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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 24F-2
ANNUAL NOTICE OF SECURITIES SOLD
PURSUANT TO RULE 24F-2
READ INSTRUCTIONS AT END OF FORM BEFORE PREPARING FORM.
PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE.
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1. Name and address of issuer:
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS TRUST
11 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 1919
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77046-1173
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2. Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:
TREASURY PORTFOLIO - INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
PERSONAL INVESTMENT CLASS
PRIVATE INVESTMENT CLASS
RESOURCE CLASS
CASH MANAGEMENT CLASS
TREASURY TAXADVANTAGE PORTFOLIO - INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
PRIVATE INVESTMENT CLASS
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3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-2729
Securities Act File Number: 2-58287
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4. Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed: 8-31-96
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5. Check box if this notice is being filed more than 180 days after the close
of the issuer's fiscal year for purposes of reporting securities sold
after the close of the fiscal year but before termination of the issuer's
24f-2 declaration:
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6. Date of termination of issuer's declaration under rule 24f-2(a)(1), if
applicable (see Instruction A.6):
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7. Number and amount of securities of the same class or series which had been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933 other than pursuant to rule
24f-2 in a prior fiscal year, but which remained unsold at the beginning
of the fiscal year:
5,282,253,975 $5,282,253,975
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8. Number and amount of securities registered during the fiscal year other
than pursuant to rule 24f-2:
- 0 - - 0 -
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9. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year:
25,609,929,095 $25,609,929,095
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10. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year
in reliance upon registration pursuant to rule 24f-2:
25,109,155,604 $25,109,155,604
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11. Number and aggregate sale price of securities issued during the fiscal
year in connection with dividend reinvestment plans, if applicable (see
Instruction B.7):
- 0 - - 0 -
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12. Calculation of registration fee:
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(i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal
year in reliance on rule 24f-2 (from Item 10): $ 25,109,155,604
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(ii) Aggregate price of shares issued in connection with
dividend reinvestment plan (from Item 11, if applicable): + 0
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(iii) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased during
the fiscal year (if applicable): - 25,109,155,604
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(iv) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased and
previously applied as a reduction to filing fees pursuant to
rule 24e-2 (if applicable): + 0
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(v) Net aggregate price of securities sold and issued during
the fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2 [line (i), plus line
(ii), less line (iii), plus line (iv)] (if applicable): 0
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(vi) Multiplier prescribed by Section 6(b) of the Securities Act
of 1933 or other applicable law or regulation (see
Instruction C.6): x 1/3300
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(vii) Fee due [line (i) or line (v) multiplied by line (vi)]: $ 0
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Instruction: Issuers should complete lines (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v) only if
the form is being filed within 60 days after the close of the
issuer's fiscal year. See Instruction C.3.
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13. Check box if fees are being remitted to the Commission's lockbox
depository as described in section 3a of the Commission's Rules of
Informal and Other Procedures (17 CFR 202.3a).
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Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the Commission's
lockbox depository:
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SIGNATURES
This report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By (Signature and Title)* /s/ DANA R. SUTTON
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Dana R. Sutton, Vice President and Assistant Treasurer
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Date October 28, 1996
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* Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the signature.
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LAW OFFICES BALTIMORE, MD
BALLARD SPAHR ANDREWS & INGERSOLL CAMDEN, NJ
1735 MARKET STREET, 51st FLOOR DENVER, CO
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19103-7599 SALT LAKE CITY, UT
215-665-8500 WASHINGTON, DC
FAX: 215-864-8999
October 23, 1996
Short-Term Investments Trust
11 Greenway Plaza
Suite 1919
Houston, Texas 77046
Re: Rule 24f-2 Notice for Short-Term
Investments Trust - Securities Act
File No. 2-58287
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Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Short-Term Investments Trust (the
"Fund"), a Delaware business trust registered with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end management,
series investment company.
We have been informed that a registration statement on Form N-1A, as
amended (the "Registration Statement") relating to an indefinite number of
shares of beneficial interest in the Fund (the "Shares") has been filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933
(Securities Act File No. 2-58287).
We further understand that, pursuant to the provisions of Rule
24f-2, the Fund is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission a notice
(the "Notice") making definite the registration of such Shares sold in
reliance on Rule 24f-2 for the fiscal year ended August 31, 1996.
Specifically, we have been informed by the Fund that a total of 25,609,929,095
Shares (representing interests in series portfolios existing during all or
part of such fiscal year) were issued from time to time during such fiscal
year under Prospectuses which were included as part of the Registration
Statement. The Fund has requested our opinion in connection with the filing
of such Notice, for inclusion in such filing.
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Short-Term Investments Trust
October 23, 1996
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In connection with our giving of this opinion, we have examined a
copy of the Fund's Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as amended, and
originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of
such other documents as we have deemed necessary or advisable for purposes of
this opinion. As to various questions of fact material to our opinion, we
have relied upon information provided by officers of the Fund.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the
25,609,929,095 Shares issued by the Fund during its fiscal year ended August
31, 1996 were, when issued for payment as described in the Fund's Prospectuses
referred to above, legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable by the Fund.
Both the Delaware Business Trust Act and the Fund's Agreement and
Declaration of Trust, as amended (the "Trust Agreement"), provide that
shareholders of the Fund shall be entitled to the same limitation on personal
liability as is extended under the Delaware General Corporation Law to
stockholders of private corporations for profit. There is a remote
possibility, however, that, under certain circumstances, shareholders of a
Delaware business trust may be held personally liable for that trust's
obligations to the extent that the courts of another state which does not
recognize such limited liability were to apply the laws of such state to a
controversy involving such obligations. The Trust Agreement also provides for
indemnification out of Fund property for all loss and expense of any
shareholder held personally liable for the obligations of the Fund.
Therefore, the risk of any shareholder incurring financial loss beyond his
investment due to shareholder liability is limited to circumstances in which
the Fund itself is unable to meet its obligations and the express disclaimer
of shareholder liabilities is determined not to be effective.
Very truly yours,
/s/ BALLARD SPAHR ANDREWS & INGERSOLL
