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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 6,957,395 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                         6,902,883       51,076

Richard P. Chapman, Jr.                 6,897,740       56,219

William Cosgrove                        6,897,683       62,276

William H. Cunningham                   6,884,078       69,881

Richard Dion                            6,895,985       57,974

Charles Ladner                          6,901,340       52,619

Stephan Pruchansky                      6,892,336       61,623

Jamie Shepherdson*                      6,897,287       56,672

*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: 3,421 FOR, 0 AGAINST, 15
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: 6,855,107 FOR, 35,820
AGAINST and 66,468 ABSTAINING.
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