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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
"Rule 24f-2 Notice"
Fidelity Puritan Trust
(Name of Registrant)
File No. 2-11884
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FILE NO. 2-11884
Fidelity Puritan Trust
: Fidelity Balanced Fund
RULE 24F-2 - FILED PURSUANT TO RULE
24f-2(b)(1) OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
(i) Fiscal Year for Which Notice Filed
Fiscal year ended July 31, 1994
(ii) Number of Securities Which Remained Unsold at Beginning of Fiscal Year
Registered Other Than Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
No shares
(iii) Number of Securities Registered During Fiscal Year Other Than Pursuant
to Rule 24f-2
No shares
(iv) Number of Securities Sold During Fiscal Year
298,398,522 shares
For information relating to the calculation of the filing fee,
see Note (1) below.
(v) Number of Securities Sold During Fiscal Year Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
298,398,522 shares
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Number of Shares
Aggregate Price
<S>
<C>
<C>
Sales Pursuant to Rule 24f-2:
298,398,522
$
3,990,024,149
Redemptions:
(162,687,505)
$
(2,148,510,116)
Net Sales Pursuant to Rule 24f-2:
135,711,017
$
1,841,514,033
</TABLE>
Note (1) : Pursuant to Rule 24f-2(c), the filing fee, calculated in the
manner specified in Section 6(b) of the Securities Act
of 1933, amounted to: $635,009.28
Fidelity Puritan Trust
:
Fidelity Balanced Fund
By John H. Costello
Assistant Treasurer
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FILE NO. 2-11884
Fidelity Puritan Trust
: Fidelity Global Balanced Fund
RULE 24F-2 - FILED PURSUANT TO RULE
24f-2(b)(1) OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
(i) Fiscal Year for Which Notice Filed
Fiscal year ended July 31, 1994
(ii) Number of Securities Which Remained Unsold at Beginning of Fiscal Year
Registered Other Than Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
No shares
(iii) Number of Securities Registered During Fiscal Year Other Than Pursuant
to Rule 24f-2
No shares
(iv) Number of Securities Sold During Fiscal Year
54,873,359 shares
For information relating to the calculation of the filing fee,
see Note (1) below.
(v) Number of Securities Sold During Fiscal Year Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
54,873,359 shares
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Number of Shares
Aggregate Price
<S>
<C>
<C>
Sales Pursuant to Rule 24f-2:
54,873,359
$
710,176,957
Redemptions:
(36,649,262)
$
(463,821,613)
Net Sales Pursuant to Rule 24f-2:
18,224,097
$
246,355,344
</TABLE>
Note (1) : Pursuant to Rule 24f-2(c), the filing fee, calculated in the
manner specified in Section 6(b) of the Securities Act
of 1933, amounted to: $84,950.71
Fidelity Puritan Trust
:
Fidelity Global Balanced Fund
By John H. Costello
Assistant Treasurer
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FILE NO. 2-11884
Fidelity Puritan Trust
: Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund
RULE 24F-2 - FILED PURSUANT TO RULE
24f-2(b)(1) OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
(i) Fiscal Year for Which Notice Filed
Fiscal year ended July 31, 1994
(ii) Number of Securities Which Remained Unsold at Beginning of Fiscal Year
Registered Other Than Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
No shares
(iii) Number of Securities Registered During Fiscal Year Other Than Pursuant
to Rule 24f-2
No shares
(iv) Number of Securities Sold During Fiscal Year
32,036,957 shares
For information relating to the calculation of the filing fee,
see Note (1) below.
(v) Number of Securities Sold During Fiscal Year Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
32,036,957 shares
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Number of Shares
Aggregate Price
<S>
<C>
<C>
Sales Pursuant to Rule 24f-2:
32,036,957
$
565,913,394
Redemptions See Note (2) :
(32,036,957)
$
(565,913,394)
Note (2) : The total number of shares redeemed for the total dollar amount of
redemptions for the fiscal period ended July 31, 1994
, aggregated
44,187,600
and $766,243,280
, respectively. An additional filing
pursuant to Rule 24e-2 can be made to register a number of shares
that will include the share redemptions not utilized under Rule 24f-2.
Net Sales Pursuant to Rule 24f-2:
0
$
0
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Note (1) : Pursuant to Rule 24f-2(c), the filing fee, calculated in the
manner specified in Section 6(b) of the Securities Act
of 1933, amounted to: $0
Fidelity Puritan Trust
:
Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund
By John H. Costello
Assistant Treasurer
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FILE NO. 2-11884
Fidelity Puritan Trust
: Fidelity Puritan Fund
RULE 24F-2 - FILED PURSUANT TO RULE
24f-2(b)(1) OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
(i) Fiscal Year for Which Notice Filed
Fiscal year ended July 31, 1994
(ii) Number of Securities Which Remained Unsold at Beginning of Fiscal Year
Registered Other Than Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
12,244,392 shares
(iii) Number of Securities Registered During Fiscal Year Other Than Pursuant
to Rule 24f-2
No shares
(iv) Number of Securities Sold During Fiscal Year
263,411,527 shares
For information relating to the calculation of the filing fee,
see Note (1) below.
