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For the fiscal period ended (s)
6/30/97
File number 811-03421
SUB-ITEM 77-0
EXHIBITS
Transactions Effected
Pursuant to Rule 10f-3
1. Name of Issuer
Borg Warner Automotive
2. Date of Purchase
2/20/97
3. Number of Securities Purchased
44,500
4. Dollar Amount of Purchase
$2,091,500
5. Price Per Unit
$47.00
6. Name(s) of Underwriter(s) or
Dealer(s)
From whom Purchased
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &
Smith Incorporated
7. Other Members of the Underwriting
Syndicate
See Exhibit A
EXHIBIT A
UNDERWRITER
PaineWebber Incorporated
Prudential Securities Incorporated
Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated
Lehman Brothers Inc.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
ABN AMRO Chicago Corporation
Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc.
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.
Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Inc.
McDonald & Company Securities, Inc.
Smith Barney Inc.
Chase Securities Inc.
Nesbitt Burns Securities Inc.
Scotia Capital Markets (USA) Inc.
Cleary Cull Reiland & McDevitt Inc.
Dominick & Dominick, Incorporated
Gabelli & Company, Inc.
Mesirow Financial, Inc.
Neuberger & Berman, LLC
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company,
Incorporated
For the fiscal period ended (s)
6/30/97
File number 811-03421
SUB-ITEM 77-0
EXHIBITS
Transactions Effected
Pursuant to Rule 10f-3
1. Name of Issuer
The Hertz Corporation
2. Date of Purchase
4/25/97
3. Number of Securities Purchased
11,500
4. Dollar Amount of Purchase
$276,000
5. Price Per Unit
$24.00
6. Name(s) of Underwriter(s) or
Dealer(s)
From whom Purchased
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
7. Other Members of the Underwriting
Syndicate
See Exhibit A
EXHIBIT A
UNDERWRITER
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Lehman Brothers Inc.
Salomon Brothers Inc.
Smith Barney Inc.
ABN AMRO Chicago Corporation
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated
Chase Securities, Inc.
Citicorp Securities, Inc.
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.
Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Inc.
Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities
Corporation
A. G. Edwards & Sons Inc.
Merril Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
Montgomery Securities
Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.
PaineWebber Incorporated
Prudential Securities Incorporated
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Inc.
William Blair & Company L.I.C.
J.C. Bradford & Co.
Furman Selz L.L.C.
Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated
McDonald & Co. Securities Inc.
Neuberger & Berman
Piper Jaffray Inc.
The Robinson-Humphrey Company, Inc.
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Stephens Inc.
Sutro & Co. Incorporated
Blaylock & Partners, L.P.
First of Michigan Corporation
WR Lazard, Laidlaw Incorporated
NatCity Investments, Inc.
Roney & Co., L.L.C.
Samuel A. Ramirez & Co. Inc.
Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc.
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company
Incorporated
Sturdivant & Co., Inc.
For the fiscal period ended (s)
6/30/97
File number 811-03421
SUB-ITEM 77-0
EXHIBITS
Transactions Effected
Pursuant to Rule 10f-3
1. Name of Issuer
Nationwide Financial Services,
Inc.
2. Date of Purchase
3/5/97
3. Number of Securities Purchased
12,500
4. Dollar Amount of Purchase
$293,750
5. Price Per Unit
$23.50
6. Name(s) of Underwriter(s) or
Dealer(s)
From whom Purchased
Credit Suisse First Boston
Corporation
7. Other Members of the Underwriting
Syndicate
See Exhibit A
EXHIBIT A
UNDERWRITER
Lehman Brothers, Inc.
Smith Barney Inc.
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.
Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Inc.
Merril Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
PaineWebber Incorporated
Prudential Securities Incorporated
McDonald & Company Securities, Inc.
Neuberger & Berman LLC
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
Bear, Sterns & Co., Inc.
Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated
Dillon, Read & Co. Inc.
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
Securities Corporation
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Invemed Associates, Inc.
J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc.
Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.
Salomon Brothers Inc.
Schroder Wertheim & Co. Incorporated
Wasserstein Perella Securities, Inc.
Conning & Company
Advest, Inc.
M.R. Beal & Company
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Blaylock & Partners, L.P.
Dain Bosworth Incorporated
Doley Securities, Inc.
Dowling & Partners Securities, LLC
Everen Securities, Inc.
Fox-Pitt, Kelton Inc.
Furman Selz LLC
Janney Montgomery Scott Inc.
Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co. Inc.
WR Lazard, Laidlaw Inc.
The Ohio Company
Ormes Capital Markets, Inc.
Paulsen Securities
Ragen MacKenzie Incorporated
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
The Robinson-Humphrey Company, Inc.
Sands Brothers & Co., Ltd.
Stephens Inc.
Trilon International Inc.
Utendahl Capital Partners, L.P.
For the fiscal period ended (s)
6/30/97
File number 811-03421
SUB-ITEM 77-0
EXHIBITS
Transactions Effected
Pursuant to Rule 10f-3
1. Name of Issuer
Hartford Life, Inc.
2. Date of Purchase
5/22/97
3. Number of Securities Purchased
42,300
4. Dollar Amount of Purchase
$1,194,975
5. Price Per Unit
$28.25
6. Name(s) of Underwriter(s) or
Dealer(s)
From whom Purchased
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
7. Other Members of the Underwriting
Syndicate
See Exhibit A
EXHIBIT A
UNDERWRITER
Lehman Brothers, Inc.
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.
Merril Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
PaineWebber Incorporated
Prudential Securities Incorporated
Neuberger & Berman, LLC
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
Conning & Company
Advest, Inc.
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Dain Bosworth Incorporated
Dowling & Partners Securities, LLC
Fox-Pitt, Kelton Inc.
Janney Montgomery Scott Inc.
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
The Robinson-Humphrey Company, Inc.
Stephens Inc.
Smith Barney Inc.
J.C. Bradford & Co.
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Interstate/Johnson Lane Corporation
Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P.
Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated
Piper Jaffray Inc.
Principal Financial Securities, Inc.
Sutro & Co. Incorporated
Wheat, First Securities, Inc.
For the fiscal period ended (s)
6/30/97
File number 811-03421
SUB-ITEM 77-0
EXHIBITS
Transactions Effected
Pursuant to Rule 10f-3
1. Name of Issuer
Servico
2. Date of Purchase
6/24/97
3. Number of Securities Purchased
165,600
4. Dollar Amount of Purchase
$2,401,200
5. Price Per Unit
$14.50
6. Name(s) of Underwriter(s) or
Dealer(s)
From whom Purchased
Lehman Brothers Inc.
7. Other Members of the Underwriting
Syndicate
See Exhibit A
EXHIBIT A
UNDERWRITER
Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated
Montgomery Securities
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
Bear, Sterns & Co., Inc.
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
Paine Webber Incorporated
Prudential Securities Incorporated
Branch, Cabell and Company
J.C. Bradford & Co.
Chatsworth Securities LLC
Fahnestock & Co., Inc.
Frith Brothers Investments, Inc.
Gruntal & Co., Incorporated
Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P.
Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated
Sands Brothers & Co., Ltd.
William Capital Group, L.P.
