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              As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission

                                on April 5, 2000

                        Securities Act File No. 333-31856

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM N-14

           REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 / /
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      PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. / 2 / Post-Effective Amendment No. /____/
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                                INVESTMENT TRUST
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

                 Two International Place, Boston, MA 02110-4103
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                                  John Millette
                        Scudder Kemper Investments, Inc.
                             Two International Place
                              Boston, MA 02110-4103
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

                                 (617) 295-1000
                  (Registrant's Area Code and Telephone Number)

                                 with copies to:

   Caroline Pearson, Esq.                      Sheldon A. Jones, Esq.
   Scudder Kemper Investments, Inc.            Dechert Price & Rhoads
   Two International Place                     Ten Post Office Square - South
   Boston, MA 02110-4103                       Boston, MA  02109-4603

                  Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:
 As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement is declared effective.


                      Title of Securities Being Registered:
                 Shares of Beneficial Interest ($.01 par value)
                 of Scudder S&P 500 Index Fund, a series of the
                                   Registrant


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No filing fee is required  because the Registrant  has previously  registered an
indefinite  number of its shares under the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,
pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

REGISTRANT  HEREBY AMENDS THIS  REGISTRATION  STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS
MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE  REGISTRANT  SHALL FILE A
FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH  SPECIFICALLY  STATES THAT THIS  REGISTRATION  STATEMENT
SHALL  THEREAFTER  BECOME  EFFECTIVE  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  SECTION  8(a) OF THE
SECURITIES  ACT OF  1933  OR  UNTIL  THE  REGISTRATION  STATEMENT  SHALL  BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION,  ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(a),
MAY DETERMINE.


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Part A: Information required in the Proxy  Statement/Prospectus  is incorporated
by reference to Part A of the Registrant's  Registration  Statement on Form N-14
filed with the Commission on March 6, 2000.

Part B: Statement of Additional Information is incorporated by reference to Part
B of the  Registrant's  Registration  Statement  on Form  N-14  filed  with  the
Commission on March 6, 2000.


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                            PART C. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 15.          INDEMNIFICATION.

                  As  permitted  by Sections  17(h) and 17(i) of the  Investment
                  Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"),  pursuant to
                  Article IV of the Registrant's By-Laws (filed as Exhibit No. 2
                  to the Registration Statement), officers, directors, employees
                  and  representatives  of the Funds may be indemnified  against
                  certain liabilities in connection with the Funds, and pursuant
                  to Section 12 of the Underwriting  Agreement dated May 6, 1998
                  (filed as Exhibit  No.  6(c) to the  Registration  Statement),
                  Scudder  Investor  Services,   Inc.  (formerly  "Scudder  Fund
                  Distributors,   Inc."),   as  principal   underwriter  of  the
                  Registrant,  may be indemnified  against  certain  liabilities
                  that it may incur.  Said Article IV of the By-Laws and Section
                  12 of the  Underwriting  Agreement are hereby  incorporated by
                  reference in their entirety.

                  Insofar as indemnification  for liabilities  arising under the
                  Securities  Act  of  1933,  as  amended  (the  "Act"),  may be
                  permitted to directors,  officers and  controlling  persons of
                  the Registrant and the principal  underwriter  pursuant to the
                  foregoing  provisions or otherwise,  the  Registrant  has been
                  advised  that in the opinion of the  Securities  and  Exchange
                  Commission  such  indemnification  is against public policy as
                  expressed in the Act and is, therefore,  unenforceable. In the
                  event   that  a  claim  for   indemnification   against   such
                  liabilities  (other  than the  payment  by the  Registrant  of
                  expenses  incurred  or  paid  by  a  director,   officer,   or
                  controlling   person  of  the  Registrant  and  the  principal
                  underwriter in connection  with the successful  defense of any
                  action, suit or proceeding) is asserted against the Registrant
                  by  such  director,  officer  or  controlling  person  or  the
                  principal  underwriter  in  connection  with the shares  being
                  registered,  the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
                  counsel the matter has been settled by controlling  precedent,
                  submit to a court of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question
                  whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
                  expressed  in the  Act  and  will  be  governed  by the  final
                  adjudication of such issue.

