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<ACCUMULATED-NII-PRIOR> 0
<ACCUMULATED-GAINS-PRIOR> (202,355)
<OVERDISTRIB-NII-PRIOR> 0
<OVERDIST-NET-GAINS-PRIOR> 0
<GROSS-ADVISORY-FEES> 382,703
<INTEREST-EXPENSE> 0
<GROSS-EXPENSE> 182,588
<AVERAGE-NET-ASSETS> 7,607,832
<PER-SHARE-NAV-BEGIN> 15.33
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<NUMBER> 063
<NAME> CLASS C
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<PERIOD-TYPE> 12-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END> OCT-31-1999
<PERIOD-START> NOV-01-1998
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<INVESTMENTS-AT-COST> 47,365,421
<INVESTMENTS-AT-VALUE> 52,075,335
<RECEIVABLES> 1,777,268
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PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Suite 2800
400 North Ashley Street
Tampa, FL 33602-4319
Telephone (813) 223-7577
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees
of Heritage Series Trust
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of the Heritage
Series Trust (the "Trust") for the year ended October 31, 1999, we considered
its 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 the 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
control. 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 the 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 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, including
controls for safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses
as defined above as of October 31, 1999.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of and the Board of
Trustees, management and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
December 15, 1999
For period ending 10-31-99
File Number 811-4338
77.C. Matters submitted to a vote of securities holders.
The following matter was submitted to a vote of securities holders
at a special meeting of shareholders of Heritage Series Trust - Value Equity
Fund (the "Fund") held on May 14, 1999:
(1) Approval of the Subadvisory Agreement between Heritage Asset
Management, Inc. ("Heritage") and Osprey Partners Investment
Management, LLC ("Osprey"): 686,084 shares were voted in favor of,
22,224 shares were voted against, and 76,483 shares abstained from
voting on the motion to approve the Subadvisory Agreement between
Heritage and Osprey.
(2) Approval of the Proposal to permit Heritage to hire subadvisors or
modify subadvisory agreements without shareholder approval
("Proposal"): 640,290 shares were voted in favor of, 61,124 shares were
voted against, and 83,377 shares abstained from voting on the motion to
approve the Proposal.
EXHIBIT 77.O
Transactions effected pursuant to Rule 10F3
HERITAGE SERIES TRUST - AGGRESSIVE GROWTH FUND
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DATE OF DATE OFFERING PURCHASE SECURITIES AMOUNT
SECURITY: PURCHASE: COMMENCED: PRICE: COMMISSION: ACQUIRED FROM: PURCHASED: TOTAL OFFERING:
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1. Copper May 13, 1999 May 13, 1999 21.00 $0.88 Morgan Stanley $31,500 $84,000,000
Mountain
Networks
2. DLJ Direct May 25, 1999 May 25, 1999 20.00 $0.81 Donaldson Lufkin $30,000 $320,000,000
& Jenrette
3. ZipLink May 26, 1999 May 26, 1999 14.00 $0.58 Jeffries $420,000 $49,000,000
4. Applied April 30, 1999 April 30, 1999 16.00 $0.68 Bear Stearns $20,000 $72,000,000
Theory Corp
5. Goldman May 04, 1999 May 04, 1999 53.00 $1.35 Goldman Sachs $26,500 $193,821,000
Sachs Group
</TABLE>
HERITAGE SERIES TRUST - SMALL CAP STOCK FUND
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DATE OF DATE OFFERING PURCHASE SECURITIES AMOUNT
SECURITY: PURCHASE: COMMENCED: PRICE: COMMISSION: ACQUIRED FROM: PURCHASED: TOTAL OFFERING:
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1. ZipLink May 26, 1999 May 26, 1999 14.00 $0.58 Jeffries $420,000 $49,000,000
</TABLE>
HERITAGE SERIES TRUST - GROWTH EQUITY FUND
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DATE OF DATE OFFERING PURCHASE SECURITIES AMOUNT
SECURITY: PURCHASE: COMMENCED: PRICE: COMMISSION: ACQUIRED FROM: PURCHASED: TOTAL OFFERING:
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1. Goldman Sachs May 04, 1999 May 04, 1999 53.00 51.35 Goldman Sachs $79,500 $193,821,000
Group
2. DLJ Direct May 25, 1999 May 25, 1999 20.00 50.81 Donaldson Lufkin $50,000 $320,000,000
& Jenrette
3. Copper May 13, 1999 May 13, 1999 21.00 50.88 Morgan Stanley $63,000 $84,000,000
Mountain
Networks
</TABLE>
