Results of October 7, 1999 shareholder meeting
(Unaudited)
An annual meeting of shareholders of the fund was held on
October 7, 1999. At the meeting, each of the nominees for
Trustees was elected, as follows:
Common Shares
Votes
Votes for withheld
Jameson Adkins Baxter 18,275,849
327,041
Hans H. Estin 18,259,118 343,772
Ronald J. Jackson 18,268,542
334,348
Paul L. Joskow 18,278,442
324,448
Elizabeth T. Kennan 18,261,896
340,994
Lawrence J. Lasser 18,276,949
325,941
John H. Mullin III 18,273,053
329,837
William F. Pounds 18,258,865
344,025
George Putnam 18,281,925 320,965
George Putnam, III 18,276,500
326,390
A.J.C. Smith 18,273,893
328,997
W. Thomas Stephens 18,272,228
330,662
W. Nicholas Thorndike 18,268,468
334,422
A proposal to ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as the independent auditors of your fund was approved
as follows:
Common Shares -
18,191,758 votes for, and 115,295 votes against, with
295,837
abstentions.
A proposal to elect John A. Hill and Robert E. Patterson as
Trustees by the holders of the preferred shares of your fund
was approved as follows:
Preferred shares -
836 votes for, 8 votes against, with 56 abstentions.
