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FORM 24F-2
Annual Notice of Securities Sold
Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
1. Name and address of issuer:
Variable Investors Series Trust
2122 York Road, Suite 300
Oak Brook, IL 60523
2. Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:
3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-4969
Securities Act File Number: 33-11182
4(a). Last day of fiscal year for which this Form is filed: 12/31/98
4(b). [_] Check box if this Form is being filed late (i.e., more than 90 days
after the end of the issuer's fiscal year).
4(c). [_] Check box if this is the last time the issuer will be filing this
Form.
5. Calculation of registration fee:
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(i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold during the
fiscal year pursuant to section 24(f): $1,098,814
(ii) Aggregate price of securities redeemed or
repurchased during the fiscal year: $2,524,131
(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 credits [add Items
5(ii) and 5(iii)]: -$2,524,131
(v) Net sales - if Item 5(i) is greater than Item 5(iv)
[subtract Item 5(iv) from Item 5(i)]: $(1,425,317)
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(vi) Redemption credits available for use in future
years - if Item 5(i) is less than Item 5(iv) $1,425,317
[subtract Item 5(iv) from Item 5(i)]:
(vii) Multiplier for determining registration fee
(See Instruction C.9); X.000278
(viii) Registration fee due [multiply Item 5(v) by Item
5(vii)] (enter "0" if no fee is due): = $0
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:
______________. 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
issuer in future fiscal years, then state that number here: ____________.
7. Interest due - if this form is being filed more than 90 days after the
end of the issuer's fiscal year (see instructions D):
+ $0
8. Total of the amount of the registration fee due plus any interest due
[line 5(viii) plus line 7]:
= $0
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)* _______________________________________________
Arnold R. Bergman, Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
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Date: _______________
* Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the signature
