<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-99.77C VOTES
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>shareholdermeeting.txt
<DESCRIPTION>SHAREHOLDER MEETING
<TEXT>
SHAREHOLDER MEETING
On March 18, 2004, the Annual Meeting of the Fund was held to elect three
Trustees and to ratify the actions of the Trustees in selecting independent
auditors for the Fund.

Proxies covering 14,373,407 shares of beneficial interest were voted at the
meeting. The common shareholders elected the following Trustees to serve until
their respective successors are duly elected and qualified (there were no
current nominees for election by the preferred shareholders), with the votes
tabulated as follows:                        WITHHELD
                          FOR                AUTHORITY

Patti McGill Peterson     14,204,693         167,879

Steven Pruchansky         14,221,54          151,025

Norman H. Smith           14,204,936        167,636

The common and preferred shareholders also ratified the Trustees' selection of
Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Fund's independent auditors for the fiscal year
ending October 31, 2005, with the votes tabulated as follows: 14,264,629 FOR,
33,128 AGAINST and 75,650 ABSTAINING.

7


1



</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
