CIM HIGH YIELD SECURITIES
DEF 14A, 1997-08-21
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SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Filed by Registrant [ X ]
Filed by a Party other than the Registrant [    ]
Check the appropriate box:
   
[    ]	Preliminary Proxy Statement
[ X ]	Definitive Proxy Statement
[    ]	Definitive Additional Materials
[    ]	Soliciting Material Pursuant to Sec. 240.14a-11(c) or Sec. 240.14a-12
    
	CIM High Yield Securities	
	(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

	Gail A. Hanson, Secretary	
	(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement)

Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):

[ X ]	No fee required.

[     ]	Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and 0-11.

1)	Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:

2)	Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:

3)	Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed
 	pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount on which the 
 filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):

4)	Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:

5)	Total fee paid:

[    ]	Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.

[    ]	Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act
 Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was
 paid previously.  Identify the previous filing by registration statement
 number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

1)	Amount Previously Paid:

2)	Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:

3)	Filing Party:

4)	Date Filed:  August 21, 1997




                           CIM HIGH YIELD SECURITIES
                            ONE EXCHANGE PLACE
                        BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02109

                                 ---------------

                    NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
                          TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 8, 1997

                                 ---------------

To the Shareholders of
 CIM HIGH YIELD SECURITIES:

    Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of  Shareholders  of CIM High
Yield Securities (the "Fund"),  a Massachusetts  business trust, will be held at
the  offices  of  Bingham,  Dana  &  Gould  LLP,  150  Federal  Street,  Boston,
Massachusetts  02110,  at 10:00  a.m.,  on October 8,  1997,  for the  following
purposes:

       1.  To elect one (1) Trustee of the Fund (PROPOSAL 1).

       2.  To ratify  the  selection  of KPMG Peat  Marwick  LLP as  independent
           auditors  for the Fund for the fiscal year ending  December  31, 1997
           (PROPOSAL 2).

       3.  To change the fundamental investment restriction regarding securities
           subject to  restrictions  to  exclude  certain  Rule 144A  securities
           (PROPOSAL 3).

       4.  To  transact  such other  business  as may  properly  come before the
           meeting or any adjournment thereof.

    The Board of Trustees has fixed the close of business on August 11, 1997, as
the record date for the determination of shareholders  entitled to notice of and
to vote at the meeting.



                                       By order of the Board of Trustees,



                                       GAIL A. HANSON
                                       Secretary

August 21, 1997



    SHAREHOLDERS  WHO DO NOT  EXPECT TO ATTEND  THE  MEETING  ARE  REQUESTED  TO
  PROMPTLY  COMPLETE,  SIGN,  DATE AND  RETURN  THE PROXY  CARD IN THE  ENCLOSED
  ENVELOPE  WHICH NEEDS NO POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE  CONTINENTAL  UNITED STATES.
  INSTRUCTIONS  FOR THE PROPER  EXECUTION OF PROXIES ARE SET FORTH ON THE INSIDE
  COVER.





                   INSTRUCTIONS FOR SIGNING PROXY CARDS

    The following  general rules for signing proxy cards may be of assistance to
you and avoid the time and expense to the Fund involved in validating  your vote
if you fail to sign your proxy card properly.

     1.  Individual  Accounts:  Sign  your name  exactly  as it  appears  in the
registration on the proxy card.

     2. Joint Accounts: Either party may sign, but the name of the party signing
should conform exactly to a name shown in the registration.

     3. All Other  Accounts:  The capacity of the  individual  signing the proxy
should be  indicated  unless it is reflected  in the form of  registration.  For
example:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
               REGISTRATION                          VALID SIGNATURE
               ------------                          ---------------

<S>                                                 <C>
CORPORATE ACCOUNTS
- ------------------
(1) ABC Corp.                                       ABC Corp.
(2) ABC Corp.                                       John Doe, Treasurer
(3) ABC Corp.
  c/o John Doe, Treasurer                           John Doe
(4) ABC Corp. Profit Sharing Plan                   John Doe, Trustee

TRUST ACCOUNTS
- --------------
(1) ABC Trust                                       Jane B. Doe, Trustee
(2) Jane B. Doe, Trustee                            Jane B. Doe
    u/t/d 12/28/78

CUSTODIAL OR ESTATE ACCOUNTS
- ----------------------------
(1) John B. Smith, Cust.
  f/b/o John B. Smith, Jr. UGMA                     John B. Smith
(2) John B. Smith                                   John B. Smith, Jr., Executor
</TABLE>