ITEM 16        EXHIBITS.

               (1)  (a)(1)  Amended  and  Restated  Declaration  of Trust  dated
               November 3, 1987.  (Incorporated  by reference to  Post-Effective
               Amendment No. 78 to the  Registrant's  Registration  Statement on
               Form N-1A, as amended (the "Registration Statement").)

               (a)(2)  Certificate  of Amendment of  Declaration  of Trust dated
               November 13, 1990.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 78 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (a)(3)  Certificate  of Amendment of  Declaration  of Trust dated
               February 12, 1991.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 78 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (a)(4) Certificate of Amendment of Declaration of Trust dated May
               28, 1998.  (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment
               No. 105 to the Registration Statement, as filed on May 28, 1999.)

               (a)(5)  Establishment  and  Designation  of  Series  of Shares of
               Beneficial  Interest,  $0.01 par value,  with  respect to Scudder
               Growth  and  Income  Fund  and  Scudder   Quality   Growth  Fund.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 78 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (a)(6)  Establishment  and  Designation  of  Series  of Shares of
               Beneficial  Interest,  $0.01 par value,  with  respect to Scudder
               Classic Growth Fund.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 76 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (a)(7)  Establishment  and  Designation  of  Series  of Shares of
               Beneficial  Interest,  $0.01 par value,  with  respect to Scudder
               Growth  and Income  Fund,  Scudder  Large  Company  Growth  Fund,
               Scudder  Classic  Growth  Fund,  and  Scudder S&P 500 Index Fund.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 105 to
               the Registration Statement, as filed on May 28, 1999.)

               (a)(8)  Establishment  and  Designation  of  Series  of Shares of
               Beneficial  Interest,  $0.01 par value,  with  respect to Scudder
               Real Estate Investment Fund.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 105 to
               the Registration Statement, as filed on May 28, 1999.)

               (a)(9)  Establishment  and  Designation  of  Series  of Shares of
               Beneficial Interest,  $0.01 par value, with respect to Dividend +
               Growth  Fund.   (Incorporated  by  reference  to   Post-Effective
               Amendment No. 105 to the Registration  Statement, as filed on May
               28, 1999.)

               (a)(10)  Establishment  and  Designation  of  Series of Shares of
               Beneficial Interest, $0.01 par value, with respect to Scudder Tax
               Managed  Growth Fund and Scudder Tax Managed  Small Company Fund.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 105 to
               the Registration Statement, as filed on May 28, 1999.)

               (a)(11)  Establishment  and  Designation  of Classes of Shares of
               Beneficial Interest, $0.01 par value, Kemper A, B & C Shares, and
               Scudder  S  Shares,   with   respect  to  Classic   Growth  Fund.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 94 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (a)(12)  Establishment  and  Designation  of Classes of Shares of
               Beneficial  Interest,  $0.01  par  value,  Class R  Shares,  with
               respect to Scudder Growth and Income Fund.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 105 to
               the Registration Statement, as filed on May 28, 1999.)

               (a)(13)  Establishment  and  Designation  of Classes of Shares of
               Beneficial  Interest,  $0.01  par  value,  Class R  Shares,  with
               respect to Scudder Large Company Growth Fund.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 105 to
               the Registration Statement, as filed on May 28, 1999.)

               (a)(14)  Redesignation of Series,  Scudder Classic Growth Fund to
               Classic Growth Fund. (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective
               Amendment No. 94 to the Registration Statement.)

               (a)(15)  Redesignation of Series,  Scudder Quality Growth Fund to
               Scudder Large Company Growth Fund.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 105 to
               the Registration Statement, as filed on May 28, 1999.)

               (a)(16)  Redesignation of Series,  Scudder Dividend + Growth Fund
               to Scudder Dividend & Growth Fund.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 105 to
               the Registration Statement, as filed on May 28, 1999.)

