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<TYPE>EX-99.77C VOTES
<SEQUENCE>5
<FILENAME>shareholderbto.txt
<DESCRIPTION>SHAREHOLDER VOTES
<TEXT>
SHAREHOLDER MEETING (Unaudited) On March 7, 2002, the Annual Meeting of the Fund
was held to elect six  Trustees  and to ratify the  actions of the  Trustees  in
selecting  independent  auditors  for the Fund.  The  shareholders  elected  the
following  Trustees to serve until their respective  successors are duly elected
and qualified, with the votes tabulated as follows: WITHHELD FOR AUTHORITY James
F. Carlin 77,985,205  1,645,126 William H. Cunningham  77,816,351 1,813,981 John
M. DeCiccio  77,834,516  1,795,815  John P. Toolan  78,042,126  1,588,206  Patti
McGill  Peterson  77,821,155  1,809,177 John A. Moore  77,823,436  1,806,896 The
shareholders  also ratified the Trustees'  selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as
the Fund's  independent  auditors for the fiscal year ending  December 31, 2002,
with the votes  tabulated  as follows:  79,033,311  FOR,  1,094,539  AGAINST and
499,730 ABSTAINING.

</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
