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<TYPE>EX-99.77C VOTES
<SEQUENCE>4
<FILENAME>meeting.txt
<DESCRIPTION>SHAREHOLDER MEETING
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Shareholder meeting

On May 26, 2005, the Annual Meeting of the Fund was held to elect eight Trustees
and to ratify the actions of the Trustees in selecting  independent auditors for
the Fund.

Proxies  covering  9,743,702  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 was two
nominees for election by the preferred  shareholders),  with the votes tabulated
as follows:
                                                        WITHHELD
                                        FOR             AUTHORITY
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James F. Carlin                         9,651,626       88,516

Richard P. Chapman, Jr.                 9,645,751       94,391

William Cosgrove                        9,639,538       100,604

William H. Cunningham                   9,638,442       101,700

Richard Dion                            9,648,175       91,967

Charles Ladner                          9,651,175       88,967

Stephan Pruchansky                      9,650,732       89,410

Jamie Shepherdson *                     9,651,651       88,491

*James Shepherdson resigned effective July 15, 2005.

The preferred  shareholders  elected Dr. John A. Moore and Patti McGill Peterson
to serve as the  Fund's  Trustee  until  there  successor  is duly  elected  and
qualified,  with the votes  tabulated  as  follows:  3,548 FOR,  0  AGAINST,  12
ABSTAINING.

The common and  preferred  shareholders  ratified  the  Trustees'  selection  of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Fund's independent auditor for the fiscal year
ending December 31, 2005, with votes tabulated as follows: 9,639,963 FOR, 36,850
AGAINST and 66,889 ABSTAINING.


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