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APPENDIX I 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
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1. Name and address of issuer:
Alps Mutual Fund Service Incorporated
c/o American Stock Exchange
86 Trinity Place
New York, NY 10006
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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): [ ]
Standard & Poor's MIDCAP 400 Depository Receipts
MIDCAP SPDR Trust, Series 1
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3. Investment Company Act File Number:
811-8972
Securities Act File Number:
33-89088
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4(a). Last day of fiscal year for which this Form is filed:
9/30/98
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4(b). [x] 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): $ 337,110,154.16
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(ii) Aggregate price of securities
redeemed or repurchased during
the fiscal year: $ 94,248,350.00
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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: $
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(iv) Total available redemption credits
[add items 5(ii) and 5(iii)]: -$94,348,350.00
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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)): $ 242,761,801.16
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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)): $( )
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(vii) Multiplier for determining
registration fee (See
Instruction C.9): x .000278
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(viii) Registration fee due (multiply
Item 5(v) by Item 5(vii))
(enter "0" if no fee =$ 67,487.78
is due): ------------
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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 as in effect before October 11,
1997, then report the amount of securities (number of shares or
other units) deducted here:______. 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:_____.
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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):
+$ 221.88
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8. Total of the amount of the registration fee due plus any
interest due (line 5(viii) plus line 7):
=$ 67,709.66
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9. Date the registration fee and any interest payment was sent
to the Commission's lockbox depository:
1/25/99
Method of Delivery: Wire Transfer
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SIGNATURES
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) *
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Jarvis J. Joseph, Assistant Treasurer
Date 1/28/99
* Please print the name and title of the signing officer below
the signature.
