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SIGNATURE CAROLINE PEARSON
TITLE VICE PRESIDENT
WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the AARP
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and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
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WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
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SHAREHOLDER MEETING RESULTS
A Special Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") of the AARP funds was held on
December 15, 1998, at the office of Scudder Kemper Investments, Inc., Two
International Place, Boston, Massachusetts. At the Meeting the following matters
were voted upon by the shareholders (the resulting votes for each matter are
presented below).
1. To approve a new Investment Management Agreement for each fund with
Scudder Kemper Investments, Inc.
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AARP Tax Free Income Trust Number of Votes:
-------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------
Broker
For Against Abstain Non-Votes*
--- ------- ------- ----------
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AARP High Quality Tax Free Money Fund 50,995,645 982,452 2,030,700 0
AARP Insured Tax Free General Bond Fund 56,117,439 835,951 2,076,778 0
2. (For shareholders of AARP U.S. Stock Index Fund only.) To approve a new
subadvisory agreement for the fund between Scudder Kemper Investments,
Inc. and Bankers Trust Company.
3. To approve the new Member Services Agreement between AARP Financial
Services Corporation and Scudder Kemper Investments, Inc.
AARP Tax Free Income Trust Number of Votes:
-------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------
Broker
For Against Abstain Non-Votes*
--- ------- ------- ----------
AARP High Quality Tax Free Money Fund 50,987,199 879,010 2,142,588 0
AARP Insured Tax Free General Bond Fund 56,027,208 781,370 2,221,590 0
4. To approve the revision of each fund's fundamental lending policy.
AARP Tax Free Income Trust Number of Votes:
-------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------
Broker
For Against Abstain Non-Votes*
--- ------- ------- ----------
AARP High Quality Tax Free Money Fund 48,926,345 1,924,768 3,157,684 0
AARP Insured Tax Free General Bond Fund 54,054,766 1,596,190 3,299,218 79,994
</TABLE>
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* Broker non-votes are proxies received by the fund from brokers or nominees
when the broker or nominee neither has received instructions from the
beneficial owner or other persons entitled to vote nor has discretionary
power to vote on a particular matter.
