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SCHEDULE 14A
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Check the appropriate box:
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/ / Soliciting Material Pursuant to Section 240.14a-11(c) or
Section 240.14a-12
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Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was
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FPA NEW INCOME, INC.
11400 WEST OLYMPIC BOULEVARD, SUITE 1200, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90064
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1999
A special meeting of shareholders of FPA New Income, Inc. ("Fund") will be
held in the Board Room, Twelfth Floor, at the offices of First Pacific Advisors,
Inc., the Fund's investment adviser ("Adviser"), 11400 West Olympic Boulevard,
Suite 1200, Los Angeles, California 90064, on Monday, December 20, 1999, at 2:00
P.M. Pacific Time, to consider and vote on the following matters:
1. Election of the Board of Directors (Five Directors);
2. Continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement;
3. Ratification or rejection of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as
independent auditors for the Fund for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2000; and
4. Such other matters as may properly come before the meeting or any
adjournment or adjournments thereof.
You are entitled to vote if you held shares of the Fund as of October 29,
1999.
By Order of the Board of Directors
SHERRY SASAKI
Secretary
November 18, 1999
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IT IS REQUESTED THAT YOU PROMPTLY EXECUTE THE ENCLOSED PROXY AND RETURN IT IN
THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE THUS ENABLING THE FUND TO AVOID UNNECESSARY EXPENSE AND
DELAY. NO POSTAGE IS REQUIRED IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES. THE PROXY IS
REVOCABLE AND WILL NOT AFFECT YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE IN PERSON IF YOU ATTEND THE
MEETING.
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FPA NEW INCOME, INC.
11400 WEST OLYMPIC BOULEVARD, SUITE 1200, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90064
PROXY STATEMENT
The accompanying proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors of the Fund
in connection with a special meeting of shareholders to be held on Monday,
December 20, 1999. Any shareholder executing a proxy has the power to revoke it
prior to its exercise by submission of a later proxy, by voting in person, or by
letter to the Secretary of the Fund. Unless the proxy is revoked, the shares
represented thereby will be voted in accordance with specifications thereon.
Proxy solicitation will be principally by mail but may also be made by telephone
or personal interview conducted by officers and regular employees of the
Adviser, or Boston Financial Data Services, Inc., the Fund's Shareholder
Servicing Agent. No specially engaged employees or paid solicitors will be used
for such purpose. The cost of solicitation of proxies will be borne by the Fund,
which will reimburse banks, brokerage firms, nominees, fiduciaries and other
custodians for reasonable expenses incurred by them in sending the proxy
material to beneficial owners of shares of the Fund. This Proxy Statement was
first mailed to shareholders on or about November 18, 1999. You may obtain a
copy of the Fund's most recent annual report, and of any succeeding semi-annual
report, without charge, by writing to the Secretary of the Fund at the above
address, or by telephoning (800) 982-4372.
On October 29, 1999 (record date for determining shareholders entitled to
notice of and to vote at the meeting), there were outstanding 49,290,074 shares
of Common Stock, $0.01 par value. Each share is entitled to one vote.
On October 29, 1999, no person is known by management to own beneficially
as much as 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund, except Charles Schwab &
Co., Inc., for the benefit of customers, 101 Montgomery Street, San
Francisco, California 94104-4122, which held 7,385,742 shares (14.98%), and
National Financial Services Corp., for the exclusive use of its customers,
Attention: Mutual Funds, 5th Floor, 200 Liberty Street - 1 WFC, New York, New
York 10281-1003, which held 4,868,667 shares (9.88%).
Signed but unmarked proxies will be voted for the directors nominated below
and in favor of all proposals. Shareholders who return proxies marked as
abstaining from voting on one or more proposals are treated as being present at
the meeting for purposes of obtaining the quorum necessary to hold the meeting,
but are not counted as part of the vote necessary to approve the proposal(s). If
brokers holding shares for their customers in so-called "Street Name" report
that they have not received instructions and are not authorized to vote without
instruction, those shares will be treated the same as abstentions.
1. ELECTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Five directors are to be elected at the meeting, each to hold office until
the next meeting of shareholders and until a successor is elected and qualified.
The five nominees receiving the highest number of votes will be elected.
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Because we do not expect meetings of shareholders to be held each year, the
directors' terms will be indefinite in length. Two of the nominees for director,
DeWayne W. Moore and Lawrence J. Sheehan, were elected by shareholders at their
last meeting on May 9, 1994. Willard H. Altman, Jr. was elected by directors in
1998. Alfred E. Osborne, Jr. and Julio J. de Puzo, Jr. have been nominated for
election at this meeting. The table below sets forth certain information
regarding the nominees.
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PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION DURING
NAME AND POSITION PAST FIVE YEARS DIRECTOR
WITH THE FUND AND DIRECTORSHIP OF PUBLIC COMPANIES AGE SINCE
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Willard H. Altman, Jr. Retired. Formerly, until 1995, Partner of Ernst & 64 1998
(Director)(1) Young LLP, independent auditors for the Fund. Vice
President of Evangelical Council for Financial
Accountability, an accreditation organization for
Christian non-profit entities. Director of FPA
Capital Fund, Inc., of FPA Perennial Fund, Inc.,
of Source Capital, Inc. (2), and of Current Income
Shares, Inc., a closed-end investment company not
advised by the Adviser.
DeWayne W. Moore Retired. Formerly Senior Vice President, Chief 85 1981
(Director)(1) Financial Officer and director of Guy F. Atkinson
Company of California (construction). Director of
FPA Capital Fund, Inc. (2).
Alfred E. Osborne, Jr. Director of the Harold Price Center for 55 ----
(Nominee) Entrepreneurial Studies and Associate Professor of
Business Economics at The John E. Anderson
Graduate School of Management at UCLA. Dr. Osborne
has been at UCLA since 1972. Director of the Times
Mirror Company, of K2 Inc., of Nordstrom, Inc.,
and of E+ Capital Corporation, a privately held
company which operates a venture capital fund and
owns Wedbush Morgan Securities, Inc., a
broker-dealer. Independent general partner of
Technology Funding Venture Partners V L.P., a
business development company. Trustee of the WM
Group of Funds and of the World Wide Index Funds,
mutual fund complexes not advised by the Adviser.
Nominee for director of FPA Capital Fund, Inc.
(2).
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PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION DURING
NAME AND POSITION PAST FIVE YEARS DIRECTOR
WITH THE FUND AND DIRECTORSHIP OF PUBLIC COMPANIES AGE SINCE
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Julio J. de Puzo, Jr.* Director (since October 1995), Principal and Chief 45 ----
(Nominee and Executive Executive Officer of the Adviser since March 1996;
Vice President) and President and Chief Executive Officer (since
January 1997), and director for more than the past
five years of FPA Fund Distributors, Inc.
("Distributor"). President and director of Source
Capital, Inc.; Executive Vice President and
director of FPA Paramount Fund, Inc. and of FPA
Perennial Fund, Inc.; and Executive Vice President
of FPA Capital Fund, Inc. (2). Nominee for
director of FPA Capital Fund, Inc. Executive Vice
President and Chief Administrative Officer from
October 1995 to March 1996, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer from June 1991 to March
1996, Senior Vice President from February 1993 to
October 1995, of the Adviser.
Lawrence J. Sheehan** Of counsel to, and Partner (1969 to 1994) of, the 67 1991
(Director)(1) law firm of O'Melveny & Myers LLP, legal counsel
to the Fund. Director of FPA Capital Fund, Inc.,
of FPA Perennial Fund, Inc., of Source Capital,
Inc. (2) and of TCW Convertible Securities Fund,
Inc., a closed-end investment company not advised
by the Adviser. Trustee of the World Wide Index
Funds, a mutual fund complex not advised by the
Adviser.
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* If elected, a director who is an interested person of the Fund and of the
Adviser as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") by virtue
of being an officer of the Fund and of the Adviser.
** Director who is an interested person of the Fund as defined in the Act by
virtue of being affiliated with legal counsel to the Fund.
(1) Member of the Audit Committee and of the Corporate Responsibility Committee
of the Board of Directors.
(2) FPA Capital Fund, Inc., FPA Paramount Fund, Inc., FPA Perennial Fund, Inc.,
and Source Capital, Inc. are other investment companies advised by the
Adviser ("FPA Fund Complex"). See "Information Concerning the Adviser"
herein.
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As of October 29, 1999, the following directors and nominees owned shares
of the Fund, including shares held in the name of a spouse and trust accounts:
Mr. Altman owned 1,014 shares; Mr. Moore owned no shares; Mr. Osborne owned no
shares; Mr. de Puzo owned 1,899 shares; and Mr. Sheehan owned 943 shares. On the
same date, all officers and directors of the Fund as a group owned of record and
beneficially less than 1% of the Fund's shares.
All nominees have consented to being named in this Proxy Statement and have
indicated their intention to serve if elected. Should any nominee for director
withdraw or otherwise become unavailable for reasons not presently known, it is
intended that the proxy holders will vote the signed but unmarked proxies and
those marked for the nominated directors for such other nominee as the Board of
Directors may designate.
The Board of Directors has designated the three members identified by
footnote (1) to the preceding table as the Audit Committee of the Board. The
Committee makes recommendations to the Board of Directors concerning the
selection of the Fund's independent auditors and reviews with such auditors the
results of the annual audit, including the scope of auditing procedures, the
adequacy of internal controls, and compliance by the Fund with the accounting,
recording and financial reporting requirements of the Act. The Audit Committee
met four times during the last fiscal year.
The Board of Directors has designated the three members identified by
footnote (1) to the preceding table as the Corporate Responsibility Committee.
The Committee recommends to the full Board of Directors nominees for election as
directors of the Fund to fill vacancies on the Board, when and as they occur.
While the Committee expects to be able to identify from its own resources an
ample number of qualified candidates, it will review recommendations from
shareholders of persons to be considered as nominees to fill future vacancies.
The determination of nominees recommended by the Committee is within the sole
discretion of the Committee and the final selection of management nominees is
within the sole discretion of the Board. Therefore, no assurance can be given
that persons recommended by shareholders will be nominated as directors. The
Corporate Responsibility Committee met twice during the last fiscal year.
During the fiscal year ended September 30, 1999, the Board of Directors
held four meetings. Each director attended more than 75% of the aggregate of (1)
the total number of meetings of the Board of Directors and (2) the total number
of meetings held by all Committees of the Board on which they served. During the
fiscal year ended September 30, 1999, the Fund did not pay any salaries directly
to officers but paid an investment advisory fee to the Adviser as described
herein. The following information relates to director compensation. Each
director who was not an interested person of the Adviser was compensated by the
Fund at the rate of $6,000 per year plus a fee of $1,000 per day for each Board
of Directors meeting attended. The directors who were not interested persons of
the Adviser received total directors' fees of $35,584 for such year. Each such
director is also reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses incurred as a director.
During the year, the Fund incurred legal fees of $3,611, to the law firm of
O'Melveny & Myers LLP, with which Mr. Sheehan is affiliated.
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Total Compensation*
Aggregate Compensation* from the FPA Fund Complex
Name of Directors from the Fund including the Fund
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Willard H. Altman, Jr. $ 10,000 $ 41,500**
Donald E. Cantlay (1) 5,584 11,168***
DeWayne W. Moore 10,000 20,000***
Lawrence J. Sheehan 10,000 42,000**
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* No pension or retirement benefits are provided to directors of the Fund
or the FPA Fund Complex.
** Includes compensation from the Fund, two other open-end investment
companies,and one closed-end investment company.
*** Includes compensation from the Fund and one other open-end investment
company.
(1) Director until May, 1999.
