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SIGNATURE EUGENE S. STARK
TITLE TREASURER
For the period ending (a) March 31, 1996
File Number (c) 811-3084
SUB-ITEM 77O
Transactions Effected Pursuant to Rule 10f-3
1. Name of Issuer:
Continental Circuits (Common Stock)
2. Date of Purchase:
10/2/95
3. Dollar Amount of Purchase:
$616,000
4. Price Per Unit:
$13.75
5. Number of Securities Purchased:
44,800
6. Name(s) of Underwriter(s)
or Dealer(s) from whom Purchased:
A.G. Edwards & Sons
7. Other Underwriters in Syndicate:
The Chicago Corporation
For the period ending (a) March 31, 1996
File Number (c) 811-3084
SUB-ITEM 77O
Transactions Effected Pursuant to Rule 10f-3
1. Name of Issuer:
Allmerica Financial Group (Common Stock)
2. Date of Purchase:
10/10/95
3. Dollar Amount of Purchase:
$1,638,000
4. Price Per Unit:
$21.00
5. Number of Securities Purchased:
78,000
6. Name(s) of Underwriter(s)
or Dealer(s) from whom Purchased:
Merrill Lynch
7. Other Underwriters in Syndicate:
CS First Boston Corporation
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Salomon Brothers Inc.
Bear, Sterns & Co. Inc.
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.
Dillon, Read & Co. Inc.
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
Fox-Pitt, Kelton Inc.
Invemed Associates, Inc.
Lazard Freres & Co. LLC
Lehman Brothers Inc.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.
PaineWebber Incorporated
Prudential Securities Incorporated
Schroder Wertheim & Co. Incorporated
Smith Barney Inc.
Wasserstein Perella Securities, Inc.
Janney Montgomery Scott Inc.
Paulsen, Dowling Securities, LLC
Advest, Inc.
Allen & Company Incorporated
Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc.
William Blair & Company
The Chicago Corporation
Conning & Company
Cowen & Company
Crowell, Weedon & Co.
Dain Bosworth Incorporated
Dominick & Dominick, Incorporated
EVEREN Securities, Inc.
Fahnestock & Co. Inc.
First Albany Corporation
First Manhattan Co.
First of Michigan Corporation
Furman Selz Incorporated
Hoefer & Arnett Incorporated
Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co. Inc.
WR Lazard, Laidlaw & Luther
Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated
McDonald & Company Securities, Inc.
Mesirow Financial, Inc.
Moors & Cabot, Inc.
Needham & Company, Inc.
Northington Capital Markets, Inc.
Paulson Investment Company, Inc.
Pennsylvania Merchant Group Ltd.
Ragen MacKenzie Incorporated
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
The Robinson-Humphrey Company, Inc.
Robotti & Eng, Incorporated
Tucker Anthony Incorporated
Utendahl Capital Partners, L.P.
H.C. Wainwright & Co., Inc.
Wheat, First Securities, Inc.
For the period ending (a) March 31, 1996
File Number (c) 811-3084
SUB-ITEM 77O
Transactions Effected Pursuant to Rule 10f-3
1. Name of Issuer:
USA Waste (Common Stock)
2. Date of Purchase:
10/3/95
3. Dollar Amount of Purchase:
$561,275
4. Price Per Unit:
$19.63
5. Number of Securities Purchased:
28,592
6. Name(s) of Underwriter(s)
or Dealer(s) from whom Purchased:
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
7. Other Underwriters in Syndicate:
Deutsche Morgan Grenfell/ C.J. Lawrence
Smith Barney, Inc.
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
Alex Brown & Sons Corporation
Arnold and S. Bleichroeder, Inc.
Bear, Stearns & Co, Inc.
CS First Boston Corporation
Dillon, Read & Co. Inc.
Fahnestock & Co. Inc.
First Analysis Securities
First Southwest Company
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Hoak Securities Corporation
Interstate/Johnson Lane Corporation
J.P. Morgan Securities
Janney Montgomery Scott Inc.
Legg Mason Wood Walker
McDonald & Company
Merrill Lynch
Morgan Stanley & Co.
Ohio Company
PaineWebber Incorporated
Parker/Hunter Incorporated
Pennsylvania Merchant Group Ltd
Principal Financial Securities
Prudential Securities Incorporated
Ragen MacKenzie Incorporated
Rauscher Pierce Refsnes, Inc.
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
Robert W. Baird & Co.
Robertson, Stephens & Company
Roney & Co.
Sanders Morris Mundy
Southwest Securities, Inc.
Stephens Inc.
Tucker Anthony Incorporated
Van Kasper & Company
William K. Woodruff & Company
For the period ending (a) March 31, 1996
File Number (c) 811-3084
SUB-ITEM 77O
Transactions Effected Pursuant to Rule 10f-3
1. Name of Issuer:
Capital Re (Common)
2. Date of Purchase:
2/6/96
3. Dollar Amount of Purchase:
$1,488,000
4. Price Per Unit:
$32.00
5. Number of Securities Purchased:
46,500
6. Name(s) of Underwriter(s)
or Dealer(s) from whom Purchased:
Goldman Sachs
7. Other Underwriters in Syndicate:
Alex, Brown & Sons Incorporated
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc.
CS First Boston Corporation
Cleary Gull Reiland & McDevitt Inc.
Conning & Company
Deutsche Morgan Grenfell/C.J. Lawrence Inc.
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation
Dowling & Partners Securities, LLC
Duff & Phelps Securities Co.
Fox-Pitt, Kelton Inc.
Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co. Inc.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Moors & Cabot, Inc.
Northington Capital Markets, Inc.
Prudential Securities Incorporated
For the period ended (a) March 31, 1996
File number (c) 811-3084
SUB-ITEM 77J
Reclassification of Capital Accounts
Equalization: Effective October 1, 1995, the Fund discontinued the accounting
practice of equalization. Equalization is a practice whereby a portion of the
proceeds from sales and costs of repurchases of capital shares, equivalent on
a per share basis to the amount of distributable net investment income on the
date of the transaction, is credited or charged to undistributed net
investment income. The balance of $1,954,545 of undistributed net investment
income at September 30, 1995, resulting from equalization was transferred
to paid-in capital in excess of par. Such reclassification has no effect
on net assets, results of operations, or net asset value per share.
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