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EXHIBIT 23(d)(8)
[Kent Funds Letterhead]
, 2000
Joseph T. Keating
President
Lyon Street Asset Management Company
111 Lyon Street, NW
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503
Re: Investment Advisory Agreement
Dear Mr. Keating:
The Kent Funds ("Fund") hereby requests, pursuant to paragraph 1(b) of the First
Amendment to Investment Advisory Agreement dated May 2, 1991 ("Agreement")
between the Fund and Old Kent Bank and Trust Company (whose obligations have
been assumed by Lyon Street Asset Management Company), that Lyon Street Asset
Management Company perform for the following additional portfolios of the Fund
the services described in the Agreement. The compensation to be paid by each
portfolio of the Fund to Lyon Street Asset Management Company for its service is
as set forth below:
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Compensation - Annual Fee
As a Percentage of Average
Portfolio Daily Net Assets
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Kent Science and Technology Fund 0.70%
Kent Canterbury Fund 0.70%
Kent Cascade Fund 0.70%
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Lyon Street Asset Management Company
______________, 2000
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Please acknowledge your consent to the above by signing and returning this
letter to the Fund.
Sincerely,
THE KENT FUNDS
By:
James F. Duca
President
Agreed to and accepted:
LYON STREET ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY
By:
Name: Joseph T. Keating
Title: President
Date:
