Results of June 1, 2000 shareholder meeting
(Unaudited)
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 84,781,347
3,061,784
Hans H. Estin 84,680,557 3,162,573
J. A. Hill 84,802,648 3,040,483
Ronald J. Jackson 84,783,977
3,059,154
Paul L. Joskow 84,749,654 3,093,477
Elizabeth T. Kennan 84,728,632
3,114,499
Lawrence J. Lasser 84,771,993
3,071,138
John H. Mullin III 84,756,259
3,086,871
R. E. Patterson 84,799,728
3,043,403
George Putnam, III 84,750,875
3,092,256
A.J.C. Smith 84,747,183 3,095,948
W. Thomas Stephens 84,764,821
3,078,310
W. Nicholas Thorndike 84,676,532
3,166,599
A proposal to ratify the selection of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent
auditors of your fund was approved as
follows:
86,426,707 votes for, and 511,321 votes
against, with 905,103
abstentions and broker non-votes.
All tabulations are rounded to nearest whole
number.
