[letterhead of
State Street Research & Management Company
One Financial Center
Boston, Massachusetts 02111]
VIA EDGAR
April 20, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
Filing Desk
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: State Street Research Securities Trust
Securities Act of 1933 Registration No. 33-74628
Investment Company Act of 1940 File No. 811-8322
CIK 0000918572
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of State Street Research Securities Trust (the "Registrant") and
pursuant to Rule 497(e) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as the same have been modified by
Regulation S-T, we hereby file a statement to note for the record that a
prospectus for State Street Research Strategic Income Fund, a series of the
Registrant, is in use which is a Spanish language translation of the English
language prospectus dated September 1, 1999. The prospectus was filed
electronically on September 3, 1999 (EDGAR accession number
0000950146-99-001518).
Pursuant to Rule 306 of Regulation S-T, the Registrant represents that the
English language prospectus referenced above is a fair and accurate translation
of the Spanish version now in use.
If you have any questions with respect to the enclosed or if there is any way in
which we may be of assistance, please do not hesitate to telephone the
undersigned at (617) 357-1371.
STATE STREET RESEARCH
SECURITIES TRUST
By: /s/ Amy L. Simmons
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Amy L. Simmons
Assistant Secretary
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cc: John Hunt, Esq.
Geoffrey R.T. Kenyon, Esq.
Evelyn M. Talmo
Goodwin, Procter & Hoar LLP
Darman A. Wing, Esq.
State Street Research & Management Company
