APPENDIX I
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.
1. Name and address of issuer:
College Retirement Equities Fund
730 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3206
2. Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:
Stock Account Global Equities Account
Money Market Account Growth Account
Bond Account Equity Index Account
Social Choice Account
3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-4415
Securities Act File Number: 33-480
4. Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed:
December 31, 1996
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):
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:
None
8. Number and amount of securities registered during the fiscal year other
than pursuant to rule 24f-2:
None
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9. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year:
Number of shares: 73,176,135
Aggregate sales price: $5,153,586,498
10. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year
in reliance upon registration pursuant to rule 24f-2:
Number of shares: 73,176,135
Aggregate sales price: $5,153,586,498
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):
None
12. Calculation of registration fee:
(i) Aggregate sale price of securities
sold during the fiscal year in
reliance on rule 24f-2 (from Item 10): $5,153,586,498
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(ii) Aggregate price of shares issued in
connection with dividend reinvestment
plans (from Item 11, if applicable): + -0-
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(iii) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or
repurchased during the fiscal year
(if applicable): -4,027,051,330
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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): 1,126,535,168
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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)]: 341,374.29
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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.
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: February 12, 1997
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.
/S/Richard L. Gibbs
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Richard L. Gibbs
Executive Vice President
Date February 13, 1997
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February 13, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: RULE 24F-2 NOTICE FOR COLLEGE RETIREMENT
EQUITIES FUND (REGISTRATION NO. 33-480)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
It is my opinion that the securities issued in accordance with the
captioned filing and which this Notice makes definite in number were legally
issued and non-assessable. The variable annuity contracts contemplate but do not
require the payment of additional premiums. Therefore, they may not be deemed to
be fully paid.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Charles H. Stamm
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Charles H. Stamm
Executive Vice President
and General Counsel
