[letterhead of
State Street Research & Management Company
One Financial Center
Boston, Massachusetts 02111]
VIA EDGAR
April 23, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission
Filing Desk
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: State Street Research Capital Trust
Securities Act of 1933 Registration No. 2-86271
Investment Company Act of 1940 File No. 811-3838
CIK 0000727101
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of State Street Research Capital Trust (the "Registrant") and pursuant
to Rule 497(e) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act") and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as
the same have been modified by Regulation S-T, we hereby file a statement to
note for the record that prospectuses are in use which are a Chinese translation
and a Spanish translation, respectively, of the English language State Street
Research Emerging Growth Fund prospectus filed electronically on February 5,
1999 (EDGAR accession number 0000950146-99-000147).
Pursuant to Rule 306 of Regulation S-T, the Registrant represents that the
English language State Street Research Emerging Growth Fund prospectus filed
electronically on February 5, 1999 is a fair and accurate translation of the
Chinese and Spanish versions, respectively, now in use.
If you have any questions with respect to the enclosed or if there is any way in
which we may be of assistance, please do not hesitate to telephone the
undersigned at (617) 357-1371.
STATE STREET RESEARCH
CAPITAL TRUST
By: /s/ Amy L. Simmons
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Amy L. Simmons
Assistant Secretary
cc: John Hunt, Esq.
Geoffrey R.T. Kenyon, Esq.
Evelyn M. Talmo
Goodwin, Procter & Hoar LLP
Darman A. Wing, Esq.
State Street Research & Management Company
