Exhibit 8a
[Xxxx Xxxxx logo] Mutual
Funds
0 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx (xxxxxx) Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
000-000-0000 (bullet) 000-000-0000
February 9, 1988
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Legal Department
State Street Bank and Trust Company
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Re: Amendment to Custodian Contract: Xxxx Xxxxx Funds
Dear Xxxxx:
This letter sets forth our agreement concerning changes in certain
provisions of Amendments to Custodian Contracts between State Street Bank and
Trust Company ("Custodian") and, respectively, Xxxx Xxxxx Value Trust, Inc.,
Xxxx Xxxxx Total Return Trust, Inc., Xxxx Xxxxx Special Investment Trust, Inc.,
and Xxxx Xxxxx Income Trust, Inc. (collectively, "Funds"), with reference to the
establishment of a segregated account to hold collateral for each Fund's
obligations to the Custodian relating to a letter of credit. Each of the listed
changes is made to each such Amendment.
Section 4. The last sentence is deleted.
Section 6. The following phrase is inserted in the first sentence after "to the
Company:" "following receipt by the Fund of written notice from the Custodian of
such payment."
Section 7. The word "any" is substituted for the word "the" before "Fund custody
account" in the first sentence, and the following phrase is inserted after "Fund
custody account:" "opened and maintained pursuant to Section 2.4 of the
Custodian Contract." The following phrase is added to the end of the last
sentence: "or to any other account upon receipt of Proper Instructions from the
Fund."
Section 9. The following sentence is inserted after the first sentence: "The
Custodian shall maintain accounts and records for the collateral in the Letter
of Credit Custody Account separate from the accounts and records for any other
assets of the Fund held by the Custodian."
Section 14. The word "Custodian" is substituted for the word "Custody" in the
first line of the first sentence.
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Esq.
February 9, 1988
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Please arrange to have both copies of this letter signed in the place
indicated as to each Fund and return one fully signed copy to me.
ATTEST: XXXX XXXXX VALUE TRUST, INC.
BY: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx BY: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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ATTEST: XXXX XXXXX TOTAL RETURN TRUST, INC.
BY: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx BY: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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ATTEST: XXXX XXXXX SPECIAL INVESTMENT
TRUST, INC.
BY: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx BY: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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ATTEST: XXXX XXXXX INCOME TRUST, INC.
BY: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx BY: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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ATTEST: STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY
BY: /s/ X. Xxxxxxx BY: /s/ X. X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
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