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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000894189-08-003232
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-CSR
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		6
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080731
FILED AS OF DATE:		20081008
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20081008
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20081008

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MEXICO EQUITY & INCOME FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000863900
		IRS NUMBER:				133576061
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0731

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		FORM TYPE:		N-CSR
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-06111
		FILM NUMBER:		081114282

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		STREET 1:		U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC
		STREET 2:		615 EAST MICHIGAN STREET, LC-2
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4147654499

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		STREET 1:		U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC
		STREET 2:		615 EAST MICHIGAN STREET, LC-2
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53202

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MEXICO CONVERTIBLE ADVANTAGE FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19900807

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MEXICO ADVANTAGE FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19900805
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other markets around the world, the Mexican stock market is down this year
although the decline has not been as precipitous as in some other countries.
Despite the recent correction, the long term performance of the Mexico Equity
and Income Fund remains impressive. Over the eighteen years since its inception
on August 30, 1990 our investment advisor, Pichardo Asset Management and its
predecessor&#8217;s entities has generated a return on net asset value of
approximately 17% per annum.</font></div>
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our Fund&#8217;s discount has narrowed a bit recently, it is still too wide in my
opinion. As a result, we are continuing to opportunistically repurchase our
shares in the stock market to enhance net asset value. Every share we have
repurchased this year has added at least $3 to our total net asset value.
Finally, although I am weary of writing about it, longer term we continue to
believe our proposal to issue put warrants to shareholders will permanently
solve the discount problem. After some recent personnel changes, the SEC does
seem to be moving, albeit slowly and with an abundance of caution, to provide us
with the relief we need to implement our proposal.</font></div>
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pleased to present you with the Mexico Equity and Income Fund, Inc. &#8220;MXE&#8221; annual
report for the <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Fund&#8217;s fiscal
year, ended July 31, 2008.</font></font></div>
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context of the global credit crisis and the recent fate of several large U.S.
investment banks, the Mexican economy is expected to grow a meager 2.2% in 2008,
according to Banamex. Even so, Mexico&#8217;s responsibly restrictive monetary policy
and sound public finances for the last 10 years is likely to help the country
face this unprecedented crisis along with relatively healthier financial and
debt markets.</font></div>
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mentioned in the Fund&#8217;s fiscal year report ended July 2007, President Felipe
Calderon&#8217;s National Project &#8220;Vision 2030&#8221;, which incorporates the 2007-2012
National Development Plan and &#8212; importantly&#8212; an estimated US$30 bn per annum
investment in infrastructure, could prove to be a short-term engine for
achieving higher economic growth. The 2007-2008 infrastructure investment of
approximately US$30 bn has been funded by the approved fiscal reform, excess oil
revenues and government asset sales, including private sector
investment.</font></div>
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net per share asset value registered a 7.16% loss for the Fund&#8217;s fiscal year
ended July 31, 2008, compared to a 13.46% loss for the Mexico Fund, a comparable
peer, and a 2.32% loss for the Mexican Bolsa, as reported by Bloomberg.
Year-to-date, through August 2008, the Fund&#8217;s 7.95% loss led it to rank third
compared to a 20.06% average loss for Lipper&#8217;s 20 Emerging Markets Closed-end
Funds sample.</font></div>
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long-term performance of the Mexico Equity and Income Fund remains at
approximately 17% per annum for the last eighteen years since its inception on
August 30, 1990, amid the recent market correction, as reported by Thomson
Financial. The Fund&#8217;s 15.85% to <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">3</font>13.79% premium/
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of this report, after a 15.85% premium in July 2007 following the outbreak of
the sub-prime crisis.</font></div>
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patiently adhering to an investment strategy consisting primarily of an
overweight in infrastructure. In the midst of uncertainty about the macro
consequences of the actions of the U.S. Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury&#8217;s
proposed US$700 billion bail-out, we believe that an investment strategy like
the Fund&#8217;s, which is tied to a domestic growth vehicle such as the National
Infrastructure Program, is likely to enhance shareholder value in the
long-term.</font></div>
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GDP grew 2.7% year-over-year during the first half of 2008 compared to 3.2% in
2007. During the period, the most dynamic sector was the services sector with
3.5% growth followed by the agricultural sector, 1.8%, and the industrial sector
1.1%.</font></div>
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industrial sector&#8217;s more modest growth during the period January to June 2008
was particularly notable within the construction sector, which registered a
meager 0.8% growth compared to 3.0% in 2007. This was mainly the result of the
Mexican government&#8217;s infrastructure program getting off to a slow
start.</font></div>
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Mexican economy has so far weathered the effects of the U.S. economic downturn
relatively well, although recent economic woes have led analysts to believe that
economic weakness will most probably continue through the end of 2009. Hence,
during the year, Mexico&#8217;s 2008 GDP growth has been revised down on several
occasions from 3.5% at the beginning of the year to 2.3% currently and 1.9% for
2009.</font></div>
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the year, strong momentum in private consumption (70% of GDP) was seen as a
strong catalyst for growth during the year and the 4.2% growth rate registered
during the first quarter of 2008 seemed to support this view. Nonetheless, the
recently released 3.0% growth rate for 2008 confirms that weakness in the real
sector has spilled over to the consumer, especially as during the year, many of
the traditional drivers of private consumption have registered slower growth,
namely: (i) job creation: 286,440 new jobs were created in the period January to
August, down 50% from the same year-ago period; (ii) a slower rate of credit
growth: 15.55% in June compared to 18% in May; and (iii) lower U.S. remittances
from Mexican workers abroad, which amounted to US$13 billion during the first
half of 2008.</font></div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.7pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">However,
it is worth noting that capital investment growth maintained its pace during the
first half of 2008, amid a negative external scenario and slowing domestic
demand, reflecting private sector confidence in the Mexican economy in the
medium term, which should contribute to growth once external weakness
subsides.</font></div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 11.85pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Gross
fixed investment grew 4.9% year-on-year for the period January to June 2008,
mainly as a result of investment in machinery and equipment, as construction&#8217;s
0.9% growth for the period</font></div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 12.3pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">evidenced
the slowdown in the sector, probably due to a lagging response to the Mexican
government&#8217;s infrastructure program. US$10.5 billion in foreign direct
investment inflows in the first half of 2008 has also supported capital
investment growth.</font></div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 3.85pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Although
the real sector slowdown which began in 2007 has continued this year and will
probably last until 2009, Mexico&#8217;s fiscal stability has been preserved, largely
due to record high oil prices. The 2008 budget estimated a Mexican mix oil price
of US$49 year, which has been largely surpassed by the US$122.73 oil price as at
end-July 2008, and the US$58.19 price reached in 2007, resulting in excess oil
revenues of US$3 billion during the first half of 2008 and a accumulation of
US$6 billion in the so-called Stabilization Fund, which has forestalled any
Mexican government spending cuts thus far and is likely to continue to do so in
the near future.</font></div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.2pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Nonetheless,
the decline in oil production since 2005, which to date amounts to 300,000
barrels per day, means that in the last 3 years Mexico has ceased to raise
around US$10 billion in accumulated oil revenue based on the average annual oil
price for the period. Furthermore, GEA, an independent economic and research
institute, estimates a decrease in oil exports from 1.4 million barrels per day
on average in 2008 to 1.1 million barrels per day in 2009. And although Pemex
(oil state monopoly) and Energy reform is expected to be approved sometime in
October of this year, national security is currently on the top of the Mexican
government&#8217;s agenda following the recent terrorist attacks, which threaten to be
a new economic growth inhibitor and are a direct consequence of the Calderon
government&#8217;s pledge to combat organized crime.</font></div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.25pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The other
(negative) side of the coin, however, consists of greater inflationary pressures
stemming from higher prices for fuel &#8212; hitherto contained by gasoline price
subsidies &#8212; and food during the year, which have led Banxico to raise its
reference rate by 75 bps on three occasion to 8.25% as at end-July 2008 and
delay convergence with its inflation target of 3% until 2010. Annual inflation
as at the end of July 2008 was 5.39%, well above the Central Bank&#8217;s
target.</font></div>
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EXCHANGE</font></div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 14.95pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">For the
Fund&#8217;s fiscal year period ending July 31, 2008, the Mexbol Index lost 2.32% in
dollar terms. This period was characterized by two main developments: the
deepening of the subprime crisis and rising global inflation pressures due to
higher commodity and food prices.</font></div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 4.95pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">During
the first half of the Fund&#8217;s fiscal year, the Mexbol registered a 5.24% dollar
loss at the beginning of a global economic slowdown and a 3.08% gain during the
second half of the Fund&#8217;s fiscal year amid high levels of volatility and a steep
correction in financial markets worldwide. However, given the recent severe bout
of market turmoil, the Mexbol Index is currently entering a new cycle with
greater volatility, which has led it to post an 11.73% loss year-to-date through
September 25.</font></div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 8.2pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
Mexbol Index&#8217;s over-performing stocks during the Fund&#8217;s fiscal year period ended
July 31st, 2008, were mainly related to the petrochemical, financial and retail
sectors, while laggard stocks were mainly related to the diversified
communications, construction and engineering and housing sectors.</font></div>
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in terms of multiple valuations (last-12-month EV/EBITDA) Bolsa-listed companies
seem fairly valued, 2008 and 2009 earnings growth forecasts which result in
attractive valuations have a high degree of downside risk due to economic growth
