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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 24f-2
Annual Notice of Securities Sold
Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
1. Name and address of issuer:
Financial Investors Trust
370 17th Street
Suite 2700
Denver, CO 80202
2. Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:
U.S. Government Money Market Fund
U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund
3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-8194
Securities Act File Number: 33-72424
4. Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed:
April 30, 1997
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:
/ /
6. Date of termination of issuer's declaration under rule 24f-2f(a)(1), if
applicable (see Instruction A.6):
N/A
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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:
None
8. Number and amount of securities registered during the fiscal year other
than pursuant to rule 24f-2:
None
9. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year:
972,133,886 shares $ 974,057,785
10. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year
in reliance upon registration pursuant to rule 24f-2:
972,133,886 shares $ 974,057,785
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):
15,459,197 shares $ 15,723,086
12. Calculation of registration fee:
(i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year in
reliance on rule 24f-2 (from Item 10):
$ 974,057,785
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(ii) Aggregate price of shares issued in connection with dividend
reinvestment plans (from Item 11, if applicable):
15,723,086
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(iii) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased during the
fiscal year (if applicable)
(989,780,871)
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(iv) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased and previously
applied as a reduction to filing fees pursuant to rule 24e-2 (if
applicable):
0
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(v) Net aggregate price of securities sold and issued during the
fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2 [line (i), plus line (ii), less line
(iii), plus line (iv)] (if applicable):
$ 0
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(vi) Multiplier prescribed by Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of
1933 or other applicable law or regulation (see Instruction C.6):
x 1/3300
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(vii) Fee due [line (i) or line (v) multiplied by line (vi)]:
$ 0
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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.)
/ /
Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the Commission's lockbox
depository:
Not applicable
SIGNATURES
This report has been signed below by the following person on behalf of the
issuer and in the capacity and on the date indicated.
/s/ William N. Paston
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Name: William N. Paston
Title: Vice President & Treasurer
Date: June 27, 1997
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[LETTERHEAD]
June 23, 1997
Financial Investors Trust
370 Seventeenth Street
Suite 2700
Denver, Colorado 80202
Dear Sirs:
We refer to the Rule 24f-2 Notice (the "Rule 24f-2 Notice") with
respect to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A relating to the shares of
beneficial interest, par value $.001 per share, of Financial Investors Trust,
a Delaware business trust (the "Trust"). The Post-Effective Amendment
registered an indefinite number of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust
pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
The Rule 24f-2 Notice makes definite the number of shares of beneficial
interest of the Trust sold during the Trust's fiscal year ended April 30,
1997 that were so registered under the Post-Effective Amendment.
We have examined and relied upon copies of the Post-Effective
Amendment and the Rule 24f-2 Notice and have examined and relied upon
originals, or copies certified to our satisfaction, of such corporate records,
documents, certificates and other instruments as in our judgment are
necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinion set forth below.
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Financial Investors Trust
June 23, 1997
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Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the shares of
beneficial interest of the Trust, the registration of which the Rule 24f-2
Notice makes definite in number, were duly authorized, legally issued, fully
paid and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to the use of this opinion in connection with the
filing of the Rule 24f-2 Notice. In giving such consent, we do not thereby
admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required
under section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/Baker & McKenzie
Baker & McKenzie
