MERCANTILE MUTUAL FUNDS, INC. (THE "FUND")
FILE NO. 811-03567
SEMI-ANNUAL PERIOD ENDED
MAY 31, 2000
ITEM 77: ATTACHMENTS
EXHIBIT INDEX
Sub-Item 77C: Submission of matters to a vote of security holders.
Sub-Item 77Q1(e): Copies of any new or amended Registrant investment advisory
contracts.
SUB-ITEM 77C: SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
a) January 21, 2000 - Special meeting of shareholders
b) 1. The shareholders of the Fund's Conning Money
Market Portfolio (the "Portfolio") voted to
approve or disapprove the following
sub-advisory agreement:
A proposal to approve a new sub-advisory
agreement between Mississippi Valley
Advisors Inc. ("MVA") and Conning Asset
Management Company ("Conning") with respect
to the Portfolio, the terms of which are
substantially identical to the terms of the
previous sub-advisory agreement between MVA
and Conning with respect to the Portfolio,
and which would become effective on the date
that Conning became an indirect subsidiary
of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
(Firstar Investment Research & Management,
LLC. (FIRMCO) acquired all the assets and
liabilities of the Fund's former investment
adviser, MVA, on March 1, 2000.)
2. The results of the voting were as follows:
FOR: 225,070,495 Votes
AGAINST: 697,718 Votes
ABSTAINED: 2,542,630 Votes
SUB-ITEM 77Q1(E): COPIES OF NEW INVESTMENT ADVISORY CONTRACTS.
The information required by Sub-Item 77Q1(e) is incorporated by
reference to Exhibit (d)(15) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 50 to the Fund's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on January 31, 2000.