uncertainty. Given the prospect of a complex and prolonged global financial
crisis, buying stocks at today&#8217;s projected multiples could prove
expensive.</font></div>
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PERFORMANCE</font></div>
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Fund&#8217;s fiscal year ended July 31, 2008, the MXE&#8217;s net per share asset value lost
7.16% in dollar terms and 14.75% in Mexican peso terms, as the Mexican peso
appreciated 8.65% against the U.S. dollar. In comparison, the Mexico Fund&#8217;s net
per share asset value lost 13.46% in U.S. dollar terms and 20.53% in Mexican
peso terms for the same period.</font></div>
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Fund&#8217;s 13.79% discount from net asset value registered at the end of July 2008
following an all-time high premium of 15.85% in July 2007, has resulted in a
28.92% decrease in the Fund&#8217;s common share market price in U.S. dollar terms at
the end of July.</font></div>
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contributors to the Fund&#8217;s loss for the most recent fiscal year were
infrastructure-related securities, which staged a strong correction during the
entire period, mainly due to the market&#8217;s perception of a bureaucratic delay in
infrastructure project bidding processes.</font></div>
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end of August 2008, the MXE&#8217;s net asset value per share posted an average annual
U.S. dollar return (with reinvested dividends) of 17.02% for the last eighteen
years since the Fund&#8217;s inception in August 1990.</font></div>
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Fund&#8217;s investment strategy for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2008 remained
consistent with the policies established at the end of 2007 with an overweight
in infrastructure as well as materials and housing asset classes. At the close
of the fiscal year, the MXE&#8217;s portfolio had a 15.55% allocation in liquid
peso-denominated instruments.</font></div>
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believe that our decision to overweight the MXE&#8217;s portfolio in the
infrastructure asset category as classified by Pichardo Asset Management<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">1 </font>in
addition to exposure to the Mexican housing sector and the largest wireless
operator in the Latin American region, constitutes an investment thesis which
leverages the Fund to reap the rewards of growing private and public investment
in Mexico derived from the Calderon government&#8217;s National Infrastructure
Program.</font></div>
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toll road concessions, communication routes, oil, gas and other energy
production and supply projects, education and health service projects, airport
operators, mega-resort developments in coastal areas and port
operators.</font></div>
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MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
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INFORMATION</font></div>
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Real
      Activity</font></div>
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                  <td valign="top" width="3%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1999</font></div>
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                  <td valign="top" width="3%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">2000</font></div>
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">2001</font></div>
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">2002</font></div>
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">2005</font></div>
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">2006</font></div>
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">2007</font></div>
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                    <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">3.90</font></div>
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                    <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">6.60</font></div>
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.80</font></div>
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1.40</font></div>
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                    <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">4.20</font></div>
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                    <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">3.30</font></div>
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                  <td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Industrial
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(3.50</font></div>
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                  <td valign="top" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)%</font></td>
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.00</font></div>
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(0.20</font></div>
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">4.20</font></div>
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                  <td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Trade
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">($
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">($
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">($
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">($
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$166.12</font></div>
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$158.78</font></div>
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$161.05</font></div>
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$214.23</font></div>
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$253.90</font></div>
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$272.00</font></div>
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Exports
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                <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
                <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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                <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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                <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
                <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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                <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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A: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES</font></div>
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Mexico Equity and Income Fund, Inc. (the &#8220;Fund&#8221;) was incorporated in Maryland on
May 24, 1990, and commenced operations on August 21, 1990. The Fund is
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a
closed-end, non-diversified management investment company.</font></div>
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preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.</font></div>
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accounting policies are as follows:</font></div>
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</font>Investments are stated at value in the accompanying financial statements.
All securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued at
the last sales price prior to the time of determination of net asset value, or,
if no sales price is available at that time, at the closing price last quoted
for the securities (but if bid and asked quotations are available, at the mean
between the current bid and asked prices, rather than the quoted closing price).
Securities that are traded over-the-counter are valued, if bid and asked
quotations are available, at the mean between the current bid and asked prices.
Investments in short-term debt securities having a maturity of 60 days or less
are valued at amortized cost if their term to maturity from the date of purchase
was less than 60 days, or by amortizing their value on the 61st day prior to
maturity if their term to maturity from the date of purchase when acquired by
the Fund was more than 60 days. Other assets and securities for which no
quotations are readily available will be valued in good faith at fair value
using methods determined by the Board of Directors. These methods include, but
are not limited to, the fundamental analytical data relating to the investment;
the nature and duration of restrictions in the market in which they are traded
(including the time needed to dispose of the security, methods of soliciting
offers and mechanics of transfer); the evaluation of the forces which influence
the market in which these securities may be purchased or sold, including the
economic outlook and the condition of the industry in which the issuer
participates.</font></div>
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Investment Income. </font>The cost of investments sold is determined by use of
the specific identification method for both financial reporting and income tax
purposes. Interest income, including the accretion of discount and amortization
of premium on investments, is recorded on an accrual basis; dividend income is
recorded on the ex-dividend date or, using reasonable diligence, when known to
the Fund. The collectibility of income receivable from foreign securities is
evaluated periodically, and any resulting allowances for uncollectible amounts
are reflected currently in the determination of investment income.</font></div>
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made for U.S. Federal income or excise taxes as it is the Fund&#8217;s intention to
continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and to make the requisite
distributions to its shareholders that will be sufficient to relieve it from all
or substantially all U.S. Federal income and excise taxes.</font></div>
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is subject to the following withholding taxes on income from Mexican
sources:</font></div>
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distributed by Mexican companies are subject to withholding tax at an effective
rate of 0.00%. Prior to January 1, 2002, the effective rate was
7.69%.</font></div>
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income on debt issued by the Mexican federal government is generally not subject
to withholding. Withholding tax on interest from other debt obligations such as
publicly traded bonds and loans by banks or insurance companies is at a rate of
4.9% under the tax treaty between Mexico and the United States.</font></div>
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realized from the sale or disposition of debt securities may be subject to a
4.9% withholding tax. Gains realized by the Fund from the sale or disposition of
equity securities that are listed and traded on the Mexican Stock Exchange
(&#8220;MSE&#8221;) are exempt from Mexican withholding tax if sold through the stock
exchange. Gains realized on transactions outside of the MSE may be subject to
withholding at a rate of 25% (20% rate prior to January 1, 2002) of the value of
the shares sold or, upon the election of the Fund, at 35% (40% rate prior to
January 1, 2002) of the gain. If the Fund has owned less than 25% of the
outstanding stock of the issuer of the equity securities within the 12 month
period preceding the disposition, then such disposition will not be subject to
capital gains taxes as provided for in the treaty to avoid double taxation
between Mexico and the United States.</font></div>
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June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB
Interpretation 48 (FIN 48), &#8220;Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.&#8221; This
standard defines the threshold for recognizing the benefits of tax-return
positions in the financial statements as &#8220;more-likely-than-not&#8221; to be sustained
by the taxing authority and requires measurement of a tax position meeting the
more-likely-than-not criterion, based on the largest benefit that is more than
50 percent likely to be realized. FIN 48 is effective as of the beginning of the
first fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2006 (August 1, 2007 for the
Fund); with early application permitted if no interim financial statements have
been issued. At adoption, companies must adjust their financial statements to
reflect only those tax positions that are more-likely-than-not to be sustained
as of the adoption date. The Fund adopted FIN 48 on January 31, 2008. The effect
of adopting FIN 48 for the Fund does not have a material impact on the Fund&#8217;s
financial statements.</font></div>
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had no material uncertain tax positions as of July 31, 2008. Also, the Fund had
recognized no interest and penalties related to uncertain tax benefits in 2008.
