NATIONS FUND TRUST, N-18F1, 1996-09-06

NATIONS FUND TRUST
N-18F1, 1996-09-06

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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549


                                  FORM N-18F-1


                 NOTIFICATION OF ELECTION PURSUANT TO RULE 18f-1
                    UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940.

                               NATIONS FUND TRUST
                            Exact Name of Registrant

                            NOTIFICATION OF ELECTION

     The undersigned  registered open-end investment company hereby notifies the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission  that it elects to commit  itself to pay in
cash all  redemptions by a shareholder of record as provided by Rule 18f-1 under
the  Investment  Company Act of 1940.  It is  understood  that this  election is
irrevocable  while such Rule is in effect  unless the  Commission  by order upon
application permits the withdrawal of this Notification of Election.

                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 18f-1 under the Investment Company Act
of 1940,  the  registrant  has caused this  notification  of election to be duly
executed  on its behalf in the city of Little  Rock and the state of Arkansas on
the 6th day of September, 1996.

                                                 NATIONS FUND TRUST


                                                 By:   /s/ Richard H. Blank, Jr.
                                                       Richard H. Blank, Jr.
                                                       Secretary


Attest:     /s/ Louise P. Newcomb
            Louise P. Newcomb
            Assistant Secretary