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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB Number: 3235-0456
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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
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019-6114
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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, 1999
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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:
(i) Aggregate sale price of $ 491,042,912
securities sold during the --------------
fiscal year pursuant to section
24(f):
(ii) Aggregate price of securities
redeemed or repurchased during $ 585,691,639
the fiscal year ---------------
(iii) Aggregate price of securities
redeemed or repurchased during
any PRIOR fiscal year ending no $ 0
earlier than October 1, 1995 that --------------
were not previously used to
reduce registration fees payable
to the Commission:
(iv) Total available redemption credits - $ 585,691,639
[add Items 5(ii) and 5(iii)]: --------------
(v) Net sales - if item 5(i) is
greater than Item 5(iv) $ 0
[subtract item 5(iv) from Item --------------
5(i)]:
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(vi) Redemption credits available for
use in future years -- if Item $( 94,648,727)
5(i) is less than Item 5(iv) -------------
[subtract Item 5(iv) from Item
5(i)]:
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(vii) Multiplier for determining
registration fee (See =$ 0.000278
Instruction C.9): -------------
(viii) Registration fee due [multiply =$ 0
Item 5(v) by Item 5(vii)] (enter -------------
"0" if no fee is due):
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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: 0. If there is a number of shares
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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:
0.
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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]:
=$ 0
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9. Date the registration fee and any interest payment was sent to the
Commission's lockbox depository:
Method of Delivery:
|_| 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
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Vice President and Assistant Treasurer
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Date: November 19, 1999
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*Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the signature.
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