At July 31, 2008, the fiscal years 2005 through 2008 remain open to examination
in the Fund&#8217;s major tax jurisdiction.</font></div>
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September, 2006, FASB issued FASB Statement No. 157, &#8220;Fair Value Measurement&#8221;
(&#8220;SFAS 157&#8221;), which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring
fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is
effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim
periods within those fiscal years. The Fund believes the adoption of SFAS 157
will have no material impact on its financial statements.</font></div>
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2008, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, &#8220;Disclosures about
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities&#8221; (&#8220;SFAS 161&#8221;) was issued and is
effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008. SFAS 161 is
intended to improve financial reporting for derivative instruments by requiring
enhanced disclosure that enables investors to understand how and why an entity
uses derivatives, how derivatives are accounted for, and how derivative
instruments affect an entity&#8217;s results of operations and financial position.
Management is currently evaluating the implications of SFAS 161. The impact on
the Fund&#8217;s financial statement disclosures, if any, is currently being
assessed.</font></div>
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</font>Accounting Principles generally accepted in the United States of America
require certain components of net assets relating to permanent differences be
reclassified between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have
no effect on net assets or net asset value per shares. The permanent differences
are primarily attributed to foreign currency gain reclassifications and net
capital gains realized on in-kind redemptions due to the tender offers on the
preferred shares (Note D). For the year ended July 31, 2008, the Fund increased
undistributed net investment income by $998,253 decreased accumulated realized
gain by $7,072,612 and increased paid in capital by $6,074,359.</font></div>
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</font>The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign
currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars on the following
basis:</font></div>
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market value of investment securities, assets and liabilities at the current
Mexican peso exchange rate on the valuation date, and</font></div>
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purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses at the Mexican
peso exchange rate prevailing on the respective dates of such
transactions.</font></div>
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from the effect of fluctuations in the market prices of securities. The Fund
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in foreign currency rates, however, when determining the gain or loss upon the
sale of foreign currency denominated debt obligations pursuant to U.S. Federal
income tax regulations; such amounts are categorized as foreign exchange gain or
loss for income tax reporting purposes.</font></div>
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reports realized foreign exchange gains and losses on all other foreign currency
related transactions as components of realized gains and losses for financial
reporting purposes, whereas such gains and losses are treated as ordinary income
or loss for Federal income tax purposes.</font></div>
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denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are subject to changes in
value due to fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate. Foreign security and
currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically
associated with those of domestic origin as a result of, among other factors,
the level of governmental supervision and regulation of foreign securities
markets and the possibilities of political or economic instability.</font></div>
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Fund&#8217;s taxable gains and are not distributed to shareholders.</font></div>
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</font>The Fund intends to distribute to shareholders, at least annually,
substantially all of its net investment income, including foreign currency
gains. The Fund also intends to normally distribute annually any net realized
capital gains in excess of net realized capital losses (including any capital
loss carryovers), except in circumstances where the Directors of the Fund
determine that the decrease in the size of the Fund&#8217;s assets resulting from the
distribution of the gains would generally not be in the interest of the Fund&#8217;s
shareholders. An additional distribution may be made to the extent necessary to
avoid payment of a 4% U.S. Federal excise tax.</font></div>
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to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The amount of dividends
and distributions from net investment income and net realized gains are
determined in accordance with U.S. Federal income tax regulations, which may
differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America. These &#8220;book/tax&#8221; differences are either considered temporary or
permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature,
such amounts are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their Federal
tax-basis treatment; temporary differences do not require reclassification.
Dividends and distributions which exceed net investment income and net realized
capital gains for financial reporting purposes but not for tax purposes are
reported as dividends in excess of net investment income and net realized
capital gains, respectively. To the extent they exceed net investment income and
net realized gains for tax purposes, they are reported as distributions from
additional paid-in capital.</font></div>
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MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
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</font>The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders during the years
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has designated $18,993,356 as long-term capital gain dividend, pursuant to
Internal Revenue Code section 852(b)(3).</font></div>
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July 31, 2008, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as
follows:</font></div>
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                <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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Mexico Equity and Income Fund designates 7% of dividends declared for the fiscal
year July 31, 2008 from net investment income as qualified dividend income under
the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003
(unaudited).</font></div>
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percent of ordinary income distributions designated as interest related
dividends for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2008 was 0%.
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percent of ordinary income distributions designated as short-term capital gain
distributions for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2008 was 100%.
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Asset Management, S.A. de C.V. serves as the Fund&#8217;s Investment Adviser (the
&#8220;Investment Adviser&#8221;) under the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement (the
&#8220;Advisory Agreement&#8221;) effective July 1, 2003. Pursuant to the Advisory
Agreement, the Investment Adviser makes investment decisions for the Fund and
supervises the acquisition and disposition of securities by the Fund. For its
services, the Investment Adviser receives a monthly fee at an annual rate of
0.80% of the Fund&#8217;s average daily net assets. For the year ended July 31, 2008,
these fees amounted to $1,228,015. The Investment Adviser has voluntarily agreed
to reimburse the Fund for certain fees and expenses on an annual basis. These
expense reimbursements may be terminated at any time. For the year ended July
31, 2008, there were no expense reimbursements made by the Investment
Adviser.</font></div>
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September 20, 2007, the Fund pays each of its directors who is not a director,
officer or employee of the Investment Adviser, the Administrator or any
affiliate thereof an annual fee of $20,000, paid pro rata, quarterly plus a fee
of $500 for each meeting held telephonically. For serving the Fund as Chief
Compliance Officer, in addition to the aforementioned Directors&#8217; fees, Mr.
Hellerman receives annual compensation in the amount of $30,000. In addition,
the Fund reimburses the directors for travel and out-of-pocket expenses incurred
in connection with Board of Directors&#8217; meetings.</font></div>
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Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (&#8220;USBFS&#8221;), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of
U.S. Bancorp, serves as the Fund&#8217;s Administrator and, in that capacity, performs
various administrative and accounting services for the Fund. USBFS also serves
as the Fund&#8217;s Fund Accountant (the &#8220;Fund Accountant&#8221;). U.S. Bank, N.A. serves as
the Fund&#8217;s custodian (the &#8220;Custodian&#8221;). The Custodian is an affiliate of the
Administrator. The Administrator prepares various federal and state regulatory
filings, reports and returns for the Funds; prepares reports and materials to be
supplied to the directors; monitors the activities of the Fund&#8217;s Custodian and
Fund Accountant; coordinates the preparation and payment of the Fund&#8217;s expenses
and reviews the Fund&#8217;s expense accruals.</font></div>
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services, the Administrator receives a monthly fee at the following annual
rate:</font></div>
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average daily net assets on the remaining balance above $700
million</font></div>
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services, the Fund Accountant receives a monthly fee at the following annual
rate:</font></div>
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minimum annual fee on average daily net assets up to $100 million,
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average daily net assets from $100 million to $300 million, plus</font></div>
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average daily net assets on the remaining balance above $300
million</font></div>
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services, the Custodian receives a monthly fee at the following annual
rate:</font></div>
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year ended July 31, 2008, the Mexico Equity and Income Fund, Inc. incurred
Administration fees of $188,594; Fund Accounting fees of $70,142 and Custody
fees of $93,952.</font></div>
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and sales of securities other than short-term obligations, aggregated
$330,040,165 and $373,608,679 respectively, for the year ended July 31,
2008.</font></div>
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31, 2008 substantially all of the Fund&#8217;s assets were invested in Mexican
securities. The Mexican securities markets are substantially smaller, less
liquid, and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United
States. Consequently, acquisitions and dispositions of securities by the Fund
may be limited.</font></div>
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D: CAPITAL STOCK</font></div>
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the year ended July 31, 2008, the Fund purchased 158,149 shares of capital stock
in the open market at a total cost of $4,138,645. The weighted average discount
of these purchases comparing the average purchase price to the net asset value
at the close of the New York Stock Exchange was approximately
14.94%.</font></div>
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of Directors approved in-kind tender offers to repurchase up to 25% of the
Fund&#8217;s preferred stock in exchange for portfolio securities of the Fund valued
at 99% of the Fund&#8217;s per share net asset value on the expiration date of the
repurchase offers (the &#8220;Offers&#8221;). During the year ended July 31, 2008, the Fund
commenced two Offers with expiration dates of June 27<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">th</font>, 2008
and November 16<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">th</font>, 2007.
