Shareholder account;

(d)           Receive for acceptance and process redemption requests and redemption directions and deliver the appropriate documentation thereof to the Custodian;

(e)           In respect to items (a) through (d) above, the Transfer Agent may execute transactions directly with broker-dealers or other intermediaries authorized by the Fund;

(f)            At the appropriate time as and when it receives monies paid to it by the Custodian with respect to any redemption, pay over or cause to be paid over in the appropriate manner such monies as instructed by the redeeming Shareholders or other appropriately designated parties;

(g)           Effect transfers of Shares by the registered owners thereof upon receipt of appropriate instructions;

(h)           Prepare and transmit payments for dividends and distributions declared by the Fund on behalf of the applicable Portfolio;

(i)            Issue replacement checks and place stop orders on original checks based on Shareholder’s representation that a check was not received or was lost.  Such stop orders and replacements will be deemed to have been made at the request of a Portfolio, and, as between the Portfolio and the Transfer Agent, the Portfolio shall be responsible for all losses or claims resulting from such replacement;

(j)            Maintain records of account for and advise the Fund and its Shareholders as to the foregoing;

(k)           Record the issuance of Shares of the Fund and maintain pursuant to Rule 17Ad-10(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ 1934 Act”),   a record of the total number of Shares of the Fund which are authorized, based upon data provided to it by the Fund, and issued and outstanding.  The Transfer Agent shall also provide the Fund on a regular basis with the total number of Shares which are authorized and issued and outstanding but shall have no obligation, when recording the issuance of Shares, to monitor the issuance of such Shares or to take cognizance of any laws relating to the issue or sale of such Shares, which functions shall be the sole responsibility of the Fund;
 
 
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(l)    Accept any information, records, documents, data, certificates, transaction requests by machine readable input, facsimile, CRT data entry and electronic instructions, including e-mail communications, which have been prepared, maintained or provided by the Fund or a Portfolio, or any other person or firm on behalf of the Fund or a Portfolio or from broker-dealers of record or third-party administrators (“TPAs”) on behalf of individual Shareholders.  With respect to transaction requests received in the foregoing manner, the Transfer Agent shall not be responsible for determining that the original source documentation is in good order, which includes compliance with Rule 22c-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) , and it will be the responsibility of the Fund to require its broker-dealers or TPAs to retain such documentation.  E-mail exchanges on routine matters may be made directly with the Fund’s contact at the Transfer Agent.  The Transfer Agent will not act on any e-mail communications coming to it directly from Shareholders requesting transactions, including, but not limited to, monetary transactions, change of ownership, or beneficiary changes;

(m)     Maintain and manage, as agent for the Portfolios, such bank accounts as the Transfer Agent shall deem necessary for the performance of its duties under this Agreement, including but not limited to, the processing of share purchases and redemptions and the payment of Portfolio dividends and distributions.   The Transfer Agent shall maintain such accounts with the Custodian.   In connection with the services provided to the Fund under this Agreement, the Fund acknowledges that the Transfer Agent may receive fees from the Custodian for certain account management services related to such accounts (after deduction for the Custodian’s cash management, processing and other related fees and costs).  The Transfer Agent represents that such fees would otherwise be paid directly by the Funds in the form of increases to the fees stated in Schedule 4.1 to this Agreement;

(n)            Receive correspondence p ertaining to any former, existing or new Shareholder account, process such correspondence for proper recordkeeping and respond to Shareholder correspondence; and

(o)            Process any request from a Shareholder to change account registration, beneficiary, beneficiary information, transfer and rollovers in accordance with the Procedures.

 
1.3
  In addition to, and neither in lieu nor in contravention of, the services set forth in Section 1.2 , the Transfer Agent shall perform the customary services of a transfer agent, dividend disbursing agent, service agent of certain retirement plans, and, as relevant, agent in connection with accumulation, open-account or similar plans (including without limitation any periodic investment plan or periodic withdrawal program), including but not limited to: maintaining all Shareholder accounts, preparing Shareholder lists for meetings, arranging for mailing of Shareholder reports and prospectuses to current Shareholders, withholding taxes on U.S. resident and non-resident alien accounts, preparing and filing U.S. Treasury Department Forms 1099 and other appropriate forms required with respect to dividends and distributions by federal authorities for all Shareholders, arranging for the preparation and mailing of confirmation forms and statements of account to Shareholders for all purchases and redemptions of Shares and other confirmable transactions in Shareholder accounts and of activity statements for Shareholders, and providing Shareholder account information.
 
 
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1.4
Control Book (also known as “Super Sheet”).   The Transfer Agent shall maintain a daily record and produce a daily report for the Fund of all transactions and receipts and disbursements of money and securities and deliver a copy of such report for the Fund for each business day to the Fund’s Custodian on the next business day at such time as may be mutually agreed by the Transfer Agent and the Fund .

 
1.5
“Blue Sky” Reporting .  The Fund shall (i) identify to the Transfer Agent in writing those transactions and assets to be treated as exempt from blue sky reporting for each State and (ii) verify the establishment of transactions for each State on the system prior to activation and thereafter monitor the daily activity for each State.  The responsibility of the Transfer Agent for the Fund's blue sky State registration status is solely limited to the initial establishment of transactions subject to blue sky compliance by the Fund and providing a system which will enable the Fund to monitor the total number of Shares sold in each State.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon instruction by the Fund the Transfer Agent shall reverse transactions effected in States in which Shares are not registered.

 
1.6
National Securities Clearing Corporation (the “NSCC”).   The Transfer Agent shall (i) accept and effectuate the registration and maintenance of accounts through Networking and the purchase, redemption, transfer and exchange of shares in such accounts through Fund/SERV (Networking and Fund/SERV being programs operated by the NSCC on behalf of NSCC’s participants, including the Portfolios), in accordance with, instructions transmitted to and received by the Transfer Agent by transmission from NSCC on behalf of authorized broker-dealers on the Fund dealer file maintained by the Transfer Agent;  (ii) issue instructions to a Portfolio’s banks for the settlement of transactions between the Portfolio and NSCC (acting on behalf of its broker-dealer and bank participants); (iii) provide account and transaction information from the affected Portfolio’s records on DST Systems, Inc.’s computer system TA2000 (“TA2000 System”) in accordance with NSCC’s Networking and Fund/SERV rules for those broker-dealers; and (iv) maintain Shareholder accounts on TA2000 System through Networking.

 
1.7
New Procedures .  New procedures as to who shall provide certain of these services in Section 1 may be established in writing from time to time by agreement between the Fund, on behalf of the Portfolios, and the Transfer Agent.  If agreed to in writing by the Fund and the Transfer Agent, the Transfer Agent may at times perform only a portion of these services and a Portfolio or its agent may perform these services on the Portfolio's behalf.

 
1.8
Anti -Money Laundering (“AML”) Delegation .  The Fund has elected to delegate to the Transfer Agent certain AML duties under this Agreement, and the parties have agreed to such duties and terms as stated in the attached schedule (“Schedule 1.8 entitled “AML Delegation”) which may be changed from time to time subject to mutual written agreement between the parties.  In consideration of the performance of the duties by the Transfer Agent pursuant to this Section 1.8 , the Fund, on behalf of the Portfolios, agrees to pay the Transfer Agent for the reasonable administrative expense that may be associated with such additional duties as set forth on the attached fee schedule (“Schedule 4.1”).
 
 
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1.9
Call   Center Services.   The Transfer Agent will answer telephone inquiries from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Eastern Time, each day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading.  The Transfer Agent shall answer and respond to inquiries from existing Shareholders, prospective Shareholders of the Portfolios and broker-dealers on behalf of such Shareholders in accordance with the telephone scripts provided by the Fund to the Transfer Agent, including requests for information on account set-up and maintenance, general questions regarding the operation of the Fund, general account information including dates of purchases, redemptions, exchanges and account balances, requests for account access instructions and literature requests.  In consideration of the performance of the duties by the Transfer Agent pursuant to this Section, the Fund, on behalf of the Portfolios, agrees to pay the Transfer Agent the fee set forth on Schedule 4.1 and the reasonable reimbursable expenses that may be associated with these additional duties.

1.10
Short Term Trader.   The Transfer Agent will provide the Fund with periodic reports on trading activity in the Portfolios based on parameters provided to the Transfer Agent by the Fund, as amended from time to time.  The services to be performed by the Transfer Agent for the Fund hereunder will be ministerial only and the Transfer Agent shall have no responsibility for monitoring or reviewing market-timing activities.  In consideration of the performance of the duties by the Transfer Agent pursuant to this Section, the Fund, on behalf of the Portfolios, agrees to pay the Transfer Agent the fee set forth on Schedule 4.1 and the reasonable reimbursable expenses that may be associated with these additional duties.

1.11
Escheatment, Orders, Etc.   As mutually agreed upon by the parties as to any reasonable reimbursable expenses, the Transfer Agent will provide any additional related services (i.e., pertaining to escheatments, abandoned property, garnishment orders, bankruptcy and divorce proceedings, Internal Revenue Service or state tax authority tax levies and summonses and all matters relating to the foregoing.

1.12
12b-1 Payment Processing .  In accordance with procedures mutually agreed to by the Fund and the Transfer Agent, the Transfer Agent shall calculate and disburse 12b-1 payments for the Fund;

1.13
Omnibus Transparency Services .  Upon request of the Fund, the Transfer Agent shall carry out certain information requests, analyses and reporting services in support of the Fund’s obligations under Rule 22c-2(a)(2), (3).  The parties will agree to such services and terms as stated in the attached schedule (“Schedule 1.13” entitled “Omnibus Transparency Services”) that may be changed from time to time subject to mutual written agreement between the parties.  In consideration of the performance of the services by the Transfer Agent pursuant to this Section 1.13, the Fund agrees to pay the Transfer Agent for such fees and expenses associated with such additional services as set forth on Schedule 4.1
 
 
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1.14
Fiduciary Accounts .  With respect to certain retirement plans or accounts (such as individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”), SIMPLE IRAs, SEP IRAs, Roth IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, and 403(b) arrangements (such accounts, “Fiduciary Accounts”), the Transfer Agent, at the request of the Fund, shall arrange for the provision of appropriate prototype plans as well as provide or arrange for the provision of various services to such plans and/or accounts, which services may include custodial services to be provided by State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), account set-up and maintenance, and disbursements, as well as such other services as the parties hereto shall mutually agree upon.

1.15
Site Visits and Inspections; Regulatory Examinations.   During the term of this Agreement, authorized representatives of the Fund may conduct periodic site visits of the Transfer Agent’s facilities and inspect the Transfer Agent’s records and procedures solely as they pertain to the Transfer Agent’s services for the Fund under or pursuant to this Agreement.  Such inspections shall be conducted at the Fund’s expense (which shall include costs related to providing materials, copying, faxing, retrieving stored materials, and similar expenses) and shall occur during the Transfer Agent’s regular business hours and, except as otherwise agreed to by the parties, no more frequently than twice a year.  In connection with such site visit and/or inspection, the Fund shall not attempt to access, nor will it review, the records of any other clients of the Transfer Agent and the Fund shall conduct the visit/inspection in a manner that will not interfere with the Transfer Agent’s normal and customary conduct of its business activities, including the provision of services to the Fund and to other clients.  The Transfer Agent shall have the right to immediately require the removal of any Fund representatives from its premises in the event that their actions, in the reasonable opinion of the Transfer Agent, jeopardize the information security of its systems and/or other client data or otherwise are disruptive to the business of the Transfer Agent.  The Transfer Agent may require any persons seeking access to its facilities to provide reasonable evidence of their authority.  The Transfer Agent may also reasonably require any of the Fund’s representatives to execute a confidentiality agreement before granting such individuals access to its facilities.  The Transfer Agent will also provide reasonable access to the Fund’s governmental regulators, at the Fund’s expense, solely to (i) the Fund’s records held by the Transfer Agent and (ii) the procedures of the Transfer Agent directly related to its provision of services to the Fund under the Agreement.

1.16
Tax-related support.   The parties agree that to the extent that the Transfer Agent provides any services under this Agreement that relate to compliance by the Fund with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”) or any other tax law, including without limitation, withholding, as required by federal law, taxes on Shareholder accounts, preparing, filing and mailing U.S. Treasury Department Forms 1099, 1042, and 1042S, and performing and paying backup withholding as required for shareholders, the Transfer Agent will not make any judgments or exercise any discretion of any kind and will provide only ministerial, mechanical, printing, reproducing, and other similar assistance to the Fund.  In particular, the Transfer Agent will not make any judgments or exercise any discretion in determining generally the actions that are required in connection with such compliance or when such compliance has been achieved.  Except to the extent of making mathematical calculations or completing forms, in each case based on the Fund’s instructions, the Transfer Agent will not make any judgments or exercise any discretion in (1) determining generally: (a) the amounts of taxes that should be withheld on Shareholder accounts; and (b) the amounts that should be reported in or on any specific box or line of any tax form; (2) classifying the status of Shareholders and Shareholder accounts under applicable tax law; and (3) paying withholding and other taxes.  The Fund will provide comprehensive instructions to the Transfer Agent in connection with all of the services that are to be provided by the Transfer Agent under this Agreement that relate to compliance by the Fund with the Code or any other tax law, including promptly responding to requests for direction that may be made from time to time by the Transfer Agent.
 
 
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2.
Third Party Administrators for Defined Contribution Plans

 
2.1
The Fund may decide to make available to certain of its customers, a qualified plan program (the “Program”) pursuant to which the customers (“Employers”) may adopt certain plans of deferred compensation (“Plan or Plans”) for the benefit of the individual Plan participant (the “Plan Participant”), such Plan(s) being qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”) and administered by TPAs which may be plan administrators as defined in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 
2.2
In accordance with the procedures established in the initial Schedule 2.1 entitled “Third Party Administrator Procedures”, as may be amended by the Transfer Agent and the Fund from time to time (“Schedule 2.1”), the Transfer Agent shall:

(a)             Treat Shareholder accounts established by a Plan in the name of the Plan’s trustee for the benefit of the Plan, Plan or TPA, as the case may be, as an omnibus account;

(b)             Maintain omnibus accounts on its records in the name of a Plan’s trustees for the benefit of the Plan, the Plan, or TPA; and

(c)             Perform all services under Section 1 as transfer agent of the Fund and not as a record-keeper for the Plans.

 
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3.
Exception Services .

 
3.1
Transactions identified under Sections 1 and 2 of this Agreement shall be deemed exception services (“Exception Services”) when such transactions:

(a)             Require the Transfer Agent to use methods and procedures other than those usually employed by the Transfer Agent to perform transfer agency and recordkeeping services;

(b)             Involve the provision of information to the Transfer Agent after the commencement of the nightly processing cycle of the TA2000 System; or

(c)             Require more manual intervention by the Transfer Agent, either in the entry of data or in the modification or amendment of reports generated by the TA2000 System, than is normally required.

4.
Fees and Expenses

 
4.1
Fee Schedule.   For the performance by the Transfer Agent pursuant to this Agreement, the Fund agrees, on behalf of the Portfolios, to pay the Transfer Agent the fee and expenses as set forth on Schedule 4.1.  Such fees and reimbursable expenses and advances identified under Section 4.2 below may be changed from time to time subject to mutual written agreement between the Fund, on behalf of the Portfolios, and the Transfer Agent.  The parties agree that the fees set forth on Schedule 4.1 shall apply with respect to each Portfolio as of the date hereof and to any newly created Portfolios added to this Agreement under Section 18 that have requirements consistent with services then being provided by the Transfer Agent under this Agreement.   The fees set forth on Schedule 4.1, however, shall not automatically apply to any portfolios resulting from acquisition or merger subsequent to the execution of this Agreement.  In the event that a portfolio is to become a party to this Agreement as the result of an acquisition or merger then the parties shall confer diligently and in good faith, and agree upon fees applicable to such portfolio.

