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SIGNATURE CHAD L. NORTON
TITLE SECRETARY
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<INVESTMENTS-AT-VALUE> 2,963,555
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For period ending 05/31/95
File number 811 - 3735
77(C). Matters submitted to a vote of security holders:
a. Meeting of shareholders - April 5, 1995
b. Trustees elected: Richard G. Capen, Jr., H. Frederick Christie,
Alan W. Clements, Robert B. Egelston, Alan Greenway, William R.
Grimsley, E. Graham Holloway, Leonade D. Jones, William H. Kling,
Norman R. Weldon, Patricia K. Woolf.
c. Matters voted on and number of affirmative/negative votes:
Amendment to clarify a fundamental investment policy regarding
investment in a single industry.
Votes: Affirmative Against Abstain
72,455,944 1,223,359 4,203,447
Amendment to clarify a fundamental investment policy regarding
the purchase or sale of commodities or commodity contracts.
Votes: Affirmative Against Abstain
69,979,556 3,057,028 4,845,665
Amendment to clarify a fundamental investment policy regarding
investments in restricted and illiquid securities.
Votes: Affirmative Against Abstain
68,184,454 4,038,453 5,659,342
Ratification or rejection of the selection by the Board of
Trustees of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent accountant
for the year ended November 30, 1995.
Votes: Affirmative Against Abstain
89,877,254 859,594 4,319,181
