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SIGNATURE
TITLE
For the six-month period ended (a) March 31, 1996
File Number (c) 811-7343
SUB-ITEM 770
Transactions Effected Pursuant to Rule 10f-3
1. Name of Issuer:
Pete's Brewing Company
2. Date of Purchase:
11/06/95
3. Number of Securities Purchased:
5,200
4. Dollar Amount of Purchase:
$93,600
5. Price Per Unit:
$18.00
6. Name(s) of Underwriter(s)
or Dealer(s) from whom Purchased:
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
7. Other Underwriters in Syndicate:
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.
Adams, Harkness & Hill, Inc.
Advest, Inc.
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
William Blair & Company
CS First Boston Corporation
Dain Bosworth Incorporated
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation
Janney Montgomery Scott Inc.
McDonald & Company Securities, Inc.
Merril Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Montgomery Securities
Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.
Paine Webber Incorporated
Piper Jaffray Inc.
Prudential Securities Incorporated
Ragen MacKenzie Incorporated
Van Kasper & Company
Wheat First Securities, Inc.
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