-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----
Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR
Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov
Originator-Key-Asymmetric:
 MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen
 TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB
MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA,
 BD6L3NI0GJ0N3j8d1mMkN3tgoIvJ81FkaV4f4408Zw8OG3mijyj8VbUtVs/DmLYs
 76jDaL+FFGvmzWlOG/as+g==

<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000898531-09-000165.txt : 20090409
<SEC-HEADER>0000898531-09-000165.hdr.sgml : 20090409
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20090409161102
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000898531-09-000165
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-CSRS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		6
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090131
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090409
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090409
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20090409

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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		N-CSRS
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-06111
		FILM NUMBER:		09742907

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		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

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		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
</SEC-HEADER>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>N-CSRS
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>tmeaif-ncsrs.htm
<DESCRIPTION>THE MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND SEMIANNUAL 1-31-09
<TEXT>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>tmeaif-ncsrs.htm</title>
<!-- Licensed to: Dixon MRD & Company-->
<!-- Document Created using EDGARizer 4.0.6.1 -->
<!-- Copyright 1995 - 2008 EDGARfilings, Ltd., an IEC company. All rights reserved -->
</head>
    <body bgcolor="#ffffff" style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">UNITED
STATES</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Washington,
D.C. 20549</font></div>
    <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="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">FORM
N-CSR</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="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">CERTIFIED
SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED </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: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES</font></div>
    <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="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Investment
Company Act file number&#160;&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">[811-06111</font></font></div>
    <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="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">The Mexico Equity and Income
Fund, Inc.</font></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(Exact
name of registrant as specified in charter)</font><br></div>
    <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="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">615 E. Michigan
Street</font></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-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Milwaukee, WI
53202</font></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip code)</font><br></div>
    <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="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Mr. Gerald
Hellerman</font></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-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">c/o U.S. Bancorp Fund
Services, LLC</font></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-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">615 E. Michigan
Street</font></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-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Milwaukee, WI
53202</font></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(Name and
address of agent for service)</font><br></div>
    <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="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">[(866)
700-6104</font></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Registrant's
telephone number, including area code</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
    <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-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Date of
fiscal year end: <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">July 31,
2009</font></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
    <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-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Date of
reporting period:&#160;&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">January
31, 2009</font></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div><br>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <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 1. Reports to
Stockholders.</font></font></div><br><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
Mexico Equity</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">and
Income Fund, Inc.</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">Semi-Annual
Report</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">January
31, 2009</font></div><br>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
Mexico Equity and Income Fund Inc.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></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="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">March 23,
2009</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Dear
Fellow Shareholders:</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">After
experiencing the most vicious stock market decline in my lifetime, it is
difficult to find anything positive to say.&#160;&#160;How about Friederich
Nietzsche&#8217;s &#8220;Whatever doesn&#8217;t kill you makes you stronger?&#8221;&#160;&#160;Or,
&#8220;Adversity builds character?&#8221;&#160;&#160;Or, King Solomon&#8217;s &#8220;This too shall
pass?&#8221;</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In times
of severe market stress like this it inevitably feels like things will never
improve.&#160;&#160;No matter what country one looks at, the prospects for a
quick recovery appear bleak.&#160;&#160;And Mexico admittedly has more than its
share of problems.&#160;&#160;Yet, just as we know the sun does eventually come
out after even the worst storm, we are pretty sure that securities markets,
including Mexico, will ultimately reach a bottom.&#160;&#160;And, if you believe
that markets are more or less efficient, stock prices may have already
discounted much of the bad news.&#160;&#160;The problem is no one knows when the
bottom will actually be reached and my experience over thirty-five years of
investing tells me it is folly to try to time market movements.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">When
world markets do begin to recover we feel our Fund may once again provide the
sort of out performance it has delivered over its entire life.&#160;&#160;Some
of our holdings like Gmodelo, Kimberly and Walmex are sector leaders that have
learned to deal with extreme macroeconomic stress. They are underleveraged, high
cash generating, non-cyclical liquid stocks which will likely emerge as relative
winners.&#160;&#160;And they are well positioned to increase their market
share.&#160;&#160;Also, Mexican stocks in general appear to be relatively
inexpensive.&#160;&#160;For example, Mexican stocks are now in line to market
valuations of Brazilian stocks versus an average premium of 30% for the past 10
years,</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Despite
our Fund&#8217;s recent underperformance, its long term performance remains
impressive.&#160;&#160;From its inception on August 30, 1990 through February
28, 2009 our investment advisor, Pichardo Asset Management (and its
predecessor&#8217;s entities) has generated a good return on net asset value over
18-1/2 years.&#160;&#160;Our objective is to continue to manage the Mexico
Equity and Income Fund so as to make it a rewarding long term
investment.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Sincerely
yours,</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"><img src="pgoldstein-signature.jpg" alt=""></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">Phillip
Goldstein</font></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">Chairman</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">1</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <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">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
Mexico Equity and Income Fund Inc.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Report of
Pichardo Asset Management,</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
Investment Adviser.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Dear Fund
Stockholders,</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We are
pleased to present you with the semiannual report for the Mexico Equity and
Income Fund, Inc. (the &#8220;Fund&#8221;) for the six-month period ending January 31,
2009.</font></div>
    <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">&#160;</font>

      <div>
        <hr style="COLOR: black" align="left" noshade size="1" width="100%">
      </div>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <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">I.&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">&#160;INTRODUCTION</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Following
the destruction of value across most asset classes in 2008 and what now appears
to be a far too optimistic consensus estimate of emerging markets&#8217; ability to
decouple from the U.S. recession &#8212; perhaps due to a lack of information about
the U.S. and developed Europe&#8217;s high level of toxic mortgage assets, which
ultimately triggered nosedives in the share prices of financial heavyweights
Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, etc. following the disappearance of Bear Stearns and
Lehman Brothers &#8212; we stand on the threshold of what may be the world&#8217;s
worst-ever financial crisis.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The 2009
average estimate of Mexican GDP is a contraction of 2-3%, including the Mexican
Finance Ministry&#8217;s -2.0% estimate.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
strengthening of the peso to levels of Ps.$14.00 against the U.S. dollar at the
time of writing after hitting a 15.57 low, mainly due to falling oil prices, has
placed material pressure on corporate balance sheets, which also face a higher
cost of capital. We believe there may be no fiscal pressure, as the government
is a net dollar earner.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
Finance Ministry&#8217;s medium-term fiscal stance is based on the following
assumptions:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(i)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">GDP
      -2.0% in &#8217;09; 1.0% in&#8217;10 and 3.0% in
&#8217;11.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(ii)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">A
      Mexican mix oil price of US$37.00 pb in &#8217;09; US$46 in &#8217;10; and US$56 in
      &#8217;11.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(iii)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">An
      exchange rate of US$ 14.50 in &#8217;09; US$15.0 in &#8217;10, and US$15.0 in
      &#8217;11.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(iv)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">An
      oil production (with respect to 2.7 mbpd &#8211; millions of barrels of
      production per day) reduction of 50,000 bpd in 2009, 150,000 bpd in 2010
      and 250,000 bpd in 2011.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">At the
same time the Ministry has the two following main concerns:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(i)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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
      effect of lower oil prices and a declining production platform on oil
      revenues, and</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(ii)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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
      effect that a recession in 2009 and then a recovery with a low growth rate
      will have on non-oil revenues.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">2</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</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">In
general, Q4&#8217;08 financial reports were very uneven but overall showed contracting
margins and rising financial expenses with media, airport, brewery, wireless
telephony and retailing-banking companies registering solid results. Unfavorable
credit conditions and investors&#8217; lack of appetite for corporate bonds continue
at the time of writing, thus making it tougher for companies to refinance their
short-term debts and working capital requirements. Cemex is the most relevant
Mexican company facing roll-over market conditions with approximately more than
50% of its sales abroad and a net debt/EBITDA ratio of 4.5 times. Fortunately,
there are many companies in the Mexbol currently offering dividends and buying
back shares and which also have a net debt/EBITDA ratio of 1 times. Mexican
corporations are experienced in very stressful economic conditions and have
learned to grow with low levels of indebtedness.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In
December 2008, Mexican electrical and electronic components, which account for
47% of Mexican manufacturing, slumped -13% (vs. -1.4% in 2008) while auto parts,
which account for 16%, nosedived -16.5% (vs. -7% in 2008) clearly reflecting the
plummet in U.S. Mexican manufacturing sector imports.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">For the
MXE&#8217;s six-month period ended January 31, 2009, the net per share asset value
lost approximately -59.49% in dollars and -38.96% in pesos whereas the Mexbol
Index decreased -50.01% in dollars and -28.86% in pesos (source: Bloomberg,
reflecting appreciation of the U.S. dollar by 1 Mex.Peso).</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The main
reason the MXE&#8217;s net asset value per share underperformed the Mexbol Index for
the Fund&#8217;s semi-annual report period was primarily the MXE&#8217;s overweight in
high-beta stocks related to infrastructure, housing and
commodities.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Overall,
we do not see enough in either the government&#8217;s fiscal or financial programs to
maintain MXE&#8217;s investment strategy set up in September 2006.&#160;&#160;We
believe that to assume lower risk, more effective stimuli as well as viable
mechanisms to lower the cost of corporate and consumer debt are
required.&#160;&#160;We therefore prefer a so-called defensive investment
strategy while including &#8220;high-beta&#8221; and growth related stocks but also avoiding
overconcentration in any single issuer.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
AFORES, signed a voluntary agreement to invest exclusively in Mexican financial
instruments for a one-year period on March 18, 2009.&#160;&#160;US$ 6.0 bn out
of a total of US$60.5 bn in assets under management as of January &#8217;09 are
allowed to be invested in equities internationally or domestic. At the writing,
the AFORES have US$3.1 bn invested in domestic equities and US$2.9 bn in
international equities.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
AFORES will evaluate and present to their investment committees those
infrastructure projects deemed compatible with their investment regime
provisions. Thus the agreement should have the effect of boosting investment in
such projects.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
AFORES&#8217; current investment regime does not allow them to channel resources to a
specific sector of the economy in the Bolsa but rather to ETFs, the IPC, IPC
Largecap and IPC Midcap.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">3</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <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">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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">Barring
short-term changes to the AFORES&#8217; investment regime, the agreement is not likely
to have a material impact on most Bolsa-listed companies. However, we do believe
it will increase the floor level of relatively illiquid companies in the Index
compared to their weight and should also stem further peso
depreciation.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <hr style="COLOR: black" align="left" noshade size="1" width="100%">
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <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">II.&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">&#160;MEXICO&#8217;S
      ECONOMIC REVIEW</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Mexican
GDP grew 1.3% in real terms for the calendar year ended 2008 compared to 3.3% in
&#8217;07, with 3.2% growth in the agricultural sector, 2.1% in the services sector
and -0.7% in the industrial sector. The services sector&#8217;s overall contribution
to GDP is equivalent to 69% followed by 27% in the industrial sector, and 4% in
the agricultural sector. Weighing the most on the industrial sector is 71%
manufacturing activity and industry concentration in non-defensive sectors of
the economy, such as the automotive and electrical and electronics industry,
with exports to the U.S. representing approximately 79% of Mexico&#8217;s total
exports.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">2008
private consumption (70% of GDP) reflected a 3.4% increase in same-store sales
vs. 4.9% in &#8217;07, the loss of 37,500 vs. 530,000 new jobs created in &#180;07, banking
credit growth of 4.2% vs. 24% in &#8217;07, and a 3.6% drop in remittances to US$25
bn.&#160;&#160;Gross fixed investment grew 4.9% vs. 6.7% in &#8217;07. Investment in
machinery and equipment grew 12.9% y-o-y and construction registered a 0.4%
decline. Foreign direct investment reached US$18.59 bn, a 20% fall vs. US$23.2
bn &#8217;07.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Total
exports increased 7.3% to US$291.8 bn in 2008. Oil-related exports grew 17.7% to
a record US$50.6 bn at an average Mexican mix oil price of US$84.35 pb vs.
US$61.64 bn in &#8217;07 but volume decreased 11% to 1,328,000 bpd from 1,496,000 in
&#8217;07. Non-oil related exports increased 5.4% to US$241.2 bn with manufacturing
accounting for US$230 bn. Amid high oil prices during &#8217;08, total export growth
was more the result of manufacturing exports, as these weigh more on Mexican
overall exports: manufacturing 79%, oil 17.3%, agricultural products 3% and
mining 0.7%. Total oil exports led to an accumulation of US$9.7 bn in the
so-called Stabilization Fund and a 2009 US$10 bn oil hedge. Total exports fell
20% in the month of <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">December</font> &#8217;08; 58% of the
decline was related to oil exports and 11% to non-oil exports.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">2008
annual inflation reached 6.53%, the highest level since &#8217;01 following a 3.76%
increase in &#8217;07. The market interprets that foreign exchange market pressure
prevented Mexico&#8217;s Central Bank from cutting its current 7.25% reference rate
more aggressively in early &#8217;09 following an easing move by most of the world&#8217;s
central banks.</font></div>
    <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">&#160;</font>

      <div>
        <hr style="COLOR: black" align="left" noshade size="1" width="100%">
      </div>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <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">III.&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">&#160;THE
      MEXICAN STOCK EXCHANGE</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">For the
MXE&#8217;s six-month period ended January 30th, 2009, the Mexbol
Index&#160;&#160;underperformed the LatAm region losing 50% in U.S. dollar
terms, mainly as a result of a 42.83% currency devaluation as</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">4</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</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">well as
downward earnings projections.&#160;&#160;Chile (IPSA Index) lost 30.61% and
Brazil (Bovespa Index) lost 55.18% in U.S. dollar terms (Source:
Bloomberg).</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
believe equity valuations are now already factoring in a severe 2009 recession
and low growth thereafter. We also believe the Mexican market&#8217;s multiples signal
a good entry-point in many of the large caps displaying low leverage and strong
market shares.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Morgan
Stanley Capital International, MSCI historical data for the Mexbol Index
shows:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(i)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">Mexico&#8217;s
      trailing P/E at under 10 times, the lowest in the past
    decade;</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(ii)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">A
      trailing P/BV of below 2 times, near 1998
lows;</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(iii)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">At
      over 4% the trailing dividend yield is the highest since
    1996.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">UBS
Pactual sample of the Mexican Stock Exchange shows:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(i)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">12
      mos. Forward P/E at 10 times, close to its all-time low of 9 times after
      the liquidity crisis in 1995.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(ii)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">12
      mos. Forward EV/EBITDA at 5 times, the lowest since
  1999.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(iii)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">12
      mos. Forward P/BV of 2 times, down from its high of 5 times in &#8217;06 and
      &#8217;07.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Finally,
relative to Brazil, in terms of the 12 mos. Forward EV/EBITDA, Mexico is trading
at a discount of approximately 18% versus an average premium of 30% for the past
10 years, according to UBS Pactual.</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">
      <hr style="COLOR: black" align="left" noshade size="1" width="100%">
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">IV.&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&#160;THE FUND&#8217;S
      PERFORMANCE</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The MXE&#8217;s
- -59.49% net asset value dollar return for the six-month period, ended January
31, 2009, was explained by the MXE&#8217;s overweight in infrastructure and AMX, but
primarily due to a 42.83% currency devaluation. AMX, which provides wireless
communications services in all regions of Mexico and participates in
telecommunication joint-ventures in several other South American countries,
including Brazil, as well as in the United States and whose fundamentals include
free cash flow, dividend yield, aggressive share buybacks, and market share
dominance, as well as 15% consolidated service revenue growth year-over-year in
the 4th Quarter, lost 43.48% for the Fund&#8217;s six-month period ending January
2009.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">For the
Fund&#8217;s semi-annual period ended January 31, 2009, the MXE&#8217;s common share market
price decreased 56.63% and the Fund&#8217;s discount narrowed by 740 basis points from
July 31st, 2008 closing at </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">-6.39%.</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">
      <hr style="COLOR: black" align="left" noshade size="1" width="100%">
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">V.&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&#160;PORTFOLIO
      STRATEGY</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The MXE&#8217;s
investment strategy set up by PAM in December 2008 for a two-year horizon
comprised primarily of ALFA-defensive stocks in an expected environment of
falling interest rates and low economic growth and the following strategy focus
and policies:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(i)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">Free
      cash flow, dividend yield, and aggressive share
  buybacks.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">5</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <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">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(ii)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">A
      net debt / EBITDA ratio of less or equal to 1
  times.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(iii)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">High
      market share dominance in their respective
  sectors.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(iv)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">Substantial
      pricing power directly or indirectly through their
    suppliers.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(v)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">Gold
      and silver related percentage
allocation.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(vi)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">Special
      situations, with an orthodox management Infrastructure companies with a
      strong backlog (constant financing needs) and experienced
      management.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(vii)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">An
      approximate 10% in readily available
  instruments.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The MXE
investment strategy policies established by PAM in view of uncertainty
surrounding the </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">12-month
forward earnings estimate are:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(i)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">A
      2-year investment horizon</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(ii)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">A
      limit to a maximum of 15% in any given
sector</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(iii)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">Medium
      or High liquidity stocks</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">At the
time of writing, the Peso has bounced back 9% to Ps. 14.00 against the U.S.
dollar due to a series of peso/dollar auctions by Banco de Mexico (Central
Bank), the AFORES&#8217; decision to invest exclusively in Mexican equities for a
one-year period, and the FED&#8217;s decision to undertake &#8220;quantitative easing&#8221;,
which expands it balance sheet by up to US$1.5 trillion. This announcement
resulted in the dollar losing significant ground against the currencies of the
U.S.&#8217;s six main trading partners, including the Mexican peso.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">This&#160;&#160;recent
strength of the peso virtually eliminates the depreciation the currency suffered
in the first quarter of 2009, implies less margin pressure and cancels out the
foreign exchange losses of companies with foreign-denominated debt that were in
addition to those registered in 4Q08.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">While we
recognize that the 1Q&#8217;09 Profit &amp; Loss statement is likely to be
disappointing, we are tentatively confident that the MXE&#8217;s assets and percentage
weightings have opened up a good entry opportunity.</font></div>
    <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">&#160;</font>

      <div>
        <hr style="COLOR: black" align="left" noshade size="1" width="100%">
      </div>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <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">VI.&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">&#160;MINISTRY
      OF FINANCE&#8217;S VIEW AS OF MARCH 2009.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <div>
              </div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(i)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">The
      balance of payments should be close to zero, as the increase in the
      current account deficit is matched by the increase in the capital account
      surplus.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(ii)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">Revenue
      shortfalls during 2009 should be made up for by the oil hedge and the
      stabilization funds.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(iii)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">The
      manageable current account deficit is expected to reach US$24.1 bn in
      2009, or approximately 2.5% of GDP.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(iv)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">Foreign
      direct investment should fall by 22%, which while significant is not a
      severe drop.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <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">(v)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">Firms
      should be able to refinance 60% of their bank and capital amortizations
      for the year, after considering recent financing events by some big
      corporations.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div><br>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">6</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(vi)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      equity and money markets should receive net
  inflows.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(vii)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      capital account surplus is expected to be US$27.5 bn
    dollars.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(viii)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">74%
      of bank external debt amortizations are
  refinanced.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(ix)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Capital
      market amortizations are being met without
  refinancing.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(x)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In
      2009 private sector amortizations of external debt should amount to US$
      27.7 bn dollars. Of that, there are capital market amortizations of US$2
      bn dollars and commercial bank amortizations of US$11.7
  bn.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(xi)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Although
      external accounts are almost balanced, there is a Public Sector balance of
      payments surplus of US$22 bn and a Private Sector deficit of US$ 19
      bn.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">I
personally want to thank PAM&#8217;s officers for their personal commitment to helping
us during the distressful events which began last August. Needless to say, the
strategic team remains committed to manage our portfolio for the benefit of
long-term stockholders.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We thank
you for your continued support and confidence in newly established MXE&#8217;s
investment strategy for a two-year horizon.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Sincerely
yours,</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><img src="epichardo-signature.jpg" alt=""></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">Eugenia
Pichardo</font></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">Portfolio
Manager</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Disclosures</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
fund&#8217;s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses must be considered
carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other important
information about the investment company, and it may be obtained by calling U.S.
Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, (414) 765-4255/or visiting
www.themexicoequityandincomefund.com. Read it carefully before
investing.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Mutual
fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Investing
in Foreign Securities</font></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">Investment
in Mexican securities involves special considerations and risks that are not
normally associated with investments in U.S. securities, including (1)
relatively higher price volatility, lesser liquidity and small market
capitalization of the Mexican securities markets; (2) currency fluctuations and
the cost of converting Mexican pesos into U.S. dollars; (3) restrictions on
foreign investment and potential restrictions on repatriation of capital
invested in Mexico and remittance of profits and dividends accruing thereon; (4)
political, economic and social risks and uncertainties,</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">7</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <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">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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">including
risks of confiscatory taxation and expropriation or nationalization of assets;
(5) higher rates of inflation, unemployment and interest rates than in the
United States; and (6) less stringent disclosure requirements, less available
information regarding Mexican public companies and less active regulatory
oversight of Mexican public companies.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Mexican
Economic and Political Factors. Although Mexico&#8217;s economy has strengthened in
recent years and Mexico&#8217;s sovereign debt was recently upgraded to an
&#8220;investment-grade&#8221; rating by the three most prominent rating agencies, including
Standard and Poor&#8217;s, Mexico continues to be characterized as a developing
economy and investments in developing countries are subject to certain economic
risks. Mexico has experienced widespread bank failures, currency devaluations,
high levels of inflation and interest rates. Mexico is also dependent on certain
industries and exports for the health of its economy. The Portfolio Securities
are denominated in pesos. As a result, the Portfolio Securities must increase in
market value at a rate in excess of the rate of any decline in the value of the
peso against the U.S. dollar in order to avoid a decline in their equivalent
U.S. dollar value.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Mexican
Securities Laws and Accounting Rules. There is less publicly available
information about the issuers of Mexican securities, such as the Portfolio
Securities, than is regularly published by issuers in the United States.
Information provided by Mexican public companies may not be current, accurate or
easily obtainable and, to the extent available, is likely to be in Spanish.
Also, there is generally less governmental supervision and regulation of
exchanges, brokers and issuers in Mexico than there is in the United States.
U.S. holders of Portfolio Securities may also experience difficulties enforcing
U.S. laws or obtaining service of process against the issuers of the Portfolio
Securities.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
information provided herein represents the opinion of Pichardo Asset Management
and is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future
results, nor investment advice.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Fund
holdings and sector allocations are subject to change at any time, and should
not be considered recommendations to buy or sell any
security.&#160;&#160;Current and future portfolio holdings are subject to
risk.&#160;&#160;Please see the Schedule of Investments on page 12 of this
report for a complete list of the Fund&#8217;s holdings.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Definitions</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">DEBT/EBITDA:
a measure of a company&#8217;s ability to pay off its incurred debt. This ratio gives
the investor the approximate amount of time that would be needed to pay off all
debt, ignoring the factors of interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">P/E
ratio: is equal to a stock&#8217;s market capitalization divided by its after-tax
earnings over a 12-month period, usually the trailing period but occasionally
the current or forward period.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">8</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">P/BV
ratio: a ratio used to compare a stock&#8217;s market value to its book value. It is
calculated by dividing the current closing price of the stock by the latest
quarter&#8217;s book value per share.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">EV/EBITDA:
a ratio used to determine the value of a company. The enterprise multiple looks
at a firm as a potential acquirer would, because it takes debt into account - an
item which other multiples like the P/E ratio do not include.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">FREE
CASH FLOW: a measure of financial performance calculated as operating cash flow
minus capital expenditures. Free cash flow (FCF) represents the cash that a
company is able to generate after laying out the money required to maintain or
expand its asset base. Free cash flow is important because it allows a company
to pursue opportunities that enhance shareholder value. Without cash, it&#8217;s tough
to develop new products, make acquisitions, pay dividends and reduce
debt.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">MEXBOL-Mexico
Bolsa Index: The Mexican Bolsa Index, or the IPC (Indice de Precios y
Cotizaciones), is a capitalization-weighted index of the leading stocks traded
on the Mexican Stock Exchange. The index was developed with a base level of 0.78
as of October 30, 1978.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">IPSA-Chile
Stock Market Select: The IPSA Index (Indice de Precios Selectivo de Acciones) is
composed of the 40 stocks with the highest average annual trading volume in the
Santiago Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago). On the last trading day
of the year, the index is re-based back to 1000. The index has been calculated
since 1977 and is revised on a quarterly basis.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">IBOV-Brazil
Bovespa Stock Exchange Index: The Bovespa Index is a total return index weighted
by traded volume and is comprised of the most liquid stocks traded on the Sao
Paulo Stock Exchange. The Bovespa Index has been divided 10 times by a factor of
10 since January 1, 1985, those dates are: 12/02/85, 04/14/89, 05/28/91,
01/26/93, 02/10/94, 08/29/88, 01/12/90, 01/21/92, 08/27/93,
03/03/97.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Beta
measures the volatility of the fund, as compared to that of the overall market.
The Market&#8217;s beta is set at 1.00; a beta higher than 1.00 is considered to be
more volatile than the market, while a beta lower than 1.00 is considered to be
less volatile.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Basis
point is one hundredth of a percentage point (0.01%).</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">AFORES:
Mexican Pension Funds.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Stabilization
Fund: generally refers to a mechanism set up by sovereignties to insulate the
domestic economy from large influxes of revenue, as from commodities such as
oil.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Alfa-Defensive:
Stock Picking- High Quality companies at low or fair prices (ex. clean balance
sheets, dividend yield, aggressive share buybacks, etc).</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">9</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <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">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;</font>

      <div>
        <hr style="COLOR: black" align="left" noshade size="1" width="100%">
      </div>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <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">VI.&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">&#160;RELEVANT
      ECONOMIC INFORMATION</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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">
      <div align="left">
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Real
      Activity</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">&#160;&#160;(billion
      US$)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2000</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2001</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2002</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2003</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2004</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2005</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2008</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Real
      GDP</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;Growth
      (y-o-y)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">6.60%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">-0.30%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">0.90%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">1.30%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">4.40%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">3.00%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">4.80%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">3.30%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">1.30%</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Industrial</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;Production
      (y-o-y)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">6.00%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">-0.75%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">3.80%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">1.60%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">1.60%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">-0.70%</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Trade
      Balance</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;(US
      billions)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">-$8.00</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$10.00</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">-$8.00</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">-$5.60</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">-$8.10</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">-$7.60</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">-$6.10</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">-$11.20</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">-$15.53</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Exports</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$166.50</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$158.40</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$160.70</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$164.80</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$189.10</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$213.70</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$249.99</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$291.81</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Export</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;growth
      (y-o-y)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">22.10%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">-4.90%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">1.50%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">2.50%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">14.70%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">14.00%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">10.30%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">5.80%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">7.30%</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Imports</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$174.50</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$168.40</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$168.70</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$170.50</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$197.20</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$221.30</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$260.00</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$283.00</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$308.65</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Import</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;growth
      (y-o-y)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">22.90%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">1.10%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">15.70%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">12.00%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">13.10%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">8.30%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">9.50%</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left">&#160;</div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Financial
      Variables</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">&#160;&#160;and
      Prices&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
      </font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2000</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2001</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2002</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2003</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2004</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2005</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2008</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">28-Day
      CETES</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;(T-bills)/Average</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">15.30%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">11.20%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">7.10%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">6.24%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">8.60%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">8.02%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">7.10%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">7.04%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">7.97%</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Exchange
      rate</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;(Pesos/US$)Average</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">9.46</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">9.34</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">9.66</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">10.79</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">11.15</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">10.64</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">10.9</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">10.93</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">11.16</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Inflation
      IPC,</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;12
      month trailing</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">9.00%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">4.40%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">5.70%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">4.00%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">5.20%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">3.30%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">3.80%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">4.00%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">6.53%</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Mexbol
      Index</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2000</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2001</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2002</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2003</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2004</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2005</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2008</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">USD
      Return</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">20.81%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">20.88%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">14.43%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">33.61%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">50.49%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">44.90%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">45.77%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">10.56%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">-40.48%</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Market
      Cap.</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;(US
      billions)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$111.70</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$112.40</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$103.80</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$124.70</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$169.50</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$283.80</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$343.48</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$441.04</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">$172.14</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">EV/EBITDA</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">7.9x</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">8.1x</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">6.6x</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">7.8x</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">8.3x</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">8.9x</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">10.60x</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">9.8x</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">7.4x</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" colspan="10" valign="top" width="100%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left">&#160;</div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">F</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">und&#8217;s
      NAV &amp; Common Share Market Price Performance</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">(USD
      Return)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2000</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2001</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2002</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2003</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2004</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2005</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2008</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">NAV&#8217;s
      per share</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">-14.61%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">9.48%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">-13.51%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">40.00%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">55.58%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">36.71%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">59.29%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">30.68%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">-52.89%</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="37%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Share
      Price</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">-5.82%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">18.73%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">-18.50%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">36.04%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">66.57%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">24.84%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">75.10%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">25.34%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">
                <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">-41.85%</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
    </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">Sources:
Banamex, Banco de Mexico, Bloomberg, US Bancorp.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">10</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="50%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="14%">
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="50%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Allocation
      of Portfolio Assets</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="14%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt" align="right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">January
      31, 2009</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt" align="right"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(Unaudited)</font></div>
              </div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="50%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(Calculated
      as a percentage of Net Assets)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="14%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div align="center">
      <table bgcolor="white" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td width="100%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">&#160;</div>
              <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img src="tmeaif-barchart.jpg" alt=""></div>
              <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">&#160;</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div>&#160;</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
accompanying notes are in integral part of these financial
statements.</font></div><br>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">11</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <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">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="78%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="22%">
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="78%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Schedule
      of Investments</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="22%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt" align="right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">January
      31, 2009</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt" align="right"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(Unaudited)</font></div>
              </div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
    <div align="left">
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <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">MEXICO
      &#8211; 94.98%</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <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">Shares</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <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">Value</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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">COMMON
      STOCKS &#8211; 92.00%</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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">Airlines
      &#8211; 0.93%</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Grupo
      Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A. de C.V.</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">383,200</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">423,813</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">423,813</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Cement
      &#8211; 2.42%</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Corporacion
      Moctezuma, S.A. de C.V.</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">352,417</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">435,146</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Grupo
      Cementos de Chihuahua, S.A. de C.V.</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">336,052</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">672,932</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1,108,078</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Communications
      &#8211; 20.18%</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">America
      Movil, S.A. de C.V. &#8211; Class L</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">5,444,093</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">7,756,543</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">America
      Movil, S.A. de C.V. &#8211; Class L ADR</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">51,539</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1,469,377</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">9,225,920</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Financial
      Groups &#8211; 2.66%</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Corporativo
      GBM SAB de CV</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">4,845,125</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1,214,038</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1,214,038</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Food,
      Beverage, and Tobacco &#8211; 8.57%</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Alsea,
      S.A.B de C.V.<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(a)</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">439,773</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">152,128</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Embotelladoras
      Arca S.A.</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">354,938</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">632,437</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Grupo
      Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V.</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">492,652</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1,762,839</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Grupo
      Modelo, S.A. de C.V.</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">520,000</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1,371,002</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">3,918,406</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Housing
      &#8211; 6.29%</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Corp
      GEO S.A. de C.V.</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">2,580,005</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">648,265</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Desarrolladora
      Homex, S.A. de C.V.<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(a)</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">127,656</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">406,052</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Urbi,
      Desarrollos Urbanos, S.A. de C.V.<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(a)</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1,774,075</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1,821,331</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">2,875,648</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Industrial
      Conglomerates &#8211; 5.08%</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Industrias
      CH, S.A. &#8211; Class B<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(a)</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">482,618</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1,352,726</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Kimberly-Clark
      de Mexico, S.A.B. DE C.V.</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">235,000</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">758,946</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Mexichem,
      S.A. de C.V.</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">289,877</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">212,657</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">2,324,329</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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
accompanying notes are in integral part of these financial
statements.</font></div><br>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">12</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="78%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="22%">&#160;</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="78%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Schedule
      of Investments (continued)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="22%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt" align="right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">January
      31, 2009</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt" align="right"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(Unaudited)</font></div>
              </div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div align="left">
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <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">COMMON
      STOCKS (CONTINUED)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <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">Shares</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <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">Value</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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">Infrastructure
      &#8211; 20.54%</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Carso
      Infraestructura y Construccion, S.A.<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(a)</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">190,569</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">78,656</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Empresas
      ICA Sociedad Conroladora, S.A. de C.V.<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(a)</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">2,240,195</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">3,701,616</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Grupo
      Mexicano de Desarrollo, S.A.<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(a)(d)</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1,802,915</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1,337,696</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Promotora
      y Operadora de Infraestructura, S.A. de C.V.<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(a)</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">3,833,693</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">4,269,354</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">9,387,322</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Media
      &#8211; 4.68%</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Grupo
      Televisa, S.A. CPO</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">577,169</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1,611,315</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Grupo
      Televisa, S.A. &#8211; ADR</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">37,765</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">528,333</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">2,139,648</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Mining
      &#8211; 1.66%</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Grupo
      Mexico, S.A. &#8211; Series B</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">646,199</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">354,419</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Industrias
      Penoles, S.A.</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">44,983</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">403,639</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">758,058</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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
      Estate Developer &#8211; 11.84%</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">GMD
      Resorts SAB de CV<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(a)(d)</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1,478,623</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">566,037</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Grupe,
      S.A. de C.V.<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(a)(b)(d)</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">3,480,019</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">4,844,361</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">5,410,398</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Retailing
      &#8211; 4.71%</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Wal-Mart
      de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. &#8211; Class V</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1,031,000</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">2,150,653</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">2,150,653</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Waste
      Management &#8211; 2.44%</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Promotora
      Ambiental, S.A. de C.V.<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(a)</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1,883,312</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1,114,207</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1,114,207</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">TOTAL
      COMMON STOCKS (Cost $61,998,445)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">42,050,518</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <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">INVESTMENT
      COMPANIES &#8211; 1.83%</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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">NAFTRAC
      (Nacional Financiera SNC)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">615,682</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">834,777</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">TOTAL
      INVESTMENT COMPANIES (Cost $976,430)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">834,777</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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
accompanying notes are in integral part of these financial
statements.</font></div><br>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">13</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <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">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="78%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="22%">&#160;</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="78%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt" align="right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Schedule
      of <font size="+0" style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Investments (continued</font>)</font></div>
              </div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="22%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt" align="right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">January
      31, 2009</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt" align="right"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(Unaudited)</font></div>
              </div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div align="left">
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <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">SHORT-TERM
      INVESTMENTS &#8211; 1.15%</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <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">Principal</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <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">Value</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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">Mexican
      INAFIN</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">0.000%
      Coupon, 6.699% Effective Yield, 02/06/2009<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(c)</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">7,561,334</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">*</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">525,503</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">TOTAL
      SHORT&#8211;TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $531,943)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">525,503</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">TOTAL
      MEXICO (Cost $63,506,818)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">43,410,798</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <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">UNITED
      STATES &#8211; 0.73%</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <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">Shares</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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">INVESTMENT
      COMPANIES &#8211; 0.73%</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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">First
      American Treasury Obligation &#8211; Class A, 2.132%</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">227,994</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">53,852</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">First
      American Treasury Obligation &#8211; Class Y, 2.132%</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">280,455</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">280,455</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">TOTAL
      INVESTMENT COMPANIES (Cost $334,307)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">334,307</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">TOTAL
      UNITED STATES (Cost $334,307)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">334,307</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">TOTAL
      INVESTMENTS &#8211; 95.71% (Cost $63,841,125)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">43,745,105</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">OTHER
      ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES &#8211; 4.29%</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1,963,067</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px">
              <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">TOTAL
      NET ASSETS &#8211; 100.00%</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">45,708,172</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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">Footnotes
and Abbreviations</font></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">ADR &#8211;
American Depository Receipts.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <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-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(a)</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom">
              <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">Non&#8211;income
      producing security.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <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-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(b)</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom">
              <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">Affiliated
      company.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <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-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(c)</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom">
              <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">Effective
      yield based on the purchase price. The calculation assumes the security is
      held to maturity.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <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-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(d)</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom">
              <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">Fair
      valued security (Note A).</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <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></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom">
              <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">Principal
      Amount in Mexican Pesos</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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
accompanying notes are in integral part of these financial
statements.</font></div><br>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">14</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="78%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="22%">&#160;</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="78%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Statement
      of Assets &amp; Liabilities</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="22%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt" align="right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">January
      31, 2009</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt" align="right"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(Unaudited)</font></div>
              </div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
    <div align="left">
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom">
              <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">ASSETS:</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom">
              <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">Investments,
      at value</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">Unaffiliated
      issuers (Cost $58,830,999)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">38,900,744</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Affiliated
      issuers (Cost $5,010,126)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">4,844,361</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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
      investments, at value (Cost $63,841,125)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">43,745,105</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Cash</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">4,683</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Foreign
      currency (Cost $31,674)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">31,402</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Receivables:</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">Investments
      sold</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">3,005,361</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">Dividends
      and Interest</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">853</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Prepaid
      expenses</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">20,543</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Total
      Assets</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">46,807,947</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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">LIABILITIES:</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Payable
      for securities purchased</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">947,131</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Legal
      fees payable</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">49,091</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Advisory
      fees payable</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">21,000</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Fund
      accounting fees payable</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">11,451</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Administration
      fees payable</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">8,030</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Custody
      fees payable</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">4,407</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">CCO
      fees payable</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">2,331</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Accrued
      expenses and other liabilities</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">56,334</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Total
      Liabilities</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1,099,775</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Net
      Assets</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">45,708,172</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Net
      Asset Value Per Preferred Share</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; 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; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;($3,307,169
      / 603,001)</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">5.48</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Net
      Asset Value Per Common Share</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; 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; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;($42,401,003
      / 7,731,038)</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">5.48</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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">NET
      ASSETS CONSIST OF:</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Preferred
      stock, $0.001 par value; 603,001 shares outstanding</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;(1,855,128
      shares authorized)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">603</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Common
      stock, $0.001 par value; 7,731,038 shares outstanding</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">&#160;&#160;(98,144,872
      shares authorized)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">7,731</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Paid-in
      capital</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">105,616,301</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Accumulated
      net investment income</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">167,832</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Accumulated
      net realized loss on investments and foreign currency</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(39,987,940</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Net
      unrealized depreciation on investments and foreign
currency</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(20,096,355</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Net
      Assets</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">45,708,172</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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
accompanying notes are in integral part of these financial
statements.</font></div><br>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">15</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <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">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="78%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="22%">
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="78%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Statement
      of Operations</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="22%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt" align="right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">For
      the Six Months Ended</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 2.85pt" align="right"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">January 31,
      2009 (Unaudited)</font></div>
              </div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
    <div align="left">
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom">
              <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">INVESTMENT
      INCOME</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Dividends
      &#8211; Unaffiliated issuers</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">233,277</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Interest</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">620,030</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Total
      Investment Income</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">853,307</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="88%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">EXPENSES</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Advisory
      fees (Note B)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">303,396</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Legal
      fees</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">86,031</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Directors&#8217;
      fees and expenses (Note B)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">73,653</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Administration
      fees (Note B)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">47,718</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Custodian
      fees (Note B)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">36,467</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Printing
      and mailing</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">35,477</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Fund
      accounting fees (Note B)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">22,601</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Insurance
      expense</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">19,843</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">CCO
      fees (Note B)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">19,826</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">NYSE
      fees</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">16,696</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Audit
      fees</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">13,986</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Transfer
      agent fees</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">10,652</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Miscellaneous
      fees</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1,155</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Total
      expenses</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">687,501</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">NET
      INVESTMENT INCOME</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">165,806</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="88%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">NET
      REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Net
      realized loss from investments and foreign currency
      transactions</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(37,310,715</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%">
              <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">Net
      realized loss from in-kind redemptions (Note A)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(388,655</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Net
      change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments and foreign
      currency transactions</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(34,170,542</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="88%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Net
      loss from investments and foreign currency transactions</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(71,869,912</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="88%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px">
              <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">Net
      decrease in net assets resulting from operations</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(71,704,106</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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
accompanying notes are in integral part of these financial
statements.</font></div><br>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">16</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="78%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="22%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="78%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Statements
      of Changes in Net Assets</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="22%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
    <div align="left">
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom">
              <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">For
      the</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom">
              <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">Six
      Months Ended</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom">
              <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">For
      the</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom">
              <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">January
      31, 2009</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom">
              <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">Year
      Ended</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <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">(Unaudited)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <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">July
      31, 2008</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom">
              <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">INCREASE
      (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom">
              <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">Operations:</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Net
      investment income</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">165,806</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">138,121</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Net
      realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency
      transactions</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(37,310,714</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">27,714,049</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Net
      realized gain (loss) from in-kind redemptions</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(388,655</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">6,147,831</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Net
      change in unrealized appreciation in value of investments</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">&#160;&#160;and
      foreign currency transactions</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(34,170,542</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(42,665,370</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Net
      decrease in net assets resulting from operations</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(71,704,105</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(8,665,369</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Distributions
      to Shareholders from:</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Net
      investment income</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">Common
      stock</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(1,136,403</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">Preferred
      stock</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Net
      realized gains</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">Common
      stock</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(29,340,899</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(25,750,748</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Preferred
      stock</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(7,945,743</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Decrease
      in net assets from distributions</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(30,477,302</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(33,696,491</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Capital
      Share Transactions</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Repurchase
      of common stock through Repurchase Plan</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(1,233,668</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(4,138,645</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Proceeds
      from common stock sold</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">30,736,956</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Issuance
      of common stock for dividend</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">21,326,756</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">11,124,950</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Repurchase
      of preferred stock for in-kind tender offers</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(1,429,112</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(20,954,066</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Increase
      in net assets from capital share transactions</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">18,663,976</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">16,769,195</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Total
      decrease in net assets</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(83,517,431</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(25,592,665</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="76%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Net
      Assets:</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Beginning
      of year</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">129,225,603</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">154,818,268</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px">
              <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">End
      of year*</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">45,708,172</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">129,225,603</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">*&#160;&#160;Including
      undistributed net investment income of</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">167,832</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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
accompanying notes are in integral part of these financial
statements.</font></div><br>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">17</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <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">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="78%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="22%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="78%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Financial
      Highlights</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="22%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="78%">
              <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">For
      a Common Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="22%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
    <div align="left">
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom">
              <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">For
      the Six</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom">
              <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">Months
      Ended</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom">
              <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">January
      31,</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">2009</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="18" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <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">For
      the Year Ended July 31,</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <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">(Unaudited)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <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">2008</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <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>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <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>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <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>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <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">2004</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom">
              <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">Per
      Share Operating Performance</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Net
      asset value, beginning of period</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">28.29</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">38.18</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">22.18</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">21.27</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">13.66</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">10.15</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%">
              <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">Net
      investment income (loss)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.02</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.03</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(0.14</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.14</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.01</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(0.02</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%">
              <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">Net
      realized and unrealized gains (losses)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%">
              <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">&#160;&#160;on
      investments and foreign</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">&#160;&#160;currency
      transactions</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(15.82</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(2.57</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">19.17</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">6.54</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">7.60</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">3.55</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%">
              <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">Net
      increase (decrease) from</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">&#160;&#160;investment
      operations</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(15.80</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(2.54</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">19.03</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">6.68</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">7.61</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">3.53</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%">
              <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">Less:
      Distributions</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">Dividends
      from net investment income</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(0.25</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(0.13</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(0.16</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(0.02</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Distributions
      from net realized gains</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(6.52</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(7.41</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(2.90</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(4.41</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%">
              <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">Total
      dividends and distributions</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(6.77</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(7.41</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(3.03</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(4.57</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(0.02</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%">
              <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">Capital
      Share Transactions</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">Anti-dilutive
      effect of Common</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">&#160;&#160;Share
      Repurchase</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.04</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.15</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.18</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">Anti-dilutive
      effect of Common</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">&#160;&#160;Rights
      Offering</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.06</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">Anti-dilutive
      effect of Preferred</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">&#160;&#160;In-Kind
      Tender Offer</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.01</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.02</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">Dilutive
      effect of Reinvestment of</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">&#160;&#160;Distributions
      by Common Stockholders</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(0.29</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(0.17</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(0.18</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Dilutive
      effect of Preferred Shares Offering</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(1.20</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Total
      capital share transactions</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(0.24</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.06</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(1.20</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px">
              <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">Net
      Asset Value, end of period</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">5.48</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">28.29</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">38.18</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">22.18</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">21.27</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">13.66</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%">
              <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">Per
      share market value, end of period</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">5.13</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">24.39</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">44.23</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">19.40</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">18.82</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">11.73</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%">
              <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">Total
      Investment Return Based on</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%">
              <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">&#160;&#160;Market
      Value, end of period<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(1)</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(51.99)%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(3)</font></font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(28.38)%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">152.78%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">37.62%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">60.44%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">29.10%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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
accompanying notes are in integral part of these financial
statements.</font></div><br>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">18</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="78%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="22%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="78%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Financial
      Highlights (continued)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="22%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="78%">
              <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">For
      a Common Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="22%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
    <div align="left">
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom">
              <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">For
      the Six</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom">
              <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">Months
      Ended</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom">
              <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">January
      31,</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">2009</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="18" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <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">For
      the Year Ended July 31,</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <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">(Unaudited)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <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">2008</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <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>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <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>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <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>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <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">2004</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom">
              <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">Ratios/Supplemental
      Data</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%">
              <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">Net
      assets, end of period (000&#8217;s)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">42,401</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">106,484</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">100,251</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">54,872</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">52,621</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">33,779</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%">
              <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">Ratios
      of expenses to average net assets:</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">Before
      expense reimbursement</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1.81%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(4)</font></font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1.50%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1.42%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1.90%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1.77%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">2.09%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">After
      expense reimbursement</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1.81%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(4)</font></font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1.50%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1.42%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1.90%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1.77%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">2.08%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%">
              <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">Ratios
      of net investment income (loss)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%">
              <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">&#160;&#160;to
      average net assets:</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">Before
      expense reimbursement</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.44%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(4)</font></font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.09%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(0.47%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.24%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.03%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(0.15%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">After
      expense reimbursement</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.44%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(4)</font></font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.09%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(0.47%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.24%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.03%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(0.15%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="28%">
              <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">Portfolio
      turnover rate</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">163.29%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(2)(3)</font></font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">224.10%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(2)</font></font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">135.49%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(2)</font></font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">179.85%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(2)</font></font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">259.60%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">234.42%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <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">(1)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">Total
      investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of common stock at the
      current market price on the first day and a sale at the current market
      price on the last day of each period reported.&#160;&#160;Dividends and
      distributions, if any, are assumed for purposes of this calculation to be
      reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund&#8217;s dividend reinvestment
      plan.&#160;&#160;Total investment does not reflect brokerage
      commissions.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <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">(2)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">Calculated
      on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between shares
      issued.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <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">(3)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">Not
      Annualized.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <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">(4)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">Annualized.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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
accompanying notes are in integral part of these financial
statements.</font></div><br>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">19</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <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">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="78%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="22%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="78%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Financial
      Highlights</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="22%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="78%">
              <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">For
      a Common Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="22%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
    <div align="left">
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom">
              <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">For
      the Six</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom">
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom">
              <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">For
      the Period</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom">
              <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">Months
      Ended</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom">
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom">
              <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">January
      7, 2006</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom">
              <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">January
      31,</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="6" nowrap valign="bottom">
              <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">For
      the Year</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom">
              <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">through</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">2009</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="6" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <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">Ended
      July 31,</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">July
      31,</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <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">(Unaudited)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <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">2008</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <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>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <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>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom">
              <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">Per
      Share Operating Performance</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="52%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Net
      asset value, beginning of period</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">28.29</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">38.18</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">22.18</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">21.25</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="52%">
              <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">Net
      investment income</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.02</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.03</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(0.14</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.13</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="52%">
              <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">Net
      realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="52%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">&#160;&#160;and
      foreign currency transactions</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(15.82</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(2.57</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">19.17</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.80</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="52%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Net
      increase (decrease) from investment operations</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(15.80</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(2.54</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">19.03</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.93</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="52%">
              <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">Less:
      Distributions</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="52%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">Dividends
      from net investment income</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(0.25</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(0.13</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="52%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Distributions
      from net realized gains</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(6.52</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(7.41</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(2.90</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="52%">
              <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">Total
      dividends and distributions</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(6.77</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(7.41</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(3.03</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="52%">
              <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">Capital
      Share Transactions</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="52%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">Anti-dilutive
      effect of Common Share Repurchase</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.04</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.15</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="52%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">Anti-dilutive
      effect of Common Rights Offering</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.06</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="52%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">Anti-dilutive
      effect of Preferred In-Kind Tender Offer</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.01</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.02</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="52%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">Dilutive
      effect of Reinvestment of Distributions</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="52%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">&#160;&#160;by
      Common Stockholders</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(0.29</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(0.17</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="52%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Total
      capital share transactions</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(0.24</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.06</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="52%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px">
              <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">Net
      Asset Value, end of period</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">5.48</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">28.29</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">38.18</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">22.18</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="52%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Per
      share market value, end of period</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">5.25</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">25.50</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">36.10</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">19.00</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="52%">
              <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">Total
      Investment Return Based on Market Value, end of period<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(1)</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(53.01)%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(3)</font></font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(8.25)%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">110.66%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">2.70%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(2)(3)</font></font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="52%">
              <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">Ratios/Supplemental
      Data</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="52%">
              <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">Net
      assets, end of period (000&#8217;s)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">3,307</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">22,742</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">54,567</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">31,708</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="52%">
              <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">Ratios
      of expenses to average net assets:</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1.81%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(4)</font></font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1.50%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1.42%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1.97%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(3)</font></font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="52%">
              <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">Ratios
      of net investment income (loss) to average net assets:</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.44%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(4)</font></font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.09%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(0.47%)</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.37%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(3)</font></font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="52%">
              <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">Portfolio
      turnover rate</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">163.29%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(2)(3)</font></font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">224.10%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(2)</font></font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">135.49%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(2)</font></font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">179.85%</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%">&#160;</td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <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">(1)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">Total
      investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of common stock at the
      current market price on the first day and a sale at the current market
      price on the last day of each period reported.&#160;&#160;Dividends and
      distributions, if any, are assumed for purposes of this calculation to be
      reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund&#8217;s dividend reinvestment
      plan.&#160;&#160;Total investment does not reflect brokerage
      commissions.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <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">(2)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">Calculated
      on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between shares
      issued.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <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">(3)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">Not
      Annualized.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <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">(4)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">Annualized.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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
accompanying notes are in integral part of these financial
statements.</font></div><br>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">20</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="78%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="22%">
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="78%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Notes
      to Financial Statements</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="22%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">January
      31, 2009</font></div><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(Unaudited)</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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">NOTE
A:&#160;&#160;SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Significant
accounting policies are as follows:</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Portfolio Valuation.</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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Investment Transactions and
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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Tax Status.</font> No provision is
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>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">21</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <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">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="47%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%">&#160;</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="47%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Notes
      to Financial Statements (continued)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">January
      31, 2009</font></div><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(Unaudited)</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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 Fund
is subject to the following withholding taxes on income from Mexican
sources:</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">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 9pt">&#160;</td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">Dividends
      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>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 9pt">&#160;</td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">Interest
      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>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 9pt">&#160;</td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">Gains
      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>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Accounting Pronouncements.</font> In
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 measure&#173;ment 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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
had no material uncertain tax positions as of January 31, 2009. Also, the Fund
had recognized no interest and penalties related to uncertain tax benefits in
2008. At January 31, 2009, the fiscal years 2005 through 2008 remain open to
examination in the Fund&#8217;s major tax jurisdiction.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In
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</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">22</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="47%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%">
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="47%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Notes
      to Financial Statements (continued)</font></div>
              </div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">January
      31, 2009</font></div><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(Unaudited)</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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">interim
periods within those fiscal years. Adoption of SFAS 157 has made no material
impact on the Fund&#8217;s financial statements.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">FAS
157 &#8211; Summary of Fair Value Exposure at January 31, 2009</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Various
inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund&#8217;s
investments.&#160;&#160;These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels
listed below:</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="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 71px">
              <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">Level
      1 &#8211;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" width="1716">
              <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">Quoted
      prices in active markets for identical
  securities.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 71px">
              <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">Level
      2 &#8211;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" width="1716">
              <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">Other
      significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar
      securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk,
      etc.)</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 70px">
              <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">Level
      3 &#8211;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" width="1717">
              <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">Significant
      unobservable inputs (including the Fund&#8217;s own assumptions in determining
      the fair value of investments.)</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not an indication of the
risk associated with investing in those securities.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
following is a summary of the inputs used, as of January 31, 2009, in valuing
the Fund&#8217;s investments carried at fair value:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div align="left">
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Description</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Level
      1</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Level
      2</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Level
      3</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom">
              <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">Investments
      in Securities</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="64%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">Unaffiliated
      Issuers</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">31,627,147</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">525,503</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">6,748,094</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="64%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Affiliated
      Issuers</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">4,844,361</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="64%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px">
              <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">Total</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">36,471,508</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">525,503</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">6,748,094</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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">In March
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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Reclassification of Capital
Accounts.</font>&#160;&#160;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). </font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">23</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <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">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="47%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%">
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="47%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Notes
      to Financial Statements (continued)</font></div>
              </div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">January
      31, 2009</font></div><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(Unaudited)</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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">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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Foreign Currency Translation.</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>
    <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">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <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">(i)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">market
      value of investment securities, assets and liabilities at the current
      Mexican peso exchange rate on the valuation date,
  and</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <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">(ii)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">purchases
      and sales of investment securities, income and expenses at the Mexican
      peso exchange rate prevailing on the respective dates of such
      transactions. Fluctuations 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>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Securities
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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">In-kind Redemptions.</font> Net
Capital gains or losses resulting from in-kind redemptions are excluded from the
Fund&#8217;s taxable gains and are not distributed to shareholders. </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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Distribution of Income and
Gains.</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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Distributions
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</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">24</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="47%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%">
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="47%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Notes
      to Financial Statements (continued)</font></div>
              </div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">January
      31, 2009</font></div><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(Unaudited)</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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
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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Distributions to Shareholders.</font>
The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders during the periods ended
January 31, 2009 and July 31, 2008 were as follows:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div align="left">
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Distributions
      paid from:</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">1/31/09</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" nowrap valign="bottom">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">7/31/08</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Ordinary
      Income</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1,136,403</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">14,703,135</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%">
              <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">Short-Term
      Capital Gain</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">6,444,294</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Long-Term
      Capital Gain</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">22,896,605</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">18,993,356</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px">
              <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">Total</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">30,477,302</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">33,696,491</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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 Fund
has designated $22,896,605 as long-term capital gain dividend, pursuant to
Internal Revenue Code section 852(b)(3).</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">As of
July 31, 2008, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as
follows:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div align="left">
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Cost
      of Investments for tax purposes(a)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">117,823,142</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">Gross
      tax unrealized appreciation on investments</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">21,877,305</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Gross
      tax unrealized depreciation on investments</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(10,461,130</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">Net
      tax unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">11,416,175</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">Net
      unrealized appreciation on foreign currency transactions</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(64</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">Net
      tax unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <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="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px">
              <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">&#160;&#160;investments
      and foreign currency</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">11,416,111</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Undistributed
      ordinary income</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">7,580,684</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <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">Undistributed
      long-term capital gains</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">22,896,599</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px">
              <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">Total
      Distributable earnings</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">30,477,283</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Other
      accumulated gains(losses)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(17,105</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">)</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px">
              <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">Total
      accumulated earnings(losses)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">41,876,289</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <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">(a)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">Represents
      cost for federal income tax purposes. Differences between the Fund&#8217;s cost
      basis of investments at July 31, 2008, for book and tax purposes, relates
      primarily to the deferral of losses related to wash
  sales.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">25</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <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">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="47%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%">
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="47%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Notes
      to Financial Statements (continued)</font></div>
              </div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">January
      31, 2009</font></div><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(Unaudited)</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div>&#160;</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
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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">IN-KIND
REDEMPTION</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">During
the six month period ended January 31, 2009, the Mexico Equity and Income Fund
realized $388,655 of net capital losses resulting from an in-kind redemption.
