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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 1998
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [_]
Registration No. 333-03715
Pre-Effective Amendment No.
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 8
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
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Registration No. 811-07619
Amendment No. 10
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NUVEEN INVESTMENT TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Declaration of Trust)
333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, 60606
Illinois (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive
Offices)
Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (312) 917-7700
Copies to:
Gifford R. Zimmerman-Vice President and Eric F. Fess, Esq.
Assistant Secretary Chapman and Cutler
333 West Wacker Drive 111 West Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois 60606 Chicago, Illinois 60603
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
[_] immediately upon filing [_] on (date) pursuant to paragraph
pursuant to paragraph (b) (a)(1)
[_] on (date) pursuant [_] 75 days after filing pursuant to
to paragraph (b) paragraph (a)(2)
[X] 60 days after filing pursuant [_] on (date) pursuant to paragraph
to paragraph (a)(1) (a)(2) of Rule 485.
If appropriate, check the following box:
[X] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a
previously filed post-effective amendment.
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CONTENTS
OF
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 8
The Registration Statement comprises the following papers and contents:
The Facing Sheet
Part A-Prospectus for the Nuveen California Balanced Munici-
pal and Stock Fund.
(Incorporated by reference to the Post-Effective Amendment
No. 7 to the Registrant's Form N-1A filed on December 29,
1997.)
Part B-Statement of Additional Information;--Copy of Annual
Reports to Shareholders (the Financial Statements from which
are incorporated by reference into the Statement of Addi-
tional Information)
(Incorporated by reference to the Post-Effective Amendment
No. 7 to the Registrant's Form N-1A filed on December 29,
1997.)
Part C-Other Information
(Incorporated by reference to the Post-Effective Amendment
No. 7 to the Registrant's Form N-1A filed on December 29,
1997.)
Signatures
Index to Exhibits
(Not applicable)
Exhibits
(Not applicable)
The prospectus for Nuveen Growth and Income Stock Fund, Nuveen Balanced Stock
and Bond Fund, and the Nuveen Balanced Municipal and Stock Fund is not affected
by and therefore not included in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 8. This
Post-Effective Amendment is being submitted in order to delay the effectiveness
of Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to the Registrant's Form N-1A which relates
exclusively to the Nuveen Balanced California Municipal and Stock Fund.
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SIGNATURES
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND THE INVESTMENT
COMPANY ACT OF 1940, THE REGISTRANT HAS DULY CAUSED THIS POST-EFFECTIVE AMEND-
MENT NO. 7 TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UN-
DERSIGNED, THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED, IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO, AND STATE OF IL-
LINOIS, ON THE 26TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1998.
NUVEEN INVESTMENT TRUST
/s/ Gifford R. Zimmerman
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Gifford R. Zimmerman, Vice President
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 7 TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BELOW BY THE
FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATE INDICATED.
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ O. Walter Renfftlen
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O. Walter Renfftlen Vice President and February 26, 1998
Controller (Principal
Financial and
Accounting Officer)
Timothy R. Schwertfeger President and Trustee )
Robert H. Lyon Trustee )
Thomas E. Leafstrand Trustee ) By /s/ Gifford R. Zimmerman
James E. Bacon Trustee ) -------------------------
William L. Kissick Trustee ) Gifford R. Zimmerman
Sheila W. Wellington Trustee ) Attorney-in-Fact
Anthony T. Dean Chairman and Trustee ) February 26, 1998
(Principal Executive )
Officer) )
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AN ORIGINAL POWER OF ATTORNEY AUTHORIZING, AMONG OTHERS, LARRY W. MARTIN AND
GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN TO EXECUTE THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT, AND AMENDMENTS
THERETO, FOR EACH OF THE OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF REGISTRANT ON WHOSE BEHALF
THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT IS FILED, HAS BEEN EXECUTED AND FILED WITH THE SE-
CURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.