                            CIM HIGH YIELD SECURITIES
                               ONE EXCHANGE PLACE
                           BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02109

                                 ---------------

                         ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
                                 OCTOBER 8, 1997

                                 ---------------

                                 PROXY STATEMENT
   
    This Proxy  Statement is furnished in connection  with the  solicitation  of
proxies by the Board of Trustees of CIM High Yield  Securities  (the "Fund") for
use at the Annual Meeting of  Shareholders of the Fund to be held at 10:00 a.m.,
on October 8, 1997,  at the  offices of Bingham,  Dana & Gould LLP,  150 Federal
Street,   Boston,   Massachusetts,   02110  and  at  any  adjournments   thereof
(collectively,  the "Meeting"). A Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and a
proxy card  accompany this Proxy  Statement.  Proxy  solicitations  will be made
primarily  by  mail,  but  such  solicitations  may  also be made by  telephone,
telegraph or personal interviews conducted by officers or employees of the Fund;
Chancellor LGT Asset Management, Inc. ("Chancellor LGT"), the investment adviser
of the Fund; and First Data Investor  Services Group, Inc.  ("Investor  Services
Group"),  the  administrator  and  transfer  agent of the Fund,  or any of their
affiliates.  The costs of proxy solicitation and expenses incurred in connection
with the  preparation of this Proxy Statement and its enclosures will be paid by
the Fund.  The Fund will also  reimburse  brokerage  firms and  others for their
expenses in forwarding  solicitation  material to the beneficial  owners of Fund
shares. The Fund's most recent annual and semi-annual reports are available upon
request,  without charge,  by writing to Investor  Services Group,  One Exchange
Place, P.O. Box 1376, Boston,  Massachusetts,  02109 or calling  1-800-331-1710.
This Proxy  Statement and the form of proxy will first be mailed to shareholders
on or about August 21, 1997.
    
    If the enclosed proxy is properly  executed and returned in time to be voted
at the Meeting,  the shares represented thereby will be voted in accordance with
the instructions marked thereon.  Unless instructions to the contrary are marked
thereon,  a proxy will be voted FOR the election of the nominee as Trustee,  FOR
the  selection  of  auditors,  FOR  the  change  in the  fundamental  investment
restriction regarding securities subject to restrictions to exclude certain Rule
144A  securities,  and FOR any other matters  deemed  appropriate.  Proxies that
reflect  abstentions  and "broker  non-votes"  (i.e.,  shares held by brokers or
nominees as to which (i) instructions have not been received from the beneficial
owners or the persons  entitled to vote and (ii) the broker or nominee  does not
have  discretionary  voting  power on a  particular  matter)  will be counted as
shares  that are  present  and  entitled  to vote on the matter for  purposes of
determining  the presence of a quorum.  With respect to the election of Trustees
and the selection of auditors, neither abstentions nor broker non-votes have any
effect on the outcome.  Any  shareholder  who has given a proxy has the right to
revoke it at any time prior to its exercise  either by attending the Meeting and
voting his or her shares in person, or by submitting a letter of revocation or a
later-dated  proxy to the  Fund at the  above  address  prior to the date of the
Meeting.





    In the event that a quorum is not  present at the  Meeting,  or in the event
that a quorum is present at the Meeting but  sufficient  votes to approve any of
the proposals are not received,  the persons named as proxies may propose one or
more adjournments of the Meeting to permit further  solicitation of proxies. Any
such adjournment will require the affirmative vote of a majority of those shares
represented  at the Meeting in person or by proxy.  If a quorum is present,  the
persons named as proxies will vote those proxies which they are entitled to vote
FOR all the proposals to be considered at the adjourned meeting in favor of such
an  adjournment,  and will vote those  proxies  required to be voted AGAINST any
such proposal against any such  adjournment.  A shareholder vote may be taken on
one or  more  of the  proposals  in  this  Proxy  Statement  prior  to any  such
adjournment  if  sufficient  votes have been  received for  approval.  Under the
By-Laws of the Fund,  a quorum is  constituted  by the  presence in person or by
proxy of the  holders  of more  than 50% of the  outstanding  shares of the Fund
entitled to vote at the Meeting.

    The close of business on August 11, 1997,  has been fixed as the record date
for the  determination of shareholders  entitled to notice of and to vote at the
Meeting and all adjournments thereof.
   