 
4.2
Reimbursable Expenses.   In addition to the fees paid under Section 4.1 above, the Fund agrees,   on behalf of the applicable Portfolio, to reimburse the Transfer Agent for reimbursable expenses, including but not limited to: AML/CIP annual fees, audio response, checkwriting, CIP-related database searches, commission fee application, data communications equipment, DST disaster recovery charge, escheatment, express mail and delivery services, federal wire charges, forms and production, freight charges, household tape processing, lost shareholder searches, lost shareholder tracking, magnetic tapes, reels or cartridges, magnetic tape handling charges, manual check pulls, microfiche/COOL, microfilm, network products, new fund implementation, NSCC processing and communications, postage (to be paid in advance if so requested), offsite records storage, outside mailing services, P.O. box rental, print/mail services, programming hours, regulatory compliance fee per CUSIP, reporting (on request and scheduled), returned checks, Short Term Trader, special mailing, statements, supplies, tax reporting (federal and state), telephone (telephone and fax lines), training, transcripts, travel, T.I.N. certification (W-8 & W-9),   vax payroll processing, year-end processing and other expenses incurred at the specific direction of the Fund or with reasonable advance written notice to the Fund.
 
 
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4.2
Increases .  The fees and charges set forth on Schedule 4.1 shall increase or may be increased (i) in accordance with Section 4.6 below; (ii) upon at least ninety (90) days prior written notice, if changes in laws applicable to its transfer agency business or laws applicable to the Fund, which the Transfer Agent has agreed to abide by and implement, increases the Transfer Agent’s ongoing system utilization costs to provide the affected function by five percent (5%) or more; or (iii) in connection with new or additional functions or features or new services or modes of operation of the TA2000 system.   If the Transfer Agent notifies the Fund of an increase in fees or charges pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of this Section 4.3 , the parties shall confer, diligently and in good faith and agree upon a new fee or charges to cover the amount necessary, but not more than such amount, to reimburse the Transfer Agent for the increased costs of operation or new fund features.   If the Transfer Agent notified the Fund of an increase in fees under subparagraph (iii) of this Section 4.3 , the parties shall confer, diligently and in good faith, and agree upon a new fee to cover such new fund feature.

 
4.3
Invoices.   The Fund, on behalf of the applicable Portfolio, agrees to pay all fees and reimbursable expenses within thirty (30) days following the receipt of the respective invoice, except for any fees or expenses that are subject to good faith dispute.  In the event of such a dispute, the Fund may only withhold that portion of the fee or expense subject to the good faith dispute.  The Fund shall notify the Transfer Agent in writing within twenty-one (21) calendar days following the receipt of each invoice if the Fund is disputing any amounts in good faith.  If the Fund does not provide such notice of dispute within the required time, the invoice will be deemed accepted by the Fund.  The Fund shall settle such disputed amounts within ten (10) days of the day on which the parties agree on the amount to be paid by payment of the agreed amount.  If no agreement is reached, then such disputed amounts shall be settled as may be required by law or legal process.

 
4.4
Cost of Living Adjustment.   After the first year of the Initial Term, the total fee for all services for each succeeding year shall equal the fee that would be charged for the same services based on a fee rate (as reflected in a fee rate schedule) increased by the percentage increase for the twelve-month period of such previous calendar year of the CPI-W (defined below), or, in the event that publication of such Index is terminated, any successor or substitute index, appropriately adjusted, acceptable to both parties.  As used herein, “CPI-W” shall mean the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers for Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT, (Base Period: 1982-84 = 100), as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
 
 
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4.5
Late Payments.   If any undisputed amount in an invoice of the Transfer Agent (for fees or reimbursable expenses) is not paid when due, the Fund shall pay the Transfer Agent interest thereon (from the due date to the date of payment) at a per annum rate equal to one percent (1.0%) plus the Prime Rate (that is, the base rate on corporate loans posted by large domestic banks) published by The Wall Street Journal (or, in the event such rate is not so published, a reasonably equivalent published rate selected by the Transfer Agent) on the first day of publication during the month when such amount was due.  Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, such interest rate shall be no greater than permitted under applicable provisions of Massachusetts law.

5.
Representations and Warranties of the Transfer Agent

The Transfer Agent represents and warrants to the Fund that:

 
5.1
It is a corporation duly organized and existing and in good standing under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

 
5.2
It is duly registered as a transfer agent under Section 17A(c)(2) of the 1934 Act, and it will remain so registered for the duration of this Agreement.  It will promptly notify the Fund in the event of any material change in its status as a registered transfer agent.

 
5.3
It is duly qualified to carry on its business in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

 
5.4
It is empowered under applicable laws and by its Articles of Organization and By-Laws to enter into and perform the services contemplated in this Agreement.

 
5.5
All requisite corporate proceedings have been taken to authorize it to enter into and perform this Agreement.

 
4.6
It has and will continue to have access to the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations under this Agreement.

 
4.7
It shall comply in all material respects with all laws, rules and regulations, including all provisions of the 1934 Act and the rules thereunder and all state laws, rules and regulations applicable to its transfer agency business.

6.
Representations and Warranties of the Fund

The Fund represents and warrants to the Transfer Agent that:

 
6.1
The Fund is validly existing as a voluntary asso ciation with transferable shares of beneficial interest commonly referred to as a “ Massachusetts business trust” under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

 
6.2
The Fund has the requisite power and authority   under applicable laws and by its Amend ed and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust and Bylaws to enter into and perform this Agreement.
 
 
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6.3
All proceedings required by said Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust and Bylaws   have been taken to authorize it to enter into and perform this Agreement.

 
6.4
The Fund is registered with the SEC as   an investment company under the 1940 Act.

 
6.5
The Fund's Registration Statement has become effective and no stop order suspending the effectiveness thereof has been issued.  The Fund a lso warrants to the Transfer Agent that as of the effective date of this Agreement, all necessary filings under the securities laws of the states in which the Fund offers or sells its shares have been made.

7.
Wire Transfer Operating Guidelines/Article 4A of the Uniform Commercial Code

 
7.1
Obligation of Sender .   The Transfer Agent is authorized to promptly debit the appropriate Fund account(s) upon the receipt of a payment order in compliance with the selected security procedure (the “Security Procedure”) chosen for funds transfer and in the amount of money that the Transfer Agent has been instructed to transfer.  The Transfer Agent shall execute payment orders in compliance with the Security Procedure and with the Fund instructions on the execution date provided that such payment order is received by the applicable customary deadline established by the Federal Reserve or transmitting bank for processing such a request, unless the payment order specifies a later time.  All payment orders and communications received after the customary deadline will be deemed to have been received the next business day.

 
7.2
Security Procedure .  The Fund acknowledges that the Security Procedure it has designated on the Selection Form was selected by the Fund from security procedures offered by the Transfer Agent.  The Fund shall restrict access to confidential information relating to the Security Procedure to authorized persons as communicated to the Transfer Agent in writing.  The Fund must notify the Transfer Agent immediately if it has reason to believe unauthorized persons may have obtained access to such information or of any change in the Fund's authorized personnel.  The Transfer Agent shall verify the authenticity of all Fund instructions according to the Security Procedure.

 
7.3
Account Numbers .  The Transfer Agent shall process all payment orders on the basis of the account number contained in the payment order.  In the event of a discrepancy between any name indicated on the payment order and the account number, the account number shall take precedence and govern.

 
7.4
Rejection .  The Transfer Agent reserves the right to decline to process or delay the processing of a payment order which (a) is in excess of the collected balance in the account to be charged at the time of the Transfer Agent's receipt of such payment order; (b) if initiating such payment order would cause the Transfer Agent, in the Transfer Agent's reasonable judgment, to exceed any volume, aggregate dollar, network, time, credit or similar limits which are applicable to the Transfer Agent; or (c) if the Transfer Agent, in good faith, is unable to satisfy itself that the transaction has been properly authorized.
 
 
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7.5
Cancellation Amendment .  The Transfer Agent shall use reasonable best efforts to act on all authorized requests to cancel or amend payment orders received in compliance with the Security Procedure provided that such requests are received in a timely manner affording the Transfer Agent reasonable opportunity to act.  However, the Transfer Agent assumes no liability if the request for amendment or cancellation cannot be satisfied.

 
7.6
Errors .  The Transfer Agent shall assume no responsibility for failure to detect any erroneous payment order provided that the Transfer Agent has acted in accord ance with the standard of care set forth in Section 10 and that the Transfer Agent complies with the payment order instructions as received and the Security Procedure.  The Security Procedure is established for the purpose of authenticating payment orders only and not for the detection of errors in payment orders.

 
7.7
Interest .  The Transfer Agent shall assume no responsibility for lost interest with respect to the refundable amount of any unauthorized payment order, unless the Transfer Agent is notified of the unauthorized payment order within thirty (30) days of notification by the Transfer Agent of the acceptance of such payment order.

 
7.8
ACH Credit Entries/Provisional Payments .  When a Portfolio initiates or receives Automated Clearing House credit and debit entries pursuant to these guidelines and the rules of the National Automated Clearing House Association and the New England Clearing House Association, State Street will act as an Originating Depository Financial Institution and/or Receiving Depository Financial Institution, as the case may be, with respect to such entries.  Credits given by the Transfer Agent with respect to an ACH credit entry are provisional until the Transfer Agent receives final settlement for such entry from the Federal Reserve Bank.  If the Transfer Agent does not receive such final settlement, the Fund agrees that the Transfer Agent shall receive a refund of the amount credited to the applicable Portfolio in connection with such entry, and the party making payment to the Portfolio via such entry shall not be deemed to have paid the amount of the entry.

 
7.9
Confirmation .  Confirmation of Transfer Agent's execution of payment orders shall ordinarily be provided within twenty four (24) hours, notice of which may be delivered through the Transfer Agent's proprietary information systems, or by facsimile or call-back.  Fund must report any objections to the execution of an order within thirty (30) days.

 
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8.
Data Access and Proprietary Information

 
8.1
The Fund acknowledges that the databases, computer programs, screen formats, report formats, interactive design techniques, and documentation manuals furnished to the Fund by the Transfer Agent as part of the Fund 's ability to access certain Fund-related data maintained by the Transfer Agent on databases under the control and ownership of the Transfer Agent or other third party (“Data Access Services”) constitute copyrighted, trade secret, or other proprietary information (collectively, “Proprietary Information”) of substantial value to the Transfer Agent or other third party.  In no event shall Proprietary Information be deemed Customer Information (as defined in Section 11.2 below) or the confidential information of the Fund.  The Fund agrees to treat all Proprietary Information as proprietary to the Transfer Agent and further agrees that it shall not divulge any Proprietary Information to any person or organization except as may be provided hereunder.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Fund agrees for itself and its employees and agents to:

(a)             Use such programs and databases (i) solely on the Fund’s computers, (ii) solely from equipment at the locations agreed to between the Fund and the Transfer Agent and (iii) solely in accordance with the Transfer Agent’s applicable user documentation;

(b)             Refrain from copying or duplicating in any way (other than in the normal course of performing processing on the Fund’s computer(s)), the Proprietary Information;

(c)             Refrain from obtaining unauthorized access to any portion of the Proprietary Information, and if such access is inadvertently obtained, to inform the Transfer Agent in a timely manner of such fact and dispose of such information in accordance with the Transfer Agent's instructions;

(d)             Refrain from causing or allowing information transmitted from the Transfer Agent’s computer to the Fund’s computer to be retransmitted to any other computer or other device (other than to a computer or device used by the Portfolios’ distributor, or any investment adviser to a Portfolio, each of whom are bound by confidentiality obligations similar in scope to those described herein) except as expressly permitted by the Transfer Agent (such permission not to be unreasonably withheld);

(e)            Allow the Fund and its employees and agents to have access only to those authorized transactions as agreed to between the Fund and the Transfer Agent; and

(f)             Honor all reasonable written requests made by the Transfer Agent to protect at the Transfer Agent's expense the rights of the Transfer Agent in Proprietary Information at common law, under federal copyright law and under other federal or state law.

 
8.2
Proprietary Information shall not include all or any portion of any of the foregoing items that: (i) was already known by the Fund on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure to the Fund by the Transfer Agent or anyone acting on the Transfer Agent’s behalf; (ii) are or become generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by the Fund or its officers, employees, agents or anyone receiving such information through any of the foregoing; (iii) become available to the Fund from a third party unrelated to the Fund or the Transfer Agent on a non confidential basis, provided the Fund does not reasonably know such third party to be bound by a confidentiality obligation to the Transfer Agent; (iv) have been or are developed by the Fund independent of and without use or reference to the Confidential Information; (v) which are disclosed by the Fund in connection with a litigation in which the Transfer Agent is a party; provided, however, that the Fund shall have reasonably determined that such disclosure is reasonably necessary or appropriate in the enforcement of, or for the protection of, the rights and remedies of the Fund; (vi) are required to be disclosed pursuant to a requirement of a court order, subpoena, governmental or regulatory agency or law provided the Fund is provided reasonable prior notice (unless such prior notice is prohibited by applicable law) before any such disclosure is made.  In the event of a disputed disclosure, the Fund shall bear the burden of proof of demonstrating that the information falls under one of the above exceptions.  In the case of proposed disclosure pursuant to the foregoing clause (vi), the Fund shall, to the extent legally and commercially practicable, provide the Transfer Agent with prompt written notice of such proposed disclosure.  The Transfer Agent may, in its discretion and sole cost and expense, seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy from the proper authority.  The Fund agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Transfer Agent in seeking such order or other remedy.  The Fund further agrees that if the Transfer Agent is not successful in obtaining such a protective order or other remedy, it will furnish only that portion of the Confidential Information that it reasonably believes to be required and will exercise all commercially reasonable efforts, at the Transfer Agent’s expense, to obtain confidential treatment of the Confidential Information.
 
 
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8.3
The Fund acknowledges that its obligation to protect the Transfer Agent’s Proprietary Information is essential to the business interest of the Transfer Agent and that the disclosure of such Proprietary Information in breach of this Agreement would cause the Transfer Agent immediate, substantial and irreparable harm, the value of which would be extremely difficult to determine.  Accordingly, the parties agree that, in addition to any other remedies that may be available in law, equity, or otherwise for the disclosure or use of the Proprietary Information in breach of this Agreement, the Transfer Agent shall be entitled to seek and obtain a temporary restraining order, injunctive relief, or other equitable relief against the continuance of such breach.

 
8.4
If the Fund notifies the Transfer Agent that any of the Data Access Services do not operate in material compliance with the most recently issued user documentation for such services, the Transfer Agent shall endeavor in a timely manner to correct such failure.  Organizations from which the Transfer Agent may obtain certain data included in the Data Access Services are solely responsible for the contents of such data and the Fund agrees to make no claim against the Transfer Agent arising out of the contents of such third-party data, including, but not limited to, the accuracy thereof.  DATA ACCESS SERVICES AND ALL COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS USED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH ARE PROVIDED ON AN AS IS, AS AVAILABLE BASIS.  EXCEPT THOSE EXPRESSLY STATED HEREIN THE TRANSFER AGENT EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 
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8.5
If the transactions available to the Fund include the ability to originate electronic instructions to the Transfer Agent in order to (i) effect the transfer or movement of cash or Shares or (ii) transmit Shareholder information or other information, then in such event the Transfer Agent shall be entitled to rely in good faith on the validity and authenticity of such instruction without undertaking any further inquiry as long as such instruction is undertaken in conformity with security procedures established by the Transfer Agent from time to time.

