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BULL & BEAR U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FUND, INC.
(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
KARPUS MANAGEMENT, INC. d/b/a/ KARPUS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
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December 7, 1998
Dear Fellow Shareholders:
Karpus Investment Management ("KIM"), representing clients owning nearly 16% of
the outstanding shares of the Fund, recently sent you a proxy statement
accompanied by a Blue Proxy Card to give you a chance to increase the value of
your investment in Bull & Bear U.S. Government Securities Fund Inc.("the Fund"),
at the December 18, 1998 annual meeting.
TIME IS RUNNING SHORT. PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO VOTE, SIGN AND RETURN THE "BLUE"
PROXY CARD.
A VOTE FOR PROPOSAL ONE ON THE BLUE CARD IS A VOTE TO "FIRE" BULL & BEAR
INVESTMENT ADVISERS, INC.
HIRING A NEW INVESTMENT ADVISER WHO WILL CONVERT THE FUND FROM CLOSED-END TO
OPEN-END COULD IMMEDIATELY INCREASE THE VALUE OF YOUR SHARES BY APPROXIMATELY
$1.50 PER SHARE (BASED ON THE FUND'S CURRENT DISCOUNT).
The Fund's Management wants you to ignore our efforts to improve the Funds'
performance. And for good reason:
o The Fund converted from an open-end fund to a closed-end fund in October
1996. Now the Fund trades at nearly 10% or $1.50 per share less than had
the Fund not converted.
o The Fund was recently ranked dead last of 118 closed-end government bond
funds for investment returns by "The Wall Street Journal" (July 6, 1998).
o The Fund expends more than 5 times what similar funds spend on operations
(an expense ratio of 5.77% for the year ended June 30, 1998 vs. 1.08% for
the average government bond fund according to "Morningstar", October 31,
1998).
o Bull & Bear Advisers' three open-end mutual funds that invest in stocks
and other investments all performed in the bottom 20% for the 1,3 and 5
year periods ended September 30, 1998. Now the Fund wants to begin
investing up to 35% of our Fund's assets in the stock market without
seeking stockholder approval.
The Fund's Management is trying to force Karpus to sell its shares and go away.
What do you think will happen to the market value of your Fund shares if Karpus
is forced to liquidate its entire position?
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Our message to you as fellow shareholders is simple:
Fire Bull & Bear Investment Advisers as the Fund's investment manager and seek
out a top manager who will open end the Fund, so our shares will be worth 10 %
more.
Who are we? Karpus Investment Management, a leading fixed-income money manager,
represents owners of 119,250 shares' of the Fund, as of the record date. Last
year we narrowly missed electing a complete new Board of Directors of the Fund,
despite the fact that Bull & Bear refused to provide us with a list of
stockholders. We represent 15.9 % of the Fund's shares. The Fund's Directors own
fewer than 1,500 shares, or less than 1/4%.
PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT NOW. VOTE THE BLUE PROXY CARD TODAY AND DISCARD ANY
WHITE CARD SENT TO YOU BY BULL & BEAR. IF YOU VOTED THE WHITE CARD, YOU CAN
CHANGE YOUR VOTE BY VOTING THE BLUE CARD NOW.
VOTE "FOR" KIM'S PROPOSAL, "WITHHOLD AUTHORITY" WITH RESPECT TO MANAGEMENT'S
NOMINEE FOR DIRECTOR, AND VOTE "AGAINST" MANAGEMENT'S PROPOSALS TO RATIFY THE
SELECTION OF AUDITORS AND TO CHANGE THE FUND'S NAME.
PLEASE VOTE THE BLUE PROXY CARD. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WISH TO DISCUSS
ANY ISSUES WHICH MAY BE OF CONCERN TO YOU, WE URGE YOU TO CONTACT KIM. PLEASE
CALL 800-646-4005 ANY TIME BETWEEN 8:30 A.M. AND 5:00 P.M.
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE, AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED BLUE
PROXY CARD IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE IN VOTING YOUR
SHARES, PLEASE CONTACT OUR PROXY SOLICITOR, GEORGESON & CO., INC. AT
800-223-2064.
Sincerely,
George W. Karpus