Shareholders exchanged fund shares for securities held by the Fund rather than
cash.&#160;&#160;Because such gains are not taxable to the Fund, and are not
distributed to shareholders, they have been reclassified from accumulated net
realized gains and losses to paid-in-capital.&#160;&#160;Such reclassification
has no effect on the Fund&#8217;s net assets.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION APPLICABLE TO FOREIGN SHAREHOLDERS ONLY</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
percent of ordinary income distributions designated as interest related
dividends for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2008 was 0%.
(Unaudited)</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
percent of ordinary income distributions designated as short-term capital gain
distributions for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2008 was 100%.
(Unaudited)</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NOTE
B:&#160;&#160;MANAGEMENT, INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pichardo
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 six month period ended
January 31, 2009, these fees amounted to $303,396. 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 six month period ended January 31, 2009, there were no expense
reimbursements made by the Investment Adviser.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Effective
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>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">26</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="78%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="22%">
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="78%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Notes
      to Financial Statements (continued)</font></div>
              </div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="22%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">January
      31, 2009</font></div><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(Unaudited)</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div>&#160;</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">U.S.
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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">For its
services, the Administrator receives a monthly fee at the following annual
rate:</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>0.12% of average daily net assets up to
$200 million, plus</font></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"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>0.10% of average daily net assets from
$200 million to $700 million, plus</font></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"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>0.05% of average daily net assets on
the remaining balance above $700 million</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">For its
services, the Fund Accountant receives a monthly fee at the following annual
rate:</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">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">$42,000
      minimum annual fee on average daily net assets up to $100 million, plus
      0.030% of average daily net assets from $100 million to $300 million, plus
      0.015% of average daily net assets on the remaining balance above $300
      million</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">For its
services, the Custodian receives a monthly fee at the following annual
rate:</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>$12,000 minimum base fee, plus 0.03% of
average daily custody balance</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">For the
six month period ended January 31, 2009, the Mexico Equity and Income Fund, Inc.
incurred Administra&#173;tion fees of $47,718; Fund Accounting fees of $22,601
and Custody fees of $36,467.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NOTE
C:&#160;&#160;PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Purchases
and sales of securities other than short-term obligations, aggregated
$122,751,086 and $109,889,924 respectively, for the six month period ended
January 31, 2009.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">At
January 31, 2009 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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NOTE
D:&#160;&#160;CAPITAL STOCK</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">During
the six month period ended January 31, 2009, the Fund purchased 70,319 shares of
capital stock in the open market at a cost of $1,233,668. The weighted average
discount of these purchases comparing</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">27</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <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">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="47%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%">
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="47%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Notes
      to Financial Statements (continued)</font></div>
              </div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">January
      31, 2009</font></div><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(Unaudited)</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div>&#160;</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
average purchase price to the net asset value at the close of the New York Stock
Exchange was approximately 12.52%.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">During
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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Board
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 six month period ended January 31,
2009, the Fund commenced one offer with an expiration date of December 26, 2008.
During the year ended July 31, 2008, the Fund commenced two Offers with
expiration dates of June 27th, 2008 and November 16th, 2007. Portfolio
securities to be received by participating Preferred Stock&#173;holders 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 826,335 Preferred
Shares or $22,383,178 of Capital Stock. The net asset value per share of the
Fund&#8217;s common and preferred stockholders was increased by approximately $0.03 as
a result of these Offers.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Board
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 Date) one 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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On
December 12, 2008, the Board of Directors declared a stock dividend of $6.77531
per share. This dividend was paid in shares of common stock of the Fund, or in
cash by specific election of&#160;&#160;the stockholders. Stockholders that did
not elect the cash options were issued 4,036,750 shares, which amounted to
$21,326,756.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On
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>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">28</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="47%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%">
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="47%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Notes
      to Financial Statements (continued)</font></div>
              </div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">January
      31, 2009</font></div><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(Unaudited)</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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">On
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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Board
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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">During
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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">During
the years ended July 31, 2007, July 31, 2005 and July 31, 2004, the Fund made no
repurchases pursuant to the program.</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Notice is
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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NOTE
E:&#160;&#160;PREFERRED STOCK</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Shares of
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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
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</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">29</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <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">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="47%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%">
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="47%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Notes
      to Financial Statements (concluded)</font></div>
              </div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">January
      31, 2009</font></div><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(Unaudited)</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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">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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In the
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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NOTE
F:&#160;&#160;TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
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, 2008 through
January 31, 2009. As defined in Section (2)(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act
of 1940, such issuers are:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="11%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="10%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
              <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">Share
      Balance</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="8%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="8%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="10%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
              <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">Share
      Balance</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="8%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
              <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">Dividend</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
              <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">Value</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="11%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Issuer
      Name</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">At
      Aug. 1, 2008</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="8%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Additions</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="8%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Reductions</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">At
      Jan. 31, 2009</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="8%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Income</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">At
      Jan. 31, 2009</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="11%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Grupe,
      S.A. de C.V.</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">3,849,668</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="8%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="8%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">369,649</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">3,480,019</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="8%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#8212;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$4,844,361</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">30</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="57%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%">
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="57%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Additional
      Information (unaudited)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="13%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">January
      31, 2009</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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">NOTE
1:&#160;&#160;INFORMATION ABOUT PROXY 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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Information
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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NOTE
2:&#160;&#160;AVAILABILITY OF QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO SCHEDULE</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NOTE
3:&#160;&#160;INFORMATION ABOUT CERTIFICATIONS</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In
November 2008, 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>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">31</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <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">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="57%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="12%">
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="57%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Dividends
      and Distributions (unaudited)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">January
      31, 2009</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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">DIVIDEND
REINVESTMENT PLAN</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pursuant
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 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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Plan
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 equals or 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>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">32</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="56%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%">
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="56%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Dividends
      and Distributions (unaudited)(continued)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="13%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">January
      31, 2009</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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">If net
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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Plan
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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In the
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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">There is
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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Brokerage
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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
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>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">33</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <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">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="56%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%">
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="56%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Dividends
      and Distributions (unaudited)(concluded)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="13%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">January
      31, 2009</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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">Experience
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>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">34</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="57%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="12%">
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="57%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Results
      of Annual Stockholders Meeting (unaudited)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">January
      31, 2009</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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
Fund&#8217;s Annual Stockholders meeting was held on November 26, 2008, at 777
Wisconsin Avenue, 31st Floor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202. As of October 15,
2008, the record date, outstanding shares of common and preferred stock were
3,703,888 and 804,001 respectively. Holders of 4,054,015 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 one proposal. The stockholders elected a
Director to the Board of Directors. The following table provides information
concerning the matter voted on at the 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: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <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">I.</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">Election
      of Director</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="14%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="9%">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Votes
      For</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="11%">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Votes
      Against</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="14%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
              <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">Phillip
      Goldstein</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="9%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">3,947,087</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="11%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">106,928</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">35</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <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">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="45%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%">
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="45%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Privacy
      Policy (unaudited)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="13%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">January
      31, 2009</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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
Mexico Equity and Income Fund, Inc. (the &#8220;Fund&#8221;) has adopted the following
privacy policy in order to safeguard the personal information of its consumers
and customers in accordance with SEC Regulation S-P, 17 CFR 284.30:</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Commitment to Consumer
Privacy.</font> The Fund recognizes and respects the privacy expectations of
each of our 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
confidenti&#173;ality 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 against. </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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Collection and Disclosure of
Shareholder Information.</font> Consumer information collected by, or on behalf
of, The Fund, generally consists of the following: </font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <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-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#9679;</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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
      received from consumers or customers on or in applications or other forms,
      correspondence, or conversations, including, but not limited to, their
      name, address, phone number, social security number, assets, income and
      date of birth; and</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
            </td>
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <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-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#9679;</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <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">Information
      about transactions with us, our affiliates, or others, including, but not
      limited to, shareholder account numbers and balance, payments history,
      parties to transactions, cost basis information, and other financial
      information.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
does not disclose any nonpublic personal information about our current or former
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
(as well as through its officers and directors).</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Security of Consumer and Customer
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 informa&#173;tion 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 appropriate
and adequate records. The Fund will require </font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">36</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="48%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%">
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="48%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Privacy
      Policy (unaudited)(continued)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="13%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">January
      31, 2009</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div>&#160;</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">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>
    <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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Fund
requires its service providers to provide periodic reports, no less frequently
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>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">37</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <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">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="57%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%">
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="57%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Management
      of the Fund (unaudited)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="13%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">January
      31, 2009</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div>&#160;</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"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Board of Directors.</font> The
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>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="10%">&#160;</td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
      Term of</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="4%">
              <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">Year</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <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">&#160;
      Position(s)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">&#160;Office/Length</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">&#160;&#160;&#160;
      Principal Occupation</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%">
              <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">Other
      Directorships</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Name
      and Address</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="4%">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Born</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">with
      the Fund</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">of
      Time Served</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">During
      the Past Five Years</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">&#160;&#160;
      Held by Director&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">Gerald
      Hellerman</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%">
              <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">1937</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <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">Director,
      Chief</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">2007
      / 7 years</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">Managing
      Director,</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="9%">
              <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">Director,
      MVC</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">5431
      NW 21st Avenue</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <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">Financial
      Officer</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">Hellerman
      Associates</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Capital,
      Inc.;</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">Boca
      Raton, FL 33496</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <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">and
      Chief</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Director,
      MVC</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <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">Compliance</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Acquisition
      Corp;</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <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">Chief</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Director,
      Old Mutual</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <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">Officer</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Absolute
      Return and</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="10%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Emerging
      managers</font></font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="10%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Fund
      Complex;</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="10%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Director
      and</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="10%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Chairman
      of Audit</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="10%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Committee;
      Director,</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="10%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Brantley
      Corporation</font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">Phillip
      Goldstein</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%">
              <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">1945</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <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">Director</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">2008
      / 8 years</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">Principal
      of the general</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="9%">
              <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">Director,
      Brantley</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">60
      Heritage Drive</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="10%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">partner
      of five investment</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Capital
      Corporation;</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">Pleasantville,
      NY 10570</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="10%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">partnerships
      in the Bulldog</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">ASA
      Ltd.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="10%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Investors
      group of funds.</font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">Glenn
      Goodstein</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%">
              <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">1963</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <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">Director</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">2007
      / 7 years</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">Registered
      Investment</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="9%">
              <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</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">2308
      Camino Robledo</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="10%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Advisor;
      held numerous</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">Carlsbad,
      CA 92009</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="10%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">executive
      positions with</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="10%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Automatic
      Data Processing</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="10%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">until
      1996.</font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">Rajeev
      Das</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%">
              <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">1968</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <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">Director</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">2006
      / 7 years</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">Principal,
      Bulldog Investors,</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="9%">
              <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</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">68
      Lafayette Avenue</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="10%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">a
      group of Investment Funds</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
              <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">Dumont,
      NJ 07628</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="10%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Managing
      member of the</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="10%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">General
      Partner of</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="10%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Opportunity
      Income Plus</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="10%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">L.P.
      an investment fund.</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">38</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">THE
MEXICO EQUITY AND INCOME FUND, INC.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="57%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%">
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="57%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Management
      of the Fund (unaudited)(continued)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="13%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">January
      31, 2009</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="17%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="21%">
              <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">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
      Term of</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="15%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%">
              <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">Year</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="17%">
              <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">&#160;&#160;
      Position(s)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
              <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">&#160;Office/Length</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">
              <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">&#160;&#160;&#160;
      Principal Occupation</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="15%">
              <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">Other
      Directorships</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Name
      and Address</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Born</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="17%">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">with
      the Fund</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">of
      Time Served</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">During
      the Past Five Years</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="15%">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">&#160;&#160;
      Held by Director&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">
              <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">Andrew
      Dakos</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%">
              <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">1966</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="17%">
              <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">Director</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
              <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">2006
      / 7 years</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">
              <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">Managing
      Member of the</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%">
              <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">Director,
      Brantley</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">
              <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">Park
      80 West</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="17%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">
              <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">general
      partner of five</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="15%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Corporation</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">
              <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">Plaza
      Two, Suite 750</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="17%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">investment
      partnerships in</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="15%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">
              <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">Saddle
      Brook, NJ 07663</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="17%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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
      Bulldog Investors group</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="15%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="17%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">of
      Funds: Opportunity</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="15%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="17%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Partners
      L.P., Opportunity</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="15%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="17%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Income
      Plus Fund L.P., Full</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="15%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="17%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Value
      Partners L.P., Full Value</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="15%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="17%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Special
      Situations Fund L.P.,</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="15%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="17%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">and
      Full Value Offshore L.P.</font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="15%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">
              <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">Maria
      Eugenia Pichardo</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%">
              <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">1950</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="17%">
              <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">Interested</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
              <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">Indefinite
      / 4 years</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">
              <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">Portfolio
      Manager of the</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%">
              <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</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">
              <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">408
      Teopanzolco Avenue</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="17%">
              <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">Officer,</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Fund
      since the Fund&#8217;s</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="15%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">
              <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">3rd
      Floor-Reforma</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="17%">
              <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">President</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Inception;
      President and</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="15%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">
              <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">Cuernavaca,
      62260</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="17%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">General
      Partner, Pichardo</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="15%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">
              <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">Morelos
      Mexico</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="17%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Asset
      Management, S.A. de</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="15%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="17%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">C.V.
      since 2003; Managing</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="15%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="17%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Director,
      Acciones y Valores</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="15%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="17%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">de
      Mexico, S.A. de C.V.</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="15%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="17%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">from
      1979 to 2002.</font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="15%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">
              <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">Francisco
      Lopez</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%">
              <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">1971</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="17%">
              <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">Interested</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
              <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">Indefinite
      / 4 years</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">
              <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">Research
      Director, Pichardo</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%">
              <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</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">
              <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">408
      Teopanzolco Avenue</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="17%">
              <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">Officer,</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Asset
      Management, S.A. de</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="15%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">
              <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">3rd
      Floor-Reforma</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="17%">
              <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">Secretary</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">C.V.
      since 2003; Assistant</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="15%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">
              <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">Cuernavaca,
      62260</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="17%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">Portfolio
      Manager, Acciones</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="15%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">
              <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">Morelos
      Mexico</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="17%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">y
      Valores de Mexico, S.A. de</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="15%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="17%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%">
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
              <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">C.V.
      from 1997 to 2002.</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="15%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">39</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <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">THE
MEXICO EQUITY</font></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">AND
INCOME FUND, INC.</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">Investment
Adviser:</font></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">Pichardo
Asset Management, S.A. de C.V.</font></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">408
Teopanzolco Avenue</font></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">3rd Floor
&#8211; Reforma</font></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">Cuernavaca,
62260 Morelos</font></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">Mexico</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Independent
Registered Public</font></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">Accounting
Firm:</font></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">Tait,
Weller &amp; Baker LLP</font></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">1818
Market Street, Suite 2400</font></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">Philadelphia,
PA 19103</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Administrator
and Fund Accountant:</font></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">U.S.
Bancorp Fund Services, LLC</font></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">615 East
Michigan Street</font></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">Milwaukee,
WI 53202</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Transfer
Agent and Registrar:</font></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">Computershare
Investor Services, LLC</font></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">250
Royall Street; 3B</font></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">Canton,
MA 02021</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Custodian:</font></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">U.S.
Bank, N.A.</font></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">Custody
Operations</font></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">1555
Rivercenter Drive, Suite 302</font></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">Milwaukee,
WI 53212</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="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Board
of Directors:</font></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">Andrew
Dakos</font></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">Rajeev
Das</font></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">Phillip
Goldstein</font></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">Glenn
Goodstein</font></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">Gerald
Hellerman</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <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 2. Code of
Ethics.</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-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Not
Applicable for semi-annual reports.</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 3. Audit Committee
Financial Expert.</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-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Not
Applicable for semi-annual reports.</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 4. Principal Accountant
Fees and Services.</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-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Not
Applicable for semi-annual reports.</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 5. Audit Committee of
Listed Registrants.</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
standing audit committee is comprised of Mr. Andrew Dakos, Mr. Phillip Goldstein
and Mr. Rajeev Das.</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 6.
Investments.</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">Schedule
of Investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under
Item 1 of this Form.</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 7. Disclosure of Proxy
Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment
Companies.</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="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">
        <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 36pt">
                <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;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left">
                <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">CORPORATE
      GOVERNANCE</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </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">
        <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 36pt">
                <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;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left">
                <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">Board
      and Governance Issues</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </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">
        <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              </td>
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
                <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">1.&#160;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left">
                <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">Board
      of Director/Trustee Composition</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </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 Board
of Directors is responsible for the overall governance of the
corporation.</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 <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">oppose</font>
slates without at least a majority of independent directors (1/3 of directors
who are outsiders to the corporation).</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 <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>
      <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">
        <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              </td>
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
                <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">2.&#160;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left">
                <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">Increase
      Authorized Common Stock</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </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">support</font>
the authorization of additional common stock necessary to facilitate a stock
split.</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">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: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">
        <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              </td>
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
                <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">3.&#160;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left">
                <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">Blank
      Check Preferred Stock</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </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">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>
      <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">
        <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              </td>
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
                <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;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left">
                <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">Classified
      or &#8220;Staggered&#8221; Board</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </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">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>
      <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 vote on a case-by-case basis on issues involving classified
boards.</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">
        <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              </td>
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
                <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;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left">
                <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">Supermajority
      Vote Requirements</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </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">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">
        <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              </td>
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
                <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;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left">
                <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">Restrictions
      on Shareholders to Act by Written
Consent</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </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">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>
      <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">
        <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              </td>
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
                <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;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left">
                <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">Restrictions
      on Shareholders to Call Meetings</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </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>
such a restriction as it limits the right of the shareholder.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">
        <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              </td>
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">8.&#160;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Limitations,
      Director Liability and
Indemnification</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </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">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>
      <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">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>
      <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">
        <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              </td>
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
                <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;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left">
                <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">Reincorporation</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </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">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>
      <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">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>
      <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">
        <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              </td>
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
                <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;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left">
                <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">Cumulative
      Voting</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </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">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>
      <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">support</font>
proposals calling for cumulative voting in the election of
directors.</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">
        <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              </td>
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
                <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;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left">
                <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">Dual
      Classes of Stock</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </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">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>
      <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>
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>
      <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">
        <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              </td>
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
                <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;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left">
                <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">Limit
      Directors&#8217; Tenure</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </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">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>
      <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">Accordingly,
the Fund advisor will vote on a case-by-case basis attempts to limit director
tenure.</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">
        <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              </td>
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
                <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">13.&#160;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left">
                <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">Minimum
      Director Stock Ownership</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </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
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>
      <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 <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>
      <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">
        <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              </td>
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
                <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">14.&#160;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left">
                <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">Selection
      of Auditor</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </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">Annual
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>
      <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 <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>
      <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 <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>
      <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">B.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Executive
Compensation</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">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Disclosure
of CEO, Executive, Board and Management Compensation</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">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>
      <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">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Compensation
for CEO, Executive, Board and Management</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 <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>
      <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">3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Formation
and Independence of Compensation Review Committee</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 <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>
      <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">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Stock
Options for Board and Executives</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 in total offer greater than 15% of shares outstanding
because of voting and earnings dilution.</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>
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>
      <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">support</font>
options programs for outside directors subject to the same constraints
previously described.</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">5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Employee
Stock Ownership Plan (ESOPs)</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 <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>
      <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;Pay
Equity</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 <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>
      <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">7.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Ratio
Between CEO and Worker Pay</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">support</font>
shareholder resolutions requesting that management report on the ratio between
CEO and employee compensation.</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">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>
      <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 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>
      <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">9.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Changes
to Charter or By-Laws</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 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>
      <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">10.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Confidential
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: 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>
      <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 <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>
      <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">11.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Equal
Access to Proxy</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">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>
      <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">In
general, the Fund advisor will <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">oppose</font>
resolutions for equal access proposals.</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">12.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Golden
Parachutes</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">Golden
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>
      <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 <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>
      <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">C.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Mergers
and Acquisitions</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">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
Considering the Non-Financial Effects of a Merger Proposal</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">Such a
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>
      <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 <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">support</font>
shareholder resolutions that consider non-financial impacts of
mergers.</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">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
Mergers, Restructuring and Spin-offs</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">A merger,
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>
      <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 <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>
      <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">3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
Poison Pills</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">Poison
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>
      <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 <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>
      <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">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
Anti-Greenmail Proposals</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">Greenmail
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>
      <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">support</font>
greenmail provisions.</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">5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
Opt-Out of State Anti-Takeover Law</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">A
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>
      <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">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>
      <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 8. Portfolio Managers
of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.</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="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Information
is presented as of January 31, 2009.</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="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>
      <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">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>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div align="left">
        <table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="middle" width="25%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Portfolio
      Manager Name</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="middle" width="25%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">Registered
      Investment Company (dollar amount and number of accounts)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="middle" width="25%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Other
      Pooled Investments (dollar amount and number of accounts)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="middle" width="25%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Other
      Accounts (dollar amount and number of accounts)</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="25%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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.
      Maria Eugenia Pichardo</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="25%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">$45,708,172
      (1)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="25%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">$1,289,644
      (1)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="25%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">$1,468,175
      (13)</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </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"><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>
      <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
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>
      <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"><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>
      <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"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">Securities Owned in the Fund by
Portfolio Manager</font>. As of January 31, 2009, the Portfolio Manager owned
the following securities in the Fund:</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div align="left">
        <table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="middle" width="33%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">Portfolio
      Manager Name</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="middle" width="33%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">Dollar
      Range of Equity Securities in the Fund (None, $1-$10,000, $10,001-$50,000,
      $50,001-$100,000, $100,001 - $500,000, $500,001 to $1,000,000, Over
      $1,000,000)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="middle" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">Aggregate
      Dollar Range of Securities in all Registered Investment Companies Overseen
      by Portfolio Manager in Family of Investment Companies</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="33%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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.
      Maria Eugenia Pichardo</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="33%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</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">&#160;</div>
      <div align="left">
        <table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="middle" width="20%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid">
                <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-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Period</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="middle" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px 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 Shares (or Units) Purchased</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="middle" width="20%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 1px 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 per Share (or Unit)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="middle" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px 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">(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 Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans
      or Programs</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="middle" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px 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 (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units) that May Yet Be
      Purchased Under the Plans or Programs</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">8/1/08
      to 8/31/08</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">13,319
      <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(1)</font></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">23.20</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">0</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid">
                <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">9/1/08
      to 9/30/08</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid">
                <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">18,100
      <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(1)</font></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">
                <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">19.11</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid">
                <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">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid">
                <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">0</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">10/1/08
      to 10/31/08</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">38,900
      <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(1)</font></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">14.88</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">0</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid">
                <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">11/1/08
      to 11/30/08</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid">
                <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">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">
                <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">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid">
                <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">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid">
                <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">0</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">12/1/08
      to 12/31/08</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">201,002
      <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(2)</font></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">12.31</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">0</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">1/1/09
      to 1/31/09</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">0</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">Total</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">271,321</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">13.67</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <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">0</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</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"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(1)
&#160;</font>70,319 common shares were purchased pursuant to the Fund&#8217;s Stock
Repurchase Program.</font></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"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(2)&#160;
</font>The purchases were due to the result of an in-kind tender offer of
preferred shares.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</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>
      <div>
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(a)</font>&#160;&#160;</font></font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Registrant&#8217;s President and Chief Financial Officer have reviewed the
      Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
      Rule&#160;30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the &#8220;Act&#8221;))
      as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report, as required by
      Rule&#160;30a-3(b) under the Act and Rules&#160;13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b)
      under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.&#160;&#160;Based on their
      review, such officers have concluded that the disclosure controls and
      procedures are effective in ensuring that information required to be
      disclosed in this report is appropriately recorded, processed, summarized
      and reported and made known to them by others within the Registrant and by
      the Registrant&#8217;s service provider.</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div>
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">There
      were no changes in the Registrant's internal control over financial
      reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during
      the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has
      materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
      Registrant's internal control over financial
  reporting.</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </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 12.
Exhibits.</font></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div>
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(1)
      <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">Any code of ethics or
      amendment thereto, that is the subject of the disclosure required by
      Item&#160;2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy
      Item&#160;2 requirements through filing an exhibit. </font>Not
      applicable.</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></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 style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">A separate certification for each
principal executive and principal financial officer pursuant to Section&#160;302
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.&#160;&#160;</font>Filed
herewith.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></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">(3) <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">Any written solicitation to purchase
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>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div>
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div style="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">Certifications pursuant to
      Section&#160;906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
      2002.</font>&#160;&#160;Furnished
herewith.</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </div><br>
      <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
        <div id="FTR">
          <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
        </div>
        <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
          <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
          <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
            <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
          </div>
        </div>
        <div id="HDR">
          <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
        </div>
      </div><br>
      <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">SIGNATURES</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</font></div>
      <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: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(Registrant)&#160;&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">The Mexico Equity and Income
Fund, Inc.</font></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">By
(Signature and Title)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">/s/ Maria Eugenia
Pichardo</font></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 108pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Maria
Eugenia Pichardo, President</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Date&#160;
<font style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">April 7, 2009</font></font></div>
      <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: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pursuant
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>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">By
(Signature and Title)&#160;&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">/s/ Maria Eugenia
Pichardo</font></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 99pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Maria
Eugenia Pichardo, President</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Date&#160;
<font style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">April 7, 2009</font></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br>&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">By
(Signature and Title)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">/s/ Gerald
Hellerman</font></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 108pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Gerald
Hellerman, Chief Financial Officer</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Date&#160;
<font style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">April 7,
2009</font></font></div>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>


</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-99.CERT
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>tmeaif-ex99cert302.htm
<DESCRIPTION>CERT 302
<TEXT>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>tmeaif-ex99cert302.htm</title>
<!-- Licensed to: Dixon MRD & Company-->
<!-- Document Created using EDGARizer 4.0.6.1 -->
<!-- Copyright 1995 - 2008 EDGARfilings, Ltd., an IEC company. All rights reserved -->
</head>
    <body bgcolor="#ffffff" style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><br>
    <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"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">CERTIFICATIONS</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">I, Maria
Eugenia Pichardo, certify that:</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="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">1.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">I
      have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of The Mexico Equity and Income
      Fund, Inc.;</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">2.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Based
      on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
      material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
      statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
      were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
      report;</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">3.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Based
      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
      presented in this report;</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">4.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      registrant&#8217;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
      have:</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Designed
      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
      prepared;</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Designed
      such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
      control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
      provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
      reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
      purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
      principles;</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(c)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Evaluated
      the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures
      and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of
      the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior
      to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation;
      and</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(d)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Disclosed
      in this report any change in the registrant&#8217;s internal control over
      financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the
      period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is
      reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant&#8217;s internal control
      over financial reporting; and</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">5.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      registrant&#8217;s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the
      registrant&#8217;s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant&#8217;s board of
      directors (or persons performing the equivalent
  functions):</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">All
      significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
      operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
      reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant&#8217;s ability to record,
      process, summarize, and report financial information;
  and</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Any
      fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
      employees who have a significant role in the registrant&#8217;s internal control
      over financial reporting.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="31%">
              <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">Date:&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline">&#160;</font><font style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">April 7, 2009</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="middle" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="39%">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">/s/ Maria Eugenia
      Pichardo</font></font></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">Maria
      Eugenia Pichardo</font></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">President</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div><br>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="3">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">CERTIFICATIONS</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">I, Gerald
Hellerman, certify that:</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="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">1.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">I
      have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of The Mexico Equity and Income
      Fund, Inc.;</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">2.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Based
      on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
      material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
      statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
      were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
      report;</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">3.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Based
      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
      presented in this report;</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">4.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      registrant&#8217;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
      have:</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Designed
      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
      prepared;</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Designed
      such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
      control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
      provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
      reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
      purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
      principles;</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(c)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Evaluated
      the effectiveness of the registrant&#8217;s disclosure controls and procedures
      and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of
      the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior
      to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation;
      and</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(d)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Disclosed
      in this report any change in the registrant&#8217;s internal control over
      financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the
      period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is
      reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant&#8217;s internal control
      over financial reporting; and</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">5.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      registrant&#8217;s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the
      registrant&#8217;s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant&#8217;s board of
      directors (or persons performing the equivalent
  functions):</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">All
      significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
      operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
      reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant&#8217;s ability to record,
      process, summarize, and report financial information;
  and</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Any
      fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
      employees who have a significant role in the registrant&#8217;s internal control
      over financial reporting.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="31%">
              <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">Date:&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline">&#160;</font><font style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">April 7, 2009</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="middle" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="39%">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">/s/ Gerald
      Hellerman</font></font></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">Gerald
      Hellerman</font></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">Chief
      Financial Officer</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>


</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-99.906 CERT
<SEQUENCE>3
<FILENAME>tmeaif-ex99cert906.htm
<DESCRIPTION>CERT 906
<TEXT>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>tmeaif-ex99cert906.htm</title>
<!-- Licensed to: Dixon MRD & Company-->
<!-- Document Created using EDGARizer 4.0.6.1 -->
<!-- Copyright 1995 - 2008 EDGARfilings, Ltd., an IEC company. All rights reserved -->
</head>
    <body bgcolor="#ffffff" style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><br>
    <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"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Certification Pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act</font></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pursuant
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 period ended January 31, 2009 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 The Mexico Equity and Income Fund, Inc. for the stated
period.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="39%">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">/s/ Maria Eugenia
      Pichardo</font></font></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">Maria
      Eugenia Pichardo</font></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">President</font></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
      Mexico Equity and Income Fund, Inc.</font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="39%">
              <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; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">/s/ Gerald
      Hellerman</font></font></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">Gerald
      Hellerman</font></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">Chief
      Financial Officer</font></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
      Mexico Equity and Income Fund, Inc.</font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="39%">
              <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">Dated:&#160;
      <font style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">April 7,
    2009</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="39%">
              <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">Dated:&#160;
      <font style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">April 7,
    2009</font></font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <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-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">This
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>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
  </body>
</html>


</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>GRAPHIC
<SEQUENCE>4
<FILENAME>pgoldstein-signature.jpg
<DESCRIPTION>PHILLIP GOLDSTEIN SIGNATURE
<TEXT>
begin 644 pgoldstein-signature.jpg
M_]C_X``02D9)1@`!`@$`8`!@``#_X0QH17AI9@``34T`*@````@`#0$```,`
M```!"<P```$!``,````!`GT```$"``,````!``$```$#``,````!``4```$&
M``,````!``````$2``,````!``$```$5``,````!``$```$:``4````!````
MJ@$;``4````!````L@$H``,````!``(```$Q``(````>````N@$R``(````4
M````V(=I``0````!````[````1@`#J8````G$``.I@```"<0061O8F4@4&AO
M=&]S:&]P($-3,B!-86-I;G1O<V@`,C`P.3HP-#HP-B`Q-CHR-3HS-P```Z`!
M``,````!__\``*`"``0````!````Q*`#``0````!````)``````````&`0,`
M`P````$`!@```1H`!0````$```%F`1L`!0````$```%N`2@``P````$``@``
M`@$`!`````$```%V`@(`!`````$```KJ`````````$@````!````2`````'_
MV/_@`!!*1DE&``$"``!(`$@``/_M``Q!9&]B95]#30`!_^X`#D%D;V)E`&2`
M`````?_;`(0`#`@("`D(#`D)#!$+"@L1%0\,#`\5&!,3%1,3&!$,#`P,#`P1
M#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`$-"PL-#@T0#@X0%`X.#A04
M#@X.#A01#`P,#`P1$0P,#`P,#!$,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,
M#`P,_\``$0@`'0"@`P$B``(1`0,1`?_=``0`"O_$`3\```$%`0$!`0$!````
M``````,``0($!08'"`D*"P$``04!`0$!`0$``````````0`"`P0%!@<("0H+
M$``!!`$#`@0"!0<&"`4###,!``(1`P0A$C$%05%A$R)Q@3(&%)&AL4(C)!52
MP6(S-'*"T4,')9)3\.'Q8W,U%J*R@R9$DU1D1<*C=#87TE7B9?*SA,/3=>/S
M1B>4I(6TE<34Y/2EM<75Y?569G:&EJ:VQM;F]C='5V=WAY>GM\?7Y_<1``("
M`0($!`,$!08'!P8%-0$``A$#(3$2!$%187$B$P4R@9$4H;%"(\%2T?`S)&+A
M<H*20U,58W,T\24&%J*R@P<F-<+21)-4HQ=D154V=&7B\K.$P]-UX_-&E*2%
MM)7$U.3TI;7%U>7U5F9VAI:FML;6YO8G-T=79W>'EZ>WQ__:``P#`0`"$0,1
M`#\`]2IIJHJ932QM5530RNM@#6M:T;6,8QOM:QK4U]]&/2^_(L;336"ZRVPA
MK6M'TG/>[VM:AYV=B=.Q+<W-M%./2-UECNWYK6M:V7/>]QV5UL_26V?HZUS'
M3:.M_6;JS.K]2'V'HV!:7=.Z<US7NO>W::\W.?4ZW'?Z5GOQZZOYF_\`XGUL
ME*;]_5^KYE%N5@,KZ7TNECK']2ZA6\O<UHLWV4=,W8UM=3-C;/7S;J/_``G9
M7^E0F?6Q^-TG"/4*VLZSE8_VA^,X^E757Q]LZA8_U/V=B_O^KZEWJ_JV-7E9
M%?IJGU:[*OZ@[$QS^VNLT.;95A-_1]/PMQ_5\GJ4'=??7M]>NJ^V[(L]/UL+
M$Q$_U=Z3T6GJ;Z<_J;>M?6&?M>56YS7MJOKVTOO916W]$^G?73C_`&K])BU_
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M]7[/LO366EN1UHM:X/%9'JU=)KMWLOWOWT/S[JOLE?Z7[/\`:K/H83KJ6X3'
M=>J=TCI-SB<7H%3GVY^?;=HUW4MOZW?9<_\`[2[OTE]G^4[[-BW.F]!RLNJH
M=7'I]/QG3@=(]I#&`[J/VBZG;CY+\6&MQ<:IGH8NS]+;GY'ZTDIZ-))9N7]8
M.GXSGU5E^9?62VRG&'J%CFC<YF3;+<;"]O\`W-OQF)*07]:S,CJ%W3NC8S<A
M^(6MS,N]QKQZG.`L^SUN8RRS+R_1<VQ]57Z*KU*_6R:[/T:/T'J5W4<2RZW8
MX5WVTUY%((JN96[9]HH8]UCVLW;JOYRS])5ZE-EE'I6+C+<[I65?D$YM+&]3
M+K;>D=,S6[''975=E=8ZEOKIQ/\`!MOJP/3];_S:_I%U?2>H]+P.B4OR.IXC
M\=GJ!ES+*Q2UH<YS,6FQFQEC,&HUXN[8S?Z6_P!*K^;24[2K6]0PZLRK!?:/
MM=PW,H;+G[!/Z9[&;O3H]NSUK/T7J?H_YQ9XZGG]7J`Z-4_&Q[1_REE5ED-(
M^EAX-VS(R+/W'Y+,;%_PWZY_1TUF=T;ZN=+-[[G9#G/]/<"+LK*R9]+T6!ON
MR,Q]OZ+T6?H\?^:_5L6C]$E.M??3CTOOR+&TTU@NLL>0UK6CZ3GO=[6M63B?
M6:O-S\?'Q\+)^S98>ZC->&5L>VMHL=>S'LL;G?9?>RK[4[%95ZMV/_IZWK*Q
M\+ZR=<-6=U#'KQ+)]7&IRILIQ?\`0NKZ?6ZIW4,]G^%R\^W#^R6_T#&_G++;
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M52M%G7^H6#V=`ZC)XWG$9_U>>DI__]#H_K!BY.5UMF;UVTXG0NGVM9@8E7Z6
M[-OL:WC'I]6S?_/4UL8S[3Z'K_S%7K6*YU#&^L63TFU^/0<,T@-P.D8UK*G.
M#2&4_;\VI];:JFM_2V8?3LBK]$ST/MN3ZBZ9))3R&']3^H8GU>;A,LI&4UI<
M_%J?93B7WO`;=D=2R*&_;\S=[G^BS[-C/K]/#^S^C7O38GU,ZJS./K=1]/#J
M%3L<X[6M<+F=Z,+TOV?A8E#=[,;$?7U']);9F^K]K78))*<+*^J.#:VHXUUV
M+DUWLR+,P;;[[7,;957ZUV>S+W^CZV_'_P`'BV?T=E>Q9WU@P.D]`JQNI'U+
MJ\:PG'Z4WWOSNH6Q7C6Y-EOK7YF4SZ=3W^K=3L]>O^:]-=<N4H;T\?7^\]4?
M8_J1I'[%;:P-I;1L_6Q@O;99ZN5O]7[5ZS*;_2_FOU9)3'IOU.?E/;U?K$87
M5G7C+IIZ>16S&<2'6L<YH>SJ&3EM]G4<C*]?U/Z/C>G1_.:7_.5F:[T^@8[N
MJD.VOR0[TL-D$!V[J#V/;?S_`-Y]6;_PGIJGU3]C?M&W_G']K^R[AZ'VO_DR
M(_/^R_JGT_\`R[_2>K_1UTE/I>DST=OH[1Z>R-NV/9LV^W9M24Y#^A9?4-W[
M;SGWTO!'V'%W8N/!$?I75/.;D_R_5R_LUG_<1+)^J'0LJROUJ-V+3L]/`$#&
M;L=ZK=F,QK6,:^SWWL_F\G_M1ZJVDDE.5U+ZNX?4FU8]UEM>`QKV6X%#A53<
M'M]*,CT6LOVUM_FV5W5L5/+^I'1;'X[\!O[(=CNW'[#5CL]6-OI_:O6Q[_M'
MI.;OK;9_A/TG\YZ:Z%))3@N^K63=F9-N7U3)MQ;74NQL8';Z1JAUH?N=91E,
MRK&[G^MB_H_\"HGZFX+.IXO4<2^W&MQ:[:R[V76/]8C?8[*SF960U_YGT_95
M^AJ]*KU/4Z!))3S]OU7SLI]7VWKW4+*JC/I4.9B[X+MOK6X5=-KO:[W['U[U
M;P_JUTGIK;K.F8[,?-N#_P!>>#??N?\`G69&2ZS(N;OVO])]ZU4DE/&XGU.Z
MSB=*=TUU^#F%MQR&9MU5]>2ZRQSWY63=DX^6V_[6]KF5,R:;O4]']%8MSH.)
