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UNITED STATES
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.
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1. Name and address of issuer:
RS Investment Trust (formerly, Robertson Stephens Investment Trust)
555 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
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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): / /
The Contrarian Fund-TM- (Class A & Class C)
The RS Diversified Growth Fund (Class A & Class C)
The RS Emerging Growth Fund (Class A & Class C)
The RS Global Natural Resources Fund (Class A & Class C)
The RS Global Value Fund (Class A & Class C)
The RS Growth & Income Fund (Class A & Class C)
The Information Age Fund-TM- (Class A & Class C)
The RS MicroCap Growth Fund (Class A & Class C)
The RS Partners Fund (Class A & Class C)
The RS Value + Growth Fund (Class A & Class C)
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3. Investment Company Act File Number:
811-5159
Securities Act File Number:
33-16439
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4(a). Last day of fiscal year for which this Form is filed:
12/31/98
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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)
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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 $1,828,778,064.04
the fiscal year pursuant to section 24(f):
(ii) Aggregate price of securities redeemed or
repurchased during the fiscal year: $2,400,004,209.95
(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: $77,407,023.72
(iv) Total available redemption credits [add Items 5(ii) and 5(iii)]: -$2,477,411,233.67
(v) Net sales -- if Item 5(i) is greater than Item 5(iv)
[subtract Item 5(iv) from Item 5(i)]: $________
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(vi) Redemption credits available for use in future years ($648,633,169.63)
-- if Item 5(i) is less than Item 5(iv) [subtract Item
5(iv) from Item 5(i)]:
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(vii) Multiplier for determining registration fee (See
instruction C.9): x.000278
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(viii) Registration fee due [multiply Item 5(v) by Item
5(vii)] (enter "O" if no fee is due): =$0
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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: ________. 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: ________.
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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]:
=$0
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9. Date the registration fee and any interest payment was sent to the Commission's lockbox depository:
N/A
Method of Delivery:
/ / Wire Transfer
/ / Mail or other means
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SIGNATURES
A copy of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the issuer is on file with
the Secretary of State of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and notice is
hereby given that this instrument is executed on behalf of the Trustees of the
issuer as Trustees and not individually and that the obligations of or arising
out of this instrument are not binding upon any of the Trustees, officers, or
shareholders of the issuer individually but are binding only upon the assets and
property of the issuer.
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/Andrew C. Morrison
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Andrew C. Morrison, Treasurer
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Date: March 24, 1999
*Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the signature.
