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:
Common Shares
Votes
Votes for withheld
Jameson Adkins Baxter 14,899,150
215,656
Hans H. Estin 14,886,178 228,628
Ronald J. Jackson 14,890,399 224,407
Paul L. Joskow 14,900,020 214,786
Elizabeth T. Kennan 14,880,160 234,646
Lawrence J. Lasser 14,899,072 215,734
John H. Mullin III 14,890,868 223,938
George Putnam, III 14,897,264 217,542
A.J.C. Smith 14,892,627 222,179
W. Thomas Stephens 14,899,786 215,020
W. Nicholas Thorndike 14,891,252 223,554
Preferrred Shares
Votes
Votes for withheld
John A. Hill 4,025 14
Robert E. Patterson 4,025 14
A proposal to ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as the independent auditors
of your fund was approved as follows:
Common Shares -- 14,788,464 votes for, and 136,277 votes
against, with 190,065 abstentions.
Preferred Shares - 4,039 votes for, and 0 votes against.