               (2)  Amendment to By-Laws of the  Registrant  dated  November 12,
               1991.  (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No.
               78 to the Registration Statement.)

               (3) Inapplicable.

               (4)  Agreement  and Plan of  Reorganization  is  incorporated  by
               reference to Exhibit A to Part A of the Registrant's Registration
               Statement  on Form N-14 filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange
               Commission on March 6, 2000.

               (5) Inapplicable.

               (6) (d)(1) Investment Management Agreement between the Registrant
               (on behalf of Scudder  Growth and Income Fund) and Scudder Kemper
               Investments,  Inc.  dated  September  7, 1998.  (Incorporated  by
               reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 100 to the Registration
               Statement.)

               (d)(2) Investment Management Agreement between the Registrant (on
               behalf of Scudder Large Company  Growth Fund) and Scudder  Kemper
               Investments,  Inc.  dated  September  7, 1998.  (Incorporated  by
               reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 100 to the Registration
               Statement.)

               (d)(3) Investment Management Agreement between the Registrant (on
               behalf of Classic  Growth Fund) and Scudder  Kemper  Investments,
               Inc.  dated  September  7, 1998.  (Incorporated  by  reference to
               Post-Effective Amendment No. 100 to the Registration Statement.)

               (d)(4) Investment Management Agreement between the Registrant (on
               behalf of Scudder Real Estate Investment Fund) and Scudder Kemper
               Investments,  Inc.  dated  September  7, 1998.  (Incorporated  by
               reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 100 to the Registration
               Statement.)

               (d)(5) Investment Management Agreement between the Registrant (on
               behalf  of  Scudder  S&P  500  Index  Fund)  and  Scudder  Kemper
               Investments,  Inc.  dated  September  7, 1998.  (Incorporated  by
               reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 100 to the Registration
               Statement.)

               (d)(6) Investment Management Agreement between the Registrant (on
               behalf of Scudder  Dividend  & Growth  Fund) and  Scudder  Kemper
               Investments,  Inc.  dated  September  7, 1998.  (Incorporated  by
               reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 100 to the Registration
               Statement.)

               (d)(7) Investment Management Agreement between the Registrant (on
               behalf of Scudder Tax  Managed  Growth  Fund) and Scudder  Kemper
               Investments,  Inc.  dated  September  7, 1998.  (Incorporated  by
               reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 100 to the Registration
               Statement.)

               (d)(8) Investment Management Agreement between the Registrant (on
               behalf of Scudder Tax  Managed  Small  Company  Fund) and Scudder
               Kemper Investments,  Inc. dated September 7, 1998.  (Incorporated
               by  reference  to   Post-Effective   Amendment  No.  100  to  the
               Registration Statement.)

               (d)(9) Investment  Advisory  Agreement between the Registrant (on
               behalf of Scudder S&P 500 Index Fund) and Bankers  Trust  Company
               dated September 9, 1999.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 109 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (7)  (e)(1)  Underwriting  Agreement  and  Distribution  Services
               Agreement between the Registrant on behalf of Classic Growth Fund
               and  Kemper   Distributors,   Inc.   dated   September  7,  1998.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 100 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (e)(2) Underwriting  Agreement between the Registrant and Scudder
               Investor Services, Inc. dated September 7, 1998. (Incorporated by
               reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 100 to the Registration
               Statement.)

               (e)(3)  Amendment No. 1 dated August 31, 1999 to the Underwriting
               and Distribution  Services  Agreement between the Registrant,  on
               behalf of Classic  Growth  Fund,  and Kemper  Distributors,  Inc.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 109 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (e)(4)  Amendment dated November 2, 1999 to the  Underwriting and
               Distribution Services Agreement between the Registrant, on behalf
               of  Classic   Growth   Fund,   and  Kemper   Distributors,   Inc.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 109 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (8) Inapplicable.

               (9) (g)(1) Custodian  Agreement between the Registrant (on behalf
               of  Scudder  Growth and Income  Fund) and State  Street  Bank and
               Trust  Company  ("State  Street  Bank") dated  December 31, 1984.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 78 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (g)(2)  Amendment dated April 1, 1985 to the Custodian  Agreement
               between the  Registrant and State Street Bank.  (Incorporated  by
               reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 78 to the Registration
               Statement.)

