EXHIBIT 8(a)(9)
February 8, 1999
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Investment Company
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Re: Reimbursement for Shareholder Search Expenses under Transfer and
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Dividend Disbursing Agency Agreement
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Dear Sirs:
Pursuant to Section 21 of the Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agency Agreement
between ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Investment Company (the "Investment Company") and ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Investment Management Company ("FRIMCo") dated April 1, 1988, as
amended, we hereby request that the Investment Company reimburse FRIMCo for its
reasonable expenses in searching for the Investment Company's lost shareholders,
a described in Rule 17Ad-17 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Please indicate your assent by executing the acceptance copy of this letter
agreement and returning to the undersigned.
Sincerely,
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY
By:____________________________
▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
President
Accepted this _____ day of ________, 1999.
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ INVESTMENT COMPANY
By:____________________________
▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
President
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, the Registrant, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Investment Company certifies
that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration
Statement pursuant to rule 485(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly
caused this Post Effective Amendment No.43 to its Registration Statements to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereto duly authorized, in the City of
Tacoma, and State of Washington, on this _______ day of April, 1999.
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ INVESTMENT COMPANY
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Registrant
By: ______________________________________
▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Trustee and President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities
indicated on April _____, 1999.
Signatures Title
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Trustee and President,
in his capacity as
Chief Executive Officer
________________________
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Treasurer, in his capacity
as Chief Accounting Officer
________________________
▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇*
Trustee
________________________
▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇*
Trustee
_________________________
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, PhD*
Trustee
________________________
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Trustee
________________________
▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇*
Trustee
________________________
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By: ____________________ Assistant Secretary
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* Original Powers of Attorney authorizing the President, the Treasurer, any
Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, and each of
them singly to sign this Amendment on behalf of each member of the Board of
Trustees of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Investment Company which have been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.