(v) Number of Securities Sold During Fiscal Year Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
251,167,135 shares
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Number of Shares
Aggregate Price
<S>
<C>
<C>
Sales Pursuant to Rule 24f-2:
251,167,135
$
4,056,271,340
Redemptions:
(112,565,751)
$
(1,793,648,484)
Net Sales Pursuant to Rule 24f-2:
138,601,384
$
2,262,622,856
</TABLE>
Note (1) : Pursuant to Rule 24f-2(c), the filing fee, calculated in the
manner specified in Section 6(b) of the Securities Act
of 1933, amounted to: $780,220.24
Fidelity Puritan Trust
:
Fidelity Puritan Fund
By John H. Costello
Assistant Treasurer
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Fidelity (logo) Investments.
FMR Corp.
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109-3614
617 570 7000
September 20, 1994
Mr. John Costello, Assistant Treasurer
Fidelity Puritan Trust
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
Dear Mr. Costello:
Fidelity Puritan Trust (the Trust) is a Massachusetts business trust that
was originally organized as a Delaware corporation under the name
Puritan Fund, Inc. on December 12, 1946. On October 15, 1954, it
became a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts by being the surviving corporation in the merger of
Fidelity Puritan Fund Incorporated, a Massachusetts Corporation, with
Fidelity Puritan Fund, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which became
effective by filing the documents in those states. The corporation's
name was changed to Fidelity Puritan Fund on December 8, 1980. On
October 1, 1984, the Massachusetts corporation was reorganized as a
Massachusetts business trust. The Trust's name was changed from
Fidelity Puritan Fund to Fidelity Puritan Trust by a Supplement to the
Declaration of Trust filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts on January 16, 1987. The Declaration of Trust was
amended and restated on September 16, 1994.
I have conducted such legal and factual inquiry as I deem necessary for
the purpose of rendering this opinion.
Under Article III, Section 1 of the Declaration of Trust, the beneficial
interest in the Trust shall be divided into such transferable Shares of
one or more separate and distinct Series as the Trustees shall from time
to time create and establish. The number of Shares is unlimited and
each Share shall be without par value and shall be fully paid and
nonassessable. The Trustees shall have full power and authority, in
their sole discretion and without obtaining any prior authorization or
vote of the Shareholders of the Trust to create and establish (and to
change in any manner) Shares with such preferences, voting powers,
rights and privileges as the Trustees may from time to time determine,
to divide or combine the Shares into a greater or lesser number, to
classify or reclassify any issued Shares into one or more Series of
Shares, to abolish any one or more Series of Shares, and to take such
other action with respect to the Shares as the Trustees may deem
desirable.
Under Article III, Section 4 of the Declaration of Trust, the Trustees
shall accept investments in the Trust from such persons and on such
terms as they may from time to time authorize. Such investments may
be in the form of cash or securities in which the appropriate Series is
authorized to invest, valued as provided in Article X, Section 3. After
the date of the initial contribution of capital, the number of Shares to
represent the initial contribution may in the Trustees' discretion be
considered as outstanding and the amount received by the Trustees on
account of the contribution shall be treated as an asset of the Trust.
Subsequent investments in the Trust shall be credited to each
Shareholder's account in the form of full Shares at the Net Asset Value
per Share next determined after the investment is received; provided,
however, that the Trustees may, in their sole discretion, (a) impose a
sales charge upon investments in the Trust and (b) issue fractional
Shares.
By a vote adopted on December 14, 1984, and amended on February
22, 1985, the Board of Trustees authorized the issue and sale of an
unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust in
accordance with the terms included in the then current Registration
Statement and subject to the limitations of the Declaration of Trust and
any amendments thereto.
I understand from you that, pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Trust has registered an indefinite
number of shares of beneficial interest under the Securities Act of 1933.
I further understand that, pursuant to the provisions of Rule 24f-2, the
Trust is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
Notice making definite the registration of 636,475,973 shares of the
Trust (the Shares) sold in reliance upon Rule 24f-2 during the Trust's
fiscal year ended July 31, 1994.
I am of the opinion that all necessary Trust action precedent to the
issue of the Shares has been duly taken, and that all the Shares were
legally and validly issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable except
as described in the Statements of Additional Information under the
heading "Description of the Trust." In rendering this opinion, I rely on
the representation by the Trust that it or its agent received
consideration for the Shares in accordance with the Trust's Declaration
of Trust, and I express no opinion as to compliance with the Securities
Act of 1933, the Investment Company Act of 1940, or applicable state
"Blue Sky" or securities laws in connection with sales of the Shares.
I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and
Exchange Commission in connection with a Rule 24f-2 Notice which
you are about to file under the 1940 Act with said Commission.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Arthur S. Loring
Arthur S. Loring
Vice President - Legal