    The Fund has one class of shares of beneficial interest,  par value $.01 per
share.  On the record date,  August 11, 1997,  there were  5,732,936.813  shares
outstanding  (the "Shares").  Each of such Shares is entitled to one vote at the
Meeting, and fractional Shares are entitled to proportionate shares of one vote.
To the  knowledge  of the Board of Trustees,  as of August 11,  1997,  no single
shareholder  or "group" (as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the Securities
Exchange  Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act"))  beneficially  owned more than 5% of the
Fund's outstanding  Shares.  Information as to beneficial  ownership is based on
reports  filed  with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  ("SEC") by such
holders.
    
   
 As of August 11, 1997, Cede & Co., a nominee partnership of Depository Trust
Company,  located at 7 Hanover Square,  New York, New York 10004, held 5,151,554
or 89.858% of the Fund's Shares.  Of the Shares held by Cede & Co., Smith Barney
Inc.,  located at American Express Tower,  World Financial Center, New York, New
York 10285, held 1,880,648 or 36.51% of the Fund's Shares; Prudential Securities
Incorporated,  located at 100 Gold Street, New York, New York 10292 held 440,734
or 8.56% of the Fund's Shares; Interstate/ Johnson Lane Corporation,  located at
Interstate Tower, P.O. Box 1012,  Charlotte,  North Carolina 28201, held 354,782
or  6.89%  of the  Fund's  Shares  and  Merrill  Lynch,  Pierce,  Fenner & Smith
Incorporated, located at North Tower, World Financial Center, New York, New York
10281, held 455,133 or 8.83% of the Fund's Shares.
    
    As of August 11, 1997,  the Trustees and officers as a group owned less than
1% of the Fund's outstanding Shares.

    In order  that  your  Shares  may be  represented  at the  Meeting,  you are
requested to:

    -- indicate your instructions on the proxy card;

    -- date and sign the proxy card;

    -- mail the proxy card promptly in the enclosed  envelope  which requires no
       postage if mailed in the continental United States; and

    -- allow  sufficient  time for the proxy to be received before 5:00 p.m., on
October 7, 1997.



                                       2






PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF TRUSTEE.

     At the Meeting,  one (1) of the four Trustees of the Fund is to be elected,
to hold  office for a period of three years and until his  successor  is elected
and qualified.  The Board of Trustees is divided into three  classes.  Each year
the term of office of one class will expire.  The nominee is currently a Trustee
of the Fund and has indicated that he will serve,  if elected,  but if he should
be unable to serve,  the proxy will be voted FOR any other person  determined by
the persons named in the proxy in accordance with their judgment.

 <TABLE>
 <CAPTION>
                                                              SHARES OF
                                                               THE FUND
      NAME, AGE, PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION          SERVED AS     BENEFICIALLY
         AND OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS+              A TRUSTEE     OWNED AS OF
        DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS               SINCE     AUGUST 11, 1997
        --------------------------               -----     ---------------
<S>                                               <C>       <C>
   
    JOHN F. NICKOLL, age  62 ................     1987      6,196.000
     Trustee; Director,  Chairman,  President
     and  Chief  Executive   Officer  of  The
     Foothill   Group  Inc.,   a   commercial
     finance  and asset  management  company;
     Chairman and Chief Executive  Officer of
     Foothill Capital Corporation;  Director,
     OrNda  HealthCorp,  a provider of health
     care services;  Director, Regency Health
     Services,  Inc.,  a  provider  of  acute
     nursing and  rehabilitative  care,  home
     health  care,   care  for  the  mentally
     disabled  and  developmentally  disabled
     individuals.
</TABLE>
    
     The following  Trustees of the Fund will continue to serve in such capacity
until their terms of office expire and the successors are elected and qualified:


 <TABLE>
 <CAPTION>
                                                               SHARES OF
                                                                THE FUND
       NAME, AGE, PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION          SERVED AS     BENEFICIALLY
          AND OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS+              A TRUSTEE     OWNED AS OF
         DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS               SINCE     AUGUST 11, 1997
         --------------------------               -----     ---------------
<S>                                               <C>          <C>
    DR. BRUCE H.OLSON, age 62 ...............     1987         None
     Trustee;  Professor  of  Finance,  Miami
     University   (Ohio);    Trustee,    Olde
     Custodian    Fund;    Trustee,    Summit
     Investment Trust; term expires 1998.
    
     DR. DONALD RATAJCZAK, age 54 ............     1987         5,412.920
     Chairman  of  the  Board  of   Trustees;
     Director,  Economic  Forecasting Center,
     Georgia  State  University;   Professor,
     Georgia  State   University;   Director,
     Morrison Fresh Cooking;  Director,  Ruby
     Tuesday, Inc.; Director,  Morgan, Keegan
     & Company; term expires 1999.
    
