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<TYPE>EX-99
<SEQUENCE>9
<FILENAME>schedatclassb.txt
<DESCRIPTION>EXHIBIT 99.(M)(III)(B)
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                              HERITAGE SERIES TRUST

                                     CLASS B
                                DISTRIBUTION PLAN

                                     AMENDED
                                   SCHEDULE A


      The maximum  annualized  fee rate of the average daily rate asset pursuant
to  Paragraph  1 of the  Heritage  Series  Trust  Distribution  Plan shall be as
follows:

      SMALL CAP STOCK FUND.........................................1.00%
      VALUE EQUITY FUND............................................1.00%
      GROWTH EQUITY FUND...........................................1.00%
      INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND....................................1.00%
      MID CAP STOCK FUND...........................................1.00%
      AGGRESSIVE GROWTH FUND.......................................1.00%
      TECHNOLOGY FUND..............................................1.00%


Dated: January 2, 1998, as last amended on August 30, 2002


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