EXHIBIT 8(a)(9) February 8, 1999 Frank Russell Investment Company 909 A Street Tacoma, WA 98402 Re: Reimbursement for Shareholder Search Expenses under Transfer and ---------------------------------------------------------------- Dividend Disbursing...Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agency Agreement • April 16th, 1999 • Russell Frank Investment Co
Pursuant to Section 21 of the Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agency Agreement between Frank Russell Investment Company (the "Investment Company") and Frank Russell 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.
