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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 7)
Liberty Term Trust, Inc., 1999 (LTT)
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock
(Title of Class of Securities)
531282101
(CUSIP Number)
George W. Karpus, President
Karpus Management, Inc. d/b/a/
Karpus Investment Management
14 Tobey Village Office Park
Pittsford, New York 14534
(716) 586-4680
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
to Receive Notices and Communications)
October 12, 1998
(Date of Event which requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the acquisition which is subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b) (3) or (4), check the following box.
[x]
(Page 1 of 4)
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SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 531282101 Page 2 of 4 Pages
1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Karpus Management, Inc. d/b/a Karpus Investment Management
I.D.# 16-1290558
2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) [ ]
(b) [x]
3. SEC USE ONLY
4. SOURCE OF FUNDS*
5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
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6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
7. SOLE VOTING POWER
713,700 shares
NUMBER OF
SHARES 8. SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING 9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
PERSON
WITH 713,700 shares
10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
713,700 shares
12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
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13. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IA
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7
(INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION. 2 of 7
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ITEM 1 Security and Issuer
Common Stock
Liberty Term Trust Inc., 1999 ("LTT")
Federated Investors Tower
Pittsford, Pennsylvania 15222
ITEM 2 Identity and Background
a) Karpus Management, Inc., d/b/a Karpus Investment Management
("KIM")
George W. Karpus, President, Director, and controlling
stockholder
JoAnn Van Degriff, Vice President and Director
Sophie Karpus, Director
b) 14 Tobey Village Office park
Pittsford, New York 14534
c) Principal business and occupation - Investment Management for
individuals, pension, and profit sharing plans, corporations,
endowments, trusts, and others, specializing in conservative
asset management (i.e. fixed income investments).
d) None of George W. Karpus, JoAnn VanDegriff or Sophie Karpus
("the Principals") or KIM has been convicted in the past 5
years of any criminal proceeding (excluding traffic
violations).
e) During the last 5 years none of the Principals or KIM has been
a party to a civil proceeding as a result of which any of them
is subject to a judgment, decree, or final order enjoining
future violations of or prohibiting or mandating activities
subject to , federal or state securities laws or finding any
violation with respect to such laws.
f) Each of the Principals is a United States citizen. KIM is a
New York corporation.
ITEM 3 Source and Amount of Funds or Other Considerations
KIM, an independent investment adviser, has accumulated 713,700 shares
of LTT on behalf of accounts that are managed by KIM ("the Accounts")
under limited powers of attorney, which represents 14.52% of the
outstanding shares. All funds that have been utilized in making such
purchases are from such Accounts.
ITEM 4 Purpose of Transaction
KIM has purchased Shares for investment purposes. Being primarily a
conservative , fixed income manager, with a specialty focus in the
closed end fund sector, the profile of LTT (being a short term
investment grade fund scheduled to terminate on or by December 31,
1999) fit the investment guidelines for various Accounts.
ITEM 5 Interest in Securities of the Issuer
a) As of the date of this Report, KIM owns 713,700 shares which
represent 14.52% of the outstanding Shares. Principal, Sophie
Karpus, owns 700 shares purchased on July 24, 1995 at a price
of $7.375. KIM owns 2,000 shares purchased on July 24, 1995 at
a price of $7.375.
b) KIM has the sole power to dispose of and to vote all such
Shares
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under limited powers of attorney.
c) Open market purchases in the last 90 days for the Accounts.
Date Shares Price Per Date Shares Price Per
Share Share
7/6/98 -1,000 8.5625 8/21/98 300 8.6875
7/14/98 5,000 8.625 8/24/98 1,000 8.6875
7/17/98 5,000 8.625 8/25/98 2,800 8.6875
7/17/98 -5,000 8.625 8/26/98 700 8.6875
7/22/98 1,800 8.625 8/27/98 500 8.6875
7/24/98 300 8.625 8/28/98 1,400 8.6875
7/27/98 1,200 8.625 9/4/98 1,400 8.6875
7/28/98 5,200 8.625 9/14/98 600 8.6875
8/3/98 2,500 8.6875 9/15/98 6,800 8.6875
8/10/98 1,100 8.6875 9/16/98 4,400 8.6875
8/11/98 4,000 8.6875 9/18/98 600 8.6875
8/11/98 -4,000 8.6875 9/21/98 200 8.6875
8/12/98 900 8.6875 9/23/98 2,000 8.6875
8/19/98 300 8.6875 9/24/98 300 8.6875
8/20/98 1,300 8.6875 9/30/98 4,900 8.75
9/30/98 1,500 8.6875
There have been no dispositions and no acquisitions, other
than by such open market purchases, during such period.
The Accounts have the right to receive all dividends from, and
any proceeds from the sale of , the Shares. None of the
Accounts has an interest is Shares constituting more than 5%
of the Shares outstanding.
ITEM 6 Contracts, Arrangements, Understanding, or Relationships with Respect
to the Issuer
Except as described above, there are no contracts, arrangements,
understandings or relationships of any kind among the Principals and
KIM and between any of them and any other person with respect to any of
the LTT securities.
ITEM 7 Materials to be Filed as Exhibits
Not applicable
Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true,
complete, and correct.
Karpus Management, Inc.
October 12, 1998 By: /s/ George W. Karpus, President
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Date Signature
George W. Karpus, President
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