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		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Nicholas-Applegate Equity & Convertible Income Fund
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		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
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		STREET 2:		C/O ROPES & GRAY LLP
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		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02110
		BUSINESS PHONE:		617-951-7000

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		STREET 1:		ONE INTERNATIONAL PLACE
		STREET 2:		C/O ROPES & GRAY LLP
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02110

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voted to re-elect Paul Belica, John C. Maney and to elect Diana L. Taylor as
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Connor, Hans W. Kertess, William B. Ogden IV and R. Peter Sullivan III, continue
to serve as Trustees.</font></div>
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of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</font></div>
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Board of Trustees and Shareholders</font></div>
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Nicholas-Applegate Equity &amp; Convertible Income Fund</font></div>
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planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of
Nicholas-Applegate Equity &amp; Convertible Income Fund ("the Fund") as of and
for the year ended January 31, 2010, in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered the
Fund&#8217;s internal control over financial reporting, including controls over
safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for
the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply
with the requirements of Form N-SAR, but not for the purpose of expressing an
opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund&#8217;s internal control over financial
reporting.&#160;&#160;Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the
effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial
reporting.</font></div>
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management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective
internal control over financial reporting.&#160;&#160;In fulfilling this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the
expected benefits and related costs of controls.&#160;&#160;A fund&#8217;s internal
control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles.&#160;&#160;A fund's internal control over
financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to
the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly
reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the fund; (2) provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the fund are being
made only in accordance with authorizations of management and trustees of the
fund; and (3)&#160;&#160;provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or
timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a fund&#8217;s
assets that could have a material effect on the financial
statements.</font></div>
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of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not
prevent or detect misstatements.&#160;&#160;Also, projections of any evaluation
of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may
become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of
compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.</font></div>
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deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design
or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal
course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect
misstatements on a timely basis.&#160;&#160;A material weakness is a deficiency,
or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting,
such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the
fund's annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected
on a timely basis.</font></div>
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consideration of the Fund&#8217;s internal control over financial reporting was for
the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily
disclose all deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting that
might be material weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States).&#160;&#160;However, we noted no
deficiencies in the Fund&#8217;s internal control over financial reporting and its
operation, including controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to
be material weaknesses as defined above as of January 31, 2010.</font></div>
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report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the
Board of Trustees of Nicholas-Applegate Equity &amp; Convertible Income Fund and
the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not
be used by anyone other than these specified parties.</font></div>
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2010</font></div>
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