               (g)(3) Amendment dated August 8, 1987 to the Custodian  Agreement
               between the  Registrant and State Street Bank.  (Incorporated  by
               reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 78 to the Registration
               Statement.)

               (g)(4) Amendment dated August 9, 1988 to the Custodian  Agreement
               between the  Registrant and State Street Bank.  (Incorporated  by
               reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 78 to the Registration
               Statement.)

               (g)(5)  Amendment dated July 29, 1991 to the Custodian  Agreement
               between the  Registrant and State Street Bank.  (Incorporated  by
               reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 78 to the Registration
               Statement.)

               (g)(6)   Amendment  dated  February  8,  1999  to  the  Custodian
               Agreement   between  the   Registrant   and  State  Street  Bank.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 109 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (g)(7)  Custodian  fee  schedule  for Scudder S&P 500 Index Fund.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 84 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (g)(8)  Subcustodian  Agreement  with fee schedule  between State
               Street  Bank  and The  Bank of New  York,  London  office,  dated
               December 31, 1978.  (Incorporated by reference to  Post-Effective
               Amendment No. 78 to the Registration Statement.)

               (g)(9)  Subcustodian  Agreement between State Street Bank and The
               Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. dated September 1, 1986. (Incorporated
               by  reference  to   Post-Effective   Amendment   No.  78  to  the
               Registration Statement.)

               (g)(10)  Custodian fee schedule for Scudder  Quality  Growth Fund
               and Scudder Growth and Income Fund.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 72 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (g)(11)  Custodian fee schedule for Scudder  Classic  Growth Fund
               dated   August   1,   1994.   (Incorporated   by   reference   to
               Post-Effective Amendment No. 77 to the Registration Statement.)

               (10)  (m)(1)  12b-1 Plan  between  the  Registrant,  on behalf of
               Scudder Growth and Income Fund (Class R shares) and Scudder Large
               Company  Growth  Fund  (Class R  shares),  and  Scudder  Investor
               Services,  Inc.  (Incorporated  by  reference  to  Post-Effective
               Amendment No. 105 to the Registration  Statement, as filed on May
               28, 1999.)

               (m)(2) Mutual Funds  Multi-Distribution  System Plan,  Rule 18f-3
               Plan.  (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No.
               94 to the Registration Statement.)

               (m)(3)  Plan with  respect  to Scudder  Growth  and  Income  Fund
               pursuant   to  Rule  18f-3.   (Incorporated   by   reference   to
               Post-Effective  Amendment No. 105 to the Registration  Statement,
               as filed on May 28, 1999.)

               (m)(4) Plan with  respect to Scudder  Large  Company  Growth Fund
               pursuant   to  Rule  18f-3.   (Incorporated   by   reference   to
               Post-Effective  Amendment No. 105 to the Registration  Statement,
               as filed on May 28, 1999.)

               (m)(5)  Investment  Trust Plan with  respect  to Scudder  S&P 500
               Index Fund  pursuant to Rule 18f-3 under the  Investment  Company
               Act of 1940 dated March 14, 2000.
               (Incorporated  by reference to  Pre-Effective  Amendment No. 1 to
               the Registrant's  Registration  Statement on Form N-14 filed with
               the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2000.)

               (11)   Opinion  and   Consent  of  Dechert   Price  &  Rhoads  is
               incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  11 to the  Registrant's
               Registration Statement on Form N-14 filed with the Securities and
               Exchange Commission on March 6, 2000.

               (12)  Opinion and Consent of Willkie Farr & Gallagher to be filed
               by post-effective amendment.

               (13)  (h)(1)  Transfer  Agency  and  Service  Agreement  with fee
               schedule  between the Registrant and Scudder Service  Corporation
               dated   October   2,  1989.   (Incorporated   by   reference   to
               Post-Effective Amendment No. 78 to the Registration Statement.)