 
8.6
Each party shall take reasonable efforts to advise its employees of their obligations pursuant to this Section 8 .  The obligations of this Section shall survive any earlier termination of this Agreement.

9.
Indemnification

 
9.1
The Transfer Agent shall not be responsible for, and the Fund , on behalf itself and of each of its Portfolios separately (and not jointly nor jointly and severally),   shall indemnify and hold the Transfer Agent harmless, and with respect to Section 9.1(f) herein, also State Street, from and against, any and all losses, damages, costs, charges, reasonable counsel fees (including the defense of any lawsuit in which the Transfer Agent or affiliate is a named party), payments, expenses and liability arising directly out of or attributable to:

(a)             All actions of the Transfer Agent, its directors, officers, employees or its agents or subcontractors required to be taken pursuant to this Agreement, provided that such actions are taken in good faith and without negligence or willful misconduct;

(b)             A Portfolio’s or its officers, employees, or designees lack of good faith, negligence or willful misconduct;

(c)             The reasonable reliance upon, and any subsequent use of or action taken or omitted, in good faith, without negligence or willful misconduct, by the Transfer Agent, or its agents or subcontractors on: (i) any information, records, documents, data, or services, which are received by the Transfer Agent or its agents or subcontractors by machine readable input, facsimile, CRT data entry, electronic instructions, or other similar means authorized by a Portfolio, and which have been prepared, maintained or performed by the Portfolio or any other person or firm on behalf of the Portfolio including but not limited to any broker-dealer, TPA or previous transfer agent; (ii) any instructions or requests of the Fund or any of its officers; (iii) any instructions or opinions of legal counsel with respect to any matter arising in connection with the services to be performed by the Transfer Agent under this Agreement which are provided to the Transfer Agent by counsel to the Fund after consultation with such legal counsel and upon which instructions or opinion the Transfer Agent is expressly permitted to rely or opinions of external legal counsel reasonably selected by the Transfer Agent; or (iv) any paper or document, reasonably believed to be genuine, authentic, or signed by the proper person or persons;
 
 
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(d)             The offer or sale of Shares in violation of federal or state securities laws or regulations requiring that such Shares be registered, or in violation of any stop order or other determination or ruling by any federal or any state agency with respect to the offer or sale of such Shares;

(e)             The acceptance of facsimile transaction requests on behalf of individual Shareholders received from broker-dealers, TPAs or a Portfolio, and the reliance by the Transfer Agent on the broker-dealer, TPA or a Portfolio for ensuring that the original source documentation is in good order and properly retained;

(f)             The negotiation and processing of any checks, wires and ACH transmissions including without limitation for deposit into, or credit to, the Portfolios’ demand deposit accounts maintained by the Transfer Agent; or

(g)             Upon the Fund’s request entering into any agreements required by the NSCC for the transmission of Fund or Shareholder data through the NSCC clearing systems.

 
9.2
To the extent that the Transfer Agent is not entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section 9.1 above and only to the extent of such right, the Fu nd, on behalf of its Portfolios ,   shall not be responsible for, and the Transfer Agent shall indemnify and hold the Fund , on behalf of its Portfolios, ha rmless from and against any losses, damages, costs, charges, reasonable counsel fees, payments, expenses and liability arising directly out of or attributable to any action or failure of the Transfer Agent to act as a result of the Transfer’s Agent’s lack of good faith, negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of its services hereunder.   For those activities or actions delineated in the Procedures, the Transfer Agent shall be presumed to have used reasonable care, acted without negligence, and acted in good faith if it has acted in accordance with the Procedures.

 
9.3
In order that the indemnification provisions contained in this Section 9 shall apply, upon the assertion of a claim for which one party may be required to indemnify the other party, the indemnified party shall promptly notify the indemnifying party of such assertion, and shall keep the indemnifying party advised with respect to all developments concerning such claim.  The indemnifying party shall have the option to participate with the indemnified party in the defense of such claim or to defend against said claim in its own name or in the name of the indemnified party.  The indemnified party shall in no case confess any claim or make any compromise in any case in which the indemnifying party may be required to indemnify the indemnified party except with the indemnifying party’s prior written consent.
 
 
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9.4
As-of Adjustments .

(a)             Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to "as of" adjustments, the Transfer Agent will not assume one hundred percent (100%) responsibility for losses resulting from "as ofs" due to clerical errors or misinterpretations of share h older instructions, but the Transfer Agent will discuss with the Fund the Transfer Agent's accepting liability for an "as of" on a case-by-case basis and, subject to the limitation set forth in Section 10, will accept financial responsibility for a particu lar situation resulting in a financial loss to a Portfolio where such loss is "material", as hereinafter defined, and, under the particular facts at issue, the Transfer Agent's conduct was culpable and the Transfer Agent's conduct is the sole cause of the   loss.  A loss is "material" for purposes of this Section 9.4 when it results in a pricing error on a particular transaction which is (i) greater than a negligible amount per shareholder, (ii) equals or exceeds one ($.01) full cent per share times the numbe r of shares outstanding or (iii) equals or exceeds the product of one-half of one percent (1/2%) times the Fund's net asset value per share times the number of shares outstanding (or, in case of (ii) or (iii), such other amounts as may be adopted by applicable accounting or regulatory authorities from time to time).

(b)            If the net effect of the “as of” transactions that are determined to be caused solely by the Transfer Agent is negative and exceeds the above limit, then the Transfer Agent shall promptly contact the Fund accountants.  The Transfer Agent will work with the Fund accountants to determine what, if any, impact the threshold break has on the Fund’s Net Asset Value and what, if any, further action is required.  These further actions may include but are not limited to, the Fund re-pricing the affected day(s), the Transfer Agent re-processing, at its expense, all affected transactions in the Fund that took place during the period or a payment to the Fund.  The Fund agrees to work in good faith with the Transfer Agent and wherever possible, absent a regulatory prohibition or other mutually agreed upon reason, the Fund agrees to re-price the affected day(s) and to allow the Transfer Agent to re-process the affected transactions.  When such re-pricing and re-processing is not possible, and when the Transfer Agent must contribute to the settlement of a loss, the Transfer Agent's responsibility will commence with that portion of the loss over $0.01 per share calculated on the basis of the total value of all shares owned by the affected portfolio (i.e., on the basis of the value of the shares of the total portfolio, including all classes of that portfolio, not just those of the affected class) and the Transfer Agent will make such account adjustments and take such other action as is necessary to compensate shareholders for shareholder losses and reimburse the Fund for the amount of Fund losses in accordance with the foregoing standards.

10.
Standard of Care

The Transfer Agent shall at all times act in good faith and agrees to use its best efforts within reasonable limits to ensure the accuracy of all services performed under this Agreement, but assumes no responsibility and shall not be liable for loss or damage due to errors, including encoding and payment processing errors, unless said errors are caused by its negligence, bad faith, or willful misconduct or that of its employees or agents.  The parties agree that any encoding or payment processing errors shall be governed by this standard of care and that Section 4-209 of the Uniform Commercial Code is superseded by Section 10 of this Agreement.  This standard of care also shall apply to Exception Services, as defined in Section 3 herein, but shall take into consideration and make allowances for the manual processing and non-standard work involved in Exception Services.   Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Transfer Agent ’s   aggregate liability during any term of this Agreement with respect to, arising from or arising in connection with this Agreement, or from all services provided or omitted to be provided by the Transfer Agent   under this Agreement for all of the Portfolios subject to this Agreement, whether in contract, or in tort, or otherwise, is limited to, and shall not exceed the aggregate of the amounts actually received hereunder by the Transfer Agent as fees and charges, but not including reimbursable expenses, for all of the Portfolios covered by this Agreement during the twelve (12) calendar months immediately preceding the first event for which recovery from the Transfer Agent is being sought.  The foregoing limitation on liability shall not apply to any loss or damage resulting from any fraud committed by the Transfer Agent’s employees or any intentional malevolent acts by the Transfer Agent’s employees.  For purposes of this Section 10 , “intentional malevolent acts” shall mean those acts undertaken purposefully under the circumstances in which the person knows or has reason to believe that such acts violates this Agreement and are likely to cause damage or harm.
 
 
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11.
Confidentiality

11.1
The Transfer Agent and the Fund agree that they will not, at any time during the term of this Agreement or for five (5) years following the termination of this Agreement, reveal, divulge, or make known to any person, firm, corporation or other business organization, any customers’ lists, trade secrets, cost figures and projections, profit figures and projections, or any other secret or confidential information whatsoever, whether of the Transfer Agent or of the Fund, used or gained by the Transfer Agent or the Fund during performance under this Agreement.  The Fund and the Transfer Agent further covenant and agree to retain all such knowledge and information acquired during and after the term of this Agreement respecting such lists, trade secrets, or any secret or confidential information whatsoever in trust for the sole benefit of the Transfer Agent or the Fund and their successors and assigns.  In the event of breach of the foregoing by either party, the remedies provided by Section 8.3 shall be available to the party whose confidential information is disclosed.  The above prohibition of disclosure shall not apply to the extent that the Transfer Agent must disclose such data to its sub-contractor or Fund agent for purposes of providing services under this Agreement.

11.2
As between the Fund and Transfer Agent, Customer Information (as defined below) is and will remain the sole and exclusive property of the Fund.  “Customer Information” means all the customer identifying data however collected or received, including without limitation, through “cookies” or non-electronic means pertaining to or identifiable to the Fund’s customer(s) or prospective customer(s) and plan administrators (collectively, “Fund Customers”), including without limitation, (i) name, address, email address, passwords, account numbers, personal financial information, personal preferences, demographic data, marketing data, data about securities transactions, credit data or any other identification data; (ii) any information that reflects the use of or interactions with a Fund service, including the Fund’s web site; or (iii) any data otherwise submitted in the process of registering for a Fund service.  For the avoidance of doubt, Customer Information shall include all “nonpublic personal information,” as defined under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-102, 113 Stat. 1138) (“GLB Act”). This Agreement shall not be construed as granting any ownership rights in Transfer Agent to Customer Information.

11.3
The Transfer Agent represents, covenants, and warrants that Transfer Agent will use Customer Information only in compliance with (i) the provisions of this Agreement, (ii) its own Privacy and Information Sharing Policy, as amended and updated from time to time and (iii) privacy laws applicable to its business, including the GLB Act as such is applicable to its transfer agency business.

11.4
In the event that any requests or demands are made for the inspection of the Shareholder records of the Fund, other than request for records of Shareholders pursuant to standard subpoenas from state or federal government authorities (i.e., divorce and criminal actions), the Transfer Agent will use reasonable efforts to promptly notify the Fund (except where prohibited by law) and to secure instructions from an authorized officer of the Fund as to such inspection.  The Transfer Agent expressly reserves the right, however, to exhibit the Shareholder records to any person whenever it is advised by counsel that it may be held liable for the failure to exhibit the Shareholder records to such person or if required by law or court order.

11.5
The obligations under this Section 11 shall, to the extent consistent with applicable law, be inoperative as to such portions of the Confidential Information which: (i) were already known by the receiving party hereunder on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure to the receiving party by the disclosing party hereunder or anyone acting on the disclosing party’s behalf; (ii) are or become generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by the receiving party or its officers, employees, agents or anyone receiving such information through any of the foregoing ; (iii) become available to the receiving party on a non confidential basis from a third party unrelated to the receiving party or the disclosing party which is entitled to disclose it; (iv) have been or are developed by the receiving party independent of and without use or reference to the Confidential Information; (v) which are disclosed by the receiving party in connection with a litigation in which the disclosing party is a party; provided, however, that the receiving party shall have reasonably determined that such disclosure is reasonably necessary or appropriate in the enforcement of, or for the protection of, the rights and remedies of the receiving party; (vi) are required to be disclosed pursuant to a requirement of a court order, subpoena, governmental or regulatory agency or law provided the disclosing party is provided reasonable prior notice (unless such prior notice is prohibited by applicable law) before any such disclosure is made.  In the event of a disputed disclosure, the receiving party shall bear the burden of proof of demonstrating that the information falls under one of the above exceptions.  In the case of proposed disclosure pursuant to the foregoing clause (vi), the receiving party shall, to the extent legally and commercially practicable, provide the disclosing party with prompt written notice of such proposed disclosure.  The disclosing party may, in its discretion and sole cost and expense, seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy from the proper authority.  The receiving party agrees to reasonably cooperate with the disclosing party in seeking such order or other remedy.  The receiving party further agrees that if the disclosing party is not successful in obtaining such a protective order or other remedy, it will furnish only that portion of the Confidential Information that it reasonably believes to be required and will exercise all commercially reasonable efforts, at the disclosing party’s expense, to obtain confidential treatment of the Confidential Information.
 
 
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12.
Covenants of the Fund and the Transfer Agent

12.1
The Fund , on beha lf of each of the Portfolios, shall promptly furnish to the Transfer Agent the following:

(a)             A certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Fund authorizing the appointment of the Transfer Agent and the execution and delivery of this Agreement; and

(b)             A copy of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and By-Laws   of the Fund and all amendments thereto.

12.2
The Transfer Agent hereby agrees to establish and maintain facilities and procedures reasonably acceptable to the Fund for safekeeping of check forms and facsimile signature imprinting devices, if any; and for the preparation or use, and for keeping account of, such forms and devices.

12.3
The Transfer Agent shall keep records relating to the services to be performed hereunder, in the form, manner and for such periods, as it may deem advisable and as may be required by the laws and regulations applicable to its business as a Transfer Agent, including those set forth in 17 CFR 240.17Ad-6 and 17 CFR 240.17Ad-7, as such regulations may be amended from time to time.   The Transfer Agent shall also maintain customary records in connection with its agency for the Fund; particularly those records required to be maintained pursuant to subparagraph (2)(iv) of paragraph (b) of Rule 31a-1 und er the Investment Company Act of 1940.  Records maintained by the Transfer Agent on behalf of the Fund shall be made available for examinations by the SEC upon reasonable request and shall be maintained by the Transfer Agent for such period as required by applicable law or until such earlier time as the Transfer Agent has delivered such records into the Fund’s possession or destroyed them at the Fund’s request.

12.4
The Transfer Agent may provide the services hereunder from service locations within or outside of the United States .  The Transfer Agent will provide the Fund with reasonable prior notice of any proposed change in service location, including a general description of the services that will be provided at any new service location and such other information as the Fund may reasonably request.
 
 
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12.5
The Transfer Agent maintains and will contain to maintain a comprehensive compliance program reasonably designed to prevent violations of the federal securities laws pursuant to Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act.  Pursuant to its compliance program, the Transfer Agent will provide periodic measurement reports to the Fund.  Upon request of the Fund, the Transfer Agent will provide to the Fund in connection with any periodic annual or semi-annual shareholder report filed by the Fund or, in the absence of the filing of such reports, on quarterly basis, a sub-certification pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 with respect to the Transfer Agent’s performance of the services set forth in this Agreement and its internal controls related thereto.  In addition, on a quarterly basis, the Transfer Agent will provide to the Fund a certification in connection with Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act.  The Transfer Agent reserves the right to amend and update its compliance program and the measurement tools and certifications provided thereunder from time to time in order to address changing regulatory and industry developments.

