0000093751-97-000120 S-8 5 19970925 19970925 BSE NYSE PSE STATE STREET CORP 0000093751 6022 042456637 MA 1231 S-8 33 333-36409 97685689 225 FRANKLIN ST BOSTON MA 02110 6177863000 225 FRANKLIN STREET BOSTON MA 02110 STATE STREET BOSTON FINANCIAL CORP 19780525 S-8 1 000009375197000120-001-seq1-s-8.txt FORM S-8 EX-5.1 2 000009375197000120-002-seq2-ex-5-1.txt OPINION OF ROPES & GRAY EX-15.1 3 000009375197000120-003-seq3-ex-15-1.txt ACKNOWLEDGMENT LETTER OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS EX-23.1 4 000009375197000120-004-seq4-ex-23-1.txt CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS EX-99.1 5 000009375197000120-005-seq5-ex-99-1.txt 1997 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN