<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-99.77C VOTES
<SEQUENCE>3
<FILENAME>meeting.txt
<DESCRIPTION>SHAREHOLDER MEETING
<TEXT>

Bank and Thrift Opportunity Fund

Shareholder meeting
On March  22,  2006,  the  Annual  Meeting  of the  Fund was held to elect  four
Trustees  and to ratify the  actions of the  Trustees in  selecting  independent
auditors for the Fund.

Proxies  covering  81,026,978  shares of  beneficial  interest were voted at the
meeting.  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 R. Boyle               78,335,144                2,691,834
Ronald R. Dion               78,354,208                2,672,770
Charles L. Ladner            78,344,941                2,682,037
John A. Moore                78,382,604                2,644,374

The shareholders ratified the Trustees' selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP
as the Fund's  independent  auditor for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2006,
with votes  tabulated as follows:  79,732,629  FOR;  833,055 AGAINST and 461,294
ABSTAINING.
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