12.6
The Transfer Agent will furnish to the Fund, on a semi-annual basis, a report in accordance with Statements on Auditing Standards No. 70 (the “SAS70 Report”) as well as such other reports and information relating to the Transfer Agent’s policies and procedures and its compliance with such policies and procedures and with the laws applicable to its business and its services, as the Fund may reasonably request.

12.7
The Transfer Agent maintains and will continue to maintain at each service location physical and information security safeguards against the destruction, loss, theft or alteration of the Fund’s Confidential Information, including Customer Information, in the possession of the Transfer Agent that will be no less rigorous than those in place at the effective date of this Agreement, and from time to time enhanced in accordance with changes in regulatory requirements.  The Transfer Agent will, at a minimum, update its policies to remain compliant with regulatory requirements.  The Transfer Agent will meet with the Fund, at its request, on an annual basis to discuss information security safeguards.  If the Transfer Agent or its agents discover or are notified of that someone has violated security relating to the Fund’s Confidential Information, including Customer Information, the Transfer Agent will promptly (a) notify the Fund of such violation, and (b) if the applicable Confidential Information was in the possession or under the control of the Transfer Agent or its agents at the time of such violation, the Transfer Agent will promptly (i) investigate, contain and address the violation, and (ii) provide the Fund with assurance reasonably satisfactory to the Fund that such violation will not recur.

12.8
The Transfer Agent will maintain a comprehensive business continuity plan and will provide an executive summary of such plan upon reasonable request of the Fund.  The Transfer Agent will test the adequacy of its business continuity plan at least annually and upon request, the Fund may participate in such test.  Upon request by the Fund, the Transfer Agent will provide the Fund with a letter assessing the most recent business continuity test results.  In the event of a business disruption that materially impacts the Transfer Agent’s provision of services under this Agreement, the Transfer Agent will promptly notify the Fund of the disruption and the steps being implemented under the business continuity plan.   Furthermore, in the event of a business disruption, the Transfer Agent shall act in good faith and take reasonable steps in accordance with its business continuity plan to minimize service interruptions to the Fund.
 
 
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13.
Termination of Agreement

13.1
Term .   The initial term of this Agreement (the “Initial Term”) shall be three (3) years from the date first stated above unless terminated pursuant to the provisions of this Section 13 .  The term may be renewed by mutual agreement of the Transfer Agent and the individual Fund for successive periods of one year each (“Renewal Term”).  Either the Transfer Agent or the Fund shall give written notice to the other party one hundred twenty (120) days before the expiration of the Initial Term or of a Renewal Term if such party desires not to renew the term for an additional one year period and in the absence of such notice the Agreement shall renew automatically for such one year term.  In the event a Fund wishes to terminate this Agreement as to the Fund prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or a Renewal Term, the Fund shall give one hundred twenty (120) days prior written notice to the Transfer Agent and shall be subject to the terms of this Section, including the payments applicable under Section 13.3.   One hundred twenty (120) days before the expiration of the Initial Term or a Renewal Term, the Transfer Agent and the Fund will agree upon a Fee Schedule for the upcoming Renewal Term.  In the event the parties fail to agree upon a new Fee Schedule as of such date, the Fee Schedule set forth as Schedule 4.1 hereto shall remain in effect subject to increase under Section 3.5 . Notwithstanding the termination or non-renewal of this Agreement, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall continue to apply until the completion of Deconversion (defined below).

13.2
Deconversion . In the event that this Agreement is terminated or not renewed for any reason by the Fund, the Transfer Agent agrees that, in order to provide for uninterrupted service to the Fund, the Transfer Agent, at the Fund’ s request, shall offer reasonable assistance to the Fund in converting the Fund’s records from the Transfer Agent’s systems to whatever services or systems are designated by the Fund (the “Deconversion”).  Such Deconversion is subject to the recompense of the Transfer Agent for such assistance at its standard rates and fees in effect at the time and to a reasonable time frame for performance as agreed to by the parties.  As used herein “reasonable assistance” and “transitional assistance” shall not include requiring the Transfer Agent (i) to assist any new service or system provider to modify, to alter, to enhance, or to improve such provider’s system, or to provide any new functionality to such provider’s system, (ii) to disclose any protected information of the Transfer Agent, including the Proprietary Information as defined in Section 8.1 , or (iii) to develop Deconversion software, to modify any of the Transfer Agent’s software, or to otherwise alter the format of the data as maintained on any provider’s systems.
 
 
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13.3
Termination or Non Renewal .

(a)   Outstanding Fees and Charges .  In the event of termination or non-renewal of this Agreement by the Fund, the Fund will promptly pay the Transfer Agent all fees and charges for the services provided under this Agreement (i) which have been accrued and remain unpaid as of the date of such notice of termination or non-renewal and (ii) which thereafter accrue for the period through and including the date of the Fund’s Deconversion.

(b)   Deconversion Costs and Post-Deconversion Support Fees. In the event of termination or non-renewal of this Agreement by the Fund, the Fund shall pay the Transfer Agent for the Deconversion costs as noted in Section 13.2 and all reasonable fees and expenses for providing any support services that the Fund requests the Transfer Agent to provide post Deconversion, including but not limited to tax reporting and open issue resolution.

(c)   Early Termination for Convenience .   In addition to the foregoing, in the event that the Fund terminates this Agreement prior to the end of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term other than due to the Transfer Agent’s bankruptcy under Section 13.6 or for cause under Section 13.7 , the Transfer Agent reserves the right to charge, and the Fund agrees to pay, an amount equal to the average monthly fee paid by the Fund, on behalf of the Portfolios, to the Transfer Agent under the Agreement multiplied by the number of months remaining in the Initial or Renewal Term and calculated as set forth on the then current Fee Schedule, from the date notice of termination was given to the Transfer Agent.  For purposes of this section, the termination by one or more Portfolios of the Fund in connection with the liquidation or merger of such Portfolios in the ordinary course of business shall not be deemed an early termination for convenience, so long as the total number of CUSIPS and accounts remaining to be serviced by the Transfer Agent under this Agreement immediately after such liquidation or merger are not substantially less than the number in effect immediately prior to such liquidation or merger.

13.4
Confidential Information .  Upon termination of this Agreement, each party shall return to the other party all copies of confidential or proprietary materials or information received from such other party hereunder, other than materials or information required to be retained by such party under applicable laws or regulations.

13.5
Unpaid Invoices .  The Transfer Agent may terminate this Agreement immediately upon an unpaid invoice payable by the Fund to the Transfer Agent being outstanding for more than ninety (90) days after receipt by the Fund, except with respect to any amount subject to a good faith dispute within the meaning of Section 4.5 of this Agreement.

13.6
Bankruptcy.   Either party hereto may terminate this Agreement by notice to the other party, effective at any time specified therein, in the event that (a) the other party ceases to carry on its business or (b) an action is commenced by or against the other party under Title 11 of the United States Code or a receiver, conservator or similar officer is appointed for the other party and such suit, conservatorship or receivership is not discharged within thirty (30) days.
 
 
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13.7
Cause.   If either of the parties hereto becomes in default in the performance of its duties or obligations hereunder and such default has a material adverse effect on the other party, then the non-defaulting party may give notice to the defaulting party specifying the nature of the default in sufficient detail to permit the defaulting party to identify and cure such default.  If the defaulting party fails to cure such default within thirty (30) days of receipt of such notice, or within such other period of time as the parties may agree is necessary for such cure, then the non-defaulting party may terminate this Agreement upon notice of not less than five (5) days to the defaulting party.

13.8
In the event that the Fund terminates this Agreement prior to the end of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term, other than by reason of the Transfer Agent’s bankruptcy under Section 13.6 or for cause under Section 13.7 , then effective as of the first day of any month in which the Transfer Agent receives notice of such termination, all discounts of fees and charges or fee concessions provided under this Agreement and any related agreements shall cease and the Fund shall thereafter pay full, undiscounted fees and charges for the services.

13.9
The parties agree that the effective date of any Deconversion as a result of termination hereof shall not occur during the period from December 15th through March 1st of any year to avoid adversely impacting a year-end.

13.10
Within thirty (30) days after completion of a Deconversion, the Fund will give notice to the Transfer Agent containing reasonable instructions regarding the disposition of tapes, data files, records, original source documentation or other property belonging to the Fund and then in the Transfer Agent’s possession and shall make payment for the Transfer Agent’s reasonable costs to comply with such notice.  If the Fund fails to give that notice within thirty (30) days after termination of this Agreement, then the Transfer Agent may dispose of such property as it sees fit.  The reasonable costs of any such disposition or of the continued storage of such tapes, data files, records, original source documentation or other properties shall be billed to, and within thirty (30) days of receipt of such invoice paid by, the Fund.  Failure to pay such sums when due shall incur a late charge in accordance with Section 4.7 of this Agreement.   In no event shall the Transfer Agent be required to keep archived versions of Fund records beyond the requirements of law applicable to its transfer agency business and the terms of this Section 13.10 .  In the event the Fund terminates this Agreement and later re-engages the Transfer Agent for performance of transfer agency services, the Fund agrees to pay the reasonable administrative costs for recovery of any records that are still in the Transfer Agent’s possession.  The provisions of this Section 13.10 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
 
 
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14.
Assignment and Third Party Beneficiaries

14.1
Except as provided in Section 15.1 below neither this Agreement nor any rights or obligations hereunder may be assigned by either party without the written consent of the other party.  Any attempt to do so in violation of this Section shall be void.  Unless specifically stated to the contrary in any written consent to an assignment, no assignment will release or discharge the assignor from any duty or responsibility under this Agreement.

14.2
Except as explicitly stated elsewhere in this Agreement, nothing under this Agreement shall be construed to give any rights or benefits in this Agreement to anyone other than the Transfer Agent and the Fund   and its Portfolios , and the duties and responsibilities undertaken pursuant to this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Transfer Agent and the Fund and its Portfolios.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns.

14.3
This Agreement does not constitute an agreement for a partnership or joint venture between the Transfer Agent and the Fund.  Other than as provided in Section 15.1 , neither party shall make any commitments with third parties that are binding on the other party without the other party’s prior written consent.

15.
Subcontractors

15.1
The Transfer Agent may, without further consent on the part of the Fund, subcontract for the performance hereof with an affiliate of the Transfer Agent which is duly registered as a transfer agent pursuant to Section 17A(c)(2) of the 1934 Act or, with regard to print/mail services, to DST Output, Inc., an affiliate of the Transfer Agent; provided, however, that the Transfer Agent shall be fully responsible to the Fund for the acts and omissions of its affiliate as it is for its own acts and omissions.  The foregoing shall not be deemed to apply to any direct contracts between the Fund and any affiliate of the Transfer Agent as to which the Transfer Agent is not a party.

15.2
For purposes of this Agreement, unaffiliated third parties such as by way of example and not limitation, Airborne Services , Federal Express, United Parcel Service, the U.S. Mails, the NSCC and telecommunication companies, shall not be deemed to be subcontractors of the Transfer Agent.

16.
Changes and Modifications

16.1
During the term of this Agreement the Transfer Agent will use on behalf of the Fund, without additional cost, all modifications, enhancements, or changes which its affiliate DST Systems, Inc. may make to the TA2000 System in the normal course of its business and which are applicable to functions and features offered by the Fund, unless substantially all clients of the Transfer Agent are charged separately for such modifications, enhancements or changes, including, without limitation, substantial system revisions or modifications necessitated by changes in existing laws, rules or regulations.  The Fund, on behalf of the Portfolios, agrees to pay the Transfer Agent promptly for modifications and improvements which are charged for separately at the rate provided for in the Transfer Agent’s standard pricing schedule which shall be identical for substantially all clients, if a standard pricing schedule shall exist.  If there is no standard pricing schedule, the parties shall mutually agree upon the rates to be charged .
 
 
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16.2
The Transfer Agent shall have the right, at any time and from time to time, to alter and modify any systems, programs, procedures or facilities used or employed in performing its duties and obligations hereunder; provided that the Fund will be notified as promptly as possible prior to implementation of such alterations and modifications and that no such alteration or modification or deletion shall materially adversely change or affect the operations and procedures of the Fund in using or employing the TA2000 System or the Transfer Agent’s  facilities hereunder or the reports to be generated by such system and facilities hereunder, unless the Fund is given thirty (30) days prior notice to allow the Fund to change its procedures and unless the Transfer Agent provides the Fund with revised operating procedures and controls.

16.3
All enhancements, improvements, changes, modifications or new features added to the TA2000 System however developed or paid for shall be, and shall remain, the confidential and exclusive property of, and proprietary to, DST Systems, Inc., an affiliate of the Transfer Agent.

17.
Miscellaneous

17.1
Amendment.   This Agreement may be amended or modified by a written agreement executed by both parties.

17.2
Massachusetts Law to Apply.   This Agreement shall be construed and the provisions thereof interpreted under and in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts   without regard to the conflict of laws provisions thereof .

17.3
Force Majeure.   In the event either party is unable to perform its obligations under the terms of this Agreement because of acts of God, acts of war or terrorism, strikes, equipment or transmission failure or damage reasonably beyond its control, or other causes reasonably beyond its control, such party shall not be liable for damages to the other for any damages resulting from such failure to perform or otherwise from such causes.

17.4
Consequential Damages.   Neither party to this Agreement shall be liable to the other party for special, indirect or consequential damages under any provision of this Agreement or for any special, indirect or consequential damages arising out of any act or failure to act hereunder.

17.5
Survival.   All provisions regarding indemnification, warranty, liability, and limits thereon, and confidentiality and/or protections of proprietary rights and trade secrets shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
 
 
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17.6
Severability.   If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired.

17.7
Priorities Clause.   In the event of any conflict, discrepancy or ambiguity between the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement and any Schedules or attachments hereto, the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement shall take precedence.

17.8
Waiver.   No waiver by either party or any breach or default of any of the covenants or conditions herein contained and performed by the other party shall be construed as a waiver of any succeeding breach of the same or of any other covenant or condition.

17.9
Merger of Agreement.   This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto and supersedes any prior agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof whether oral or written.

17.10
Counterparts.   This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto on any number of counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

17.11.
Reproduction of Documents.   This Agreement and all schedules, exhibits, attachments and amendments hereto may be reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, micro-card, miniature photographic or other similar process.  The parties hereto each agree that any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding, whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by a party in the regular course of business, and that any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence.

17.12
Notices.   All notices and other communications as required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and sent by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows or to such other address or addresses of which the respective party shall have notified the other.

 
(a)
If to the Transfer Agent, to:
Boston Financial Data Services, Inc.
2 Heritage Drive
North Quincy, Massachusetts 02171-2119
Attention: General Counsel, Legal Department, 8 th Floor
Facsimile: (617) 483-2490

(b)           If to the Funds, to:
State Street Institutional Investment Trust
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110

 
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18.
Additional Portfolios/ Funds

18.1
Additional Portfolios .  In the event that a Fund establishes one or more series of Shares, in addition to those listed on the attached Schedule A, with respect to which it desires to have the Transfer Agent render services as transfer agent under the terms hereof, it shall so notify the Transfer Agent in writing, and if the Transfer Agent agrees in writing to provide such services, such series of Shares shall become a Portfolio hereunder by the parties amending the Schedule A to include the additional series.

