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FORM 24F-2
ANNUAL NOTICE OF SECURITIES SOLD
PURSUANT TO RULE 24F-2
Read instructions at end of Form before preparing Form.
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1. Name and address of issuer:
PaineWebber America Fund
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
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2. The name of each series or class of securities for which this Form
is filed (if the form is being filed for all series and classes of
securities of the issuer, check the box but do not list series or
classes): /x/
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3. Investment Company Act File Number:
811-3502
Securities Act File Number:
2-78626
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4(a). Last day of fiscal year for which this Form is filed:
August 31, 1998
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4(b). / / Check box if this Form is being filed late (i.e., more than
90 calendar days after the end of the issuer's fiscal year).
(See Instruction A.2)
NOTE: IF THE FORM IS BEING FILED LATE, INTEREST MUST BE PAID ON THE
REGISTRATION FEE DUE.
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4(c). / / Check box if this is the last time the issuer will be filing
this Form.
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5. Calculation of registration fee:
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(i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold $ 572,339,975
during the fiscal year pursuant to section ---------------
24(f):
(ii) Aggregate price of securities redeemed
or repurchased during the fiscal year $ 405,755,914
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(iii) Aggregate price of securities redeemed
or repurchased during any PRIOR fiscal
year ending no earlier than October 1,
1995 that were not previously used to
reduce registration fees payable to the $ 143,307,215
Commission: --------------
(iv) Total available redemption credits [add Items 5(ii) and 5(iii)]: -$ 549,063,129
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(v) Net sales - if item 5(i) is greater than
Item 5(iv)[subtract item 5(iv) from Item $ 23,276,846
5(i)]: --------------
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(vi) Redemption credits available for use in
future years -- if Item 5(i) is less than $( 0)
5(i)]: -----------
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(vii) Multiplier for determining registration
fee (See Instruction C.9): X$ 0.000278
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(viii) Registration fee due [multiply Item 5(v)
(enter "0" if no fee is
due): =$ 6,470.96
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6. Prepaid Shares
If the response to Item 5(i) was determined by deducting an amount of securities that were registered
under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to rule 24e-2 as in effect before October 11, 1997, then
report the amount of securities (number of shares or other units) deducted here: 9,780,720. If there
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is a number of shares or other units that were registered pursuant to rule 24e-2 remaining unsold
at the end of the fiscal year for which this form is filed that are available for use by the
issuer in future fiscal years, then state that number here: NONE.
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7. Interest due - if this Form is being filed more than 90 days after the end of the Issuer's fiscal
year (see Instruction D):
+$ 0
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8. Total of the amount of the registration fee due plus any interest due [line 5(viii) plus line 7]:
=$ 6,470.96
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9. Date the registration fee and any interest payment was sent to the Commission's lockbox depository:
November 24, 1998
Method of Delivery:
|X| Wire Transfer
| | Mail or other means
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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/ John J. Lee
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JOHN J. LEE
VICE PRESIDENT AND ASSISTANT TREASURER
Date: NOVEMBER 24, 1998
*Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the
signature.
