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SIGNATURE STEPHEN G. HILL
TITLE PRESIDENT
ITEM 77C ATTACHMENT
A special meeting of shareholders of the Heritage Capital
Appreciation Trust was held on February 27, 1995. The following matters
were voted on at the meeting, with the following results:
Matter Voted On For Against
Approval of the Subadvisory
Agreement between Heritage
Asset Management, Inc. and
Liberty Investment Management. 2,486,649.190 60,751.340
Ratification of Coopers &
Lybrand L.L.P. as the Trust's
Independent Accountant for
the fiscal year ended August
31, 1995. 2,529,768.223 40,646.664
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