M]8,.LX_5\NG.K:UOHW,8YEH,OW5W[WV,O:ROTO3O_1W?Z;?_`#BUDDE*2222
M4__9_^TO\%!H;W1O<VAO<"`S+C``.$))300$```````4'`(```(``AP"!0`(
M=6YT:71L960X0DE-!"4``````!!`H!***2#KW4PON1%4#%[2.$))30/J````
M`!VP/#]X;6P@=F5R<VEO;CTB,2XP(B!E;F-O9&EN9STB551&+3@B/SX*/"%$
M3T-465!%('!L:7-T(%!50DQ)0R`B+2\O07!P;&4@0V]M<'5T97(O+T141"!0
M3$E35"`Q+C`O+T5.(B`B:'1T<#HO+W=W=RYA<'!L92YC;VTO1%1$<R]0<F]P
M97)T>4QI<W0M,2XP+F1T9"(^"CQP;&ES="!V97)S:6]N/2(Q+C`B/@H\9&EC
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M<'!L92YP<FEN="YT:6-K970N;6]D1&%T93PO:V5Y/@H)"0D)/&1A=&4^,C`P
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M/@H)"0D)/&1A=&4^,C`P.2TP,RTS,50Q-#HU-SHU-%H\+V1A=&4^"@D)"0D\
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M,#`Y+3`S+3,Q5#$T.C4W.C4T6CPO9&%T93X*"0D)"3QK97D^8V]M+F%P<&QE
M+G!R:6YT+G1I8VME="YS=&%T949L86<\+VME>3X*"0D)"3QI;G1E9V5R/C`\
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M+G!R:6YT+G1I8VME="YM;V1$871E/"]K97D^"@D)"0D\9&%T93XR,#`Y+3`S
M+3,Q5#$T.C4W.C4T6CPO9&%T93X*"0D)"3QK97D^8V]M+F%P<&QE+G!R:6YT
M+G1I8VME="YS=&%T949L86<\+VME>3X*"0D)"3QI;G1E9V5R/C`\+VEN=&5G
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M"0D)/')E86P^,"XP/"]R96%L/@H)"0D)"0D\<F5A;#XP+C`\+W)E86P^"@D)
M"0D)"3QR96%L/C<S-#PO<F5A;#X*"0D)"0D)/')E86P^-3<V/"]R96%L/@H)
M"0D)"3PO87)R87D^"@D)"0D)/&ME>3YC;VTN87!P;&4N<')I;G0N=&EC:V5T
M+F-L:65N=#PO:V5Y/@H)"0D)"3QS=')I;F<^8V]M+F%P<&QE+G!R:6YT:6YG
M;6%N86=E<CPO<W1R:6YG/@H)"0D)"3QK97D^8V]M+F%P<&QE+G!R:6YT+G1I
M8VME="YM;V1$871E/"]K97D^"@D)"0D)/&1A=&4^,C`P.2TP-"TP-E0R,3HR
M-#HS-UH\+V1A=&4^"@D)"0D)/&ME>3YC;VTN87!P;&4N<')I;G0N=&EC:V5T
M+G-T871E1FQA9SPO:V5Y/@H)"0D)"3QI;G1E9V5R/C`\+VEN=&5G97(^"@D)
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M/@H)"0D)"0D\<F5A;#XP+C`\+W)E86P^"@D)"0D)"3QR96%L/C<S-#PO<F5A
M;#X*"0D)"0D)/')E86P^-3<V/"]R96%L/@H)"0D)"3PO87)R87D^"@D)"0D)
M/&ME>3YC;VTN87!P;&4N<')I;G0N=&EC:V5T+F-L:65N=#PO:V5Y/@H)"0D)
M"3QS=')I;F<^8V]M+F%P<&QE+G!R:6YT:6YG;6%N86=E<CPO<W1R:6YG/@H)
M"0D)"3QK97D^8V]M+F%P<&QE+G!R:6YT+G1I8VME="YM;V1$871E/"]K97D^
M"@D)"0D)/&1A=&4^,C`P.2TP,RTS,50Q-#HU-SHU-%H\+V1A=&4^"@D)"0D)
M/&ME>3YC;VTN87!P;&4N<')I;G0N=&EC:V5T+G-T871E1FQA9SPO:V5Y/@H)
M"0D)"3QI;G1E9V5R/C`\+VEN=&5G97(^"@D)"0D\+V1I8W0^"@D)"3PO87)R
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M;V1$871E/"]K97D^"@D)"0D)/&1A=&4^,C`P,RTP-RTP,50Q-SHT.3HS-EH\
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M<&QE+G!R:6YT+G1I8VME="Y!4$E697)S:6]N/"]K97D^"@D\<W1R:6YG/C`P
M+C(P/"]S=')I;F<^"@D\:V5Y/F-O;2YA<'!L92YP<FEN="YT:6-K970N<')I
M=F%T94QO8VL\+VME>3X*"3QF86QS92\^"@D\:V5Y/F-O;2YA<'!L92YP<FEN
M="YT:6-K970N='EP93PO:V5Y/@H)/'-T<FEN9SYC;VTN87!P;&4N<')I;G0N
M4&%G949O<FUA=%1I8VME=#PO<W1R:6YG/@H\+V1I8W0^"CPO<&QI<W0^"CA"
M24T#Z0``````>``#````2`!(``````+>`D#_[O_N`P8"4@-G!2@#_``"````
M2`!(``````+8`B@``0```&0````!``,#`P````%__P`!``$`````````````
M``!H"``9`9```````"```````````````````````````````````#A"24T#
M[0``````$`!@`````0`!`&`````!``$X0DE-!"8```````X`````````````
M/X```#A"24T$#0``````!````'@X0DE-!!D```````0````>.$))30/S````
M```)```````````!`#A"24T$"@```````0``.$))32<0```````*``$`````
M`````3A"24T#]```````$@`U`````0`M````!@```````3A"24T#]P``````
M'```_____________________________P/H```X0DE-!`@``````!`````!
M```"0````D``````.$))300>```````$`````#A"24T$&@`````#:P````8`
M`````````````"0```#$````&P!3`&D`9P!N`&$`=`!U`'(`90`M`%``:`!I
M`&P`;`!I`'``(`!'`&\`;`!D`',`=`!E`&D`;@````$`````````````````
M`````````0``````````````Q````"0``````````````````````0``````
M```````````````````0`````0```````&YU;&P````"````!F)O=6YD<T]B
M:F,````!````````4F-T,0````0`````5&]P(&QO;F<``````````$QE9G1L
M;VYG``````````!"=&]M;&]N9P```"0`````4F=H=&QO;F<```#$````!G-L
M:6-E<U9L3',````!3V)J8P````$```````5S;&EC90```!(````'<VQI8V5)
M1&QO;F<`````````!V=R;W5P241L;VYG``````````9O<FEG:6YE;G5M````
M#$53;&EC94]R:6=I;@````UA=71O1V5N97)A=&5D`````%1Y<&5E;G5M````
M"D53;&EC951Y<&4`````26UG(`````9B;W5N9'-/8FIC`````0```````%)C
M=#$````$`````%1O<"!L;VYG``````````!,969T;&]N9P``````````0G1O
M;6QO;F<````D`````%)G:'1L;VYG````Q`````-U<FQ415A4`````0``````
M`&YU;&Q415A4`````0```````$US9V5415A4`````0``````!F%L=%1A9U1%
M6%0````!```````.8V5L;%1E>'1)<TA434QB;V]L`0````AC96QL5&5X=%1%
M6%0````!```````):&]R>D%L:6=N96YU;0````]%4VQI8V5(;W)Z06QI9VX`
M```'9&5F875L=`````EV97)T06QI9VYE;G5M````#T53;&EC959E<G1!;&EG
M;@````=D969A=6QT````"V)G0V]L;W)4>7!E96YU;0```!%%4VQI8V5"1T-O
M;&]R5'EP90````!.;VYE````"71O<$]U='-E=&QO;F<`````````"FQE9G1/
M=71S971L;VYG``````````QB;W1T;VU/=71S971L;VYG``````````MR:6=H
M=$]U='-E=&QO;F<``````#A"24T$*```````#`````$_\````````#A"24T$
M$0```````0$`.$))3004```````$`````CA"24T$#``````+!@````$```"@
M````'0```>```#9@```*Z@`8``'_V/_@`!!*1DE&``$"``!(`$@``/_M``Q!
M9&]B95]#30`!_^X`#D%D;V)E`&2``````?_;`(0`#`@("`D(#`D)#!$+"@L1
M%0\,#`\5&!,3%1,3&!$,#`P,#`P1#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,
M#`P,#`$-"PL-#@T0#@X0%`X.#A04#@X.#A01#`P,#`P1$0P,#`P,#!$,#`P,
M#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,_\``$0@`'0"@`P$B``(1`0,1`?_=
M``0`"O_$`3\```$%`0$!`0$!``````````,``0($!08'"`D*"P$``04!`0$!
M`0$``````````0`"`P0%!@<("0H+$``!!`$#`@0"!0<&"`4###,!``(1`P0A
M$C$%05%A$R)Q@3(&%)&AL4(C)!52P6(S-'*"T4,')9)3\.'Q8W,U%J*R@R9$
MDU1D1<*C=#87TE7B9?*SA,/3=>/S1B>4I(6TE<34Y/2EM<75Y?569G:&EJ:V
MQM;F]C='5V=WAY>GM\?7Y_<1``("`0($!`,$!08'!P8%-0$``A$#(3$2!$%1
M87$B$P4R@9$4H;%"(\%2T?`S)&+A<H*20U,58W,T\24&%J*R@P<F-<+21)-4
MHQ=D154V=&7B\K.$P]-UX_-&E*2%M)7$U.3TI;7%U>7U5F9VAI:FML;6YO8G
M-T=79W>'EZ>WQ__:``P#`0`"$0,1`#\`]2IIJHJ932QM5530RNM@#6M:T;6,
M8QOM:QK4U]]&/2^_(L;336"ZRVPAK6M'TG/>[VM:AYV=B=.Q+<W-M%./2-UE
MCNWYK6M:V7/>]QV5UL_26V?HZUS'3:.M_6;JS.K]2'V'HV!:7=.Z<US7NO>W
M::\W.?4ZW'?Z5GOQZZOYF_\`XGULE*;]_5^KYE%N5@,KZ7TNECK']2ZA6\O<
MUHLWV4=,W8UM=3-C;/7S;J/_``G97^E0F?6Q^-TG"/4*VLZSE8_VA^,X^E75
M7Q]LZA8_U/V=B_O^KZEWJ_JV-7E9%?IJGU:[*OZ@[$QS^VNLT.;95A-_1]/P
MMQ_5\GJ4'=??7M]>NJ^V[(L]/UL+$Q$_U=Z3T6GJ;Z<_J;>M?6&?M>56YS7M
MJOKVTOO916W]$^G?73C_`&K])BU_T)F)79;6DIG]7AU#-^L%V5FYF478U4MQ
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MWT/S[JOLE?Z7[/\`:K/H83KJ6X3'=>J=TCI-SB<7H%3GVY^?;=HUW4MOZW?9
M<_\`[2[OTE]G^4[[-BW.F]!RLNJH=7'I]/QG3@=(]I#&`[J/VBZG;CY+\6&M
MQ<:IGH8NS]+;GY'ZTDIZ-))9N7]8.GXSGU5E^9?62VRG&'J%CFC<YF3;+<;"
M]O\`W-OQF)*07]:S,CJ%W3NC8S<A^(6MS,N]QKQZG.`L^SUN8RRS+R_1<VQ]
M57Z*KU*_6R:[/T:/T'J5W4<2RZW8X5WVTUY%((JN96[9]HH8]UCVLW;JOYRS
M])5ZE-EE'I6+C+<[I65?D$YM+&]3+K;>D=,S6[''975=E=8ZEOKIQ/\`!MOJ
MP/3];_S:_I%U?2>H]+P.B4OR.IXC\=GJ!ES+*Q2UH<YS,6FQFQEC,&HUXN[8
MS?Z6_P!*K^;24[2K6]0PZLRK!?:/M=PW,H;+G[!/Z9[&;O3H]NSUK/T7J?H_
MYQ9XZGG]7J`Z-4_&Q[1_REE5ED-(^EAX-VS(R+/W'Y+,;%_PWZY_1TUF=T;Z
MN=+-[[G9#G/]/<"+LK*R9]+T6!ONR,Q]OZ+T6?H\?^:_5L6C]$E.M??3CTOO
MR+&TTU@NLL>0UK6CZ3GO=[6M63B?6:O-S\?'Q\+)^S98>ZC->&5L>VMHL=>S
M'LL;G?9?>RK[4[%95ZMV/_IZWK*Q\+ZR=<-6=U#'KQ+)]7&IRILIQ?\`0NKZ
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M;[,2;C8&^G6:WY;VV4[*_P!'4S]#52M%G7^H6#V=`ZC)XWG$9_U>>DI__]#H
M_K!BY.5UMF;UVTXG0NGVM9@8E7Z6[-OL:WC'I]6S?_/4UL8S[3Z'K_S%7K6*
MYU#&^L63TFU^/0<,T@-P.D8UK*G.#2&4_;\VI];:JFM_2V8?3LBK]$ST/MN3
MZBZ9))3R&']3^H8GU>;A,LI&4UI<_%J?93B7WO`;=D=2R*&_;\S=[G^BS[-C
M/K]/#^S^C7O38GU,ZJS./K=1]/#J%3L<X[6M<+F=Z,+TOV?A8E#=[,;$?7U'
M]);9F^K]K78))*<+*^J.#:VHXUUV+DUWLR+,P;;[[7,;957ZUV>S+W^CZV_'
M_P`'BV?T=E>Q9WU@P.D]`JQNI'U+J\:PG'Z4WWOSNH6Q7C6Y-EOK7YF4SZ=3
MW^K=3L]>O^:]-=<N4H;T\?7^\]4?8_J1I'[%;:P-I;1L_6Q@O;99ZN5O]7[5
MZS*;_2_FOU9)3'IOU.?E/;U?K$875G7C+IIZ>16S&<2'6L<YH>SJ&3EM]G4<
MC*]?U/Z/C>G1_.:7_.5F:[T^@8[NJD.VOR0[TL-D$!V[J#V/;?S_`-Y]6;_P
MGIJGU3]C?M&W_G']K^R[AZ'VO_DR(_/^R_JGT_\`R[_2>K_1UTE/I>DST=OH
M[1Z>R-NV/9LV^W9M24Y#^A9?4-W[;SGWTO!'V'%W8N/!$?I75/.;D_R_5R_L
MUG_<1+)^J'0LJROUJ-V+3L]/`$#&;L=ZK=F,QK6,:^SWWL_F\G_M1ZJVDDE.
M5U+ZNX?4FU8]UEM>`QKV6X%#A53<'M]*,CT6LOVUM_FV5W5L5/+^I'1;'X[\
M!O[(=CNW'[#5CL]6-OI_:O6Q[_M'I.;OK;9_A/TG\YZ:Z%))3@N^K63=F9-N
M7U3)MQ;74NQL8';Z1JAUH?N=91E,RK&[G^MB_H_\"HGZFX+.IXO4<2^W&MQ:
M[:R[V76/]8C?8[*SF960U_YGT_95^AJ]*KU/4Z!))3S]OU7SLI]7VWKW4+*J
MC/I4.9B[X+MOK6X5=-KO:[W['U[U;P_JUTGIK;K.F8[,?-N#_P!>>#??N?\`
MG69&2ZS(N;OVO])]ZU4DE/&XGU.ZSB=*=TUU^#F%MQR&9MU5]>2ZRQSWY63=
MDX^6V_[6]KF5,R:;O4]']%8MSH.)]8,.LX_5\NG.K:UOHW,8YEH,OW5W[WV,
MO:ROTO3O_1W?Z;?_`#BUDDE*22224__9.$))300A``````!5`````0$````/
M`$$`9`!O`&(`90`@`%``:`!O`'0`;P!S`&@`;P!P````$P!!`&0`;P!B`&4`
M(`!0`&@`;P!T`&\`<P!H`&\`<``@`$,`4P`R`````0`X0DE-#Z```````/AM
M86YI25)&4@```.PX0DE-06Y$<P```,P````0`````0```````&YU;&P````#
M`````$%&4W1L;VYG``````````!&<DEN5FQ,<P````%/8FIC`````0``````
M`&YU;&P````!`````$9R241L;VYG2`]]K`````!&4W1S5FQ,<P````%/8FIC
M`````0```````&YU;&P````$`````$9S241L;VYG``````````!!1G)M;&]N
M9P``````````1G-&<E9L3',````!;&]N9T@/?:P`````3$-N=&QO;F<`````
M```X0DE-4F]L;`````@``````````#A"24T/H0``````'&UF<FD````"````
M$`````$``````````0`````X0DE-!`8```````<`"`$!``(!`/_A/`%H='1P
M.B\O;G,N861O8F4N8V]M+WAA<"\Q+C`O`#P_>'!A8VME="!B96=I;CTB[[N_
M(B!I9#TB5S5-,$UP0V5H:4AZ<F53>DY48WIK8SED(C\^"CQX.GAM<&UE=&$@
M>&UL;G,Z>#TB861O8F4Z;G,Z;65T82\B('@Z>&UP=&L](C,N,2XQ+3$Q,B(^
M"B`@(#QR9&8Z4D1&('AM;&YS.G)D9CTB:'1T<#HO+W=W=RYW,RYO<F<O,3DY
M.2\P,B\R,BUR9&8M<WEN=&%X+6YS(R(^"B`@("`@(#QR9&8Z1&5S8W)I<'1I
M;VX@<F1F.F%B;W5T/2(B"B`@("`@("`@("`@('AM;&YS.GAA<#TB:'1T<#HO
M+VYS+F%D;V)E+F-O;2]X87`O,2XP+R(^"B`@("`@("`@(#QX87`Z0W)E871O
M<E1O;VP^061O8F4@4&AO=&]S:&]P($-3,B!-86-I;G1O<V@\+WAA<#I#<F5A
M=&]R5&]O;#X*("`@("`@("`@/'AA<#I-;V1I9GE$871E/C(P,#DM,#0M,#94
M,38Z,C4Z,S<M,#4Z,#`\+WAA<#I-;V1I9GE$871E/@H@("`@("`@("`\>&%P
M.D-R96%T941A=&4^,C`P.2TP-"TP-E0Q-CHR-3HS-RTP-3HP,#PO>&%P.D-R
M96%T941A=&4^"B`@("`@("`@(#QX87`Z365T861A=&%$871E/C(P,#DM,#0M
M,#94,38Z,C4Z,S<M,#4Z,#`\+WAA<#I-971A9&%T841A=&4^"B`@("`@(#PO
M<F1F.D1E<V-R:7!T:6]N/@H@("`@("`\<F1F.D1E<V-R:7!T:6]N(')D9CIA
M8F]U=#TB(@H@("`@("`@("`@("!X;6QN<SID8STB:'1T<#HO+W!U<FPN;W)G
M+V1C+V5L96UE;G1S+S$N,2\B/@H@("`@("`@("`\9&,Z9F]R;6%T/FEM86=E
M+VIP96<\+V1C.F9O<FUA=#X*("`@("`@("`@/&1C.G1I=&QE/@H@("`@("`@
M("`@("`\<F1F.D%L=#X*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@/')D9CIL:2!X;6PZ;&%N
M9STB>"UD969A=6QT(CYU;G1I=&QE9#PO<F1F.FQI/@H@("`@("`@("`@("`\
M+W)D9CI!;'0^"B`@("`@("`@(#PO9&,Z=&ET;&4^"B`@("`@(#PO<F1F.D1E
M<V-R:7!T:6]N/@H@("`@("`\<F1F.D1E<V-R:7!T:6]N(')D9CIA8F]U=#TB
M(@H@("`@("`@("`@("!X;6QN<SIP9&8](FAT='`Z+R]N<RYA9&]B92YC;VTO
M<&1F+S$N,R\B/@H@("`@("`@("`\<&1F.E!R;V1U8V5R/D%C<F]B870@1&ES
M=&EL;&5R(#@N,2XP("A7:6YD;W=S*3PO<&1F.E!R;V1U8V5R/@H@("`@("`\
M+W)D9CI$97-C<FEP=&EO;CX*("`@("`@/')D9CI$97-C<FEP=&EO;B!R9&8Z
M86)O=70](B(*("`@("`@("`@("`@>&UL;G,Z>&%P34T](FAT='`Z+R]N<RYA
M9&]B92YC;VTO>&%P+S$N,"]M;2\B"B`@("`@("`@("`@('AM;&YS.G-T4F5F
M/2)H='1P.B\O;G,N861O8F4N8V]M+WAA<"\Q+C`O<U1Y<&4O4F5S;W5R8V52
M968C(CX*("`@("`@("`@/'AA<$U-.D1O8W5M96YT240^=75I9#HS,T$V0SDS
M,C(Q1C0Q,41%.49%03@Q04)&1D5%,#8W-SPO>&%P34TZ1&]C=6UE;G1)1#X*
M("`@("`@("`@/'AA<$U-.DEN<W1A;F-E240^=75I9#HS,T$V0SDS,S(Q1C0Q
M,41%.49%03@Q04)&1D5%,#8W-SPO>&%P34TZ26YS=&%N8V5)1#X*("`@("`@
M("`@/'AA<$U-.D1E<FEV961&<F]M(')D9CIP87)S951Y<&4](E)E<V]U<F-E
M(CX*("`@("`@("`@("`@/'-T4F5F.FEN<W1A;F-E240^=75I9#HR-$(P-T,Y
M-S%&.#DQ,41%.#8T,4)$13="0CE",3@V1CPO<W12968Z:6YS=&%N8V5)1#X*
M("`@("`@("`@("`@/'-T4F5F.F1O8W5M96YT240^=75I9#IE,#1F-S@W8BUC
M86,X+31A.#8M.61D,2TQ9C`Y8C<W.#$Q860\+W-T4F5F.F1O8W5M96YT240^
M"B`@("`@("`@(#PO>&%P34TZ1&5R:79E9$9R;VT^"B`@("`@(#PO<F1F.D1E
M<V-R:7!T:6]N/@H@("`@("`\<F1F.D1E<V-R:7!T:6]N(')D9CIA8F]U=#TB
M(@H@("`@("`@("`@("!X;6QN<SIT:69F/2)H='1P.B\O;G,N861O8F4N8V]M
M+W1I9F8O,2XP+R(^"B`@("`@("`@(#QT:69F.D]R:65N=&%T:6]N/C$\+W1I
M9F8Z3W)I96YT871I;VX^"B`@("`@("`@(#QT:69F.EA297-O;'5T:6]N/CDV
M,#`P,"\Q,#`P,#PO=&EF9CI84F5S;VQU=&EO;CX*("`@("`@("`@/'1I9F8Z
M65)E<V]L=71I;VX^.38P,#`P+S$P,#`P/"]T:69F.EE297-O;'5T:6]N/@H@
M("`@("`@("`\=&EF9CI297-O;'5T:6]N56YI=#XR/"]T:69F.E)E<V]L=71I
M;VY5;FET/@H@("`@("`@("`\=&EF9CI.871I=F5$:6=E<W0^,C4V+#(U-RPR
M-3@L,C4Y+#(V,BPR-S0L,C<W+#(X-"PU,S`L-3,Q+#(X,BPR.#,L,CDV+#,P
M,2PS,3@L,S$Y+#4R.2PU,S(L,S`V+#(W,"PR-S$L,C<R+#,P-2PS,34L,S,T
M,S([.#@T-#1&1#)%0D,W-3(T,3(V1$9#-3-%-3!%.45&03D\+W1I9F8Z3F%T
M:79E1&EG97-T/@H@("`@("`\+W)D9CI$97-C<FEP=&EO;CX*("`@("`@/')D
M9CI$97-C<FEP=&EO;B!R9&8Z86)O=70](B(*("`@("`@("`@("`@>&UL;G,Z
M97AI9CTB:'1T<#HO+VYS+F%D;V)E+F-O;2]E>&EF+S$N,"\B/@H@("`@("`@
M("`\97AI9CI0:7AE;%A$:6UE;G-I;VX^,3DV/"]E>&EF.E!I>&5L6$1I;65N
M<VEO;CX*("`@("`@("`@/&5X:68Z4&EX96Q91&EM96YS:6]N/C,V/"]E>&EF
M.E!I>&5L641I;65N<VEO;CX*("`@("`@("`@/&5X:68Z0V]L;W)3<&%C93XM
M,3PO97AI9CI#;VQO<E-P86-E/@H@("`@("`@("`\97AI9CI.871I=F5$:6=E
M<W0^,S8X-C0L-#`Y-C`L-#`Y-C$L,S<Q,C$L,S<Q,C(L-#`Y-C(L-#`Y-C,L
M,S<U,3`L-#`Y-C0L,S8X-C<L,S8X-C@L,S,T,S0L,S,T,S<L,S0X-3`L,S0X
M-3(L,S0X-34L,S0X-38L,S<S-S<L,S<S-S@L,S<S-SDL,S<S.#`L,S<S.#$L
M,S<S.#(L,S<S.#,L,S<S.#0L,S<S.#4L,S<S.#8L,S<S.38L-#$T.#,L-#$T
M.#0L-#$T.#8L-#$T.#<L-#$T.#@L-#$T.3(L-#$T.3,L-#$T.34L-#$W,C@L
M-#$W,CDL-#$W,S`L-#$Y.#4L-#$Y.#8L-#$Y.#<L-#$Y.#@L-#$Y.#DL-#$Y
M.3`L-#$Y.3$L-#$Y.3(L-#$Y.3,L-#$Y.30L-#$Y.34L-#$Y.38L-#(P,38L
M,"PR+#0L-2PV+#<L."PY+#$P+#$Q+#$R+#$S+#$T+#$U+#$V+#$W+#$X+#(P
M+#(R+#(S+#(T+#(U+#(V+#(W+#(X+#,P.T4W038V-C9#,S!&14,S.#-!141$
M1CDW-#9".#,Y-SE#/"]E>&EF.DYA=&EV941I9V5S=#X*("`@("`@/"]R9&8Z
M1&5S8W)I<'1I;VX^"B`@("`@(#QR9&8Z1&5S8W)I<'1I;VX@<F1F.F%B;W5T
M/2(B"B`@("`@("`@("`@('AM;&YS.G!H;W1O<VAO<#TB:'1T<#HO+VYS+F%D
M;V)E+F-O;2]P:&]T;W-H;W`O,2XP+R(^"B`@("`@("`@(#QP:&]T;W-H;W`Z
M0V]L;W)-;V1E/C$\+W!H;W1O<VAO<#I#;VQO<DUO9&4^"B`@("`@("`@(#QP
M:&]T;W-H;W`Z2&ES=&]R>2\^"B`@("`@("`@(#QP:&]T;W-H;W`Z24-#4')O
M9FEL93Y$;W0@1V%I;B`R,"4\+W!H;W1O<VAO<#I)0T-0<F]F:6QE/@H@("`@
M("`\+W)D9CI$97-C<FEP=&EO;CX*("`@/"]R9&8Z4D1&/@H\+W@Z>&UP;65T
M83X*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*/#]X<&%C:V5T
M(&5N9#TB=R(_/O_N`"%!9&]B90!D```````#`!`#`0(#````````````````
M_]L`0P`!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!
M`0$!`@("`@("`@("`@(#`P,#`P,#`P,#_\(`"P@`)`#$`0$1`/_$`),```("
M`P$!`0`````````````)!P@$!@H%`P(0``$$`@(!`P4```````````<$!08(
M`@,``1`2%!@@,$`6%Q$``00"`0(%`@4#`P4``````P($!08!!Q$2$P`4%18(
M(2(0,3(C%T$S)"!")3!`-"88$@$``P`"`0,%`0`````````!`!$A$#%!(/!Q
M,$!1@:'!_]H`"`$!`@```._@IC2R8JI/L4=:F&&7E2H98V8&?3.S>XXF6!S[
M6)2.Y5GO/OHNT-[8*<X$U/5HG(2O\UYB4*Q,`:[@(JVFB&L2Q#6/!C.^@M7J
MHLS?*B-/7-(K"N82RCYY+\"VM%KO0'/$J3NF'5Y=D1D/W#7OE[>![50X'N!.
M@``<_+"[\?L````#_]H`"`$!``$%`?!3.43%VQL.9[;#(:S]W$^5,2S"7$+E
MB+&O@W@:TNMH^$05EAP)LA\%,T0\3:8\:IOG-O&U4F3[.$NP`H$R^.OS7*H_
MS<HT)_IM+<1ZADDCZ'8%TY2+1`2E0!U7QAK1#Q[#(!T2KCQTK3CN<0@8O$I0
MRD7E(*)3H\*O!%F+U&;5!O<1EED>3<PJ-3Y%14RL;S/K/=S9T@P:=9HT)$R1
M$EL%<A#!78153-9-GZ>NDP>R/SW2;T6QM*ZP%]#`J&M2(J3;,$HT2]>78E6P
M>5EN!(-[3:0NFK.8SYR=`P.VR!2*B>JA8UTK8DL6HVY(ILW^YXF)^M))Y06(
M\9PP#!,OO;$=,*L>XGMKB-BHZGC10-9'*I08+14#K'&VXZV5)?9]KDL26`@]
M6H/51*@J"-'W+"F@3]JFHC5-/H^/P._2F>M>81?1V(<(DN!]110#7QXKV'WV
M4C<7#T01?O''O*VEF&<,ZJUU^BU4X:N/T^)#@QUQ0.F[5JU:-7EV:&E^;F=E
M9H\W=:-'6_2VMR?9PB``(EM8Y4RJJ\*QZ,X$)V'[(K_@_P`[21\<_P"D8^GT
M_@?_V@`(`0$!!C\!_!G"K86.\[`F&_F:[J_7L4JR7N:;][RV9+,:(@6L#70G
M^TTK)G91H<XSA1NOA.=/TG9FL]<5"`W0:ZM8:N0EYF+=LJK#IM3<6AS.VATW
MKT?2RQW<$%DX$R.?`'#T/0X-CGQ-5'7#BKR%ZAF8']TLEI?^4UMI"NNQY*FV
M[3EA';X&X(#'7&P`3#E996<93@3;N.D;3VU-[CO=W@2MH^C0U2MLBVBE#<MC
MIG'-Z<:DC6<8TU(WGF!VJ(6.=!7+N(G'GGA<J>)0GQ-6?5<%5KHJ&7,,9&S3
MUA6*FQUFB9),$'7[5I613%MMFR[!92)C&,.R:H1AUE7F73?*,(77=D[T4PUL
M^<P=:79H,1G<\1A<)MHV[M0@&T:T<RUFEO5"K;MVS-N=P?*/L2KC.?$EL>VP
MT?K?3TA$'8ZZUO)1S@NQYG"Y%L=GL:ZOG8V*ZKF1C`K2U@<`R8`G'4Z7W48Q
M^,0WF!SEBMMG*X;TW75*BBV._7%PS2-;_P!!K[=8U9818BI(]?N2-H]B/.%.
M#CQG'.OJAL/4)=<YV:VM'MS!K]7K3.LY.J16)UZQL4-`-21K)J:)212'3.2?
MC0?"!$PA149S^#81W``E>&RW9C*88R.W"0E<J`V0M6%',ELW63*4\YZ$*5^6
M,_@TA+=95JM4BR<2,92*S#3=TO,BP:A<G._:U"IQTS/^G#$S+G+I8$-L=M7)
M,=.?$%:(-PIW"V2'C)Z'=*"=LIS%S#($A'N%-W(Q.6ZC-'"%=!$I6GGA6,9_
M`>3G"#O&&W%WB('W3ESTB`/KSCK,3/T2G'US_I%\?_C?7L;-^2\_V6[>+2P=
M2%7HHG3([W+VT/VY!,@3`V*$N!-7!1-P!6ER\(,'2DS2JZ_UM,;4WY;H2*EM
MD7N8*.+8R$KA(@'G=H;9>L"`2S:O'1<L(2+$^=MV>.AE'B:XPI,OK'4<I';I
M^;=I@#P-PN5/C11U-T!KI$H.1>:ZH#B21(Q,7/8,?)C2,\XQG+@2"/5]U+*.
M177NSE1LK(PL@NS0U"CG;Z9J5?N#S*3/;U:IV92B8W#M]XXQW#V:7&-+8F>F
M-9L4)Y78\U&OQT(6WVB;NEI=M`IP]G[/8'I7TG,2[U7+E^Z6LO0C)%*[0$($
MC@:$IQ8-+:=M,TXAJ^YS"WFP:NC\VK:%XEBJ4!QK[4$:U21K6F94\CDKU*D:
M1$9SE+0W>X=M]9P%_@(B;W+66H`?'?X0ZED1V<>O9=\U<`:6*\6=:?3'UZPP
M*5;RQRV0,(D!'1F:'!E%>N=<;\^5LRPV=-V`SZK:]TIKYH20::EL<EV'<?G6
M='<@>S6Y;8=(,`D9S&(YU'(Y*@*FV4^6G=@[J?M:QFQ(0WJ6E(+TI]%4&!$3
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M1-`UTW<NZW,_(608$L#BQ6=!LL7=)^.-/"@A=F6Y@7J2XEA"?Q<:5/"6SY?V
M8F(B)C+7J;4]N=D/L*7NB2/OD9\A^L9F;HURGI9RYD]?U*39*[.&Y1(F_)K4
MW`&%$E*2-V+!NW:,F0!,VC1H(8&S1LV&D0&S<`L)$`(!)PE*$XQA*<<8\)U-
MH:LDWY\B9?&0Q]"JQ//0U0PK/;S.;(G&9$LJ]&LU?<IN0X#*QQW%MQ*P?%*W
MU\VK<PF+IKXS!_KK5%%=G9T>K3$:],^:VBQ):N2QLK9A'(G"$L^`80%'=*X_
M0@^UKSOS;.)UC;W$C4*;1;-[9U;`TMI)I)#U25I^8\[:WNI&*'T2[U]U$<$,
MKLX#@0E8\=SS`.WU]ON=X?1W.>GM]75T]?5]./SY\5[1.H1K?[HV%G#,$FWC
M<3J*0U=X!@96<+W`BL-Y>@=),R8%()HQ;9]2DR!CT<FD+UL=U5X_:%XP!G:)
MV(Q-3DU9G(7;ATQ@(-+I#^Z;!M4@Y>9<R#E`"R,Q(D4OM#;C:-FTUJRD'D?C
M=J>KQ+&6W1N6T=IOM2(C)89W<;0ZC4@Y>.JEL>UPS0K@#4Z3SK1D1)UM6A\#
M"7$#HO6\1H6&G>45VP[2K4M.[NW/,X24(Y&F:,CWK79MWE7SHB4IDK4^A1`6
M7'4!0?IXD*?LPE]W#>D)=S,).5NAL8Z;N[AR]SB1KM7H$"Q9^W:K1%92R/.V
M4\,`S_N"^F1JPC4VO=D6T6@=8[>':G%HIM!AWEZVQ(4B`9,`R%65<X8$IQL&
MZ/YMNP:1=9C7/E4$,;,F=(L)70-7:WH7_P`],-R6%A0M/:BI)4-=RW5ZX0E#
MVT[AV6P3.EUU!Q(7S8\MF*Q-V1(5\8D6QE+PWCZ/J2EZXOOR*VQ6$'3=9&8F
M[KMBZ7N36[//0M?HRVT7BMZLJ[H"')YR7GF3+LHP1WAV[QT*7OC:1KU:_DM8
MS2M?V#/;4BY&/G:09D^)DU&I$5(M6[*!IZ0D$9"XQ/EGV%XSU82A(`N7\@[;
M,&+,!'+QZ\.)JT:M@IR0SARY.I`0`$C&<J4K.$IQ^?CRGQRU[/[S<$?.8O-R
M`=%,TW%/&BDH=ED=D3K=7K39IUX5GV\PFU+_`$X^[Q):Y-5;??)F.Q&J57:*
MN]Z6TE-'LC;)\1!-DQK,]HND'5(HW,N]>6*K,71_\4$<Y/U#'&!V!N#56F=8
ML'<9"N-=?&GX^WM\ZEU/G!G7LF*F6^T(JP,6,W@!,/'[7T9R3"B<NA9)RJRC
M'IWXSZ]TS3<3H:U5G+:T4FQ2$>R%YL-B9QFOI;<;(*'&5K*8"U'=O"H4G"NH
MF#>+7L;<>S]G5'5&OV1).2UIJ'7&P-:*D@1Q'0Y67V%LG/J#AG6#A3CRD:SL
MK-R['U+=(%GAOXKL+H/1=N]LS-7<V:G9B*C_`,3+-W$X>%:O8]%<(YJRSR#H
M!'CC,W.P1^STD.M*C)SEM\6-MSX-$5<>M8&U[;3KP-CMVV]C"G!N@N:76A5:
M$L<?3HARALHDOEF:9[34J&Z7Q>X7&*VSU8)]<IYS7F\57F5.KDC:=GR[)G-N
MZ[BNNG-C]-EH=VWE62U*B7*V7;&M)!-NA:.8_&K_`(MRE#AY%D%R2Y_)"UQ5
M,3&$(GE8?XXIQ+=<Y`H_]J3+C<*_)2A\\^(_3L!\DK+'[\^5-ED+9L-G3I=S
MK?3M.HZF$C(V7,E2<VF>G[5-69PQ(F+9FD48<807*TI2I.?#6J;6G=O56K+L
MAW,O\A=';HM-1H9^DG16W&X:2RGB3E$DBB)EB9\$3F(#E0U><#W%]MO9XK=O
MR7EXZ4;X.R<QOR=V8^B'K!PC[<LY!K8B%<,C(S]%(<9QG^F?"VIS;@>X+S@I
MW?R(WX1P7G]76M.R$8X7_7&,8QX&W7JD4B,1O,#]<N.P)]2'&2=Y;A*YJUOU
M(,0OW*5CC*LYSS^>?'\;_P`2Z^]A^J>N>T_:L1Z'ZWQT^L^1\KVO5NGZ>9_O
M<?[O&Q=I:GAOY6WKMRYR;UY<-M60+&(H\985=YWENB)C/-@K$2B/:B4RC&_J
M$E@38*SC`%!&\A;[799+8FTIP"0REZG6[06(EIT9XKE!@0H5'4FG@,M2\,V_
M69TO@CYP[-CN^)^Z1ON&\;*M4O*3D_LG8<F*?M+F2FEY7*&8=AI'P\%YWGH*
MIDU`4PL)059$(1A-RO4C3&Q+Q?*XNHV&Y"DIIM:?;A8S$.:)@9T$B.1J38\=
MCMK])6R4OG*E9RO.5>&E,UG486F5EDI9!1<,V[*"'+GJ*[>N"**\D7QL_K.X
M(4R_ZJSXPK*4Y4GGI5G&.I/5^KC/YXYX\05&I42.[?)S8C5U$:4I+2.%(/PO
MYHN(O-EEW)L(!#5AD<.2&R0H\._*J1_;&8H9[:&ZKS#S6Y[H/,KN#<]SG`M@
M)(Y*AU[;C)N>.V''UF,/A.,?V?-E1@BD)2D`0QT5\9->-[E!NQK+*;JV*J?I
MNIX@/5C`%5MNN)%9=K'/A*\X](P*.QPGJ?IZOM<2^]+=+;\FW;H;U$7<&3%E
MJZNE&LBQMZEJMG@E=;!!U8PAQ**EY/[,<N\YYY&``QA"$:!!")"1B$(:<(&,
M8T8PE`T)QQC&/IC'^AW#SL9'341("RW?Q<LR;2,<]!G.,Y"[8O!F;.19RG'V
MK3G'T\-H>`B8R#B6:<H:1<.P:QD<U1E6590V9,A!;`3E6<YX2G'U\*<X"+#E
M0DA4XP-'?4%"E+0)1>.O(D+7G.$\\8SG/A16[!D`JUK*L@6H!$60G&2$4M",
M*4M>4XYS^>>/P;R6S-44&\2C1OY1M*V.L14C+`:8RI26HI0S;,@ALA:\J2C!
M.E*LYSC'/@;^5T)K61>":1S!#AY7&KA>&40Q;1D:V_<ZL9"T8-!B3C/TZ4_7
MP6KZWJT53:X64?3/H<&%36+#(R2D*>F:,NM0&(SJ'C/:#A`DY_)..<_]+Y$>
M8]Y__1/M^G^0_D+TWTCV![=B_-_PMV_\KT3S';]2[G[W>ZNW^WW_`!1?Y;]@
M_P`@>GO_`..?Y!\KV>/.MO/^U/<'_KWN/O\`;Y\M_P`GVOR_:\)Z>.GC'3T\
M=/3Q].GCZ<<?]C__V@`(`0$"`3\0X?ZZN[V=WCDJ0$J.BK)[5E6$(.=W2$KJ
M"7N$N3Z7F#C?1P&3!"3?\H**.`.MZP$_$\4ZG#4N(I@[7HV1S9)05JDG#"6O
M^@BBX^0503+2''U,CP($S<+1!':3B*1XBJX%P%W.HT4;Z$0@00A%MT'W9/@/
MI5LHB.6K$?B.$!K^0@05R@T`&&B%N[=IEF%I%2H62*HT?@0-@*H`;I]1!0I,
M@1Z=,DF<#$9<;*.=BV.PIS7GJQ,NE!$#7IW!(1@;T<O#)03H,^6V2K1ST,YB
M@XERX;/"HJK(%T!R*`-834VWXAKIKCB-@A?PNM'%JP]RS@>"9C`1J!2$?>?P
MP``B/"4-;+3!;*4&.RH0#IBS1[*ZC-0<MXHE4!%#MK:W\O1\L]O\<_)/@JXV
MQW(QZJNU6L@`?0":C+OK+9_<MF'7-OTL%_\`*Y)8OT?:Q)]5U@$V"2AV4)_1
M*E_YWM)8II%CLF_^%3&P:?3?3BC#''.AIIYTQ:!!"9)K9BP&._*H"X[CZGP"
MGG:.O`5D&KE,U.R8C!VX&=K=:""PF?ROKDA`.>4U02?:M:7U2&XEE'LTIT'+
ML32[U92@X#M^)+?2&\/F8F<F3\H.`$43-5(!`SX:\_0U;T328=)+61A%](D^
M[=BLHJ`D9OI@CP!:=?:98@N;%C.J:X-65=(:>R)3_ASQ9R71I7K%-'=EL`$X
M0CEP8L3DT4S.^-II01+?"&L>X;(,FI2``<*M)4C/2@#!0S#*(*`<I(NNZF;D
M+<P,"M&3KV5+&0`K^YZQ2UMN2+1Q;A=L)*\K(#Y5FW8D`D@``8[C```#T(]"
M(^^5Q3H:R*C>Q*Y-X,I>V"%EP%RWPQ,@M8RQ8P;-S#JHM:.`K@.Z<ZC*2B67
I<XU&5(;LTRRJUQ:4==U1SQ76?2W*HO`>QW%O\<_-/\#T'ZBJLK['_]D_
`
end
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>GRAPHIC
<SEQUENCE>5
<FILENAME>epichardo-signature.jpg
<DESCRIPTION>EUGENIA PICHARDO SIGNATURE
<TEXT>
begin 644 epichardo-signature.jpg
M_]C_X``02D9)1@`!`@$`8`!@``#_X0YX17AI9@``34T`*@````@`#0$```,`
M```!";,```$!``,````!`Z(```$"``,````!``$```$#``,````!``4```$&
M``,````!``````$2``,````!``$```$5``,````!``$```$:``4````!````
MJ@$;``4````!````L@$H``,````!``(```$Q``(````>````N@$R``(````4
M````V(=I``0````!````[````1@`#J8````G$``.I@```"<0061O8F4@4&AO
M=&]S:&]P($-3,B!-86-I;G1O<V@`,C`P.3HP-#HP-B`Q-CHR-CHQ-0```Z`!
M``,````!__\``*`"``0````!````QZ`#``0````!````2@`````````&`0,`
M`P````$`!@```1H`!0````$```%F`1L`!0````$```%N`2@``P````$``@``
M`@$`!`````$```%V`@(`!`````$```SZ`````````$@````!````2`````'_
MV/_@`!!*1DE&``$"``!(`$@``/_M``Q!9&]B95]#30`!_^X`#D%D;V)E`&2`
M`````?_;`(0`#`@("`D(#`D)#!$+"@L1%0\,#`\5&!,3%1,3&!$,#`P,#`P1
M#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`$-"PL-#@T0#@X0%`X.#A04
M#@X.#A01#`P,#`P1$0P,#`P,#!$,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,
M#`P,_\``$0@`.P"@`P$B``(1`0,1`?_=``0`"O_$`3\```$%`0$!`0$!````
M``````,``0($!08'"`D*"P$``04!`0$!`0$``````````0`"`P0%!@<("0H+
M$``!!`$#`@0"!0<&"`4###,!``(1`P0A$C$%05%A$R)Q@3(&%)&AL4(C)!52
MP6(S-'*"T4,')9)3\.'Q8W,U%J*R@R9$DU1D1<*C=#87TE7B9?*SA,/3=>/S
M1B>4I(6TE<34Y/2EM<75Y?569G:&EJ:VQM;F]C='5V=WAY>GM\?7Y_<1``("
M`0($!`,$!08'!P8%-0$``A$#(3$2!$%187$B$P4R@9$4H;%"(\%2T?`S)&+A
M<H*20U,58W,T\24&%J*R@P<F-<+21)-4HQ=D154V=&7B\K.$P]-UX_-&E*2%
MM)7$U.3TI;7%U>7U5F9VAI:FML;6YO8G-T=79W>'EZ>WQ__:``P#`0`"$0,1
M`#\`]2IIJHJ932QM5530RNM@#6M:T;6,8QOM:QK5-8F;]3NA9G4K>K&NZCJ=
MS0U^9CY%U-D!K:A'HVLK_FV,;_-J#OJ[UBFK;@?6'-K>#(^U,Q\EO]5V['IO
M=_[$I*=Y)8#G_77!?N<S"ZSCM:-S:@_#R29$E@NLS,.SV_F/MQ?^,5WH_7L'
MK#;6T"RC)QB&Y6'D,-=])<-]?K5._-L9[J[:W64V?F6)*=)))))2DE@?L/K/
M3KLBSH.?6W'R7NN.#GUONK98\[[G8M]5U%^/7:[W^@_[15ZGJ65J8S/KE75^
MDZ9@WV#GTLVQ@/\`5;=@';_VXDIW%7SL_#Z=B6YN=<W'QJ1NLM>8`'`_M.=[
M&,_/>L#,^L_7^F8MF?U3HC,?"H;NML9FUV/DD-#:ZG4TML<][ME3?5_2+-MR
M/K7G9[>I9GU7?DMQW-?TS$?F8[*ZB!/VN]CW.W=0W?0?Z7ZI7^CI_3>O=<E.
MT<GZR]7<1@L;T7`,@964SU,NP>S:^C`<6TX;7?I?Z=ZM_P#I,"M2_P":=3FO
M];JO5+;;#)M^V65D?U*L3[/BU_V*$*GJGUVNF>A8V-(T]7/W0?$^AB6)OL_^
M,#*W,MR^F=-;`VV8]5N59/YQ_678M3?^V[$E--N5UKZN?6+IG2;\ZSJ_3>KF
MVNGUV-.50ZEC7[G7T^G]KJ>Y_P"F?93^AK_\%Z]86+T+IG2<AW6^J9;LO/#1
M4[J.:]K0P/+:_2QZVBG$Q*[+7>UM5>_]+_.6>HMU)2DDDDE*26%];?K!D=(P
MZJ.FU#*ZSGO%/3\0Z[G?X6UXEOZ#'K]]K]S*_P#26,6U4+14P7$.M#1ZA:(:
M71[MH/YNY)3-))"R,G&QF"S)M92QSFL#K'!H+G'96P%WY[W>UC4E/__0]522
M53J74\+IF.,C,LV-<YM=;0"Y]EC_`.;HQZ6;K+[[/S*JF[TE-M<?];<_IG2/
MK-T+J=F0,?*<;L;)`D^IB&MUNRRNEMF18ZO+%/V.MK/Z1:JO4?K'UOJ>8SI^
M'59CV.+7NZ50\#,-1#W;^K=19NQ_J_1M]#]'3]HZE9O].I^.^Q:/U?\`JWC?