Portfolio securities to be received by participating Preferred Stockholders were
pro-rata among tendering Preferred Stockholders in proportion to the number of
Preferred Shares tendered to the Fund by each such Preferred Stockholder.
Following the expiration of the Offers, the Fund redeemed 625,335 Preferred
Shares or $20,954,066 of Capital Stock. The net asset value per share of the
Fund&#8217;s common and preferred stockholders was increased by approximately $0.02 as
a result of these Offers.</font></div>
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of Directors approved a nontransferable rights offering for the purchase of the
Funds common stock. The Fund issued to each stockholder of record as of July 27,
2007 (the Record</font></div>
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nontransferable right for every two shares of common or preferred stock such
stockholder owned as of the Record Date. Each right entitled the holder to
purchase one share of common stock at a subscription price calculated as the
greater of (i) the Funds asset value per share (NAV) as determined on the
Expiration Date (August 31, 2007) or (ii) 95% of the average trade weighted
market price of the Funds common stock on the Expiration Date. On September 11,
2007, the Fund issued 848,150 shares of common stock at $36.24 which raised
$30,736,956. The net asset value per share of the Funds common and preferred
stockholders was increased by approximately $0.06 per share as a result of this
issuance.</font></div>
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December 6, 2007, the Board of Director&#8217;s declared a stock dividend of $7.41206
per share. This dividend was paid in shares of common stock of the Fund, or in
cash by specific election of the stockholder. Stockholders that did not elect
the cash option were issued 448,587 shares, which amounted to
$11,124,950.</font></div>
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December 6, 2006, the Board of Directors declared a stock dividend of $3.03306
per share. This dividend was paid in shares of common stock of the Fund, or in
cash by specific election of the stockholder. Stockholders that did not select
the cash option were issued 152,515 shares, which amount to
$4,255,191.</font></div>
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of Directors approved rights offering (the &#8220;Offering&#8221;) on October 12, 2005. In
connection with the Offering by the Fund, the Fund issued to stockholders of
record as of November 30, 2005 (the &#8220;Record Date&#8221;) 0.75 nontransferable rights
to purchase one share of preferred stock for each share of common stock owned as
of the Record Date. The rights entitled the holders to purchase three shares of
preferred stock for every four shares held as of the Record Date at a
subscription price calculated as the greater of (i) 90% of the Fund&#8217;s asset
value per share (&#8220;NAV&#8221;) as determined on the Expiration Date (December 28, 2005)
or (ii) the average closing price of the Fund&#8217;s common stock over the four
consecutive trading days ending on the Expiration Date. On January 6, 2006, the
Fund issued 1,429,336 shares of preferred stock at $17.97 per share, which
raised $25,685,167. The net asset value per share of the Fund&#8217;s common
stockholders was reduced by approximately $1.20 per share as a result of this
issuance (see Note E).</font></div>
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the year ended July 31, 2006, the Fund purchased 242,594 shares of capital stock
in the open market at a total cost of $4,514,583. The weighted average discount
of these purchases comparing the purchase price to the net asset value at the
time of purchase was 8.60%. On December 13, 2005, the Board of Directors
declared a stock dividend of $4.57038 per common share. This dividend was paid
in shares of common stock of the Fund, and in cash by specific election. Some
stockholders selected the stock dividend; therefore on January 31, 2006 the Fund
issued 242,594 shares, which amounted to $4,514,583.</font></div>
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the years ended July 31, 2007, July 31, 2005 and July 31, 2004, the Fund made no
repurchases pursuant to the program.</font></div>
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MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
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hereby given in accordance with Section 23(c) of the Investment Company Act of
1940 that the Fund may purchase, from time to time, shares of its common stock
in the open market.</font></div>
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the Preferred Stock have identical rights, voting powers, restrictions, and
qualifications of the common stock of the Fund except for repurchase and
conversion preference features and the ability to elect two
directors.</font></div>
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intends to conduct a series of tender offers for Preferred Stock only (each, a
&#8220;Tender Offer&#8221;) on a semi-annual basis, on dates to be determined by the Board
of Directors, in which 25% of the issued and outstanding Preferred Stock may be
tendered to the Fund and repurchased in kind for the Fund&#8217;s portfolio
securities. The Board of Directors currently knows of no reason why the Tender
Offers would not be conducted. The consideration for the Preferred Stock to be
repurchased by the Fund shall be that value of portfolio securities equal to 99%
of NAV as determined, with respect to each Tender Offer, on a date designated by
the Board of Directors. The Fund may pay cash for fractional shares; or round
off (up or down) fractional shares so as to eliminate them prior to
distribution.</font></div>
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event the Put Warrant Program is approved by the SEC and upon the anticipated
issuance of put warrants by the Fund, all issued and outstanding shares of
Preferred Stock will automatically convert to our common stock on a one-for-one
basis upon the anticipated issuance of put warrants by the Fund and, shortly
thereafter, stockholders will receive put warrants.</font></div>
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following issuer is affiliated with the Fund; that is, the Fund held 5% or more
of the outstanding voting shares during the period from August 1, 2007 through
July 31, 2008. As defined in Section (2)(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of
1940, such issuers are:</font></div>
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MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
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Independent Registered Public</font></div>
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audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the
schedule of investments, of Mexico Equity and Income Fund, Inc. (the &#8220;Fund&#8221;) as
of July 31, 2008 and the related statement of operations for the year then
ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the
period then ended, and the financial highlights for the periods indicate
thereon. These financial statements and financial highlights are the
responsibility of the Fund&#8217;s management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our
audits.</font></div>
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conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Fund
is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its
internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of
internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit
procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of
expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund&#8217;s internal control over
financial reporting.</font></div>
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we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis,
evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our
procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of July 31, 2008, by
correspondence with the custodian. An audit also includes assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well
as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our
audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.</font></div>
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opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Mexico
Equity and Income Fund, Inc. as of July 31, 2008, the results of its operations
for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years
in the period then ended and the financial highlights for the periods indicated
thereon, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America.</font></div>
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2008, the Board of Directors of The Mexico Equity and Income Fund, Inc., (the
&#8220;Fund&#8221;), including the Independent Directors, unanimously approved the renewal
of the Fund&#8217;s Investment Advisory Agreement (the &#8220;Agreement&#8221;) with the Adviser
for an additional one-year term. The information, material facts and conclusions
that formed the basis for the Board&#8217;s approval are described below.</font></div>
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the course of the year, Board members review a wide variety of materials
relating to the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund
by the Adviser, including reports on the Fund&#8217;s investment results, portfolio
composition, investment strategy, and other matters. In addition, in connection
with its annual review of the Agreement, the Board requested and reviewed
supplementary information that included materials regarding the Fund&#8217;s
investment results, advisory fee and expense comparisons, financial and
profitability information regarding the Adviser, descriptions of various
functions such as compliance monitoring and portfolio trading practices, and
information about the personnel providing investment management and
administrative services to the Fund. In connection with its review, the Board
received assistance and advice regarding legal and industry standards from
counsel to the Fund. The Independent Directors discussed the approval of the
Agreement with representatives of the Adviser and in a private session with
counsel at which no representatives of the Adviser were present. In deciding to
recommend approval of the Agreement, the Board and the Independent Directors did
not identify any single or particular piece of information that, in isolation,
was the controlling factor. This summary describes the most important, but not
all, of the factors considered by the Board and the Independent
Directors.</font></div>
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respect to the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Adviser to
the Fund, the Directors engaged in a broad discussion of the value the Adviser
provided to the Fund and the experience of the Fund&#8217;s portfolio manager. The
Board considered both the short-term and long-term performance of the Fund. The
Board reviewed the Fund&#8217;s performance over various periods and compared these
returns with data supplied by an independent provider of fund data on the
returns of the Fund&#8217;s peers and relevant indices. They noted that the Adviser
was delivering performance that continued to outperform its peers and relevant
indices.</font></div>
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respect to advisory fees and total expenses, the Directors noted that the Fund&#8217;s
management fees were in the 3<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">rd </font>highest
quartile and slightly lower than the industry average for its peer
group</font></div>
