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<TYPE>EX-99.77C VOTES
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<FILENAME>meeting.txt
<DESCRIPTION>SHAREHOLDER MEETING
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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  6,950,516  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                          6,940,493             10,023

James F. Carlin                         6,941,235              9,281

Richard P. Chapman, Jr.                 6,940,348             10,168

William H. Cunningham                   6,938,066             12,450

Richard Dion                            6,937,557             12,959

Charles Ladner                          6,943,553              6,963

Stephan Pruchansky                      6,941,928              8,588


The preferred  shareholders  elected Dr. John A. Moore and Patti McGill Peterson
to serve as the Fund's  Trustees  until there  successors  are duly  elected and
qualified,  with the votes  tabulated  as  follows:  2,880  FOR,  0  AGAINST,  9
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, 2006, with votes tabulated as follows: 6,946,588 FOR, 24,339
AGAINST and 63,210 ABSTAINING.


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