UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 24F-2
Annual Notice of Securities Sold
Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
Read instruction at end of Form before preparing form.
Please print or type.
1. Name and Address of Issuer: Evergreen Equity Trust
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
2. The name of each series or class of securities for which this form is being
filed (if the form is being filed for all series and classes of securities of
the issuer, check the box but do not list series or classes): [ ]
Evergreen Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class Y
3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-5684
Securities Act File Number: 33-25378
4(a). Last day of fiscal year for which this form is filed: September 30, 1997
4(b). [ ] Check this box if this Form is being filed late (i.e., more than 90
calendar days after the end of the issuer's fiscal year). (See Instruction A.2)
Note: If the Form is being filed late, interest must be paid on the
registration fee due.
4(c). [ ] Check box if this is the last time the issuer will be filing this
form.
5. Calculation of registration fee:
(i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold during the
fiscal year pursuant to section 24(f): $1,949,647,717
(ii) Aggregate price of securities redeemed or
repurchased during the fiscal year: $1,825,979,211
(iii) Aggregate price of securities redeemed
or repurchased during any prior fiscal
year ending no earlier than October 11,
1995 that were not previosuly used to
reduce registration fees payable to
the commission: $ 0
(iv) Total Available redemption credits [add
Items 5(ii) and 5(iii)]: -$1,825,979,211
(v) Net Sales -- if Item 5(i) is greater than
Item 5(iv) [subtract Item 5(iv) from Item
5(i)]: $ 123,668,506
(vi) Redemption credits available for use in
future years -- if Item 5(i) is less than
Item 5(iv) [subtract Item 5(iv) from Item
5(i)]: $ 0
(vii) Multiplier for determining registration
fee (See Instruction C.9): x 1/3300
(viii) Registration fee due [multiply Item
5(v) by Item 5(vii)] (enter ""0"" if no
fee is due): =$ 37,475
6. Prepaid Shares
If the response to Item 5(i) was determined by deduction an amount of
securities that were registered under the Securities Act of 1933
pursuant to rule 24e-2 as in effect before [effective date of rescission
of rule 24e-2], then report the amount of securities (number of shares
or other units) deducted here: 3,695,836. If there is a number of shares
or other units that were registered pursuant to rule 24e-2 remaining
unsold at the end of the fiscal year for which this form is filed that
are available for use by the issuer in future years, then state that
number here: 0.
7. Interest due -- if this Form is being filed more than 90 days after the end
of the issuer's fiscal year (see Instruction D):
+$ 0
8. Total amount of the registration fee due plus any interest due [line 5(viii)
plus line 7]:
=$ 37,475
9. Date the registration fee and any interest payment was sent to the
Commission's lockbox depository:
Method of Delivery:
[X] Wire Transfer
[ ] Mail or other means
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SIGNATURES
This report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: /s/ William J. Tomko
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William J. Tomko
Tresurer*
Date: December 29, 1997
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*Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the
signature.
