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<TYPE>EX-99.77C VOTES
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>meeting.txt
<DESCRIPTION>SHAREHOLDER MEETING
<TEXT>

Shareholder meeting

On March  22,  2006,  the  Annual  Meeting  of the  Fund was held to elect  nine
Trustees  and to ratify the  actions of the  Trustees in  selecting  independent
auditors for the Fund.

Proxies  covering  9,671,478  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  with the votes
tabulated as follows:

                                                                 WITHHELD
                                  FOR                            AUTHORITY

James R. Boyle                    9,660,004                      11,474

James F. Carlin                   9,652,639                      18,839

Richard P. Chapman, Jr.           9,650,601                      20,877

William H. Cunningham             9,650,599                      20,879

Richard Dion                      9,655,228                      16,250

Charles Ladner                    9,661,778                       9,700

Stephan Pruchansky                9,653,607                      17,871

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:  2,982  FOR,  0  AGAINST,  7
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: 9,670,637 FOR, 49,203
AGAINST and 69,358 ABSTAINING.
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