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information provided by Lipper, Inc. The Board reviewed and discussed expenses
and noted the Fund&#8217;s expense ratio of 1.53% was reasonable when compared to
funds with similar asset size and complexity. In addition, the Board reviewed
and discussed the profitability to the Adviser and its relationship with the
Fund, which they concluded was reasonable, and information regarding the
Adviser&#8217;s financial capability to continue to provide services to the Fund in
the future, which they concluded was adequate. The Directors considered the
extent to which economies of scale were or should be reflected in the Fund&#8217;s
advisory fee, and concluded that in view of the Fund&#8217;s investment results, the
Fund&#8217;s reasonable level of total expenses and overall size of the net assets in
the Fund that the investment advisory fees were reasonable and that there were
no economies of scale available to this time that should be passed along to the
Fund. The Board also considered ancillary benefits to the Adviser as a result of
its relationship with the Fund. The Board noted that the Adviser has no
affiliated entities that provide services to the Fund and that any such benefit
was difficult to quantify and likely not significant.</font></div>
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their review, including consideration of each of the factors referred to above,
the Board and the Independent Directors concluded that the Agreement is fair and
reasonable to the Fund and its stockholders, that the Fund&#8217;s stockholders
receive reasonable value in return for the advisory fees paid to the Adviser by
the Fund, that each of the factors discussed above supported renewal of the
Agreement, and that renewal of the Agreement was in the best interests of the
Fund and its stockholders.</font></div>
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regarding how the Fund votes proxies relating to portfolio securities is
available without charge upon request by calling toll-free at 1-888-294-8217 and
the SEC&#8217;s website at www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted
proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve month
period ended June 30 is available on the SEC&#8217;s website at www.sec.gov or by
calling the toll-free number listed above.</font></div>
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files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and
third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The filing will be available,
upon request, by calling 1-866-700-6104. Furthermore, you will be able to obtain
a copy of the filing on the SEC&#8217;s website at http://www.sec.gov beginning with
the filing for the period ended October 31, 2004. The Fund&#8217;s Forms N-Q may also
be reviewed and copied at the SEC&#8217;s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC and
information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by
calling 1-800-SEC-0330.</font></div>
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November 2007, the Fund submitted a CEO annual certification to the NYSE in
which the Fund&#8217;s principal executive officer certified that she was not aware,
as of the date of the certification, of any violation by the Fund of the NYSE&#8217;s
Corporate Governance listing standards. In addition, as required by Section 302
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and related SEC rules, the Fund&#8217;s principal
executive and principal financial officers have made quarterly certifications,
included in the filing with the SEC on Forms N-CSR and N-Q, relating to, among
other things, the Fund&#8217;s disclosure controls and procedures and internal control
over financial reporting.</font></div>
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intends to distribute to shareholders substantially all of its net investment
company taxable income at least annually. Investment company taxable income, as
defined in section 852 of the Internal Revenue Service Code of 1986, includes
all of the Fund&#8217;s taxable income minus the excess, if any, of its net realized
long-term capital gains over its net realized short-term capital losses
(including any capital loss carryovers), plus or minus certain other required
adjustments. The Fund also expects to distribute annually substantially all of
its net realized long-term capital gains in excess of net realized short-term
capital losses (including any capital loss carryovers), except in circumstances
where the Fund realizes very large capital gains and where the Directors of the
Fund determine that the decrease in the size of the Fund&#8217;s assets resulting from
the distribution of the gains would not be in the interest of the Fund&#8217;s
shareholders generally.</font></div>
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to the Fund&#8217;s Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;), each shareholder will be
deemed to have elected, unless the Plan Agent (as defined below) is otherwise
instructed by the shareholder in writing, to have all distributions, net of any
applicable U.S. withholding tax, automatically reinvested in additional shares
of the Fund by Computershare Trust Company, Inc., the Fund&#8217;s transfer agent, as
the Plan Agent (the &#8220;Plan Agent&#8221;). Shareholders who do not participate in the
Plan will receive all dividends and distributions in cash, net of any applicable
U.S. withholding tax, paid in U.S. dollars by check mailed directly to the
shareholder by the Plan Agent, as dividend-paying agent. Shareholders who do not
wish to have dividends and distributions automatically reinvested should notify
the Plan Agent for The Mexico Equity and Income Fund, Inc., c/ o Computershare
Investor Services, ATTN: Ms. Margaret Dunn, 250 Royall Street; 3B, Canton,
Massachusetts&#160;02021. Dividends and distributions with respect to shares of
the Fund&#8217;s Common Stock and Preferred Stock registered in the name of a
broker-dealer or other nominee (i.e., in &#8220;street name&#8221;) will be reinvested under
the Plan unless the service is not provided by the broker or nominee or the
shareholder elects to receive dividends and distributions in cash. A shareholder
whose shares are held by a broker or nominee that does not provide a dividend
reinvestment program may be required to have his shares registered in his own
name to participate in the Plan. Investors who own shares of the Fund&#8217;s Common
Stock and Preferred Stock registered in street name should contact the broker or
nominee for details.</font></div>
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Agent serves as agent for the shareholders in administering the Plan. If the
Directors of the Fund declare an income dividend or a capital gains distribution
payable either in the Fund&#8217;s Common Stock, Preferred Stock, or in cash, as
shareholders may have elected, nonparticipants in the Plan will receive cash and
participants in the Plan will receive Common Stock or Preferred Stock,
respectively, to be issued by the Fund. If the market price per share on the
valuation date</font></div>
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exceeds net asset value per share on that date, the Fund will issue new shares
to participants at net asset value; or, if the net asset value is less than 95%
of the market price on the valuation date, then such shares will be issued at
95% of the market price.</font></div>
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asset value per share on the valuation date exceeds the market price per share
on that date, participants in the Plan will receive shares of Common Stock or
Preferred Stock from the Fund valued at market price. The valuation date is the
dividend or distribution payment date or, if that date is not a New York Stock
Exchange trading day, the next preceding trading day. If the Fund should declare
an income dividend or capital gains distribution payable only in cash, the Plan
Agent will, as agent for the participants, buy Fund shares in the open market on
the New York Stock Exchange or elsewhere, for the participants&#8217; accounts on, or
shortly after, the payment date.</font></div>
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Agent maintains all shareholder accounts in the Plan and furnishes written
confirmations of all transactions in an account, including information needed by
shareholders for personal and tax records. Shares in the account of each Plan
participant will be held by the Plan Agent in noncertified form in the name of
the participant, and each shareholder&#8217;s proxy will include those shares
purchased pursuant to the Plan.</font></div>
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case of shareholders such as banks, brokers or nominees that hold shares for
others who are beneficial owners, the Plan Agent will administer the Plan on the
basis of the number of shares certified from time to time by the shareholders as
representing the total amount registered in the shareholder&#8217;s name and held for
the account of beneficial owners who participate in the Plan.</font></div>
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no charge to participants for reinvesting dividends or capital gains
distributions payable in either Common Stock, Preferred Stock or cash. The Plan
Agent&#8217;s fees for the handling or reinvestment of such dividends and capital
gains distributions will be paid by the Fund. There will be no brokerage charges
with respect to shares issued directly by the Fund as a result of dividends or
capital gains distributions payable either in stock or in cash. However, each
participant will pay a pro rata share of brokerage commissions incurred with
respect to the Plan Agent&#8217;s open market purchases in connection with the
reinvestment of dividends or capital gains distributions payable in
cash.</font></div>
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charges for purchasing small amounts of Common Stock and Preferred Stock for
individual accounts through the Plan are expected to be less than usual
brokerage charges for such transactions because the Plan Agent will be
purchasing stock for all participants in blocks and prorating the lower
commissions thus attainable. Brokerage commissions will vary based on, among
other things, the broker selected to effect a particular purchase and the number
of participants on whose behalf such purchase is being made.</font></div>
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MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
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receipt of dividends and distributions in Common Stock or Preferred Stock under
the Plan will not relieve participants of any income tax (including withholding
tax) that may be payable on such dividends or distributions.</font></div>
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under the Plan may indicate that changes in the Plan are desirable. Accordingly,
the Fund and the Plan Agent reserve the right to terminate the Plan as applied
to any dividend or distribution paid subsequent to notice of the termination
sent to participants at least 30 days before the record date for such dividend
or distribution. The Plan also may be amended by the Fund or the Plan Agent, but
(except when necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable law, or rules or
policies of a regulatory authority) only upon at least 30 days&#8217; written notice
to participants. All correspondence concerning the Plan should be directed to
the Plan Agent at the address above.</font></div>
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Fund&#8217;s Annual Stockholders meeting was held on November 26, 2007, at 615 E.
