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FORM N-18F-1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Notification of Election Pursuant to Rule 18f-1
under the Investment Company Act of 1940
Hansberger Institutional Series
NOTIFICATION OF ELECTION
The undersigned registered open-end investment company hereby
notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission that it elects
to commit itself to pay in cash all redemptions by a
shareholder of record as provided by Rule 18f-1 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940. It is understood that this
election is irrevocable while such Rule is in effect unless
the Commission by order upon application permits a withdrawal
of this Notification of Election.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements to Rule 18f-1 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has caused this
notification of election to be duly executed on its behalf in
the City of Fort Lauderdale in the State of Florida on the
30th day of September, 1996.
Signature: HANSBERGER INSTITUTIONAL
SERIES
By: /s/ Thomas L. Hansberger
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Thomas L. Hansberger
President
Attest: /s/Kimberley Scott
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Name: Kimberley Scott
Title: Secretary