M5?&S.KY-?VGJN2SU,D8K'O,-&[[+A-M=9DW;WM_277V>OF7?I\E)3>9]8\F\
MN.)T3J-S`8%CV4XX,=VU]0R<3(_SZ%1QOKR,_+?T[IO2LJ[J#1OV6NI91L#_
M`$'WNSZ;\JIU#+197^K-R;?5JMK]+]&LK*ZMU+ZPY3L7%QSU!DC;AU/V].JT
M_P"]OJM6YO5+&^HQ]O2\#?B?SF/9]KLK]5;W2.CX'U8Q<GJ75,QC\O(VG-S[
MBVJL!OZ.C&QV3Z>-BU;O3HI;_P"DZTE-/.N^OAZA@83;<7&9G.O-M^/BVY+,
M9M3?4I%V3=;378_(W>FS?CXBLT]5ZSTWK-'2NKW8V;1D8UN2<ZIAQG4-QX]:
MS-H?;DU>A9ZU+*KV6T^_U?T:B/K#U7K=?_8MBC[,[0=6SP^JF/;[L/$V_:LS
MV^I[W_9J/5_PEBY[K^)TG`S&=*ZKU+]+F4?;?K#U3(=MNNQJG[:NG8--;7>C
M7E99_HN'Z?IX]'_:A)3H5CKGUDRZ_K%5CTGIF(=W1L'.>^IMC@?^6[?3JM<V
MUU6YG3V9%7Z'^E5^E_.W=/T+JC>L='Q.J-K-(RZFV^D3NVD_29O]N_:[^2N1
MZ[UIW4^G55LIR>F?5NPLQR!5LR\]UGMQ^F=*Q9#J<6^KZ>1;Z7K5_HJOT/K*
MK]7NL.9U&_JG5;VLR,<V=,Z/]5\&P6NJ%)]-[?L]#O=9^@V?:KO3I]/]/^CQ
MOLGI)3Z.AY&11C4/R,BQM--32ZRQY#6M:.7.<[Z*X+ZM?6-C\K*ZOU/(R<[K
M.4US*^AX==MOV2IK]OV>RG:RBG)WM;ZM^9Z']?\`G%D_9?K)_C.Z@S(O%G2_
MJM2Z6,G6S;HY]?MV9.0]WL]9_P"KX?YGJV^K]H2GJ:,:[ZY9M'4<VIU7U;Q7
M"WI^+8"UV98/YOJ&56?<S";_`-I,=_\`2/YZ_P#0_HEURX^H,^JWUCO?<,Y_
M2LO#J#,AQR,X'(J>]E@MVC*NQ[74/J]/V^A_H_\`1*W3E?6?K6??]E?^R>B,
M+!3D68SFYMI$>L*J<USJJJ?I?I\G!_J4?X9)3TJJ=6ZIA](Z=D=2S7[,?&9O
M>1R?S6,9,?I+'GTZ_P"6L=F#];NF9CV8&2SJ^#=6"#U.T5VU7ASMY:_"P_TF
M/95L_1;?YS_1_P"$Y_K'3?K/];L7JC,K'H8>E>IC8&)-@JORB`V[.WW>A_,X
MMCZNG>HST?M5WJ>KLK24['U*QLCJ(L^MW5:]N?U01B5DS]GP@?U;'JD?X;^D
M66?X;U%T.=U3IG3@P]0S*,,6DBLWV,JW$?2V>JYF[;*QZW_6;,HKPL##;]7\
M6IC&'(R#7D7-#6EOIX>'COLQO9M8WU\K(_\`0-2Z5]4*<3.S<_J>4_K.1EM%
M-;\MC#Z>.T[QBM:UOINWVN]2W;756_\`T#/\(E-G)^MOU8QI%G5,9SV_X*NQ
MMMI)X:S'H-E[W?R65KG<D7?7#ZV8%3\;)P^D]#;]NL&0WTG7VO>ZK!=]G+O4
M95^JVV5OO8R[TOM%7I4^HNQQ>GX&&",/&JQ@>14QK)_[;#5@Y#F8G^,/$<;G
M5CJ?3K:33!V668UC;Z_Y/K5T79']2O\`XU)3_]'U5<I;]4.K]0ZY=U/J?6+&
MT"686/AM;4ZJIQ][&9-@MMHLM;M9DW8WI7W_`.F]/TZUU:22FGTOI'3.CXHP
M^F8S,6@:[6#4F-N^QY]]MFUO\Y:[U%6ZM]5^A=:R:,KJF-]JLQ1%(>^STP"=
M[MV.U[:+-^W])ZE?Z1:J22F-===5;:JFMKKK:&L8T`-:T#:UK6M]K6M:J^9T
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MGC&QR9^E]DZ>,9K_`/T)?D+9PL'"P,=N+@T5XV.SZ-530QHGD[61]))3_]+U
M5))))2DDDDE*22224I))<[UW]E^H_P"V?M/=!CT/VAZ']K]D_H]O]9)3OW74
MT5FV^QM5;?I/>0UH^+G+&O\`KO\`52FQE0ZE5D66&&5XF[*<?[&"W(<N"Q_L
MGVAWV7_FGLW"/VC]I^TQ_P`+^TOTWK+T[I?]"J_F./\`M+_,_P#6DE.5_P`[
M+;KG4X/1.J9#F_1L?0,:IWPMZA9B_P#4)V]3^N&07"CHM&&/S7YF8"?^VL"G
M+_\`/ZWTDE.`<#ZY9+/T_5L7!.OMP\0O/\G]-G7VM_\`99+_`)JY%SV69_7.
MIY#VB',JM9BUD^/I]/JQK/\`P9;Z22G$/U,^K;WBS)Q#F.''VRZ[*`^#<VV]
MBT\/I^!@5^E@XU6+7SLI8VMO^;6&M5A))2DDDDE*22224__9_^TQ_E!H;W1O
M<VAO<"`S+C``.$))300$```````4'`(```(``AP"!0`(=6YT:71L960X0DE-
M!"4``````!!`H!***2#KW4PON1%4#%[2.$))30/J`````!VP/#]X;6P@=F5R
M<VEO;CTB,2XP(B!E;F-O9&EN9STB551&+3@B/SX*/"%$3T-465!%('!L:7-T
M(%!50DQ)0R`B+2\O07!P;&4@0V]M<'5T97(O+T141"!03$E35"`Q+C`O+T5.
M(B`B:'1T<#HO+W=W=RYA<'!L92YC;VTO1%1$<R]0<F]P97)T>4QI<W0M,2XP
M+F1T9"(^"CQP;&ES="!V97)S:6]N/2(Q+C`B/@H\9&EC=#X*"3QK97D^8V]M
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M:6-K970N;6]D1&%T93PO:V5Y/@H)"0D)/&1A=&4^,C`P.2TP,RTS,50Q-3HP
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M,C`P.2TP,RTS,50Q-3HP.#HS.5H\+V1A=&4^"@D)"0D\:V5Y/F-O;2YA<'!L
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M+G1I8VME="YM;V1$871E/"]K97D^"@D)"0D\9&%T93XR,#`Y+3`S+3,Q5#$U
M.C`X.C,Y6CPO9&%T93X*"0D)"3QK97D^8V]M+F%P<&QE+G!R:6YT+G1I8VME
M="YS=&%T949L86<\+VME>3X*"0D)"3QI;G1E9V5R/C`\+VEN=&5G97(^"@D)
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M="YM;V1$871E/"]K97D^"@D)"0D\9&%T93XR,#`Y+3`S+3,Q5#$U.C`X.C,Y
M6CPO9&%T93X*"0D)"3QK97D^8V]M+F%P<&QE+G!R:6YT+G1I8VME="YS=&%T
M949L86<\+VME>3X*"0D)"3QI;G1E9V5R/C`\+VEN=&5G97(^"@D)"3PO9&EC
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M/"]R96%L/@H)"0D)"0D\<F5A;#XP+C`\+W)E86P^"@D)"0D)"3QR96%L/C<S
M-#PO<F5A;#X*"0D)"0D)/')E86P^-3<V/"]R96%L/@H)"0D)"3PO87)R87D^
M"@D)"0D)/&ME>3YC;VTN87!P;&4N<')I;G0N=&EC:V5T+F-L:65N=#PO:V5Y
M/@H)"0D)"3QS=')I;F<^8V]M+F%P<&QE+G!R:6YT:6YG;6%N86=E<CPO<W1R
M:6YG/@H)"0D)"3QK97D^8V]M+F%P<&QE+G!R:6YT+G1I8VME="YM;V1$871E
M/"]K97D^"@D)"0D)/&1A=&4^,C`P.2TP-"TP-E0R,3HR-#HS-EH\+V1A=&4^
M"@D)"0D)/&ME>3YC;VTN87!P;&4N<')I;G0N=&EC:V5T+G-T871E1FQA9SPO
M:V5Y/@H)"0D)"3QI;G1E9V5R/C`\+VEN=&5G97(^"@D)"0D\+V1I8W0^"@D)
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M;#XP+C`\+W)E86P^"@D)"0D)"3QR96%L/C<S-#PO<F5A;#X*"0D)"0D)/')E
M86P^-3<V/"]R96%L/@H)"0D)"3PO87)R87D^"@D)"0D)/&ME>3YC;VTN87!P
M;&4N<')I;G0N=&EC:V5T+F-L:65N=#PO:V5Y/@H)"0D)"3QS=')I;F<^8V]M
M+F%P<&QE+G!R:6YT:6YG;6%N86=E<CPO<W1R:6YG/@H)"0D)"3QK97D^8V]M
M+F%P<&QE+G!R:6YT+G1I8VME="YM;V1$871E/"]K97D^"@D)"0D)/&1A=&4^
M,C`P.2TP,RTS,50Q-3HP.#HS.5H\+V1A=&4^"@D)"0D)/&ME>3YC;VTN87!P
M;&4N<')I;G0N=&EC:V5T+G-T871E1FQA9SPO:V5Y/@H)"0D)"3QI;G1E9V5R
M/C`\+VEN=&5G97(^"@D)"0D\+V1I8W0^"@D)"3PO87)R87D^"@D)/"]D:6-T
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M"@D)"0D)/&1A=&4^,C`P,RTP-RTP,50Q-SHT.3HS-EH\+V1A=&4^"@D)"0D)
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M8VME="Y!4$E697)S:6]N/"]K97D^"@D\<W1R:6YG/C`P+C(P/"]S=')I;F<^
M"@D\:V5Y/F-O;2YA<'!L92YP<FEN="YT:6-K970N<')I=F%T94QO8VL\+VME
M>3X*"3QF86QS92\^"@D\:V5Y/F-O;2YA<'!L92YP<FEN="YT:6-K970N='EP
M93PO:V5Y/@H)/'-T<FEN9SYC;VTN87!P;&4N<')I;G0N4&%G949O<FUA=%1I
M8VME=#PO<W1R:6YG/@H\+V1I8W0^"CPO<&QI<W0^"CA"24T#Z0``````>``#
M````2`!(``````+>`D#_[O_N`P8"4@-G!2@#_``"````2`!(``````+8`B@`
M`0```&0````!``,#`P````%__P`!``$```````````````!H"``9`9``````
M`"```````````````````````````````````#A"24T#[0``````$`!@````
M`0`!`&`````!``$X0DE-!"8```````X`````````````/X```#A"24T$#0``
M````!````'@X0DE-!!D```````0````>.$))30/S```````)```````````!
M`#A"24T$"@```````0``.$))32<0```````*``$``````````3A"24T#]```
M````$@`U`````0`M````!@```````3A"24T#]P``````'```____________
M_________________P/H```X0DE-!`@``````!`````!```"0````D``````
M.$))300>```````$`````#A"24T$&@`````#:0````8``````````````$H`
M``#'````&@!3`&D`9P!N`&$`=`!U`'(`90`M`$4`=0!G`&4`;@!I`&$`(`!0
M`&D`8P!H`&$`<@!D`&\````!``````````````````````````$`````````
M`````,<```!*``````````````````````$`````````````````````````
M$`````$```````!N=6QL`````@````9B;W5N9'-/8FIC`````0```````%)C
M=#$````$`````%1O<"!L;VYG``````````!,969T;&]N9P``````````0G1O
M;6QO;F<```!*`````%)G:'1L;VYG````QP````9S;&EC97-6;$QS`````4]B
M:F,````!```````%<VQI8V4````2````!W-L:6-E241L;VYG``````````=G
M<F]U<$E$;&]N9P`````````&;W)I9VEN96YU;0````Q%4VQI8V5/<FEG:6X`
M```-875T;T=E;F5R871E9`````!4>7!E96YU;0````I%4VQI8V54>7!E````
M`$EM9R`````&8F]U;F1S3V)J8P````$```````!28W0Q````!`````!4;W`@
M;&]N9P``````````3&5F=&QO;F<``````````$)T;VUL;VYG````2@````!2
M9VAT;&]N9P```,<````#=7)L5$585`````$```````!N=6QL5$585`````$`
M``````!-<V=E5$585`````$```````9A;'1486=415A4`````0``````#F-E
M;&Q497AT27-(5$U,8F]O;`$````(8V5L;%1E>'1415A4`````0``````"6AO
M<GI!;&EG;F5N=6T````/15-L:6-E2&]R>D%L:6=N````!V1E9F%U;'0````)
M=F5R=$%L:6=N96YU;0````]%4VQI8V5697)T06QI9VX````'9&5F875L=```
M``MB9T-O;&]R5'EP965N=6T````115-L:6-E0D=#;VQO<E1Y<&4`````3F]N
M90````ET;W!/=71S971L;VYG``````````IL969T3W5T<V5T;&]N9P``````
M```,8F]T=&]M3W5T<V5T;&]N9P`````````+<FEG:'1/=71S971L;VYG````
M```X0DE-!"@```````P````!/_`````````X0DE-!!$```````$!`#A"24T$
M%```````!`````(X0DE-!`P`````#18````!````H````#L```'@``!NH```
M#/H`&``!_]C_X``02D9)1@`!`@``2`!(``#_[0`,061O8F5?0TT``?_N``Y!
M9&]B90!D@`````'_VP"$``P("`@)"`P)"0P1"PH+$14/#`P/%1@3$Q43$Q@1
M#`P,#`P,$0P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P!#0L+#0X-$`X.
M$!0.#@X4%`X.#@X4$0P,#`P,$1$,#`P,#`P1#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,
M#`P,#`P,#`P,#/_``!$(`#L`H`,!(@`"$0$#$0'_W0`$``K_Q`$_```!!0$!
M`0$!`0`````````#``$"!`4&!P@)"@L!``$%`0$!`0$!``````````$``@,$
M!08'"`D*"Q```00!`P($`@4'!@@%`PPS`0`"$0,$(1(Q!4%181,B<8$R!A21
MH;%"(R054L%B,S1R@M%#!R624_#A\6-S-1:BLH,F1)-49$7"HW0V%])5XF7R
MLX3#TW7C\T8GE*2%M)7$U.3TI;7%U>7U5F9VAI:FML;6YO8W1U=G=X>7I[?'
MU^?W$0`"`@$"!`0#!`4&!P<&!34!``(1`R$Q$@1!46%Q(A,%,H&1%*&Q0B/!
M4M'P,R1BX7*"DD-3%6-S-/$E!A:BLH,')C7"TD235*,79$55-G1EXO*SA,/3
M=>/S1I2DA;25Q-3D]*6UQ=7E]59F=H:6IK;&UN;V)S='5V=WAY>GM\?_V@`,
M`P$``A$#$0`_`/4J::J*F4TL;554T,KK8`UK6M&UC&,;[6L:U36)F_4[H69U
M*WJQKNHZG<T-?F8^1=39`:VH1Z-K*_YMC&_S:@[ZN]8IJVX'UAS:W@R/M3,?
M);_5=NQZ;W?^Q*2G>26`Y_UUP7[G,PNLX[6C<VH/P\DF1)8+K,S#L]OYC[<7
M_C%=Z/U[!ZPVUM`LHR<8AN5AY##7?27#?7ZU3OS;&>ZNVMUE-GYEB2G22222
M4I)8'[#ZSTZ[(LZ#GUMQ\E[KC@Y];[JV6/.^YV+?5=1?CUVN]_H/^T5>IZEE
M:F,SZY5U?I.F8-]@Y]+-L8#_`%6W8!V_]N)*=Q5\[/P^G8EN;G7-Q\:D;K+7
MF`!P/[3G>QC/SWK`S/K/U_IF+9G]4Z(S'PJ&[K;&9M=CY)#0VNIU-+;'/>[9
M4WU?TBS;<CZUYV>WJ69]5WY+<=S7],Q'YF.RNH@3]KO8]SMW4-WT'^E^J5_H
MZ?TWKW7)3M')^LO5W$8+&]%P#(&5E,]3+L'LVOHP'%M.&UWZ7^G>K?\`Z3`K
M4O\`FG4YK_6ZKU2VVPR;?MEE9']2K$^SXM?]BA"IZI]=KIGH6-C2-/5S]T'Q
M/H8EB;[/_C`RMS+<OIG36P-MF/5;E63^<?UEV+4W_MNQ)33;E=:^KGUBZ9TF
M_.LZOTWJYMKI]=C3E4.I8U^YU]/I_:ZGN?\`IGV4_H:__!>O6%B]"Z9TG(=U
MOJF6[+SPT5.ZCFO:T,#RVOTL>MHIQ,2NRUWM;57O_2_SEGJ+=24I))))2DEA
M?6WZP9'2,.JCIM0RNLY[Q3T_$.NYW^%M>);^@QZ_?:_<RO\`TEC%M5"T5,%Q
M#K0T>H6B&ET>[:#^;N24S220LC)QL9@LR;64L<YK`ZQP:"YQV5L!=^>]WM8U
M)3__T/54DE4ZEU/"Z9CC(S+-C7.;76T`N?98_P#FZ,>EFZR^^S\RJIN])3;7
M'_6W/Z9TCZS="ZG9D#'RG&[&R0)/J8AK=;LLKI;9D6.KRQ3]CK:S^D6JKU'Z
MQ];ZGF,Z?AU68]CBU[NE4/`S#40]V_JW46;L?ZOT;?0_1T_:.I6;_3J?COL6
MC]7_`*MXWU7QLSJ^37]IZKDL]3)&*Q[S#1N^RX3;769-V][?TEU]GKYEWZ?)
M24WF?6/)O+CB=$ZC<P&!8]E..#'=M?4,G$R/\^A4<;Z\C/RW].Z;TK*NZ@T;
M]EKJ64;`_P!!][L^F_*J=0RT65_JS<FWU:K:_2_1K*RNK=2^L.4[%Q<<]09(
MVX=3]O3JM/\`O;ZK5N;U2QOJ,?;TO`WXG\YCV?:[*_56]TCH^!]6,7)ZEU3,
M8_+R-IS<^XMJK`;^CHQL=D^GC8M6[TZ*6_\`I.M)33SKOKX>H8&$VW%QF9SK
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MNK]3R,G.ZSE-<ROH>'7;;]DJ:_;]GLIVLHIR=[6^K?F>A_7_`)Q9/V7ZR?XS
MNH,R+Q9TOZK4NEC)ULVZ.?7[=F3D/=[/6?\`J^'^9ZMOJ_:$IZFC&N^N6;1U
M'-J=5]6\5PMZ?BV`M=F6#^;ZAE5GW,PF_P#:3'?_`$C^>O\`T/Z)=<N/J#/J
MM]8[WW#.?TK+PZ@S(<<C.!R*GO98+=HRKL>UU#ZO3]OH?Z/_`$2MTY7UGZUG
MW_97_LGHC"P4Y%F,YN;:1'K"JG-<ZJJGZ7Z?)P?ZE'^&24]*JG5NJ8?2.G9'
M4LU^S'QF;WD<G\UC&3'Z2QY].O\`EK'9@_6[IF8]F!DLZO@W5@@]3M%=M5X<
M[>6OPL/])CV5;/T6W^<_T?\`A.?ZQTWZS_6[%ZHS*QZ&'I7J8V!B38*K\H@-
MNSM]WH?S.+8^KIWJ,]'[5=ZGJ[*TE.Q]2L;(ZB+/K=U6O;G]4$8E9,_9\(']
M6QZI'^&_I%EG^&]1=#G=4Z9TX,/4,RC#%I(K-]C*MQ'TMGJN9NVRL>M_UFS*
M*\+`PV_5_%J8QAR,@UY%S0UI;Z>'AX[[,;V;6-]?*R/_`$#4NE?5"G$SLW/Z
MGE/ZSD9;136_+8P^GCM.\8K6M;Z;M]KO4MVUU5O_`-`S_")39R?K;]6,:19U
M3&<]O^"KL;;:2>&LQZ#9>]W\EE:YW)%WUP^MF!4_&R</I/0V_;K!D-])U]KW
MNJP7?9R[U&5?JMME;[V,N]+[15Z5/J+L<7I^!A@C#QJL8'D5,:R?^VPU8.0Y
MF)_C#Q'&YU8ZGTZVDTP=EEF-8V^O^3ZU=%V1_4K_`.-24__1]57*6_5#J_4.
MN7=3ZGUBQM`EF%CX;6U.JJ<?>QF38+;:++6[69-V-Z5]_P#IO3].M=6DDII]
M+Z1TSH^*,/IF,S%H&NU@U)C;OL>??;9M;_.6N]15NK?5?H76LFC*ZIC?:K,4
M12'OL],`G>[=CM>VBS?M_2>I7^D6JDDIC77756VJIK:ZZVAK&-`#6M`VM:UK
M?:UK6JOF=,Z?GFHYV-5D^@[?2+6AX:[]]K7[F[_Y2M))*4J]W3\#(R*LJ_&J
MMR:/YFY[&N>SO^BL<W?7_85A))3%S&.+2YH<6G<V1,'C<W[T.G#Q,>RVVBBN
MJS(=OO>QK6NL=QOM<T?I'_UT9))2DDDDE*22224I),3&IX63G?6[ZL=/W#*Z
MGC-L8=KJ66"RT']W[/1ZE_\`X&DIUTEA#ZT.R"6],Z3U#-&W<VTTC%J,\19U
M2S"<[_K==B@VWZ[YVTBC!Z+4YIW^JY^;>T_F173]BQ&_^Q%Z2GH%R_4+J^I?
M73H].#MR/V/]INZC<SW"CU:CB48S[![&WWV.W?9M_K>G3ZOIJQ_S19F,#>O=
M1R^KRT-?4YXQL<F?I?9.GC&:_P#]"7Y"V<+!PL#';BX-%>-CL^C54T,:)Y.U
MD?224__2]522224I))))2DDDDE*227.]=_9?J/\`MG[3W08]#]H>A_:_9/Z/
M;_624[]UU-%9MOL;56WZ3WD-:/BYRQK_`*[_`%4IL94.I59%EAAE>)NRG'^Q
M@MR'+@L?[)]H=]E_YI[-PC]H_:?M,?\`"_M+]-ZR].Z7_0JOYCC_`+2_S/\`
MUI)3E?\`.RVZYU.#T3JF0YOT;'T#&J=\+>H68O\`U"=O4_KAD%PHZ+1AC\U^
M9F`G_MK`IR__`#^M]))3@'`^N62S]/U;%P3K[</$+S_)_39U]K?_`&62_P":
MN1<]EF?USJ>0]HAS*K68M9/CZ?3ZL:S_`,&6^DDIQ#]3/JV]XLR<0YCAQ]LN
MNR@/@W-MO8M/#Z?@8%?I8.-5BU\[*6-K;_FUAK58224I))))2DDDDE/_V3A"
M24T$(0``````50````$!````#P!!`&0`;P!B`&4`(`!0`&@`;P!T`&\`<P!H
M`&\`<````!,`00!D`&\`8@!E`"``4`!H`&\`=`!O`',`:`!O`'``(`!#`%,`
M,@````$`.$))30^@``````#X;6%N:4E21E(```#L.$))34%N1',```#,````
M$`````$```````!N=6QL`````P````!!1E-T;&]N9P``````````1G));E9L
M3',````!3V)J8P````$```````!N=6QL`````0````!&<DE$;&]N9W#B1%4`
M````1E-T<U9L3',````!3V)J8P````$```````!N=6QL````!`````!&<TE$
M;&]N9P``````````049R;6QO;F<``````````$9S1G)6;$QS`````6QO;F=P
MXD15`````$Q#;G1L;VYG````````.$))35)O;&P````(```````````X0DE-
M#Z$``````!QM9G)I`````@```!`````!``````````$`````.$))300&````
M```'``@!`0`"`0#_X3P!:'1T<#HO+VYS+F%D;V)E+F-O;2]X87`O,2XP+P`\
M/WAP86-K970@8F5G:6X](N^[OR(@:60](E<U33!-<$-E:&E(>G)E4WI.5&-Z
M:V,Y9"(_/@H\>#IX;7!M971A('AM;&YS.G@](F%D;V)E.FYS.FUE=&$O(B!X
M.GAM<'1K/2(S+C$N,2TQ,3(B/@H@("`\<F1F.E)$1B!X;6QN<SIR9&8](FAT
M='`Z+R]W=W<N=S,N;W)G+S$Y.3DO,#(O,C(M<F1F+7-Y;G1A>"UN<R,B/@H@
M("`@("`\<F1F.D1E<V-R:7!T:6]N(')D9CIA8F]U=#TB(@H@("`@("`@("`@
M("!X;6QN<SIX87`](FAT='`Z+R]N<RYA9&]B92YC;VTO>&%P+S$N,"\B/@H@
M("`@("`@("`\>&%P.D-R96%T;W)4;V]L/D%D;V)E(%!H;W1O<VAO<"!#4S(@
M36%C:6YT;W-H/"]X87`Z0W)E871O<E1O;VP^"B`@("`@("`@(#QX87`Z36]D
M:69Y1&%T93XR,#`Y+3`T+3`V5#$V.C(V.C$U+3`U.C`P/"]X87`Z36]D:69Y
M1&%T93X*("`@("`@("`@/'AA<#I#<F5A=&5$871E/C(P,#DM,#0M,#94,38Z
M,C8Z,34M,#4Z,#`\+WAA<#I#<F5A=&5$871E/@H@("`@("`@("`\>&%P.DUE
M=&%D871A1&%T93XR,#`Y+3`T+3`V5#$V.C(V.C$U+3`U.C`P/"]X87`Z365T
M861A=&%$871E/@H@("`@("`\+W)D9CI$97-C<FEP=&EO;CX*("`@("`@/')D
M9CI$97-C<FEP=&EO;B!R9&8Z86)O=70](B(*("`@("`@("`@("`@>&UL;G,Z
M9&,](FAT='`Z+R]P=7)L+F]R9R]D8R]E;&5M96YT<R\Q+C$O(CX*("`@("`@
M("`@/&1C.F9O<FUA=#YI;6%G92]J<&5G/"]D8SIF;W)M870^"B`@("`@("`@
M(#QD8SIT:71L93X*("`@("`@("`@("`@/')D9CI!;'0^"B`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@(#QR9&8Z;&D@>&UL.FQA;F<](G@M9&5F875L="(^=6YT:71L960\+W)D
M9CIL:3X*("`@("`@("`@("`@/"]R9&8Z06QT/@H@("`@("`@("`\+V1C.G1I
M=&QE/@H@("`@("`\+W)D9CI$97-C<FEP=&EO;CX*("`@("`@/')D9CI$97-C
M<FEP=&EO;B!R9&8Z86)O=70](B(*("`@("`@("`@("`@>&UL;G,Z<&1F/2)H
M='1P.B\O;G,N861O8F4N8V]M+W!D9B\Q+C,O(CX*("`@("`@("`@/'!D9CI0
M<F]D=6-E<CY!8W)O8F%T($1I<W1I;&QE<B`X+C$N,"`H5VEN9&]W<RD\+W!D
M9CI0<F]D=6-E<CX*("`@("`@/"]R9&8Z1&5S8W)I<'1I;VX^"B`@("`@(#QR
M9&8Z1&5S8W)I<'1I;VX@<F1F.F%B;W5T/2(B"B`@("`@("`@("`@('AM;&YS
M.GAA<$U-/2)H='1P.B\O;G,N861O8F4N8V]M+WAA<"\Q+C`O;6TO(@H@("`@
M("`@("`@("!X;6QN<SIS=%)E9CTB:'1T<#HO+VYS+F%D;V)E+F-O;2]X87`O
M,2XP+W-4>7!E+U)E<V]U<F-E4F5F(R(^"B`@("`@("`@(#QX87!-33I$;V-U
M;65N=$E$/G5U:60Z130V,S,Y03DR-#4Y,3%$13E&14$X,4%"1D9%13`V-S<\
M+WAA<$U-.D1O8W5M96YT240^"B`@("`@("`@(#QX87!-33I);G-T86YC94E$
M/G5U:60Z130V,S,Y04$R-#4Y,3%$13E&14$X,4%"1D9%13`V-S<\+WAA<$U-
M.DEN<W1A;F-E240^"B`@("`@("`@(#QX87!-33I$97)I=F5D1G)O;2!R9&8Z
M<&%R<V54>7!E/2)297-O=7)C92(^"B`@("`@("`@("`@(#QS=%)E9CII;G-T
M86YC94E$/G5U:60Z,D0R-#,S,4$Q1C9%,3%$14)$1$)%0S%&,4,S-D5#.$4\
M+W-T4F5F.FEN<W1A;F-E240^"B`@("`@("`@("`@(#QS=%)E9CID;V-U;65N
M=$E$/G5U:60Z93`T9C<X-V(M8V%C."TT83@V+3ED9#$M,68P.6(W-S@Q,6%D
M/"]S=%)E9CID;V-U;65N=$E$/@H@("`@("`@("`\+WAA<$U-.D1E<FEV961&
M<F]M/@H@("`@("`\+W)D9CI$97-C<FEP=&EO;CX*("`@("`@/')D9CI$97-C
M<FEP=&EO;B!R9&8Z86)O=70](B(*("`@("`@("`@("`@>&UL;G,Z=&EF9CTB
M:'1T<#HO+VYS+F%D;V)E+F-O;2]T:69F+S$N,"\B/@H@("`@("`@("`\=&EF
M9CI/<FEE;G1A=&EO;CXQ/"]T:69F.D]R:65N=&%T:6]N/@H@("`@("`@("`\
M=&EF9CI84F5S;VQU=&EO;CXY-C`P,#`O,3`P,#`\+W1I9F8Z6%)E<V]L=71I
M;VX^"B`@("`@("`@(#QT:69F.EE297-O;'5T:6]N/CDV,#`P,"\Q,#`P,#PO
M=&EF9CI94F5S;VQU=&EO;CX*("`@("`@("`@/'1I9F8Z4F5S;VQU=&EO;E5N
M:70^,CPO=&EF9CI297-O;'5T:6]N56YI=#X*("`@("`@("`@/'1I9F8Z3F%T
M:79E1&EG97-T/C(U-BPR-3<L,C4X+#(U.2PR-C(L,C<T+#(W-RPR.#0L-3,P
M+#4S,2PR.#(L,C@S+#(Y-BPS,#$L,S$X+#,Q.2PU,CDL-3,R+#,P-BPR-S`L
M,C<Q+#(W,BPS,#4L,S$U+#,S-#,R.S@Q-#@P-30R,3="-D(Y-39$,D(W-D(Y
M-3<X-S`Q,T4P/"]T:69F.DYA=&EV941I9V5S=#X*("`@("`@/"]R9&8Z1&5S
M8W)I<'1I;VX^"B`@("`@(#QR9&8Z1&5S8W)I<'1I;VX@<F1F.F%B;W5T/2(B
M"B`@("`@("`@("`@('AM;&YS.F5X:68](FAT='`Z+R]N<RYA9&]B92YC;VTO
M97AI9B\Q+C`O(CX*("`@("`@("`@/&5X:68Z4&EX96Q81&EM96YS:6]N/C$Y
M.3PO97AI9CI0:7AE;%A$:6UE;G-I;VX^"B`@("`@("`@(#QE>&EF.E!I>&5L
M641I;65N<VEO;CXW-#PO97AI9CI0:7AE;%E$:6UE;G-I;VX^"B`@("`@("`@
M(#QE>&EF.D-O;&]R4W!A8V4^+3$\+V5X:68Z0V]L;W)3<&%C93X*("`@("`@
M("`@/&5X:68Z3F%T:79E1&EG97-T/C,V.#8T+#0P.38P+#0P.38Q+#,W,3(Q
M+#,W,3(R+#0P.38R+#0P.38S+#,W-3$P+#0P.38T+#,V.#8W+#,V.#8X+#,S
M-#,T+#,S-#,W+#,T.#4P+#,T.#4R+#,T.#4U+#,T.#4V+#,W,S<W+#,W,S<X
M+#,W,S<Y+#,W,S@P+#,W,S@Q+#,W,S@R+#,W,S@S+#,W,S@T+#,W,S@U+#,W
M,S@V+#,W,SDV+#0Q-#@S+#0Q-#@T+#0Q-#@V+#0Q-#@W+#0Q-#@X+#0Q-#DR
M+#0Q-#DS+#0Q-#DU+#0Q-S(X+#0Q-S(Y+#0Q-S,P+#0Q.3@U+#0Q.3@V+#0Q
M.3@W+#0Q.3@X+#0Q.3@Y+#0Q.3DP+#0Q.3DQ+#0Q.3DR+#0Q.3DS+#0Q.3DT
M+#0Q.3DU+#0Q.3DV+#0R,#$V+#`L,BPT+#4L-BPW+#@L.2PQ,"PQ,2PQ,BPQ
M,RPQ-"PQ-2PQ-BPQ-RPQ."PR,"PR,BPR,RPR-"PR-2PR-BPR-RPR."PS,#M#
M0T,T03)&14$T,#-%-48P1$$P,3-!,$9$-C(W1#-&13PO97AI9CI.871I=F5$
M:6=E<W0^"B`@("`@(#PO<F1F.D1E<V-R:7!T:6]N/@H@("`@("`\<F1F.D1E
M<V-R:7!T:6]N(')D9CIA8F]U=#TB(@H@("`@("`@("`@("!X;6QN<SIP:&]T
M;W-H;W`](FAT='`Z+R]N<RYA9&]B92YC;VTO<&AO=&]S:&]P+S$N,"\B/@H@
M("`@("`@("`\<&AO=&]S:&]P.D-O;&]R36]D93XQ/"]P:&]T;W-H;W`Z0V]L
M;W)-;V1E/@H@("`@("`@("`\<&AO=&]S:&]P.DAI<W1O<GDO/@H@("`@("`@
M("`\<&AO=&]S:&]P.DE#0U!R;V9I;&4^1&]T($=A:6X@,C`E/"]P:&]T;W-H
M;W`Z24-#4')O9FEL93X*("`@("`@/"]R9&8Z1&5S8W)I<'1I;VX^"B`@(#PO
M<F1F.E)$1CX*/"]X.GAM<&UE=&$^"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@"CP_>'!A8VME="!E;F0](G<B/S[_[@`A061O8F4`9```````
M`P`0`P$"`P```````````````/_;`$,``0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!
M`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0("`@("`@("`@("`P,#`P,#`P,#`__"
M``L(`$H`QP$!$0#_Q`"C``$``@(#`0$!````````````"`D'"@(%!@0#`1``
M`00"`@(!`P4`````````!P0%!@@!`P`",`D0($`2$1,U-C<1```&`0($`P,)
M!`@'``````$"`P0%!@<1$@`A$P@Q(A0R%180,$%185(C,S4@0$(V<8%B0V,T
MA!>#9"5E)S<Y$@$!`0$``00"`P$````````!$0`A,1`@,%'P04!AH<'_V@`(
M`0$"````W^``5NQW[Z%VRZ`4L_KT-F$CRJSR4C,Y5-^\]Q&!L(B)LBO4`I]\
M[=(Z>)WV:YUG^<)F9QI*NW/@U(-NSDUW=B(AWK/VJTGWH8-J<M%]Y=CDO7D]
MQ?5PYZ8FUG&V/<:8\[775ZSE>FR]K8[$D;NDIO[Z)OTR\ZZ7>8O58;C?:9D2
MX?SNHYN"ZK\]KJJ5+I<2<LOQ=S_B_-?Z?H`?S7"V/@``'SUG1X\E;GGH``CI
M7Q]?4\.%@DGP`1E@QXSHNK[V6,Z/7@`",6M'MJ>E``?_V@`(`0$``04!\A9L
MU$!Q(4T$N*5\R"KI&WMPFL:>Q=8OPR2'7K;"'M-%O8WS9>V!QO`U,`N,3-\G
MJ;6%&4O0WPK!W[I;45E7*F\M"IV5FRQ?293`>DBE=;(T]WTIU'\]_85%):J%
M-=#%.;#_`$&HW#>OL#8W=)(&7ZC52X7%%?3\_2\DZ/A>X(&M*J,%?)/O>@$!
M97KLP,@J09BP^NRG#(R--*:DLG=A%XTBN,8QC%C+2R6#$GY5*DJ%*W,;A[(S
M1C&.N/@&W&D9PM'\EVP`;!+2(YP=S'8:7H;#PF,*3]<]QL(]4>%\@8P_3"NH
M,K4+SVM!@!CM*P@'@S2<P*F>I\RF\.'<?U;->[7;6]T3$*ZBXR#<9CW/RZ_E
MSV0V2?IC)Q*-(^'!H8;-P412+=<-?LTF:>W<DXN"XVC`R]5W%RY$V(BI=-XD
M4;$]4B/9!41Y@SUL$[!."X;Y;7:L,3KXGE5ZH@]RQDJ<1RY(HY8T`M1@L1-Y
MF3&H0NL:D]ER648Y8*T%PO8,8$[#23U9M<9X.7Q/3FP7[EEK3%PI^OB"K6&P
M<A]@0@#KG2\V!AR4C"SE@^`"C@,K<0^.[4A?6FG>EL>?6YRTH@N[8DOB6E$,
MB<BX@H)7K!*UZ]>G7/8#$B?%(0/H,-6/D5"`;@S^N9VATW(A@-FV7;-6K;S/
M7KGMX<YQC%(7QD_3[3;NU)]4YN96`>*MMGS1/M?2O=H"_P`0B\>M@Y\\H,`E
M@^76_P!4Y`Y)[=*'[&LCW;E^=P;MY+^8H:#WK`Y"@B$2/R3,TA\=8[WNK2J[
MKK2&1_Z;5_L5EN$U=[@/NQLH8/E/>&5$K`/T[+'V&-H_L#%_GP]_OC/_`!OF
M_]H`"`$!`08_`?G&^.:W"V#+F:))L#J,Q)CM%M(6!NV4*3HRUPDG*Z$'0:V(
MK$$SZ471#IFW)D5T$.`?Y"RS7>W.OK#N1H6$8F,NET!JH&O2L&4KW%NXM"11
M$1`?=,.5(>0@J/TZ4_O&[D*_.I%U;2$Z[QS;8D5R\R*/X(:%"&=I;@YID=(E
M,'+BL]IW=8K1[7+WNNO9[&.8Z:DO")V4C(9+9$V6O&9-X]M-.BQ#@!],5N1)
M4$R`"X*E5#YF<L]'S!A:U4)>9D','BZ^4J0KGHH-90XLHI2\55E(S)W[-$0`
M')TE2F,&ITS!RX,%H[/&-H;(F`%93%.=:G+&4)_$JW@+M#4N2/X<B@H8P\".
M6L1=QV%D4N3J6O.'9]]6D/-M,<MCHY[='+-RZ>V`ARYCIQ[_`,77VKWF+#9U
MUJ]+-GJ[$YPW%0E&!3A(1+K:/Y3E))0/N_L4N\8\H8Y<PXVCI*/RGC^KH-/]
MTF3@ZH+1UOII7KEN2Q@T2_#4BTQ!973R^WU$6[2S7]YC.76\BL)EBFW/&[]D
MX+R5:.E;7`QT4*[<W(_2<JD`0]KA!DS[AL).7;KI`W;(Y2I)UEA6`#)%33";
MW&.H`\@\1X4CXK)F/I)^D82*L8^YUQX[2,41`Q5&S>246(8HAS`0X'M\P9EB
M@5"PC'^\\L9B?S\`Z9XEJ[@YVZ$?6V;J009SV39\Q%`;H]3IQ2)!<.-ICH<%
MJ4/G+$K)VZ<'D++/S>3:S.7BZV%?4S^S76;]Y+RLY.OE3"8ZJWE3+^&F4B12
MD!$K[N%QTX%=L=T3W')K6<`3(!A$JHUMK+%0<CM\J)]JQA\"CJ'#6)P+@_/>
M=)64,)(A]#4-[3J0X]K1>0N=Q"-1B(_4O-PJUZ9?IX8=UW<\M3XFR5>M.ZUB
M?$%,5&>C,?L9$78.)">M#MNBG,V8J,@X*91J04A46WD4*0B:)?V'^1\I3Q8&
MMLET&*1B-UGLC*RKL%3,H>'CVY3+OY)V"!Q*0-"D3(=0YB)D.<L1/1_7!A-Q
M<?+LO4HG;.?2231)XV]0W4\Z"_16#<0>93<OVQO%04DL)9I9=5Q"Y=Q4K\+6
M+UH@)BDLS>-]*SMD8X5*0'";D/4*)%V%73`1UR%A_,C9HPS]@.<;U7(1F())
M1EMCW1%3UN_0Z!"I=)K8V3?J*D*F1,IA*H4J9%B)$^15])OF<<R0#<N\?N46
MC5$OWE7#@Z:28?TCPI5'N4L-V%RX/T%:VZNU)EEUE`-MZ*D.K)KJ*'`PZ;13
M$=>$C6##&);"0$")-U)3'M0D]K7;^&F@JYB51*AL'D!1VZ<$[.^W?`F'&>3K
M$P8/LJ9-C<7U%NRP)CQ=5NZ5DSR3"'17)>K`T("48U3435`%@4$Q-Y#A"PRF
M#ZK-J0\<T8'F9KU[J8EU6S<J*LE+N2/$4W3]Z<!45'84F\WE*4H``$48]NV)
M1.F("0[^FQ,N8!#P'670?"(\%"KX\HU;`OLA`U*`AP+IX:>[X]OIP`````<@
M`.0`'U`'&.<`X(K$1DK.=VE8]_.0L@+U>!Q[CL'"196U6]6*>,W$8*B*H&;`
M=0H`F`J&*;<@DO\`*Y>O7*#-DS06=.W;I9-NU:M6Z9E5W+E=4Q$D$$$B"8YS
M"!2E#4>&EWG"';=F."K8Z2HL88BJ*V<[]%F!!]8G'43(?X/9F`40\!,W$42Z
M*KNN@!2@`%`````-```Y```'(``/ES[2HF(B8_M]P56I)B[N9V[D[^4NL=.M
M62[]W*'7]$VAUFD=+&:MTT=YD&O7.H.X"$^527RKD&NU(H,U7K2*>/2+V270
M2$2G]Q5AEZB?FA`Y1`?3-U`)H(F$``1#,7=#VVXB@)C'.2Z_5<7T?(&5;6G1
MX!%O14T1L5@EZ=#QLK=[0"\X!FS4Z7I^DF@*9CB("5&0OF9N\C'6*X%BF0SW
MX/PE`H0C%PKR18LI+(-FMLO-O'2WX;=!-N#EP<0*FF)Q`.,=X"IV9$!:960=
MR#&<OF%:C$9,I],81OO-U?YNAQ*R;>OM))%!P6)9S1&C]?H;W+1L15`3R[V]
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M568IF-U7"B:B9S"('*(O+7?+1`T^M1^P'DY8Y1G$1B!U3;44C.WJJ*0KKG\J
M9`$3G-R*`CPFLD<JB2I"J)J%'4ITSE`Q#E'Z2F*.O!,-8KF:M9>X6S.4X-@V
MEYF.CJ5C-9Z!BGLF1["_70B(TD0AJX]"=7K"!0,L":0E$]QO-0RS`=P>7[?,
M?^:<R1TNTG'$A8U"$D1@(]1!148FMM.L!FZ0:>I`I5#<BIIH\;-P;M-VW4-V
MW73=IXZ:_)6.QO!\AU;IE">@*UDV<8G.9*#8V)PB1C2E7"'Y+B2:J@]E=#`*
M484$AU!=4"4G%U6()8*D5YA`LU#E`JSPS5/5[)N@*(E];+/SJN5].0JJFXJ]
M$+#V[)>3[CZU>!Q?C"-83]S6B8MNNYE)YZV?RL-&14.Q3;&U4=.DC*F`02*I
ML/M2)#=IW>!)RJX*%".=8B;5]!NL4/PRO9N<L[.&3144Y=1)9<`#GIQ>;/5*
M?4.V*NUJ@6NW/)BRS;7*667X0<&]E$8B&K==9C4JN\>E;"0ZZSN16;[@,0@*
M`)0OTG5ERKS.0NV7*.3[;9$U1-(25MLN,9M\X]0]*/7ZM>(";`@:ZD%J(_F&
M.(\.Y*2>-8^.CVJ[U^_?.$FC)BR:I&7=.W;I<Z:#9JV0()U%#F`I"@(B.G$S
M/X]D8O"&"VII",==SF58M=1[<#E;J;`[;L7@NWELC2*X>9K(.MC$-#&Z"O3T
M%]8+"2\8MPI;1`]IN^3';>9[MNXJ#531*FQGIY1L9+%6,7K-$B:,+'@@B+?V
MTWG4*Y)&PN+:#%OT:\BRJU;K*<["4VD4QH2-=O$9O(%NGGK=C5*FP:LSJN72
MHK/':A@*D19977B/<8DI9.X#+[!^5RKW1Y6K<C`=KN'BK$.FZ3[>Z<](164"
M/,0$T984EIF2.EUU17;BF5.SV^6G7=_S#?%5IC*>8[0"24Q/N3&!VNT9)B<Z
M%<JC%0FJ+-(VTI2$ZAS]-/8OBOMEK$MW(90!0K5PK4=R&+*<HLH9`DI><DF2
M5BVD0V.`F,9D5WU=@I%.540#AA<^]/(4)DQK$BW=5[`U#9RL+@R%DT#*'3EI
MQA(N`DL@R;<51!(9%,$DP$Q3%5((%+;NZ?+,@,U/0EBGL%]I^!*+'ELEGKM1
MI2_N"2LT95FBC=C#2]UD5%2H*.!:I)-Q.BBHKJ4J=6RSW68]NM!P$E9H>$Q!
MVC1#L7.3<^Y.?JK.8%7)Y&R39."@DBLQ,6,4U73VFT*90Q/4Y1[C.]_*5#JS
M[MEN+JB8UPI&3*2K6#FH$53QY*;46Z))N=AX#0ON_P!&T4<R4F05E=/3[#,9
M?O2^,,%=ON,(Z(M6'\.VBL6<TIEJ0EC)K,9&30@HN53?R#YN!1>,D1.Y;I'*
MP3\WK%1@<?\`;SA#*E<?Y91F(*HY`N%1EH&SRI6A635^KC*B%*-C!T0DJCZ:
M2>I([#&U1;G$H*D;9;[J8]E<KQ)@$G&8TE3%FH2OKO='*K^[F7ZS>S6<RAQW
M-A%9BW,)A.+A00%'NC1NV*;W$X[RU::?<,7SN*,8V.X4E5BQA'K"1AE4*=&O
M_A^<2=K@91N=%,AC[S$T3Z8F/)5&TYK[9^U^/K,>SE4YZJ5:FY,O]H*]E#N7
M%'1F(>4M]1AEH]9L"KYZ9,P],.@AJ<QD_B3!\M/4+N%AI6(GZUF.TW[)=NFG
M4A&/T7+QE9GDG:)%9U'3C8IT5]J)RDW<DA+J07606V1,56RZ>_:_7VU`QSA2
M<?-S_$4@2+]<WGYRV/WPG8JKD4U5CB(``#O'CMCR?BR/:YNNF/;/<+]G6M3=
MJBJK*9%R5?X@&DS<VUIG4S,S^ZTUE&;4BXB+=)%)0B9E%G1C)AFNX)=O6.#)
MD%?%.#+2O*7VPF'3JH7;,2D9'!'QHZ&(9C!M2`NDH/4=:@&EYR5CMC.#.W-N
M6.;IV"6/.(U.&.JBY?1-==O4CS`I2KQLFHX6>NG;D_2*4%`+N`W$I!RB`.8R
M9CGL5(MC"(%<,9%LHT=H"(<P!5NL8O\`7QG?'#1:=>NJHP[F\>R\.X;N1F(I
M=S&6%TUAVC0Z?5]2I$S2"G3*3_-*G+IN`0^1M2*]_MY1.VF'.5PF]L2T5;&]
MLDF\?U4Y>WT_S/IHK655$&,4L3W8!DB+.@4,!=J&3,QV25[BLSD(0$;QD-HT
M&$K`$V;&>/*"F*];IC%N*8"ET2**I#KTCIE$2_)/93M3"VY+L%@MCN[N8S(]
MH<V6HH61R*J:,@E4Q0:0KLT6Q4!HS!XDZ!LU3(0GL@/!$DB$222(5-)),H$3
M33(`%(0A"@!2$(4-``.0!Q+4>]1(3U4G4T49B&.]D6"$B@@X2=%;.E8MXQ=*
MM3+(EWI;^FJ`;3@8HB'"%:Q]4:Y2X!L!>G$UJ(8P[,3E*!>LJDR11]0Y.`>9
M53<H<>9A$?D?VNFXJQY5K/*.'CJ0L<#3H"+G':\@H95\=:69L$GP^K5.)E`W
MZ&$1UXC7$G%QTBO#/0DXA=\Q;.UHJ2*@LV+(1JCA)0[%Z#9PHGU4A*?8<Q==
M!'B2R!'X_I3&]S&WWK<VM7A4+3([$BH%]9/I,BRKC\$@%\RHZE``^C@G5334
MZ9RJDZA"GV*$'4BA-P#M.0?`0YAP4PE*)BZ[3"`;B[O:VCXAKI\UJ/(`YB(^
M`!QWKY2*LR88NF.YK)=@B)P^U*%?0]?B6"=DLS=<VB"L2X4;'4%8/((D/SY#
MI^Z*+KJIHHI$%1594Y4TDR%#4QU%#B!2$*'B(\&C)_,U/>3H*=`E:J+M:]V9
M5T/(C,E?I;>>E0=*&Y`0R1?MT#A1M@?M.R<_Z^J;2YYQ6C,,4U`IPT2E0BY-
MS(7F;CRCSZ2+!!90O@)==>#-^Y3N#BX>D//+,XB[=H-Y48F<9G'\>(FLE3BB
MM[<0KU#5!TV0]-UTCF#J%UX/B..J4,PQJI6Y&H*4YHW]/#'KDNU<LY6+,BD8
MIS)2+=ZMUS;NHJ94QC&$QA']P4+<\H8\J1D0$5266Z5R#4)M\=R<G)-C@/+Z
MN"PT5E(EYES^S'8SJUQR0J/V]>F0$RQ`!'PU5Y\*!1NV/NHM8[A*S=N\9,*!
