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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT A:
Attachment to item 77C: Submission of matters to a vote of
Security holders.
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EXHIBIT A:
RESULTS OF SHAREHOLDER MEETING (Unaudited)
A special meeting of Shareholders of the Phoenix-Seneca
Funds was held on March 15, 2000 to approve the following
matter:
1. Fix the number of trustees at fifteen and elect such
number as detailed below.
On the record date for this meeting, there were
194,843,181 shares outstanding and 51.45% of the shares
outstanding and entitled to vote were present by proxy.
NUMBER OF VOTES For Withheld
1. Election of Trustees
Robert Chesek 99,560,396 692,791
E. Virgil Conway 99,227,857 1,025,330
William E. Crawford 99,561,639 691,548
Harry Dalzell-Payne 99,561,499 691,688
William N. Georgeson 99,561,639 691,548
Francis E. Jeffries 99,561,639 691,548
Leroy Keith, Jr. 99,562,141 691,046
Philip R. McLoughlin 99,562,141 691,046
Eileen A. Moran 99,562,141 691,046
Everett L. Morris 99,562,141 691,046
James M. Oates 99,562,141 691,046
Richard A. Pavia 99,562,141 691,046
Herbert Roth, Jr. 99,561,639 691,548
Richard E. Segerson 99,561,639 691,548
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. 99,478,303 774,884
