Results of June 1, 2000 shareholder meeting
(Unaudited)
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An annual meeting of shareholders of the fund was held on
June 1, 2000. At the meeting, each of the nominees for
Trustees was elected, as follows:
Votes Votes for withheld
Jameson Adkins Baxter 127,353,988 3,679,138
Hans H. Estin 127,145,757 3,887,368
John A. Hill 127,379,358 3,653,767
Ronald J. Jackson 127,371,696 3,661,430
Paul L. Joskow 127,376,340 3,656,785
Elizabeth T. Kennan 127,277,900
3,755,225
Lawrence J. Lasser 127,363,658 3,669,467
John H. Mullin III 127,358,699 3,674,426
Robert E. Patterson 127,404,749
3,628,376
George Putnam, III 127,342,171 3,690,954
A.J.C. Smith 127,288,314 3,744,811
W. Thomas Stephens 127,374,776 3,658,349
W. Nicholas Thorndike 127,254,496 3,778,630
A proposal to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as the
independent auditors of your fund was approved as follows:
128,544,633 votes for, and 1,012,536 votes against, with
1,475,956 abstentions.
All tabulations are rounded to nearest whole number.
