MANAGED SERIES TRUST
Federated Investors
Federated Investors Tower
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779
(412) 288-1900
February 3, 1997
EDGAR Operations Branch
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
450 Fifth Street, Northwest
Washington, DC 20549
RE: MANAGED SERIES TRUST (``Trust'')
1933 Act File No. 33-51247
1940 Act File No. 811-7129
Dear Sir or Madam:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, the above-named
Trust hereby certifies that the definitive forms of prospectuses and statement
of additional information of Federated Managed Aggressive Growth Fund, Federated
Managed Growth Fund, Federated Managed Growth and Income Fund, and Federated
Managed Income Fund, portfolios of the above-referenced Trust, dated January 31,
1997, that would have been filed under Rule 497(c), do not differ from the forms
of prospectuses and statement of additional information contained in the most
recent registration statement for the Trust. This registration statement was
submitted for filing under Rule 485(b) as Post-effective amendment No. 6 on
January 29, 1997, and accepted as filed on January 30, 1997.
If you have any questions regarding this certification, please
call me at (412) 288-8116.
Very truly yours,
/s/ J. Crilley Kelly
J. Crilley Kelly
Assistant Secretary
