FIDELITY CHARLES STREET TRUST

(the "Trust")

SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

June 16, 1999

Pursuant to notice duly given, a Special Meeting of Shareholders of

FIDELITY CHARLES STREET TRUST

SPARTAN SHORT-TERM BOND FUND

(the "Fund")

was held on June 16, 1999 at 9:00 a.m. at the principal office of the Trust, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

Mr. Rich Silver acted as Chairman in the absence of Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d and Ms. Kathleen Miskiewicz, Assistant General Counsel, acting as Secretary Pro Tempore, recorded the minutes. Mr. Gerald McDonough, an Independent Trustee of the Trust, and Mr. Eric Roiter, General Counsel of FMR, were appointed to act as proxy agents for all shareholders who had properly returned their proxy cards.

Mr. Silver noted that the Trust has shareholder voting rights based

on the proportionate value of a shareholder's investment. Accordingly, each shareholder is entitled to one vote for each dollar of net asset value held on the record date for the meeting.

Ms. Miskiewicz reported that proxies representing 50.001% of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund has been received. Mr. Silver announced that a quorum was present and called the meeting of the shareholders of the Fund to order.

Mr. Silver stated that the Secretary had presented him with the

following documents relating to the meeting:

Notice of Meeting dated April 19, 1999

Proxy Statement dated April 19, 1999

Form of Proxy

Affidavit attesting to the mailing of these documents to the record shareholders entitled to vote at this meeting

He indicated that a list of shareholders entitled to vote at this

meeting would be made available for viewing upon request.

Mr. Silver recommended that the reading of the Notice of Meeting be

waived. There was no objection to the recommendation.

Mr. Silver stated that the first and only item of business, as stated

in the Notice of Meeting and described in the accompanying Proxy Statement, was to approve a plan of reorganization between Spartan Short-Term Bond Fund and Fidelity Fixed-Income Trust: Fidelity Short-Term Bond Fund, providing for the transfer of all assets of Spartan Short-Term Bond Fund to Fidelity Short-Term Bond Fund in exchange solely for shares of beneficial interest in Fidelity Short-Term Bond Fund and the assumption by Fidelity Short-Term Bond Fund of Spartan Short-Term Bond Fund's liabilities, followed by the distribution of Fidelity Short-Term Bond Fund shares to shareholders of each class of Spartan Short-Term Bond Fund in liquidation of Spartan Short-Term Bond Fund. Ms. Miskiewicz reported that the proposal to approve the agreement and plan of Reorganization for the Fund, as set forth in the Proxy Statement, received 133,296,010.42 affirmative votes or 90.096% of the votes cast at the meeting. Whereupon, it was

VOTED: That the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization between Spartan Short-Term Bond Fund and Fidelity Short-Term Bond Fund, as set forth in the Proxy Statement dated April 19, 1999, be, and it hereby is, approved.

There being no further business to come before the meeting, upon

motion duly made and seconded, it was

VOTED: To Adjourn.

ADJOURNED.

A TRUE RECORD.

ATTEST:

Kathleen Miskiewicz

Secretary Pro Tempore