    *ROBERT G. WADE, JR., age 70 ............     1987        2,173.945
     Trustee;  Consultant to  Chancellor  LGT
     since  November  1996;  Chairman  of the
     Board of Chancellor Capital  Management,
     Inc. and its  subsidiaries  from January
     1995 to November 1996; President,  Chief
     Executive  Officer  and  Chairman of the
     Board of Chancellor Capital  Management,
     Inc. and its  subsidiaries  from 1988 to
     January 1995.
    
</TABLE>

+ Directorships or Trusteeships of companies required to report to the
  SEC.
* "Interested  person" of the Fund as defined in the  Investment  Company Act of
  1940 ("1940 Act") by reason of his affiliation with Chancellor LGT.


                                       3




     The principal executive officers of the Fund are listed in the table below,
along with certain  additional  information.  Each officer of the Fund will hold
such office until a successor has been elected by the Board of Trustees.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

      NAME, AGE AND PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION                 OFFICE (YEAR
          DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS                    FIRST ELECTED)
          --------------------------                    --------------
<S>                                                    <C>
     ROBERT G. WADE, JR., age 70 .............         President (1988)
     Consultant  to   Chancellor   LGT  since
     November 1996;  Chairman of the Board of
     Chancellor Capital Management,  Inc. and
     its  subsidiaries  from  January 1995 to
     November    1996;    President,    Chief
     Executive  Officer  and  Chairman of the
     Board of Chancellor Capital  Management,
     Inc. and its  subsidiaries  from 1988 to
     January 1995.
    
    DANIEL  S.  BALDWIN,  age 45 ............        Vice President and      
     Managing   Director  of  Chancellor  LGT        Portfolio Manager (1987)
     since February  1997;  prior to February        
     1997,  Managing  Director of  Chancellor
     Trust  Company  and  Chancellor  Capital
     Management, Inc.
    
    GAIL A. HANSON, age 55 ..................        Secretary (1997) 
     Counsel,  Investor Services Group (since
     September,  1994);  prior  to  September
     1994,  associate,  Bingham, Dana & Gould
     LLP.     
</TABLE>

   
    Section 16(a) of the 1934 Act requires the Fund's  officers and Trustees and
persons who  beneficially own more than ten percent of the Fund's Shares to file
reports of ownership  with the SEC, the American Stock  Exchange,  Inc., and the
Fund.  Based  solely upon its review of the copies of such forms  received by it
and written representations from certain of such persons, the Fund believes that
during its fiscal year ended  December  31, 1996,  all such filing  requirements
applicable to such persons were complied with.
    
    All Trustees not affiliated with the Fund or Chancellor LGT,  receive $1,000
as compensation  for each board meeting and each committee  meeting attended and
an annual  fee of  $6,000,  plus  reimbursement  for  travel  and  out-of-pocket
expenses. The aggregate remuneration paid to Trustees by the Fund for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1996,  amounted to $41,157 (including  reimbursement for
travel and  out-of-pocket  expenses).  The Board of Trustees  held five meetings
during the 1996 fiscal year.  Each of the Trustees  attended at least 75% of the
meetings.  The Board of Trustees has an Audit  Committee  consisting  of Messrs.
Nickoll,  Olson and  Ratajczak.  The Audit  Committee met once during the fiscal
year ended  December  31,  1996,  and all member  Trustees  were  present at the
meeting.  The Audit Committee reviews the scope and results of the Fund's annual
audit with the Fund's independent auditors and recommends the engagement of such
independent  auditors.  The  Board  of  Trustees  performs  the  functions  of a
nominating committee.


                                       4





    The   following   table  sets  forth  certain   information   regarding  the
compensation of the Fund's Trustees for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996.
The  officers of the Fund receive no  compensation  from the Fund for serving in
such capacity.

