EXHIBIT 8(a)(9)
February 8, 1999
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Investment Company
000 X Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
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 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Investment Company (the "Investment Company") and Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx 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,
XXXXX XXXXXXX INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY
By:____________________________
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
President
Accepted this _____ day of ________, 1999.
XXXXX XXXXXXX INVESTMENT COMPANY
By:____________________________
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
President
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, the Registrant, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx 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.
XXXXX XXXXXXX INVESTMENT COMPANY
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Registrant
By: ______________________________________
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, 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
________________________
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx*
Treasurer, in his capacity
as Chief Accounting Officer
________________________
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx*
Trustee
________________________
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx*
Trustee
_________________________
Xxxx Xxxxx, PhD*
Trustee
________________________
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx*
Trustee
________________________
Xxx X. Xxxxxxxx*
Trustee
________________________
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx*
By: ____________________ Assistant Secretary
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
* 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 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Investment Company which have been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
