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Annual Notice of Securities Sold Pursuant to Rule 24F-2
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.
1. Name and address of issuer:
Financial Investors Trust
370 17th Street, Suite 3100
Denver, CO 80202
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): /X/
3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-8194
Securities Act File Number: 33-72424
4(a) Last day of fiscal year for which this Form is filed:
April 30, 1999
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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)
Note: If the Form is being filed late, interest must be paid on the registration
fee due.
4(c) / / Check box if this is the last time the issuer will be filing this
Form.
5. Calculation of registration fee:
(i) Aggregate sale price of securities
sold during the fiscal year pursuant
to section 24(f): $1,016,492,058
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(ii) Aggregate price of securities
redeemed or repurchased during the
fiscal year: $1,016,492,058
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(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: $ 0
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(iv) Total available redemption credits
[add Items 5(ii) and 5(iii): $1,016,492,058
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(v) Net sales -- if Item 5(i) is greater
than Item 5(iv) [subtract Item 5(iv)
from Item 5(i)]: $ 0
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(vi) Redemption credits available for use
in future years - if Item 5(i) is less
than Item 5(iv) [subtract Item 5(iv)
from Item 5(i)]: $ 0
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(vii) Multiplier for determining registration
fee (See Instruction C.9): .0278%
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(viii) Registration fee due [multiply Item
5(v) by Item 5(vii)] (enter "0" 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: $298,613,350 .
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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: $136,314,730.
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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):
$
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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:
Method of Delivery:
/ / Wire Transfer
/ / Mail or other means
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/ Russell Burk
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Russell Burk, Secretary
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Date 07/21/99
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* Please print the name and title of the signing officer
below the signature.
