EXHIBIT (1)(e)
Amendment No. 6 to First Amended and
Restated Master Trust Agreement
INSTRUMENT OF AMENDMENT
Pursuant to Article IV, Sections 4.1 and 4.2 and Article VII, Section
7.3 of the First Amended and Restated Master Trust Agreement of the State Street
Research Financial Trust (the "Trust") dated June 1, 1993 ("Master Trust
Agreement"), as heretofore amended, the Master Trust Agreement is hereby amended
to change the name of one of the series of shares under such Trust, currently a
Sub-Trust designated as
"State Street Research Strategic Portfolios: Conservative"
to
"State Street Research Strategic Income Plus Fund."
This Amendment shall be effective as of September 1, 1999.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officer or assistant officer of the
Trust hereby adopts the foregoing on behalf of the Trust pursuant to
authorization by the Trustees of the Trust.
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Darman A. Wing
Assistant Secretary
