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HERITAGE SERIES TRUST - EAGLE INTERNATIONAL EQUITY PORTFOLIO
CLASS A AND CLASS C SHARES
Supplement dated April 12, 1996 to the
Statement of Additional Information dated December 26, 1995
The following section is added immediately prior to the
"Investment Adviser and Administrator; Subadviser" section on page 31:
Five Percent Shareholders
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As of February 29, 1995, the following shareholders owned five
percent or more of the Class A or Class C shares of the Fund, as indicated
below:
Eagle International Equity Portfolio - A Shares
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RJF Diversification EMP/STK/Own Plan... 10.37%
Attn: Karin Gasperin
P.O. Box 12749
St. Petersburg, FL 33733
Thomas A. James TRSTE.................. 19.75%
for Thomas A. James
7977 5th Avenue South
St. Petersburg, FL 33707
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Eagle International Equity Portfolio - C Shares
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David G. Schumacher.................. 5.80% Raymond James & Associates Inc........ 6.02%
11618 Killimore Avenue Cust Saul I. Nitzbert
Northridge, CA 91326 P.O. Box 12749
St. Petersburg, FL 33733
Raymond James & Associates Inc....... 5.80% Peter S. Gordon TRSTE................. 8.88%
FAO Dorothy C. Brimmer for Gordon Fournaris & Mammarella PA
POA Mary Crawford 1220 N. Market St., Ste 700
1238 Valley Hill TRL P.O. Box 1355
Southampton, PA 18966 Wilmington, DE 19899
Gloria Inserillo...................... 5.83% Raymond James & Associates Inc....... 21.74%
Cust Christina M. Inserrilo Cust Irwin Schneider
604 S. Riverside Drive P.O. Box 12749
Melbourne, FL 32903 St. Petersburg, FL 33733
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The following paragraph replaces the text under "Independent
Accountants" on page 37:
Price Waterhouse LLP, 1177 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New
York 10036, are the independent public accountants for the Trust. The
Financial Statements and Financial Highlights of the Fund that appear in
this SAI have been audited by Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., the Trust's former
accountants, and are included herein in reliance upon the report of said
firm of accountants, which is given upon their authority as experts in
accounting and auditing.
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