18.2
Conditions re: Additional Portfolios .  In the event that the Transfer Agent is to become the transfer agent for new portfolios, the Transfer Agent shall add them to the TA2000 System upon at least sixty (60) days’ prior written notice to the Transfer Agent provided that the requirements of such portfolios are generally consistent with services then being provided by the Transfer Agent under this Agreement, in which case the fees and expenses for such additional portfolios shall be as set forth on Schedule 4.1 for the remainder of the then-current term.  To the extent such portfolios use functions, features or services not set forth in Section 1 or Schedule 4.1, the rates and charges applicable to such new functions, features or characteristics may be established or increased in accordance with Section 4.3.

19.
Massachusetts Business Trust

A copy of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Fund is on file with the Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts , and notice is he reby given that this instrument is executed on behalf of the Fund as officers of the Fund and not individually and that the obligations of this instrument are not binding upon any of the Trustees, officers, or Shareholders individually but are binding only upon the assets and property of the relevant Portfolio .

20.
The Parties

All references herein to the “ Portfolio” are to the individual series or portfolios of the Fund, as if this Agreement were between the Fund, on behalf of such individual Portfolio separately (and not jointly nor jointly and severally), and the Transfer Agent , and under no circumstances will any Portfolio have or incur any liability or obligation in respect of the services provided by the Transfer Agent to any other Portfolio, or the liabilities or obligations of any other Portfolio (or the Fund in respect of any other Portfolio) to the Transfer Agent .  Any reference in this Agreement to “ the parties” shall mean the Transfer Agent and such other individual Portfolio as to which the ma tter pertains.
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed in their names and on their behalf by and through their duly authorized officers, as of the day and year first above written.




STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL
INVESTMENT TRUST ON BEHALF OF
ITSELF AND EACH OF THE ENTITIES,
INDIVIDUALLY AND NOT JOINTLY, AS
LISTED ON SCHEDULE A

By: /s/ Nancy L. Conlin
 
Name: Nancy L. Conlin
 
Title: Secretary
As an Authorized Officer on behalf of each of the
Funds indicated on Schedule A
ATTEST:


________________________________



BOSTON FINANCIAL DATA SERVICES, INC.

By: /s/ Carol Gilmartin
 
Name: Carol Gilmartin
 
Title: Vice President

ATTEST:

_______________________________


 
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SCHEDULE A
FUNDS
Dated: July 31, 2009


State Street Institutional Investment Trust:

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund - Institutional Class
State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund- Investment Class
State Street Institutional Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund
State Street Institutional Tax Free Money Market Fund - Investment Class
State Street Institutional Tax-Free Money Market Fund - Institutional Class
State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund - Institutional Class
State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund - Investment Class
State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund - Institutional Class
State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund - Investment Class
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund- Institutional Class
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund- Investment Class



STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL
INVESTMENT TRUST ON BEHALF OF
ITSELF AND EACH OF THE ENTITIES,
INDIVIDUALLY AND NOT JOINTLY, AS
LISTED ON SCHEDULE A
 
BOSTON FINANCIAL DATA
SERVICES, INC.
     
By: /s/ Nancy L. Conlin
 
By: /s/ Carol Gilmartin
     
Name: Nancy L. Conlin
 
Name: Carol Gilmartin
     
Title: Secretary
 
Title: Vice President
     

 
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SCHEDULE 1.8
AML DELEGATION
Dated: July 31, 2009

1.
Delegation.

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Fund hereby delegates to the Transfer Agent those aspects of the Fund’s AML program (the “AML Program”) that are set forth in Section 4 below (the “Delegated Duties”). The Delegated Duties set forth in Section 4 may be amended, from time to time, by mutual agreement of the Fund and the Transfer Agent upon the execution by such parties of a revised Schedule 1.8 bearing a later date than the date hereof.

 
1.2
The Transfer Agent agrees to perform such Delegated Duties, with respect to the ownership of Shares in the Fund for which the Transfer Agent maintains the applicable shareholder information, subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

2.
Consent to Examination.   In connection with the performance by the Transfer Agent of the Delegated Duties, the Transfer Agent understands and acknowledges that the Fund remains responsible for assuring compliance with the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (“ USA PATRIOT Act”) and that the records the Transfer Agent maintains for the Fund relating to the AML Program may be subject, from time to time, to examination and/or inspection by federal regulators in order that the regulators may evaluate such compliance.  The Transfer Agent hereby consents to such examination and/or inspection and agrees to cooperate with such federal examiners in connection with their review.  For purposes of such examination and/or inspection, the Transfer Agent will use its best efforts to make available, during normal business hours and on reasonable notice all required records and information for review by such examiners.

3.
Limitation on Delegation.   The Fund acknowledges and agrees that in accepting the delegation hereunder, the Transfer Agent is agreeing to perform only the Delegated Duties, as may be amended from time to time, and is not undertaking and shall not be responsible for any other aspect of the AML Program or for the overall compliance by the Fund with the USA PATRIOT Act or for any other matters that have not been delegated hereunder. Additionally, the parties acknowledge and agree that the Transfer Agent shall only be responsible for performing the Delegated Duties with respect to the ownership of, and transactions in, Shares in the Fund for which the Transfer Agent maintains the applicable Shareholder information.

4.
Delegated Duties

 
4.1
Consistent with the services provided by the Transfer Agent and with respect to the ownership of Shares in the Fund for which the Transfer Agent maintains the applicable Shareholder information, the Transfer Agent shall:

(a)                      Submit all new account registrations and registration changes through the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) database and such other lists or databases as may be required from time to time by applicable regulatory authorities on a daily basis;

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 1.8
AML DELEGATION
(continued)

(b)                      Submit all account registrations through OFAC databases and such other lists or databases as may be required from time to time by applicable regulatory authorities;

(c)           Submit special payee information from checks, outgoing wires and systematic withdrawal files through the OFAC database on a daily basis;

(d)           Review redemption transactions that occur within thirty (30) days of an account establishment or registration change or banking information change;

(e)           Review wires sent pursuant to banking instructions other than those on file with the Transfer Agent;

 
(f)
Review accounts with small balances followed by large purchases;

(g)           Review accounts with frequent activity within a specified date range followed by a large redemption;

(h)           Review purchase and redemption activity per tax identification number (“TIN”) within the Fund to determine if activity for that TIN exceeded the $100,000 threshold on any given day;

(i)           Monitor and track cash equivalents under $10,000 for a rolling twelve-month period; if the threshold is exceeded, file IRS Form 8300 and issue the Shareholder notices as required by the IRS;

(j)           Determine when a suspicious activity report (“SAR”) should be filed as required by regulations applicable to mutual funds; prepare and file the SAR; provide the Fund with a copy of the SAR within a reasonable time after filing; and notify the Fund if any further communication is received from the U.S. Department of the Treasury or other law enforcement agencies regarding such filing;

(k)           Compare account information to any FinCEN request received by the Fund and provided to the Transfer Agent pursuant to USA PATRIOT Act Sec. 314(a).  Provide the Fund with the necessary information for it to respond to such request within required time frame;

(l)           (i) Verify the identity of any person seeking to open an account with the Fund, (ii) Maintain records of the information used to verify the person’s identity, as required, and (iii) Determine whether the person appears on any lists of known or suspected terrorists or terrorist organizations provided to the Fund by any government agency;

(m)           Conduct due diligence and if required, enhanced due diligence in accordance with 31 C.F.R. 103.176(b) for new and existing correspondent accounts for foreign financial institutions (as defined in 31 C.F.R. 103.175).  The Transfer Agent will perform an assessment of the money laundering risk presented by the account based on a consideration of relevant factors in accordance with applicable law and information provided by the foreign financial institution in a financial institution questionnaire.  If an

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 1.8
AML DELEGATION
(continued)

account is determined to have a medium or above risk-ranking, the Transfer Agent will monitor the account on a monthly basis for unusual activity.  In the situation where due diligence cannot be completed with respect to an account, the Transfer Agent will contact the Fund’s AML Officer for further instruction.

(n)  Upon the request by the Fund, conduct due diligence to determine if the Fund is involved with any foreign jurisdiction, institution, class of transactions and a type of account designated, from time to time, by the U.S. Department of Justice in order to identify and take certain “special measures” against such entities as required under Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act (31 C.F.R. 103.193).

 
4.2
In the event that the Transfer Agent detects activity as a result of the foregoing procedures, which necessitates the filing by the Transfer Agent of a SAR, a Form 8300 or other similar report or notice to OFAC, then the Transfer Agent shall also immediately notify the Fund, unless prohibited by applicable law.



STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL
INVESTMENT TRUST ON BEHALF OF
ITSELF AND EACH OF THE ENTITIES,
INDIVIDUALLY AND NOT JOINTLY, AS
LISTED ON SCHEDULE A
 
BOSTON FINANCIAL DATA
SERVICES, INC.
     
By: /s/ Nancy L. Conlin
 
By: /s/ Carol Gilmartin
     
Name: Nancy L. Conlin
 
Name: Carol Gilmartin
     
Title: Secretary
 
Title: Vice President
     


 
 

 

SCHEDULE 1.13
OMNIBUS TRANSPARENCY SERVICES
Dated: July 31, 2009

A.
The Funds shall provide the following information to the Transfer Agent:

 
1.
The name and contact information for the Financial Intermediary, with which the Funds have a “shareholder information agreement” (under which the Financial Intermediary agrees to provide, at the Fund’s request, identity and transaction information about shareholders who hold their shares through an account with the Financial Intermediary (an “accountlet”)), that is to receive an information request;
 
 
2.
The Funds to be included, along with each Fund’s frequency trading policy, under surveillance for the Financial Intermediary;
 
 
3.
The frequency of supplemental data requests from the Transfer Agent;
 
 
4.
The duration of supplemental data requests (e.g. 60 days, 90 days); and
 
 
5.
The expected turnaround time for a response from the Financial Intermediary to an information request (including requests for supplemental data)

B.
Upon receipt of the foregoing information, the Funds hereby authorize and instruct the Transfer Agent to perform the following Services:

1.       Financial Intermediary Surveillance Schedules.
 
 
(a)
Create a system profile and infrastructure based upon parameters set by the Fund to establish and maintain Financial Intermediary surveillance schedules and communication protocol/links.
 
(b)           Initiate information requests to the Financial Intermediaries.

2.       Data Management Monitoring
 
(a)           Monitor status of information requests until all supplemental data is received.
 
 
(b)
If a Financial Intermediary does not respond to a second request from the Transfer Agent, the Transfer Agent shall notify the Fund for the Fund to follow-up with the Financial Intermediary.

3.       Customized Reporting for Market Timing Analysis
 
 
(a)
Run information received from the Financial Intermediaries through TA2000 System functionalities (utilizing PowerSelect tables, Short Term Trader and Excessive Trader).
 
(b)           Generate exception reports using parameters provided by the Funds.

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 1.13
(continued)

4.       Daily Exception Analysis of Market Timing Policies for Supplemental Data Provided
 
 
(a)
Review daily short-term trader exceptions, daily excessive trader exceptions, and daily supplemental data reconciliation exceptions.
 
 
(b)
Analyze Financial Intermediary supplemental data (items), which are identified as “Potential Violations” based on parameters established by the Funds.
 
 
(c)
Confirm exception trades and if necessary, request additional information regarding Potential Violations.

 
5.
Communication and Resolution of Market Timing Exceptions
 
 
(a)
Communicate results of analysis to the Funds or upon request of the Funds directly to the Financial Intermediary.
 
 
(b)
Unless otherwise requested by the Funds and as applicable, instruct the Financial Intermediary to (i) restrict trading on the accountlet, (ii) cancel a trade, or (iii) prohibit future purchases or exchanges.
 
(c)           Update AWD Work Object with comments detailing resolution.
 
(d)           Keep a detail record of all data exceptions and inquires with regards to potential violations.

6.       Management Reporting
 
 
(a)
Provide periodic reports, in accordance with agreed upon frequency and content parameters, to the Funds.  As reasonable requested by the Funds, the Transfer Agent shall furnish ad hoc reports to the Funds.

7.       Support Due Diligence Programs
 
(a)           Update system watch list with pertinent information on trade violators.
 
 
(b)
Maintain a detail audit trail of all accounts that are blocked and reason for doing so.
 
STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL
INVESTMENT TRUST ON BEHALF OF
ITSELF AND EACH OF THE ENTITIES,
INDIVIDUALLY AND NOT JOINTLY, AS
LISTED ON SCHEDULE A
 
BOSTON FINANCIAL DATA
SERVICES, INC.
     
By: /s/ Nancy L. Conlin
 
By: /s/ Carol Gilmartin
     
Name: Nancy L. Conlin
 
Name: Carol Gilmartin
     
Title: Secretary
 
Title: Vice President
     

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 2.1
THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR(S) PROCEDURES
Dated: July 31, 2009


1.
On each day on which both the New York Stock Exchange and the Fund are open for business (a “Business Day”), the TPA(s) shall receive, on behalf of and as agent of the Fund, Instructions (as hereinafter defined) from the Plan.  Instructions shall mean as to each Portfolio (i) orders by the Plan for the purchases of Shares, and (ii) requests by the Plan for the redemption of Shares; in each case based on the Plan’s receipt of purchase orders and redemption requests by Participants in proper form by the time required by the term of the Plan, but not later than the time of day at which the net asset value of the Portfolio is calculated, as described from time to time in that Portfolio's prospectus.  Each Business Day on which the TPA receives Instructions shall be a “Trade Date”.

2.
The TPA(s)   shall communicate the   TPA(s)’s acceptance of such Instructions, to the applicable Plan.

3.
On the next succeeding Business Day following the Trade Date on which it accepted Instructions for the purchase and redemption of Shares, (TD+1), the TPA(s) shall notify the Transfer Agent of the net amount of such purchases or redemptions, as the case may be, for each of the Plans.  In the case of net purchases by any Plan, the TPA(s) shall instruct the Trustees of such Plan to transmit the aggregate purchase price for Shares by wire transfer to the Transfer Agent on (TD+1).  In the case of net redemptions by any Plan, the TPA(s)   shall instruct the Portfolio's custodian to transmit the aggregate redemption proceeds for Shares by wire transfer to the Trustees of such Plan on (TD+1).  The times at which such notification and transmission shall occur on (TD+1) shall be as mutually agreed upon by each Portfolio, the TPA(s), and the Transfer Agent.

4.
The TPA(s) shall maintain separate records for each Plan, which record shall reflect Shares purchased and redeemed, including the date and price for all transactions, and Share balances. The TPA(s)   shall maintain on behalf of each of the Plans a single master account with the Transfer Agent and such account shall be in the name of that Plan, the TPA(s), or the nominee of either thereof as the record owner of Shares owned by such Plan.

5.
The TPA(s) shall maintain records of all proceeds of redemptions of Shares and all other distributions not reinvested in Shares.

6.
The TPA(s) shall prepare, and transmit to each of the Plans, periodic account statements showing the total number of Shares owned by that Plan as of the statement closing date, purchases and redemptions of Shares by the Plan during the period covered by the statement, and the dividends and other distributions paid to the Plan on Shares during the statement period (whether paid in cash or reinvested in Shares).

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 2.1
THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR(S) PROCEDURES
(continued)

7.
The TPA(s)   shall, at the request and expense of each Portfolio, transmit to the Plans prospectuses, proxy materials, reports, and other information provided by each Portfolio for delivery to its shareholders.