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The following information relates to each executive officer of the Fund who
is not a director or a nominee for election as a director of the Fund. Each
officer also serves as a director and/or officer of the Adviser and has received
employee stock options to acquire shares of United Asset Management Corporation
("UAM"), of which the Adviser is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary. The
business address of each of the following officers is 11400 West Olympic
Boulevard, Suite 1200, Los Angeles, California 90064.
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NAME AND POSITION PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION DURING OFFICER
WITH THE FUND PAST FIVE YEARS AGE SINCE
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Robert L. Rodriguez Director, Principal and Chief Investment Officer of the 51 1984
(President and Chief Adviser since March 1996; and director of the Distributor
Investment Officer) since March 1996. Mr. Rodriguez also serves as
President and Chief Investment Officer of FPA Capital
Fund, Inc.; and as director of Source Capital, Inc. Mr.
Rodriguez served as Executive Vice President from
January 1996 to March 1996, and as Senior Vice
President from February 1993 to January 1996, of the
Adviser.
Eric S. Ende Senior Vice President of the Adviser for more than 55 1985
(Vice President) the past five years. Mr. Ende also serves as
President and Portfolio Manager of FPA Perennial
Fund, Inc.; as Senior Vice President and Chief
Investment Officer of Source Capital, Inc.; and as
Vice President of FPA Capital Fund, Inc. and of
FPA Paramount Fund, Inc.
Janet M. Pitman Vice President of the Adviser for more than the 56 1997
(Vice President) past five years. Ms. Pitman also serves as Vice
President of FPA Capital Fund, Inc., of FPA
Paramount Fund, Inc., of FPA Perennial Fund, Inc.
and of Source Capital, Inc.
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NAME AND POSITION PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION DURING OFFICER
WITH THE FUND PAST FIVE YEARS AGE SINCE
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J. Richard Atwood Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and 39 1997
(Treasurer) Treasurer of the Adviser since January 1997; and
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
(since March 1998) and Treasurer of the
Distributor since January 1997. Mr. Atwood also
serves as Treasurer of FPA Capital Fund, Inc., of
FPA Paramount Fund, Inc., of FPA Perennial Fund,
Inc. and of Source Capital, Inc. Mr. Atwood served
as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
Transamerica Investment Services, Inc. from
January 1995 to January 1997; Vice President and
Controller of the Adviser from 1988 to January
1995; and Assistant Treasurer of the Distributor
from May 1991 to January 1995.
Sherry Sasaki Assistant Vice President and Secretary of the 44 1984
(Secretary) Adviser for more than the past five years; and
Secretary of the Distributor for more than the
past five years. Ms. Sasaki also serves as
Secretary of FPA Capital Fund, Inc., of FPA
Paramount Fund, Inc., of FPA Perennial Fund, Inc.
and of Source Capital, Inc.
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2. CONTINUATION OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
First Pacific Advisors, Inc. ("Adviser"), a Massachusetts corporation,
maintains its principal office at 11400 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 1200, Los
Angeles, California 90064. It provides investment management and advisory
services to the Fund pursuant to an investment advisory agreement, dated
December 27, 1994 ("Advisory Agreement"), the continuance of which to December
31, 1994 was approved by shareholders of the Fund on May 9, 1994. The Advisory
Agreement provides that it may be renewed from year to year by (i) the Board of
Directors of the Fund or by the vote of a majority (as defined in the Act) of
the outstanding voting securities of the Fund, and (ii) by the vote of a
majority of directors who are not interested persons (as defined in the Act) of
the Fund or of the Adviser cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of
voting on such approval. The continuance of the Advisory Agreement through
December 31, 2000, has been approved by the Board of Directors and by a majority
of the directors who are not interested persons of the Fund or of the Adviser.
The Board of Directors recommends approval by shareholders of such continuance.
Such approval requires the affirmative vote of (a) 67% or more of the voting
securities represented at the meeting, if more than 50% of the outstanding
voting securities are present or represented by proxy, or (b) more than 50% of
all outstanding voting securities, whichever is less.