               (h)(1)(a)   Revised   fee   schedule   dated   October  6,  1995.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 76 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (h)(1)(b)  Form of revised fee  schedule  dated  October 1, 1996.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 78 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (h)(2)  Transfer Agency Fee Schedule  between the Registrant,  on
               behalf of Scudder Classic Growth Fund, and Kemper Service Company
               dated January 1, 1999.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 109 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (h)(3)  Agency  Agreement  between  the  Registrant  on behalf of
               Classic Growth Fund and Kemper Service  Company dated April 1998.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 100 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (h)(4)  Agency  Agreement  between  the  Registrant  on behalf of
               Scudder  Growth and Income Fund Class R shares and Scudder  Large
               Company Growth Fund Class R shares,  and Kemper  Service  Company
               dated May 3, 1999.  (Incorporated by reference to  Post-Effective
               Amendment No. 106 to the Registration Statement.)

               (h)(5)  COMPASS  Service  Agreement and fee schedule  between the
               Registrant  and  Scudder  Trust  Company  dated  January 1, 1990.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 78 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (h)(6) COMPASS and TRAK 2000 Service  Agreement  between  Scudder
               Trust  Company  and  the   Registrant   dated  October  1,  1995.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 74 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (h)(6)(a)  Fee Schedule for Services  Provided  Under Compass and
               TRAK 2000 Service Agreement between Scudder Trust Company and the
               Registrant dated October 1, 1996.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 109 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (h)(7) Fund Accounting Services Agreement between the Registrant,
               on  behalf  of  Scudder  Quality  Growth  Fund and  Scudder  Fund
               Accounting  Corporation dated November 1, 1994.  (Incorporated by
               reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 72 to the Registration
               Statement.)

               (h)(8) Fund Accounting Services Agreement between the Registrant,
               on behalf of  Scudder  Growth and Income  Fund and  Scudder  Fund
               Accounting  Corporation dated October 17, 1994.  (Incorporated by
               reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 73 to the Registration
               Statement.)

               (h)(9) Fund Accounting Services Agreement between the Registrant,
               on behalf of  Scudder  Classic  Growth  Fund,  and  Scudder  Fund
               Accounting Corporation dated September 9, 1996.  (Incorporated by
               reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 99 to the Registration
               Statement.)

               (h)(10)  Amendment  No.  1 dated  August  31,  1999  to the  Fund
               Accounting  Services Agreement between the Registrant,  on behalf
               of Classic Growth Fund, and Scudder Fund Accounting  Corporation.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 109 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (h)(11)   Fund   Accounting   Services   Agreement   between  the
               Registrant,  on behalf of Scudder Tax Managed  Small  Company and
               Scudder Fund Accounting Corporation dated July 30, 1998.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 99 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (h)(12)   Fund   Accounting   Services   Agreement   between  the
               Registrant,  on behalf of Scudder  Tax  Managed  Growth  Fund and
               Scudder Fund Accounting Corporation dated July 30, 1998.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 99 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (h)(13)   Fund   Accounting   Services   Agreement   between  the
               Registrant,  on  behalf of  Scudder  Dividend  & Growth  Fund and
               Scudder Fund Accounting Corporation dated June 1, 1998.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 99 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (h)(14) Scudder  Accounting Fee Schedule  between the Registrant,
               on behalf of Scudder Large Company  Growth Fund - Class R Shares,
               and Scudder Fund Accounting Corporation dated September 14, 1999.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 109 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (h)(15)   Fund   Accounting   Services   Agreement   between  the
               Registrant,  on behalf of Scudder Real Estate Investment Fund and
               Scudder Fund Accounting Corporation dated March 2, 1998.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 99 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (h)(16) Investment  Accounting  Agreement between the Registrant,
               on  behalf  of  Scudder  S&P 500  Index  Fund  and  Scudder  Fund
               Accounting Corporation dated August 28, 1997.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 99 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (h)(17) Shareholder Services Agreement between the Registrant and
               Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. dated June 1, 1990.  (Incorporated  by
               reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 78 to the Registration
               Statement.)