8.
The TPA(s)   shall, at the request of each Portfolio, prepare and transmit to each Portfolio or any agent designated by it such periodic reports covering Shares of each Plan as each Portfolio shall reasonably conclude are necessary to enable the Portfolio to comply with state Blue Sky requirements.

9.
The TPA(s)   shall transmit to the Plans confirmation of purchase orders and redemption requests placed by the Plans; and

10.
The TPA(s) shall, with respect to Shares, maintain account balance information for the Plan(s) and daily and monthly purchase summaries expressed in Shares and dollar amounts.

11.
Plan sponsors may request, or the law may require, that prospectuses, proxy materials, periodic reports and other materials relating to each Portfolio be furnished to Participants in which event the Transfer Agent or the Portfolio shall mail or cause to be mailed such materials to Participants.  With respect to any such mailing, the TPA(s) shall, at the request of the Transfer Agent or the  Fund, provide at the TPA(s)’s or the Fund's expense a complete and accurate set of mailing labels with the name and address of each Participant having an interest through the Plans in Shares.



STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL
INVESTMENT TRUST ON BEHALF OF
ITSELF AND EACH OF THE ENTITIES,
INDIVIDUALLY AND NOT JOINTLY, AS
LISTED ON SCHEDULE A
 
BOSTON FINANCIAL DATA
SERVICES, INC.
     
By: /s/ Nancy L. Conlin
 
By: /s/ Carol Gilmartin
     
Name: Nancy L. Conlin
 
Name: Carol Gilmartin
     
Title: Secretary
 
Title: Vice President
     



 
 

 

SCHEDULE 4.1
FEES AND EXPENSES
Dated: July 31, 2009

General:
 
Fees are billable on a monthly basis at the rate of 1/12 of the annual fee.  A charge is made for an account in the month that an account opens or closes.

Annual Account Service Fees:
 
Open Account Fee
$14.00
Closed Account Fee
$2.80
   
Fund Minimum (per cusip per account)
 
1 to 40 accounts
$8,000.00
41 to 70 accounts
$12,000.00
over 70 accounts
$15,000.00
   
Investor Fee
$2.00
CDSC Fee
$3.00
   
Activity Based Fee:
 
Telephone Calls
$3.00
Telephone Calls (Teleservicing)
$5.00
Telephone Transaction (purchase/redemption)
$5.00
Fulfillment
$5.00
   
IRA Custodial Fee:
 
Annual Maintenance (per account)
$10.00
   
Out-of-Pocket Expenses:
Billed as Incurred in accordance with Section 3.2 of the Agreement.


STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL
INVESTMENT TRUST ON BEHALF OF
ITSELF AND EACH OF THE ENTITIES,
INDIVIDUALLY AND NOT JOINTLY, AS
LISTED ON SCHEDULE A
 
BOSTON FINANCIAL DATA
SERVICES, INC.
     
By: /s/ Nancy L. Conlin
 
By: /s/ Carol Gilmartin
     
Name: Nancy L. Conlin
 
Name: Carol Gilmartin
     
Title: Secretary
 
Title: Vice President
     
 
 
 

 

Exhibit (m)(1)

RULE 12b-1 PLAN
State Street Institutional Investment Trust


1.            The Trust . The State Street Institutional Investment Trust (the “Trust”) is an open-end management investment company registered as such under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and organized as a series trust (each such series is referred to herein as a “Fund”).

2.            The Plan . The Trust desires to adopt a plan of distribution pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the shares of beneficial interest (“Shares”) of each Fund, and the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board of Trustees”) has determined that there is a reasonable likelihood that adoption of this Rule 12b-1 Plan (the “Plan”) will benefit each Fund (each a “Designated Fund” and collectively the “Designated Funds”) and their holders of Shares.  Accordingly, each Designated Fund hereby adopts this Plan in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act on the following terms and conditions (capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned thereto in the Funds’ registration statement under the 1940 Act and under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as such registration statement is amended by any amendments thereto at the time in effect).

3.            The Distributor . The Trust has entered into a written Distribution Agreement with the Trust’s distributor (the “Distributor”), pursuant to which the Distributor will act as the exclusive distributor with respect to the distribution of Shares as described in the Funds’ registration statement of each Fund.

4.            Payments .  Each Designated Fund may pay fees pursuant to this Plan at annual rates as may hereafter be determined by the Board of Trustees, which rates shall not exceed the rates set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto.  All agreements related to this Plan shall be in writing and shall provide:  (A) that such agreement may be terminated at any time, without payment of any penalty, by vote of a majority of Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as defined in the 1940 Act) and who have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operator of this Plan or in any agreement related to this Plan (the “Independent Trustees”) or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Designated Fund, on not more than 60 days’ written notice to any other party to the agreement, and (B) that such agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its assignment (as defined in the 1940 Act).

5.            Effective Date . This Plan shall become effective upon approval by a vote of both a majority of the Board of Trustees and a majority of the Independent Trustees, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on this Plan.

6.            Term . This Plan shall, unless terminated as hereinafter provided, remain in effect with respect to the Designated Fund for one year from its effective date and shall continue thereafter, provided that its continuance is specifically approved at least annually by a vote of both a majority of the Trustees and a majority of Independent Trustees, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on this Plan.

7.            Amendment . This Plan may be amended at any time by the Board of Trustees, provided that (a) any amendment to increase materially the rate at which payments may be made by a Designated Fund under this Plan shall be effective only upon approval by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act) of the Designated Fund, and (b) any material amendment of this Plan shall be effective only upon approval by a vote of both a majority of the Board of Trustees and a majority of the Independent Trustees, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such amendment.


8.            Termination . This Plan may be terminated at any time, without payment of any penalty, by vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees, or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act) of the Designated Fund.  In the event of termination or non-continuance of this Plan, the Trust may reimburse any expense that it incurred prior to such termination or non-continuance, provided that such reimbursement is specifically approved by both a majority of the Board of Trustees and a majority of the Independent Trustees.

9.            Reports . While this Plan is in effect, the Distributor shall provide to the Trustees, and the Trustees shall review, at least quarterly, a written report of the amounts expended pursuant to the Plan and the purposes for which such expenditures were made.

10.            Records . The Trust shall preserve copies of this Plan, each agreement related hereto and each report referred to in paragraph 9 hereof for a period of at least six years from the date of the Plan, agreement and report, the first two years in an easily accessible place.

11.            Independent Trustees . While this Plan is in effect, the selection and nomination of Independent Trustees shall be committed to the discretion of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as defined in the 1940 Act).

12.            Severability .  If any provision of the Plan shall be held or made invalid by a court decision, statute, rule or otherwise, the remainder of the Plan shall not be affected thereby.


Plan adopted: February 28, 2000
Amended: September 17, 2007; May 15, 2008; May 14, 2009, February 18, 2010
 
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EXHIBIT A


The fees payable to the Distributor under this Plan shall not exceed, with respect to a particular Fund and its classes of shares, if applicable, on an annualized basis, the percentage of such class’s average daily net assets set forth below next to the class’s name.


FUND AND CLASS
 
FEE LIMITATION
 
       
State Street Equity 500 Index Fund
     
Administrative Shares
 
0.15%
 
Service Shares
 
0.25%
 
Class R Shares
 
0.60%
 
State Street Equity 400 Index Fund
 
0.25%
 
State Street Equity 2000 Index Fund
 
0.25%
 
State Street Aggregate Bond Index Fund
 
0.25%
 
State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund
     
Institutional Class
 
0.00%
 
Service Class
 
0.00%
 
Investment Class
 
0.10%
 
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund
     
Institutional Class
 
0.00%
 
Service Class
 
0.00%
 
Investment Class
 
0.10%
 
State Street Institutional Limited Duration Bond Fund
 
0.05%
 
State Street Institutional Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund
 
0.05%
 
State Street Institutional Tax Free Money Market Fund
     
Institutional Class
 
0.00%
 
Service Class
 
0.00%
 
Investment Class
 
0.10%
 
State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund
     
Institutional Class
 
0.00%
 
Service Class
 
0.00%
 
Investment Class
 
0.10%
 
State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund
     
Institutional Class
 
0.00%
 
Service Class
 
0.00%
 
Investment Class
 
0.10%
 


Exhibit (m)(2)

STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT TRUST

SHAREHOLDER SERVICING PLAN

This Shareholder Servicing Plan (the “Plan”) constitutes the Shareholder Servicing Plan relating to the Service Class shares (the “Shares”) of each Fund listed on Exhibit I hereto (collectively, the “Funds”), each a series of State Street Institutional Investment Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”).
 
Section 1.  The Trust, on behalf the Service Class of Shares of a Fund, may pay to the Trust’s distributor, or such other entity as shall from time to time act as the shareholder servicer of the Service Class of the Fund’s Shares (the “Shareholder Servicer”), a fee (the “Shareholder Service Fee”) for services rendered and expenses borne by the Shareholder Servicer in connection with the provision of personal services provided to investors in Shares of the Funds and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts, at an annual rate not to exceed the percentage set forth on the Service Fee Schedule attached as Exhibit II hereto of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to the Shares.  The Shareholder Service Fee shall be computed and accrued daily, and paid monthly or at such other intervals as the Trustees shall determine.  The Shareholder Servicer may pay all or any portion of the Shareholder Service Fee to shareholder servicing agents or other organizations (including, but not limited to, any affiliate of the Fund’s investment adviser or of the Shareholder Servicer) as service fees pursuant to agreements with such organizations for providing personal services to investors in Shares of the Funds and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts, and may retain all or any portion of the Shareholder Service Fee as compensation for providing personal services to investors in Shares of the Funds and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts.
 
Section 2.  This Plan shall not take effect until it has been approved by votes of the majority of both (a) the Trustees of the Trust, and (b) the Independent Trustees of the Trust.  This Plan shall continue in effect for a period of more than one year after the date this Plan takes effect, but only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by votes of the majority of both (a) the Trustees of the Trust, and (b) the Independent Trustees of the Trust.
 
Section 3.  The Shareholder Servicer shall provide to the Trustees of the Trust, and the Trustees shall review, at least annually, a written report of the amounts so expended and the general purposes for which such expenditures were made.
 
Section 4.  This Plan may be terminated at any time by vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees.
 

Section 5.  All agreements with any person relating to implementation of this Plan shall be in writing, and any agreement related to this Plan shall provide:
 
 
A.
That such agreement may be terminated at any time, without payment of any penalty, by vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees, on not more than 60 days’ written notice to any other party to the agreement; and

 
B.
That such agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its assignment; provided, however, in the event of consolidation or merger in which the Shareholder Servicer is not the surviving corporation or which results in the acquisition of substantially all the Shareholder Servicer’s outstanding stock by a single person or entity or by a group of persons and/or entities acting in concert, or in the event of the sale or transfer of substantially all the Shareholder Servicer’s assets, the Shareholder Servicer may assign any such agreement to such surviving entity, acquiring entity, assignee or purchaser, as the case may be.

Section 6.  This Plan may not be amended to increase materially the amount of expenses permitted pursuant to Section 1 hereof without approval in the manner provided for the continuation of this Plan in Section 2 hereof.
 
Section 7.  As used in this Plan, (a) the term “Independent Trustees” shall mean those Trustees of the Trust who are not interested persons of the Trust, and have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of this Plan or any agreements related to it, and (b) the terms “assignment” and “interested person” shall have the respective meanings specified in the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, all subject to such exemptions as may be granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 


Adopted: May 15, 2008
Amended: May 14, 2009
 
 
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EXHIBIT I

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund
State Street Institutional Tax Free Money Market Fund
State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund
State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund

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 SERVICE FEE SCHEDULE 
EXHIBIT II
   
Service Class Shares
 
Fund
Service Fee
State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund
0.05%
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund
0.05%
State Street Institutional Tax Free Money Market Fund
0.05%
State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund
0.05%
State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Plus Fund
0.05%

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Exhibit (m)(3)

STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT TRUST

SHAREHOLDER SERVICING PLAN

This Shareholder Servicing Plan (the “Plan”) constitutes the Shareholder Servicing Plan relating to the Investment Class shares (the “Shares”) of each Fund listed on Exhibit I hereto (collectively, the “Funds”), each a series of State Street Institutional Investment Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”).
 
Section 1.  The Trust, on behalf the Investment Class of Shares of a Fund, may pay to the Trust’s distributor, or such other entity as shall from time to time act as the shareholder servicer of the Investment Class of the Fund’s Shares (the “Shareholder Servicer”), a fee (the “Shareholder Service Fee”) for services rendered and expenses borne by the Shareholder Servicer in connection with the provision of personal services provided to investors in Shares of the Funds and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts, at an annual rate not to exceed the percentage set forth on the Service Fee Schedule attached as Exhibit II hereto of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to the Shares.  The Shareholder Service Fee shall be computed and accrued daily, and paid monthly or at such other intervals as the Trustees shall determine.  The Shareholder Servicer may pay all or any portion of the Shareholder Service Fee to shareholder servicing agents or other organizations (including, but not limited to, any affiliate of the Fund’s investment adviser or of the Shareholder Servicer) as service fees pursuant to agreements with such organizations for providing personal services to investors in Shares of the Funds and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts, and may retain all or any portion of the Shareholder Service Fee as compensation for providing personal services to investors in Shares of the Funds and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts.
 
Section 2.  This Plan shall not take effect until it has been approved by votes of the majority of both (a) the Trustees of the Trust, and (b) the Independent Trustees of the Trust.  This Plan shall continue in effect for a period of more than one year after the date this Plan takes effect, but only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by votes of the majority of both (a) the Trustees of the Trust, and (b) the Independent Trustees of the Trust.
 
Section 3.  The Shareholder Servicer shall provide to the Trustees of the Trust, and the Trustees shall review, at least annually, a written report of the amounts so expended and the general purposes for which such expenditures were made.
 
Section 4.  This Plan may be terminated at any time by vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees.
 
 
 

 

Section 5.  All agreements with any person relating to implementation of this Plan shall be in writing, and any agreement related to this Plan shall provide:
 
 
A.
That such agreement may be terminated at any time, without payment of any penalty, by vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees, on not more than 60 days’ written notice to any other party to the agreement; and

 
B.
That such agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its assignment; provided, however, in the event of consolidation or merger in which the Shareholder Servicer is not the surviving corporation or which results in the acquisition of substantially all the Shareholder Servicer’s outstanding stock by a single person or entity or by a group of persons and/or entities acting in concert, or in the event of the sale or transfer of substantially all the Shareholder Servicer’s assets, the Shareholder Servicer may assign any such agreement to such surviving entity, acquiring entity, assignee or purchaser, as the case may be.

Section 6.  This Plan may not be amended to increase materially the amount of expenses permitted pursuant to Section 1 hereof without approval in the manner provided for the continuation of this Plan in Section 2 hereof.
 
Section 7.  As used in this Plan, (a) the term “Independent Trustees” shall mean those Trustees of the Trust who are not interested persons of the Trust, and have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of this Plan or any agreements related to it, and (b) the terms “assignment” and “interested person” shall have the respective meanings specified in the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, all subject to such exemptions as may be granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 


Adopted: September 17, 2007
Amended: May 14, 2009


 
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EXHIBIT I

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund
State Street Institutional Tax Free Money Market Fund
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund
State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund
State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund


 
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 SERVICE FEE SCHEDULE   
   EXHIBIT II
   
Investment Class Shares
 
Fund
Service Fee
All Funds
0.25%


 
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Exhibit (p)(1)(ii)

STATE STREET MASTER FUNDS (the “Master Trust”)
STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT TRUST
(the “Trusts” and each a “Trust”)

Code of Ethics
 
I.            DEFINITIONS

1.           “Access Person” shall have the same meaning as that set forth in Rule 17j-1(a)(1) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 Act, as amended (the “1940 Act”).