M#O?NK$DLDV>I&3;&^\*.O]GA9.M]M^,,5(:AZ:4S#F7XD<G(.OXAZUBNORX%
M.4/[LTH3GRW?3PD>Y=VL72&JX?\`4:_A3#,!&;"CXIQ]OR!,72;3$`'DJ#=,
MWV<)JY4D<KYVD"#O%]E_+-VL*!CZE-Y:]%RD%4T4@,'E3(P`A?H#CT.,L;4R
MCI:""BM>@(Y@^<[M=1>R::'O%\<0'3<LJ<=.7A\Z?X^RGCRF&(&HI6:Y5Z%<
M#]A&LA((.%3#]`%*(CPHWJ-NL637Y#&(6/Q7C;(V0553E_@3=UJK/HK41\!,
MX*`_7P9/$W9?G*>7.&UL^RB]I>%H<1$/*NJ%BG)*>*W+KJ("Q(J/AMX;*1]=
M[7,/-="&=(S\Y?LFSQC_`,1">Y6%=@T4_P#B*&^HWT\+N+SWS34>D]$PJPF,
ML,8^KC5@F?GZ>-G)8LS,:)ZZ%5.'5TT$1UX<JY.RUW(YJ.]1.B[:9`S9;F\,
M8JGM%2B*6YJ:!$/J2.*B?V<`WJV!\8M!V[!>R%4C+#+J%'74JTY8D9697`VO
M/>N.O!(ZNPD1`1Z8`";&%C6<6S(`>`$:L44$"@'V!^XSG\J>PC_/'\J?FA^M
M_P#(_>XC?_DI^IJ?RG_[)_T7_<OKX:?IOY0?H_Z;_I/\+ZOG_P#_V@`(`0$"
M`3\0^1#NRFUVQ4<>`!,($"#7QH@")CDM8Y8$07:E<?CGP.E1`V'BT=%QEACG
M)/8"$`HU3%(8?LB!#SG@V/P$F$)2CD&#%<&;U!`*;)1?8!@`*^.%GAY=[85+
M&5*6U9$1!<TVDCN9`,RC`O,A5U#02P@*(WQC0GHR0T7\&6,@]#_5)QHT&5L^
M8&QW<J$I`X%ST?B`.12:-K'C[3?7#]6B\NFL')PD8-BS@D@/P)F#80:.]RZ/
MN01$H\1Z(^1,%I`T&EZJ+(R85-0Z^<O/6QZ)_P"O9L>!4S?3`JV=-:$4EP+'
MC`2(SPRG"8.N/G(%Z-M?"'H\1%AU\"AN;]`OR6Y`^VW,ED6@A1*Q"3ZP)F``
M`@"`!X,QM741?8A#S[%=-%X0S*LR(`N%V\]<]1*4#L<Z"GAP``"`<#U%`$""
MXH+=8/92/]*NH+?#X7C?]^+#IH/5M9_9>6&N4)XE4,8CB,4JUU@FN%L?-KO;
MR`*P,ZIM'Z[H4*X8+-?1J[N/"L12<[,I'$@P%4SI:)L*CM+'$X!/-[J>@0A!
M,+(?1TCP*']CC;5XIC93&QF24?#3<5F_SZ`?Y.FQW`$+HJ62^D50([WU*L$G
M=%[U5]I0%*F..FG@/Q3MJ'_9OI`7YX1PZBL0=[*Z/=]&?%$/^_'SK2D!<0]`
MAN1Y"G@,&V"Z4'(7"O4!<`EGPS_H</4&/YROBD`,?G*^Q!V:S>B"'GLHR0K8
M1L]]M5P!V:FS*P1O:/T#*B)!./1SX<?TCAVF[RDA2YBFR!V%,KHP&\5WL.FX
M)F-,UQ!?X/=^)\,/;L"4.\4!,IV0%?LC1DC58$>:_P`*S.)Y-1GU'".N1GV`
M@M[C<]=QF(M!$I6:T48*!:UCBD4P+:@KDFX.";J;@!168N#3"8H->HG.#EU$
M7H'Y8P2=QL$1#C)M@S6;F'7'I^FO[7S?\X/&INE&%2^R-O0=>C4TP9_P,S&1
M@,8\F>M:````"9BH";MT/M9)#3Z!9!-KAEQ(KH2;-=-#F"^"KC0]JP(@T)\R
MG]],=?C:)]A*"?ZA6AP!(D\.&*9=``"D2+$L[\2!`"@`"JKP`P:,VL]@,%\Z
M2_BFA>CW$#"H`/+CH(0=HB,HAYZ$F"R-2_IF#8(:\&:1M7'LB@4R.O..&[.P
MK:Q/SF+YOH60P7.OZSA>90E"-E(;\7.IP?JQ"1X9/<^YQUQIM9;-1PU?(#VC
ML:`)CV=M'ZHJ.[E![`PA1XK4^LL#]0!\B]Y9>>#C7%]P'6?^@W&,1$5XQ7"O
M!@SGP<D!:'BLBJX3WRESP/)].3&J+8OF1"E..L.2?6B"0KF)%7U]2N#BD]N/
:O8?V$=.`,_@_AQ^)_7?B/^7^]^/OGY]__]D_
`
end
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>GRAPHIC
<SEQUENCE>6
<FILENAME>tmeaif-barchart.jpg
<DESCRIPTION>BAR CHART
<TEXT>
begin 644 tmeaif-barchart.jpg
M_]C_X``02D9)1@`!`@$`?0!]``#_X1'@17AI9@``34T`*@````@`!P$2``,`
M```!``$```$:``4````!````8@$;``4````!````:@$H``,````!``(```$Q
M``(````>````<@$R``(````4````D(=I``0````!````I````-``$Q+0```G
M$``3$M```"<0061O8F4@4&AO=&]S:&]P($-3,B!-86-I;G1O<V@`,C`P.3HP
M-#HP-B`Q-CHR-SHT,0```Z`!``,````!__\``*`"``0````!```";:`#``0`
M```!```"/@`````````&`0,``P````$`!@```1H`!0````$```$>`1L`!0``
M``$```$F`2@``P````$``@```@$`!`````$```$N`@(`!`````$``!"J````
M`````$@````!````2`````'_V/_@`!!*1DE&``$"``!(`$@``/_M``Q!9&]B
M95]#30`!_^X`#D%D;V)E`&2``````?_;`(0`#`@("`D(#`D)#!$+"@L1%0\,
M#`\5&!,3%1,3&!$,#`P,#`P1#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,
M#`$-"PL-#@T0#@X0%`X.#A04#@X.#A01#`P,#`P1$0P,#`P,#!$,#`P,#`P,
M#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,_\``$0@`E`"@`P$B``(1`0,1`?_=``0`
M"O_$`3\```$%`0$!`0$!``````````,``0($!08'"`D*"P$``04!`0$!`0$`
M`````````0`"`P0%!@<("0H+$``!!`$#`@0"!0<&"`4###,!``(1`P0A$C$%
M05%A$R)Q@3(&%)&AL4(C)!52P6(S-'*"T4,')9)3\.'Q8W,U%J*R@R9$DU1D
M1<*C=#87TE7B9?*SA,/3=>/S1B>4I(6TE<34Y/2EM<75Y?569G:&EJ:VQM;F
M]C='5V=WAY>GM\?7Y_<1``("`0($!`,$!08'!P8%-0$``A$#(3$2!$%187$B
M$P4R@9$4H;%"(\%2T?`S)&+A<H*20U,58W,T\24&%J*R@P<F-<+21)-4HQ=D
M154V=&7B\K.$P]-UX_-&E*2%M)7$U.3TI;7%U>7U5F9VAI:FML;6YO8G-T=7
M9W>'EZ>WQ__:``P#`0`"$0,1`#\`]2IIJHJ932QM5530RNM@#6M:T;6,8QOM
M:QK55RLW[-8X6Y&/0TC=6+7;7:%N^=Q;[/I*ZO)?\=#6GJ>`2`2,2V"1X/:D
MI]09E&KV9;ZP\C<TLW00!N?]*?H[7_G(E.7CWDMJ>'EO(^!+._\`*;M7(?XQ
M^J]1Z3]7,#(Z;D.Q;K,JJI]E<26&G(?L][7>W>QJUOJ)G9G4/JGT_,SK79&3
M<QYLM?&X_I+&CZ(;]%K=J2G?22224I))))2DDDDE*22224I))))2DDDDE*22
M224I))))3__0]57DW^.?_E+`_P#"EW_5L7K*\F_QS_\`*6!_X4N_ZMB2G:_Q
ML_\`B5Z;_P"':?\`SQE+9_Q;?^(CI7_%O_\`/MJQO\;/_B5Z;_X=I_\`/&4M
MG_%M_P"(CI7_`!;_`/S[:DIZ9))))2DDDDE*22224I))))2DDDDE*22224I)
M)))2DDDDE/\`_]'U5>3?XY_^4L#_`,*7?]6Q>LKR;_'/_P`I8'_A2[_JV)*=
MK_&S_P")7IO_`(=I_P#/&4MG_%M_XB.E?\6__P`^VK&_QL_^)7IO_AVG_P`\
M92V?\6W_`(B.E?\`%O\`_/MJ2GIDDDDE*22224I))))2DDDDE*22224I))))
M2DDDDE*22224_P#_TO55Y-_CG_Y2P/\`PI=_U;%ZRO)O\<__`"E@?^%+O^K8
MDIVO\;/_`(E>F_\`AVG_`,\92M_5+J-?2O\`%M@]3N+_`$,2FRRUE0#GN:+;
M/:T/=6W_`*:J?XV?_$KTW_P[3_YXRD'#_P#R+N_\)V_^?;$E/3_5?ZQ8OUDH
MLSL$Y%55%IINJR6,:2[:VQKF>E9=M]MC/SUO+@?\3W_(O4/_``Y_Z)H7?)*4
MDDDDI22222E))))*4DDDDI22222E))))*4DDDDI__]/U5>3?XY_^4L#_`,*7
M?]6Q>LKR;_'/_P`I8'_A2[_JV)*=K_&S_P")7IO_`(=I_P#/&4@X?_Y%W?\`
MA.W_`,^V(W^-G_Q*]-_\.T_^>,I!P_\`\B[O_"=O_GVQ)2;_`!0O8SH?47O<
M&M;F$N<3``%-&I*[P75%_IA[=^OMD3IS[5P7^*)C']"ZDQ[0YKLLAS7"01Z-
M&A"K_P"+CZV=8^L/6;J.I^@^NO%&0W92UCO4%C6,=O;^ZVRW_/24^D))))*4
MDDDDI22222E))))*4DDDDI22222E))))*?_4]57DW^.?_E+`_P#"EW_5L7K*
M\F_QS_\`*6!_X4N_ZMB2G:_QL_\`B5Z;_P"':?\`SQE(.'_^1=W_`(3M_P#/
MMB-_C9_\2O3?_#M/_GC*0</_`/(N[_PG;_Y]L24G_P`3_P#R)U'_`,.'_P`\
MT+G/\37_`(H,G_P@/_/M:Z/_`!/_`/(G4?\`PX?_`#S0N<_Q-?\`B@R?_"`_
M\^UI*>SI^NN!?]8O^;;#F-SF6.Q_6-=/HE];7VN>_P#2OMVN:W\RJM=<O'^G
M_P#Y77_^G"__`,\6KHOKQ]<G=`ZU5T]F`S*%M5>07ON?7[K+'X^W96US'-_5
MV)*>^26%]8/K%T[ZMUT?;K[*ZL@%E&RMUSM[/<XV/EWLVN;[?I_\(B7]>QL;
MH+.NWY0KZ?8UEPN-+G.].\-;C;J:BYV_U;J_S4E.RDLKZO\`6L;K6*_,PLD9
M6,'NKW^D^DA[=7-V7>[;M>Q:J2E))))*4DDDDI22222E))))*?_5]57DW^.?
M_E+`_P#"EW_5L7K*\F_QS_\`*6!_X4N_ZMB2G:_QL_\`B5Z;_P"':?\`SQE(
M.'_^1=W_`(3M_P#/MB-_C9_\2O3?_#M/_GC*0</_`/(N[_PG;_Y]L24G_P`3
M_P#R)U'_`,.'_P`\T+G/\37_`(H,G_P@/_/M:Z/_`!/_`/(G4?\`PX?_`#S0
MN<_Q-?\`B@R?_"`_\^UI*7Z?_P#E=?\`^G"__P`\6IO\;?\`XK<7_P`)X_\`
M[<9"?I__`.5U_P#Z<+__`#Q:F_QM_P#BMQ?_``GC_P#MQD)*=K_'+_1ND?\`
M'7?]0U'Z_P#_`)'L;_PGT[_J\1`_QR_T;I'_`!UW_4-1^O\`_P"1[&_\)]._
MZO$24V/\4SPSZIV./'VVX:>?IM79,RJWV!FVQI)(!<QS02!/+FK@_P#%XYS?
M\7W4G,<6.;9F%KFDM<"*Q#FN;[FN0/\`%!U#/SG=4&;E790;7BEHOL?;&[[3
MOV^JY^W=M24^A_;,7<&^LS<Z(:7`'4!S?;_;:G=DX[/IV-;$S)B(.WO_`"EY
MS]6OK/UW.^OEW2,K*%O3V6YC&X_I4@!M#G,H;ZC*FW?H]C/\(G^L?UFZ[A?X
MP<?I6+DBO`??AL=1Z-+I;D/8W)'JOJ==^EW._P`(DI])!!$C4'@IUS7UK^MN
M!]6'8U>4;VMR&/=4W'J98`*F['-/J/KV>Z^E[/\`BE;ZA]8,3I/2J.I9^4RG
M&R-HKMNK?)=8/5H8]F,+?=Z3;?4]J2G:26=TCJ^/U/!9U#'N9D8E[MM-M;7M
MEP<ZFQNRX!^UMK/YQ6FYE#C!+F>W?+VEH@`.)W.&WVM<DI.DA_:<<O%8M9O.
M@;N$Z?R5.1,=TE/_UO5!QX^:\M_QN8>9G=1PG86/;E-9C6L>ZBM]@#B\>QSJ
MFOVN]J]2:UK6AK0&M:(`&@`'8*M7?9D7!U)`Q:R0ZSGU#]';7_P;/](DIXW_
M`!GTW9OU:P*<.M^3;7F5.LKI:ZQ[0*,@;GUU![V_38@XE-X_Q1NP#4\9OV6U
MOV4L<+I]9^GV>/5_Z"[B^VVVPXV,=IC]+?`(8/W63[77?^>_ST^3DV,(HQV^
MID.$@'Z+1^_=_)_<_P!(DIXS_%55;A='SJ\VM^*^S++F,O:ZISAZ-(W-9:&.
M=]!ZP/\`%-A9N!US)LSL>[$K.#L%E];ZFEPMK]GJ6M8S<O4K,C[-6VOW9.1H
MT-$!Q)#MKG_N,=Z;_>I,=]GJ-F7:`YQ+G$F&MT^A7/YK6M24^68&#G-_QINS
M'8US<3[=>_[0:GBK::;:VO\`6+?2VN?_`"DW^-'"S<WZS8V1A8UV50,2@&VB
MM]K);??8YN^EKV_0=N7J-%N0\NR+2*<;:=M;A#H&OK6.)_1_\6GQ[;LBSUF^
MS%C]&(ULG_"F?H5_Z+]])3PG^-JB_.HZ6W!JLRS5;<;!0QUNWV-;[_1:_8C]
M<INL_P`55&#76]^8W$P&NQFM+K06/QO4::&CU?9Z=F[V?F+LK+[[KG48A:WT
MX]2\C<UI_P!%M]N]_P#;_1_]MJ65DO8X44-+\AXEDCV``_2L=^Y_5_[_`%I*
M>'^HU5V-]0^I8V3591D/?EEE%C',L=NK&WTZ7M;99N_D-53_`!0XN5@.ZF<^
MFS$]2O%:SUV.JW%IR0X,]9K-^W>SZ*]#?>^BIM9)OR'>UH`V[G&3K^:QC83^
ML<7%#\QX-GYVWNYQTKJ'MW?N5I*?+OJIA9M'^,?(R[\:ZK%-V>1D/K>VJ'OL
M=6[UGM%6U[?H^Y/]:,+-O_QE8V91CW6XHOP''(96]U0#'UOL=ZS6FK:QOT_>
MO4,<7@.OR7;'61%(,M8/S6S^?:[=[U&FV[(M]1DUXS)#9`FT\;OY%3?S?])_
MU:4^>?XWL7*S[>FG`HLRPRK*:\T,=:&DF@-:_P!%K]GT'JY_C`INROJ3TW'Q
M:K,C(KNQ3934QS[&@56;C956UUE>W^6U=L^^ZZ_T,8%GINB^U[=`-';*MWTW
MOGZ?\VGORG.><;%AU_YSB/;6/](_][^0S\])3QO0!F8G^*^[':+<?J+<?---
M0#F7AYLO=4:Z_;?O]]>Q+_%E?U4XG46]<LRBYUM8I&>;9+2P[A5]L_E_2VKL
M[LFRO90P"S+L'`'M;^]=9K[:MW]MZ=UK<2@>M8;7CN8#GDG\Q@V_O?124\#]
M0^N?6O.ZW?7]8O4;@,Q[+:S?BMQVBQEM(I=ZWHT^]M+K-K=ZM9/7^LM^MS>B
M-Z6Q_1A>RL9OI7DACZ][WC):[T/9=;8WU/\`!_\`@B[.NZRNE^1F%M39D,YV
M-X:USOS['?\`5_HTL4WW..382RMPBJG3Z)U]2PC_``C_`/P-)3__U_2KJK\F
MTTOFO%`&\@B;-9V-CZ%?YEJ:RVRQ[<;$]C0`;+@/:UOYK*OWK'M^A^96KB%9
M78RDMQ`QCYD!P]NIW/G9'TDE-<O9CL&'A-WV\$28;.USK<A_TOHOW_Z2U3;]
MFP0VN?TE[H;.KGNCOM'YK?SU%T850KK(LRKMVS?(WODVEOMW>G7[G_\`!U(M
M&-M<;KB+,AWTG]FC_1U?NUM24K%H?6W?>X/O<2YQ'T6[MNZNF?=Z?L_M_P`X
MI75T.VV7-!],RTGL?_.MO]M3>]K&E[S#6B7$\`#NJC6OSSNM;MPP3L8?\+_P
MCP0/T/\`P?\`A?\`BOII2G569MK76#;B,U](S-DB?TC?;M8Q_P"8]JMV5LMK
M=6\2QX+7#Q!T*DDDIA54RFMM=8AK1`']Z'D9;*?8P>K>XQ74TZD_ROW&-_/>
MCJ(KK#W6!H#W@!SNY`^C/^<DIK-]/"J=?D.WVV'6!))/T:*&@;OI?F?O_I$]
M6(YS_6RR+;!I6V/8P3])K#_A'?O_`/6_^$M)]EI^T'(()L(#=7$@1QM83L;]
M)&24Q>QCVECVAS3RTB05))))2E5LL96[TL9H]>YQ<=@!`/T777:L]NFW_2/4
M\FV]@:VBKU'O)`<=&M_E6?R5*BD4L@G<\ZV/@`N=^^0U)2V/CMI:9.^U^MMA
MY<?_`"/[C/S$][L>MGKW[0VKW!SNQ^C[?Y6NU%55E%MUHNR@!Z9_0U`RT$>W
MU7.TWO\`]'^XS_A$E*JJ=D$7Y#-L.W55.UVQHQ[A^_M_,_P2M)))*?_0]527
MRJDDI^GL7T/M%OT_M&O\[]/T]SMOI_\``[_H_P#@BN+Y5224_5281&G'9?*R
M22GZJ27RJDDI^JDE\JI)*?JI)?*J22GZJ27RJDDI^JDE\JI)*?JI)?*J22GZ
MJ27RJDDI_]G_[31X4&AO=&]S:&]P(#,N,``X0DE-!`0```````<<`@```@`"
M`#A"24T$)0``````$$8,\HDFN%;:L)P!H;"GD'<X0DE-`^H`````';`\/WAM
M;"!V97)S:6]N/2(Q+C`B(&5N8V]D:6YG/2)55$8M."(_/@H\(41/0U194$4@
M<&QI<W0@4%5"3$E#("(M+R]!<'!L92!#;VUP=71E<B\O1%1$(%!,25-4(#$N
M,"\O14XB(")H='1P.B\O=W=W+F%P<&QE+F-O;2]$5$1S+U!R;W!E<G1Y3&ES
M="TQ+C`N9'1D(CX*/'!L:7-T('9E<G-I;VX](C$N,"(^"CQD:6-T/@H)/&ME
M>3YC;VTN87!P;&4N<')I;G0N4&%G949O<FUA="Y034AO<FEZ;VYT86Q297,\
M+VME>3X*"3QD:6-T/@H)"3QK97D^8V]M+F%P<&QE+G!R:6YT+G1I8VME="YC
M<F5A=&]R/"]K97D^"@D)/'-T<FEN9SYC;VTN87!P;&4N<')I;G1I;F=M86YA
M9V5R/"]S=')I;F<^"@D)/&ME>3YC;VTN87!P;&4N<')I;G0N=&EC:V5T+FET
M96U!<G)A>3PO:V5Y/@H)"3QA<G)A>3X*"0D)/&1I8W0^"@D)"0D\:V5Y/F-O
M;2YA<'!L92YP<FEN="Y086=E1F]R;6%T+E!-2&]R:7IO;G1A;%)E<SPO:V5Y
M/@H)"0D)/')E86P^-S(\+W)E86P^"@D)"0D\:V5Y/F-O;2YA<'!L92YP<FEN
M="YT:6-K970N8VQI96YT/"]K97D^"@D)"0D\<W1R:6YG/F-O;2YA<'!L92YP
M<FEN=&EN9VUA;F%G97(\+W-T<FEN9SX*"0D)"3QK97D^8V]M+F%P<&QE+G!R
M:6YT+G1I8VME="YM;V1$871E/"]K97D^"@D)"0D\9&%T93XR,#`Y+3`T+3`V
M5#(Q.C(V.C0X6CPO9&%T93X*"0D)"3QK97D^8V]M+F%P<&QE+G!R:6YT+G1I
M8VME="YS=&%T949L86<\+VME>3X*"0D)"3QI;G1E9V5R/C`\+VEN=&5G97(^
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M970N;6]D1&%T93PO:V5Y/@H)"0D)/&1A=&4^,C`P.2TP-"TP-E0R,3HR-CHT
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M9&%T93XR,#`Y+3`T+3`V5#(Q.C(V.C0X6CPO9&%T93X*"0D)"3QK97D^8V]M
M+F%P<&QE+G!R:6YT+G1I8VME="YS=&%T949L86<\+VME>3X*"0D)"3QI;G1E
M9V5R/C`\+VEN=&5G97(^"@D)"3PO9&EC=#X*"0D\+V%R<F%Y/@H)/"]D:6-T
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M;#XP+C`\+W)E86P^"@D)"0D)"3QR96%L/C`N,#PO<F5A;#X*"0D)"0D)/')E
M86P^-S,T/"]R96%L/@H)"0D)"0D\<F5A;#XU-S8\+W)E86P^"@D)"0D)/"]A
M<G)A>3X*"0D)"0D\:V5Y/F-O;2YA<'!L92YP<FEN="YT:6-K970N8VQI96YT
M/"]K97D^"@D)"0D)/'-T<FEN9SYC;VTN87!P;&4N<')I;G1I;F=M86YA9V5R
M/"]S=')I;F<^"@D)"0D)/&ME>3YC;VTN87!P;&4N<')I;G0N=&EC:V5T+FUO
M9$1A=&4\+VME>3X*"0D)"0D\9&%T93XR,#`Y+3`T+3`V5#(Q.C(V.C0X6CPO
M9&%T93X*"0D)"0D\:V5Y/F-O;2YA<'!L92YP<FEN="YT:6-K970N<W1A=&5&
M;&%G/"]K97D^"@D)"0D)/&EN=&5G97(^,#PO:6YT96=E<CX*"0D)"3PO9&EC
M=#X*"0D)/"]A<G)A>3X*"0D\+V1I8W0^"@D)/&ME>3YC;VTN87!P;&4N<')I
M;G0N4&%G949O<FUA="Y034%D:G5S=&5D4&%P97)296-T/"]K97D^"@D)/&1I
M8W0^"@D)"3QK97D^8V]M+F%P<&QE+G!R:6YT+G1I8VME="YC<F5A=&]R/"]K
M97D^"@D)"3QS=')I;F<^8V]M+F%P<&QE+G!R:6YT:6YG;6%N86=E<CPO<W1R
M:6YG/@H)"0D\:V5Y/F-O;2YA<'!L92YP<FEN="YT:6-K970N:71E;4%R<F%Y
M/"]K97D^"@D)"3QA<G)A>3X*"0D)"3QD:6-T/@H)"0D)"3QK97D^8V]M+F%P
M<&QE+G!R:6YT+E!A9V5&;W)M870N4$U!9&IU<W1E9%!A<&5R4F5C=#PO:V5Y
M/@H)"0D)"3QA<G)A>3X*"0D)"0D)/')E86P^+3$X/"]R96%L/@H)"0D)"0D\
M<F5A;#XM,3@\+W)E86P^"@D)"0D)"3QR96%L/C<W-#PO<F5A;#X*"0D)"0D)
M/')E86P^-3DT/"]R96%L/@H)"0D)"3PO87)R87D^"@D)"0D)/&ME>3YC;VTN
M87!P;&4N<')I;G0N=&EC:V5T+F-L:65N=#PO:V5Y/@H)"0D)"3QS=')I;F<^
M8V]M+F%P<&QE+G!R:6YT:6YG;6%N86=E<CPO<W1R:6YG/@H)"0D)"3QK97D^
M8V]M+F%P<&QE+G!R:6YT+G1I8VME="YM;V1$871E/"]K97D^"@D)"0D)/&1A
M=&4^,C`P.2TP-"TP-E0R,3HR-CHT.%H\+V1A=&4^"@D)"0D)/&ME>3YC;VTN
M87!P;&4N<')I;G0N=&EC:V5T+G-T871E1FQA9SPO:V5Y/@H)"0D)"3QI;G1E
M9V5R/C`\+VEN=&5G97(^"@D)"0D\+V1I8W0^"@D)"3PO87)R87D^"@D)/"]D
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M871E/"]K97D^"@D)"0D)/&1A=&4^,C`P,RTP-RTP,50Q-SHT.3HS-EH\+V1A
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M97D^"@D)"0D)/&%R<F%Y/@H)"0D)"0D\<F5A;#XP+C`\+W)E86P^"@D)"0D)
M"3QR96%L/C`N,#PO<F5A;#X*"0D)"0D)/')E86P^-S,T/"]R96%L/@H)"0D)
M"0D\<F5A;#XU-S8\+W)E86P^"@D)"0D)/"]A<G)A>3X*"0D)"0D\:V5Y/F-O
M;2YA<'!L92YP<FEN="YT:6-K970N8VQI96YT/"]K97D^"@D)"0D)/'-T<FEN
M9SYC;VTN87!P;&4N<')I;G1I;F=M86YA9V5R/"]S=')I;F<^"@D)"0D)/&ME
M>3YC;VTN87!P;&4N<')I;G0N=&EC:V5T+FUO9$1A=&4\+VME>3X*"0D)"0D\
M9&%T93XR,#`Y+3`T+3`V5#(Q.C(V.C0X6CPO9&%T93X*"0D)"0D\:V5Y/F-O
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M:6YT+G1I8VME="YM;V1$871E/"]K97D^"@D)"0D)/&1A=&4^,C`P.2TP-"TP
M-E0R,3HR-CHT.%H\+V1A=&4^"@D)"0D)/&ME>3YC;VTN87!P;&4N<')I;G0N
M=&EC:V5T+G-T871E1FQA9SPO:V5Y/@H)"0D)"3QI;G1E9V5R/C`\+VEN=&5G
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M+VME>3X*"0D)"0D\9&%T93XR,#`S+3`W+3`Q5#$W.C0Y.C,V6CPO9&%T93X*
M"0D)"0D\:V5Y/F-O;2YA<'!L92YP<FEN="YT:6-K970N<W1A=&5&;&%G/"]K
M97D^"@D)"0D)/&EN=&5G97(^,3PO:6YT96=E<CX*"0D)"3PO9&EC=#X*"0D)
M/"]A<G)A>3X*"0D\+V1I8W0^"@D)/&ME>3YC;VTN87!P;&4N<')I;G0N=&EC
M:V5T+D%0259E<G-I;VX\+VME>3X*"0D\<W1R:6YG/C`P+C(P/"]S=')I;F<^
M"@D)/&ME>3YC;VTN87!P;&4N<')I;G0N=&EC:V5T+G!R:79A=&5,;V-K/"]K
M97D^"@D)/&9A;'-E+SX*"0D\:V5Y/F-O;2YA<'!L92YP<FEN="YT:6-K970N
M='EP93PO:V5Y/@H)"3QS=')I;F<^8V]M+F%P<&QE+G!R:6YT+E!A<&5R26YF
M;U1I8VME=#PO<W1R:6YG/@H)/"]D:6-T/@H)/&ME>3YC;VTN87!P;&4N<')I
M;G0N=&EC:V5T+D%0259E<G-I;VX\+VME>3X*"3QS=')I;F<^,#`N,C`\+W-T
M<FEN9SX*"3QK97D^8V]M+F%P<&QE+G!R:6YT+G1I8VME="YP<FEV871E3&]C
M:SPO:V5Y/@H)/&9A;'-E+SX*"3QK97D^8V]M+F%P<&QE+G!R:6YT+G1I8VME
M="YT>7!E/"]K97D^"@D\<W1R:6YG/F-O;2YA<'!L92YP<FEN="Y086=E1F]R
M;6%T5&EC:V5T/"]S=')I;F<^"CPO9&EC=#X*/"]P;&ES=#X*.$))30/I````
M``!X``,```!(`$@``````MX"0/_N_^X#!@)2`V<%*`/\``(```!(`$@`````
M`M@"*``!````9`````$``P,#`````7__``$``0```````````````&@(`!D!
MD```````(```````````````````````````````````.$))30/M```````0
M`'T````!``$`?0````$``3A"24T$)@``````#@`````````````_@```.$))
M300-```````$````'CA"24T$&0``````!````!XX0DE-`_,```````D`````
M``````$`.$))300*```````!```X0DE-)Q````````H``0`````````!.$))
M30/T```````2`#4````!`"T````&```````!.$))30/W```````<``#_____
M________________________`^@``#A"24T$"```````$`````$```)````"
M0``````X0DE-!!X```````0`````.$))300:``````-K````!@``````````
M```"/@```FT````;`%0`30!%`$$`20!&`"T`4P!E`&T`:0!A`&X`;@!U`&$`
M;``M`$(`80!R`"``0P!H`&$`<@!T`````0`````````````````````````!
M``````````````)M```"/@`````````````````````!````````````````
M`````````!`````!````````;G5L;`````(````&8F]U;F1S3V)J8P````$`
M``````!28W0Q````!`````!4;W`@;&]N9P``````````3&5F=&QO;F<`````
M`````$)T;VUL;VYG```"/@````!29VAT;&]N9P```FT````&<VQI8V5S5FQ,
M<P````%/8FIC`````0``````!7-L:6-E````$@````=S;&EC94E$;&]N9P``
M```````'9W)O=7!)1&QO;F<`````````!F]R:6=I;F5N=6T````,15-L:6-E
M3W)I9VEN````#6%U=&]'96YE<F%T960`````5'EP965N=6T````*15-L:6-E
M5'EP90````!);6<@````!F)O=6YD<T]B:F,````!````````4F-T,0````0`
M````5&]P(&QO;F<``````````$QE9G1L;VYG``````````!"=&]M;&]N9P``
M`CX`````4F=H=&QO;F<```)M`````W5R;%1%6%0````!````````;G5L;%1%
M6%0````!````````37-G951%6%0````!```````&86QT5&%G5$585`````$`
M``````YC96QL5&5X=$ES2%1-3&)O;VP!````"&-E;&Q497AT5$585`````$`
M``````EH;W)Z06QI9VYE;G5M````#T53;&EC94AO<GI!;&EG;@````=D969A
M=6QT````"79E<G1!;&EG;F5N=6T````/15-L:6-E5F5R=$%L:6=N````!V1E
M9F%U;'0````+8F=#;VQO<E1Y<&5E;G5M````$453;&EC94)'0V]L;W)4>7!E
M`````$YO;F4````)=&]P3W5T<V5T;&]N9P`````````*;&5F=$]U='-E=&QO
M;F<`````````#&)O='1O;4]U='-E=&QO;F<`````````"W)I9VAT3W5T<V5T
M;&]N9P``````.$))300H```````,`````3_P````````.$))3001```````!
M`0`X0DE-!!0```````0````".$))300,`````!#&`````0```*````"4```!
MX``!%8```!"J`!@``?_8_^``$$I&248``0(``$@`2```_^T`#$%D;V)E7T--
M``'_[@`.061O8F4`9(`````!_]L`A``,"`@("0@,"0D,$0L*"Q$5#PP,#Q48
M$Q,5$Q,8$0P,#`P,#!$,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,`0T+
M"PT.#1`.#A`4#@X.%!0.#@X.%!$,#`P,#!$1#`P,#`P,$0P,#`P,#`P,#`P,
M#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`P,#`S_P``1"`"4`*`#`2(``A$!`Q$!_]T`!``*_\0!
M/P```04!`0$!`0$``````````P`!`@0%!@<("0H+`0`!!0$!`0$!`0``````
M```!``(#!`4&!P@)"@L0``$$`0,"!`(%!P8(!0,,,P$``A$#!"$2,05!46$3
M(G&!,@84D:&Q0B,D%5+!8C,T<H+10P<EDE/PX?%C<S46HK*#)D235&1%PJ-T
M-A?25>)E\K.$P]-UX_-&)Y2DA;25Q-3D]*6UQ=7E]59F=H:6IK;&UN;V-T=7
M9W>'EZ>WQ]?G]Q$``@(!`@0$`P0%!@<'!@4U`0`"$0,A,1($05%A<2(3!3*!
MD12AL4(CP5+1\#,D8N%R@I)#4Q5C<S3Q)086HK*#!R8UPM)$DU2C%V1%539T
M9>+RLX3#TW7C\T:4I(6TE<34Y/2EM<75Y?569G:&EJ:VQM;F]B<W1U=G=X>7
MI[?'_]H`#`,!``(1`Q$`/P#U*FFJBIE-+&U55-#*ZV`-:UK1M8QC&^UK&M57
M*S?LUCA;D8]#2-U8M=M=H6[YW%OL^DKJ\E_QT-:>IX!(!(Q+8)'@]J2GU!F4
M:O9EOK#R-S2S=!`&Y_TI^CM?^<B4Y>/>2VIX>6\CX$L[_P`INU<A_C'ZKU'I
M/U<P,CIN0[%NLRJJGV5Q)8:<A^SWM=[=[&K6^HF=F=0^J?3\S.M=D9-S'FRU
M\;C^DL:/HAOT6MVI*=]))))2DDDDE*22224I))))2DDDDE*22224I))))2DD
MDDE/_]#U5>3?XY_^4L#_`,*7?]6Q>LKR;_'/_P`I8'_A2[_JV)*=K_&S_P")
M7IO_`(=I_P#/&4MG_%M_XB.E?\6__P`^VK&_QL_^)7IO_AVG_P`\92V?\6W_
M`(B.E?\`%O\`_/MJ2GIDDDDE*22224I))))2DDDDE*22224I))))2DDDDE*2
M2224_P#_T?55Y-_CG_Y2P/\`PI=_U;%ZRO)O\<__`"E@?^%+O^K8DIVO\;/_
M`(E>F_\`AVG_`,\92V?\6W_B(Z5_Q;__`#[:L;_&S_XE>F_^':?_`#QE+9_Q
M;?\`B(Z5_P`6_P#\^VI*>F22224I))))2DDDDE*22224I))))2DDDDE*2222
M4I))))3_`/_2]57DW^.?_E+`_P#"EW_5L7K*\F_QS_\`*6!_X4N_ZMB2G:_Q
ML_\`B5Z;_P"':?\`SQE*W]4NHU]*_P`6V#U.XO\`0Q*;++65`.>YHML]K0]U
M;?\`IJI_C9_\2O3?_#M/_GC*0</_`/(N[_PG;_Y]L24]/]5_K%B_62BS.P3D
M5546FFZK)8QI+MK;&N9Z5EVWVV,_/6\N!_Q/?\B]0_\`#G_HFA=\DI22222E
M))))*4DDDDI22222E))))*4DDDDI22222G__T_55Y-_CG_Y2P/\`PI=_U;%Z
MRO)O\<__`"E@?^%+O^K8DIVO\;/_`(E>F_\`AVG_`,\92#A__D7=_P"$[?\`
MS[8C?XV?_$KTW_P[3_YXRD'#_P#R+N_\)V_^?;$E)O\`%"]C.A]1>]P:UN82
MYQ,``4T:DKO!=47^F'MWZ^V1.G/M7!?XHF,?T+J3'M#FNRR'-<)!'HT:$*O_
M`(N/K9UCZP]9NHZGZ#ZZ\49#=E+6.]06-8QV]O[K;+?\])3Z0DDDDI22222E
M))))*4DDDDI22222E))))*4DDDDI_]3U5>3?XY_^4L#_`,*7?]6Q>LKR;_'/
M_P`I8'_A2[_JV)*=K_&S_P")7IO_`(=I_P#/&4@X?_Y%W?\`A.W_`,^V(W^-
MG_Q*]-_\.T_^>,I!P_\`\B[O_"=O_GVQ)2?_`!/_`/(G4?\`PX?_`#S0N<_Q
M-?\`B@R?_"`_\^UKH_\`$_\`\B=1_P##A_\`/-"YS_$U_P"*#)_\(#_S[6DI
M[.GZZX%_UB_YML.8W.98[']8UT^B7UM?:Y[_`-*^W:YK?S*JUUR\?Z?_`/E=
M?_Z<+_\`SQ:NB^O'UR=T#K573V8#,H6U5Y!>^Y]?NLL?C[=E;7,<W]78DI[Y
M)87U@^L73OJW71]NOLKJR`64;*W7.WL]SC8^7>S:YOM^G_PB)?U[&QN@LZ[?
ME"OI]C67"XTN<[T[PUN-NIJ+G;_5NK_-24[*2ROJ_P!:QNM8K\S"R1E8P>ZO
M?Z3Z2'MU<W9=[MNU[%JI*4DDDDI22222E))))*4DDDDI_]7U5>3?XY_^4L#_
M`,*7?]6Q>LKR;_'/_P`I8'_A2[_JV)*=K_&S_P")7IO_`(=I_P#/&4@X?_Y%
MW?\`A.W_`,^V(W^-G_Q*]-_\.T_^>,I!P_\`\B[O_"=O_GVQ)2?_`!/_`/(G
M4?\`PX?_`#S0N<_Q-?\`B@R?_"`_\^UKH_\`$_\`\B=1_P##A_\`/-"YS_$U
M_P"*#)_\(#_S[6DI?I__`.5U_P#Z<+__`#Q:F_QM_P#BMQ?_``GC_P#MQD)^
MG_\`Y77_`/IPO_\`/%J;_&W_`.*W%_\`">/_`.W&0DIVO\<O]&Z1_P`==_U#
M4?K_`/\`D>QO_"?3O^KQ$#_'+_1ND?\`'7?]0U'Z_P#_`)'L;_PGT[_J\1)3
M8_Q3/#/JG8X\?;;AIY^FU=DS*K?8&;;&DD@%S'-!($\N:N#_`,7CG-_Q?=2<
MQQ8YMF86N:2UP(K$.:YON:Y`_P`4'4,_.=U09N5=E!M>*6B^Q]L;OM._;ZKG
M[=VU)3Z']LQ=P;ZS-SHAI<`=0'-]O]MJ=V3CL^G8UL3,F(@[>_\`*7G/U:^L
M_7<[Z^7=(RLH6]/9;F,;C^E2`&T.<RAOJ,J;=^CV,_PB?ZQ_6;KN%_C!Q^E8
MN2*\!]^&QU'HTNEN0]C<D>J^IUWZ7<[_``B2GTD$$2-0>"G7-?6OZVX'U8=C
M5Y1O:W(8]U3<>IE@`J;L<T^H^O9[KZ7L_P"*5OJ'U@Q.D]*HZEGY3*<;(VBN
MVZM\EU@]6ACV8PM]WI-M]3VI*=I)9W2.KX_4\%G4,>YF1B7NVTVUM>V7!SJ;
M&[+@'[6VL_G%:;F4.,$N9[=\O:6B``XG<X;?:UR2DZ2']IQR\5BUF\Z!NX3I
M_)4Y$QW24__6]4''CYKRW_&YAYF=U'"=A8]N4UF-:Q[J*WV`.+Q['.J:_:[V
MKU)K6M:&M`:UH@`:``=@JU=]F1<'4D#%K)#K.?4/T=M?_!L_TB2GC?\`&?3=
MF_5K`IPZWY-M>94ZRNEKK'M`HR!N?74'O;]-B#B4WC_%&[`-3QF_9;6_92QP
MNGUGZ?9X]7_H+N+[;;;#C8QVF/TM\`A@_=9/M==_Y[_/3Y.38PBC';ZF0X2`
M?HM'[]W\G]S_`$B2GC/\555N%T?.KS:WXK[,LN8R]KJG.'HTC<UEH8YWT'K`
M_P`4V%FX'7,FS.Q[L2LX.P67UOJ:7"VOV>I:UC-R]2LR/LU;:_=DY&C0T0'$
MD.VN?^XQWIO]ZDQWV>HV9=H#G$N<28:W3Z%<_FM:U)3Y9@8.<W_&F[,=C7-Q
M/MU[_M!J>*MIIMK:_P!8M]+:Y_\`*3?XT<+-S?K-C9&%C795`Q*`;:*WVLEM
M]]CF[Z6O;]!VY>HT6Y#R[(M(IQMIVUN$.@:^M8XG]'_Q:?'MNR+/6;[,6/T8
MC6R?\*9^A7_HOWTE/"?XVJ+\ZCI;<&JS+-5MQL%#'6[?8UOO]%K]B/URFZS_
M`!548-=;WYC<3`:[&:TNM!8_&]1IH:/5]GIV;O9^8NRLOONN=1B%K?3CU+R-
MS6G_`$6WV[W_`-O]'_VVI962]CA10TOR'B62/8`#]*QW[G]7_O\`6DIX?ZC5
M78WU#ZEC9-5E&0]^6646,<RQVZL;?3I>UMEF[^0U5/\`%#BY6`[J9SZ;,3U*
M\5K/78ZK<6G)#@SUFLW[=[/HKT-][Z*FUDF_(=[6@#;N<9.OYK&-A/ZQQ<4/
MS'@V?G;>[G'2NH>W=^Y6DI\N^JF%FT?XQ\C+OQKJL4W9Y&0^M[:H>^QU;O6>
MT5;7M^C[D_UHPLV__&5C9E&/=;BB_`<<AE;W5`,?6^QWK-::MK&_3]Z]0QQ>
M`Z_)=L=9$4@RU@_-;/Y]KMWO4:;;LBWU&37C,D-D";3QN_D5-_-_TG_5I3YY
M_C>Q<K/MZ:<"BS+#*LIKS0QUH:2:`UK_`$6OV?0>KG^,"F[*^I/3<?%JLR,B
MN[%-E-3'/L:!59N-E5;765[?Y;5VS[[KK_0Q@6>FZ+[7MT`T=LJW?3>^?I_S
M:>_*<YYQL6'7_G.(]M8_TC_WOY#/STE/&]`&9B?XK[L=HMQ^HMQ\TTU`.9>'
MFR]U1KK]M^_WU[$O\65_53B=1;URS*+G6UBD9YMDM+#N%7VS^7]+:NSNR;*]
ME#`+,NP<`>UO[UUFOMJW?VWIW6MQ*!ZUAM>.Y@.>2?S&#;^]]%)3P/U#ZY]:
M\[K=]?UB]1N`S'LMK-^*W':+&6TBEWK>C3[VTNLVMWJUD]?ZRWZW-Z(WI;']
M&%[*QF^E>2&/KWO>,EKO0]EUMC?4_P`'_P""+LZ[K*Z7Y&86U-F0SG8WAK7.
M_/L=_P!7^C2Q3?<XY-A+*W"*J=/HG7U+"/\`"/\`_`TE/__7]*NJOR;32^:\
M4`;R")LUG8V/H5_F6IK+;+'MQL3V-`!LN`]K6_FLJ_>L>WZ'YE:N(5E=C*2W
M$#&/F0'#VZG<^=D?224UR]F.P8>$W?;P1)AL[7.MR'_2^B_?_I+5-OV;!#:Y
M_27NALZN>Z.^T?FM_/471A5"NLBS*NW;-\C>^3:6^W=Z=?N?_P`'4BT8VUQN
MN(LR'?2?V:/]'5^[6U)2L6A];=][@^]Q+G$?1;NV[JZ9]WI^S^W_`#BE=70[
M;9<T'TS+2>Q_\ZV_VU-[VL:7O,-:)<3P`.ZJ-:_/.ZUNW#!.QA_PO_"/!`_0
M_P#!_P"%_P"*^FE*=59FVM=8-N(S7TC,V2)_2-]NUC'_`)CVJW96RVMU;Q+'
M@M</$'0J222F%53*:VUUB&M$`?WH>1ELI]C!ZM[C%=33J3_*_<8W\]Z.HBNL
M/=8&@/>`'.[D#Z,_YR2FLWT\*IU^0[?;8=8$DD_1HH:!N^E^9^_^D3U8CG/]
M;+(ML&E;8]C!/TFL/^$=^_\`];_X2TGV6G[0<@@FP@-U<2!'&UA.QOTD9)3%
M[&/:6/:'-/+2)!4DDDE*56RQE;O2QFCU[G%QV`$`_1===JSVZ;?](]3R;;V!
