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 the following forty eight Portfolios: The Pacific Rim Emerging
Markets Trust ("Pacific Rim Emerging Markets"), the Internet Technologies Trust ("Internet Technologies"), the
Science & Technology Trust ("Science & Technology"), the International Small Cap Trust ("International Small
Cap"), 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 All Cap Growth Trust ("All Cap
Growth", formerly, "Mid Cap Growth"), the Overseas Trust ("Overseas"), the International Stock Trust
("International Stock"), the International Value Trust ("International Value"), the Capital Appreciation Trust
("Capital Appreciation"), the Mid Cap Blend Trust ("Mid Cap Blend"), the Small Company Value Trust ("Small
Company Value"), the Global Equity Trust ("Global Equity"), the Growth Trust ("Growth"), the Large Cap
Growth Trust ("Large Cap Growth"), the Quantitative Equity Trust ("Quantitative Equity"), the Blue Chip Growth
Trust ("Blue Chip Growth"), the Real Estate Securities Trust ("Real Estate Securities"), the Value Trust ("Value"),
the Tactical Allocation Trust ("Tactical Allocation"), the Equity Index Trust ("Equity Index"), the Growth &
Income Trust ("Growth & Income"), the U.S. Large Cap Value Trust ("U.S. Large Cap Value"), the Equity-
Income Trust ("Equity-Income"), the Income & Value Trust ("Income & Value"), the Balanced Trust
("Balanced"), the High Yield Trust ("High Yield"), the Strategic Bond Trust ("Strategic Bond"),