                            COMPENSATION TABLE


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                PENSION OR
                                                                RETIREMENT          TOTAL
                                                                 BENEFITS       COMPENSATION
                                                 AGGREGATE      ACCRUED AS        FROM THE
               NAME OF PERSON                  COMPENSATION    PART OF FUND     FUND COMPLEX
                AND POSITION                   FROM THE FUND     EXPENSES     PAID TO TRUSTEES
                ------------                   -------------     --------     ----------------
<S>                                              <C>               <C>             <C>
Dr. Donald Ratajczak .......................     $12,000            $0             $12,000
  Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Dr. Bruce H. Olson  ........................      12,000             0              12,000
  Trustee
John F. Nickoll  ...........................      12,000             0              12,000
  Trustee
Robert G. Wade, Jr.  .......................          0              0                0
  President and Trustee
</TABLE>

REQUIRED VOTE

     Election of the listed nominee for Trustee requires the affirmative vote of
the holders of a majority of the Shares of the Fund  represented  at the Meeting
in person or by proxy.

PROPOSAL 2: RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS.

    KPMG  Peat  Marwick  LLP  ("KPMG"),  New  York,  New  York,  has  served  as
independent  auditors  for the Fund  since its  commencement  of  operations  on
November 18, 1987 and has been selected to serve in such capacity for the Fund's
fiscal year ending  December 31, 1997 by at least a majority of those members of
the Board of Trustees who are not  "interested  persons" (as defined in the 1940
Act) of the Fund or  Chancellor  LGT.  KPMG has no direct or  indirect  material
financial  interest  in  the  Fund  or  Chancellor  LGT.  It  is  expected  that
representatives  of KPMG will not attend the  Meeting,  but will be available by
telephone to respond to appropriate questions.

REQUIRED VOTE

    Ratification  of the selection of KPMG as independent  auditors for the Fund
requires the affirmative  vote of the holders of a majority of the Shares of the
Fund represented at the Meeting in person or by proxy.


                                       5





PROPOSAL 3: APPROVAL OF CHANGE TO FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT RESTRICTION.

    The Fund has adopted  investment  restrictions  that govern its  operations.
Fundamental  investment  restrictions may not be changed without the approval of
the  shareholders  of  the  Fund.  One  of  the  Fund's  fundamental  investment
restrictions is the following:

       "The Fund may not  invest in  securities  which are  subject  to legal or
    contractual restrictions on resale if, as a result thereof, more than 20% of
    the total assets of the Fund,  taken at market  value,  would be invested in
    such securities."

This  restriction  would apply to securities  which are not registered under the
Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended  (the "1933  Act") and which are subject to
limitations on resale.
   
    Since  the  commencement  of the  Fund in 1987  when  the  above  investment
restriction was adopted,  the institutional  market for unregistered  securities
has greatly  expanded.  In  recognition  of the increased size and importance of
this segment of the  securities  market and to  facilitate  the  development  of
efficient trading of unregistered securities among institutional  investors, the
SEC in April 1990  adopted  Rule 144A under the 1933 Act.  Rule 144A  securities
sold to qualified  institutional buyers ("Rule 144A Securities") are exempt from
the registration  requirements of the 1933 Act. Since adoption of the rule, Rule
144A  Securities have become an important part of the high yield market and many
are readily resold in the institutional marketplace with no liquidity problems.
    
   
 The Fund's holdings of Rule 144A Securities could  technically be subject to
the Fund's 20% limitation on securities that have  restrictions  on resale.  The
Board of Trustees on April 2, 1997 determined that Rule 144A Securities that the
investment adviser, under the direction of the Board of Trustees,  determines to
be liquid  should not be  considered  restricted  securities  for the purpose of
application of the Fund's fundamental  investment  restriction  described above.
The Board made this  determination  after  consideration of the broad market for
and  overall  liquidity  of Rule  144A  Securities  and  because  the  technical
restrictions on the resale of Rule 144A Securities have had no practical  impact
on the ability of the Fund to sell them in the  relevant  market.  Further,  the
Board  recommended  that the  matter  be  submitted  to  shareholders  for their
consideration and approval at the next annual shareholders' meeting.
    
   
  In order  to  exclude  Rule  144A  Securities  from  the  Fund's  investment
restriction regarding restricted securities,  it is proposed that the investment
restriction be amended to read as follows: 

       "The Fund may not  invest in  securities  which are  subject  to legal or
    contractual restrictions on resale if, as a result thereof, more than 20% of
    the total assets of the Fund,  taken at market  value,  would be invested in
    such securities,  provided that securities (i) that are not registered under
    the Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,  but that are sold pursuant to Rule
    144A of such Act, and (ii) that the Adviser, subject to the oversight of the
    Board of  Trustees,  determines  to be liquid  shall not be  subject  to the
    foregoing limitation."
    
