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APPENDIX I. U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 24F-2
ANNUAL NOTICE OF SECURITIES SOLD
PURSUANT TO RULE 24f-2
READ INSTRUCTIONS AS AND OF FORM BEFORE PREPARING FORM.
PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE.
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1. Name and address of issuer:
Weitz Series Fund, Inc.
1125 South 103rd Street, Suite 600
Omaha, Nebraska, 68124
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2. Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:
Value Portfolio
Fixed Income Portfolio
Government Money Market Portfolio
Hickory Portfolio
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3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-5661
Securities Act File Number: 33-24263
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4. Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed: March 31, 1996
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5. Check box if this notice is being filed more than 180 days after the close
of the issuer's fiscal year for purposes of reporting securities sold
after the close of the fiscal year but before termination of the issuer's
24f-2 declaration:
NA / /
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6. Date of termination of issuer's declaration under rule 24f-2(a)(1), if
applicable (see instruction A.6):
NA
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7. Number and amount of securities of the same class or series which had been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933 other than pursuant to rule
24f-2 in a prior fiscal year, but which remained unsold at the beginning
of the fiscal year:
NA
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8. Number and amount of securities registered during the fiscal year other
than pursuant to rule 24f-2:
NA
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9. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal
year:
17,891,420,.912 Shares $126,939,325.01
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10. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal
year in reliance upon registration pursuant to rule 24f-2.
17,891,420.912 Shares $126,939,325.01
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11. Number and aggregate sale price of securities issued during the fiscal
year in connection with dividend reinvestment plans, if applicable (see
instruction B.7):
NA (Included in Number 9)
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12. Calculation of registration fee:
(i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold during $126,939,325.01
the fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2 ___________________
(from Item 10):
(ii) Aggregate price of shares issued in connection + -----
with dividend reinvestment plans (from Item 11, ___________________
if applicable):
(iii) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased - 40,346,367.19
during the fiscal year (if applicable): ___________________
(iv) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased + -----
and previously applied as a reduction to filing ___________________
fees pursuant to rule 24e-2 (if applicable):
(v) Net aggregate price of securities sold and issued 86,592,957.82
during the fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2 ___________________
line (i), plus line (ii), less line (iii), plus
line (iv) (if applicable):
(vi) Multiplier prescribed by Section 8(b) of the x 1/2900
Securities Act of 1933 or other applicable law or ___________________
regulation (see instruction C.8):
(vii) Fee due (line (i) or line (v) multiplied by 29,859.64
line (vi)): ___________________
INSTRUCTION: ISSUERS SHOULD COMPLETE LINES (ii), (iii), (iv), AND (v) ONLY IF
THE FORM IS BEING FILED WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE
ISSUER'S FISCAL YEAR. See Instruction C.3.
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13. Check box if fees are being remitted to the Commission's lockbox
depository as described in section 3a of the Commission's Rules of
informal and Other Procedures (17 CFR 202.3a).
/X/
Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the Commission's
lockbox depository:
May 15, 1996
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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/ Wallace R. Weitz
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President
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Date May 17, 1996
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*Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the signature.
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Cline, Williams, Wright, Johnson & Oldfather
1900 First Bank Building
Lincoln, NE 68508
(402) 474-6900
May 15, 1996
Wallace R. Weitz and Company
One Pacific Place, Ste. 600
1125 S. 103rd
Omaha, NE 68124
RE: REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO RULE 24F-2
WEITZ SERIES FUND, INC.
1993 ACT REG. NO. 33-24263
1940 ACT REG. NO. 811-5661
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Our opinion has been requested in connection with the registration of
shares of Weitz Series Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"), pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940. We have conducted such legal and factual
inquiries as we have deemed necessary under the circumstances. Based upon such
inquiries, all shares sold by the Fund during the fiscal year ended March 31,
1996 were legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We consent to the filing of this opinion in connection with the Notice to
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24f-2.
Very truly yours,
/s/ JOHN C. MILES
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JOHN C. MILES
For the Firm
JCM/rp