Michigan Street 2<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">nd </font>Floor,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin&#160;53202. As of October 15, 2007, the record date,
outstanding shares of common and preferred stock were 3,474,168 and 1,429,336,
respectively. Holders of 2,633,120 common shares and 1,157,536 preferred shares
of the Fund were present at the meeting either in person or by proxy. These
holders, as being holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund,
constituted a quorum. The stockholders voted on four proposals. The stockholders
elected two Directors to the Board of Directors, one by each share class.
Stockholders, voting as a single class, did not approve an increase to the
annual investment advisory fee payable to Pichardo Asset Management, S.A. de
C.V., approved the Board of Director&#8217;s adoption of a Managed Distribution Plan,
and approved an amendment to the Fund&#8217;s Articles Supplementary to permit
preferred shareholders, at their sole discretion, to convert some or all of
their outstanding shares of the Fund&#8217;s preferred stock into shares of common
stock at relative net asset value. The following table provides information
concerning the matters voted on at the meeting:</font></div>
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privacy policy in order to safeguard the personal information of its consumers
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customers and believes that the confidentiality and protection of consumer
information is one of our fundamental responsibilities. The Fund is committed to
maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and security of the customers&#8217;
personal information and will handle personal consumer and customer information
only in accordance with Regulation S-P and any other applicable laws, rules and
regulations. The Fund will ensure: (a) the security and confidentiality of
customer records and information; (b) that customer records and information are
protected from any anticipated threats and hazards; and (c) that unauthorized
access to, or use of, customer records or information is protected
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consumers or customers to nonaffiliated third parties, except as permitted by
law. For example, as The Fund has no employees, it conducts its business affairs
through third parties that provide services pursuant to agreements with The Fund
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Information. </font>The Fund will determine whether the policies and procedures
of its affiliates and service providers and reasonably designed to safeguard
customer information and require only appropriate and authorized access to, and
use of, customer information through the application of appropriate
administrative, technical, physical, and procedural safeguards that comply with
applicable federal standards and regulations. The Fund directs each of its
service providers to adhere to The Fund&#8217;s privacy policy and to their respective
privacy policies with respect to all customer information of The Fund and to
take all actions reasonably necessary so that The Fund is in compliance with the
provisions of 17 CFR 248.30, including, as applicable, the development and
delivery of initial and annual privacy notices and maintenance of
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adequate records. The Fund will require its service providers to confirm to The
Fund, in writing,that they are restricting access to nonpublic personal
information about customers to those employees who need to know that information
to provide products or services to customers.</font></div>
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than annually, to the Board of Directors outlining their privacy policies and
implementation and promptly report to The Fund any material changes to their
privacy policy before, or promptly after, their adoption.</font></div>
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MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
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management and affairs of the Fund are supervised by the Board of Directors. The
Board consists of five individuals, all of whom are not &#8220;interested persons&#8221; of
the Fund as the term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the &#8220;1940 Act&#8221;). The Directors are fiduciaries for the Fund&#8217;s
shareholders and are governed by the laws of the State of Maryland in this
regard. The Board establishes policies for the operation of the Fund and
appoints the officers who conduct the daily business of the Fund. The Directors
and Interested Officers of the Fund are listed below with their addresses,
present position(s) with the Fund, length of time served, principal occupations
over at least the last five years, and any other Directorships held. Please note
that there is only one fund in the complex that is overseen by the
Directors.</font></div>
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Ethics.</font></font></div>
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registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant&#8217;s
principal executive officer and principal financial officer.&#160;&#160;The
registrant has not made any amendments to its code of ethics during the period
covered by this report.&#160;&#160;The registrant has not granted any waivers
from any provisions of the code of ethics during the period covered by this
report.&#160;&#160;The registrant undertakes to provide to any person without
charge, upon request, a copy of its code of ethics by mail when they call the
registrant at 1-414-765-4255.</font></div>
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Financial Expert.</font></font></div>
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registrant&#8217;s board of directors has determined that it does not have an audit
committee financial expert serving on its audit committee.&#160;&#160;At this
time, the registrant believes that the experience provided by each member of the
audit committee together offers the registrant adequate oversight for the
registrant&#8217;s level of financial complexity.</font></div>
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Fees and Services.</font></font></div>
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registrant has engaged its principal accountant to perform audit services,
audit-related services, tax services and other services during the past two
fiscal years.&#160;&#160;&#8220;Audit services&#8221; refer to performing an audit of the
registrant's annual financial statements or services that are normally provided
by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or
engagements for those fiscal years.&#160;&#160;&#8220;Audit-related services&#8221; refer to
the assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are
reasonably related to the performance of the audit.&#160;&#160;&#8220;Tax services&#8221;
refer to professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax
compliance, tax advice, and tax planning.&#160;&#160;&#8220;Other services&#8221; were not
provided by the principal accountant.&#160;&#160;The following table details the
aggregate fees billed or expected to be billed for each of the last two fiscal
years for audit fees, audit-related fees, tax fees and other fees by the
principal accountant.</font></div>
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committee has adopted pre-approval policies and procedures that require the
audit committee to pre-approve all audit and non-audit services of the
registrant, including services provided to any entity affiliated with the
registrant.&#160;&#160;All of the principal accountant&#8217;s hours spent on auditing
the registrant&#8217;s financial statements were attributed to work performed by
full-time permanent employees of the principal accountant.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
following table indicates the non-audit fees billed<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">&#160;</font>or expected to be
billed by the registrant&#8217;s accountant for services to the registrant and to the
registrant&#8217;s investment adviser (and any other controlling entity, etc.&#8212;not
sub-adviser) for the last two years.&#160;&#160;The audit committee of the board
of trustees/directors has considered whether the provision of non-audit services
that were rendered to the registrant's investment adviser is compatible with
maintaining the principal accountant's independence and has concluded that the
provision of such non-audit services by the accountant has not compromised the
accountant&#8217;s independence.</font></div>
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Listed Registrants.</font></font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
standing audit committee is comprised of Mr. Andrew Dakos, Mr. Phillip Goldstein
and Mr. Rajeev Das.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Item 6. Schedule of
Investments.</font></font></div>
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of Investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under
Item 1 of this Form.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy
Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment
Companies.</font></font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">PROXY
VOTING POLICIES AND GUIDELINES</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Proxy
Voting Policies and Guidelines contained in this document summarize The Mexico
Equity and Income Fund, Inc.&#8217;s (the &#8220;Fund&#8221;) positions on various issues of
concern to the Fund&#8217;s shareholders.&#160;&#160;These Guidelines give general
indication as to how the Fund&#8217;s Advisor will vote Fund shares on each issue
listed.&#160;&#160;However, this listing does not address all potential voting
issues or the intricacies that may surround individual proxy
votes.&#160;&#160;For that reason there may be instances in which votes may vary
from the guidelines presented here.&#160;&#160;The Fund endeavors to vote Fund
shares in accordance with the Fund&#8217;s investment objectives and
strategies.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">I.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">A.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Board
and Governance Issues</font></div>
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of Director/Trustee Composition</font></div>
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of Directors is responsible for the overall governance of the
corporation.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
advisor will <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">oppose</font>
slates without at least a majority of independent directors (directors who are
outsiders to the corporation).</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
advisor will vote <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">for</font>
shareholder proposals that request that the board audit, compensation and/or
nominating committees include independent directors exclusively.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Increase
Authorized Common Stock</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
advisor will generally <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">support</font>
the authorization of additional common stock necessary to facilitate a stock
split.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
advisor will generally <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">support</font>
the authorization of additional common stock, if the company already has a large
amount of stock authorized but not issued or reserved for its stock option
plans.&#160;&#160;In this latter instance, there is a concern that the
authorized but unissued shares will be used as a poison pill or other takeover
defense, which will be <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">opposed</font>.&#160;&#160;In
addition, we will require the company to provide a specific purpose for any
request to increase shares by more than 100 percent of the current
authorization.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Blank
Check Preferred Stock</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Blank
check preferred is stock with a fixed dividend and a preferential claim on
company assets relative to common shares.&#160;&#160;The terms of the stock
(voting dividend and conversion rights) are set by the Board at a future date
without further shareholder action.&#160;&#160;While such an issue can in theory
have legitimate corporate purposes, most often it has been used as a takeover
defense since the stock has terms that make the entire company less
attractive.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
advisor will generally <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">oppose</font>
the creation of blank check preferred stock.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Classified
or &#8220;Staggered&#8221; Board</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On a
classified (or staggered) board, directors are divided into separate classes
(usually three) with directors in each class elected to overlapping three-year
terms.&#160;&#160;Companies argue that such Boards offer continuity in direction
which promotes long-term planning.&#160;&#160;However, in some instances they
may serve to deter unwanted takeovers since a potential buyer would have to wait
at least two years to gain a majority of Board seats.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
advisor will vote on a case-by-case basis on issues involving classified
boards.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Supermajority
Vote Requirements</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Supermajority
vote requirements in a company&#8217;s charter or bylaws require a level of voting
approval in excess of a simple majority.&#160;&#160;Generally, supermajority
provisions require at least 2/3 affirmative vote for passage of
issues.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
advisor will vote on a case-by-case issues involving supermajority
voting.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">6.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Restrictions
on Shareholders to Act by Written Consent</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Written
consent allows shareholders to initiate and carry out a shareholder action
without waiting until the annual meeting or by calling a special
meeting.&#160;&#160;It permits action to be taken by the written consent of the