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Under the Advisory Agreement, the Fund retains the Adviser to manage the
investment of the Fund's assets, including the placing of orders for the
purchase and sale of portfolio securities. The Adviser agrees to obtain and
evaluate economic, statistical and financial information to formulate and
implement the Fund's investment programs. In addition to providing management
and investment advisory services, the Adviser furnishes office space, facilities
and equipment. It also compensates all officers and other personnel of the Fund
except directors who are not affiliated with the Adviser.
The Adviser provides at its expense personnel to serve as officers of the
Fund and office space, facilities and equipment for managing the affairs of the
Fund. All other expenses incurred in the operation of the Fund are borne by the
Fund. Expenses incurred by the Fund include brokerage commissions on portfolio
transactions, fees and expenses of directors not affiliated with the Adviser,
taxes, transfer agent fees, dividend disbursement and reinvestment and custodian
fees, auditing and legal fees, the cost of printing and mailing reports and
proxy materials to shareholders, expenses of printing and engraving stock
certificates, expense of trade association memberships, premiums for the
fidelity bond and errors and omissions insurance maintained by the Fund.
For services rendered, the Adviser is paid an investment advisory and
management fee. Such fee is payable monthly at the annual rate of 0.50% of the
Fund's average net assets.
The Advisory Agreement includes a provision for a reduction in the
investment advisory and management fee paid to the Adviser in the amount by
which certain defined operating expenses of the Fund (including such advisory
fee) for any fiscal year exceed 1 1/2% of the first $15 million of average net
assets of the Fund, plus 1% of the remaining average net assets of the Fund,
such values to be taken at the close of business on the last business day of
each calendar month. Operating expenses, as defined in the Advisory Agreement,
exclude (i) interest, (ii) taxes, (iii) expenditures for brokerage and research
services, and (iv) any extraordinary expenses such as those of litigation,
merger, reorganization or recapitalization, to the extent such extraordinary
expenses are permitted to be excluded by the rules or policies of the states in
which shares of the Fund are periodically qualified for sale. All expenditures,
including costs incurred in connection with the purchase, holding or sale of
portfolio securities, which are capitalized in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles applicable to investment companies, are accounted
for as capital items and not as expenses. This expense limitation provision does
not require any payment by the Adviser beyond the return of the investment
advisory and management fee paid to it by the Fund for a fiscal year.
The Advisory Agreement provides that the Adviser shall have no liability to
the Fund or any shareholders of the Fund for any error of judgment, mistake of
law or any loss arising out of any investment, or for any other act or omission
in the performance by the Adviser of its duties under the Advisory Agreement,
except for liability resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence
on the part of the Adviser or the reckless disregard of its duties under the
Advisory Agreement. The Advisory Agreement may be terminated without penalty by
the Board of Directors of the Fund or the vote of a majority (as defined in the
Act) of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund upon 60 days' written
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notice to the Adviser or by the Adviser upon like notice to the Fund. The
Advisory Agreement will automatically terminate in the event of its assignment,
as that term is defined in the Act.
The recommendation of the Board of Directors that shareholders approve the
continuance of the Advisory Agreement is based upon the Board's assessment of
the Fund's long-term investment performance and low volatility. Expense ratios
were found by the Board to be reasonable in comparison to those paid by the
other Corporate Debt Funds A Rated in light of the Board's evaluation of the
consistency and reliability of the Fund's long-term performance.
For the fiscal year ended September 30, 1999, the Adviser received
investment advisory and management fees of $2,846,976. The Fund's average net
assets during the fiscal year were $565,369,704. The total net assets of the
Fund were $531,133,485 on September 30, 1999.
PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS AND BROKERAGE
Under the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser makes decisions to buy and sell
securities for the Fund, selects broker-dealers and negotiates commission rates
or net prices. Since most transactions the Fund makes are principal transactions
at net prices, the Fund incurs little or no brokerage costs. Portfolio
securities are normally purchased directly from the issuer or from an
underwriter or market maker for the securities. Purchases of portfolio
securities from underwriters include a commission or concession the issuer pays
to the underwriter. Purchases from dealers serving as market makers include the
spread between the bid and asked price. Sales to dealers are effected at bid
prices. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 1999, the Fund incurred no
brokerage costs.
