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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 [x]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. ____________ [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 60 [x]
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT
COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [x]
Amendment No. 60 [x]
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 February 12, 1997,
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
See Attached 90,794,923 * See Attached $1,371,105,405 $100
Schedule 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
February 6, 1997.
* 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, 1996, redeemed or repurchased 351,063,425 shares. 94,852,809
shares are being utilized for the purpose of reduction pursuant to
Paragraph (2) of such rule. 256,210,616 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 9/30/96 PARAGRAPH
REGISTERED PRICE (2) OF RULE
24E-2
Asset Manager 65,462,644 $16.93 $1,108,282,564 229,787,855 69,122,930 160,664,925
Asset Manager 3,953,372 $16.97 $67,088,730 59,382,893 4,332,987 55,049,906
Growth
Asset Manager 706,231 $11.78 8,319,406 23,109,490 738,561 22,370,929
Income
Short Interm 1,617,325 $9.37 $15,154,333 6,973,858 1,610,281 5.363,577
Gov't
Sp. Short Term 19,055,351 $9.04 $172,260,372 31,809,329 19,048,050 12,761,279
Bond
Total 90,794,923 1,371,105,405 351,063,425 94,852,809 256,210,616
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned President and Director, Trustee, or General Partner, as
the case may be, of the following investment companies:
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Fidelity Aberdeen Street Trust Fidelity Government Securities Fund
Fidelity Advisor Annuity Fund Fidelity Hastings Street Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series I Fidelity Hereford Street Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series II Fidelity Income Fund
Fidelity Advisor Series III Fidelity Institutional Cash Portfolios
Fidelity Advisor Series IV Fidelity Institutional Tax-Exempt Cash Portfolios
Fidelity Advisor Series V Fidelity Institutional Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series VI Fidelity Investment Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series VII Fidelity Magellan Fund
Fidelity Advisor Series VIII Fidelity Massachusetts Municipal Trust
Fidelity Beacon Street Trust Fidelity Money Market Trust
Fidelity Boston Street Trust Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust
Fidelity California Municipal Trust Fidelity Municipal Trust
Fidelity California Municipal Trust II Fidelity Municipal Trust II
Fidelity Capital Trust Fidelity New York Municipal Trust
Fidelity Charles Street Trust Fidelity New York Municipal Trust II
Fidelity Commonwealth Trust Fidelity Phillips Street Trust
Fidelity Congress Street Fund Fidelity Puritan Trust
Fidelity Contrafund Fidelity Revere Street Trust
Fidelity Corporate Trust Fidelity School Street Trust
Fidelity Court Street Trust Fidelity Securities Fund
Fidelity Court Street Trust II Fidelity Select Portfolios
Fidelity Covington Trust Fidelity Sterling Performance Portfolio, L.P.
Fidelity Daily Money Fund Fidelity Summer Street Trust
Fidelity Daily Tax-Exempt Fund Fidelity Trend Fund
Fidelity Destiny Plans Fidelity U.S. Investments-Bond Fund, L.P.
Fidelity Destiny Portfolios Fidelity U.S. Investments-Government Securities
Fidelity Deutsche Mark Performance Fund, L.P.
Portfolio, L.P. Fidelity Union Street Trust
Fidelity Devonshire Trust Fidelity Union Street Trust II
Fidelity Exchange Fund Fidelity Yen Performance Portfolio, L.P.
Fidelity Financial Trust Variable Insurance Products Fund
Fidelity Fixed-Income Trust Variable Insurance Products Fund II
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plus any other investment company for which Fidelity Management & Research
Company or an affiliate acts as investment adviser and for which the
undersigned individual serves as President and Director, Trustee, or
General Partner (collectively, the "Funds"), hereby constitute and appoint
J. Gary Burkhead my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of
substitution, and with full power to him to sign for me and in my name in
the appropriate capacity, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form
N-1A, Form N-8A, Form N-8B-2, or any successor thereto, any and all
subsequent Amendments, Pre-Effective Amendments, or Post-Effective
Amendments to said Registration Statements on Form N-1A or any successor
thereto, any Registration Statements on Form N-14, and any supplements or
other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such
things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said
attorney-in-fact deems necessary or appropriate, to comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of
1940, and all related requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission. I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorney-in-fact or
his substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of
attorney is effective for all documents filed on or after January 3, 1997.
WITNESS my hand on the date set forth below.
/s/Edward C. Johnson 3d January 3, 1997
Edward C. Johnson 3d
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned Treasurer and principal financial and accounting
officer of the following investment companies:
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Fidelity Aberdeen Street Trust Fidelity Government Securities Fund
Fidelity Advisor Annuity Fund Fidelity Hastings Street Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series I Fidelity Hereford Street Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series II Fidelity Income Fund
Fidelity Advisor Series III Fidelity Institutional Cash Portfolios
Fidelity Advisor Series IV Fidelity Institutional Tax-Exempt Cash Portfolios
Fidelity Advisor Series V Fidelity Institutional Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series VI Fidelity Investment Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series VII Fidelity Magellan Fund
Fidelity Advisor Series VIII Fidelity Massachusetts Municipal Trust
Fidelity Beacon Street Trust Fidelity Money Market Trust
Fidelity Boston Street Trust Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust
Fidelity California Municipal Trust Fidelity Municipal Trust
Fidelity California Municipal Trust II Fidelity Municipal Trust II
Fidelity Capital Trust Fidelity New York Municipal Trust
Fidelity Charles Street Trust Fidelity New York Municipal Trust II
Fidelity Commonwealth Trust Fidelity Phillips Street Trust
Fidelity Congress Street Fund Fidelity Puritan Trust
Fidelity Contrafund Fidelity Revere Street Trust
Fidelity Corporate Trust Fidelity School Street Trust
Fidelity Court Street Trust Fidelity Securities Fund
Fidelity Court Street Trust II Fidelity Select Portfolios
Fidelity Covington Trust Fidelity Sterling Performance Portfolio, L.P.