               (h)(18) Service Agreement between Copeland  Associates,  Inc. and
               Scudder Service  Corporation (on behalf of Scudder Quality Growth
               Fund and  Scudder  Growth  and Income  Fund)  dated June 8, 1995.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 74 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (h)(19) Administrative  Services Agreement between the Registrant
               on behalf of Classic Growth Fund, and Kemper Distributors,  Inc.,
               dated April 1998.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 100 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (h)(19)(a)  Amendment  No.  1  to  the  Administrative   Services
               Agreement  between  the  Registrant  on behalf of Classic  Growth
               Fund,  and Kemper  Distributors,  Inc.,  dated  August 31,  1999.
               (Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 109 to
               the Registration Statement.)

               (h)(20) Administrative  Services Agreement between the Registrant
               on behalf of Scudder Growth and Income Fund, and Scudder Investor
               Services,  Inc., dated May 3, 1999. (Incorporated by reference to
               Post-Effective  Amendment No. 105 to the Registration  Statement,
               as filed on May 28, 1999.)

               (h)(21) Administrative  Services Agreement between the Registrant
               on behalf of Scudder  Large  Company  Growth  Fund,  and  Scudder
               Investor  Services,  Inc.,  dated May 3, 1999.  (Incorporated  by
               reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 105 to the Registration
               Statement, as filed on May 28, 1999.)

               (14) Consents of  PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP are incorporated by
               reference  to  Exhibit  14  to  the   Registrant's   Registration
               Statement  on Form N-14 filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange
               Commission on March 6, 2000.

               (15) Inapplicable.

               (16) Powers of Attorney are  incorporated by reference to Exhibit
               16 to the Registrant's  Registration Statement on Form N-14 filed
               with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 6, 2000.

               (17)  Revised  Form  of  Proxy.  (Incorporated  by  reference  to
               Pre-Effective  Amendment No. 1 to the  Registrant's  Registration
               Statement  on Form N-14 filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange
               Commission on March 29, 2000.)

ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.

(1)                  The undersigned  registrant agrees that prior to any public
                     reoffering of the securities  registered through the use of
                     a prospectus which is a part of this registration statement
                     by any  person or party who is deemed to be an  underwriter
                     within the meaning of Rule 145(c) of the Securities Act [17
                     CFR 230.145c],  the reoffering  prospectus will contain the
                     information called for by the applicable  registration form
                     for C-8  350  reofferings  by  persons  who  may be  deemed
                     underwriters,  in addition to the information called for by
                     the other items of the applicable form.

(2)                  The  undersigned  registrant  agrees that every  prospectus
                     that is filed under  paragraph (1) above will be filed as a
                     part of an amendment to the registration statement and will
                     not be used until the amendment is effective,  and that, in
                     determining   any  liability   under  the  1933  Act,  each
                     post-effective  amendment  shall  be  deemed  to  be a  new
                     registration  statement for the securities offered therein,
                     and the  offering of the  securities  at that time shall be
                     deemed to be the initial bona fide offering of them.

(3)                  The   undersigned   registrant   undertakes   to  file,  by
                     post-effective  amendment, an opinion of counsel supporting
                     the tax consequences of the proposed  reorganization within
                     a reasonable time after receipt of such opinion.


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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933 and the
Investment  Company  Act  of  1940,   Investment  Trust  has  duly  caused  this
Pre-Effective  Amendment No. 2 to the Registration  Statement on Form N-14 to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the 4th day of April, 2000.

                                                     INVESTMENT TRUST



                                                     BY:  /S/ LINDA C. COUGHLIN
                                                     Title:    President

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Pre-Effective  Amendment  No. 2 to the  Registration  Statement on Form N-14 has
been signed below by the following  persons in the  capacities  and on the dates
indicated.

                SIGNATURE                   TITLE                      DATE
                ---------                   -----                      ----

/S/ LINDA C. COUGHLIN                President & Trustee           April 4, 2000
- ---------------------
Linda C. Coughlin

/S/ HENRY P. BECTON, JR.*                  Trustee                 April 4, 2000
- -------------------------
Henry P. Becton, Jr.