The Adviser seeks to allocate portfolio transactions equitably whenever
concurrent decisions are made to purchase or sell securities for the Fund and
another advisory account. In some cases, this procedure could have an adverse
effect on the price or the amount of securities purchased or sold by the Fund.
In making such allocations, the main factors considered by the Adviser are the
respective investment objectives, the relative size of portfolio holdings of the
same or comparable securities, the availability of cash for investment, the size
of investment commitments generally held and the opinions of the persons
responsible for recommending the investment.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE ADVISER
The Advisory Agreement permits the Adviser to render advisory services to
others, and the Adviser also serves as investment adviser to Source Capital,
Inc., a publicly traded (closed-end) investment company, which had net assets of
$430,419,245 on September 30, 1999. Source Capital, Inc. pays an advisory fee at
the annual rate of 0.725% on the first $100 million of its net assets, 0.700% on
the next
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$100 million of its net assets, and 0.675% on any net assets in excess of $200
million. The Adviser also advises FPA Capital Fund, Inc., FPA Paramount Fund,
Inc., FPA Perennial Fund, Inc. and FPA Crescent Portfolio, open-end investment
companies, which had net assets of $529,963,037, $171,219,988, $39,413,480 and
$123,913,817, respectively, on September 30, 1999. The annual advisory and
administration fees paid by FPA Capital Fund, Inc., FPA Paramount Fund, Inc. and
FPA Perennial Fund, Inc. equal 0.75% of the first $50 million of average daily
net assets and 0.65% on the average daily net assets in excess of $50 million.
Those three funds also reimburse the Adviser monthly for the cost of financial
services for any fiscal year in an amount of up to 0.10% of average daily net
assets. FPA Crescent Portfolio pays an advisory fee at the annual rate of 1.00%
of its average daily net assets. The Adviser also advises institutional
accounts. The Adviser had total assets under management of approximately $3.2
billion at September 30, 1999.
The Adviser is a wholly owned subsidiary of United Asset Management
Holdings, Inc. which is a wholly owned subsidiary of United Asset Management
Corporation ("UAM"), which is a holding company principally engaged, through
affiliated firms, in providing institutional investment management and acquiring
institutional investment management firms. The common stock of UAM is listed on
the New York Stock Exchange. No person is known by UAM to own or hold with power
to vote 25% or more of the outstanding shares of UAM common stock.
The directors and principals of the Adviser are the following persons:
Julio J. de Puzo, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of the Adviser; Robert L.
Rodriguez, Chief Investment Officer of the Adviser; and William M. Sams. Mr.
Sams, 62, serves as President and Chief Investment Officer of FPA Paramount
Fund, Inc., and director of the Distributor. The principal occupations of
Messrs. de Puzo and Rodriguez are described in the preceding tables. The
business address of Messrs. de Puzo, Rodriguez and Sams is 11400 West Olympic
Boulevard, Suite 1200, Los Angeles, California 90064.
DISTRIBUTOR
FPA Fund Distributors, Inc., 11400 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 1200, Los
Angeles, California 90064, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser, acts as the
principal distributor of shares of the Fund pursuant to a Distribution Agreement
dated December 27, 1994. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 1999, the
Distributor received $70,027 in net sales commissions (after reallowance to
other dealers) on sales of shares of the Fund.
3. RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Shareholders are requested to ratify the selection by the Board of
Directors (including a majority of directors who are not interested persons of
the Fund as that term is defined in the Act) of the firm of Ernst & Young LLP as
independent auditors for the Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000.
In addition to normal audit services, Ernst & Young LLP provides services in
connection with the preparation and review of federal and state tax returns for
the Fund. The employment of Ernst & Young LLP is conditioned upon the right of
the Fund, by vote of a majority of its outstanding voting securities,
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to terminate such employment without any penalty. Ernst & Young LLP have served
as independent auditors for the Fund since 1969. Representatives of Ernst &
Young LLP are expected to be present at the meeting, with the opportunity to
make a statement if they desire to do so, and such representatives are expected
to be available to respond to any appropriate questions from shareholders.
