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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM SE Dated August 28, 2000
N-SAR Year ended 6/30/00 811-4624
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Report, Schedule or Statement of Period of Report SEC File No. of Form,
Which the Documents Are a Part (If Appropriate) Schedule or Statement
State Street Research Equity Trust 790941
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(Exact Name of Registrant As Specified In Charter) Registrant CIK Number
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Name of Person Other than the Registrant Filing the Form, Schedule or Statement
The undersigned hereby files the following documents:
Attach an exhibit index and the exhibits not filed electronically as required by
Item 601 of Regulation S-K, the applicable Form, Schedule or Statement.
SIGNATURES: Complete A or B, as Appropriate
See General Instructions to Form SE
A. Filings Made on Behalf of the Registrant: The Registrant has duly caused this
form to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in the City of Boston, State of Massachusetts, on the 28th day of August, 2000.
State Street Research Equity Trust
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(Name of Registrant)
By: /s/ Douglas A. Romich
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(Signature)
Douglas A. Romich
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(Print Name)
Assistant Treasurer
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(Title)
B. Filings Made by Persons Other Than the Registrant: After reasonable inquiry
and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set
forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
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(Date) (Signature)
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(Print the Name and Title of Each Person Who Signs the Form)
SEC 2082 (12-89)
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State Street Research Equity Trust
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(Name of Registrant)
Form SE
Exhibit Index for Form N-SAR
Item 77. B. Accountant's Report on Internal Control
C. Matters submitted to a vote of security holders
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Board of Trustees of
State Street Research Equity Trust
and Shareholders of:
State Street Research Global Resources Fund
State Street Research Athletes Fund
State Street Research Argo Fund
State Street Research Alpha Fund
In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of State
Street Research Global Resources Fund, State Street Research Athletes Fund,
State Street Research Argo Fund and State Street Research Alpha Fund for the
year ended June 30, 2000, we considered their internal control, including
control activities for safeguarding securities, in order to determine our
auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial
statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide
assurance on internal control.
The management of State Street Research Equity Trust is responsible for
establishing and maintaining internal control. In fulfilling this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the
expected benefits and related costs of controls. Generally, controls that are
relevant to an audit pertain to the entity's objective of preparing financial
statements for external purposes that are fairly presented in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles. Those controls include the
safeguarding of assets against unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal control, errors or fraud may occur
and not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation of internal control to
future periods is subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate
because of changes in conditions or that the effectiveness of their design and
operation may deteriorate.
Our consideration of internal control would not necessarily disclose all matters
in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A
material weakness is a condition in which the design or operation of one or more
of the internal control components does not reduce to a relatively low level the
risk that misstatements caused by error or fraud in amounts that would be
material in relation to the financial statements being audited may occur and not
be detected within a timely period by employees in the normal course of
performing their assigned functions. However, we noted no matters involving
internal control and its operation, including controls for safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of
June 30, 2000.
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This report is intended solely for the information and use of the Board of
Trustees, management and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not
intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified
parties.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
August 10, 2000
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ADDITIONAL ANSWERS TO FORM N-SAR
for
STATE STREET RESEARCH EQUITY TRUST
Item 77: Attachments
SUB-ITEM 77C: Submissions of matters to a vote of security holders
See "Report On Special Meeting of Shareholders" in the Report to Shareholders
for the year ended June 30, 2000, for the State Street Research Argo Fund, State
Street Research Alpha Fund, State Street Research Global Resources Fund and
State Street Research Athletes Fund series of the Registrant, which Reports on
Special Meetings of Shareholders are incorporated by reference herein.
