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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 24F-2
ANNUAL NOTICE OF SECURITIES SOLD
PURSUANT TO RULE 24f-2
Read instructions at end of Form before preparing Form. Please print or
type.
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1. Name and address of issuer:
Schroder Series Trust, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019
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2. The name of each series or class of securities for which this Form is
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): [ ]
Schroder Large Capitalization Equity Fund (formerly, Schroder Equity
Value Fund)
Schroder Small Capitalization Value Fund
Schroder MidCap Value Fund
Schroder Investment Grade Income Fund
Schroder Short-Term Investment Fund
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3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-7840
Securities Act File Number: 33-65632
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4(a). Last day of fiscal year for which this Form is filed: October 31, 1997
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4(b). [ ] Check 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.
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4(c). [ ] Check box if this is the last time the issuer will be filing
this Form.
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5. Calculation of registration fee:
(i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold during the
fiscal year pursuant to section 24(f): $107,895,259.85
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(ii) Aggregate price of securities redeemed or
repurchased during the fiscal year: $ 79,961,637.41
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(iii) Aggregate price of securities redeemed or repurchased
during any prior fiscal year ending no earlier than
October 11, 1995 that were not previously used to
reduce registration fees payable to the Commission: $ 15,536,516.00
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(iv) Total available redemption credits [add Items 5(ii)
and 5(iii)]: -$ 95,498,153.41
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(v) Net sales -- if Item 5(i) is greater than Item 5(iv)
[subtract Item 5(iv) from Item 5(i)]: $ 12,397,106.44
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(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
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(vii) Multiplier for determining registration fee (See
instruction C.9): x .000295
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(viii) Registration fee due [multiply Item 5(v) by Item
5(vii)] (enter "O" if no fee is due): = $3,657.15
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6. Prepaid Shares
If the response to item 5(i) was determined by deducting an amount of securities that were
registered under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to rule 24e-2 as in effect before
October 11, 1997, then report the amount of securities (number of shares or other units)
deducted here: N/A. 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 fiscal years, then state that number here: N/A.
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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):
N/A
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8. Total of the amount of the registration fee due plus any interest due
[line 5(viii) plus line 7]:
=$3,657.15
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9. Date the registration fee and any interest payment was sent to the
Commission's lockbox depository:
January 26, 1998
Method of Delivery:
[X] Wire Transfer
[ ] Mail or other means
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SIGNATURES
A copy of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Trust is on file with
the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and notice is
hereby given that this instrument is executed on behalf of the Trust by an
officer of the Trust as an officer and not individually and the obligations of
the Trust arising out of this instrument are not binding upon any of the
trustees, officers, or shareholders of the Trust individually but are binding
only upon the assets and property of the Trust.
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 (Signature and Title)* /s/ Fergal Cassidy, Assistant Treasurer
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Fergal Cassidy, Assistant Treasurer
Date January 26, 1998
* Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the signature.
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