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

Shareholder meeting
On March  22,  2006,  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  8,304,576  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
James R. Boyle             8,182,299                 122,277
Charles L. Ladner          8,188,658                 115,918
John A. Moore              8,189,635                 114,941

The preferred shareholders elected Ronald R. Dion as a Trustee of the Fund until
his  successor  is duly  elected  and  qualified,  with the votes  tabulated  as
follows: 782 FOR, 0 AGAINST and 0 ABSTAINING.

The common and preferred  shareholders also ratified the Trustees'  selection of
PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP as the Fund's  independent  auditors  for the fiscal
year ending  October 31, 2006,  with the votes  tabulated as follows:  8,184,093
FOR, 33,820 AGAINST and 86,663 ABSTAINING.
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</DOCUMENT>
