NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. ORGANIZATION OF THE TRUST. The Manufacturers Investment Trust (the "Trust") is a no-
load, open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. It
is a series company, which means that it has several portfolios, each with a stated investment
objective which it pursues through separate investment policies. The Trust currently offers
seventy-six separate investment portfolios, seventy-two of which are described here as follows:
the Science & Technology Trust ("Science & Technology"), Pacific Rim Emerging Markets Trust
("Pacific Rim Emerging Markets"), the Health Sciences Trust ("Health Sciences"), the Emerging
Growth Trust ("Emerging Growth"), the Aggressive Growth Trust ("Aggressive Growth"), the
Emerging Small Company Trust ("Emerging Small Company"), the Small Company Blend Trust
("Small Company Blend"), the Dynamic Growth Trust ("Dynamic Growth"), the Mid Cap Stock
Trust ("Mid Cap Stock"), the Natural Resources Trust ("Natural Resources"), the All Cap Growth
Trust ("All Cap Growth"), the Strategic Opportunities Trust ("Strategic Opportunities"), the
Financial Services Trust ("Financial Services"), the International Stock Trust ("International
Stock"), the Overseas Trust ("Overseas"), the International Small Cap Trust ("International Small
Cap"), the International Value Trust ("International Value"), the Quantitative Mid Cap Trust
("Quantitative Mid Cap"), the Mid Cap Core Trust ("Mid Cap Core"), the Global Equity Trust
("Global Equity"), the Strategic Growth Trust ("Strategic Growth"), the Capital Appreciation
Trust ("Capital Appreciation"), the Quantitative All Cap Trust ("Quantitative All Cap"), the All
Cap Core Trust ("All Cap Core"), the Large Cap Growth Trust ("Large Cap Growth"), the
Quantitative Equity Trust ("Quantitative Equity"), the Blue Chip Growth Trust ("Blue Chip
Growth"), the U.S. Large Cap Trust ("U.S. Large Cap", formerly U.S. Large Cap Value"),
Strategic Value Trust ("Strategic Value", formerly "Capital Opportunities"), the Large