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For period ending 02/29/00
File number 811- 862
77(C). Matters submitted to a vote of security holders.
Results of Shareholders Meeting
Held October 27, 1999
Adjourned to November 22, 1999
Adjourned to December 7, 1999
Shares Outstanding on August 24, 1999 (record date) 786,315,032
Shares Voting on October 27, 1999 (proposals 1 & 5) 454,304,053 (57.8%)
Shares Voting on November 22, 1999 (proposal 4) 482,673,984 (61.4%)
Shares Voting on December 7, 1999 (proposals 2 & 3) 505,925,755 (64.3%)
PROPOSAL 1: Election of directors
Director Votes For Percent of Shares Voting For Votes Withheld Percent of Shares Withheld
Guilford C. Babcock 448,086,725 98.6% 6,217,328 1.4%
James E. Drasdo 448,403,010 98.7% 5,901,043 1.3%
Robert A. Fox 448,166,898 98.6% 6,137,156 1.4%
Roberta L. Hazard 448,015,870 98.6% 6,288,183 1.4%
Leonade D. Jones 448,193,759 98.7% 6,110,294 1.3%
John G. McDonald 448,175,072 98.7% 6,128,981 1.3%
Gail L. Neale 447,848,705 98.6% 6,455,348 1.4%
James W. Ratzlaff 448,322,292 98.7% 5,981,761 1.3%
Henry E. Riggs 448,445,408 98.7% 5,858,645 1.3%
James F. Rothenberg 448,310,401 98.7% 5,993,652 1.3%
Patricia K. Woolf 448,159,703 98.6% 6,144,351 1.4%
PROPOSAL 2: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation authorizing the board to create new classes and series of common stock
Votes For Percent of Shares Voting For Votes Against Percent of Shares Voting Against Abstentions
Percent of Shares Abstaining
404,177,900 79.9% 20,083,072 4.0% 22,784,553 4.5%
(BROKER NON-VOTES = 58,880,209)
PROPOSAL 3: Amendment to Articles of Incorporation reducing the par value per share of capital stock
Votes For Percent of Shares Voting For Votes Against Percent of Shares Voting Against Abstentions
Percent of Shares Abstaining
448,924,999 88.7% 27,925,681 5.5% 29,074,805 5.8%
PROPOSAL 4: Eliminate or revise certain of the fund's investment restrictions
Votes For Percent of Shares Voting For Votes Against Percent of Shares Voting Against Abstentions
Percent of Shares Abstaining
4A. Real Estate
366,138,573 75.9% 26,492,362 5.5% 24,658,924 5.1%
4B. Affiliated Ownership
358,369,436 74.2% 31,732,017 6.6% 27,188,406 5.6%
Votes For Percent of Shares Voting For Votes Against Percent of Shares Voting Against Abstentions
Percent of Shares Abstaining
4C. Short Sales
364,697,719 75.6% 25,222,631 5.2% 27,369,509 5.7%
4D. Purchasing Securities of Other Investments
368,428,628 76.3% 22,318,311 4.6% 26,542,920 5.5%
PROPOSAL 5: Ratification of auditors
VOTES FOR PERCENT OF SHARES VOTING FOR VOTES AGAINST PERCENT OF SHARES VOTING AGAINST ABSTENTIONS
PERCENT OF SHARES ABSTAINING
440,516,552 97.0% 3,849,719 0.8% 9,937,782 2.2%
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