REQUIRED VOTE
   
    The  proposal  to  amend  the  Fund's  fundamental   investment  restriction
regarding restricted securities requires approval by a majority of the shares of
the Fund which means the lesser of (i) more than 50% of the  outstanding  shares
of the Fund or (ii) 67% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund present at
the  meeting if holders  of more than 50% of the Fund's  outstanding  shares are
represented in person or by proxy.
    

                                       6




                          ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

THE ADMINISTRATOR

    Investor  Services  Group,  the  Fund's  Administrator,  is  a  wholly-owned
subsidiary of First Data Corporation.  Investor Services Group is located at One
Exchange  Place,  Boston,  Massachusetts  02109.  Investor  Services  Group is a
leading  provider of full  service  mutual fund  shareholder  and  recordkeeping
services.  In  addition  to its mutual  fund  transfer  agent and  recordkeeping
service, Investor Services Group provides complementary services through its own
subsidiary business units.

                   DATE TO SUBMIT SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS
   
    A  shareholder  proposal  intended to be presented at the Fund's 1998 Annual
Meeting  must be received by the Fund on or before April 23, 1998 in order to be
considered  for  inclusion  in the  Fund's  proxy  statement  and  form of proxy
relating to that meeting.
    
                 OTHER MATTERS TO COME BEFORE THE MEETING

    No  business  other than the  matters  described  above is  expected to come
before the Meeting, but should any other matter requiring a vote of shareholders
arise,  including  any  question as to an  adjournment  or  postponement  of the
Meeting,  the  persons  named on the  enclosed  proxy  card  will  vote  thereon
according to their best judgment in the  interests of the Fund.  In  determining
whether to adjourn the Meeting,  the following  factors may be  considered:  the
nature of the proposals which are the subject of the Meeting,  the percentage of
votes actually cast, the percentage of actual negative votes,  the nature of any
further  solicitation  and the information to be provided to  shareholders  with
respect to the reasons for such solicitation.

August 21, 1997




IT IS  IMPORTANT  THAT  PROXIES BE RETURNED  PROMPTLY.  SHAREHOLDERS  WHO DO NOT
EXPECT  TO ATTEND THE MEETING ARE THEREFORE  URGED TO COMPLETE,  SIGN,  DATE AND
RETURN  THE PROXY CARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN THE ENCLOSED STAMPED ENVELOPE.



                                        7

CIM HIGH YIELD SECURITIES
PROXY SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES


	The undersigned hereby appoints Jeffrey M. Trongone, Daniel 
S. Baldwin and Gail A. Hanson, and each of them, attorneys and 
proxies for the undersigned, with full power of substitution and 
revocation, to represent the undersigned and to vote on behalf of 
the undersigned all shares of CIM High Yield Securities which the 
undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of 
Shareholders of the Fund to be held at the offices of Bingham, 
Dana & Gould LLP, 150 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 
on October 8, 1997, at 10:00 a.m., and any adjournments thereof.  
The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of 
Meeting and Proxy Statement, and hereby instructs said attorneys 
and proxies to vote said shares as indicated hereon.  In their 
discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other 
business as may properly come before the Meeting.  A majority of 
the proxies present and acting at the Meeting in person or by 
substitute (or, if only one shall be so present, then that one) 
shall have and may exercise all of the power and authority of said 
proxies hereunder.  The undersigned hereby revokes any proxy 
previously given.


CONTINUED AND TO BE SIGNED ON REVERSE SIDE 	SEE REVERSE SIDE 

*Please mark votes as in this example.	

This proxy, if properly executed, will be voted in the manner 
directed by the undersigned shareholder.  IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, 
THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR ELECTION OF THE ONE NOMINEE AS 
TRUSTEE AND FOR PROPOSALS 2 AND 3.

1.  ELECTION OF TRUSTEE:
	Nominee:  John F. Nickoll	* FOR	* WITHHELD

2.  To ratify the selection of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP as 
     independent auditors for the Fund.	*FOR	* AGAINST	*
ABSTAIN

3.  To change the fundamental investment restriction regarding
     securities subject to restrictions to exclude certain Rule 
144A 
     securities.	* FOR	*AGAINST	*ABSTAIN






MARK HERE						PLEASE SIGN, DATE, AND 
RETURN PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
FOR ADDRESS						Note:  Please sign 
exactly as your name appears on this Proxy.  If joint owners, 
EITHER may CHANGE AND						sign this 
Proxy.  When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, 
trustee, guardian or 
NOTE BELOW        *					corporate officer, 
please give your full title.

   
Signature:  					Date:  		
	Signature:  					Date:  		
    




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