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<TYPE>EX-99.77C VOTES
<SEQUENCE>3
<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

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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</DOCUMENT>
