Results of July 14, 2000 shareholder meeting
(Unaudited)
An annual meeting of shareholders of the fund
was held on
October 5, 2000. At the meeting, each of the
nominees for
Trustees was elected, as follows:
Common Shares
Votes
Votes for withheld
Jameson Adkins Baxter 41,593,598
448,437
Hans H. Estin 41,560,302 481,733
Ronald J. Jackson 41,593,146
448,889
Paul L. Joskow 41,583,905 458,130
Elizabeth T. Kennan 41,585,354
456,681
Lawrence J. Lasser 41,582,918
459,117
John H. Mullin III 41,586,153
455,882
George Putnam, III 41,589,108
452,927
A.J.C. Smith 41,569,423 472,612
W. Thomas Stephens 41,585,617
456,418
W. Nicholas Thorndike 41,572,681
469,354
Preferred Shares
Votes
Votes for withheld
J. A. Hill 1593
0
R. E. Patterson 1593
0
A proposal to ratify the selection of KPMG
LLP as the independent auditors of your fund
was approved as follows:
41,551,601 votes for, and 160,805 votes
against, with 329,629
abstentions and broker non-votes.
All tabulations are rounded to nearest whole
number.
