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SIGNATURE BARRY FINK
TITLE VICE PRESIDENT
WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
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Item 77Q2 Exhibit
Fund: TCW\DW Term Trust 2002
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
The following persons are "reporting persons" under Section
16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and had not
previously filed an "Initial Statement of Beneficial
Ownership of Securities" on Form 3:
Mitchell M. Merin
Ronald E. Robison
Joseph J. McAlinden
Michael Bozic
Edwin J. Garn
Philip J. Purcell
John L. Schroeder
Wayne E. Hedien
Barry Fink
None of the above reporting persons has ever held any shares
of the Trust.
TCW/DW TERM TRUST 2002
Item 77E Legal Proceedings
Four purported class action lawsuits have been filed
in the Superior Court for the State of California, County
of Orange, against some of the Trustees and officers, one
of the underwriters, the lead representative of the
underwriters, the Adviser, the Manager and other defendants
- - but not against the Trust - by certain shareholders of
the Trust and other trusts for which the defendants act in
similar capacities. These plaintiffs generally allege
violations of state statutory and common law in connection
with the marketing of the Trust to customers of one of the
underwriters. Damages, including punitive damages, are
sought in an unspecified amount. On or about October 20,
1995, the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint
consolidating these four actions. The defendants
thereafter filed answers and affirmative defenses to the
consolidated amended complaint. The defendants' answers
deny all of the material allegations of the plaintiffs'
complaint. In 1996, the plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed,
without prejudice, their claims against the two defendants
who were independent Trustees of the Trust. In March 1997,
all of the remaining defendants in the litigation filed
motions for judgment on the pleadings, seeking dismissal of
all of the claims asserted against them. The defendants'
motions were fully briefed by all parties and were the
subject of a hearing before the Court on April 18, 1997.
In July 1997, the Court denied the motion for judgment on
the pleadings. In August 1997, plaintiffs filed a motion
for class certification. In their motion, the plaintiffs
requested certification of a "nationwide" class of Term
Trust purchasers. On June 1, 1998, the Court granted in
part and denied in part the plaintiffs' motion for class
certification. The Court ruled that plaintiffs' motion was
"granted as to [a California] statewide class," but was
"denied as to a nationwide class." On October 13, 1998,
three separate class actions alleging similar claims on
behalf of the residents of the states of Florida, New
Jersey and New York were filed in the state courts of those
states. The defendants removed the Florida action to
federal court and the plaintiffs' motion to remand the
action to state court was denied. Motions to dismiss were
filed by the defendants in the Florida action on August 30,
1999, in the New Jersey action on July 26, 1999 and in the
New York action on September 10, 1999. The New Jersey
motion was denied by the court on September 27, 1999 and
the defendants have filed a motion to vacate. The motions
to dismiss in Florida and New York are pending. Certain of
the defendants in these suits have asserted their right to
indemnification from the Trusts. The ultimate outcome of
these matters is not presently determinable, and no
provision has been made in the Trust's financial statements
for the effect, if any, of such matters.
Paraleg/NSAR/77e.2002
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of
XYZ Fund
(2)
Report of Independent Accountants
To the Shareholders and Trustees of
TCW/DW Term Trust 2002
In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements of TCW/DW Term Trust 2002 (the "Trust") for the year
ended September 30, 1999, we considered its internal control,
including control activities for safeguarding securities, in
order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of
expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to
comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide
assurance on internal control.
The management of the Trust is responsible for establishing and
maintaining internal control. In fulfilling this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are
required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of
controls. Generally, controls that are relevant to an audit
pertain to the entity's objective of preparing financial
statements for external purposes that are fairly presented in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
Those controls include the safeguarding of assets against
unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal control, errors or
fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projection of any
evaluation of internal control to future periods is subject to
the risk that it may become inadequate because of changes in
conditions or that the effectiveness of the design and
operation may deteriorate.
Our consideration of internal control would not necessarily
disclose all matters in internal control that might be material
weaknesses under standards established by the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A material weakness
is a condition in which the design or operation of one or more
of the internal control components does not reduce to a
relatively low level the risk that misstatements caused by
error or fraud in amounts that would be material in relation to
the financial statements being audited may occur and not be
detected within a timely period by employees in the normal
course of performing their assigned functions. However, we
noted no matters involving internal control and its operation,
including controls for safeguarding securities, that we
consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of
September 30, 1999.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Trustees of the Trust and the Securities and
Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be
used by anyone other than these specified parties.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
November 9, 1999
