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<TYPE>EX-99.3 VOTING TRUST
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<DESCRIPTION>ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER MEETING RESULTS
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Annual Shareholders Meeting Results
The Fund held its annual meeting of shareholders
on December 29, 2004. Common Preferred
shareholders voted to reelect Paul Belica as a
class II Trustee to serve until 2007 and
David C. Flattum as class III Trustee to
serve until 2005. Preferred shareholders voted to
reelect John J. Dalessandro II as a class II
Trustee to serve until 2007.


The resulting vote count was

                              Affirmative        Withhold Authority

Election of Pual Belica
                                 43906733                  626448

Election of David C. Flattum
                                 43970951                  462230

Election of John J. Dalessandro     19591                      77

Robert E. Connor, Hans W. Kertess*, and Peter Sullivan
continue to serve as Trustees of the Fund.



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