Results of October 7, 1999 shareholder meeting
(Unaudited)
An annual meeting of shareholders of the fund was held on
October 7, 1999. At the meeting, each of the nominees for
Trustees was elected, as follows:
Common Shares
Votes Votes
for
withheld
Jameson Adkins Baxter 14,814,528
175,618
Hans H. Estin 14,803,464
186,682
Ronald J. Jackson 14,817,600
172,546
Paul L. Joskow 14,811,064
179,082
Elizabeth T. Kennan 14,811,578
178,568
Lawrence J. Lasser 14,820,000
170,146
John H. Mullin III 14,818,200
171,946
William F. Pounds 14,804,389
185,757
George Putnam 14,809,339
180,807
George Putnam, III 14,811,019
179,127
A.J.C. Smith 14,814,550
175,596
W. Thomas Stephens 14,819,000
171,146
W. Nicholas Thorndike 14,811,954
178,192
Preferred Shares
Votes Votes
for
withheld
John A. Hill 3,718
0
Robert E. Patterson 3,718
0
A proposal to ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as the independent auditors of your fund was approved as
follows:
Common Shares - 14,713,336 votes for, and 76,257 votes
against, with 200,553 abstentions.
Preferred Shares - 3,718 votes for, and 0 votes against.