MK:*O4>\D!QT:W^59_)4J*12R"=SSK8^`"YW[Y#4E+8^.VEID[[7ZVV'EQ_\`
M(_N,_,3WNQZV>O?M#:O<'.['Z/M_E:[455646W6B[*`'IG]#4#+01[?5<[3>
M_P#T?[C/^$24JJIV01?D,VP[=54[7;&C'N'[^W\S_!*TDDDI_]#U5)?*J22G
MZ>Q?0^T6_3^T:_SOT_3W.V^G_P`#O^C_`."*XOE5))3]5)A$:<=E\K))*?JI
M)?*J22GZJ27RJDDI^JDE\JI)*?JI)?*J22GZJ27RJDDI^JDE\JI)*?JI)?*J
M22G_V3A"24T$(0``````50````$!````#P!!`&0`;P!B`&4`(`!0`&@`;P!T
M`&\`<P!H`&\`<````!,`00!D`&\`8@!E`"``4`!H`&\`=`!O`',`:`!O`'``
M(`!#`%,`,@````$`.$))300&```````'``@!`0`"`0#_X3JQ:'1T<#HO+VYS
M+F%D;V)E+F-O;2]X87`O,2XP+P`\/WAP86-K970@8F5G:6X](N^[OR(@:60]
M(E<U33!-<$-E:&E(>G)E4WI.5&-Z:V,Y9"(_/@H\>#IX;7!M971A('AM;&YS
M.G@](F%D;V)E.FYS.FUE=&$O(B!X.GAM<'1K/2(S+C$N,2TQ,3(B/@H@("`\
M<F1F.E)$1B!X;6QN<SIR9&8](FAT='`Z+R]W=W<N=S,N;W)G+S$Y.3DO,#(O
M,C(M<F1F+7-Y;G1A>"UN<R,B/@H@("`@("`\<F1F.D1E<V-R:7!T:6]N(')D
M9CIA8F]U=#TB(@H@("`@("`@("`@("!X;6QN<SID8STB:'1T<#HO+W!U<FPN
M;W)G+V1C+V5L96UE;G1S+S$N,2\B/@H@("`@("`@("`\9&,Z9F]R;6%T/FEM
M86=E+VIP96<\+V1C.F9O<FUA=#X*("`@("`@/"]R9&8Z1&5S8W)I<'1I;VX^
M"B`@("`@(#QR9&8Z1&5S8W)I<'1I;VX@<F1F.F%B;W5T/2(B"B`@("`@("`@
M("`@('AM;&YS.GAA<#TB:'1T<#HO+VYS+F%D;V)E+F-O;2]X87`O,2XP+R(^
M"B`@("`@("`@(#QX87`Z0W)E871O<E1O;VP^061O8F4@4&AO=&]S:&]P($-3
M,B!-86-I;G1O<V@\+WAA<#I#<F5A=&]R5&]O;#X*("`@("`@("`@/'AA<#I#
M<F5A=&5$871E/C(P,#DM,#0M,#94,38Z,C<Z-#$M,#4Z,#`\+WAA<#I#<F5A
M=&5$871E/@H@("`@("`@("`\>&%P.DUO9&EF>41A=&4^,C`P.2TP-"TP-E0Q
M-CHR-SHT,2TP-3HP,#PO>&%P.DUO9&EF>41A=&4^"B`@("`@("`@(#QX87`Z
M365T861A=&%$871E/C(P,#DM,#0M,#94,38Z,C<Z-#$M,#4Z,#`\+WAA<#I-
M971A9&%T841A=&4^"B`@("`@(#PO<F1F.D1E<V-R:7!T:6]N/@H@("`@("`\
M<F1F.D1E<V-R:7!T:6]N(')D9CIA8F]U=#TB(@H@("`@("`@("`@("!X;6QN
M<SIX87!-33TB:'1T<#HO+VYS+F%D;V)E+F-O;2]X87`O,2XP+VUM+R(*("`@
M("`@("`@("`@>&UL;G,Z<W12968](FAT='`Z+R]N<RYA9&]B92YC;VTO>&%P
M+S$N,"]S5'EP92]297-O=7)C95)E9B,B/@H@("`@("`@("`\>&%P34TZ1&]C
M=6UE;G1)1#YU=6ED.D4T-C,S.4%%,C0U.3$Q1$4Y1D5!.#%!0D9&144P-C<W
M/"]X87!-33I$;V-U;65N=$E$/@H@("`@("`@("`\>&%P34TZ26YS=&%N8V5)
M1#YU=6ED.D4T-C,S.4%&,C0U.3$Q1$4Y1D5!.#%!0D9&144P-C<W/"]X87!-
M33I);G-T86YC94E$/@H@("`@("`@("`\>&%P34TZ1&5R:79E9$9R;VT@<F1F
M.G!A<G-E5'EP93TB4F5S;W5R8V4B/@H@("`@("`@("`@("`\<W12968Z:6YS
M=&%N8V5)1#YU=6ED.CA%-D(Y035!,#@Y1#$Q1$5!14$Y0S`X0S,W,#!!-D5"
M/"]S=%)E9CII;G-T86YC94E$/@H@("`@("`@("`@("`\<W12968Z9&]C=6UE
M;G1)1#YU=6ED.CA%-D(Y034Y,#@Y1#$Q1$5!14$Y0S`X0S,W,#!!-D5"/"]S
M=%)E9CID;V-U;65N=$E$/@H@("`@("`@("`\+WAA<$U-.D1E<FEV961&<F]M
M/@H@("`@("`\+W)D9CI$97-C<FEP=&EO;CX*("`@("`@/')D9CI$97-C<FEP
M=&EO;B!R9&8Z86)O=70](B(*("`@("`@("`@("`@>&UL;G,Z<&AO=&]S:&]P
M/2)H='1P.B\O;G,N861O8F4N8V]M+W!H;W1O<VAO<"\Q+C`O(CX*("`@("`@
M("`@/'!H;W1O<VAO<#I#;VQO<DUO9&4^,3PO<&AO=&]S:&]P.D-O;&]R36]D
M93X*("`@("`@("`@/'!H;W1O<VAO<#I)0T-0<F]F:6QE/D1O="!'86EN(#(P
M)3PO<&AO=&]S:&]P.DE#0U!R;V9I;&4^"B`@("`@("`@(#QP:&]T;W-H;W`Z
M2&ES=&]R>2\^"B`@("`@(#PO<F1F.D1E<V-R:7!T:6]N/@H@("`@("`\<F1F
M.D1E<V-R:7!T:6]N(')D9CIA8F]U=#TB(@H@("`@("`@("`@("!X;6QN<SIT
M:69F/2)H='1P.B\O;G,N861O8F4N8V]M+W1I9F8O,2XP+R(^"B`@("`@("`@
M(#QT:69F.D]R:65N=&%T:6]N/C$\+W1I9F8Z3W)I96YT871I;VX^"B`@("`@
M("`@(#QT:69F.EA297-O;'5T:6]N/C$R-3`P,#`O,3`P,#`\+W1I9F8Z6%)E
M<V]L=71I;VX^"B`@("`@("`@(#QT:69F.EE297-O;'5T:6]N/C$R-3`P,#`O
M,3`P,#`\+W1I9F8Z65)E<V]L=71I;VX^"B`@("`@("`@(#QT:69F.E)E<V]L
M=71I;VY5;FET/C(\+W1I9F8Z4F5S;VQU=&EO;E5N:70^"B`@("`@("`@(#QT
M:69F.DYA=&EV941I9V5S=#XR-38L,C4W+#(U."PR-3DL,C8R+#(W-"PR-S<L
M,C@T+#4S,"PU,S$L,C@R+#(X,RPR.38L,S`Q+#,Q."PS,3DL-3(Y+#4S,BPS
M,#8L,C<P+#(W,2PR-S(L,S`U+#,Q-2PS,S0S,CLQ13`U-$1!0C)$,#0Q13-$
M.4%#-C@T.#8V-#8P,C4Q-SPO=&EF9CI.871I=F5$:6=E<W0^"B`@("`@(#PO
M<F1F.D1E<V-R:7!T:6]N/@H@("`@("`\<F1F.D1E<V-R:7!T:6]N(')D9CIA
M8F]U=#TB(@H@("`@("`@("`@("!X;6QN<SIE>&EF/2)H='1P.B\O;G,N861O
M8F4N8V]M+V5X:68O,2XP+R(^"B`@("`@("`@(#QE>&EF.E!I>&5L6$1I;65N
M<VEO;CXV,C$\+V5X:68Z4&EX96Q81&EM96YS:6]N/@H@("`@("`@("`\97AI
M9CI0:7AE;%E$:6UE;G-I;VX^-3<T/"]E>&EF.E!I>&5L641I;65N<VEO;CX*
M("`@("`@("`@/&5X:68Z0V]L;W)3<&%C93XM,3PO97AI9CI#;VQO<E-P86-E
M/@H@("`@("`@("`\97AI9CI.871I=F5$:6=E<W0^,S8X-C0L-#`Y-C`L-#`Y
M-C$L,S<Q,C$L,S<Q,C(L-#`Y-C(L-#`Y-C,L,S<U,3`L-#`Y-C0L,S8X-C<L
M,S8X-C@L,S,T,S0L,S,T,S<L,S0X-3`L,S0X-3(L,S0X-34L,S0X-38L,S<S
M-S<L,S<S-S@L,S<S-SDL,S<S.#`L,S<S.#$L,S<S.#(L,S<S.#,L,S<S.#0L
M,S<S.#4L,S<S.#8L,S<S.38L-#$T.#,L-#$T.#0L-#$T.#8L-#$T.#<L-#$T
M.#@L-#$T.3(L-#$T.3,L-#$T.34L-#$W,C@L-#$W,CDL-#$W,S`L-#$Y.#4L
M-#$Y.#8L-#$Y.#<L-#$Y.#@L-#$Y.#DL-#$Y.3`L-#$Y.3$L-#$Y.3(L-#$Y
M.3,L-#$Y.30L-#$Y.34L-#$Y.38L-#(P,38L,"PR+#0L-2PV+#<L."PY+#$P
M+#$Q+#$R+#$S+#$T+#$U+#$V+#$W+#$X+#(P+#(R+#(S+#(T+#(U+#(V+#(W
M+#(X+#,P.S=!0T(V-D)!,T,R1C=&-S<X-#4R.3<P0T4R0C8U048W/"]E>&EF
M.DYA=&EV941I9V5S=#X*("`@("`@/"]R9&8Z1&5S8W)I<'1I;VX^"B`@(#PO
M<F1F.E)$1CX*/"]X.GAM<&UE=&$^"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@"B`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(`H@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
M("`@("`@("`@"CP_>'!A8VME="!E;F0](G<B/S[_[@`A061O8F4`9```````
M`P`0`P$"`P```````````````/_;`$,``0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!
M`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0("`@("`@("`@("`P,#`P,#`P,#`__"
M``L(`CX";0$!$0#_Q`"[``$``@,!`0$!`0``````````"@L'"`D&!00#`A``
M``4#!`(!`P,%`0$```````0%!@<#.`D0`C<(`39@(%`8,!890!$4%1<2$Q$`
M`04``0$$!P0%"08%`P('!`$"`P4&!Q`1$A.U`"$4%75V=[06M@@@8#%!(E!1
M0B/6AY>W.#!`,B26%V'4)34W,Y/7U3:!D6+20Y4F$@$``@(!`P4!`0$!````
M```!`!$0(2`P8#%`4'!!<5'P88'_V@`(`0$"````G\`````````````#5?&O
M[\?>[WI````````````UH_-ZCS7Q=MP```````````$3GR':K?+DW[W#&8]_
M=AP``````````"DKP78,3,.??`Y+<^R```````````?RI,,%V#$S"+]6<+P[
MW0```````````I*\%V#$S"+]6<+P[W0``````````!_*DPP78,3,(OU9PO#O
M=```````````"DKP78,3,(OU9PO#O=```````````"DKP78,3,(OU9PO#O=`
M``````````'\J3#!=@Q,PB_5G"\.]T```````````*2O!=@Q,PB_5G"\.]T`
M``````````?YI+<%V#$S"+]6<+P[W0``````````!_.DOP78,3,(OU9PO#O=
M```````````"DKP78,3,(OU9PO#O=```````````'\J3#!=@Q,PB_5G"\.]T
M```````````*2O!=@Q,PB_5G"\.]T```````````*2O!=@Q,PB_5G"\.]T``
M`````````?RI,,%V#$S"+]6<+P[W0```````````I*\%V#$S"+]6<+P[W0``
M````````!_*DPP78,3,(OU9PO#O=```````````"DKP78,3,(OU9PO#O=```
M````````"DKP78,3,(OU9PO#O=```````````'\J3#!=@Q,PB_5G"\.]T```
M````````*2O!=@Q,PB_5G"\.U=^#]'%^.>OX``````````4E>"[!B9A%^K.%
MX=]GA=KWO3UL]"``````````/Y4F&"[!B9A%^K.%X=[JK#CYR@;,<```````
M```%)7@NP8F81?JSA>'>ZJPX^<H&S'``````````#^5)A@NP8F81?JSA>'>Z
MJPX^<H&S'``````````!25X+L&)F$7ZLX7AWNJL./G*!LQP``````````4E>
M"[!B9A%^K.%X=[JK#CYR@;,<``````````/Y4F&"[!B9A%^K.%X=[JK#CYR@
M;,<``````````%)7@NP8F81?JSA>'>ZJPX^<H&S'``````````!25X+L&)F$
M7ZLX7AWNJL./G*!LQP``````````_E288+L&)F$7ZLX7AWNJL./G*!LQ]#<I
M>:QUT%_J`````````"DKP78,3,(OU9PO#O=58<?.4#9CZB_T_!]S/7KP````
M`````_E288+L&)F$7ZLX7AWNJL./G*!LQ^=U1XM'^VH`````````%)7@NP8F
M81?JSA>'>ZJPX^<H&S'YN4[2UV[I``````````4E>"[!B9A%^K.%X=[JK#CY
MR@;,?FY3M+7;ND`````````#^5)A@NP8F81?JSA>'>ZJPX^<H&S'YN4[2UV[
MA8PP9\K;CUX````````"DKP78,3,(OU9PO#O=58<?.4#9C\W*=I:[==<#_F_
MC_G>8````````#^=)?@NP8F81?JSA>'>ZJPX^<H&S'YN4[2UV[I0BHI^XMK`
M`````````_S26X+L&)F$7ZLX7AWNJL./G*!LQ^;E.TM=NZ5?-#0WIN7\5^NQ
M[^_+(````````I*\%V#$S"+]6<+P[W56''SE`V8_-RG:6NW=*OFAH;TW+^BW
MU.<.UF\/M\4^H])[3SW@_I>Z^L``````'\J3#!=@Q,PB_5G"\.]U5AQ\Y0-F
M/S<IVEKMW2KYH:&]-R^KNL;R:Y$7+/=_6;#V^G.[_7T]F-UP``````4E>"[!
MB9A%^K.%X=[JK#CYR@;,?FY3M+7;NE7S0T-Z;E]25X+GO3:N(T+99M>HB&\V
M.M,K```````"DKP78,3,(OU9PO#O=58<?.4#9C\W*=I:[=TJ^:&AO3<OJ2O!
M<]Z;5%^K.%X=[JK#CYR@;,<``````'\J3#!=@Q,PB_5G"\.]U5AQ\Y0-F/S<
MIVEKMW2KYH:&]-R^I*\%SWIM47ZLX7AWNJL./G*!LQP``````*2O!=@Q,PB_
M5G"\.]U5AQ\Y0-F/S<IVEKMW2KYH:&]-R^I*\%SWIM47ZLX7AWNJL./G*!LQ
MP``````?RI,,%V#$S"+]6<+P[W56''SE`V8_-RG:6NW=*OFAH;TW+ZDKP7/>
MFU1?JSA>'>ZJPX^<H&S'T\\#A!TC^?ZK&.9/"Y%Q!ZC(_P#H````4E>"[!B9
MA%^K.%X=[JK#CYR@;,?FY3M+7;NE7S0T-Z;E]25X+GO3:HOU9PO#O=58<?.4
M#9CZG\=_N]:MB]0=;/P;'>R\_KAZ3>?-0````I*\%V#$S"+]6<+P[W56''SE
M`V8_-RG:6NW=*OFAH;TW+ZDKP7/>FU1?JSA>'>ZJPX^<H&S'T6IH%KMW2B71
MSMR+#I7OX2DUR(M9,$^:R;N+^K%7V?>?:``!_*DPP78,3,(OU9PO#O=58<?.
M4#9C\W*=I:[=TJ^:&AO3<OJ2O!<]Z;5%^K.%X=[JK#CYR@;,?1:F@6NW=*OF
MAH=([B52S:H3WIM6K>!?;>NRSJ!CKU&8MVP``*2O!=@Q,PB_5G"\.]U5AQ\Y
M0-F/S<IVEKMW2KYH:&]-R^I*\%SWIM47ZLX7AWNJL./G*!LQ]%J:!:[=TJ^:
M&ATCN)5+-JA/>FU1?JSA>'>ZA@\ZNK4OG3'_`#CC#O2+Z'E_`[&>A`%)7@NP
M8F81?JSA>'>ZJPX^<H&S'YN4[2UV[I5\T-#>FY?4E>"Y[TVJ+]6<+P[W56''
MSE`V8^BU-`M=NZ5?-#0Z1W$JEFU0GO3:HOU9PO#O=51/"V2-:!8'CM_<[=Y'
MQ1BWXF3O0_LP=\#=38,?RI,,%V#$S"+]6<+P[W56''SE`V8_-RG:6NW=*OFA
MH;TW+ZDKP7/>FU1?JSA>'>ZJPX^<H&S'T6IH%KMW2KYH:'2.XE4LVJ$]Z;5%
M^K.%X=[JJ)X6R1K0+1:F@6NW=**M&FW(L.L8\]_,[89XRH%)7@NP8F81?JSA
M>'>ZJPX^<H&S'YN4[2UV[I5\T-#>FY?4E>"Y[TVJ+]6<+P[W56''SE`V8^BU
M-`M=NZ5?-#0Z1W$JEFU0GO3:HOU9PO#O=51/"V2-:!:+4T"UV[I0(82O2.XE
M4LVJ$]Z;4/,Z[556))F<F+A+!$6P?TH`?&;OK.@TWK,EB)U1ASQ@MMK.C]-5
MGB28+*0X2P1%L']*`'QF[ZSH-9*P58B=48<\8+>.R[_35PZ[3!92'"6"(M@_
MI5ZW)/N//.UDK!5B)U1B*Q5-X[+O]-7#KM,%E(;E'B/;CQ'M_P`WZ7B/;_@_
M?XCV_P`OYOIO$>W/-_2^D>(]N/$>W/$>W'B/;XVR3YOZ7TO\_P"O$>W'B/;G
MB/;_`,/S_O\`$>W/-_2^E\#[_B/;AJ*VZ?FX[]*\S-2=9^IS\'+3=G8%^#DC
MTGRLYX[`;'/\\GMZ\\-7]3.GOUG+S>C+;'_)3KI[=B_E]V1.=7W]]GDN>G2;
MZ7Y.0V]>S)S?Z%?6<WOS]*0:4:G=?_T_YX>]%]K7/K1[N[^G`'.;H/LB^-QY
MV_VV]5H/B+JJ\WQCVFW.R9KQH[LMNFYDX^Z[L7\=^R.1V&>5W7+(OE=:]#>T
M/[_-\:-Q=[7)W:;<5@S07.>_3GUBKJT#3'7KJ?\`T\+SMV9VS:MZ<=7OVZ8X
M6VKV,8)T?V1W%<VOX]*SE!D[HB^3QKZ$;18TT<RAN\QWQF[`9=8'YX]1<@M4
M>>?:KZ&`>0_7'85R%V7WC89T*SEO2YZZF=O0:@ZM]8/].,^\&W#G-BOJO];$
MV%?=;$OR<<MW=N_(\^?-]6'XN%._N\P^-]ER=V[VG8\XW="MRC2K:3V('.C:
MS-?^>3&R&[)B#7/>OQ6I.!>LH.9?@^L_Z?B<7>B>U37/%.YWU/G\<-[=LA_#
M^[G=J9W$'@_>`:`?BZ&-"-&NQV3@`#X_%SI#LT!HYD;9T'/O6OLC_=Q:WZVK
M:W\TNR_IOQ8%\IMD#P.L.)>BOH0`Y??LZ:L8X(V"R&``?YX^]&\T@:#^.Z4@
M?B_E]+!FLV5-N/X<R_B]/?L?PXF;D[X@_P`\V\\[6@!@70G+O1-@7E9UBS6`
M`:WZ8;9;6@<V/.=2@`Q?Y7/32_$G1#[?S^1>W6TGI@<XL>=8``8KQ%MBYV:O
M]4LP@`'R]3<H9V`T@P!U>``.1'Y>M?UM-M.>B>?`?@T2\!T[``!^#]X`!_GE
M#MYM(#RNAO\`?HJ``,)9@_;A+''V=FP.17Z>M@`````QEPMZF[I`8-UAZ(``
M`./>WFY`'/GR73,`````&.,C@```#6;3[9#<H!_G_0``````````&B&]X```
M```````!_]H`"`$!``$%`?B4D+K\;N]LS`96U9Q2*O(,J5YH4C:RSIAVK=;X
M2XXZ-N1?I1.@E3*DR/W`:;D0L=I/P_"S,5*GPIP9=84;J_\`S'0:.K7:YF]K
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ME)<Q`?=CK[/;NVI*5MV?`*>SQ3V2AR8,-/&8RWVKZ-?UD90;QQB0NH^!2AR8
M,-/&8RWVKZ-?UD90;QQB0NH^`T]_BILE#DP8:>,QEOM7T:_K(R@WCC$A=1\"
ME#DP8:>,QEOM7T:_K(R@WCC$A=1\"E#DP8:>,QEOM7T:_K(R@WCC$A=1\!I^
M-_C9*')@PT\9C+?:OHU_61E!O'&)"ZCX%*')@PT\9C+?:OHU_61E!O'&)"ZC
MX%*')@PT\9C+?:OHU_61E!O'&)"ZCX#3I[*6R4.3!AIXS&6^U?1K^LC*#>.,
M2%U`>4S_`+6DZ6'4\&4TW'*9=+?#4G2BO4*=395V??)0Y,&&GC,9;[5]&OZR
M,H-XXQ(74!SP^B.I?<4>.MPU#,),NJ]W#%*4XS+>0R#90/O=/=_[V2AR8,-/
M&8RWVKZ-?UD90;QQB0NH';<X<3NL7_4),'_4),&.=44UKIK]]E#DP8:>,QEO
MM7T:_K(R@WCC$A=0.X=J^F-6RC[[*')@PT\9C+?:OHU_61E!O'&)"Z@=P[5]
M,:ME'WRGM\[-DH<F##3QF,M]J^C7]9&4&\<8D+J!W#M7TQJV4&S94@49KHKO
M%,.S8CHBDX.P+*:^]+6:"O6^\2AR8,-/&8RWVKZ-?UD90;QQB0NH'<.U?3&K
M91(#2H/]AMYAN=ON5(:+Y/5TZ'BY9O-F(3C9D#[OMW;=^V4.3!AIXS&6^U?1
MK^LC*#>.,2%U`[AVKZ8U;*!E6FZ7HJD#\P^U`Z[]J^R;B[`?>/'CQM\2AR8,
M-/&8RWVKZ-?UD90;QQB0NH'<.U?3&K90,RW)@ZO7,!RO1O-'RIK":C;#,B,D
MK3IOIHUO'W24.3!AIXS&6^U?1K^LC*#>.,2%U`[AVKZ8U;*!F6Y,'5ZY@3@T
M=CK1W>GN-6=IR#I'\E7)#AQ,.,'8ZZ;;\K9'_?')0:1!Q%WZSC9-/<J$K"I4
MV4MB,KDUY+*/]I'B1)[-%2,$CQ12+_::?G=NV2AR8,-/&8RWVKZ-?UD90;QQ
MB0NH'<.U?3&K90,RW)@ZO7,:/++=V.;SO_F&[,#'YVWD?M:D!/94G-2::!<\
MNN9J1R;5MR:PI-:IJ0&XK.A$34.4S75]W,=\.@TV(5.>4"&*<F%TK[5*')@P
MT\9C+?:OHU_61E!O'&)"Z@=P[5],:ME`S+<F#J]<QI*')@PP^LCOY.S_`.O$
M&?RL=N!_*QVX"(:JGT4=M<DCWZYSA_,M)@Z8Y"GEV@E[[7*')@PT\9C+?:OH
MU_61E!O'&)"Z@=P[5],:ME`S+<F#J]<QI*')@PP^LC+?:OHU_61E!O'&)"ZC
M[53V?_/9*')@PT\9C+?:OHU_61E!O'&)"Z@=P[5],:ME`S+<F#J]<QI*')@P
MP^LC+?:OHU_61E!O'&)"ZC[7*')@PT\9C+?:OHU_61E!O'&)"Z@=P[5],:ME
M`S+<F#J]<QI*')@PP^LC+?:OHU_61E!O'&)"ZC[53W[*NR4.3!AIXS&6^U?1
MK^LC*#>.,2%U`[AVKZ8U;*!F6Y,'5ZYC24.3!AA]9&6^U?1K^LC*#>.,2%U`
MD8FX:JY*+O7*+O;DM_NE7;KTDMOF&X[T)TLUJOEMO3=0721E<,2@RR*>64B1
MPT[7RT6(1.'"B<3-R.S4S?X>#7\[O'G^_C^LE#DP8:>,QEOM7T:_K(R@WCC$
MA=0.X=J^F-6R@9EN3!U>N8TE#DP88?61EOM7T:_K(R@WCC$A=0)!:T2)I?=W
MGQY[O%/OUT!HJD?N.*IM8F_931$=A&G?0W)D.286D-KP@J&&`SFI)K>?DR&3
MQM`?":Y'HW$VF\O^</"(U),,L'>Z=Z%_62AR8,-/&8RWVKZ-?UD90;QQB0NH
M'<.U?3&K90,RW)@ZO7,:2AR8,,/K(RWVKZ-?UD90;QQB0NH':&V?3&K90,B_
M<&9^M+T_E8[<#KSDB[-R1.>DF98>Q3,D?^8;LP,?G;>1^UJ0&Z\%E2E!;FA0
M2IH6)C=Z.\V=,.U;K+"PF-]*(*))33Z,BM&N@4WJV]R@04":H6_HJ?\`[_\`
M$H<F##3QF,M]J^C7]9&4&\<8D+J!W#M7TQJV4#,MR8.KUS&DH<F###ZR,M]J
M^C7]9&4&\<8D+J!VAMGTQJV4#,MR8.GEU&D\\Y###ZR%5MMELK.XE!]950EZ
M.":N<AAE+&Z0B"@JL%TMQY*L"JC"?:D^BL0K*H0B!,DQ(_I)0Y,&&GC,9;[5
M]&OZR,H-XXQ(74#N':OIC5LH&9;DP=7KF-)0Y,&&'UD9;[5]&OZR,H-XXQ(7
M4#M#;/IC5LH&9;DP=/+J-)YYR&&'UD9;[5]&OZR.V.2J58`[`?S'3D.F>1*3
MNR<VAYJJP1F*85972:SLKO)MRVWG-)[9,MQZ(#F8S?=B$Y@1D9H*57S-D<4B
M)14)GC7Z4H<F##3QF,M]J^C7]9&4&\<8D+J!W#M7TQJV4#,MR8.KUS&DH<F#
M##ZR,M]J^C7]9&4&\<8D+J!VAMGTQJV4#,MR8.GEU&D\\Y###ZR,M]J^C7]9
M&2J]<8I[N`_S3):B)YR/=$MU#QDTZ7_[N*WG&<^1K)#(V/>+49)>!1[IL:[&
MTN%X1+&41H,B1&V_'^[W"2>1A</N^+)%5I-C:*EB29*:9O\`Z4U?V[]%/9XI
M[)0Y,&&GC,9;[5]&OZR,H-XXQ(74#N':OIC5LH&9;DP=7KF-)0Y,&&'UD9;[
M5]&OZR,H-XXQ(74#M#;/IC5LH&9;DP=/+J-)YYR&&'UD9;[5]&OZR,E5ZXQ3
MW<#M#;/IC5LH&1WMO,/69:_E8[<#KSDB[-R1.8<;-;;L\*?8'J2CKJWV2ZBN
M$^U7A",ZT?V2UO\`2_3*')@PT\9C+?:OHU_61E!O'&)"Z@=P[5],:ME`S+<F
M#J]<QI*')@PP^LC+?:OHU_61E!O'&)"Z@=H;9],:ME`S+<F#IY=1I//.0PP^
MLC+?:OHU_61DJO7&*>[@=H;9],:ME`S/>S#IY=1I//.0PP^L_0M+*:W4;_L[
M0#_ZW=C%=]_B]V8&,(DZ(,8E2>6!24LCYQ5FCKY^+W9@?B]V8"!+S6*(2=/+
M`5RG?N*)@EOLY^+W9@8X(YE.%^P9Z>6`F;>S+]3WOU\_%[LP/Q>[,#HLY=T5
M]5RL\L`]7R>M&09S??XO=F!`/7^?VC.YR<V*G$Z,VLLQ1?\`UN[&*[[_`!>[
M,#%XE.Z"D*I/+`I*61\XJS1U\_%[LP/Q>[,!`EYK%$).GE@*Y3OW%$P2WV<_
M%[LP,<$<RG"_8,]/+`3-L_2,DNZ"/Q>[,#\7NS`Z+.7=%?5<O/+`-F\GK1D&
M<WW^+W9@=9H'GED=@SDYL5.)T9M99BC+_7;L*XI9_%[LP,7B4[H*0JD\L"DI
M9'SBK-'7S\7NS`_%[LP$"7FL40DZ>6`KE.],03-*G:C\7NS`QY1A+4/=CST\
ML!,VS](R2[H(_%[LP/Q>[,#HLY=T5]5R\\L`V;RAMI]3JN_B]V8'6:!YY9'8
M,Y.;%3B=&;668HR_UV["N*6?Q>[,#%XE.Z"D*I/+`I*6KF;Z<[6W]%=OIQER
M"M6HEZ6C=;Z<UTH;31;>9"XWTYQ4@=/$DTHC+2,XDT)3?3D8_JLI11>1R96D
M0)ZUV^G&7)]#=;Z<UTK5<;Z<XJ7T)S?3DM5#C=S=:6BRE%%Y')E:1`F/[^/[
MBNWTXRY/H;K?3FNE:KC?3G%2%6K3H4RIHL>+!.;Z<EJNJRE%%Y')E:1`F"*H
MG*>X5V^G&7)],GR&9:]2'U%U&T+2M6HEZ4COEQ/A48"$N-MJZ2G+;:C@A$5!
M;5G9H:-%B):09`I.<['C)_99/2L:+%Z3VF_8=66>YC#H3-)$E,N<$7U7_4;N
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MKJ(V4F1)=;K.;+)8[CD^J6*EB5`*:NG(R8H.)4==1'Z_--/3J-&B6HUJU$M1
M?DN^7"NQG&"<U2ND@/HC'J-(C]6E,O%$1?MNMI*TLETI)B2'J&^A]4E2LE->
MC$J:^GFH[=NW9M"XO4&_MD]P)[_+1K''[8V:2?*C?C5/26`ZGV:+EZ!2@),E
M9,:52:U.0*AU@QR08A;1QR*VVHZ'\_'FYE6*HI(,(EI)TVD26V*(ZK'MFLCR
M^GJ)V(HM6B/C0_1-&"2S5FC_`.\>Q<08E(.YPTFPB2X<5$5JQC'Q<KLT<CH2
M&N3WOA4?SJ9+(;[!1M"2PMN)PFT5RR4]6VUT1IDM)48;@=Y.(8VV.XH4*%"!
M4.=4WN9O>5W_`*"28S`H-3QI*;K7W74B**BC/3='M(+/CDE)CR<9,I&T5(B9
M2TDN7"Y93B5N-E3=GU29(Y-N%HF8KA4C_CQXV^-'E):\^5F+HQ(,A.T*.UY2
MZ2C!M/\`=*F0($4HB'T:<I!J,=QL>96C&;'/Q\WM*]/?5H'$T[14XXB@FS]%
M\XJIZ(X9\)'4Z(XB\'">AG_(_P`<FZY/;,HPS'[A::)]%1.(5C^A5VMU?3&=
M%WEKT='&Y4]MIQBH[>P%%&A-`073J;BYRICX0T,B@$_KEJ$6NX3S(8J4R$4>
M?/C;X=DE&92,1/$;;8YC5^H%9S-&,(=8K:VA=6J:(5D207$T6W%,.F#I3ZG^
MYW@VW^A1;2E%3HT:):B%-23T9-><EJ4DJ[$C`NUE31_R(29A)Q1T2?+F(DBJ
M:3!LV5(%))D5<?1A@QEM;I_Z-U*EOW:2C+!*G0@\G06'Q]"NUVZOGOK?M=4/
M*L6Q87I*FCWEV)C!Q(2WM(;6:34(-!)_74/!_<1<3O>[G1X]9AY%3_K>>WS*
MR:B);Y<)OZI-<[ZCI<C:'2SE%*E3H4]'-(CS?CEBZ."S'2]'Q(J>TU./F>HR
M<XD9%1VXE`R8H$R]5ZL)PIL:Q.FQ]O\`J<J]3;B2_P!9?;69<8Q!Y\^2J0E$
M3GZ<YR3_`(NV+(3;-.OH[7@@LE$5"AZ1FVUFJWV6B_K^?/C;X=LSN-Q+9!"*
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MI;#/TFUSO(ILZ_N1==AYDL5OL!'_`%SQTJFDC#)C*7F-':<^D]K?7(DBJY>O
M#D24*S=_7D677RWI!;+;.R.\B!$JF$1(<V-J/ZKPDYO2,ZV4PR;52_JW&BVP
MS+DB?X8B6+-U1,_HJ94M1K?K_P!_'D2@]7.\-T:L=.;1?ZE!<1THU*4Q4TWS
M'\,)WBA_02!'[>DMNEB],H7#C?Z$TU^6(F29-3(P::N@)WUSFZXQ5CL017N<
M"7]B>2PHM]KJZDBGS\7106:/GZW_`!TU9*1&+&SF/+'])*;Q-R$:C*,:S9I_
M7)Z8]V<MQ1&A.MO^R;&T7_W_`/62R\%ECM)14G%)K7B6(4>.TC]#SX\;O'P.
M'"D84%7X+__:``@!`0$&/P']4L_895N9-KYM1C*2PS]C7615_?CZ+4!4]VM'
M9#WM4#12YNA)DM/$E%LVSQC2M>P=C%G],;XX(<=)O]ARQC:'P&$^\1#>-;/1
MC"F'2R3.@(%T%9C;`I42*!PKWPQ?UG\;_2ASEFL>:P]K,#3`VUGA+>Y%U.E.
M#,+95A;NKV(M7C)E5(XH66E/*PN>)\44RRRQ,39Q9^J--BI0>&3ZD><*!]=+
MC>3N2M-AC.4)RH2XSB*NI"REG;>RHL$2TH$)/M'>-<P.I'T;*_,SRQ%!FPF-
M)CDL;<G5@YS,34Z+-*@5;=C6`)*(2KNU][7CQRR3>*B?J35Z%W(&THI*P)0F
MU6?BQD=0_P`=R>\B8'7F0OKZL,LH4\%\XI\)$<"JR.1G:Y5D*`LKVODBEWIU
M$T::J6/*W?)!LUGIM!0M)J"%][OL3"98'%J7%![7-&V/PG^'Z4[=-:>_*//%
MUEI6U$U<-$^PNZT=60VVH*1SQ[:44WL+%B%&KX(2/XGLE5L7AW_(6>J1*JXT
M69SV3*#KZNAKZH6KS=A?V@C@(J^H%.A++,TA"E/<0_VA&PHY.R"+N5!%BVP)
M+KHJ^,XI9QTDT;Z[:T_(D4]ZGLBME?+L*=I;T@]G:[QY8^SPG(QOZE7>?*XU
MY2G)HK>RIB)H&9/P)IZPV8*66'Q-&R3PI)(%5O:B+V?M3T_^,.5__MY#^TOI
MJ=!C<YILZ-D[<.F,ATR5:3DSFA*;'*-[KL+"/PFQIV+WE:O;^[TNK/>&`!9(
M,5)KN6TE\("05LL:^QE,[R>VPGR=V%PJH]I:/\%S'MD5CN.&UEIEY^()]1S+
M97%956%,=A<GJ+ZO%O\`)Y`<JFDFS*@TN8LK9LK1Y9@&6CGI$[O)$UNEH=A9
M1E\@U/Y9X+K4UMD3XNCKS;G$729NRO(B'*:/>'6U#,K9'=DKCQI%8O>;V^F-
MESL\)$8?!6W.LZ\Z=81]-0%)@V6`G&ME%&0VOYH!@$5]&;W"(A7S=V2"1"&O
M@V&VHS[S2'/R?*FOER]5XD.F/HC:C`FBYUTK8W,%L1Y\--34*QJXEDMNL\;5
M0$IA%K`E:$&#F;\K+U!]0Q(\_?U58#6RC6V>C;,2V.KA4MP*M261&D!2HB]G
M8B?J+R)\]:WS^PZ<S?/5!Y`_I#R/K:2^OZN?1UN::#G4KUL$*LQ;$N*=?>1H
M(_L\;*UR._C[W:Y.Q/3_`.,.5_\`[>0_M+Z?_&'*_P#]O(?VE]`K*)CHV'A"
MEL:]&^(V,B%L\;)%:JIWF)+_`#JG;^HS(XVHV.-C6,:G[&L8B-:U/_!$3TY$
M^>M;Y_8=.9OGJ@\@?TK_`*KY'R;5]<[\"J/L`_ZC\B?/6M\_L.G,WSU0>0/Z
M5_U7R/DVKZYWX%4?8!_U&8]T;XG.8URQ2*Q7QJJ(JQO6)\D:O8OJ7NN<W^95
M].1/GK6^?V'3F;YZH/(']*_ZKY'R;5]<[\"J/L`_ZC\B?/6M\_L.G,WSU0>0
M/Z5_U7R/DVKZYWX%4?8!_P!1^1/GK6^?V'3F;YZH/(']*_ZKY'R;5]<[\"J/
ML`_ZC,:]ZR/:QJ.D5&M61R(B*]6M1&M5R^OL3U>G(GSUK?/[#IS-\]4'D#^E
M?]5\CY-J^N=^!5'V`?\`4?D3YZUOG]ATYF^>J#R!_2O^J^1\FU?7._`JC[`/
M^HR*BHJ*G:BIZT5%_8J+^]%].1/GK6^?V'3F;YZH/(']*_ZKY'R;5]<[\"J/
ML`_ZC-8QK6,8U&L8U$:UK6IV-:UJ>I&HGIR)\]:WS^PZ<S?/5!Y`_I7_`%7R
M/DVKZYWX%4?8!_U'Y$^>M;Y_8=.9OGJ@\@?TK_JOD?)M7USOP*H^P#_J,QSV
M+&]S&JZ-5:Y8W*B*K%<U5:Y6KZNU/5Z<B?/6M\_L.G,WSU0>0/Z5_P!5\CY-
MJ^N=^!5'V`?]1^1/GK6^?V'3F;YZH/(']*_ZKY'R;5]<[\"J/L`_ZC\B?/6M
M\_L.G,WSU0>0/Z5_U7R/DVKZYWX%4?8!_P!1F,=(^5S6-:LLB,1\BHB(LCTB
M9'&CWKZU[K6M_F1/3D3YZUOG]ATYF^>J#R!_2O\`JOD?)M7USOP*H^P#_J/R
M)\]:WS^PZ<S?/5!Y`_I7_5?(^3:OKG?@51]@'_49DD;D='(QKV.3]CF/1'-<
MG_@J+Z<B?/6M\_L.G,WSU0>0/Z5_U7R/DVKZYWX%4?8!_P!1^1/GK6^?V'3F
M;YZH/(']*_ZKY'R;5]<[\"J/L`_ZC\B?/6M\_L.G,WSU0>0/Z5_U7R/DVKZY
MWX%4?8!_U&8LK6,D5C5D9&]9&-?V)WVLD='$Z1B._8JM;V_S)Z<B?/6M\_L.
MG,WSU0>0/Z5_U7R/DVKZYWX%4?8!_P!1^1/GK6^?V'3F;YZH/(']*_ZKY'R;
M5]<[\"J/L`_I^7U@EE:BCVFMV]=:`BVMB/66@<?%FSM((K.JA)96V*C6`$,T
M3IHGOB>SM8K?7Z36U1M"F#@9_54VRJK'7%EU]YI+`ZAO*4.MH3;.2M%(P%)4
M6"S2##0N'@/2-7R+[2D?&,-?<V$M'HN#.:[,H$:Z/ES]C/2;;\O4=!<1UD9C
MJA3A`]2<R(R.-)G0E.;WU;V(F@L^.#KNG]U6F6S0SS-AK;1+^LH-SG;SE4=D
MUS>6#8SKNGII\Z,4OAD"%-+=XJ,F5WI1!Z[WMI_#@;7UIPYALT9-=JN8\[A1
MK&-\PTTFLL*@C2A`L>[^M<%6O+CEF2U8U/U!Y$^>M;Y_8=.9OGJ@\@?TK_JO
MD?)M7USOP*H^P#^@)YM97F'5;WRUAI00Q!==)*WN22`D2QOF$?(SU.6-6JJ>
ME]A=E1/K-J,$-)=$4/'09:%":4""S6.:T&CA>8PT8IJSM=VHYRJCNWTKBX(]
M'`74`I5U)4/&_AD5=8C/"2NKIF.20(%(_P"'PHU;'V>KL]'<<<5SWZ7`M)8:
M!`SLM)1UT=<"4)$8Z.3Q%A252+)B]U&_Q=JKZ5\;:RO;'4L9%5,:$,C*R.)L
M;(XZ]J1]@;(V0L1J1]U$1B?S)^H+(VJ]6QL:Q%DD?*]4:B-17RRN?)(_L3UN
M<JN7]_IR)\]:WS^PZ<S?/5!Y`_I7_5?(^3:OKG?@51]@'Z<@?`L#^#*;I8?2
MC7><Y3]0^1/GK6^?V'3F;YZH/(']*_ZKY'R;5]<[\"J/L`_3D#X%@?P93=+#
MZ4:[SG*?J$R1J/1LC&O1)(WQ/1'(CD1\4K621O[%];7(CD_?Z<B?/6M\_L.G
M,WSU0>0/Z5_U7R/DVKZYWX%4?8!^G('P+`_@RFZ6'THUWG.4_4/D3YZUOG]A
MTYF^>J#R!_2O^J^1\FU?7._`JC[`/TY`^!8'\&4W2P^E&N\YRGZA\B?/6M\_
ML.G,WSU0>0/Z5_U7R/DVKZYWX%4?8!^G('P+`_@RFZ6'THUWG.4_4)B2N8^1
M&-21\;%C8Y_8G?<R-TDKHV*[]B*YW9_.OIR)\]:WS^PZ<S?/5!Y`_I7_`%7R
M/DVKZYWX%4?8!^G('P+`_@RFZ6'THUWG.4_4/D3YZUOG]ATYF^>J#R!_2O\`
MJOD?)M7USOP*H^P#].0/@6!_!E-TL/I1KO.<I^H?(GSUK?/[#IS-\]4'D#^E
M?]5\CY-J^N=^!5'V`?IR!\"P/X,INEA]*-=YSE/U"9%$QD<<;&QQQQM1C(V,
M1&L8QC41K6-:G8B)^STY$^>M;Y_8=.9OGJ@\@?TK_JOD?)M7USOP*H^P#].0
M/@6!_!E-TL/I1KO.<ITH^-O=<:V5^W$39Z$U2(9-C!H-/:4^S^[YK&.KH".,
M<]7)<FPS*Z<L>1(V,C[6RNN-5E:6FO4S=69=FU-D:6-8Z)`F>)%ELRT6"2--
M%>*G@!OG58U+?#%X;_%<^*OR8,4Y?A`Z,PY@H$IQ%U;4N<DO/NC42,DC'&LA
M@)H3"9)5]7C"P1L>L\SQFMLPJ^BG]X4"O/+/[E)[CM./\;R!9&Q%3)"Z4FK;
MK4K&L3M666)2NQD+2(QV2Q/9)'(QLD<D;D>R1CT1S'L>U5:YCFKVHJ?M_EWD
M3YZUOG]ATYF^>J#R!_2O^J^1\FU?7._`JC[`/TY`^!8'\&4W2P^E&N\YRG0^
MZ/.+\*VL.,[8\-8XY9A[+B?33ZK+DT-DY4*H_&/(5A:,[_>C[5'4>:2:62MD
M7E"W!2IN+RX$B@S&0)@68ZTG+SJ$06%47"0_%UTC1@7N;_&]OM,Z2$I%)%BM
MV/5TP5OCR=%823CYJAA,T=OIAO"L;F[/&"&EDM%*5Q:2QM8Y2I'O7M[W8D5H
M38%07@>C+T-;8CPPI$#[3D==A65B!N[R3@0T.YM)D8]ZHMJ9(7V)WO"]*/-U
M:2MK,]45M'7-GE=/.T"I"A`$2:=_\<TJ#P-[SE];E]?\N,?W'Q]]C7=R1$1[
M.\B+W'HBN1'M_8OK7TY$^>M;Y_8=.9OGJ@\@?TK_`*KY'R;5]<[\"J/L`_3D
M#X%@?P93=+#Z4:[SG*=.>3J\HD$T3BW83BF!SRC%#3QU!#HYAR(7,EAE8Y.U
M'-5%1?3_`.1-U_U;?_\`ZAZ?_(FZ_P"K;_\`_4/3AVRN+$ZVL2?^X/M%A9%D
M'&S^#RGN((O&**DEGE\*")K&]YR]C&HB>I/Y>Y$^>M;Y_8=.9OGJ@\@?TK_J
MOD?)M7USOP*H^P#].0/@6!_!E-TL/I1KO.<IT_,#]*-GY,3UX6_O&_S9W?\`
M+W(GSUK?/[#IS-\]4'D#^E?]5\CY-J^N=^!5'V`?IR!\"P/X,INEA]*-=YSE
M.GY@?I1L_)B>O"W]XW^;.[_EUC'2/E<UC6K+(C$?(J(B+(](F1QH]Z^M>ZUK
M?YD3TY$^>M;Y_8=.9OGJ@\@?TK_JOD?)M7USOP*H^P#].0/@6!_!E-TL/I1K
MO.<IT_,#]*-GY,3UX6_O&_S9W?H2<<1"($$/,6863(V$<44:-TQ!$\TBM9%#
M#$Q7.<JHB(G;Z1Z"&F)JL_9Q0&9PBRF2.WMZPB/Q1[4FF;"JTPA\+FRC1S3*
M9X3T]H@'D[8DTM=J<WI<TM%2T>AKY[!*26/25NBOW96K:`@5R0M98RZ!8H'0
M67L7AH3&]SFHDW@Z86Z%NH++&0ZD[4UT4-?/-54N-R.>W%[?]]MDD1M4S.Z@
M*6!(5>5/)*L7@I)',V.U8)%*HU58252G.[GLIQPK&^\F`O:YWCQ5A3E%F?ZN
MZ9#-$J=Z)W\L\B?/6M\_L.G,WSU0>0/Z5_U7R/DVKZYWX%4?8!^G('P+`_@R
MFZ6'THUWG.4Z?F!^E&S\F)Z\+?WC?YL[OTVV$)-(K!MKD=)DB+$1.TJO@TE,
M;3RFC)WX^T@5ABO9_$W^)J>M/2VV0,&/KK74UV!I]31UC[`;.E/SECIB]'L1
M_!K1I7ZFY$T3!84EB]4($+9R)FI&V'9OY"I.-=&%K*^8$NL81<6$5B%`1X=!
MFS76](@8N9J:\LQTS/9BWDFERSM;'WW1NT;"X,^=K-9=27!ATH'B4]$D]+38
MP:MJ0RXRGV-9G\11BCJ.4B#W1,#Y"8X6E2,CFTP>@E2B:;<E"UG;*\V0*TR.