/S/ DAWN-MARIE DRISCOLL*                   Trustee                 April 4, 2000
- ------------------------
Dawn-Marie Driscoll

/S/ PETER B. FREEMAN*                      Trustee                 April 4, 2000
- ---------------------
Peter B. Freeman

/S/ GEORGE M. LOVEJOY, JR.*                Trustee                 April 4, 2000
- ---------------------------
George M. Lovejoy, Jr.

/S/ WELSEY W. MARPLE, JR.*                 Trustee                 April 4, 2000
- --------------------------
Welsey W. Marple, Jr.

/S/ KATHRYN L. QUIRK*        Trustee, Vice President & Assistant   April 4, 2000
- ---------------------                     Secretary
Kathryn L. Quirk

/S/ JEAN C. TEMPEL*                        Trustee                 April 4, 2000
- -------------------
Jean C. Tempel

/S/ JOHN R. HEBBLE           Treasurer (Principal Financial and    April 4, 2000
- ------------------                   Accounting Officer)
John R. Hebble

*BY:     /S/ SHELDON A. JONES                        April 4, 2000
         --------------------
         Sheldon A. Jones
         Attorney-in-fact

*Executed   pursuant  to  powers  of  attorney   filed  with  the   Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form N-14 as filed with the Commission  electronically
on March 6, 2000.


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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933 and the
Investment  Company Act of 1940, Equity 500 Index Portfolio has duly caused this
Pre-Effective  Amendment  No. 2 to the  Registration  Statement  on Form N-14 of
Investment Trust to be signed on its behalf by the  undersigned,  thereunto duly
authorized,  in the city of  Baltimore  and state of  Maryland on the 4th day of
April, 2000.

                                            EQUITY 500 INDEX PORTFOLIO



                                            BY:  /S/ DANIEL D. HIRSCH
                                                  Daniel O. Hirsch, Secretary

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Pre-Effective  Amendment  No. 2 to the  Registration  Statement  on Form N-14 of
Investment  Trust  has  been  signed  below  by  the  following  persons  in the
capacities  indicated  with  respect to Equity 500 Index  Portfolio  on April 4,
2000.

                SIGNATURE                     TITLE                   DATE
                ---------                     -----                   ----

/S/ DANIEL O. HIRSCH                        Secretary             April 4, 2000
- ---------------------------
Daniel O. Hirsch

/S/ JOHN Y. KEFFER*                       President and           April 4, 2000
- ---------------------------
John Y. Keffer                       Chief Executive Office

/S/ CHARLES A. RIZZO*                 Treasurer (Principal        April 4, 2000
- ---------------------------
Charles A. Rizzo                Financial and Accounting Officer

/S/ CHARLES P. BIGGAR*                       Trustee              April 4, 2000
- ---------------------------
Charles P. Biggar

/S/ S. LELAND DILL*                          Trustee              April 4, 2000
- ---------------------------
S. Leland Dill

/S/ MARTIN J. GRUBER*                        Trustee              April 4, 2000
- ---------------------------
Martin J. Gruber

/S/ RICHARD T. HALE*                         Trustee              April 4, 2000
- ---------------------------
Richard T. Hale

/S/ RICHARD J. HERRING*                      Trustee              April 4, 2000
- ---------------------------
Richard J. Herring

/S/ BRUCE T. LANGTON*                        Trustee              April 4, 2000
- ---------------------------
Bruce T. Langton

/S/ PHILIP SAUNDERS, JR.*                    Trustee              April 4, 2000
- ---------------------------
Philip Saunders, Jr.

/S/ HARRY VAN BENSCHOTEN*                    Trustee              April 4, 2000
- -------------------------
Harry Van Benschoten

*BY /S/ DANIEL O. HIRSCH
    Daniel O. Hirsch, Secretary of Equity
    500 Index Portfolio, As Attorney-in-fact
    pursuant to a Power of Attorney



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