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UNITED STATES SECURITIES ------------------------------
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB APPROVAL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ------------------------------
OMB Number: 3235-0456
FORM 24F-2 Expires: August 31, 2000
ANNUAL NOTICE OF SECURITIES SOLD Estimated average burden
PURSUANT TO RULE 24f-2 hours per response........ 1
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READ INSTRUCTIONS AT END OF FORM BEFORE PREPARING FORM.
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1. Name and address of issuer: Standish, Ayer & Wood Investment Trust
One Financial Center
Boston, MA 02111
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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): / /
Standish Fixed Income Fund,Standish International Fixed Income Fund,
Standish Short-Term Asset Reserve Fund, Standish Global Fixed Income
Fund,Standish Securitized Fund,Standish Controlled Maturity Fund,
Standish Fixed Income II, Standish Global Fixed Income Asset Fund,
Standish Fixed Income Asset Fund, and Standish Diversified Income Fund
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3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-4813
Securities Act File Number: 33-8214
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4(a). Last day of fiscal year for which this Form is filed: December 31, 1997
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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 securities sold during $2,043,142,225
the fiscal year pursuant to section 24(f): -------------------
(ii) Aggregate price of securities redeemed or $816,730,627
repurchased during the fiscal year: -------------------
(iii) Aggregate price of securities redeemed or repurchased during any PRIOR
fiscal year ending no earlier than October 11, 1995 that were not
previously used to reduce $ -- registration fees payable to the
Commission: $0
(iv) Total available redemption - $816,730,627
credits [add Items 5(ii) and 5(iii)]: -------------------
(v) Net sales -- if Item 5(i) is greater than $1,226,411,598
Item 5(iv) [subtract Item 5(iv) from Item 5(i)]: -------------------
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(vi) Redemption credits available for use in future
years -- if Item 5(i) is less than Item 5(iv) $ (0)
[subtract Item 5(iv) from Item 5(i)]: -------------------
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(vii) Multiplier for determining registration fee x$.000295
(See Instruction C.9): -------------------
(viii) Registration fee due [multiply Item 5(v) by =$361,791.42
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 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]:
= $361,791.42
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9. Date the registration fee and any interest payment was sent to the
Commission's lockbox depository:
Method of Delivery: March 13,1998
/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/ Paul G. Martins
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Paul G. Martins, Treasurer
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Date March 13,1998
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*Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the signature.