2.           “Adviser” shall mean SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (“SSgA” or the “Adviser”)  For purposes of this policy, any reference to Adviser may include reference to any sub-adviser for that Fund.

3.           “Adviser Access Person” shall mean a supervised person, as defined in the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, (i) who has access to nonpublic information regarding the purchase or sale of the Trusts’ securities, or nonpublic information regarding the portfolio holdings of the Trusts, or (ii) is involved in making securities recommendations to the Trusts, or who has access to such recommendations that are nonpublic.  All directors, officers and partners of SSgA, shall be considered Adviser Access Persons so long as SSgA provides investment advice as its primary business.  For the purposes of this Code, an Adviser Access Person does not include any person who is subject to securities transaction reporting requirements of the Adviser’s Code of Ethics which contains provisions that are substantially similar, including reporting obligations, to those in this Code and which are in compliance with Rule 17j-1 of the 1940 Act.  In addition, an Adviser Access Person may refer to an employee, director and officer of a sub-adviser.

4.           “Adviser’s Code of Ethics” shall mean the Code of Ethics of SSgA Funds Management, Inc. with respect to personal securities transactions.

5.           “Beneficial Ownership” shall be interpreted in the manner as it would be in determining whether a person is subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

6.           A Security is being “considered for purchase or sale” by a Fund when a recommendation that such Fund purchase or sell the Security has been made by the Adviser or an Access Person of the Adviser or each Trust.

7.           “Code” shall mean this Code of Ethics.

8.           “Control” shall have the same meaning as that set forth in Section 2(a)(9) of the 1940 Act.  Generally it means the power to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of a company, unless such power is solely the result of an official position with such company.

9.           “Compliance Officer” shall mean (i) with respect to the Adviser, a person designated by the Adviser to receive reports and take certain actions, as provided in the Adviser’s Code of Ethics, and (ii) with respect to the Trusts, a person designated by the Trusts to receive reports and take certain actions, as provided in this Code of Ethics.

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10.           “Fund” or “Funds” shall mean such portfolio or series of each Trust.

11.           “Interested Person” shall have the meaning as considered in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act.

12.           “Independent Trustee” shall mean any Trustee of a Trust who is not considered to be an “interested person” of the Trust, as that term is defined in the 1940 Act.

13.           An “Initial Public Offering” means an offering registered under the Securities Act of 1933, the issuer of which, immediately before the registration, was not subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

14.           “Investment Company Access Person” shall mean a trustee, officer or advisory person, as defined in Rule 17j-1(a)(2), of the respective Trust other than an Independent Trustee or an Adviser Access Person.

15.           “Limited Offering” means an offering that is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to section 4(2) or section 4(6) or pursuant to rule 504, rule 505, or rule 506 under the Securities Act of 1933.

16.           “Purchase” or “sale” of a security includes, among other things, the writing of an option to purchase or sell a security.

17.           “Security” shall have the same meanings as that set forth in Section 2(a)(36) of the 1940 Act (generally, all securities) except that it shall not include securities issued by the Government of the United States or an agency or instrumentality thereof (including all short-term debt securities which are “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the 1940 Act), bankers’ acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and shares of registered open-end investment companies.

18.           “Sub-Adviser’s Code of Ethics” shall mean the Code of Ethics of a sub-adviser with respect to personal securities transactions.

19.           “Trusts” means the State Street Master Funds and the State Street Institutional Investment Trust.

20.           “Automatic Investment Plan” means a program in which regular periodic purchases (or withdrawals) are made automatically in (or from) investment accounts in accordance with a predetermined schedule and allocation.  An Automatic Investment Plan includes a dividend reinvestment plan.

II.            CODE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL ACCESS PERSONS

No Access Person of the Trusts, in connection with the purchase or sale, directly or indirectly, by such Access Person of a Security held or to be acquired by the Trusts, shall:

1.           employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud the Trusts;

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2.           make to the Trusts any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state to the Trusts a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading;

3.           engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon the Trusts; or

4.           engage in any manipulative practice with respect to the Trusts.

III.            CODE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE ONLY TO ADVISER ACCESS PERSONS

This section shall only apply to Adviser Access Persons if the Adviser’s Code of Ethics is less restrictive than this Code.

1.            Prohibited Purchases and Sales .  No Adviser Access Person shall purchase or sell, directly or indirectly, any Security in which such Adviser Access Person has, or by reason of such transaction acquires, any direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership and which to such Adviser Access Person’s actual knowledge as the time of such purchase or sale:

(a)           is being considered for purchase or sale by a Fund; or

(b)           is being purchased or sold by a Fund.

2.            Exempted Transactions .  The prohibitions of Section III.1 of this Code shall not apply to:

(a)           purchases or sales effected in any account over which the Adviser Access Person has no direct or indirect influence or control;

(b)           purchases or sales which are non-volitional on the part of the Adviser Access Person;

(c)           purchases or sales which are part of an automatic dividend reinvestment plan;

(d)           purchases effected upon the exercise of rights issued by an issuer pro rata to all holders of a class of its securities, to the extent such rights were acquired from such issuer, and sales of such rights so acquired;

(e)           sales of securities held in a margin account to the extent necessary in order to meet margin requirements;

(f)           purchases or sales of variables and fixed insurance products and U.S. Internal Revenue Code Section 529 plans;

(g)           general obligation municipal bonds, transactions in ESOPs, Share Builder and similar services, and exchange traded funds;

(h)           securities received via a gift or inheritance;

(i)           purchases or sales of direct obligations of the government of the United States or other sovereign government or supra-national agency, high quality short-term debt instruments; banker acceptances; certificates of deposit, commercial paper, repurchase agreements, and securities issued by open-end investment companies (e.g. mutual funds);

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(j)           purchases or sales other than those exempted in (a) through (i) above, (i) which will not cause the Adviser Access Person to gain improperly a personal profit as a result of such Adviser Access Person’s relationship with the Trusts, or (ii) which are only remotely potentially harmful to a Fund because the proposed transaction would be unlikely to affect a highly institutional market, or (iii) which, because of the circumstances of the proposed transaction, are not related economically to the Securities purchased or sold or to be purchased or sold by a Fund, and in each case which are previously approved by the Compliance Officer of the Trusts, which approval shall be confirmed in writing.

(k)           purchases or sales of less than U.S $20,000 (or the local country equivalent), 2,000 shares or units, and not more than 1% of the average daily trading volume in a security for the preceding 5 trading days.

3.            Investments in IPOs and Limited Offerings.   Adviser Access Persons must obtain approval from the Compliance Officer of the Trusts or the Adviser prior to directly or indirectly acquiring beneficial ownership in any securities in an Initial Public Offering or in a Limited Offering.  In granting such approval, the Compliance Officer shall consider, among other factors, whether the investment opportunity in question should be reserved for the Trusts and whether the opportunity is being offered to an individual by virtue of his position with the Trusts or the Adviser.

4.            Reporting.   Whether or not one of the exemptions listed in Section III.2 hereof applies, each Adviser Access Person shall file with the Compliance Officer of the Trusts:

(a)           within 10 days of becoming an Adviser Access Person, a dated initial holdings report.  The information must be current as of a date no more than 45 days prior to the date the person becomes an Adviser Access Person.  Such report shall contain the title of and type of security, the exchange ticker symbol or CUSIP number (if applicable), the number of shares of, and the principal amount of each security which the Adviser Access Person has Beneficially Ownership.  Such report shall also list the name of any broker, dealer or bank with whom the Adviser Access Person maintained an account in which any securities were held for the direct or indirect benefit of the Adviser Access Person as of the date the person became an Adviser Access Person;

(b)           an annual holdings report which updates the information provided in the initial holdings report.  Such report shall provide the information required in subparagraph (a) above, which information must be as of a date no more than 45 days prior to the date such report is submitted;

(c)           an annual certification (see Exhibit A) certifying that they have read and understand this Code and recognize that they are subject to the provisions hereof and will comply with the policy procedures stated herein.

(d)           a quarterly dated transaction written report containing the information described below with respect to each transaction in any Security in which such Adviser Access Person has, or by reason of such transaction acquires, any direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership; provided , however , that such Adviser Access Person shall not be required to make a report with respect to any transaction effected for any account over which such Adviser Access Person does not have any direct or indirect influence or control.  Each such report shall be deemed to be filed with the Trusts for purposes of this Code, and may contain a statement that the report shall not be construed as an admission by the Adviser Access Person that he or she has any direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership in the Security to which the report relates.  Such report shall be made not later than 30 days after the end of the calendar quarter in which the transaction to which the report relates was effected, and shall contain the following information:

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(i)           the date of the transaction, the exchange ticker symbol or CUSIP number (if applicable), the title of and the number of shares, interest rate and maturity date (if applicable), and the principal amount of each Security involved;

(ii)          the nature of the transaction ( i.e. , purchase, sale or any other type of acquisition or disposition);

(iii)         the price at which the transaction was effected; and

(iv)         the name of the broker, dealer or bank with or through whom the transaction was effected.

Any report concerning a purchase or sale prohibited under Section III.1 hereof with respect to which the Adviser Access Person relies upon one of the exemptions provided in Section III.2 shall contain a brief statement of the exemption relied upon and the circumstances of the transaction.

5.            Review .  The Compliance Officer of the Trusts shall review or supervise the review of the personal securities transactions reported pursuant to Section III.4.  As part of that review, each such reported securities transaction shall be compared against completed and contemplated portfolio transactions of the Trusts to determine whether a violation of this Code may have occurred.  If the Compliance Officer of the Trusts determines that a violation may have occurred, the Compliance Officer of the Trusts shall submit the pertinent information regarding the transaction to the Trustees of the Trusts.  The Trustees shall evaluate whether a material violation of this Code has occurred, taking into account all the exemptions provided under Section III.2.  Before making any determination that a violation has occurred, the Trustees shall give the person involved an opportunity to supply additional information regarding the transaction in question and shall consult with counsel for the Adviser Access Person whose transaction is in question.

6.            Sanctions .  If the Trustees of the Trusts determine that a material violation of this Code has occurred, the Trustees may take such action and impose such sanctions as said Trustees deem appropriate.

7.            Exception to Reporting Requirements .  No Adviser Access Person shall be required to comply with the provisions of Section III.4. hereof if the report required thereunder would duplicate information contained in broker trade confirmations or account statements timely received by the Designated Person of the Trusts.  No Adviser Access Person is required to comply with the provisions of Section III.4 with respect to (i) Securities held in accounts over which the Adviser Access Person had no diect or indirect influence or control or (ii) transactions effected pursuant to an Automatic Investment Plan.

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8.            P reclearance.   The following procedures shall govern all transactions in Securities in which an Adviser Access Person has or seeks to obtain any Beneficial Ownership (“Adviser Access Person Accounts”), except for those transactions effected pursuant to one of the exemptions described in Section III.2.
 
·             Transactions Subject to Preclearance
 
As described in the following sections, certain Adviser Access Person transactions in Securities are subject to preclearance and subsequent review by the Compliance Officer. A transaction for an Adviser Access Person Account may be disapproved if it is determined by the Compliance Officer that the Adviser Access Person is unfairly benefiting from, or that the transaction is in conflict with, or appears to be in conflict with, any Fund transaction, any of the above trading restrictions, or this Code.

The determination that an Adviser Access Person may unfairly benefit from, or that an Adviser Access Person transaction may conflict with, or appears to be in conflict with, a Client Transaction will be subjective and individualized, may include questions about timely and adequate dissemination of information, availability of bids and offers, and other factors deemed pertinent for that transaction or series of transactions.  It is possible that a disapproval of a transaction could be costly to an Adviser Access Person or an Adviser Access Person’s family; therefore, each Adviser Access Person should take great care to adhere to Fund’s trading restrictions and avoid conflicts or the appearance of conflicts.

Any disapproval of an Adviser Access Person transaction shall be in writing.  An Adviser Access Person may appeal any such disapproval by written notice to the Compliance Officer within two business days after receipt of notice of disapproval.
 
·             Procedures for Preclearance
 
Transactions through Brokers or Banks .  Transactions through brokers or banks are permitted only after the Adviser Access Person has: (x) provided written notice to the Compliance Officer prior to opening or placing an initial order in an account with such broker or bank, or, if an account(s) with such broker or bank was established prior to the implementation of this Code, has provided the Compliance Officer with written details about the account(s); (y) obtained the written clearance of the Compliance Officer prior to opening or placing initial orders in such account or, in the case of a pre-existing account, placing any further orders in such account; and (z) provided such broker or bank with a written notice of the Covered Person’s affiliation with the Trusts and requested that copies of trade confirmations and statements be sent to Trusts’ Compliance Officer.  A copy of such written notice and request should also be provided to the Compliance Officer.
 
After an Adviser Access Person has obtained clearance to execute transactions through a broker or bank, the Adviser Access Person must submit a Covered Person Trade Preclearance Form (see Exhibit E) to the Compliance Officer prior to executing each transaction through the broker or bank. The Compliance Officer will notify an Adviser Access Person within two business days of any conflict and will advise whether the Adviser Access Person’s transaction has been cleared.
 
Other Transactions .  All other Adviser Access Person transactions in Securities (e.g., participation in a privately-negotiated transaction), other than Exempt Transactions, must be cleared in writing by the Compliance Officer prior to the Adviser Access Person entering into the transaction.  If an Adviser Access Person wishes to engage in such a transaction, he or she must submit an Adviser Access Person Trade Preclearance Form to the Compliance Officer.  The Compliance Officer will notify a Covered Person within five business days of any conflict and will advise whether the Covered Person’s transaction has been cleared.
 
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IV.
CODE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE ONLY TO INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES OF THE TRUSTS

1.            Prohibited Purchases and Sales .  No Independent Trustee of the Trusts shall purchase or sell, directly or indirectly, any Security in which such Independent Trustee has, or by reason of such transaction acquires, any direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership and which to such Independent Trustee’s actual knowledge at the time of such purchase or sale:

(a)           is being considered for purchase or sale by a Fund; or

(b)           is being purchased or sold by a Fund.

2.            Exempted Transactions .  The prohibitions of Section IV.1 of this Code shall not apply to:

(a)           purchases or sales effected in any account over which the Independent Trustee has no direct or indirect influence or control;

(b)           purchases or sales which are non-volitional on the part of the Independent Trustee;

(c)           purchases or sales which are part of an automatic dividend reinvestment plan;

(d)           purchases effected upon the exercise of rights issued by an issuer pro rata to all holders of a class of its securities, to the extent such rights were acquired from such issuer, and sales of such rights so acquired;

(e)           sales of securities held in a margin account to the extent necessary in order to meet margin requirements;

(f)           purchases or sales other than those exempted in (a) through (e) above, (i) which will not cause the Independent Trustee to gain improperly a personal profit as a result of such Independent Trustee’s relationship with the Trusts, or (ii) which are only remotely potentially harmful to a Fund because the proposed transaction would be unlikely to affect a highly institutional market, or (iii) which, because of the circumstances of the proposed transaction, are not related economically to the Securities purchased or sold or to be purchased or sold by a Fund, and in each case which are previously approved by the Compliance Officer of the Trusts, which approval shall be confirmed in writing.

