Results of October 5, 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:
Votes
Votes for withheld
Jameson Adkins Baxter 9,973,257
108,271
Hans H. Estin 9,963,229 118,299
Ronald J. Jackson 9,970,588
110,940
Paul L. Joskow 9,970,107 111,421
Elizabeth T. Kennan 9,964,041
117,487
Lawrence J. Lasser 9,966,805
114,723
John H. Mullin III 9,972,850
108,678
George Putnam, III 9,966,579
114,949
A.J.C. Smith 9,968,964 112,564
W. Thomas Stephens 9,973,150
108,378
W. Nicholas Thorndike 9,964,639
116,889
A proposal to ratify the selection of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent
auditors of your fund was approved as
follows:
9,987734 votes for, and 23,312 votes against,
with 70,482
abstentions and broker non-votes.
