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For the semi annual period ended
(a) 10/31/96 File number (c) 811-
6047
SUB-
ITEM
77 0
EXHI
BITS
Transactions Effected Pursuant
to Rule 10f-3 1. Name of Issuer
Lucent
2. Date
of
Purchase
4/3/96
3. Number of
Securities Purchased
51,400
4. Dollar Amount of
Purchase
$1,387,800
5. Price Per Unit
$27.00
6. Name(s) of Underwriter(s)
or Dealer(s)
From whom Purchased
Morgan Stanley
7. Other Members of the Underwriting
Syndicate
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
and Smith Inc. Lehman Brothers
Inc.
Prudential Securities Incorporated
Montgomery Securities
Morgan Stanley & Co.
Schroeder Wertheim & Co.
CS First Boston Corporation
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities
Corporation Ragen MacKenzie Incorporated
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Smith Barney Inc.
Dean Witter Reynolds
Inc. Sanford C.
Bernstein & Co.,
Inc. Alex, Brown &
Sons Incorporated
A.G Edwards & Sons
Inc. Oppenheimer &
Co.
William Blair & Co.
Advest, Inc.
Dain Bosworth
Inc. EVEREN
Securities, Inc.
First Manhattan
Co. First of
Michigan Corp.
Furman Selz Inc.
Interstate/Johnson Lane
Corp. Edward D. Jones &
Co.
Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc.
McDonald & Company
Securities, Inc. Piper
Jaffray
Rauscher Pierce
Refsnes, Inc. Wheat,
First Securities, Inc.
Bear, Sterns and
Company, Inc. Arnold $
S. Bleichroeder, Inc.
J.P. Morgan Securities
PaineWebber
Incorporated
Robert W. Baird & Co.
Incorporated M.R. Beal &
Company
J.C. Bradford and Company
Cowen and Co. Crowell, Weedon &
Co.
Deutsche Morgan Grenfell/C.J. Lawerence
Inc. Dillion, Reed & Co. Inc.
Fahnestock and Co.
Inc. Gabelli &
Company, Inc.
Gerard Klauer Mattison &
Co. LLC Gruntal And Co.
Inc.
Guzman and Co.
Hambrecht &
Quist LLC
Janney Montgomery Scott
Inc. WR Lazard, Laidlaw
& Luther Lazard Freres
& Co. LLC Needham & Co.
Inc.
Paribas Corp.
Parker/Hunter Inc.
Pryor, McClendon,
Counts & Co. Inc.
Raymond James &
Associates Inc.
Robertson, Stevens and
Company LLC The
Robertson-Humphrey
Company Inc. Salomon
Brothers Inc.
SBC Capital Markets
Scott &
Stringfellow
Inc. Muriel
Siebert $ Co.
Inc. Stifel,
Nicholas & Co.
Inc. Sutro &
Co. Inc.
UBS Securities
Wasserstein Parella
Securities, Inc.
International Underwriters
Goldman Sachs International
Merrill Lynch International Limited
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Banque Paribas
UBS Limited
Morgan Stanley & Co.
International Limited
Comerzebank Aktiengesellschaft
Credit Lyonnais
Securities Daiwa
Europe Limited
Robert Fleming & Co.
Limited Kleinwort Benson
Limited Swiss Bank
Corporation
Morgan Grenfell & Co.
Limited Bear Sterns
International Limited CS
First Boston Limited
JP Morgan Securities Ltd
PaineWebber
International UK LTD
Argentina Bolsa SVB
SA
Cazenove &
Co.
CIBC
Wood Gundy
plc
For the semi annual period ended (a) 10/31/96
File number (c) 811-6047
SUB-ITEM 77C
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders
An Annual Meeting of Shareholders was called
for October 30, 1996. At such meeting the
shareholders approved the following proposals:
a) Approval that Edward D. Beach, Delayne
Dedrick Gold, Robert F. Gunia, Donald
D. Lennox, Douglas H. McCorkindale, Mendel A.
Melzer, Thomas T. Mooney, Stephen P.
Munn, Richard A. Redeker, Robin B. Smith,
Louis A. Weil, III and Clay T. Whitehead are
duly elected to serve as Directors of the Fund
until the earlier to occur of (i) the next meeting
of Shareholders at which Directors are elected and
until his or her successor shall have been duly
elected and shall have qualified or (ii) their
terms expire in accordance with the Fund's
retirement policy.
b) Approval of the proposed amendment
of the Fund's fundamental investment
restriction relating to securities
lending, as described in such Fund's proxy
statement.
For Against
Abstain
11,518,101 826,828
800,376
C) Approval of the selection of independent
accountants for the Fund conditioned upon
the right by vote of a majority of such
Fund's outstanding voting shares at any
meeting called for the purpose to terminate
such employment forthwith without penalties.
For Against
Abstain
16,171,506 255,437
651,504
D) In their discretion on any other
business which may properly come before the
meeting or any adjournment thereof.