3.            Reporting .

(a)           An Independent Trustee of the Trusts who would be required to file with the Compliance Officer of the Trusts a dated written report (see Exhibit C) containing the information described in Section IV.3(b) of this Code with respect to each transaction in any Security in which such Independent Trustee has, or by reason of such transaction acquires, any direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership, solely by reason of being a Trustees of the Trusts shall file such written report (see Exhibit C) only   if such Independent Trustee, at the time the transaction was entered into, actually knew, or in the ordinary course of fulfilling official duties as a trustee of the Trusts should have known, that during the 15-day period immediately preceding or after the date of that transaction such Security was or is:

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(i)           to be purchased or sold by a Fund, or

(ii)          being considered for purchase or sale by a Fund;

provided , however , that such Independent Trustee shall not be required to make a report with respect to any transaction effected for any account over which such Independent Trustee does not have any direct or indirect influence or control.  Each such report shall be deemed to be filed with the Trusts for purposes of this Code, and may contain a statement that the report shall not be construed as an admission by the Independent Trustee that such Independent Trustee has any direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership in the Security to which the report relates.

(b)           Such report, if required as described in Section IV.3(a), shall be made not later than 30 days after the end of the calendar quarter in which the transaction to which the report relates was effected, and shall contain the following information:

(i)           the date of the transaction, the interest rate and maturity date (if applicable) the title of and the number of shares, and the principal amount of each Security involved;

(ii)          the nature of the transaction ( i.e. , purchase, sale or any other type of acquisition or disposition);

(iii)         the price at which the transaction was effected; and

(iv)         the name of the broker, dealer or bank with or through whom the transaction was effected.

(c)           Each Independent Trustee shall file with the Trusts’ Compliance Officer an annual certification (see Exhibit A) certifying that they have read and understand this Code and recognize that they are subject to the provisions hereof and will comply with the policy procedures stated herein.

Any report required to be filed with the Trusts’ Compliance Officer, as described in Section IV.3(a), concerning a purchase or sale prohibited under Section IV.1 hereof with respect to which the Independent Trustee relies upon one of the exemptions provided in Section IV.2 shall contain a brief statement of the exemption relied upon and the circumstances of the transaction.

4.            Review .  The Compliance Officer of the Trusts shall review or supervise the review of the personal securities transactions reported pursuant to Section IV.3.  As part of that review, each such reported securities transaction shall be compared against completed and contemplated portfolio transactions of the Trusts to determine whether a violation of this Code may have occurred.  If the Compliance Officer of the Trusts determines that a violation may have occurred, the Compliance Officer of the Trusts shall submit the pertinent information regarding the transaction to the Trustees of the Trusts.  The Trustees shall evaluate whether a material violation of this Code has occurred, taking into account all the exemptions provided under Section IV.2.  Before making any determination that a violation has occurred, the Trustees shall give the person involved an opportunity to supply additional information regarding the transaction in question and shall consult with counsel for the Independent Trustee whose transaction is in question.

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5.            Sanctions .  If the Trustees of the Trusts determine that a material violation of this Code has occurred, the Trustees may take such action and impose such sanctions as said Trustees deem appropriate.

V.
CODE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE ONLY TO INVESTMENT COMPANY ACCESS PERSONS

1.            Prohibited Purchases and Sales .  No Investment Company Access Person shall purchase or sell, directly or indirectly, any Security in which such Investment Company Access Person has, or by reason of such transaction acquires, any direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership and which to such Investment Company Access Person’s actual knowledge as the time of such purchase or sale:

(a)           is being considered for purchase or sale by a Fund; or

(b)           is being purchased or sold by a Fund.

2.            Exempted Transactions .  The prohibitions of Section V.1 of this Code shall not apply to:

(a)           purchases or sales effected in any account over which the Investment Company Access Person has no direct or indirect influence or control;

(b)           purchases or sales which are non-volitional on the part of the Investment Company Access Person;

(c)           purchases or sales which are part of an automatic dividend reinvestment plan;

(d)           purchases effected upon the exercise of rights issued by an issuer pro rata to all holders of a class of its securities, to the extent such rights were acquired from such issuer, and sales of such rights so acquired;

(e)           sales of securities held in a margin account to the extent necessary in order to meet margin requirements;

(f)           purchases or sales other than those exempted in (a) through (e) above, (i) which will not cause the Investment Company Access Person to gain improperly a personal profit as a result of such Investment Company Access Person’s relationship with the Trusts, or (ii) which are only remotely potentially harmful to a Fund because the proposed transaction would be unlikely to affect a highly institutional market, or (iii) which, because of the circumstances of the proposed transaction, are not related economically to the Securities purchased or sold or to be purchased or sold by a Fund, and in each case which are previously approved by the Compliance Officer of the Trusts, which approval shall be confirmed in writing.

3.            Reporting .  Whether or not one of the exemptions listed in Section V.2 hereof applies, each Investment Company Access Person shall file with the Compliance Officer of the Trusts:

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(a)           within 10 days of becoming an Investment Company Access Person, a dated initial holdings report (see Exhibit B).  The information must be current as of a date no more than 45 days prior to the date the person becomes an Investment Company Access Person.  Such report shall contain the title of, the number of shares of, and the principal amount of each security of which the Investment Company Access Person has Beneficial Ownership.  Such report shall also list the name of any broker, dealer or bank with whom the Investment Company Access Person maintained an account in which any securities were held for the direct or indirect benefit of the Investment Company Access Person as of the date the person became an Investment Company Access Person;

(e)           an annual holdings (see Exhibit D) report which updates the information provided in the initial holdings report.  Such report shall provide the information required in subparagraph (a) above, which information must be as of a date no more than 45 days prior to the date such report is submitted;

(f)           an annual certification (see Exhibit A) certifying that they have read and understand this Code and recognize that they are subject to the provisions hereof and will comply with the policy procedures stated herein.

(g)           a quarterly dated transaction written report (see Exhibit C) containing the information described below with respect to each transaction in any Security in which such Investment Company Access Person has, or by reason of such transaction acquires, any direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership; provided , however , that such Investment Company Access Person shall not be required to make a report with respect to any transaction effected for any account over which such Investment Company Access Person does not have any direct or indirect influence or control.  Each such report shall be deemed to be filed with the Trusts for purposes of this Code, and may contain a statement that the report shall not be construed as an admission by the Investment Company Access Person that he or she has any direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership in the Security to which the report relates.  Such report shall be made not later than 30 days after the end of the calendar quarter in which the transaction to which the report relates was effected, and shall contain the following information:

(i)           the date of the transaction, the interest rate and maturity date (if applicable) the title of and the number of shares, and the principal amount of each Security involved;

(ii)          the nature of the transaction ( i.e. , purchase, sale or any other type of acquisition or disposition);

(iii)         the price at which the transaction was effected; and

(iv)         the name of the broker, dealer or bank with or through whom the transaction was effected.

Any report concerning a purchase or sale prohibited under Section V.1 hereof with respect to which the Investment Company Access Person relies upon one of the exemptions provided in Section V.2 shall contain a brief statement of the exemption relied upon and the circumstances of the transaction.

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4.            Review .  The Compliance Officer of the Trusts shall review or supervise the review of the personal securities transactions reported pursuant to Section V.3.  As part of that review, each such reported securities transaction shall be compared against completed and contemplated portfolio transactions of the Trusts to determine whether a violation of this Code may have occurred.  If the Compliance Officer of the Trusts determines that a violation may have occurred, the Compliance Officer of the Trusts shall submit the pertinent information regarding the transaction to the Trustees of the Trusts.  The Trustees shall evaluate whether a material violation of this Code has occurred, taking into account all the exemptions provided under Section V.2.  Before making any determination that a violation has occurred, the Trustees shall give the person involved an opportunity to supply additional information regarding the transaction in question and shall consult with counsel for the Investment Company Access Person whose transaction is in question.

5.            Sanctions .  If the Trustees of the Trusts determine that a material violation of this Code has occurred, the Trustees may take such action and impose such sanctions as said Trustees deem appropriate.

6.            Exception to Reporting Requirements .  No Investment Company Access Person shall be required to comply with the provisions of Section V.3.(c) hereof if the report required thereunder would duplicate information contained in broker trade confirmations or account statements timely received by the Designated Person of the Trusts.

VI.            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

1.            Approval of Code .  This Code shall be deemed to be each Trust’s Code of Ethics upon approval by the Trustees of the respective Trust, including a majority of the Independent Trustees.

2.            Amendment or Revision of the Code .  Any amendment to or revision of this Code of Ethics shall be promptly furnished to the Trusts’ Board of Trustees and any material amendment to or revision of this Code of Ethics must be approved by the Trustees, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, no later than six months after adoption of such amendment or revision.

3.            Amendment or Revision of Adviser’s or Sub-Adviser’s Code of Ethics .  Any amendment or revision of the Adviser’s Code of Ethics or the Sub-Adviser’s Code of Ethics shall be deemed to be an amendment or revision of Section III.1 of this Code, and such amendment or revision shall be promptly furnished to the Independent Trustees of the Trusts.

4.            Annual Issues and Certification Report .  At periodic intervals established by the Trustees of the Trusts, but no less frequently than annually, the Compliance Officer of the Trusts shall provide a written report to the Trustees of the Trusts regarding any issues which arose under this Code of Ethics since the last report to the Board of Trustees, including, but not limited to, information about material Code or procedure violations and sanctions imposed in response to any material violations.  In addition, the Compliance Officer of the Trusts will provide to the Trustees of the Trusts in writing a certification that each Trust has adopted procedures reasonably necessary to prevent Investment Company Access Persons from violating this Code of Ethics.

5.            Records .  The Trusts shall maintain records in the manner and to the extent set forth below, which records may be maintained on microfilm under the conditions described in Rule 31a-2(f)(1) under the 1940 Act and shall be available for examination by representatives of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”):

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(a)           A copy of this Code and any other code that is, or at any time within the past five years has been, in effect shall be preserved in an easily accessible place;

(b)           A record of any violation of this Code and of any action taken as a result of such violation shall be preserved in an easily accessible place for a period of not less than five years following the end of the fiscal year in which the violation occurs;

(c)           A copy of each report made pursuant to this Code shall be preserved for a period of not less than five years from the end of the fiscal year in which its is made, the first two years in an easily accessible place; and

(d)           A list of persons who are, or within the past five years have been, required to make reports pursuant to this Code shall be maintained in an easily accessible place.

6.            Confidentiality .  All reports of securities transactions and any other information filed with the Trusts or furnished to any person pursuant to this Code shall be treated as confidential, but are subject to review as provided herein and by representatives of the SEC.

7.            Interpretation of Provisions .  The Board of Trustees of the Trusts may from time to time adopt such interpretation of this Code as they deem appropriate.

8.            Effect of Violation of this Code .  In adopting Rule 17j-1, the SEC specifically noted in Investment Company Act Release No. 11421 that a violation of any provision of a particular code of ethics, such as this Code, would not be considered a per se unlawful act prohibited by the general anti-fraud provisions of the Rule.  In adopting this Code of Ethics, it is not intended that a violation of this Code is or should be considered to be a violation of Rule 17j-1.

9.            Conflicts with other Codes of Ethics.   To the extent this Code conflicts with any code of ethics or other code or policy to which Investment Company Access Persons, Investment Personnel or Adviser Access Person is also subject, this Code shall control; except that if the other code of ethics is more restrictive than this Code, such other code of ethics shall control.

 
10.          Adviser Reporting.   At periodic intervals established by the Board of Trustees of the Trusts, but no less frequently than annually, the Compliance Officer of the Adviser shall report to the Board of Trustees of the Trusts all material violations by Adviser Access Persons of the Adviser’s Code of Ethics or Sub-Adviser’s Code of Ethics during such period and the corrective action taken by the Adviser.


Adopted:
May 17, 2000
Amended:  September 16, 2004
Amended:   February 18, 2010
   
 
     
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EXHIBIT A 

ANNUAL CERTIFICATION FORM


This is to certify that I have read and understand the Codes of Ethics of State Street Master Funds and State Street Institutional Investment Trust (the “Trusts”), dated May 17, 2000, as amended September 16, 2004, and that I recognize that I am subject to the provisions thereof and will comply with the policy and procedures stated therein.

This is to further certify that I have complied with the requirements of such Codes of Ethics and that I have reported all personal securities transactions required to be disclosed or reported pursuant to the requirements of such Codes of Ethics.


Please sign your name here:                                                                 


Please print your name here:                                                                 


Please date here:                                                                 


Please sign this Certification Form and return one copy to the Compliance Officer of the Trusts.
 
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EXHIBIT B

State Street Master Funds
State Street Institutional Investment Trust
(the “Trusts”)


INITIAL SECURITIES HOLDINGS REPORT



To the Compliance Officer:

As of the date set forth below, I have direct or indirect beneficial ownership in the following securities, which are required to be reported pursuant to the Trusts’ Codes of Ethics:

o
NONE

or:

Security
 
No. of Shares or Principal
Amount
 
Dollar Amount of
Holdings
 
Broker/
Dealer or Bank Through Whom Held

 
This report is not an admission that I have or had any direct or indirect beneficial ownership in the securities listed above.  I certify that the information included above is current as of a date no more than 45 days prior to the date I became an Access Person.

 
           
Date: 
    Signature:
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT C
State Street Master Funds
State Street Institutional Investment Trust
(the “Trusts”)


SECURITIES TRANSACTION REPORT

For the Calendar Quarter Ended _____________


To the Compliance Officer:

During the quarter referred to above, the following transactions were effected in securities of which I had, or by reason of such transaction acquired, direct or indirect beneficial ownership, and which are required to be reported pursuant to the Trusts’ Codes of Ethics:
 
o
NONE
 
or:

 
Security
 
 
Date of
Transaction
 
 
Interest rate and maturity date (if applicable)
 
 
No. of Shares or Principal Amount
 
 
Dollar Amount of Transaction
 
 
Nature of Transaction (Purchase, Sale, Other)
 
 
Price
 
Broker/
Dealer or Bank Through Whom Effected

 
This report (i) excludes transactions with respect to which I had no direct or indirect influence or control, (ii) other transactions not required to be reported, and (iii) is not an admission that I have or had any direct or indirect beneficial ownership in the securities listed above.

o
I certify that I did not have access to current information regarding the Trusts’ trades during this reporting period.
 
           
Date: 
    Signature:
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT D

State Street Master Funds
State Street Institutional Investment Trust

ANNUAL REPORT OF SECURITIES HOLDINGS & ACCOUNTS
As of December 31 _____


   
Check type of account
Title, No. of shares & principal amount of security 1
Name of broker-dealer or bank
Personal
Immediate family fiduciary
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

Check one:

o
The above record is of every security in which I have direct or indirect ownership and every investment account that I beneficially hold at a bank, broker or similar institution, as of the date listed above.

o
In lieu of listing my securities and accounts above, I have provided copies of trade confirmations and/or brokerage account statements covering all of my securities holdings and accounts.

This report is not an admission that I have any direct or indirect beneficial ownership in the securities listed above.  I certify that the information included above is current as of a date no more than 45 days prior to the date this report is submitted to the Trusts’ Compliance Officer.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Signature       Date  
 
 
 
 
 
 
       
 Print Name        


1 As used in this report, the term “security” means all securities except : (i) securities issued by the government of the United States, (ii) bankers’ acceptances, (iii) certificates of deposit, (iv) commercial paper and (v) shares of registered open-end investment companies.

 
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