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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT (NO. 2-73133)
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [ ]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. ____________ [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. ______55______ [X]
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT
COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [ ]
Amendment No. ____________ [ ]
Fidelity Charles Street Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA 02109
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant's Telephone Number: (617) 563-7000
Arthur S. Loring, Esq., 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA 02109
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective on August 7, 1996,
pursuant to Paragraph (b) of Rule 485.
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title
of Proposed
Securities Amount Proposed Maximum
Being of Shares Maximum Aggregate Amount of
Registered Being Registered Offering per Unit Offering Price Registration Fee
Beneficial Interest 171,880,285* See Attached $2,514,659,007 $100
No Par Schedule
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See attached schedule for detailed portfolio listings.
The fee for the above shares to be registered by this filing has been
computed on the basis of the average of the bid and ask prices in effect on
July 31, 1996.
* This calculation has been made pursuant to Rule 24e-2 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940. Registrant, during its fiscal year ended
September 30, 1995, redeemed or repurchased 499,337,253 shares.
187,825,951 shares are being utilized for the purpose of reduction pursuant
to Paragraph (2) of such rule. 311,511,302 redeemed or repurchased shares
were used for reduction pursuant to Paragraph (a) of Rule 24e-2 or
Paragraph (c) of Rule 24f-2 in previous filings of post-effective
amendments during the current year.
FIDELITY CHARLES STREET TRUST
NO. 2-73133
FORM N-1A
DETAIL SCHEDULE
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SHARES REDEEMED OR
REPURCHASED USED
FOR REDUCTION
PROPOSED SHARES PURSUANT TO
MAXIMUM BEING PARAGRAPH (A) OF
OFFERING PROPOSED SHARES UTILIZED FOR RULE 24E-2 OR
AMOUNT OF PRICE PER MAXIMUM REDEEMED REDUCTION PARAGRAPH (C) OF
PORTFOLIO SHARES UNIT AGGREGATE YEAR-END PURSUANT TO RULE 24F-2
BEING OFFERING 9/30/95 PARAGRAPH
REGISTERED PRICE (2) OF RULE
24E-2
Asset Manager 109,630,557 $15.96 $1,749,703,695 332,699,541 120,418,430 212,281,111
Asset Manager 30,088,957 $15.79 $475,104,628 98,213,255 35,262,593 62,950,662
Growth
Short 283,254 $9.30 $2,634,259 15,165,841 275,458 14,890,383
Intermediate
Gov't
Spartan Short 31,877,517 $9.01 $287,216,425 53,258,616 31,869,470 21,389,146
Term Income
Total 171,880,285 $2,514,659,007 499,337,253 187,825,951 311,511,302
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all
of the requirements for the effectiveness of this Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly
caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 55 to the Registration Statement
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, on the 7th day of August 1996.
FIDELITY CHARLES STREET TRUST
By /s/Edward C. Johnson 3d (dagger)
Edward C. Johnson 3d, President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
(Signature) (Title) (Date)
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/s/Edward C. Johnson 3d(dagger) President and Trustee August 7, 1996
Edward C. Johnson 3d (Principal Executive Officer)
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/s/Kenneth A. Rathgeber Treasurer August 7, 1996
Kenneth A. Rathgeber
/s/J. Gary Burkhead Trustee August 7, 1996
J. Gary Burkhead
/s/Ralph F. Cox * Trustee August 7, 1996
Ralph F. Cox
/s/Phyllis Burke Davis * Trustee August 7, 1996
Phyllis Burke Davis
/s/Richard J. Flynn * Trustee August 7, 1996
Richard J. Flynn
/s/E. Bradley Jones * Trustee August 7, 1996
E. Bradley Jones
/s/Donald J. Kirk * Trustee August 7, 1996
Donald J. Kirk
/s/Peter S. Lynch * Trustee August 7, 1996
Peter S. Lynch
/s/Edward H. Malone * Trustee August 7, 1996
Edward H. Malone
/s/Marvin L. Mann_____* Trustee August 7, 1996
Marvin L. Mann
/s/Gerald C. McDonough* Trustee August 7, 1996
Gerald C. McDonough
/s/Thomas R. Williams * Trustee August 7, 1996
Thomas R. Williams
(dagger) Signatures affixed by J. Gary Burkhead pursuant to a power of
attorney dated December 15, 1994 and filed herewith.
* Signatures affixed by Robert C. Hacker pursuant to a power of attorney
dated December 15, 1994 and filed herewith.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned Directors, Trustees or General Partners, as the case
may be, of the following investment companies:
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Fidelity Advisor Annuity Fund Fidelity Income Fund
Fidelity Advisor Series I Fidelity Institutional Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series II Fidelity Investment Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series III Fidelity Magellan Fund
Fidelity Advisor Series IV Fidelity Massachusetts Municipal Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series V Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series VI Fidelity Municipal Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series VII Fidelity New York Municipal Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series VIII Fidelity Puritan Trust
Fidelity California Municipal Trust Fidelity School Street Trust
Fidelity Capital Trust Fidelity Securities Fund
Fidelity Charles Street Trust Fidelity Select Portfolios
Fidelity Commonwealth Trust Fidelity Sterling Performance Portfolio, L.P.
Fidelity Congress Street Fund Fidelity Summer Street Trust
Fidelity Contrafund Fidelity Trend Fund
Fidelity Corporate Trust Fidelity U.S. Investments-Bond Fund, L.P.
Fidelity Court Street Trust Fidelity U.S. Investments-Government Securities
Fidelity Deutsche Mark Performance Fund, L.P.
Portfolio, L.P. Fidelity Union Street Trust
Fidelity Devonshire Trust Fidelity Yen Performance Portfolio, L.P.
Fidelity Exchange Fund Spartan U.S. Treasury Money Market
Fidelity Financial Trust Fund
Fidelity Fixed-Income Trust Variable Insurance Products Fund
Fidelity Government Securities Fund Variable Insurance Products Fund II
Fidelity Hastings Street Trust
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plus any other investment company for which Fidelity Management & Research
Company acts as investment adviser and for which the undersigned
individuals serve as Board Members (collectively, the "Funds"), hereby
severally constitute and appoint Arthur J. Brown, Arthur C. Delibert,
Robert C. Hacker, Richard M. Phillips, Dana L. Platt and Stephanie A.
Djinis, each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with
full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign
for us and in our names in the appropriate capacities, all Pre-Effective
Amendments to any Registration Statements of the Funds, any and all
subsequent Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statements, any
Registration Statements on Form N-14, and any supplements or other
instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in
our names and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys-in-fact deem
necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933 and Investment Company Act of 1940, and all related
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
WITNESS our hands on this fifteenth day of December, 1994.
/s/Edward C. Johnson 3d /s/Donald J. Kirk
Edward C. Johnson 3d Donald J. Kirk
/s/J. Gary Burkhead /s/Peter S. Lynch
J. Gary Burkhead Peter S. Lynch
/s/Ralph F. Cox /s/Marvin L. Mann
Ralph F. Cox Marvin L. Mann
/s/Phyllis Burke Davis /s/Edward H. Malone
Phyllis Burke Davis Edward H. Malone
/s/Richard J. Flynn /s/Gerald C. McDonough
Richard J. Flynn Gerald C. McDonough
/s/E. Bradley Jones /s/Thomas R. Williams
E. Bradley Jones Thomas R. Williams