497 1 a2062590z497.txt 497 [LETTERHEAD OF STATE STREET RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT COMPANY ONE FINANCIAL CENTER BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02111] VIA EDGAR November 7, 2001 Securities and Exchange Commission Filing Desk Judiciary Plaza 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549 Re: State Street Research Growth Trust Securities Act of 1933 Registration No. 33-55024 Investment Company Act of 1940 File No. 811-985 CIK 0000034918 --------------------------------------------- Ladies and Gentlemen: On behalf of State Street Research Growth 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 is in use which is a foreign language translation of the English language prospectus noted below. The prospectus was filed electronically on September 27, 2001 (EDGAR accession number 0000912057-01-533638).
PROSPECTUS FUND DATED OCTOBER 1, 2001 ---- --------------------- CHINESE SPANISH ------- ------- State Street Research Concentrated International Fund X
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 foreign language 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 GROWTH TRUST By: /s/ AMY L. SIMMONS ----------------------------------- Amy L. Simmons Assistant Secretary cc: Peter T. Fariel, Esq. Geoffrey R.T. Kenyon, Esq. Evelyn M. Talmo Goodwin Procter LLP Darman A. Wing, Esq. State Street Research & Management Company