EXHIBIT (8)(f)
STATE STREET RESEARCH SECURITIES TRUST
One Financial Center
Boston, Massachusetts 02111-2690
Date:
State Street Bank and
Trust Company
225 Franklin Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is to confirm to you that State Street Research Securities
Trust (the "Trust") has created new series of shares to be known as State Street
Research Concentrated Large-Cap Value Fund and State Street Research Tax-Managed
Small-Cap Fund (each referred to herein as the "Fund"), and that pursuant to
paragraph 17 of the Custodian Contract between the Trust and you (the
"Agreement"), the Trust desires to retain you to act as Custodian of the assets
of the Fund as set forth in the Custodian Contract.
Please indicate your acceptance of this responsibility in accordance with
the terms of the Agreement by signing this letter as indicated below.
The term "State Street Research Securities Trust" means and refers to the
Trustees from time to time serving under the Master Trust Agreement dated
January 25, 1994 (the "Master Trust Agreement"), as the same subsequently
thereto has been, or subsequently hereto may be, amended. It is expressly agreed
that the obligations of the Trust hereunder shall not be binding upon any of the
Trustees, shareholders, nominees, officers, assistant officers, agents or
employees of the Trust as individuals or personally, but shall bind only the
trust property of the Trust, as provided in the Master Trust Agreement of the
Trust. The execution and delivery of this Agreement have been authorized by the
Trustees of the Trust and signed by a duly authorized officer or assistant
officer of the Trust, acting as such, and neither such authorization nor such
execution and delivery shall be deemed to have been made individually or to
impose any personal liability, but shall bind only the trust property of the
trust as provided in its Master Trust Agreement. The
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Master Trust Agreement of the Trust provides, and it is expressly agreed, that
each Fund of the Trust shall be solely and exclusively responsible for the
payment of its debts, liabilities and obligations, and that no other fund shall
be responsible for the same.
STATE STREET RESEARCH
SECURITIES TRUST
By: __________________________
Accepted and Agreed To:
STATE STREET BANK AND
TRUST COMPANY
By: ___________________