4. OTHER MATTERS
The proxy holders have no present intention of bringing before the meeting
for action any matters other than those specifically referred to in the
foregoing, and in connection with or for the purpose of effecting the same, nor
has the management of the Fund any such intention. Neither the proxy holders nor
the management of the Fund are aware of any matters which may be presented by
others. If any other business shall properly come before the meeting, the proxy
holders intend to vote thereon in accordance with their best judgment.
SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS
The Fund does not expect to hold regular annual meetings of shareholders.
Any shareholder who wishes to submit proposals for consideration at a meeting of
the Fund's shareholders should send such proposals to the Fund at the address
shown above. Proposals must be received a reasonable time prior to the date of a
meeting of shareholders to be considered for inclusion in the materials for that
meeting. Timely submission of a proposal does not necessarily mean that such
proposal will be included.
ADJOURNMENT
In the event that sufficient votes in favor of the proposals set forth in
the Notice of Special Meeting and Proxy Statement are not received by the time
scheduled for the meeting, the persons named as proxies may move one or more
adjournments of the meeting for a period or periods of not more than 30 days in
the aggregate to permit further solicitation of proxies with respect to any such
proposals. Any such adjournment will require the affirmative vote of a majority
of the shares present at the meeting. The persons named as proxies will vote in
favor of such adjournment those shares which they are entitled to vote which
have voted in favor of such proposals. They will vote against any such
adjournment those proxies which have voted against any of such proposals.
By Order of the Board of Directors
SHERRY SASAKI
Secretary
November 18, 1999
PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE AND SIGN THE ENCLOSED PROXY AND RETURN IT PROMPTLY IN THE
ENCLOSED REPLY ENVELOPE. NO POSTAGE IS REQUIRED IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES.
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FPA NEW INCOME, INC.
STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO.
P.O. BOX 8115, BOSTON, MA 02266-8115
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned hereby appoints WILLARD H. ALTMAN, JR., DEWAYNE W. MOORE and
LAWRENCE J. SHEEHAN, and each of them proxies with power of substitution, and
hereby authorizes each of them to represent and to vote, as provided on the
reverse side, all shares of stock of the above Fund which the undersigned is
entitled to vote at the special meeting to be held on Monday, December 20, 1999,
and at any adjournments thereof.
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PLEASE VOTE, DATE AND SIGN ON REVERSE AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN
THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
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When shares are held by joint tenants, both should sign. When signing as
attorney, executor, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If a
corporation, please sign in full corporate name by president or other authorized
officer. If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized
person.
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HAS YOUR ADDRESS CHANGED? DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS?
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/X/ PLEASE MARK VOTES AS IN THIS EXAMPLE
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FPA NEW INCOME, INC.
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Mark box at right if an address change or comment has been noted on the
reverse side of this card. / /
CONTROL NUMBER:
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Please be sure to sign and date this Proxy. Date
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- --------Shareholder sign here----------------------Co-owner sign here (if any)--
If no direction is given, this Proxy will be voted for proposals 1,2 and 3.
1. Election of Directors. Nominees:
With- For All
For hold Except
W.H. Altman, Jr. A.E. Osborne, Jr.
D.W. Moore L. J. Sheehan / / / / / /
J.J. de Puzo, Jr.
Instruction: If you do not wish your shares voted "For" a particular nominee,
mark the "For All Except" box and strike a line through the name(s) of the
nominee(s). Your shares will be voted for the remaining nominee(s).
For Against Abstain
2. Continuation of the Investment Advisory / / / / / /
Agreement.
3. Selection of Ernst & Young LLP as independent / / / / / /
auditors.
In their discretion, the Proxies are authorized to vote upon such other
business as may properly come before the meeting.
The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Special Meeting and
Proxy Statement, dated November 1999.
RECORD DATE SHARES:
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