same percentage of outstanding shares that would be required to effect the
proposed action at a shareholder meeting.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
advisor will generally <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">oppose</font>
proposals to limit or eliminate the right of shareholders to act by written
consent.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">7.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Restrictions
on Shareholders to Call Meetings</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
advisor will generally <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">oppose</font>
such a restriction as it limits the right of the shareholder.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">8.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Limitations,
Director Liability and Indemnification</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Because
of increased litigation brought against directors of corporations and the
increased costs of director&#8217;s liability insurance, many states have passed laws
limiting director liability for those acting in good
faith.&#160;&#160;Shareholders however must opt into such
statutes.&#160;&#160;In addition, many companies are seeking to add
indemnification of directors to corporate bylaws.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
advisor will generally <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">support</font>
director liability and indemnification resolutions because it is important for
companies to be able to attract the most qualified individuals to their
Boards.&#160;&#160;Note: Those directors acting fraudulently would remain liable
for their actions irrespective of this resolution.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">9.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Reincorporation</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Corporations
are in general bound by the laws of the state in which they are
incorporated.&#160;&#160;Companies reincorporate for a variety of reasons
including shifting incorporation to a state where the company has its most
active operations or corporate headquarters, or shifting incorporation to take
advantage of state corporate takeover laws.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">While
each reincorporation proposal will be evaluated based on its own merits, the
Fund advisor will generally <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">support</font>
reincorporation resolutions for valid business reasons (such as reincorporating
in the same state as the corporate headquarters).</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">10.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Cumulative
Voting</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Cumulative
voting allows shareholders to &#8220;stack&#8221; their votes behind one or a few directors
running for the board, thereby helping a minority of shareholders to win board
representation.&#160;&#160;Cumulative voting gives minority shareholders a voice
in corporate affairs proportionate to their actual strength in voting
shares.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
advisor will generally <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">support</font>
proposals calling for cumulative voting in the election of
directors.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">11.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Dual
Classes of Stock</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In order
to maintain corporate control in the hands of a certain group of shareholders,
companies may seek to create multiple classes of stock with differing rights
pertaining to voting and dividends.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
advisor will generally <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">oppose</font>
dual classes of stock.&#160;&#160;However, the advisor will <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">support</font>
classes of stock offering different dividend rights (such as one class which
pays cash dividends and a second which pays stock dividends) depending on the
circumstances.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">12.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Limit
Directors&#8217; Tenure</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In
general corporate directors may stand for re-election
indefinitely.&#160;&#160;Opponents of this practice suggest that limited tenure
would inject new perspectives into the boardroom as well as possibly creating
room for directors from diverse backgrounds; however, continuity is important to
corporate leadership and in some instances alternative means may be explored for
injecting new ideas or members from diverse backgrounds into corporate
boardrooms.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Accordingly,
the Fund advisor will vote on a case-by-case basis attempts to limit director
tenure.</font></div>
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Director Stock Ownership</font></div>
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director share ownership proposal requires that all corporate directors own a
minimum number of shares in the corporation.&#160;&#160;The purpose of this
resolution is to encourage directors to have the same interest as other
shareholders.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
advisor will <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">support</font>
resolutions that require corporate directors to own shares in the
company.</font></div>
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of Auditor</font></div>
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election of the outside accountants is standard practice.&#160;&#160;While it is
recognized that the company is in the best position to evaluate the competence
of the outside accountants, we believe that outside accountants must ultimately
be accountable to shareholders.&#160;&#160;Furthermore, audit committees have
been the subject of a report released by the Blue Ribbon Commission on Improving
the Effectiveness of Corporate Audit Committees in conjunction with the NYSE and
the National Association of Securities Dealers.&#160;&#160;The Blue Ribbon
Commission concluded that audit committees must improve their current level of
oversight of independent accountants.&#160;&#160;Given the rash of accounting
irregularities that were not detected by audit panels or auditors, shareholder
ratification is an essential step in restoring investor confidence.</font></div>
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advisor will <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">oppose</font>
the resolutions seeking ratification of the auditor when fees for financial
systems design and implementation exceed audit and all other fees, as this can
compromise the independence of the auditor.</font></div>
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advisor will <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">oppose</font>
the election of the audit committee chair if the audit committee recommends an
auditors whose fees for financial systems design and implementation exceed audit
and all other fees, as this can compromise the independence of the
auditor.</font></div>
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Compensation</font></div>
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of CEO, Executive, Board and Management Compensation</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On a
case-by-case basis, the Fund advisor will <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">support</font>
shareholder resolutions requesting companies to disclose the salaries of top
management and the Board of Directors.</font></div>
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for CEO, Executive, Board and Management</font></div>
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advisor will <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">oppose</font>
an executive compensation proposal if we believe the compensation does not
reflect the economic and social circumstances of the company (i.e. at times of
layoffs, downsizing, employee wage freezes, etc.).</font></div>
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and Independence of Compensation Review Committee</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
advisor will <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">support</font>
shareholder resolutions requesting the formation of a committee of independent
directors to review and examine executive compensation.</font></div>
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Options for Board and Executives</font></div>
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advisor will generally <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">oppose</font>
stock option plans that in total offer greater than 15% of shares outstanding
because of voting and earnings dilution.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
advisor will generally <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">oppose</font>
option programs that allow the repricing of underwater
options.&#160;&#160;(Repricing divides shareholder and employee
interests.&#160;&#160;Shareholders cannot &#8220;reprice&#8221; their stock and, therefore,
optionees should not be treated differently).</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
advisor will generally <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">oppose</font>
stock option plans that have option exercise prices below the marketplace on the
day of the grant.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
advisor will generally <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">support</font>
options programs for outside directors subject to the same constraints
previously described.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Employee
Stock Ownership Plan (ESOPs)</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
advisor will <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">support</font>
ESOPs created to promote active employee ownership.&#160;&#160;However, they
will <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">oppose</font>
any ESOP whose purpose is to prevent a corporate takeover.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">6.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Pay
Equity</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
advisor will <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">support</font>
shareholder resolutions that request that management provide a race and/or
gender pay equity report.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">7.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Ratio
Between CEO and Worker Pay</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
advisor will generally <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">support</font>
shareholder resolutions requesting that management report on the ratio between
CEO and employee compensation.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">8.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Maximum
Ratio Between CEO and Worker Compensation and/or Cap on CEO
Compensation</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
advisor will vote on a case-by-case basis shareholder resolutions requesting
management to set a maximum ratio between CEO and employee compensation and/or a
cap on CEO compensation.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">9.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Changes
to Charter or By-Laws</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
advisor will conduct a case-by-case review of the proposed changes with the
voting decision resting on whether the proposed changes are in shareholder&#8217;s
best interests.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">10.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Confidential
Voting</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Typically,
proxy voting differs from voting in political elections in that the company is
made aware of shareholder votes as they are cast.&#160;&#160;This enables
management to contact dissenting shareholders in an attempt to get them to
change their votes.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
advisor will <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">support</font>
confidential voting because the voting process should be free of
coercion.</font></div>
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Access to Proxy</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Equal
access proposals ask companies to give shareholders access to proxy materials to
state their views on contested issues, including director
nominations.&#160;&#160;In some cases, they would actually allow shareholders to
nominate directors.&#160;&#160;Companies suggest that such proposals would make
an increasingly complex process even more burdensome.</font></div>
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general, the Fund advisor will <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">oppose</font>
resolutions for equal access proposals.</font></div>
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parachutes are severance payments to top executives who are terminated or
demoted pursuant to a takeover.&#160;&#160;Companies argue that such provisions
are necessary to keep executives from &#8220;jumping ship&#8221; during potential takeover
attempts.</font></div>
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advisor will <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">support</font>
the right of shareholders to vote on golden parachutes because they go above and
beyond ordinary compensation practices.&#160;&#160;In evaluating a particular
golden parachute, we will examine total management compensation, the employees
covered by the plan, and the quality of management.</font></div>
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and Acquisitions</font></div>
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the Non-Financial Effects of a Merger Proposal</font></div>
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proposal allows or requires the Board to consider the impact of merger decisions
on various &#8220;stakeholders,&#8221; such as employees, communities, customers and
business partners.&#160;&#160;This proposal gives the Board the right to reject
a tender offer on the grounds that it would adversely affect the company&#8217;s
stakeholders.</font></div>