Fidelity Daily Money Fund Fidelity Summer Street Trust
Fidelity Daily Tax-Exempt Fund Fidelity Trend Fund
Fidelity Destiny Portfolios Fidelity U.S. Investments-Bond Fund, L.P.
Fidelity Deutsche Mark Performance Fidelity U.S. Investments-Government Securities
Portfolio, L.P. Fund, L.P.
Fidelity Devonshire Trust Fidelity Union Street Trust
Fidelity Exchange Fund Fidelity Union Street Trust II
Fidelity Financial Trust Fidelity Yen Performance Portfolio, L.P.
Fidelity Fixed-Income Trust Variable Insurance Products Fund
Variable Insurance Products Fund II
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plus any other investment company for which Fidelity Management & Research
Company or an affiliate acts as investment adviser and for which the
undersigned individual serves as President and Director, Trustee, or
General Partner (collectively, the "Funds"), hereby constitute and appoint
John H. Costello and John E. Ferris each of them singly my true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to
each of them to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacity, all
Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, Form N-8A or any
successor thereto, any and all subsequent Amendments, Pre-Effective
Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statements on
Form N-1A or any successor thereto, any Registration Statements on Form
N-14, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and
generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection
therewith as said attorneys-in-fact deems necessary or appropriate, to
comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, and all related requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission. I hereby ratify and confirm all that said
attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof. This power of attorney is effective for all documents filed on or
after January 1, 1997.
WITNESS my hand on the date set forth below.
/s/Kenneth A. Rathgeber__________ December 19, 1996
Kenneth A. Rathgeber
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 Aberdeen Street Trust Fidelity Government Securities Fund
Fidelity Advisor Annuity Fund Fidelity Hastings Street Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series I Fidelity Hereford Street Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series II Fidelity Income Fund
Fidelity Advisor Series III Fidelity Institutional Cash Portfolios
Fidelity Advisor Series IV Fidelity Institutional Tax-Exempt Cash Portfolios
Fidelity Advisor Series V Fidelity Institutional Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series VI Fidelity Investment Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series VII Fidelity Magellan Fund
Fidelity Advisor Series VIII Fidelity Massachusetts Municipal Trust
Fidelity Beacon Street Trust Fidelity Money Market Trust
Fidelity Boston Street Trust Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust
Fidelity California Municipal Trust Fidelity Municipal Trust
Fidelity California Municipal Trust II Fidelity Municipal Trust II
Fidelity Capital Trust Fidelity New York Municipal Trust
Fidelity Charles Street Trust Fidelity New York Municipal Trust II
Fidelity Commonwealth Trust Fidelity Phillips Street Trust
Fidelity Congress Street Fund Fidelity Puritan Trust
Fidelity Contrafund Fidelity Revere Street Trust
Fidelity Corporate Trust Fidelity School Street Trust
Fidelity Court Street Trust Fidelity Securities Fund
Fidelity Court Street Trust II Fidelity Select Portfolios
Fidelity Covington Trust Fidelity Sterling Performance Portfolio, L.P.
Fidelity Daily Money Fund Fidelity Summer Street Trust
Fidelity Daily Tax-Exempt Fund Fidelity Trend Fund
Fidelity Destiny Portfolios Fidelity U.S. Investments-Bond Fund, L.P.
Fidelity Deutsche Mark Performance Fidelity U.S. Investments-Government Securities
Portfolio, L.P. Fund, L.P.
Fidelity Devonshire Trust Fidelity Union Street Trust
Fidelity Exchange Fund Fidelity Union Street Trust II
Fidelity Financial Trust Fidelity Yen Performance Portfolio, L.P.
Fidelity Fixed-Income Trust Variable Insurance Products Fund
Variable Insurance Products Fund II
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plus any other investment company for which Fidelity Management & Research
Company or an affiliate acts as investment adviser and for which the
undersigned individual serves as Directors, Trustees, or General Partners
(collectively, the "Funds"), hereby constitute and appoint Arthur J. Brown,
Arthur C. Delibert, Stephanie A. Djinis, Robert C. Hacker, Thomas M.
Leahey, Richard M. Phillips, and Dana L. Platt, 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 Registration Statements of the Funds on Form
N-1A, Form N-8A or any successor thereto, any and all subsequent
Amendments, Pre-Effective Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said
Registration Statements on Form N-1A or any successor thereto, 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
deems necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, and all
related requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission. I hereby
ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is
effective for all documents filed on or after January 1, 1997.
WITNESS our hands on this nineteenth day of December, 1996.
/s/Edward C. Johnson 3d___________ /s/Peter S. Lynch________________
Edward C. Johnson 3d Peter S. Lynch
/s/J. Gary Burkhead_______________ /s/William O. McCoy______________
J. Gary Burkhead William O. McCoy
/s/Ralph F. Cox __________________ /s/Gerald C. McDonough___________
Ralph F. Cox Gerald C. McDonough
/s/Phyllis Burke Davis_____________ /s/Marvin L. Mann________________
Phyllis Burke Davis Marvin L. Mann
/s/E. Bradley Jones________________ /s/Thomas R. Williams ____________
E. Bradley Jones Thomas R. Williams
/s/Donald J. Kirk __________________
Donald J. Kirk
