WRIGHT MANAGED BLUE CHIP SERIES TRUST
24 Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110
February 24, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: Rule 24f-2 Notice for
Wright Managed Blue Chip Series Trust
1933 Act File No. 33-61314
1940 Act File No. 811-7654
In accordance with the provisions of Rule 24f-2 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, Wright Managed Blue Chip Series Trust, hereby files its
Rule 24f-2 Notice.
This Rule 24f-2 Notice is being filed for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1996 ("Fiscal Year").
No shares of the Trust which have been registered under the Securities
Act of 1933 (other than pursuant to Rule 24f-2) remained unsold at the
beginning of the Fiscal Year.
No shares of the Trust were registered during the Fiscal Year, pursuant
to Rule 24e-2.
220,448 shares of the Trust's series, with an aggregate sales price of
$2,341,852, were sold during the Fiscal Year in reliance upon the
Declaration of the Trust pursuant to Rule 24f-2 which registered an
indefinite amount of securities. Attached to this Rule 24f-2 Notice,
and made part hereof, is an opinion of counsel indicating that the
securities, the registration of which the Notice makes definite in number,
were legally issued, fully paid, and non-assessable by the Trust.
5,306 shares of the Trust's series, with an aggregate sales price of
$50,977, were issued during the Fiscal Year in connection with the Trust's
dividend reinvestment plan.
For the Fiscal Year, the Trust's series sold an aggregate of 225,754
shares, including those issued pursuant to its dividend reinvestment plan,
with an aggregate sales price of $2,392,829.
In accordance with subsection (c) of Rule 24f-2, $110.40 has been wired
per instructions, which represents the registration fee. Such fee is
based on the actual aggregate sale price for which such securities were
sold during the fiscal year, reduced by the actual aggregate redemption
price of the shares redeemed by the Fund during the fiscal year.
Rule 24f-2 Notice for Page 2
Wright Managed Blue Chip Series Trust
1933 Act File No. 33-61314
1940 Act File No. 811-7654
Aggregate Sale Price for Shares
Sold During Fiscal Year Pursuant
to Rule 24f-2 $2,341,852
.
Aggregate Price of Shares Issued
During Fiscal Year In Connection
with Dividend Reinvestment Plans. $ 50,977
Aggregate Price of Shares Sold $2,392,829
Reduced by the Difference Between
(1) Aggregate Redemption Price of
Shares Redeemed During the
Fiscal Year. $2,028,493
and
(2) Aggregate Redemption Price of
Redeemed Shares Previously
Applied by Trust Pursuant to
Rule 24e-2(a) in Filings Made
Pursuant to Section 24(e)(1) of
Investment Company Act of 1940 $ 0
Equals $ 364,336
Any questions regarding the matter should by addressed to Julia Clarke,
Eaton Vance Management, 24 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110.
Sincerely,
Eaton Vance Management
/s/William J. Austin Jr.
William J. Austin Jr.
Assistant Treasurer
Enclosures (Opinion of Counsel)
WRIGHT MANAGED BLUE CHIP SERIES TRUST
24 Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110
OPINION OF COUNSEL
February 24, 1997
Eaton Vance Management
24 Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110
RE: Rule 24f-2 Notice for
Wright Managed Blue Chip Series Trust
1933 Act File No. 33-61314
1940 Act File No. 811-7654
Gentlemen:
By filing of the captioned Notice pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Trust made definite the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of 225,754 shares sold,
including those sold pursuant to its dividend reinvestment plan, in
reliance upon said Rule 24f-2 during the fiscal year ended December 31,
1996.
It is the opinion of the undersigned that such shares were legally issued,
fully paid and nonassessable.
Sincerely,
Eaton Vance Management
Eric G. Woodbury
Vice President
Member of Massachusetts Bar