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advisor will <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">support</font>
shareholder resolutions that consider non-financial impacts of
mergers.</font></div>
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Restructuring and Spin-offs</font></div>
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restructuring, or spin-off in some way affects a change in control of the
company&#8217;s assets.&#160;&#160;In evaluating the merit of each issue, we will
consider the terms of each proposal.&#160;&#160;This will include an analysis of
the potential long-term value of the investment.</font></div>
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advisor will <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">support</font>
management proposals for merger or restructuring if the transaction appears to
offer fair value and other proxy voting policies stated are not
violated.&#160;&#160;For example, the advisor may oppose restructuring
resolution which include in it significant takeover defenses and may again
oppose the merger of a non-nuclear and a nuclear utility if it poses potential
liabilities.</font></div>
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Pills</font></div>
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pills (or shareholder rights plans) are triggered by an unwanted takeover
attempt and cause a variety of events to occur which may make the company
financially less attractive to the suitor.&#160;&#160;Typically, directors have
enacted these plans without shareholder approval.&#160;&#160;Most poison pill
resolutions deal with putting poison pills up for a vote or repealing them
altogether.</font></div>
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advisor will <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">support</font>
proposals to put rights plans up for a shareholder vote.&#160;&#160;In general,
poison pills will be <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">opposed</font>
unless management is able to present a convincing case fur such a
plan.</font></div>
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is the payment a corporate raider receives in exchange for his/her
shares.&#160;&#160;This payment is usually at a premium to the market price, so
while greenmail can ensure the continued independence of the company, it
discriminates against other shareholders.</font></div>
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advisor will generally <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">support</font>
greenmail provisions.</font></div>
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strategy for dealing with anti-takeover issues has been a shareholder resolution
asking for a company to opt-out of a particular state&#8217;s anti-takeover
laws.</font></div>
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advisor will generally <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">support</font>
bylaws changes requiring a company to opt-out of state anti-takeover
laws.&#160;&#160;However, resolutions requiring companies to opt-into state
anti-takeover statutes will be <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">opposed</font>.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Item 8. Portfolio Managers
of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.</font></font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Information
is presented as of July 31, 2008.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">Portfolio Manager</font>. Ms. Maria
Eugenia Pichardo is the Portfolio Manager responsible for the day-to-day
management of the Fund, which includes making portfolio management decisions and
executing transactions.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Ms.
Pichardo has been the Fund's Portfolio Manager since the Fund's inception
(1990).&#160;&#160;She is also the President and General Partner of Pichardo
Asset Management, S.A. de C.V. ("PAM') (the Fund's Investment Adviser) since
February 2003.&#160;&#160;Prior to starting PAM, from 1989 to 1990 she was
General Director of Acci-Worldwide S.A. de C. V, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Acciones y Valores de Mexico, S. A. de C.V member of the Banamex Financial
Group, subsidiary of Citigroup. Ms Pichardo was Managing Director and General
Director of the International Sales Department of Acciones y Valores de Mexico,
S. A. de C. V from 1983 to 1989.</font></div>
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      Maria Eugenia</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Pichardo</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">Material Conflict of
Interest</font>. The Portfolio Manager has day-to-day management
responsibilities with respect to other accounts and accordingly may be presented
with potential or actual conflicts of interest. Conflicts of interest can arise
in the allocation of securities to the various accounts when a security is
purchased or sold over a period of time.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;PAM&#8221; has established
policies and procedures to reduce the conflict of interest.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
management of other accounts may result in the Portfolio Manager devoting
unequal time and attention to the management of the Fund and/or other accounts.
In approving the Advisory Agreement, the Board of Directors was satisfied that
the Portfolio Manager would be able to devote sufficient attention to the
management of the Fund, and that PAM seeks to manage such competing interests
for the time and attention of the portfolio manager.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">Compensation</font>.&#160;&#160;Ms.
Pichardo receives a fixed annual salary and bonus from PAM. Ms. Pichardo
participates in a deferred compensation plan.</font></div>
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Portfolio Manager</font>. As of July 31, 2008, the Portfolio Manager owned the
following securities in the Fund:</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Securities
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(None,
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      in all Registered</font></div>
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      Companies</font></div>
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      Companies</font></div>
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      Maria Eugenia</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Item 9. Purchases of Equity
Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated
Purchasers.</font></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div align="left">
        <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="middle" width="20%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Period</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="middle" width="20%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(a)</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Total
      Number of</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Shares
      (or Units)</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Purchased</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="middle" width="20%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(b)</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Average
      Price Paid</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">per
      Share (or Unit)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="middle" width="20%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">&#160;</div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(c)</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Total
      Number of</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Shares
      (or Units)</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Purchased
      as Part</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">of
      Publicly</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Announced
      Plans</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">or
      Programs</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">&#160;</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="middle" width="20%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(d)</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Maximum
      Number</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(or
      Approximate</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Dollar
      Value) of</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Shares
      (or Units)</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">that
      May Yet Be</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Purchased
      Under</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">the
      Plans or</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Programs</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">2/1/08
      to 2/29/08</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">3/1/08
      to 3/31/08</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">4/1/08
      to 4/30/08</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">43,514
      <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(2)</font></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">25.47</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">5/1/08
      to 5/31/08</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">42,743
      <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(2)</font></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">26.94</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">6/1/08
      to 6/30/08</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">38,052
      <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(2)</font></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">27.14</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">7/1/08
      to 7/31/08</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">301,841<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(1)
      (2)</font></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">29.58</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Total</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">426,150
      <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(2)</font></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">28.68</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </div>
      <div>
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(1)&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">268,001
of the purchases were due to the result of an in-kind tender offer of preferred
shares.</font></div>
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(2)
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">158,149
common shares were purchased pursuant to the Fund&#8217;s Stock Repurchase
Program.</font></font></div>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Item 10. Submission of
Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.</font></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
registrant&#8217;s independent directors serve as its nominating committee, however
they do not make use of a nominating committee charter.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Item 11. Controls and
Procedures.</font></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
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      procedures are effective in ensuring that information required to be
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securities under Rule 23c-1 under the Act sent or given during the period
covered by the report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more
persons.&#160;&#160;</font>None.</font></div>
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Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
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Maria Eugenia Pichardo, President</font></div>
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to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.</font></div>
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Maria Eugenia Pichardo, President</font></div>
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      on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
      included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
      financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and
      cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a
      statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods
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      registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
      establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
      defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and
      internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d)
      under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and
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      such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
      controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
      that material information relating to the registrant, including its
      consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
      entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
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      reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
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      period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is
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to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, each of the undersigned
officers of The Mexico Equity and Income Fund, Inc., does hereby certify, to
such officer&#8217;s knowledge, that the report on Form N-CSR of The Mexico Equity and
Income Fund, Inc. for the<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">&#160;</font>year ended July 31,
2008 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as applicable, and that the information
contained in the Form N-CSR fairly presents, in all material respects, the
financial condition and results of operations of The Mexico Equity and Income
Fund, Inc. for the stated period.</font></div>
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statement accompanies this report on Form N-CSR pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not be deemed as filed by The Mexico Equity
and Income Fund, Inc. for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934.</font></div>
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