M`S8^>L)Y4<A%766./(LVR=[Q9BS>\_\`K$FEG_E=KV.:]CVHYCVJCFN:Y.UK
MFN3U*U4].1/GK6^?V'3F;YZH/(']*_ZKY'R;5]<[\"J/L`_3D#X%@?P93=+#
MZ4:[SG*=/S`_2C9^3$]>%O[QO\V=WTXIK^-N2-CAP;7'7)ED+F;TZI@.*ANF
MPQ$$QB2QMEECB_A15]:)Z?Z@>5_^L[G_`,SZ<&9^]YQY,MJ2]YBXRI[BJ/UM
ML2#9U5GM:0*PKS1Y"%CG$,$F?'(QR=CF.5%_EE$1$1$3L1$]2(B?L1$_<B>G
M(GSUK?/[#IS-\]4'D#^E?]5\CY-J^N=^!5'V`?IR!\"P/X,INEA]*-=YSE.G
MY@?I1L_)B>O"W]XW^;.[Z<,_(M]Y^SI^7;ZZ<2?C_/\`2NCNB#D(MI7PUH-5
M1WNBLC'1/&CF?#69VMM;!8()#(DDE\/PXUD;WG)VIZ"OL24@4XQE>#"V*8@H
MXZ2*8AH@08L<Q19'LPTLJMC8Y6Q1/>O8UCE2OFET0"CV=<'<#$PK*4*RGL"X
M`0;<XH:*8>KJBS"$CC)*=#"YR.1'?P/[MVL-\%-]W8RY;=(EDD>+&!9V=(8K
M&,C<\M1KJE+">D*2*A8[X?\`ZK5;_*O(GSUK?/[#IS-\]4'D#^E?]5\CY-J^
MN=^!5'V`?IR!\"P/X,INEA]*-=YSE.GY@?I1L_)B>O"W]XW^;.[Z<,_(M]Y^
MSI^7;ZZ<2?C_`#_3PZ*+6#<GP4U\-QKI<R=HZ9F;N[!`'QGW-U7RP9Z.BBLJ
M\,@T2Q]H:<,,Z-@I3NR%_'-M'27$PG&.WEL[8ABU40FD`T'%FPS<UUG:]MP2
M9+)17.DBBFA);!,D*D+!X_8U),_-``:)>TV>@L::$6XK2<]=VVCY?OM[HN+^
M7`9RW!6^)R5--7QU\HK'>&JV'L\BO</`19G<<A$0F`,B/#0XD'PBI[KDL_>7
ME/0MG08:)H,MR>=`IJNCCM?=BQRQL#E:YK=DK5N/?NO45.]#)/%EG:Z\=AH+
M"6!\L4UN/B5KV&O1[^^6V15<Y5[RMSC/%FLDJ5NB4AC[\->`\OV()]A+WO\`
ME7VQ$<Z"-7UD>QD*W_Z+^R#+DIJVV1-N+1#E1\>\@DYR6U,1JQ",V`V8ER2J
MWM5)7^V^'`YCTD<U6/1MX>-H`)P\WH&Y2YGB>]S1-+(ZLCAHT1&=XJS*FNA(
MX8H4D=/,0R./O/<C?2M2MLAS?>X1MC7^S]]_C"5I`H=A([L9_P`NX(PV.&5D
MG<D9*JL5.\UR(^65[(XXV.DDDD<C&1L8BN>][W*C6L:U.U57]GH%<URS.`L8
M4*"EG'F%>0)(J^SE-@(9'.R$N'LDC[S6N6-R+V)V]GHVR#MO::^<YM;6FQ`6
M;QKXU\<\S(LO,@?<U;70"2R(^M]J8L<3W=O=:Y4JA:_1U!L]X((=3M%-AG;8
MC6`5C95[Q)8W.BF<?6TQA$#47ORP!SR-160R*UI8,["17OGC9/%VK'(X:>0:
M58W=B)(Q)H7(CD[6N3UM545%_DICGL6-[F-5T:JURQN5$56*YJJURM7U=J>K
MTY$^>M;Y_8=.9OGJ@\@?TK_JOD?)M7USOP*H^P#].0/@6!_!E-TL/I1KO.<I
MT_,#]*-GY,3UX6_O&_S9W?3AGY%OO/V=/R[?73B3\?Y_KJJ`+%<)2AT>DO*<
M20K.;MY,@U99E!0/(?%R1#$^=\4**]6L8U7?L1/V>G_['X+_`.F=_P#_`)-]
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MDA9<GE^!W>RN6.*KKKD"I#]OA*T`]CGC='!?4@T4\LV?>'7WM`4P>P,2'VA&
MOE]I%9(,L:MG54K.-;:KT!7(UWQ7>B6178VN\$JM]W!GY:VO"](7./I]4#93
MP`FLF\"1T<D[I(&L;WJVMB(U55Q^#OLW>9/25(8E3R+Q4T;C[9C61&5JA:MK
M9J1]X8#3+"4%8=VOLK"+P%#\*<?C"6WK9J#8H'EI-2RAF</3TI&2QVIQ_ON!
MZSF$BWA]!L)QVCL.)6*QEA*:^=@1+B?8^0`Q06AY?"#L%&A#'@#V$=)+'OZZ
MEB"CCB7'`6C(&5;E[RN9XG=<Z-&?R7R)\]:WS^PZ<S?/5!Y`_I7_`%7R/DVK
MZYWX%4?8!^G('P+`_@RFZ6'THUWG.4Z?F!^E&S\F)Z\+?WC?YL[OIPS\BWWG
M[.GY=OKIQ)^/\_UY$^>M;Y_8=.??CO'WV#6=!-]QN15C:&;>4&??);UL=J+[
MNL:Z^)):@TKV-259:^/L=V^I.W^?T_\`>,+_`-$A?^8]/_>,+_T2%_YCTJ#B
M.ZLYE6`5,K4[K5E($BFD[K?Z+>^]?5TTG%%+QME='7T=?G#(K:TMK<4R=UW1
M`VTK)(1&K`UL$A:L;V?M1/3_`.&<+_\`[Z__`/[/0GC:^X\S.7!@QUUIDLJB
MTM3"G3U9U.)&,L1C4B\*5MFY57]O:U/Y,Y$^>M;Y_8=.9OGJ@\@?TK_JOD?)
MM7USOP*H^P#].0/@6!_!E-TL/I1KO.<IT_,#]*-GY,3UX6_O&_S9W?3AGY%O
MO/V=/R[?73B3\?Y_KR)\]:WS^PZ<^_'>/OL&LZ5_U7R/DVKZYWX%4?8!^G('
MP+`_@RFZ6'THUWG.4_DMC.\]W<8UG>D<KWN[J(G>>]?6YZ]GK7]_IR)\]:WS
M^PZ<S?/5!Y`_I7_5?(^3:OKG?@51]@'Z<@?`L#^#*;I8?2C7><Y3I^8'Z4;/
MR8GKPM_>-_FSN^G#/R+?>?LZ?EV^NG$GX_S_`%Y$^>M;Y_8=.??CO'WV#6=*
M_P"J^1\FU?7._`JC[`/TY`^!8'\&4W2P^E&N\YRG\F<B?/6M\_L.G,WSU0>0
M/Z5_U7R/DVKZYWX%4?8!^G('P+`_@RFZ6'THUWG.4Z?F!^E&S\F)Z\+?WC?Y
ML[OIPS\BWWG[.GY=OKIQ)^/\_P!>1/GK6^?V'3GWX[Q]]@UG2O\`JOD?)M7U
MSOP*H^P#].0/@6!_!E-TL/I1KO.<I_);)(W(Z.1C7L<G[',>B.:Y/_!47TY$
M^>M;Y_8=.9OGJ@\@?TK_`*KY'R;5]<[\"J/L`_3D#X%@?P93=+#Z4:[SG*=/
MS`_2C9^3$]>%O[QO\V=WTX9^1;[S]G3\NWUTXD_'^?Z\B?/6M\_L.G/OQWC[
M[!K.E?\`5?(^3:OKG?@51]@'Z<@?`L#^#*;I8?2C7><Y3IC'Y?5W5=?_`'IS
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M$6*E9VQ957==<Y[19>VKC)1(#Q_'J-154]G[*8$2R6`A(E'G8O;&]W8O8=0#
M-GG*K`AB[,B)C5!`D-<OL5<00LB?^J$CM6?P6M<Z,?N/D[B30>+[VLK5*VKD
MDO%#L"H95&/J\W'XEYIAU%:2^+)UK>U9+.=(0TC[LO?\&6&22R"&F\4FHG@%
ML6-CE1HI)(8]A$.Z9S$A?.H)<4JL:Y7,9*Q7=G>;VLLM??`T`#O$<XLYSVP0
M#P>'[78&/C9(@-2`DK%),F[@HR/:LLC$<G:58'DP!`@C3F&F%2L@&$$%B=,2
M21-(K8X8((6*Y[G*B-:G:OIF8;BY92%:YU3'2A7(Y=:8XB_F8)1AV,!,#'4A
MUP?(@HL!G@2SF?\`+L:LZ+&EPU+VM5<^,:9<=A+%:$+62D#V9#W)_"^*L*$E
MA)5BN2">-T3^[(U6^B+Z_6G;ZT5J^O\`G1>Q47_?>1/GK6^?V'3F;YZH/(']
M*_ZKY'R;5]<[\"J/L`_3D#X%@?P93=+#Z4:[SG*=/S`_2C9^3$]>%O[QO\V=
MWTX9^1;[S]G3\NWUTXD_'^?Z\B?/6M\_L.G/OQWC[[!K.E?]5\CY-J^N=^!5
M'V`?IR!\"P/X,INEA]*-=YSE.E_RQR%04\D>/S\NAO=(?7%VI%?G\7`;?NF4
M02(PHP>GC9.1&/%#*Y7N?W&.>]>\WMY'!16EZ@SQ&\<\OLF63;V#K77Q/G9B
M6S2`Z6Q5)31G.48AS&=]B]QG=DN8>3@8;&4D0Z6:+C3EF..6P`K6TP-E**S"
MH)):!T[&B1$JQ9V"L;$C_#:UJ`;["S#ZC%Z^S-N@+M]==5)!]M16$V9(L6PW
M8E7?`F5Y5"X2-[HXG)#`U(_ZGN]KHJ>G6:*IKO#K*&H;7`^)$$/W`ZJL8617
M50B*R-L4*22PP1^KM<UJ=J7][<\5:&FT>LT.?ENY"[?CZ58X985J.^-[GV=L
MV?-86D!&1SW3,.L2)9YH0HED6--DK]%6QT6DXUS=,=M8\ZZ$R_T$.UTMWI8C
M@Q^1%MQR[:HN$'D)'8&R$=[8@E$]D@]-G4;O,UI=J5K^8Z_.55=$'35I6!Y4
MO)83JFP:+I=%&)DKBID'<4/#)">&*+X</;*QCI"6$VC2L1[VTAKYII1^Y9@6
M>;PTH:MKXR'$":*;D!M\<3+X:0K"2YC52-1X8),@-C=3IJ_9`6E%IC\V#5ER
MU.7L!5%NAH?>=Q4I[WNQ9%'%5%?$.Y5(E1WA,AFFJ*04W'BYR`.P+I[O,)<P
MZF7[OLL*6DJR,_LJYS(,_=21^THU7,E-$9'VO%\5L_#>`V7'^RTQ-?EN-K3>
M65764_\`7:''34]K49@@F]UJ.]J$T=7'-:'.?./-%"](?65WAKP_CH8Q]J#6
M:[0US;)XK@I;G=\B$\C6=14K-$D1I$NRBEMI&FN\&&2``;L>+.4WT)76M[IO
MWFV3:GOHC2GY!FKN68J0]B(US#I,H@:R))_7]J_U_9/XB)_OG(GSUK?/[#IS
M-\]4'D#^E?\`5?(^3:OKG?@51]@'Z<@?`L#^#*;I8?2C7><Y3I^8'Z4;/R8G
MKPM_>-_FSN^G#/R+?>?LZ?EV^NG$GX_S_7D3YZUOG]ATY]^.\??8-9TK_JOD
M?)M7USOP*H^P#].0/@6!_!E-TL/I1KO.<IT_,3]"^6_P!H.O"W]XW^;.[Z<<
MT?%YN?%`TN7M;6T;<T,%O*XL2V:)"L,DTL:PL2%?6B?M7T_]XPO_`$2%_P"8
M].)\#IK3'2Y[7[S.9^YC#R0@A3ZZSL81BFCDLG<Z"58GKV.1/4O7D#'U>,X6
MGK<IMM7FZZ<_.[F4Z8&BO3ZL24V0?D86"0N2`5JR.9%&Q7]O8UJ>KT__`&/P
M7_TSO_\`\F^G)UAR'2XFFFQ=EEPZMN+K;VNCGCNQ;N8IQZ7FDT3I7QNK6>'X
M:Q(B*[M1WJ[/3DG$'15GNO)4?'MU3$B#E0GR)KUV$9H]F^8TD<A19,TQ8G11
MP_PR+WD7U+Z`<5.$JQI[,_.-IH#8R4?H:*QIKRQOK<31M.CJ*RVHYZB1L=-,
M/(>;$.LL7;%*Z070Y=*RO/\`!!QIU-%+E=?GBQP+3E&NP^\T+";N>,#<9?C2
M@T`=G8EA>[VM;W?_`/&5&^&I'T;*_,SRQ%!FPF-)CDL;<G5@YS,34Z+-*@5;
M=C6`)*(2KNU][7CQRR3>*B6%Y=&P5M35"3'6)Y+NX.((.Q9)IYG=B]C(V)VK
MZ!6P!#"*ZP"'L0RV]K8IPBX&$CD-[Z-<C)8)$=ZT3U+Z$ZMEF],Q#(+"+>R!
M'1@7<IQ$8E>W,]X="=,VU*(AB!>!&1'8R3QM%=,YR)Z5U1/8)7W-I"$0)464
M,P5EX5FET^J]J$F8V0":UBSA[AX9_#FD]DF3N=Z*1K?;`)VDC+.8,V9K7M8Z
M4`N<$GN=]K>^QA(ST1Z=K'HG>:JM5%7_`')GB]Q).XWQ$C558C^Q._W%<B.5
MG>_9VIZ<B?/6M\_L.G,WSU0>0/Z5_P!5\CY-J^N=^!5'V`?IR!\"P/X,INEA
M]*-=YSE.GY@?I1L_)B>O"W]XW^;.[Z<,_(M]Y^SI^7;ZZ<2?C_/]>1/GK6^?
MV'3GWX[Q]]@UG2O^J^1\FU?7._`JC[`/TY`^!8'\&4W2P^E&N\YRG3\Q/T+Y
M;_`&@Z\+?WC?YL[OIPS\BWWG[.GY?OJOC/.1NO,_U7Y$_%]QTY]^.\??8-9T
MW&YLMJ9EB][2466+LS;3.5H5/[AAOTI":"6SJ_"CMQW7Q4K?:7%QO>B=L:M;
MW?26V,Y3H3Y"]9EMY9#%;7'>S66RQ]!4YRGT$SH(X30R/8:`%TL`DPP<D@R?
MU/=E(;,-I=%S!B]3IJ^E.S=;;37V2JF@TME8@V-G'$#7G(/[?=S4]>X^5.R*
M5X$*Q1#M16+3%F^W&$`P5J&&(0-WM,H&TI^18";M4%5DSIM?3M,?[/[.Q_CR
MQ]GA.1C=M55(4EC:6F2T5;7`0RB02%G'U!8@H[9SR0PH5DGE1.]++&Q/WJGH
M+Q<#F;6/06_#\M18.]OH8JT,^GJ:"M.QEE90WR20G;(8LH44H3V@6%L4LDLT
M79'XF<MR0M&7Q;3:I+2MR,MP*/JLJ;;<=::@LKVM/$O6$^YJ*SM8X1!6%RDC
M2D$2B-]GA%[<K::Z:R*Y`,+H8M#=PDUXZ"5>-,W,V5N+1U;"R)VUJ*#82#MF
M!D\!UPZ.=6S##]BE@;>(46H#RN1"KA!G5ZP1ZP2RV<6KDHXP)IO9,<^@^[[*
MV"3PWQ>%-WHVO5_;_N?(GSUK?/[#IS-\]4'D#^E?]5\CY-J^N=^!5'V`?IR!
M\"P/X,INEA]*-=YSE.GY@?I1L_)B>O"W]XW^;.[Z<,_(M]Y^SI^7;ZZ<2?C_
M`#_7D3YZUOG]ATY]^.\??8-9TK_JOD?)M7USOP*H^P#].0/@6!_!E-TL/I1K
MO.<IT_,3]"^6_P``:#KPM_>-_FSN^G#/R+?>?LZ?E^^J^,\Y&Z\S_5?D3\7W
M'3GWX[Q]]@UG2O\`JOD?)M7USOP*H^P#]-]Q'F\)Q]<TN2^ZWL5E>,T:VA/O
M[%9S3$>U*!>!B?U)=R^-G=C;_5M;V]J]JK_\8<4?_;U_]I?0'C'58G!T525G
M=!<O/S[=`EBV>H'BEAB:MC<FC>%(K_XOX.W^9>G"]<';GCU%]#R+%<4\;XDK
MK%U5GAC:\@EG@^.^82>15;_6=S_^GM]?IQ1-3W!U:VPYAR%%:PA21-@M:JQ]
MXM,KSN]%)(Z!7CM]3',]:>OM3U>F;N;!A%MDM7<18W*LJ=EIP_NQ<%90XV(W
M2<=AP!T&OJI3JTUTQ+S'3A121R>$K8?%@SV7W9A5A9VEKQN#-[.:.\N75?<>
M,^[KGW`BR!`4>HTV<L3U9V*Z`(62!P\;+$-&T/(@A+@LOH,I5[04RV1E>X2@
MM:B"\A)LVR2+&"Z"OG1TW>=V1]B]J^KT);4E2/G#AK2B@RPS:T^`2Y$]NJ#)
M0+$<4M@MB+VK&]6=G?9)$O9+%*QC(@K.0EQ%/<:&N6&MM9&7='0'!U=O9T#V
M!.;>CB6%B/'V"^*^3VF!S&NCGA?(>>;>35K*DW3`V\%C3W(IE2[&A"V>H+LA
M7@>*'54E6=`008]$%9%/'VO[ST;Z688LCI9:<F$*P5(WI%"9,&/8(*DCD1LL
MK`C(9'=WM1J2M3M[W:B?[+D3YZUOG]ATYF^>J#R!_2O^J^1\FU?7._`JC[`/
MTY`^!8'\&4W2P^E&N\YRG3\P/THV?DQ/7A;^\;_-G=].&?D6^\_9T_+M]=.)
M/Q_G^O(GSUK?/[#IS[\=X^^P:SI7_5?(^3:OKG?@51]@'Z<@?`L#^#*;I8?2
MC7><Y3I^8GZ%\M_@#0=>%O[QO\V=WTX9^1;[S]G3\OWU7QGG(W7F?ZK\B?B^
MXZ<^_'>/OL&LZ5_U7R/DVKZYWX%4?8!^G-/]W/\`E-A.E/\`(NV^Q#]+;E38
M4U>5'QAF]-J_?;J82SO:.HJZ<FQOWT4\D3C1YR:T)R.9"]BS=B-7T@%DJ;68
M<71G;`6&?BZ(B,766=D7<6&F&;-XB07Q=H?,0\MG9.LLKG=[M7T=HI#M^3;]
MWN#DFY>\/CK&N'8+/[D"-LYP:%38(VH0H4<"D]G;+WU]?I5<C9*L9:XW;'65
MH/[_`*:.$DRQH+DO-3G&`F).YA8IN?5D$BKWFQ11]SL1&HF]XW`FCI8]?@-3
MB`R!F)!#4LO\Z=0CS01PQN;#&`TM%:C6+W4;ZD_=Z:CD@O-R>VZC/\08!<VR
MZJ__`$^ORFCW%EH=7[3XTHCQQ?\`N62]D#9%**@K6(D;)9$;Z+HJO)Z(;)8?
M+[*AQV,J]#&3I3B>0[C/V.H-I)#-(()EZ:H&SD+:@6.RAF9[46B0C^"$QW(#
M"Z$B<317FA9C<A=7+RQZ',;C,9G-[>GMR&V94C,YKKRO+N+,(4MSUCE[8.X8
MYS?0A\F@>5AVVFC-1A)2RK8UUOF\,@D,E8U[81=`[>B7MF68V-$D0M>ZO9.L
M,`60I#6TS9.*N3-\ZUD"%+26UREAB:FF"<TR.6*2MB=J)IS6,\.9>[`C96(Y
M_>RN]9IM7QVECE*78&"94'(V-V1+=4@QL&9CAVN9TX<Q#RSDAABB@B)G*\-C
M9$158^JORM)JKFRR8`FBY`TX5/QN:/!35MQ7W.U*O*MX&<FM:ZLRS#(18:($
M,V6&%SE?[2Z-?30NUZ04]5*S?-@.002:+/"`<A3U^#NZ.-!?$O\`VWC.<<LZ
M*5Y+/O!.(#WA_:5:W[P^VS^S_>__`+>^S^'#[S^^GWR^X'N/P._[/[7]Y_ZO
MO][V;P?^8[_L_P#6?HLC:KU;&QK$621\KU1J(U%?+*Y\DC^Q/6YRJY?W^G(G
MSUK?/[#IS-\]4'D#^E?]5\CY-J^N=^!5'V`?IR!\"P/X,INEA]*-=YSE.GY@
M?I1L_)B>O"W]XW^;.[Z<,_(M]Y^SI^7;ZZ<2?C_/]>1/GK6^?V'3GWX[Q]]@
MUG2O^J^1\FU?7._`JC[`/TY`^!8'\&4W2P^E&N\YRG3\Q/T+Y;_`&@Z\+?WC
M?YL[OIPS\BWWG[.GY?OJOC/.1NO,_P!5^1/Q?<=.??CO'WV#6=*_ZKY'R;5]
M<[\"J/L`_3FG^[G_`"FPG2G^1=M]B'Z?F)^A?+?X`T'7A;^\;_-G=].*0>+C
M:`2#75>L*N4NJ."X<^6G+H80O9W321^`U&6$G>1/^+U?S>G_`+QA?^B0O_,>
MG$^!TUICI<]K]YG,_<QAY(00I]=9V,(Q31R63N=!*L3U['(GJ7I'[^KE,6("
MVJ6R1&V%?,ZJOHQXKJJEGK2A)IZRT:'#XX[W.AD=#&Y6]YC52W$MN;N/`+8/
M0@RW-(?R(GL@-[D(_=(8JT!5J^MJ74Y`;'K!!!"SVT=D[VK,Q'^B$VWYB^/R
M:]X8P9N:7D2K^[-F@9RV`DUA5>/W9I&3.5LK6N;$9"J1$LFC8QK=//C=7DN2
MA6U86:TON*[BNAP`"I+`P01Z!D/;5SFR^))XD7AS2*/&JN58(NY]WO=$7NGW
MW]Y?9_&+\3[P_>3[X>^_;?:/;O>GWH_Y[QO$\3VC^+M_2Y$^>M;Y_8=.9OGJ
M@\@?TK_JOD?)M7USOP*H^P#].0/@6!_!E-TL/I1KO.<IT_,#]*-GY,3UX6_O
M&_S9W?3AGY%OO/V=/R[?73B3\?Y_KR)\]:WS^PZ<^_'>/OL&LZ5_U7R/DVKZ
MYWX%4?8!^G('P+`_@RFZ6'THUWG.4Z?F)^A?+?X`T'7A;^\;_-G=].&?D6^\
M_9T_+]]5\9YR-UYG^J_(GXON.G/OQWC[[!K.E?\`5?(^3:OKG?@51]@'Z<T_
MW<_Y383I3_(NV^Q#]/S$_0OEO\`:#KPM_>-_FSN^G`7P+D'[?D^GY?OJOC/.
M1NO,_P!5^1/Q?<=.??CO'WV#6?HVV@NBF`T]%6'W-L=(R61@=;6"RFG%/9"R
M29[!Q8'/5&-<Y>SU(J^G_L_*_P#@-SE_^.O3:VM=^7WG(FOL];H[`$EO$7(3
M6D!FW!A(L[6R9UDC6RPR([L<B+Z_6GI_IVYT_P`)-_\`V?\`3E"JY7XVYDQU
MA>ZVGL*D8SA/EPUQ@8U.\::=CJG%V$;&LF7N]CU:O_AZ"T\@?)[+0X*PL@Z]
MW!?."%D@54]8+9&0P_\`;OOR#@D7(C)7)ZF.(C1?^)/0+(<8X#F'6:2/D3-W
M+ZL3A#F`.5M8%6:*`HKQ;3#@C=V*4R-.SO\`>_B]2?M]/].W.G^$F_\`[/\`
MI_IVYT_PDW_]G_2E$(I.6(B!JFM'GC7@?G!5CFA#ACE8JMX\5JJQ[53U+V>C
M#JP/D\\-\A,+"1>"^<)H72ADS!%1I(SCM6J\<L=\;D_<]JIZ;+<<=<+<V:?*
MV53CQP;@7AODT6$B:NR]6":QL-CE0RVK`7`YB]Z-$54]7:GI_IVYT_PDW_\`
M9_T-U_)W#O-63S<G'>DIF6A?#/*!<3K(VSSLXHOA5>3.)[\L0<B]O<[O\/K7
M]GH,^P#Y/#88:)6BN(X+YPB0@\^9HX0<2NX[3OD%3N1K&IZW.7TYER&5RW+E
MOI-)QWJ*:DJX>"^:H93[(ZLG@$%CE+P$`T;YI7(B*][6I^]?3_3MSI_A)O\`
M^S_I_IVYT_PDW_\`9_TXMP7(&+Y?S>NH?OM[VI2>#>929@_>G(NNN0._/7X0
MP-_M%98PRIW)'=B/[%[%[42S%##Y/)(IC8ZVVAAX+YPDDKCY:VON(PRVMX[[
M82'U=J,0C5]?A3L=^QR>G%]KQ1Q1S1L:^BR5O7VQ(?"_*H30S"+AI,,#VVV/
MKY'N?`G>[6(Y/_'T_P!.W.G^$F__`+/^G"FKT7`G.-9G\QRWQQH;VREX@Y%E
MCKZ:EV--969TD0V;F(D8($,^16QL<]4;ZD5?5Z%6!U?RD(""-.885/P3SA'`
M,*-$Z8@B:1W':-CBAB8KG*OJ1$](B(*OE66">-DT,L?!'.+F212M1\<C')QW
MV.8]B]J+Z;6UKOR^\Y$U]GK='8`DMXBY":T@,VX,)%G:V3.LD:V6&1'=CD1?
M7ZT]/].W.G^$F_\`[/\`IS$+RQQES+C2-';8TBDC-X4Y:-4^&M#T49SXUJ,9
M8-C0=YD:+W^ZJ][U=OK]!:>0/D]EH<%860=>[@OG!"R0*J>L%LC(8?\`MWWY
M!P2+D1DKD]3'$1HO_$GH%D.,<!S#K-)'R)F[E]6)PAS`'*VL"K-%`45XMIAP
M1N[%*9&G9W^]_%ZD_;Z?Z=N=/\)-_P#V?]/].W.G^$F__L_Z4HA%)RQ$0-4U
MH\\:\#\X*L<T(<,<K%5O'BM56/:J>I>ST8=6!\GGAOD)A82+P7SA-"Z4,F8(
MJ-)&<=JU7CECOC<G[GM5/39;CCKA;FS3Y6RJ<>.#<"\-\FBPD35V7JP36-AL
M<J&6U8"X',7O1HBJGJ[4]/\`3MSI_A)O_P"S_H;K^3N'>:LGFY..])3,M"^&
M>4"XG61MGG9Q1?"J\F<3WY8@Y%[>YW?X?6O[/09]@'R>&PPT2M%<1P7SA$A!
MY\S1P@XE=QVG?(*G<C6-3UN<OIS7E,[F>6[/0:?B3D?/45;%P5S9%)87-UCK
MFMK`8Y2>/X1XWEFDLC1TCVL17>M43U^G^G;G3_"3?_V?]/\`3MSI_A)O_P"S
M_IQ;@N0,7R_F]=0_?;WM2D\&\RDS!^].1==<@=^>OPA@;_:*RQAE3N2.[$?V
M+V+VHE@",'R?.94R#PV0T7!?.#Y@92AHS1HRHTX[[T+YQ)FR-1?VL<B^G%]K
MQ1Q1S1L:^BR5O7VQ(?"_*H30S"+AI,,#VVV/KY'N?`G>[6(Y/_'T_P!.W.G^
M$F__`+/^G#>OU7!'.%1F\WR)E[F[M)N'^1YH@*P&S@G+*DB%S,Y,C88FJJHQ
MCG+^Y/0JP.K^4A`01IS#"I^"><(X!A1HG3$$32.X[1L<4,3%<Y5]2(GI$1!5
M\JRP3QLFAECX(YQ<R2*5J/CD8Y..^QS'L7M1?3E#04O`/.1U/>\B;6YJ3H^(
M>1(V&5MGI;,T$IC)LY',QA`L[7HCVM<G;ZT1?3_3MSI_A)O_`.S_`*<Q"\L<
M9<RXTC1VV-(I(S>%.6C5/AK0]%&<^-:C&6#8T'>9&B]_NJO>]7;Z_06GD#Y/
M9:'!6%D'7NX+YP0LD"JGK!;(R&'_`+=]^0<$BY$9*Y/4QQ$:+_Q)Z!9#C'`<
MPZS21\B9NY?5B<(<P!RMK`JS10%%>+:8<$;NQ2F1IV=_O?Q>I/V^G^G;G3_"
M3?\`]G_3_3MSI_A)O_[/^E*(12<L1$#5-://&O`_."K'-"'#'*Q5;QXK55CV
MJGJ7L]&'5@?)YX;Y"86$B\%\X30NE#)F"*C21G':M5XY8[XW)^Y[53TY2WO'
M_"7-NDR-]]R?=-T-PYR8-"9[KXZR-,?W(+#+!F,]GLZZ:)>_&WM5G:G:G8J_
MZ=N=/\)-_P#V?]*S:<D\,\UY;,09+55\ML5PUR>7$PP\6",2#P:S*&E*Z9[5
M1%[G8G[U]!GV`?)X;##1*T5Q'!?.$2$'GS-'"#B5W':=\@J=R-8U/6YR^G->
M4SN9Y;L]!I^).1\]15L7!7-D4EA<W6.N:VL!CE)X_A'C>6:2R-'2/:Q%=ZU1
M/7Z?Z=N=/\)-_P#V?]/].W.G^$F__L_Z<6X+D#%\OYO74/WV][4I/!O,I,P?
MO3D777('?GK\(8&_VBLL894[DCNQ']B]B]J)8`C!\GSF5,@\-D-%P7S@^8&4
MH:,T:,J-..^]"^<29LC47]K'(OIPZ7Q/Q7S/LA\Y4[,>[D"X6Y7"0":R,SL@
M+)$M\=7ND4A@<BIW$<B=WU]GJ]/].W.G^$F__L_Z<-Z_5<$<X5&;S?(F7N;N
MTFX?Y'FB`K`;."<LJ2(7,SDR-AB:JJC&.<O[D]"K`ZOY2$!!&G,,*GX)YPC@
M&%&B=,01-([CM&QQ0Q,5SE7U(B>D1$%7RK+!/&R:&6/@CG%S)(I6H^.1CDX[
M[',>Q>U%].4-!2\`\Y'4][R)M;FI.CXAY$C896V>ELS02F,FSD<S&$"SM>B/
M:UR=OK1%]/\`3MSI_A)O_P"S_IS$+RQQES+C2-';8TBDC-X4Y:-4^&M#T49S
MXUJ,98-C0=YD:+W^ZJ][U=OK]!:>0/D]EH<%860=>[@OG!"R0*J>L%LC(8?^
MW??D'!(N1&2N3U,<1&B_\2?H:#*W#97U.FI+7/VC()5@G=77($]<:V&9$589
M5&)=W7?T5]?Z-5JI6R^]J:DT&?">DJI`E=IC\S8VC9(>SLDE<3D@^X[^@B.3
M^ETDG(EC@@B:KY9IGMBBC8WUN?)(]48QK4_:J]8J:J;*P*$FR+8V>59I/&M;
M,RV+59%1%5JF'2*U/W-[$Z2A-(@<8/`.5.(V6-28!C)"HA")8$=XL<!4H,S8
MWJB->Z%Z)V]UW9Z5T-DV5S*J[J-`)X4JQ*EC2&,.!<]41>_$V>-.\W^DG0FP
ML3!:\`.&0DPTTB(404>)JOEG))G>R&"&-J=KG.5$1/06ZS]M67M.<Q\@-M3'
MBV=:8R.5\+WBG!2SBD,9-&YBJQR]CFJG[4Z::Q";*A.MNX-!<+)*LC'V(V;S
M^5B=`U4_J(O=.9%16I_31SOZ7Z%K1V"/<!<UIU4:V)ZQR.$L191"4CD3UQO6
M&9>Q?W+Z"@C]Y(`QH!84<O><D0\388^\[^D[N,3U_H56JE;+[VIJ309\)Z2J
MD"5VF/S-C:-DA[.R25Q.2#[COZ"(Y/Z7Z,5-5-E8%"39%L;/*LTGC6MF9;%J
MLBHBJU3#I%:G[F]B?H5T-DV5S*J[J-`)X4JQ*EC2&,.!<]41>_$V>-.\W^DG
MZ.@N16RH;IB0"[1SY5?&Z:MK!JD588U3LA:@8K$5$_:[U]*%-!9,`?I]%7Y.
M@A6(@B>UT-I&5.)6B0"Q32R2J(#/.]>SN10022/5&,<J>EK1V"/<!<UIU4:V
M)ZQR.$L191"4CD3UQO6&9>Q?W+Z"@C]Y(`QH!84<O><D0\388^\[^D[N,3U]
M.SM3M5%5$_>J)V=J]G\R=Y/_`.?2JU4K9?>U-2:#/A/254@2NTQ^9L;1LD/9
MV22N)R0?<=_01')_2_1BIJILK`H2;(MC9Y5FD\:ULS+8M5D5$56J8=(K4_<W
ML3]"NALFRN957=1H!/"E6)4L:0QAP+GJB+WXFSQIWF_TDZ2332,AAA8^6665
M[8XXHXVJY\DCW*C6,8U.U57U(GH.:$1`8&9!$4(6++&0,4,1&V6`@>>)SXIX
M)XGHYCVJK7-7M3IH+D5LJ&Z8D`NT<^57QNFK:P:I%6&-4[(6H&*Q%1/VN]?Z
M%K1V"/<!<UIU4:V)ZQR.$L191"4CD3UQO6&9>Q?W+Z"@C]Y(`QH!84<O><D0
M\388^\[^D[N,3U]#FUY<):UILM::L#N^V`X=K%(&5Z?P/D'<_N2=U5[DK71N
M['L<U/2JU4K9?>U-2:#/A/254@2NTQ^9L;1LD/9V22N)R0?<=_01')_2_2H<
MQ1P1?>;=2W^?SMS9RR`Y>FTP^:,LZ$*XN%KK(&*WN[/V:($"5&R&HZ16=[P^
MX^432YO9T7N_NHD^]-IB[PVV..M3[H0-:?0:?Q<S0^..)7$$&3$3PL7MDF1C
M9Y>DDY$L<$$35?+-,]L44;&^MSY)'JC&-:G[57TT&+%K"5I*F[S@9>0I6Q@\
MO6`4]J%89;F+"V)5T9BM;Q]-9C=T@"03MA$$*GF*C)@=7MKZG179U_:PR&RS
M&V-E[Z*BC+-(*'KG73JJDGN&5D$K8&DRBP23-9WE8W_A3H\.>U!=L;`&4C-Y
M9KHRKV[D:Y[6P4]/[4$^VMB_!E;7`>/!+;%Q>RCO\5W\)>ZS&K#OZ33A@Q<I
M%6-%HX:T_5U(CHJW_MI/>&06];#5@RH):"R,6I:0G?&@$,]X0.Z$&F3Q"B"0
M2E%$SO;%`.,/&Z6>>:5ZHR.**)JN<Y?4B)Z$XR'56&`TI_W.NN+*.XP5S-::
MNXK-+1Z`.YGK+!U25950UO4/K[2K10IZVO\`$.)G@9*-,/H'S+4)::W2D:Z]
MASU=/49^&Z-JJ>J-=45A!MC,+&;[F:40YTJN(.GGG7L=*J=9YR"(((!6N<5-
M-+''$,UK$E<Z>1[D9"UL;D<O>5/X5[?2EN<Y;Z,/"YF_S\.BE#IDKRIKR2P+
M]Z8S=X[0BUG*@SKO-RB&95:@)8K8UZ>T.E"DC;+,6=G+C)689LM?99^]EI2;
M"O(;".9"DA>=M;RE):2`;#,BP%2]SQ/#?W96/8WH_)8[1Y<'WIE=%H+'>&Z&
M>&LSN?H9+&ON;>LCJ&PRZ9:>Y"C"LAP[:J/!:=%-#.QZ>)%.WD3W6ZS@M)AZ
MJ>LHC\VI-#"("T6>QJK/=\CFQV'MOM#5DDM'O(B:R5\<3WNC3HJJJ(B)VJJ^
MI$1/VJJ_N1/2RJL%?VM>W-,)-V-R"*'3$TB0&5_W;MCX]I'4$W_#FAG@/"LK
MK+J66U\;6A3H]LSHSI?NUHLRD#0CJZ/1PUT!%SGK9I#J700"@V)Y-9%9('+_
M`,E8,#LQNY_S`T7>;V]*]W@>[1;UYE0S?6@#+7$X6]GAC9FR=Z"->TEVS/W-
MG*@WM,#V#PR]UI$XZ2,?Z3,XU(MHM#CM;79X_CJPRYI#M&0;]YIF3[+V/)Z&
M\SG'VMJJ<?[OZFO)@!#.(<^R22,4D-`I;(:`*QD$'D/#%+<>,(:^%CBAASGB
M@O-@@G5S62K!"LC4[W<;V]U.CJ#CN(\:I9M$QTG)HS1[S,0[FC.5"\7>4N?W
MN(VX`9UE`E<PYA@0[K18H)U4*=735,V\96QZJ1I:V:5-9)2@N8E@4E=*RGET
MFP?5SS520/F']Z'I%.Y[4F>B(O4F[N9)F"#-D=X8HTQADZQ03%21BB#M?-.^
M(4>25_8G9'#&^1ZM8QSDM<[I0R2GESUQA>`OP[0?C6PXILC(TH]EC]<+EQ=3
MQYS%CI_^9FA,EAL7V,$K(HXX%`-"`I66=S<^Q,D1]KH;!]I<GRS3RDSDGFO;
M&DDLDTSNQK&,BC;V,C8QC6M3I:Z$P.TM$K`2CF4]"!/;7UH@<2SS05%0&V0Z
MR)9"U7JR%CWHQJKV>KT'V-))0`:>UR%=)'=U\]SR!PMM.*;8I\U=8YN\C`I3
M,CO,[:]DDHKEACT4#6]Y98V12TO6WJ>1*L'CXX:_"956VATM2-E+?C^QTX-`
MN^%T)WN\/Q<_#90OMZE4]JKYY8^^Y0Y8SEM([F_QNUS8""0T6YR!-H6+?V$C
MRYKIS+$_3:N&X'[TD4B/'F''!=(H3(U\!R1=#;_3753G**LC;-8W5[9!U%37
MPND9"V4VRL)APQ8W32-:CGO:G><B?M7TNH-%[?#F8Q3JV@S55A=98:FRMA;E
M$J[?/2@!6KN4JK8Y9);6%]!#X5(().T[Q)/XX1;`*9A(1PT!@A,2]L9`I,39
MH)HU_>R6)Z.3_P`%Z3%%31###123D$3R,A@@@A8LDLTTLBMCBBBC:KG.<J(B
M)VKZ"TU`[0G9.>AMF7.!@AARNCY2QVB@;41\E\/[!]D/'I!<FIJ/?70SBD2Q
MDPDHYCO8&'&0WE[HK<BULG6T0FEOC-*?1PS!B0^[76QYMG,^5TD"RS10D/!@
MFD<P;^!/$EZN=@\RE_19>V.I=&8?H`*`*YTWM!%6-G:F8>BVEN:^HGKCW6`S
M`P3V3I7R1N>#/*]0BYPYZ^<H0<B:O*6%Q(,LT+))`R'#R3#NG&>[N/5CW,[R
M>I53U];*C&.#L[J\L;,?+WX$0^?S:S@7D$IO%QN@(UBC5W),N6A,8'*0720F
ME1HV.4.;UM3?+2ZO+$>"2'"'K+"5VNT4I<$4EUI=>/5:>SR@SM!=S$&J$.'`
M_P!L539')-.^)GZ3AZ.LM"Q@YQDY`UE6"^Q_[7YDX>5[M6E7(%./I3@?ZN20
M&)99@@Y/;YX)1X_!GL+O1?<T_$Z@,L/>2Y"2MML!^8R8=[!\_P`@RYYXCTQ^
M@"]B1Q10A,LACVQQ(04*,),R(<>*.`>"-D,$$+&Q0PPQ-1D<44;$1D<<;$1&
MM1.Q$Z*JJB(B=JJOJ1$3]JJO[D3TQ'W2KY['(7&M;%G#-T+;ZXLO94U[H(KK
MC_FG,5P5K>Y*KL:^=):DY8"7Y\\&%]C#"^.&&2O1M%1UU@`1IYZ8"I5QM7AZ
M[7V(=K<9/('%@UY4&<4X")_<:.+$Y[?X((8T9"SILP=13R8K09N:,\#WV]EI
M36_'T^EKJ&?E$`FLF']X4.3"LFG7X*20FU3(^[,K(9ABIMYL1X<_R#E[794E
M1R?3XUYNBJ]_F:JJH3Z+D+AJ*ST!DN5VV?@+@!LJEAAHT[ZY2*^1EBUJ312/
MAD&?)&Q[QYEA6:!SVHYT,JCRSCK)$J]CNX][.U/4Y4]?2E,TXE@'EK(F<*UV
MJ-%=F\>4JC,JGZV9Q+#*JKN2)W0L.\%X8\S6H3)"V1CE.SF+"V(9+6UU;/Q_
MHN/]*"-R%0ZH?4!V,]^5%D++0YW&68H$(05]7F`K0VQ39+B+V=&P2O(T6PUN
MQO[,&G@,GU5E062TP];`0Z"BK2<WDL2%8C`E6!"NL"0O>1ZO[Q$JHV*.+H?;
MVQHE955815C961Y$0@-?7A0/),--*G<R`804>)SY)'JC6,:JJO9Z7^8H^/R;
M"'2&G-T.:)P]\/E?S`4Z8X`KM_[K"9H7-5VS$R^;1^<,9<EP21C-!+463N>R
MFOY%<W=:*TSA>(GO+B*)+[_M_(60359>WN*_V1;NSK6D.66U1D),Y+GRM[BN
M]8E+2!Q@5@+'M'&C61_8LLLA$\TLTSY)R2BB97RS32.?+-*]SWN<YRJOIR/F
M\*?[OT'&]`+H=9=S5++ME.*=GM->UHM?GF&CV]\25/1C12K#$D"P%RL@(]K@
ME;!3'Z?+U@67K9DM<5QC;5]%K<SB[WQ19GZ[C:ZMZ_[ST>8L7C>TTU>3&&76
M1E2HZ*%JPC"=+$JGK67-J.&1-75,I[*N.R,CB<X<)]C+"1&"TF1$;XKF/1G;
MVJGI>LAV.0U$-OHC\%2\LZBHIWP)95U_8+9?EQYG(J`0$S8%O9GRC4EV,-'&
MJ$1Q/@>4HRVV>NM-1'C#T(ID/&6*V,=59Z#B?.7M>,+<XZ2^K3K".]JGO&1@
M49#Y)`ZZ,>!_]9$J,CH<I515%7')XJ0,E))DDE\*$9LA!ATY)I3XQ1HH6+)(
M]601,C;V,8UJ>F)'TRS@U^VTRY2"_D8K:.GM):FQL:R*Z.1KV5_ODD#V49TO
M<A=,]&K(URL:^WQ-,'QK8/R.SH:N?!<@6YK9>0K(VN-D(RMM009V[("J9<[:
M0Z`&V8)9"0.%@EDC>D9B!!V-YX%KI@8+2LSLDY'OY>.\;:%"&LXURNI/JJO0
M6N7JI@HT80<QI1"1L1R1Q1PP1=`L109NWT@%_/IZBSJ5'L\Y_P!QZZD'L0-=
ME^.^0QK^GKJ+=4:!%E1AV3@VVX]?.V`F&%'%MH^0H=-[/HVW/LIU7K!3'/TW
M'W@I7TEER@%1WZT][S7DJ?LC%NQV1.G'8@97>[WM(_2UTUNRP($J0B#7A4]<
M9<7!C1HG32Q5M170D6%A.R)BO5L4;E;&USU_A:JI)5V4Q4,A,V-UM?4TFC*M
MN(;?CAUB"=G.1N+>5\_D*VYS7).1N1G%NA.[4M^R0?PI0)X"`DK13+6TED(F
M-L;F]-=975Q8D=U)C[,U61-DF6.-D;&1LC@@@C9#"R.*-C&])K,P2UN#E@+D
MJ\YG:TNZT=Y*%`I$\%545\)!I/@1)WI7HQ61-];E]:(N?T%:WCTY(LDVWS6U
M$`N-)QXRIN)SH*O6YLI\H5K1\D9Z.Q+%*IS44>W'=`1$2,X<B&`P'-U`-1!9
MV]GH;1`18!5L[ZZ)<9;W!J#QQ1RG6!+N\]W8B(B(UJ-8UK4]#K[27%5GZ.LA
M]ILKF[L!*JIKQT<UGCG6)\T`8D/?>B=Z1[4[5]`;P>QB)#T-7,?4ZH`>#1YF
MEK9G58`6UO&`VP)=AC!+;15R$R`/ED\$E)/X(4DGC&^\=QH&4]3;PV.S4O16
ME\Z#D^BFK[.IVOY>.1QCF%461U=<>1%8B0>&*,!/[OA%`G]OC](Q1((AAH6]
MV*"!C8XHT[554:QB(U.UR]J_SKT-N+$EL-?7Q2S%3,9*2Y$A<K'10CBLF)*+
M?,GAL@B8^:6548QKGJB>F4`Q$^AE'SEFT#C.WMH]O=FP;RGR[FZ#C'\SN3U$
M<FGKY+RI4@H2\+[O@1R-)\2*=HC[&D9&1>45C56-C90OR]\:!!4`7T4GOO`9
MJ=T?MM+QNXF97C@#*.X9T<;X71.8WLB''BC@'@C9#!!"QL4,,,349'%%&Q$9
M''&Q$1K43L1/24@B6.`>"-\T\\SVQ0PPQ-5\DLLCU1D<<;$57.5>Q$],[GL[
M5;F6O]M][GUU0/455[NLK'*$^MU&"]^W5;4[C%2FL6OMA622%1CV8Y$@O@20
MS.'/G!E"3Q??&9Q)ONFRK.(IKBL9%H*'%'0P3E`B%E3SI)'$7*$/&_V8)L0J
M=U_2"]M0+B>G<>P.WN*NM6T"R%?(*7-)J]-!&2.7%EJR6!C3)H$D>.V5)7M;
M`R::(/*J3:'RYNIK=%R<#@Y-%A=3O,D52ULDF_X%N:S13V%I09K4%_\`/5D)
MS["9L:"K+(DP\=H_5ZLHJWUTMG;F!E-L](!6O&.1X8NDNL&ET_``<HW%,[LN
M[*LK`O'(FG2-&MEF\7I:A9N,K2`CH=3[BUP>@@=M,5'/!)$63E:R&BT`5SM,
MX$LMI-6DRA$15XDI$32',2!\5OH:NJ$KGAB5A@5/6I4YSF4.GEI+/#<D[OCR
MZH!Y<INJ7V-6/;%)XTTO_P!9[AX@X(?TK>H$GN$*KPFKK=105$.@'XFK[D,J
M.IU^F"E[T4T(Q?A3O%1D\L07?-GB0**23TL]C9Z^<7.&:*O-L&9C[MV.)Y4M
M,P!64P&ZPUPR8_3YK(7@6?`]LJYI7M<8/.V":8212C6L8UK&,:C6,:B-:UK4
M[&M:U/4C43H(4>-.VH<ZPDN=`XFI#I<I6UM/8W!%WI"K.S`D%J.RN\#Q8&$.