For the semi annual period ended
(a) 10/31/96 File number (c) 811-
6047
SUB-
ITEM
77 0
EXHI
BITS
Transactions Effected Pursuant
to Rule 10f-3 1. Name of Issuer
Associates First Capital
2. Date of Purchase
5/7/96
3. Number of
Securities Purchased
21,500
4. Dollar Amount of
Purchase
$623,500
5. Price Per Unit
$29.00
6. Name(s) of Underwriter(s)
or Dealer(s)
From whom Purchased
Goldman Sachs
7. Other Members of the Underwriting Syndicate
Merrill Lync, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Inc.
Lehman Brothers Inc.
Prudential Securities Incorporated
Montgomery Securities
Morgan Stanley & Co.
CS First Boston Corporation
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities
Corporation Goldman Sachs & Co.
Smith Barney Inc.
Dean Witter Reynolds
Inc. Sanford C.
Bernstein & Co.,
Inc. Alex, Brown &
Sons Incorporated
A.G Edwards & Sons
Inc. Oppenheimer &
Co.
William Blair &
Co.
Advest, Inc.
Dain
Bosworth
Inc. EVEREN
Securities,
Inc. First
of Michigan
Corp. First
Southwest
Co. Furman
Selz Inc.
Edward D. Jones & Co.
Legg Mason Wood Walker,
Inc. McDonald & Company
Securities, Inc. Piper
Jaffray
Rauscher Pierce
Refsnes, Inc. Wheat,
First Securities, Inc.
Bear, Sterns and
Company, Inc. J.P.
Morgan Securities
PaineWebber
Incorporated
J.C. Bradford and Company
Deutsche Morgan
Grenfell/C.J. Lawerence
Inc. Gruntal And Co.
Inc.
Guzman and Co.
The Robertson-Humphrey
Company Inc. Salomon
Brothers Inc.
Scott & Stringfellow Inc.
Muriel Siebert $ Co. Inc. Stifel,
Nicholas & Co. Inc. Sutro & Co. Inc.
Wasserstein Parella Securities, Inc.
Chase Securites Securites Inc.
Citicorp Securities Inc.
Stephens Inc.
NatCity Investments
Samuel A. Ramirez
Roney & Co.
Utendahl Capital Partners LP
The Williams Capital Group LP
For the semi annual period ended
(a) 10/31/96 File number (c) 811-
6047
SUB-
ITEM
77 0
EXHI
BITS
Transactions Effected Pursuant
to Rule 10f-3 1. Name of Issuer
Dupont Photomasks
2. Date of Purchase
6/13/96
3. Number of
Securities Purchased
23,900
4. Dollar Amount of
Purchase
$406,300
5. Price Per Unit
$17.00
6. Name(s) of Underwriter(s)
or Dealer(s)
From whom Purchased
Goldman Sachs
7. Other Members of the
Underwriting Syndicate
Merrill Lynch Pierce
Lehman Brothers Inc.
Prudential Securities
Incorporated
Montgomery Securities
Morgan Stanley & Co.
CS First Boston Corporation
Smith Barney Inc.
Dean Witter Reynolds
Inc.
Sanford C. Bernstein
& Co., Inc. Alex,
Brown & Sons
Incorporated A.G
Edwards & Sons Inc.
Advest, Inc.
EVEREN Securities,
Inc. SoundView
Financial Group,
Inc. Rauscher Pierce
Refsnes, Inc. Starr
Securities, Inc.
For the semi annual period ended
(a) 10/31/96 File number (c)
811-6047
(b) SUB-ITEM 770
EXHIBITS Transactions
Effected Pursuant
to Rule 10f-3 1. Name of Issuer
Sterling Commerce
2. Date of Purchase
3/8/96
3.Number of securities Purchased
19,200
4.Dollar Amount of
Purchase
$460,800
5. Price Per Unit
$24.00
6. Name(s) of Underwriter(s) or
Dealer(s)
From whom Purchased
Alex Brown
7. Other Members of the
Underwriting Syndicate
Alex, Brown & Sons
Incorporated
CS First Boston Corporation
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner,& Smith Incorporated
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Morgan Stanley &
Co.Inc Bear Stearns&
Co. Inc. Lehman
Brothers Inc.
Prudential Securities
Incorporated Salomon
Brothers Inc.
Smith Barney Inc.
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. The Chicago
Corporation Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.
PaineWebber Incorporated Cowen &
Company
Needham & Company, Inc. The Ohio
Company Hambrecht & Quist LLC Lazard
Freres & Co. LLC
Robertson, Stephens & Company, L.P. Schroeder
Wertheim & Co.
Inc.
First Southwest Company Dillion Reed & Co.
Inc. A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. Montgomery
Securities
Principal Financial Securities, Inc. Punk, Ziegel
& Knoell
Soundview Financial Group, Inc. Utterburg Harris
Volpe, welty & Co. Wessels, Arnold &
Henderson
Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co., Inc.
Hoak Securities Corp.
Kaufman Bros., LP
C.L. King &
Associates
Southwest
Securities
Inc. Van
Kasper &
Company
William K. Woodruff & Company Inc.
