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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-8A
NOTIFICATION OF REGISTRATION FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 8(a)
OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
The undersigned investment company hereby notifies the Securities and
Exchange Commission that it registers under and pursuant to the provisions of
Section 8(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and in connection with such
notification of registration submits the following information:
Name: Nuveen Tax-Deferred Investment Trust
Address of Principal Business Office (No. & Street, City, State Zip Code):
333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606
Telephone Number (including area code): 312-917-7700
Name and address of agent for service of process: Gifford R. Zimmerman,
Vice President and Assistant Secretary, 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois
60606
Copy to: Cathy G. O'Kelly, Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, 222 N.
LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60601
Check Appropriate Box:
Registrant is filing a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 8(b) of
the Investment Company Act of 1940 concurrently with the filing of form N-8A:
Yes [X] No [ ]
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
registrant has caused this notification of registration to be duly signed on its
behalf of the City of Chicago and State of Illinois on the 27th day of January,
1998.
NUVEEN TAX-DEFERRED INVESTMENT TRUST
/s/ Gifford R. Zimmerman
By: _________________________________
Gifford R. Zimmerman
Vice President
ATTEST:
/s/ Karen L. Healy
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Karen L. Healy
Assistant Secretary
