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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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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 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, 1995
(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
110,702,515 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
110,702,515 shares
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Number of Shares
Aggregate Price
<S>
<C>
<C>
Sales Pursuant to Rule 24f-2:
110,702,515
$
1,416,410,975
Redemptions See Note (2) :
(110,702,515)
$
(1,416,410,975)
Note (2) : The total number of shares redeemed for the total dollar amount of
redemptions for the fiscal period ended July 31, 1995
, aggregated
162,997,678
and $2,088,073,332
, 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 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, 1995
(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
4,870,593 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
4,870,593 shares
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Number of Shares
Aggregate Price
<S>
<C>
<C>
Sales Pursuant to Rule 24f-2:
4,870,593
$
57,907,802
Redemptions See Note (2) :
(4,870,593)
$
(57,907,802)
Note (2) : The total number of shares redeemed for the total dollar amount of
redemptions for the fiscal period ended July 31, 1995
, aggregated
18,989,120
and $223,542,247
, 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 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, 1995
(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
12,168,467 shares
(iv) Number of Securities Sold During Fiscal Year
50,656,835 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
38,488,368 shares
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Number of Shares
Aggregate Price
<S>
<C>
<C>
Sales Pursuant to Rule 24f-2:
38,488,368
$
665,062,698
Redemptions:
(37,029,527)
$
(627,283,146)
Net Sales Pursuant to Rule 24f-2:
1,458,841
$
37,779,552
</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: $13,027.43
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, 1995
(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
253,871,389 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
253,871,389 shares
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Number of Shares
Aggregate Price
<S>
<C>
<C>
Sales Pursuant to Rule 24f-2:
253,871,389
$
3,938,809,321
Redemptions:
(129,844,821)
$
(2,020,911,910)
Net Sales Pursuant to Rule 24f-2:
124,026,568
$
1,917,897,411
</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: $661,343.93
Fidelity Puritan Trust
:
Fidelity Puritan Fund
By John H. Costello
Assistant Treasurer
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FMR Corp.
82 Devonshire Street
Boston MA 02109-3614
617 563 7000
September 20, 1995
Mr. John Costello, Assistant Treasurer
Fidelity Puritan Trust (the trust):
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, Massachusetts 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 November 18, 1980. On October 1, 1984,
the Massachusetts corporation was reorganized as a Massachusetts
business trust. Supplements to the Declaration of Trust, executed
on January 14, 1985 and December 17, 1985 were filed with the
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on February 1,
1985, and December 17, 1986, respectively. The Trust's name was
changed from Fidelity Puritan Fund to Fidelity Puritan Trust by a
Supplement to the Declaration of Trust and filed with the Secretary
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on January 16, 1987.
Additional Supplements dated January 4, 1988 and July 19, 1989
were filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts on January 25, 1988 and August 4, 1989,
respectively. The Declaration of Trust was amended and restated
on September 16, 1994 and filed with the Secretary of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts on October 26, 1994.
I have conducted such legal and factual inquiry as I have deemed
necessary for the purpose of rendering this opinion.
Capitalized terms used herein, and not otherwise herein defined, are
used as defined in the Declaration of Trust.
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 non assessable. 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, 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 of the trust 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, from time to time, of an unlimited number of shares of
beneficial interest of the trust in accordance with the terms included
in the 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 amount 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 intends to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission a Notice making definite the
registration of 407,932,865 shares of the trust (the "Shares") sold in
reliance upon Rule 24f-2 during the fiscal year ended July 31,
1995.
I am of the opinion that all necessary trust action precedent to the
issue of Shares has been duly taken, and that all the Shares were
legally and validly issued, and are fully paid and non assessable,
except as described in the fund's Statement of Additional
Information under the heading "Shareholder and Trustee Liability."
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 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.
Sincerely,
/s/Arthur S. Loring
Arthur S. Loring
Vice President - Legal
