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[HEARTLAND FUNDS LETTERHEAD]
**URGENT REMINDER: PLEASE VOTE YOUR SHARES TODAY**
April 22, 1999
Dear Shareholder:
Your Heartland Fund Special Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for April
28, 1999, is only one week away and we still have not received your vote.
We need your participation in this important vote.
Please take a moment to utilize one of the following voting options
today:
1. Vote by Telephone: Use touch-tone voting by calling
1-800-690-6903. Have the 12-digit control number
found on your ballot ready when prompted.
2. Vote by Internet: Go to www.proxyvote.com, enter the
12-digit control number on your voting card and
follow the instructions on the site.
3. Vote by Overnight Mail: Sign and date your card.
Follow the instructions on the enclosed UPS return
envelope for pickup of your package by the UPS
service.
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE PROXY STATEMENT DATED MARCH 5, 1999,
YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE PROPOSALS AND BELIEVES THE
PROPOSALS ARE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF SHAREHOLDERS OF THE FUND.
If you have any questions regarding the proxy, please call the Fund at
1-800-432-7856 or (414) 289-7000 or the Fund's proxy solicitor, D.F. King & Co.,
Inc. toll free at 1-800-207-3156.
Sincerely,
William J. Nasgovitz
President
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. PLEASE VOTE TODAY TO AVOID
UNNECESSARY SOLICITATION COSTS TO YOUR FUND.
