EX-99.77C VOTES 3 meeting.htm SHAREHOLDER MEETING

Shareholder meeting

On April 23, 2007, the Annual Meeting of the Fund was held to elect three Trustees and approve the issuance of additional shares in connection with the reorganization of four Patriot closed-end funds into the Fund.

Proxies covering shares of beneficial interest were voted at the meeting. The common and preferred shareholders elected their respective Trustees to serve until successors are duly elected and qualified.

The votes were tabulated as follows:

WITHHELD

FOR AUTHORITY

James R. Boyle 14,408,589 174,013 (common shares)

Patti McGill Peterson 522 123 (preferred shares)

Steven R. Pruchansky 14,402,185 180,417 (common shares)

The common shareholders then approved the issuance of additional common shares, with the votes tabulated as follows: 9,841,181 FOR, 222,593 AGAINST and 123,980 ABSTAINING.

The Meeting was then adjourned to May 2, 2007 at which time the preferred shareholders approved the issuance of additional preferred shares, with the votes tabulated as follows:

631 FOR, 0 AGAINST and 5 ABSTAINING.