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SIGNATURE NICK DALMASO
TITLE ATTORNEY
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NSAR ITEM 77O
VK California Municipal Trust
10f-3 Transactions
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1 Sacramento Cogener Bear Stearns 1,000,000 1.160% 08/20/98
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Underwriting for # 1
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Artemis Capital Group, Inc.
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Lehman Brothers
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