MCFFC61K(?$ECVV$CT-:VZJK@2CSV"K;\C-;JZT!&7+-#L)+$>S86*"U;L6WK
M)8!FQC+4^URD=Q7M%;IM.ZON>3+:H"KM-K!ZX>N-LX18`XH(K)H"Q5MC;L@`
M'B,LHAQ5L%%B7P8((AQH.D/O`^I@O+2(I<^!=&3U0%F4(C'NKUN$")`%M3VN
M6.M%G?"^S,[!XG(JODC(!V8%PT=FLAW-1RS7;SWB%*(#(L67_P"T]:ET=;8<
MK1T$[DT$;A1JY8BB1(/:QIXU&B&%AC''A8C(H86)''&Q/V-:QJ(B)T`H!+@*
MHMKJZ`S$VLLZHVYR.#MKP5\]"NQ<"2#"$5>2K%"`.26&P@@F!'2L2:'Q2<K3
M+JP(;7$H3F"J/CH+D3"ZW8Q%VD5[@>4Q2<Y?E9_+7-<M?'%.I=+%*.2:BGLD
MBC[$@'L[RTB'AD!H`[RQAMV8R@G?`0N0SMC[M`LR<^(5`WP7GN)-\*.*)TOA
M001Q],;D[MYH1FZ+,KJ.RF`*BSKK485Y0]*1H98V5,-]<-B>@(/B^U%>&_N,
M7N^E:!A(P0:ZLY%L,1/=>_&6ZB[*O$*CBS_*7&4F>@(EP.FB[S6%`7+K`6(P
M*S0?PNU\+RR@Z]ER238D`5@4WO2CX\J[6="IL-Q_8'5=;:B9`<I%E\-8X&/F
M<OAP##M'$'Z;;+Y%Z6QF7SATN_OJ&R&+N>,1;4>QKJ_6190>2.ZU06=L`Y9K
M-H,C)Q6#O;$DQ+70-RFLU.9ILZ7F`I'9"7*[&YMW6L6DEL+K2F6QC*+',FR5
MW:GCE@4,PGL0,HL4S8(9&0Q#];?,J:E9A)P)`*W=46P)J/O9OQ1X;IW%\.KS
M5U2VG&EY8U$@TM:7(0CKA"_^57LC1A8FSY(()L-S/6CU13IX1J@VWK*<R.;)
MV?)E1G=-HL1IN2<^-"D;;05SHX.\Y('=G=5.A<`)GN\R8::(4_V>,OV*>2-S
M8BD&F5(2'#O5'(Q_\+E3L7U>D7&&TAXSY@+A-"/'AM(HN.=7K\?&2D&AL:>L
M*^\6'V<EAFRC*FX#;]WT":8])(Y!I1YC7>/9F:DT.:S"S5MH1Z\V\R^.(/E(
MJ\8#HI!7:2QJJL98X_$/,+(F5B*Y_=1C&^C[.1T,;IK//T0<A/9[+'9ZG05F
M8J)"_P"M@<H<=I<0K*C7(]8T7N_Q=GH#@3M[K1[?D/0^Z`>0"LT/!F:8BV?+
M+4XW26^5K*1M)G]390I1C2P$07;&&1HT]#'0D21Z^UH+G)6]I<VVN?@2M8_2
MYO*ZV_980:.\ST?@0,`ET4EJ;.YK>XWL/DD<..1-/&WHA%D5"A92%14M.TD2
M.WTMF.$2>RCSH9,\#K6Z+A%?X0\?:]_9_-VKZ9'1_>#B^"XFTEI4X6@NZ?8Z
M"BFKI@\T^AVPAR5-);4>BS&ELSZ<F"PB"!M+B*,9'C'"#>$^ESP4(D)-C875
ME)%!`,ME>6\ZE6MK/`+'"+#,:2[O=R)C(HV]C&-:UJ)U+]Q6-$+F,S<D4EVT
MBO*M;:]L8`(I3!0"X+>M$SD5066R-SY8#Y")8Y&]R%K6OFTE/<#:VNO\_K+>
M;!<C5<&<ESO%PE7'=I4:+*W;6>V6FAT<9H57?YTS^IG@AE:1`\?MF*("I`!`
M_>%D=>7!(X8(9%WH+67VBWO[5*\4,8BVM"?XYI$C8G[&M:UC6M;TJ+?&:J?,
M;G&'27V/><I!V+-M5%G#FKMKG(9(O?--:@$R#.E8YIU>DBSAR1RHOB$@6`?*
M65R-<&10[#":32$05H')N>U(A4D_&-QGUK&KD>Z.=$<ZO0:FL(R!/#@85"8R
M$<$$8<((2&,80,2&,844>%J1PP#CPM9%##$QJ(UK41$1/5TY#S/'FOI1N0:R
MCLZL>00RMM"\AJK&EEGSLU[5I+*\14EG@(\(AL:RPKVIZE1WI59(C(9]E[:A
M5NCV/#36#Y=VVAU!XUA6?F'X?W?<AMO?]'8)&<3/),XZN<DD9$D)\8TY#[:U
M.9J=Y8U593Z3?%U-567FC"I'F+3Q6+*@40/L`B->G\#&]]RJY43U-;TBJFRS
M46`ODIS^-M9#E+32TFVV%<2Z9^%Y)SY`K34QNM1B,`\&!D=RQW>'.AF01I<%
MC84T-(407+H*3C]ED'I\WP_87E<V+34G'US+2UAX@%H9+/)-'%W`X?&=")'%
M!WO%Z5EGM;J+/U=M;LHQ[0L<QU8,<^ML[;OVQXX\PE'6L!J)W2&&/@$B5J-?
M(USV(N:S(FF\*>QL*33939V!@-%D.9Y@[0VXGX@BT^7)\?'VUG5M$]CF[G_K
M#&/:V(L=AT$@%X72F@5\%DFKX]X\TP6?+EX2*N*3V&\I\Z=73VZ!.+D+)5PX
MYLP->PAPH?<':G;TMN/,J$3I;X?/VUEL@\]I?NWN:++)`.(?<\<0&4Y8FTU]
M*MI',H4)(WLG\'B3-GE%')HJG:8G/:"*3!UMAQQOH,(8VKY:RU18UUO3Z_:5
M16?'K,AR!@R"(DB]K:SQ)KJ4FN=&TN06']*2EJX[:\N")QJV]%Q0-OJ=9C*V
M[K;64#239C*4^DOV>-*`K`Y)Q8`'3]GBDQ-_;EMD<;8"SU5:*B\F`DD5MYSC
MC389SJ2HY-QFBK);*GO:(PCQ"UE\*8(AKXZYPPIQ8<"(B(B(G8B)ZD1$_8B)
M^Y$ZQ@Y.S-J:0F>?.940G+OMJ;4\CB0D3:'B;G[&Z'(LU^"&LZ2-LU:1#*)`
MX*64V:?L:+%/!-.)&VQ2'PZBLGF!OF\=4I,,$LO'^3U4E)5:`[(UA_BJ,TM5
M\.-S88FPC1001=-,7Q=N:W"6N1NS:&3+:S!%F7`UO7R^)"WD&IM;"HNJRITH
M'@E`L#8)/[O):0D\RR)'"3N='0X,,;<L0/:26$4MCM:2&@(FK=+Q4./-334>
MER1.N!+4>V)*B);3R1C>RN=$.1"%5U80E;6UH@X%=7`#PA@@`APL'$""$'9'
M`*(+!&UD<;&M8QC41$1$Z7)^1(S0M[7CLL!YMA[>W.>S`3Q&6<%G/6/::%&7
M60S0M*:DOL<CVSK#.V-8)-#"9EG`S6Z+4<G\=[*F]CNZVS*J!0R*G74=A!&X
MAAE*R%!R',6$ZO\`!DB<Z+N]C\X7KK[6!"V-@W.K?S0%E4&7]MG7/YQMG[.R
MUN4IZMT<+B["8HR96=KY7>KK-%%.\662*2.,F)L3Y!WO8K63QLGCE@>^)R]Y
M$>US55/6BIZ"<`?F"(.VF!UI,L/'&W]D.4WD*T]I(NH,KO2Z&.%^;WF,B%6Q
M$+#:()90"*:QPKPIX/1+G2S5&VY#8A=4WDRPR]`)NB\F-.\;-4MWI0@(+.[,
MKZ..&,LJ5[?;"O$E\.-KVQL]+4VBITT-T*`5/54:V(]0VVL(XG.$`?:E,E'K
MHR9NQKIG,>D;5[W==V=U<[!FKS,86ZT#M54SOY:#,%!S>[RXM25)QEJ8JZ^I
MGTFILP[*8L>9I4\4P(,A(K"X989'8;5Z$91ZJD`&TW'-(6=;E[?#+LJJ8C9<
M?WNX8<+-M^/X[(IDH8IX[I95AA<4YZCPM9TG]D\%2_!E]E0E7H.I'<=X/CK$
MBR)#XG9WNZG;V?L](:6]IKC0<C^Y]!%?T4W)\^>XRY9R!5E7LH=;Q/F-81:Y
M^HTM`5,T2QJX9*XL%">Z44?',&5)7?>*ZOY!`ZV0"@Q]XF>F-SH<Q\1[WZFZ
MSKR`]IKUD$A1]HZ1R_PN=VNFF(GF_0$M)0QI+(`8T,(Y\+'%""V3PI#QQYU3
MQ(HC)*Z!9$141ZPM[?V)UL>+N6]-F.3./-Z1;93,\I5IM3%0Z*Q1\[;+CC7$
MYPB.MS'(U)/"]`)AWP-/;`GA>"?"^-X0MOR#R#R,'42Q34(V_-S)ZT[QT[HT
MGMM%E<[9Z`D5.Q8B+B>R)C>B2-D23^/JTLB8.0TYS@L[3RVU15%ZF_D%G(K<
MW23W1U=7SW%NX=60,=,QJKZW*C4<Y/N\<W.V05P.0Z6R%IK6ILN&"Z_0YRUT
M'&_*.7DWP5X/LAK'/#K27U=+$1(2-,YHHXW85-]YJZZT#/;@L^S45DB4#X=Q
M>Y8NS-H];KK;W$FFLM`)/:*JJPZ$=Z#CM6+N1(Q>M[L>/N07Y039/'*VF2M\
MU#J\]87@E:)2PZJ@9[WHS<SHY*D""$A4E)`*4:*245TB2.E>($CGO),+LK$V
M9L"&6EK83.(/LCG#0C0.**E=^QD;(XV(V.-C(V,8W],;=4V%J+/:C3"@G25I
M<N)TUM4FV*(5-6<@YYU?I\W>4SS93(2(26QS]DD,[5[\4PU;5"36-J170V0\
M=WH3&W.A<+:W)=[.!-=O&&**#',,[D??1'.CBC\3O/;WE]%551$1.U57U(B)
M^U57]R)Z%Y_C`S[R`T%E7F:*FQ>W(QO)EG4B27U1J:P+VTW).R=Q4VDM.0.V
MP,%'LJXM98INWN>EIK0<9F,+H=7"GO.@R=+FJD&L"0ETX%8>;GJD";268(_A
MMDG+G,B'E\5@"PC/5K^MW5!F2UMHX3VRDM(&J^:LO:U[;"E/9&T4UTS1;(:-
MSX_!E\6/O,5CD<K5I]71XZZP$IM#4R/XW)OI2<]F[EL9$L]M-G0+6RR[MW(T
MUT)UK$Z:<E6JY97/?)))Z02>!(<<>9%6U-9`YC2+*QG;+*P>)7KW61P#02D3
MR>M(!8)953L8OID)="7G^-3--:STMWK7QF;S%8JQ]W6)=5[QL)X\.YM/;EAL
MB2P-B!'8KD@?X4L\3VYZUV4%,^AI[<K9YK,CP6DZYSD1UQ?A7^FP^D,/9<UW
M&N[#D2V@I2_:I/\`U22&65!6^RN_2LZ&L<^HM^1:46JXQWVC.O".+J:[$`-?
M%BKK.Q6"5$>UMKN!Y`131VD6`A3H72R*`.&3E];I*R_SL>9BN:'346HCFFT]
MU>HZ&JU]?-I:VT'H-9QYIY:T?QF25SPR'5\9`C!I)%='$./%'`/!&R&""%C8
MH888FHR.**-B(R..-B(C6HG8B=+"XMC!ZZKJ@B[*RL"Y6PB@UX,$A1AA,SU1
MD0XP\3GO<OJ:U%7T7)Q4DA%!<U]1=9[C6R]W4NEYAQ,I`=E#REPWR94;/W8+
MIL<7[-905\RB%@,@CG*>$I`Q(YFLO;6;8;ZQJ@L^7L[*LJ*NWGS=7))+4U1L
M-"*!5EF0/F>\@SP62DRO7L2.!D$$/1L8<05YJ##ZJHJ,V^U2N<3;7R6'N`6R
M,A"M9:0>])JY1A29AU@>7W6*YK>\]F>Y#R.I.P^LIS9\QK[W*^PD2Z?+UDUA
M!<8.W;9UY5;8I6:)%]E,=![75S(1[,^)TLS7BUX,+!@PAX118&=O<A'@8V.*
M-O>57*C&-1/6JJO0DXXB$0((>8LPLF1L(XHHT;IB")YI%:R*&&)BN<Y51$1.
MWTL,[EK6KER6KR1\&&JQK&N6J_,35V-18";W.9?D$25)\-R1FX$D2K&[R.:^
M)Y,[9AVD>[FZ_3W!VTY#GSPF9EU]]7YD6\%S0\ZV$&<=/EJ2B`-BAL99)Y9W
M0]Z8A[G-\.-6Q,_0CD?&Q[X7.="]S&N=$YS'1N=&Y4[6.=&Y6KV?N7LZF9+-
MFL&M"KBMSS=;9V)^>X\^\`]Q7$7W&EIR-0PVMCB=?>9QI`HI;1?^5.(B9%)[
M:C(/3/SK1.K1:#':3&G1'ZN>;77<F1OJL>G=R5CIZ.%UC!A7$$5M/;V94-N9
M,^<Q0FQ%-?'^AGK*[I@+0[)VK[S-D'#L(?37$E>;5+9@>)VMA-2NL9XFR=G>
M:V1>SL7_`&&P,PK,56Z',5M!6ZJST<ZQ&:T!(C;2IXX.]DK)+>GSMM!JR9`[
MD<ETP=L[NQAEM0B);'DS0UAM;<:Y*>R'R%I%,(1G&58S1Z%-:$)LM7EM%N\]
M6,B`CN(&#3M"'BC<BS-DFDZ;+B3::>RP9AU))2DVVCK]#AZ<H/5A&58Y67WM
MJ'69XHR0CQH1W#'>.I<*I$BJB+Z5'%6Q"%TA)F32+-\J2`%7&2.H*34Y5=[E
M.0JRBO<S)6;>ML<U#7A6E>0UEDC_`&X+P%87#%'6B$'V9+T@DM;^Z(]OT.B/
M'"%KFVM_:*QDME8^P@PPI(__`(8861M[&,:B?[<MM5*'!9/'E:#/803%`CE.
M8K8""Q!R0YS!X)%1SH630.E1.ZDD?;WT@P&XK4)W.`A0[E+C&GL#\^=S=CGQ
MLK@M[PQJJRTH)W?^J(A3*I58K;+_`-,*>,Y1BY*\W7E#ZC4UL-E4T6IN*:L;
MN:W%&%PE5^9T6B$)/;=6PT8T/O`L9T(YQ$22+&][?&D_3G=Q5L``-SQ)R`A%
M?9'5QQV9AV=-6'U-YD-+`SV.4^LLL[HR@35$E\8/VMLT;O'B:WTSUQR-697.
M%Y<TBTKJ?%:R]U815P52VF?><=<VV2PDK@H*N[*8P)0)&K*]DRR]Z)B?IE[*
MQ,?8\-'4L=+H'YZH_P#^KXA(8A#EY+\.1UI#L*!TI79:M45'U(XT!$<,T+3E
M=9D7DE)9YNP[:[97N8(JK/&?F;C3V>RI.0KNMBD(2@VE*=&C+`P1_B%EMDA;
M,X6$9L,<,,;(886,BBBB8V..*.-J-9'&QJ(UC&-3L1$]2)U`;GIM7E,^%I[7
M'4UAE8[$S59/E$!K9JR'G3C`VI')*X_TU?$]XJPSJ*RN*C-GEA:0*<`LQ`H8
M=Q9O?9DTE2:>=D<89;0!3:"@X\@LVLFI<N;=#O+?$R.%)YY.]X<<;88(>F>R
M4+5)VVZ#U28>NF;'#6GVF:I'VKA3K(HJO#A<0]T3(QVS>UD(LCXV+%`3+#N[
M*W@II:NRTTV;Y4/]PU>@XXYQK,F4-75$)V"TM\=:X#D>@KZR$`Z5("0E#_@[
M9"6P,J0://U5=1TM6.P2MJ:@(>NK0!8_^`<,(2.(8:%O;ZFL:B=)RRIHQQ18
M92"2)GMCA@@@8Z2::61RHUD<4;55RKZD1/2G@,L7-"UUN?05`]H#=T)1US16
M,XI@/@6`E;8!$C6E<Z-GB)%XDJ-1BN[[>]?6,AOOG0Z6[,O+>SCA-JZZ<\I/
M"FLQ\RMM8T=9H+>)J26QP<0\EH4JO>UL:0P0_I.L'1-)GE-JZFM#=.T9IMQ>
MV8E-3AO(<R7V>(BR.B;))W)%BC[S^Z[N]BA&6D[[F>77`!:`GC2F=5Z&#*6A
M,\$"YBEOK/5/L[RN+F%84R)\A1XC2'`P1ER#PM*T6EM+:V&NR[%UQ5WF=JZ:
M/DH<&U!-P&VY&R1%&%%6\AT(8G@3$C"UI%BR,9YT7?'A@@LK$*LKP["YE'GN
M#A0AAS+6<09@8LUD3%&R8Z482-L4;I5<K(VHU/4G9_M)L,,>[)>VF#@NV.@8
M*WCZUM(8J2SGXTU=H&:NCQX.VK-`*"R[8.V&$DQD$4CS)(!B*O<W^+:`2+`"
M1@<EM*ZBO-5Q*/XDAQ6>#UPY=L491073W'5(4D[_`'(L[V0^$BL'%Z6-[?V`
MH8M=76=DL4Q0H\Y,-16&W!R#(5-`QRCUM=//(Y7-CA@A?+(YL;'O:-+".%D>
M0P`FV0(=JKKH0&KN;$T!D.AK?!KYKO(;&OI'NFKB8PR7(QG;[">/',,-G\Q2
MT^>J!Y"B656?K!J6GB,L2I3[,@.J"1H@*'V),I$C8T[%EE<Y>USE5?\`;JJJ
MB(B=JJOJ1$3]JJO[D3TH_N#;&9C-$7ESG<KKG4]=I,KN.2:,M0)^,^2:R6MD
MUW'M=8D"DP@DP*(262U'>/&B#BV.+V6QQ]77;>AK2Y@!Y2X+^?&G:(,2*]"K
M;=@PX\I;H1VC2E0QM[S$>UCO#>[O_IVN:PPUW8VM.T*SW#J"$@6^!Q*S0QWG
MW(M#*PK/E;KP2V.#$GEA>7&PIHCU+'<D7W_LK4TWQVA^XM2`MKCK/E;+2@1V
M&?N>8,(ZEH@DV6<GL9QF$MBB>8C/'?#`R1@L7Z<XA#$E')AE'GC551)(9F.C
ME8JM5'(CV.5/4O;Z"U]>*,```-`&""'!$*&&&+$V`844:!K(1QAX6(QC&(C6
M-1$1.SIG@VV$=05L-758\"W(@;,/7%V<1A??5)&O'8>8/72"U_C,DA=:$#,D
M8]CE8O'V<&4/DA"MVH5IF^221VA;BI)RNQ(*JK*QK,Z0'`54-8AX3I@)H'3@
M1LD\-7-*@".EKQ9M=%3D9GWY*65=6@.,BTUW?YG$1Z"QCCL;*IR0ENP&&:5K
M)28A(G2IVM8C?2-))&1K*_PHD>]K5EE5KG^'&CE3OO[C%7L3U]B+Z5<=_31P
M9VX(JZKBC20:VXJL4S;G/F"*HN7?8XP75TE]#.UM/))':`23)X+(O;U@83KE
MGO[BTX]GT<D>USQ2Y)E67I*S/UTM?)D]348&OY*2SQ6FDA]CLF:B&>F+KIA8
MX8_#A\(&K`A0<"M#&`"'1SWI`('"P<:%'RN?*](X8T3M<JN7L]:]))II&0PP
ML?+++*]L<<4<;5<^21[E1K&,:G:JKZD3TG$$(V"\?4QE51[:GI@G55R4==^\
M&V>3WN3LA*[D1M/NL(=#-DS:A8PR+)_>.D:,U'-/323;,RX#.K*"2NVYN&L'
MT(&0<A^9JJHCCJFH\R7!6-L4DD(\.8SVWQ(IIG^!&UGZ2]G8J]GJ15[$5?W=
MJ]CNQ/\`^"^EOP=R](F2Y"F'%OL[I\9*16UVD3-6U==TG('&\]F^PF"O,A?B
M!SFU13R9JXED:O\`:`IX9YJR#E';9[>,I#`[$!*/!2XN,^SK963U=MI!R=AK
MQK&QK2H8RH?8V5PT9K4F2%%9"D7^SH*9L]1+K]H>12XBBM[=E(/=W$`)%C)%
M-8*,=**&,(*^25T0Y,ZHG=BAEE<V-Q&;&UX(<-QHKBK;NKGW:/@7::MU%E'9
M?E\VMG5N&N,4^QJHXZP2\\)'F-=WXGR%200%4VKM*[1T0P`Y1&"XZTEDAIW%
MP]_&$[29Y]E579X=_1E6%6.76AF>T>Y>SN0^"B1CB=-59C>\["/)706=+'"K
M9WEV=S:!4!E2'113>`VT;;+IA(AYVN0>261>R3NM5_H%?4C0!CQQ](7A^20+
M/[Q`U.+LK.4&;#;[C`JBRBR9K314""7U8=9NN(=`,](5@:&.0,RCR='44L#U
MAGL75-6#4ML["(0<-QY`U?#`-&Y8!F,CC8UL(\+&Q1-9&QK4_P!OGL34S49V
M]U*RE4N?N;KW'`34U4D,]Z0\]@=C*AD=7XKA!HH)B"9(W.1B#0%SCV?#5YJ0
M,0%<9X0P`<D<<K2<B6!Y:0U%-D:@RTCK]Q2R6XZA:"CD%D0@.1(B'Q#F,<Z;
MD+6TE12<D:&IKZ_4B9:YM2\J055>.,/>("3$",1H3:Y8X7E30SEBAQQ@L*FA
MB66?],[$X(`ZYNA:9^DTWN6T2CU<F/KKJ"LU<?$[[6A/S^SVM+#XK2Q6EC/K
MGOA:Z1A)`Z>A.ZOM!?W5;:V>?TE"<XRYS+N1QP**G3+['D_CPJFIH*O=Y\84
M8%SAT''L5K!S)0X7I#%#_L[7'["JBN<_<Q1QFA22$#O[XY$1@9@9@<HYU=95
MQP\9`I0\D9`Q$;)8GM>UKDAD6[UFJ/&'<&':[70F:.Q"#>J+(.+,3W(XG3JU
M/&G[BE$(UJ2RO1C$;TD349*WV#(CEL*<3-RUP6II[>DJ+>^73Y2WL+&I]R:3
M/U%67.(1`1$3XK4B8O\`6*GIK,3MH1M[D"`7YW[_`(T`(-9OZ6S#[DX]MGWK
M!:9/D.A[SA;L/V2&$2QC[\*P2*X00.JJ0A:VMKQXQ`0`H(QA!!H6HR*`>")K
M8XHV-3U(B="3CB(1`@AYBS"R9&PCBBC1NF((GFD5K(H88F*YSE5$1$[?0NER
M]WG!2<5I\M8YC-6UEXSN1M<V"'34>;U&0FJ_;WY2TH98;@.U&F6*M<@UBJ3N
M#*'&O;;69FLL;O9TY%1=@6:U>C@H:"U5Y5GA*&^^[U':3Y/VZ=[TCF:J_P#`
MQO=A@&BA#I:*N#J:H"-8@Z\"!@XH['/=*_N11HB=^65[GO=_Q/>Y7.57*J_I
M[?.\="6U_JZ+*T7WOIETA=&XC+&3Z:%SN+@[(K[ONW\))4JI:.%6NE)"CK2R
MXI(^T1VT,KAP\(9J9.0>,N._=Y(%+G;2=]DRMWT69O,9E;K`:FPH;/PC*:!T
MU8ICI[#^L*+<]G^TLLEK:UEI26C(TFA624<@8@>5A(-E6G#/B-J[>K-B80(6
M.^,@8B-LD;FO:B^D&0W5CG].'FSVU^0)&HH:\U^9SQZ.R!VCBAE]RR:<<<,:
M5\@(@<#)XDD9&QR]V/HZAK:'94N:E'$+/Y'I,2#RO3K(TA5*S%WQUG[^'D8J
MC/%3N%S@A]JQN>U)84_K%]SMI\GI,734<O&%UR!Q]L66-9[?B(@+G!I9YZTB
MK='D-`-0:*5D[89+*6,M84FF@DA1C6T]`._^-Z36-H8L4]W>&-C9`EA>63(8
M9;,UHT3(6O?_`/3@C9$Q&QL:U/\`;F6)TS!@@!2#3").WN0"BQ/G(F?W45>Y
M%$Q7+V?S>A9`<4A.?W5B'O*G25$A=1;"W\08`U#O<E9NCB-J+:""L@(",B1$
MD;_%_'%*Y'UXG)5W3Z;3B3$L]\55/[G0@")SQ:LFQ&0PP3[PEUZ)*>X1(`T)
MFDC@C2%K7._3L\S@JV6XOZ5@A^A.;:U%374P;9ZN::HFLC!;\@#0V8%G%*(U
M]5-$5`D[89/:(^QF2?<UP0V`SED5IN.N.;:*?26F!OXK"Q"C+H^1RB`K&]Q1
M8+I2ZN(JO87[/9JR:9T#(1HO]N/1.'T68F%OZ0K&Y4')UNT%YRQ$5@'!R$E;
M9B3>VU&QSM0XHT:N80%,/!'`3,TR.64<;>63*5S,9K)@PK_0;7$\B<:\J`40
M\41K^.ZB#09:@;=U3KIKYHM"&>D@(CF"PHZ4<8J`*M!B\`*O$'!#A[\DG@BB
M0L@'B\29\DLGAQ1HG:YRN7]Z]O2Z#:#8:ZWRN==M=C19<[-/N\MAX'/4S56%
M7=7],66'!#!(]L(;22I>XB-C[7Q]ZJJ*#D.Q3*0,BL,?><2&3WDVYV/CS5P]
M?G]90EV>*,L<M90S>]JB\@(`%%6$HJ&2*7QP*.*QE!TFCH*TFC$V!&?IZNZ]
MP..FFKZAKJX>-@H@(/@0+'!X<,JP(_PV]O=3]*()Q$#3"(""H!'2QH3.,'(+
M$61%`KO%D@%E.A;(]$5K'3,1>SO-[3\/1@,M+MM:ESJ*>W)7(LL..I0[.#06
M.8TM^E=06;:<WV**YD%)EDJ`3O%7ND*.Q^%L]%##+1X9LAG%5=9CN?N,D"="
M\2;.7VQK[:4/:YX)(8I`9G0->?'$&2;XQ@S29/\`<B"(AX(B#'1N+GCBC9,4
MZ&-(87$2M:CYG10M1K>\J]UJ=B>K_<%[%1>ZO8O_`(+V(O8O\R]B^E'1XVN*
MBJIN0+6H"NFVPDM!J=9QB9=&6_&>\$JV2:S*4.D(R9L<%F#[3V$BPL,'D&(<
M&5/>!5-SCWZ9GO<KCR:^98Y['6=J]#[N&HK@))*6O,LC524YHCY0T,25XZIX
MT\D_Z5.#96081NA/?5T8D\S&$VUC$`9:S"5\"KXA4T%97SD/1J+W(87O7L:U
M5]+2ES-TVAAS]M55FUY4?4TVOQ7&MP2\*Q#H=[41;#/Z.O"N09HF''Q1^!5C
M&,DEG&[WM(U1=[&IJQ[^D-2.J^X6VVC,3>YNIM)[C!RW><0BFIKY^988C0(K
M(:R6N2%G@DR=B2+_`+@[-:2(GV9+"LMP+"M)DKKRCMZ@R(VON<_<#]TZCN1'
MQJD18[V3QM>[NN]:^D`L/B>$-#$/%XT\Q,WAPL;&SQ229)2").ZW^)\CG/<O
MK557IEZ&^99`1ZV>:OK-#(!)]UH+SQ!HJO.VEWV^SUESHWSO;7,E1(R985A1
MZ3R#Q3`3-(6@VN8*=;X?9B!C&'4%NB0J^$H(I6"WV:N$%CALZLE?9CH&IVJR
M6.&:*UOM:-G!=_NC*W1;N/(PEP9R.^&SU/0>SUBG22&G1BAU$;%+G[)R7)VJ
MC&)'%'^G2R"<@9[):[#;**HL>5*F.OO+;AVPGJ;2R$`USHBXXJ/)[`FL6NL&
M6RI5%)WQG]PI89AZ"^V-?*!146HGUN+P<KQK//4^E'<2.S=8.W+C9L:;%:AA
M<QP%%8O20%A:QO:V+N01_P`A75S4UA=P?7!.)A`!`(MS7L:]B$3BTP4L!UY.
M",KYV@CO80:L?@1.;)(U4<5DA>:SG:1I%MR!D3\/RIPG_P![5KJ\KVV]X_,L
M:['EUO+E!3L0Q`Q7@Q:`0%&*U&C0SAE:#01@7&WL#RYY]*M?$#<G`LB2JI#M
M6P`N2@M>0$S<$0UG;B#C>TKWHV?U*=K_`--])IP7/6-S":>[KY?8-)E[:":`
ML&^RUY"WVVCNJXT2*:*:)4_CC1'H]G:Q?O%RK"`1J<[#98ENFSY\E:/S%CHW
MR>Y[;DC&BCMIXR`_:)'0!K,7#`5,5+`@\)*C_P"ZX_+"\4)O\#IKJ_@]FO[.
M@AS/(,5%67\15;6&1'GK3;"D*KW7%8/;PB#$P`S2-(&L!H6LJ]#K#?O!O1:8
M[-Q:`MH9EZ!BI[-EK286SUC``K?9C91R*UIYO9*:3),7)&DLO\/Z9G+F3,N=
M93Q4C*KD'B]Y\0[R<A7H02Z_XR,1P+Z3<4:DD$/A?.D=U$[P5DBFA"?'F=;[
MVLK3-YN*:?B&V.'U69Y#^Y>C$<0=E.29[*2O/U=(+8OCG#98C(3.HX\YGC%,
M<1-_(C[\BPMSG,3O5E4:6R:GHRI1WB&GU0J0,F::<*[PU?-+-X$;I&CI"V<A
M)O\`?)[VIH+NYBA)&;>'4`0MO89;//E:VWU4.>E(C.T<E&(KI_8Q(R)Y$8JM
MBE[OA29BPH:'2\C\9K*;6E6%;LJW$Z3D?.V=,)'3<GY6QJ+C%#K/6'QD1N$)
M?4"EL)]XA*OA!HHDLK"B]02DYUY8$V]F;`5=GOE=8WGNMY29X?4VT<G_`*K9
MAABSVQ/B3S]Y9%_V*HJ(J*G8J+ZT5%_:BI^]%_43D>?B^TNC:LW86$U@$/!I
MXN.*:^B;`+I0\)(6)!BR5)T<!1-FZIDG1+2<ALBM>U[$_47_V@`(`0$"`3\0
M[3]DFG1D<GN\&Q-P$5.#/3WPMNYW]K<?/L18QV:?=62L%+W2NO/J?+A+W94N
M]G*2H&6143R[CB1R5O>F"'B<3?&7^B>,J2&(`&U-3[37P+3]6](*VVWV7(ZT
MM]%U#<+Y0V8="L[;@RY_S?:-Q1G`1^&)JMW%@`8H_L@ME`L$J\&TR+E+C;&)
M%?HFFS_PLVC?C@/LQG)A1*`Q9*:^FK]E*-3":W???5C'L0M,.G1011&BA*"`
M$T[[&^THIP26TP?GPY&IV04:G9!)041?`,+$$:%+\TQJ=D%&IV04:G9!"Q0R
M#,DE`"Z"OAR-3L@HU.R",,Y\""`H!L32=G1J=D$?8&9PA#8```4?#D:G9!1J
M=D$K%#(,R24BJL:^:HU.R"C4[(*-3L@@H*(O@&%`"M"@^&XU.R"C4[(+[2BG
M!)33)^_-4:G9!1J=D%&IV024"`?:P(A405FCM:-3L@HU.R"$PCQ^,ACKI-HL
MU:]96@>'6HHM>YJ-1:9\@A=!?.X-VP)V3@KS03M9SLJ/)C4[(+^$N,`7^94E
M2)>>R=6DXP@0RFL/G,2_@-'PZE`9^&',?2*O6-CGG(E]3M8:`4=@)P`1W`&V
M#;4JOPY&IV07&S&IV07&R'`!'<`;8-L`B?-4:G9!<;,:G9!<;,:G9!<;(4"`
M?*P(E44%BWYIC4[(+C9C4[(+C9C4[(+C9#@X"J`%````5UHU.R"XV7-5Z<?G
MD7X'=R,G^R*MA%@P4,5^TO8/E7,4WJWZNKT0FF)(#@X"J`%$$"(UV5&IV07&
MRMY3PA4M5X<K>UR7-$F<$\E#LK(%&]3D'X%YY]2P>GX:H1T)ZUH+C+RRMOOB
MNH18:J-#0`(TOGK1J=D%QLF58X[D_@EK$<QHW_@.K;KQ#"(`^6(U.R"XV9N,
M:G9!<;,W$*"B+X!A0`K0H/0QJ=D%QLS<66YAHS*[IR0&#U+6L3L7<J'+:I[2
MF$N^$7+)I];L9L\`2:=!KH@(7\+Q,M=DQJ=D%QLS<?&?'M@_W6S^@+.TQ(VT
MG*P22]J_B55[9D*27\=V;\I)F64W):?1LK#F0+[PD^P,SC"NQ$41L]'&IV07
M&S-Q;S/Q/T&H[HFL36,=8($U=@P(OO)AG'@0```%`:#T\:G9!<;,W%],8G^/
MFSO,)-%Q@!5:<GC>TXDK^;U!*(8/AFO@7_@MBX7\[+&-3L@N-F;B^F%WO2>M
M]4ZEG"//2?F<L!Z8LE-L`63>^#!A5U)"9?[T9>AAPG9/[&X4;(6CJEG!L`O]
M%J/AJA9C6WL(-PR[!&BM)G$Q0TFVX;]:*0,8R*<'`50`H@`%6HD#Y36:&7XL
ME&SX>0J9D@890A3$>_;@:QBG>_MRQ[H(.PQ'M*L4,@S))2*JQKU$:G9!<;,W
M%],;Y?5J=R8@4="&0]RLN=NNK2HK+D)J:L$\T5,^7ZO;GFJ$MA*T@84@&VOV
M4@%7K\5%4K)40DMNK@UP8B3@N>EHFXY@.`#4##VT2:?G>N&@B1%9M!2IE/PX
MD+TI!5S'M(43L6-3L@N-F;B^F1J3NT>]JMH[Q"LB9-Y`W;M042A]#6$-M8:8
M@`*QKM</C,9,(2R0[41I>^8U.R"XV9N+Z9&I607&R`H2"D:BFV3:M?AR-3L@
MN-F;B^F1J5D%QLQJ=D%QLS<7TR-2L@N-G[2BG!)33)^^RQJ=D%QLS<7TR-2L
M@N-E'FPVK^>;(:!U>]\38L&;;J`M:Y1*ZRR2*+!+7;:`@&8ZET9S[:A+`IXE
MM#EV"1^\Q+H#,C3ROJR*?WJ>P!.]M,-%CDX[U][IJO.BJ0$F]-<\ZQ4I+`,.
MOL@0WQNB4`6;X'.1-MLC4TB[\YA@9KI0]`1(`@&`"`Z9V((^>P8U.R"XV9N+
MZ9&I607&RP&DH=%<3O"T"HVUK'HRH((H/)*KTJ8]V=`(UV*&NPAE7MBX@WY1
MM.*FJF@#'YUXE7P\B""]^98A(J*X"7(%$N^D[]G39M:ZGNC>PBKM`5.$0MFA
M,<L_I;>ZK&39WPI-F,*OW@WRELWI"0\-;-EGEM#7:(B<CT%1"=C:-3L@N-F;
MB^F1J5D%QLS,7NZ3V+@@$FS!,W8O?NJ]..ZLJ9ZB=%$35)P,,A[E9<[==6E1
M6%3H5/SBC$TU`03@HIZ!/27PM$>OPJ87"_".NE=>?4^7"7I&QVW#C4<H"T:)
MH8^K(-V.X;`<<!*LJF>,5U+TPS'_`$0E.*)$\(HPUMYIH;T;^M8)\`=@D6L"
ME6#[G&IV07&S-Q?3(U*R"XV9F+Z;NI+`SERTUM;)GR&1R[&BQ5'(DA?)[+(-
M/%0U;H]JP^7V!!$94HP3XJ@M&V8N+H^YGSMEI#DZ)#%1MZ/?JX(9?Q>@:('&
M;TR*>6CX1Q;N+YV7C4[(+C9FXOID:E9!<;,S%]-W4K(+[]?4@H&#<B'5TUX_
M!K_+NH48MVU?2DM$T+M0`,.UN=_6I;7-R&_=^!K>G=;8@+]#K>(T.2X,#3#3
M9L4=JYTIBI_QWE0&^(;]9'K2C`H&SFL;Y]9H';QRH2N]&$3M^PW!1V-XU.R"
MXV9N+Z9&I607&S,Q?3=U*R"Q)[2&XD$L[O31(GF_]2'Y+TM5:12S9/(8V:5B
M&U6.T'"*#I3`,/"9UZ(^#%`BL=&M7BE.&`TNR856O9=M++2/#XED[(=DT`)*
MG3(N6.BF0M'@(F@H#S203P'=FA=9/(.>C^[FPO3'/#(L/4!NT#_8Y)4YBYP$
MX`([@#;!MJ57L&-3L@N-F;B^F1J5D%QLS,7TW=2L@L2<S%)1L3@1;I%E.!,W
M8O?NJ]..ZL`*%$*XN>P4HVI]`*E38_H8\&W@>WIY?C(IUD8GGII+Q6P(_P!#
M]9_D8':4:G9!<;,W%],C4K(+C9F8OINZE9!8DYF-*;NI%M8`?]XDB8P#%P#-
M]O8</!R@-F)A)0IG2<LDKL1N(*^VO+H>I1`V)FV=!%D_EM*@(Q,F.[F[B5X8
MHJTI`#7'/E`"FVFQBC;P0G>++(I!9,&-L[*)<?9(P%"1;.98*6EP`%Q4JS=\
MIC7S8&\S)GX80U[K,P=+`S+ZY0LK^:J+"A4N]^F*`*:0ZQ,6$RVR4^J*#@F%
M">W=`^0LNB)H3+Y00$&D1@#-]O8</!R@-F)A-ARHU&'&PT!1!7VUY=#U*(&Q
M,VSH(LG\MI4!&)DQW<W<2O#%%6E(`:XY\H`4VTV,4;>"$[Q99%(+)@QMG91+
MC[)&`H2+9S+!2TN``N!"9:9*/5%$Q&)DS\,(:]UF8.E@9-TT_!`%1(:8A4N]
M^F*`*:0ZQ,%:LP6+2U\4CJ,*$]NZ!\A9=$30F7R@@(-(C`^MA/.\21$(0DPF
MPY4:C#C8:`H@K[:\NAZE$#8F;9T$63^6TJ`C$R8[N;N)7ABBK2D`-<<^4`*;
M:;&?K@C3NLS!VN!,1EU8N08H.K1"+9S+!2TN``N!"9:9*/5%$Q&)DS\,(:]U
MF8.E@9-TT_!`%1(:8_(:H+5ARZ;)M)@K5F"Q:6OBD=1A0GMW0/D++HB:$R^4
M$!!I$8'UL)YWB2(A"$F$V'*C48<;#0%$%?;7ET/4H@;,B$KT*[ET15`:XN,G
M:4-VN*B.&]04L\9D!R6@`\Y&_8CTF((&X-&$O]I:+BQV2HL#DY5VRZ;/1H7#
M,CC?A+<'Y5""[,!\[R)-2B!#3=R`)@-RAO+09.3/EHN0J8M3]0Y$S9M4!"Q]
MG?!QD[2ANUQ41PWK@-^Q'I,00-P:.!R<J[9=-GHT+Q&_ZJTD(I&I\G#M)_DP
M^[+X)8CDSY:+D*F+4_4.1,V;5`0L?9WA(,&*EB2M:H+X$?W#C)VE#=KBHCAO
M7`;]B/28@@;@T<#DY5VRZ;/1H7"7XF%'[^L`50(%^L)1^$9D1$<#?]5:2$4C
M4^3P.3/EHN0J8M3]0Y$S9M4!"Q]G>*0N:=-6K0+)A5QD[2ANUQ41PWKC9AFY
M[8W6W)A-JKX\?%<:06;,4L\9D!R6@`\PCZ:"W9:!0M*<)+\A)E9J;<R*+Z\H
M9!-X6DE6@%H0"-RX<RT-7O$)%T(LJ!+BT,:R=3KDXJPI>#&O&"8DGA/LE6]=
M"``%I&#9B1AD4M-F$(-)GO\`!=5+LL]VJV5+&4\9&0NY9R=9;R\W,+AG/@14
M$`%JZ"$8B$ZY/B`4TC>O*A5G^JD!!Y@*TBL':T/-']`I?//"\('OS!#J3P/[
M%FI^83,M=BB2-^LVE)&@X9A6,A2=1"PGP^$@K;;1&.GL(<R_GQWT?#MUD+!,
M@"?&MK%L%LI%Z%DBZ@*+IP9&)RI>#`E19.3.N`9Z>9AIG![]7J=RY2`&@=^/
M`$WN39%71U"\$9?E_M;##J:_B+T0`Y`%BF/92PS@SU.964CY"+E[("W"8%+K
MT**P047+RQRV2YK*5K%@(($X].*S"*36"FM^/G\KSZKMS/%PDMW7`OBH,1;<
M-<LHZ,8_><G_`)*0@`##AG/@14$`%JZ"+DRPP2T/VMSZZ@C/2SY]'-JX6]/F
M,V8M(AU8"E(!YD7WT;SX[K9^TSB:I0O5AQ7*&:+)$/8F$5OK8NJ"2E4ML=DI
MRLS@V(F`7K69PP6*H(I[&P''2.(THW!BVQY$4F!<X_,>09PQ,M1'Z\JR[KF#
M)`O#F=EK)E%F.<__`$B(N)V4`)BWM.2QI"P]3U$]!8>W)/62"S+6?D8O'%V'
M:CD!XP(A@_DF7=5>YXJ1W4G+(0YF,:UJ!=`U'`F5D2C%+UK#K(OYW?G[.8K]
M"=RU"NZ2$)7>[*S))A%X=L*=$VR.LUE:DSG;[W%)C`.$%-&%2;#\_P!NFJ,$
M8'$"QQPK07K]`0E.HA=I`\VMK;Y7:79Z#&8H2HI"`G"7&L139(E2K16U7%\%
MLOA7X:DI9&+`VJ8T!3+1_./E;BIT!B3'[SD_\E(0`!#'[SD_\E(2J!"V:\B"
M9OR!C6@9+O!J9Y[9+S.K:MVZ^DV\=B".9D=&)^KG4F2[]'.&)FN"!J6XM';0
M@]6G(GS@&M0Z\_E)/_V@)/DPE%7:<PP,VH'><^P,SA"&P```HP-'A%G>&Z&:
M$0#A43K8V<%<VY=G1,DOL=&0[\9S?,)Z$J7"9SY;C"`MY_*/OR2<I(9O1M;=
MX,Y'H2OP/(O&)S5;<PB,W"XUL8?S6W8\TYF[O[8"X(PE8FVC;S][2[4/8D>7
MT,T[(`]OA,5T,[RT/6_3-J7D3I@9<X>L5>@KDJG7"N0V"=&Z%+A]QIF]ASL"
MCY!0DBI$DA#CP`+"(@UT+:53Z&,;8I1/0(OVS`;UNBG%M#S76Y+%8:9]_?%U
M9;/159^DRG%_ZN30`=R26V29/%%*$9??X\>Q'PM>619JTH&T,/`F(3AY<3PM
MDSG;;(5>*)N;EMC\[,&[41Y$MA_'*/-6HU2SK%7.&+,NEW``K`,9RL45N$TX
M)7CZP"D:'5-(-_-E5VPA1WD9ESJQA1^I.W`6<'*RC)6DMO<@GHS(F=K[(D'7
M;-B^H`R;+\2,`UD3VPS!Q\Q`I4+5=QDHNA>-@7QXX+$W>[2!0$@G8]=>&0<T
MO8%T)B)=,PSCP(```"@-!D_Y?A-Y@'N,F:[(G,YGY8PTG.)T7B&G!@>-2U]S
MDW_H3YA0)"4`$3Q&`12NF((`7RT)0*HYJ&3J>_DZ1X%Q85U<6O@*8+1.GY%3
M!."\$K'N)R*\HY^?4HH[I%E<`>&031G$9N]^I;'$,0_.WXFJ@4I"?[7*97M^
MBI<D\0=KF[J&]%J4NY8ANIC8TT)PB&(PT>+SB&C!T7=6/;OP+5AG;(M2BPIH
MAA*T>E^D@`I@Y70V\>-\8\$O`\)[_M)4CG[`V:VV)_<09C\();5Q[.C=>:<K
M7$$C`Z2>@L$@0H8LX2L.N"$V'K(7;(6*B9B<,Y\"*@@`M7030";D[P3[5\&`
MU&*^-W'!3T`:;H%MT(=T>4H"/"X#?'3E<@0,NGX,ML("-+DA-=Z?Z'L9M?\`
M,J/Y%^##(Z(U&_+=)V-V/V/'X\+6HFL0Q^\Y/_)2$``85`=KF4%EB(T1L#U$
M*,A;@@T-7#1*`#N3,B0=IJW]B,>::FV:Y701GTRJ9^RR9\;K(90+55<,MS#1
MF5W3D@,N-#XA*8E<OB:]\&,8U.$W<1&<V2/-3C$*RTIDK^H8D!#<*08XP]0C
MC:;J)*DD&-!K@;`5[I?0M))SH>Y8X.#E#$,<(<2M+<E)/8CADTZ9C[#&WI\]
MT!%)P"6G*#A\6+-/03+L)[FCL#(VI2,ELT^,$+XF</#^I'YB3,Z'0[''7IWT
M.\\$E4LVV*R!53`>3:D@6B);(%B.R05PY[6N:%/07XF%'[^,```.%J8N)MGF
MO&@=CVNKW(LM/A@[0`E!6[9-VT1QS:@S)]?0C?.H)9O^:@U6K7"WMI#4IRH0
M5HEM],N]^4!VM&*GPX0^8'PY/N*IY@%B(R+$,:C+>`A,@VZ*=$-1][6;"P4`
MVO:0C_?@Z80ZD0NX2WOWBD*LL-K5[H4$3A52$\#=1`<".-'D!)`:=_,QTZ<Z
M)&;F$6WH!G#.?`BH(`+5T$,A<3FUV^\>`+0!/%39B#9^A@I1+CF#$O,G4:MV
M3.SQ%FW02ZNQN8U:&("](PUY$A%[WMVP#`#.>(I%O<&#:JT[6[2AKD<0OQ+,
M<4MT.$PDD]Q2'8%'NLJH8'Z!B7S:V+0G8KN\HTX28Q%)TD<Y<6)[L(VX2_$P
MH_?U@"J!@S0$JHSI['1<1&AEN_9!'^<,(0I:J&@LSY1`^F(M`0%'CYB#U8?W
M(U'U_P`F7+(J,'[/`C%S2"1S=H70H2&8%YO@JX9R.@5R<?05R($TZZ8(0K^[
MT-45_A#8W2-(!01:P-72HS3I(>.'M-"[7;+%$OSA?1@3>[N:9#,P`V,%_A@]
M4JN_H7,H+6Q)2W!@*_B"E*0U#@*GU^^RJ.47L+(_>72L5^(2RYTOKU^SL4,U
M9U21`P*8!!AEN8:,RNZ<D!E926N=+(3B!&5D_(ZH3KN)\-C`Z&"SFUK03D3`
MRKB758M^<``@%EBZHZ0/5%!3LSO_`-V$GC::7&-C&$5V60;PA30X<"%+S!E^
MYH\5%%<A"J@/EI0LKZ`P?_"&87XC.%I4,=A/"^`W,S&2Z[K4?0C';7#D:$./
M50]KG8)Y"T:TY:@CEZ*Q"K<6#9XR"T]--\Z-AF71O'Y-&F@D2];1*R^#'2E5
M+I46*59'+$-W,WDQ^\=CBA"19I>="_VEHN+'9*BA7>[U\@]"B!](0D\XFRQ4
M5N<-/AFEBFB8"@!Z`84`,16"(VAM.Z1^XD=,F!&0X$K7B1GS&?%E6`&3X'A?
MW0A34Q`.DD/CD())[4*O#-:7^0V@'T.%8/$"!S4E0`2AC:&R2UI;7EBLLH30
MDU29)?73Q.EH#'B4+#?9!DJ%2J2@Z$0;IH8>R>LT'-@;T4<WK+PD/L>*Z".$
M::3?PA)GPVSL>_S&!(*C(\[E\*C(=`=A-S?]I5>7V6[;,5X.P]*?`"5O#)?"
M('!2E/@AZ/;,D)+1>@01^I73:_;S][7RQEK.JX.]EM/=V3J"=TU]:FL"W9ST
L\0QNMB0AEIE'P=OYV>GP`3!!M1_$#]%PSCP(B`@&D=)\%3SRD"H`*D]'_]D_
`
end
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SEC-DOCUMENT>
-----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----
